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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1944
Page
18
We express sincere appreciation to our friends for support and kindness. Special thanks to MISS ABET JOHN W. BOWZX for thoughtful deeds during our time of need.
In memoriam for Pasquale Priscia and George F. Willetts listing their death anniversaries and family notes. Includes wartime notices of soldiers missing or held as prisoners of war with related biographical details and local clerk notices from Troy area.
A dense 1940s Troy memorial column lists multiple obituaries and funeral details. Entries include Balnaitis Hedwig family services at St Augustine's. Clara Bowen at Samaritan Hospital with burial at Northside. Ciccerelli sergeant honored with high mass at St Mary's. Denenay family notices. Finnegan and Foley family services. Graham burial at Albany Rural Cemetery. Heifeld and other service honors for soldiers. Levy and Loren obituaries with funeral at Sharah Tepilah and St Patrick's.
U S 11th Air Force bases in Italy report mass evacuation of 1 126 Allied airmen captured in Romania during the year. Bombers faced heavy anti aircraft fire and fighter opposition as they rescued and returned prisoners, many in fair condition, amid grim losses in the Pitesti Ploesti air battles.
The Hebrew School under the Temple Beth El Board of Education will open Wednesday at 3 35 p m for children of temple members Registration is now being held Sunday School opens Sept 17 and registration for non members opens Sept 10 from 9 am to noon Families invited to enroll their children in the Sunday School.
About 45 employees from all branches of the Rensselaer County Welfarea Department joined a kilt team whice at the Stephentown Rod and Gun Club. Eugene J. Bernard chaired the event with Samuel Hamilton as cochairman. First Lieutenant Anthony T. Moore of the Marine Corps, husband of Mrs Anthony T. Moore of 137 Bridge Avenue Cohoes, was reported killed in action in a Navy casualty list released yesterday. His mother Mrs Bey I Moore lives in Stanford.
Louise Young wife of Beare Young mother of Geraldine and Albert Young sister of Michael Wordowski Alice Eugene and William Warner. Funeral fuel will be held at St Marys Church Nanticoke Pa with arrangements and viewing Saturday evening.
The Troy Civil Service Commission approved wartime amendments allowing temporary appointments and substitutes for war duration. Veterans may take civil service exams after return. positions may be created in other agencies for war time but end six months after the war. Permanent staff on leave keep rights. approvals require eligible lists or departmental nomination and qualification. Representatives of veterans groups supported the changes with no opposition. Mayor John J. Aharn and Corporation Counsel Stew art Jones attended.
Detective Joseph P. Shields announced the arrest of two 11 year olds who admitted stealing ten automobiles for pleasure riding in Troy and surrounding areas over several months. Recovered items include a steel fishing rod, a folding saw, a rowboat and oars, a life preserver, a bicycle, and a deep sea rod dropped into the Hudson. The youths were placed in the Humane Society shelter on juvenile delinquency charges ahead of a court arraignment in Rensselaer County Children's Court.
Mr and Mrs John F Lafferty Mr and Mrs Richard Lemke and family and members from Troy including August Lemke Mussel Whittaker and Mrs Clara AtcCul ley Campbell Hall returned home from a Laf ferty summer home at Cossagina Lake after a vacation. Me l Whittaker caught a forty inch pike weighing 16 pounds three ounces Mr Lafferty caught a 36 inch pike weighing 74 pounds and August Lemke caught two bess weighing tve pounds two ounces. Thirty four other good sized bess were taken.
The will of John Lyons late of Easton was probated by Surrogate John H. Devel of Greenwich and recorded in Washington County. He left his entire estate to his nephew Leonard Joyce, except $50 to Nellie Kegan wife of William Kagan of Schaghticoke. Joyce named as executor.
Mrs Angela Cesar 57 died after a fall from a second story window in Glens Falls yesterday. Dr Floyd Palmer Warren County coroner ruled the death accidental.
