The big city tabloids call her the “Red Flame of New York,” a beautiful, young Communist whose fiery speeches are as hot as the tight, red dresses she wears on stage. But Martha loses this glamorous life when she is sent to Schenectady under orders to marry Milo Milwaukee, the diminutive leader of GE’s largest union. What Martha and the Communists don’t realize is that Milo is only pretending to be a Red. In the spring of 1950, this is a dangerous game because Communism is Public Enemy Number One.
Saturday February 4, 2023-From the Archives- May 18, 2018-Historians Episode 215- Michael Doyle is the author of “The Ministers’ War: John W. Mears, the Oneida Community, and the Crusade for Public Morality.” A new book on a 19th century utopian community in upstate New York.
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Sunday, February 5, 2023
Shuttleworth Park through the years
Historian Hugh Donlon wrote that Edward and Thomas McCaffrey built the facility which they called Crescent Park, in 1914 along the North Chuctanunda Creek in the city’s Rockton section,. Many patrons went there on trolleys of the Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad.
Mohawk Valley Weather, Friday, February 3, 2023
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST SATURDAY...* WHAT...Dangerously cold wind chills expected. Wind chills as low as 30 to 40 below zero.* WHERE...The Mohawk and Schoharie Valleys, Helderbergs and eastern Catskills in eastern New York.* WHEN...From 6 AM this morning to noon EST Saturday.* IMPACTS...The dangerously cold wind chills could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 10 minutes.* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Wind chills will plummet today, and will be 20 to 30 below zero through the day. The lowest wind chills are expected tonight into early Saturday morning. Winds will gust from 30 to 45 miles per hour into tonight, which could result in in isolated power outages.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...Avoid outside activities if possible. When outside, make sure youwear appropriate clothing, a hat, and gloves.Mohawk Valley News Headlines, Friday, February 3, 2023
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