Three Children Escape Death In Division Street Explosion
An explosion at a three story brick building on 70 Division Street injured the structure and nearby houses. Three small children playing outside moments before the blast narrowly escaped death, according to a witness. Detective Sergt. Dris coll and Dist. Atty. Wiley lead the inquiry into the suspected fire. The owner is James Sell of 70 Ferry Street.
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Division Street
Joseph P. Driscoll
Dist. Atty
Earle J. Wiley
James Sell
Ferry Street
Driscoll
Fourth Street
Jon
Providence
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Townsend Club To Meet Today Effort at Diamond Rock Hall
Townsend Club No 3 meets at 8 pm today at Diamond Rock Hall with acting president Lee D Geesler presiding. Thomas J McGinnis president of Zend Club No 2 will address Club No 3 and read part of the Townsend Plan Bil. Troy welfare commissioner John J Givne will guest speak at Townsend Club No 2 on Friday evening September 10 at Spm.
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Townsend Club No
Diamond Rock Hall
Lee D. Geesler
Anna Duffy
Thomas J. McGinnis
Townsend Plan
John J. Givne
Troy Welfare
Spm
Maennerchor Members Donate Blood for Plasma Drive
Twenty-two members of the Troy Maennerchor and Damenchor gave blood to the Red Cross to supply plasma for wounded service members. The group voted at a recent meeting to participate and helped raise funds with a minstrel show at Germania Hall netting $150 for the drive. ERP. Blechstein, president, will attend a Syracuse convention and urge drives in all societies. Eight members are in the armed forces, including two women. A 4500 pound model of the Voorheesville Holding and Reassignment Depot was moved to Washington for the Back the Attack exhibit to aid Third War Loan sales.
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Troy Maennerchor
Damenchor
Red Cross
Germania Hall
Blechstein
Syracuse
Labor Day
Troy Maennercher
Damencher
Voorheesville
Washington
Grafton to Dedicate Honor Roll Ceremony
Grafton will dedicate an honor roll at 4 pm Sunday with Capt Mark E Bowman from RPI as principal speaker. Fifty nine servicemen will be named as Halley Cooper delivers the dedicatory address and Rev Charles Henningsen offers the invocation.
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Mark E. Bowman
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Grafton
Halley Cooper
Grafton Defense Council
Cooper
Charles Henningsen
Grafton Baptist Church
Lena Barnhart
Elmer Jacobs
John Ring
North Chatham
Grafton Methodist Church
Five Local Men Depart for Sampson Naval Base
Five Troy area men left yesterday to train as apprentice seamen at the Naval Station in Sampson. Three Troy women received WAVES acceptance notices. Chief Gunner's Mate Joseph J. Sullivan led the Troy recruiting office in the announcements.
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Troy Area
Sampson
Joseph J. Sullivan
Troy
Winston H. Vanderpool
Hamilton Avenue
Barsam Tamamian
Harrison Place
Aubrey F. Primeau
Tevlin Street
Cohoes
John J. Gallagher
Pleasantdale
Harry L. LaBrum
Watervliet
Doris Bielase
Mary Kaschak
Helen Mary Vilcinskis
Waterviet
AML
Bennington Public Schools Open Early Amid Snow
Bennington public schools opened on Wednesday, several days ahead of surrounding districts. Parochial schools remained closed and will not open until Tuesday.
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Bennington
Part-time Help Sought at Arsenal
An urgent need for men to aid in essential war work was announced by Watervliet Arsenal. Mandos will be employed evenings or weekends for warehouse labor at 72 cents per hour, with two groups working 6 pm to 10 pm weekdays or 8 am to 4 30 pm Saturdays and Sundays. Norman KR. Miller, U S Civil Service Commission rep, will interview at 258 Broadway, Troy, on Sept 2 from 6 to 10 pm.
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Waterviiet Arsenal
Norman KR. Miller
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Watervliet Arsenal
Miller
Broadway
Troy
New Season Starts At Court House
Signs of fall appear as offices in the County Court House switch to winter hours closing at 5 p m instead of 4 p m summer schedule The Board of Elections remains on earlier hours unchanged by the change
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Court House
County Court House
Board of Elections
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