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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1943
Page
5
Donald Jacob Schmitt of Schenectady has been promoted from first lieutenant to captain in a War Department notice of temporary promotions for New York State Officers. The promotion occurs amid a wartime appeal urging purchase of War Bonds.
Veterans of Foreign Wars received a $3,000 donation from soldiers in the Solomons for a scholarship fund for war orphans. Robert B. Handy Jr. presented the gift at the 44th national encampment in Kansas City Missouri. Funds support orphans at the national home in Eaton Rapids Michigan. Handy urged morale and investment in war bonds as duty and sacrifice.
Hollywood producer Ralph Gordon Fear won an annulment from Arline Peake Fear, ending a 1941 marriage lauded as 1500 years long. Judge Henry M. Willis ruled Fear irrational at the time of marriage and incapable of assent, amid tales of reincarnation, mansions, and a later planned fatal jump.
Petersburg residents and friends from Watervliet Berlin Troy and Fort Hancock gather for a family stay and social events. James Stewart buys the Frey home in Berlin and plans to move soon. The PTA hosts a square dance with prizes at School District No 4 auditorium as Corp Marsden Jones returns from furlough at Little Rock.
Pittstown resident Albert Card of Terryville Conn visited his old home Monday. Agnes Barter collects school taxes for District No 2 at 1 percent. The Home Bureau hosts a silver tea at Boyntonville Episcopal Hall October 6. World Wide Communion to be observed at the Methodist Church Sunday at 9 45 AM.
Cambridge High School announces elected officers for all classes with presidents vice presidents secretaries treasurers and student council reps including Richard Shiland Margaret Powers Elizabeth Robertson John Bates Henry Bates Leah Gorman Ray Durrin Russell Raby Ethel McClarty Kenneth Hahn Joyce Robertson Borgney Markus John Thompson Jann Vickers Mae Reagan John Reynolds Elva Ayers William Mason George Arnold Helen Linena ch Olive LeBarron Robert Buckley Maylis Rehn plus a note that the Parker family takes possession of a twenty room house and two smaller buildings.
Pownal Charles F. Pratt left Monday to return to New York after visiting his family. Pvt. Amos Bishop Jr. has returned to Fort Jackson, DC, after a furlough home. Recent guests of Misses Viola and Emmaline Card were Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Card of Hartford, Conn., Mrs. Emma Greenwood of Bridgeport, Conn. Arthur G. Parker of Schenectady was in town Monday to transfer the Parker property on Lower Main and Church Streets to Mrs. Martin H. Rice.
Selective Service officials warned of drafting 1000 Rhode Island truck drivers over an unauthorized walkout that halted war production. The 41 hour stoppage echoed a July 26 strike demanding licensure wage, eight hour day, overtime, and paid vacation. Brigadier General Dean asked operators to provide strikers' names for local boards action.
Miss Rose Mann of Mahwah New Jersey weighing 360 pounds was jailed in default of 300 bail but released after failing to fit through a jail cell door. She entered the jail by edging in sideways but could not enter any cell regardless of direction. The warden advised her to go home.
Albany Governor Dewey issued New Year messages to New York State Jewry calling Rosh Hashanah 5704 significant and recalling Jews as the first victims of the Nazi-Fascist assault. He said the war’s progress offers promise of victory and freedom from oppressors.
Milwaukee testimony by 18 year old Toni Molik in federal court describes how the German American Bund Youth Group taught that men are superior and women should be modest and confined to home in the denaturalization proceedings against 14 German-born citizens.
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