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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1944
Page
2
The county election commissioners remind residents that the courthouse closes at noon on Saturday October 15 for centralization of voters. Those away from the county can register up to the same date and military personnel may submit war ballot applications by October 15.
A local arrest leads to a court appearance with fines set for Tuesday. Tax collection deadlines loom as Mrs Harrigan begins home visits October 5 with a 5 percent fee. Funeral services are held for Stephen Luess, and Frank Reynolds receives a promotion within the Boston and Maine Railroad.
The article notes a New Haven Railroad employee rising to assistant superintendent of the Fitchburg Division since 1938 and earlier service with the Boston and Maine as a stenographer. It also lists local social news including residents visiting relatives, home purchases, and a Marine veteran retirement. Also covered are Auxiliary meetings, church recognitions, and brief community notices.
In New York on Yom Kippur, Jews observed the Day of Atonement with prayers. Tensions rose at a Coney Island synagogue when younger members left the service amid jeers from about fifty youths of Italian extraction. A freeforall followed before police dispersed the crowd. Over ten youths and men were injured. one juvenile was arrested on a delinquency charge.
Allied Mediterranean command says five of eight Danube Bridges between Budapest and Belgrade have been destroyed by bomber attacks behind German Balkan troops, as part of operations to disrupt Nazi withdrawals in the region.
Lansingburg School Board fixed the tax rate at a level to be collected via Saturday manual collection. The assessed property value was reported at 11 673 396 dollars with a district tax levy of 146 298 99 dollars. The meal tax rate was set 15 cents per thousand lower than last year and the tax collection will start from Clifford L. Borat at his place on BGs Street and Second ATRRUS.
The Telegraph notes Mrs. Herbert Tourtillett of Melrose did not send her youngest child to school this year. Her nine children have together spent 132 school years in Melrose public schools and colleges, marking a long family tradition in education.
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