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Newspaper
Carrollton Chronicle
Location
Carrollton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1947
Page
5
The Carrollton Chronicle notes its Friday publication at Carrollton Texas as a second class mail matter under the act of Congress. Ronald Hudson is listed as managing editor and Agnes Pyne Munon as publisher.
The Houston Post prints Bana Jackson Burrows poem questioning why people fear a rocket dive that grinds bodies to dust while evils thrive. it laments daily sleep while danger looms and warns of rusting lives.
President Truman questions large scale public works as a universal cure for depressions. He argues such programs can be slow, inflationary, or wasteful if pursued solely to create jobs. A steady, need based public works policy aligns with sound fiscal discipline and avoids unnecessary sprawl.
The passage argues against extensive private construction and urges measured federal public works. It references the president’s intent to use federal programs while limiting municipal use, claiming private enterprise better stimulates prosperity. It notes current delays by states and emphasizes ample public works funding for long-term job creation.
In Randallstown Maryland a mother and daughter are found dead after an argument. Philip Hollwig shot himself after a quarrel with his wife and daughter. Mis Hellwig escaped by tripping her father as he fled, he then fired at the daughter missing and died on the porch.
In Tokyo, Henry Pu Yi, the four-year-old former boy emperor of Manchuria, alleges Japanese forces threatened to kill him if he refused to rule as nominal head of the puppet empire. He identifies Seishiro Itagaki, ex-chief of staff in Manchuria, among 27 Japanese war leaders on trial before the Far East international war crimes tribunal.
Uniontown officers pursue an alimony dodger who boasted he would hide in a movie house. County Detective Lawrence Manges reports officers fired during the search as Haggerty is assigned to serve him.
The B 301 is engineered for a standard operational sortie of about 10 000 miles with a payload of 10 000 pounds of bombs and does not include auxiliary fuel tanks in its baseline configuration.
In Chicago a 71 year old man identified as Powellczynski shot two men dead and wounded two others after his dog Topay died on June 19. He fled to his room and later killed himself. Police found a Polish notebook with threats against others and his sister said he had previously threatened to shoot her.
Paul Mellon, son of the late Andrew J. Mellon, donated 4.5 million dollars for a new liberal arts college. Stringfellow Barr, president of St. John’s College in Annapolis, announced the endowment and outlined the plan for a curriculum similar to St. John’s half of the hundred great books with science, math, and foreign language study.
Albert Jones, a young confessed murderer, allegedly attacked deputy jailer Trusty and Tony Gonzales, then attempted to take his own life. A deputy sheriff found him hanging in a crude window opening inside the county jail cell, about five minutes after the assault.
Genji Minemo, nicknamed the Water Snake, a former Japanese prison staffer, was convicted of brutalities against American prisoners and sentenced to 20 years. He was accused of beating captives including John S. Painter and van Gorm during the abuse.
Stanley De Beer a 30 year old jobless man killed himself at the Rue-Carlton hotel in center city Philadelphia. He left notes for his wife and police named his brother in law and hid $118. A window ledge fall and a second similar jump nearby are noted as recent suicides. De Beer had recently lost his job and appeared despondent before the act.
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