Early Start on Road Program Approved by State
Charles HL Sells, state superintendent of public works, said War Production Board approval allows immediate start on New York postwar road reconstruction. He stated contracts will be funded by local state resources without relying on federal highway appropriations, with plans to absorb tractor and equipment needs and keep pace with restoration efforts.
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Charles HL Sells
New York
Teada
Sells
Fedem
WPE
Mead
Kellogg’s All Bran Ad Claims Gentle Constipation Relief
A Kellogg’s All Bran advertisement letters from H M Biller of Chicago advocate daily bran cereal to ease constipation. The missive promotes bulk in diet, hydration, and non purgative relief, offering a money back guarantee if unsatisfied and instructs sending empty cartons for refund.
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H. M. Biller
Chicago
Kellogg's
Kellogs’s
Batila Creek
Battle Creek
Trov Pogt Legion Delegates Gather for State Convention
The executive committee of the American Legion post met to select delegates and arrange plans for the upcoming state convention. A schedule of meetings and a series of Legion events were discussed for the delegate selection process.
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Trov Pogt
American Legion
Area Man Missing Wins Air Medal for Reconnaissance Flight
Norman Gardner Hitchcock, son of Leslie Hitchcock of Pound Lake, awarded the Air Medal for meritorious achievement as aircrewman of a Navy Liberator during a patrol bombing mission in the Nanset area on February 3, 1945. Despite intense antiaircraft fire, he aided base reporting and coordination with his crew, reflecting Navy traditions. His brother Robert Hitchcock serves as a petty officer in the Seabees.
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Norman Gardner
Board Lake
Stra
Lestie Wo
Hitchcock
Fator
Schenectady
Robert Hitchcock
Seabees
Secretary of the Navy
James B. Forrestal
Nanset
United States Naval Service
Theater Guild Sets First Fall Play “A Murder Has Been Arranged”
The Theater Guild selects its opening fall production titled A Murder Has Been Arranged. Miss Mary Bass and Miss Kathleen Connally will direct the show, and casting is currently underway.
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The
Theater Guild
Mary Bass
Kathleen Connally
Four Trucks Equipped for Snow Work
Mayor John J. Ahern announced the arrival of the first four public works trucks now being converted to four wheel drive snow plows. The city plans eight police cars eight motorcycles and several other public works vehicles with deliveries staggered into December and January.
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Sre
John J. Ahern
Ahern
Public Works Department
Troy
Public Safety
Frank Bf Ames
Frank Kendal
Wiliam FL Luby
Howe Brothers
Speeding Fine in Troy Court
John C Valasiro 23 of Twenty third Street Watervliet was fined 10 by Judge James Etreh after a Troy Police Court appearance. Arrested Tuesday by Officer Harold J McXeon, he was cited for driving forty miles an hour on Pawhing Avenue.
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John C. Valasiro
Watervliet
Troy
Polite Court
Westernario
James
Valasiro
Harold J. McXeon
Pawhing Avenue
Arraigned For Holdup Here in 1938
Augese Barnes Negro was arraigned before Judge Herbert D. Hamm in Rensselaer County Court on a robbery indictment. He allegedly held up Isaac Muffson in his Fourth Street store on Sept 30, 1938, and stole merchandise. Muffson, the victim, has since died. Barnes had previously been convicted in 1933 and released from Clinton Prison two months ago, then was detained on a beach warrant awaiting this term. The court recessed for a short period with civil cases scarce. criminal matters are expected to be addressed next week.
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Augese Barnes
Herbert D. Hamm
Rensselaer
Arsego
Barnes
Isaac Mufison
Fourth Street
Muffser
Hamm
Dist. Atty
Earle J. Wiley
Lightning Strikes Twice Injures LaRose Boy Wrist
Richard LaRose aged nine of Whitehall suffered a fractured right wrist when he fell from the front porch on Friday and again on Saturday morning the same porch causing another wrist fracture. His parents Mr and Mrs Clayton LaRose report he is recovering.
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LaRose
Whitehall
Richard LaRose
Clayton LaRose
Churches To Mark Centennials In Septennial Observance
Remsse area churches celebrate centennials this month. Salem Evangelical West Sand Lake and Tombannock Methodist trace origins eighty years to an earlier house church. Rev Ike Ran and Rev Aston Bern lead lead events including services Sept 23 26 28 with former pastors and community gatherings.
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Remsse
Aes County
Salem Evangelical Church
West Sand Lake
Tombannock
Satem Evangelies
John Stamm
Harrisburg
Evangelical Churches
EB. Biekert
Grand Island
Stephentown Man Attends Missouri Commissioning Ceremony
EM2/c Boyd Rose of Stephentown son of Henry Rose attended the U S S Missouri commissioning ceremonies. He joined the navy January 15 1912 and has served since the cattle ship sailed for the Pacific. Rose was born in Stephentown attended District School No 4 and Berkshire Business College.
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Bort
Stephentown
Missouri Broyd
Rose
Henry Rose
Missouri
Pacific
Stephensons
New Lebanon
105th Men Arrive in New Jersey for Discharge
Four officers and four enlisted men of the 105th Infantry arrived at Fort David for honorable discharge. Sg Howard C. LaDieu, decorated with the Silver Star for Saipan and the Bronze Star for Okinawa, phoned his parents to say he and other veterans expect to reach home soon. Most have over 10 points toward discharge as the Troy Area unit awaits shipment home in spring.
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Arpong
105Th Infantry
Fort Duvid
Howard C. LaDien
Taie
Sertt LaDien
Saipan
Okinawa
Harvey LaDieu
Second Avenue
Fortix
Troy Area
End of War Moves Shape Pacific Shipping and Troop Flows
Disrupted supply lines after Japan's surrender divert ships toward Tokyo. The 2th Division and other forces relocate from Okinawa to meet new demands. Troop movements proceed in staged groups aligned with strategic points as the campaign era winds down.
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Japan
Tokyo
Okinawa
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