Sunday March 2 ,2008 TroyRecord Article 100years ago Monday March 2,1908 “Max Wallenstein, one of the best known Jewish citizens in Troy, comes to court today to testify at a friends naturalization hearing ,only to find his own citizenship under challenge.Wallenstein, of 92 River Street, has been exercising the rights of citizenship for nineteen years and has been prominent as a political worker ,especially in the First Ward , where he resides .Charles P.Muller ,A federal examiner in town conducting naturalization tests says Mr Wallenstein’s certification of naturalization is at present under investigation.This is news to Wallenstein who finds that the problem is an age discrepancy in official records regarding his age. It appears that no official record of the birth of Jewish children was kept in the city of his nativity in Russia.When he was 12 years of age, a census of Jewish children was ordered by the Russian government and he was recorded as 14 years old when he was in fact 12. Muller explains that the greatest precaution is now being taken to safeguard citizenship, to eliminate those who procured papers illegally and to shut out those not qualified. In today's group only one man out of 5 passes the naturalization test. One was rejected because he could not name the mayor of Troy, the governor or the president. " Photo of the day Troy Record Sunday March 2, 2008 1941 photo of Frances Catherine Lumley Mulcahy, Betty Vogt,Dorothy Fleming DiBell and Margaret Lumley Himes. **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001)