Navy sailor Farina reflects on the Pacific war, recalling Guadalcanal to Saipan and the Marianas campaign. He lists battles from Guadalcanal to Saipan, Tarawa, and the Bonins, noting carrier air power and joint operations with Marines. Farina, son of Mr. and Mrs. Avihocy Farina, recounts family service across overseas posts and his brothers in France and the seas.
Dr James C Bo Tang health commissioner oversaw an immunization at Troy Health Center yesterday. He vaccinated 134 children against smallpox and gave 234 diphtheria shots. Ages ranged from several months to twelve years with most around five and preparing for school.
Teaching assignments for the 3934445 school firm Supervisory District of Rensselaer County were announced by Enon J. Hekes, superintendent. Brunswick Brunswick District names Ruth Prefontaine Grencie Hater Stein Nina West Dunham Fred B. Sherman and others. Hoosick District lists Etsia M Width Lery Herrington and several others. Schaghticoke District 2 assigns Helen Grady Cecilia P Descend Agnes Pahl and Theresa Ralston among others.
Robert Kasper of 520 Fourth Street was treated at Troy Hospital for a slight concussion after falling from a United Traction Co bus on Second Street south of Monroe Street yesterday afternoon. He was driven to Dr. J. H. F. Coughlin by Victor Loudon and later transported to the hospital by officers Carey and Hogan from Central Police Station.
The Women of the Moose at Youngs Hall approved the membership application of Miss Mary Mitchel and Miss Virginia Bertrand, regent, presiding over a fall and winter meeting schedule return. Sunshine bags were exchanged and plans for a social at Mrs Ella Primer’s home on Broadway were outlined. A special meeting of committee chairmen and officers was set for Monday Sept 15 at Miss Bertrand’s Troy home to review yearly instructions.
The Troy Blood Bank reports reaching its Labor Day donation target as residents respond to campaign. Local donors, including members of the Second Regiment State Guard and families of Saipan veterans, contributed for the Pacific war effort. The drive at First Baptist Church aims to set a holiday giving record with continued pledges.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute student activities begin this weekend with a Camp Yowochas outing at Grafton for fifty students from the Student Fellowship and the Christian Association of Russell Sage College. Dr. Samuel Rezneck to lead postwar discussion. worship service led by Jack Foster. events directed by Dorothy Ross, Shirley Van Waggoner, Marjorie Smith, William Ensign, Leonard Mackey, and Foster. Next Saturday a group from R P I joins Russell Sage students for a dinner and discussion in Albany with School of Nursing. A four week series on major world religions starts September 13 for AR PL students. A Freshman Council organized with William Smith as president and John Perry as vice president aims to direct religious and recreational activities.
Edward Corsi state industrial commissioner reported a drop in unemployment benefit payments for July. Total payments were about 12,000 claims versus 16,000 in June, with the decline linked to improved employment in the apparel industry.
Two Upstate servicemen were wounded and one listed as missing in action. Private James D Hover, overseas since March 13, was wounded July 31 per the Navy Department. Private William Quellhorst, from Schenectady, missing on the French front since August, had earlier left New York for overseas duty.
About forty eating and drinking places across the county failed to file their required Forty Items with the local rationing board. Mrs. Gertrudes M. Burns, senior clerk, urged immediate compliance, noting even small soda shops and drugstores must submit prices. She warned all eateries from hot dog stands to full restaurants to file items and prices promptly.
The article notes a nationwide Labor Day travel surge with crowded train stations in New York and busy rail lines. Officials urge limited travel while railroads and airlines report full schedules and Greyhound warns no extra holiday runs due to tire and parts shortages.
Arguments focused on banning the names of Roosevelt and Truman from Liberal Party ballots. Justice Francis Bergen reserved decision as lawyers debated whether nominees must be designated by convention or by independent party petition, with Truman and Roosevelt contention hinging on constitutional and party rules.
David N. Gamidy of Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp secured a $9 award in the Workman’s Compensation Court at Balkiston. Referee George I. Edward presided in the case heard last week.
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