Oil Stations Brace for Curfew Across Upstate Areas
Gasoline dealers from Syracuse to Norwich await 12 hour blackout orders from Secretary Ickes. Ithaca, Auburn, Cortland, Watertown and Ogdensburg stations report varied preparations while some plan shutdowns and others expect no effect. Local officials and oil firms anticipate the closure impact on daytime operations and trucking needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frey
Syracuse
Brey
Tiepolit
Ithaca
Ickes
Aink E. Shepherd
Auburn
Sun Oil Company
Socony-Vacuum Company
Cortland
Watertown
Ogdensburg
Washington
Norwich
Oil Curfew Sparks City Clash Over Gasoline Rationing
New York officials press voluntary blackout plans while Motor Vehicle Commissioner Mealey warns rationing may come if fuel use isn’t trimmed. Queens leader Harvey blasts Ickes curfew as ineffective and harmful, urging dealers to ignore it. Union head Burke seeks 46 hour weeks for station staff. potential 100000 jobs at risk along the Atlantic coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mealey
Albany
New York
Carroll B. Mealey
State Petroleum Products Conservator
New York City
Queens
George A. Harvey
Harold Ickes
Socony-Vacuum Oil Company
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Texas Company
Harvey
Walter F. Burke
International Teamsters’ Union
A. F. of L
Ickes
Bude Walrels
Louis Kimmel
Gasoline Merchants of
Brooklyn
Atlantic Seaboard
25 Army Officers Ordered to New Philippines Forces
Washington reports the Army High Command ordered 25 officers to the Philippines to strengthen the United States Army forces in the Far East. Some officers may sail with a larger group from San Francisco around Aug. 7, and four field artillery officers are slated to sail Sept. 18. Additional artillery officers and coast artillery officers are ordered to proceed around Aug. 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Washington
Army High Command
United States Army
Far East
War Department
San Francisco
Department
secon +r
Milk price rise urged by farmers and officials
Testimony to federal and state agriculture officials argued for higher Class 1 milk prices to sustain farmer living standards. Witnesses cited labor costs, drought, and debt, with petitions seeking a $3.82 per hundredweight minimum and a scale to $4.04, plus 25 cents for ice cream milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robert A. Polson
Polson
G. Dorothy Williams
Cornell University
Agricultural College Extension Service
George Pringle
Owego
Broome County
William Fellowes Morgan, Jr
New York City
Morgan
Cladakis
N. J. Cladakis
Owen D. Young
General Electric Company
van Hornesville
Lehman
Ralph C. Noroton
Boonville
Metropolitan Cooperative Milk Producers’ Bargaining Agency
Syracuse
Girls Plan Imaginary Trip Along the Santa Fe Trail
Onondaga Council of Camp Fire Girls at Camp Lincoln Oneida Lake will stage an imagined westward trek starting at Westport Maine with daily stops like Council Grove Pawnee Rock and Las Vegas to end with a Santa Fe arrival and a council fire. The week features feather work Indian designs Mexican crafts and various camp activities with about 45 girls aged seven to seventeen under director Esther Smith and a team of counselors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe Trail
Onondaga Council
Camp Lincoln
Oneida Lake
Westport
Council Grove
Pawnee Rock
Las Vegas
Santa Fe
Virginia Armani
Marjorie Alder
Nan Collins
Peggy Delaney
Pris
Cilla Groat
Patricia Goodwill
Nancy Harlan
Shirley Hall
Willa Hopstein
Doris Hular
Shirley Jacquin
Audrey Kennedy
Marjorie Kennedy
Donna Locke
Mary _filen Mendell
Joyce Martin
Ruth Morse
June McDermott
Louise McDonald
Frances McDonald
Barbara O'Connor
Beverly Price
Helen Ragus
Joan Randall
Marian Sopher
Marjorie St. John
Betty James
Camp
Lincoln
Esther Smith
Paris Press predicts shakeup in Vichy to tighten Reich ties
Paris papers forecast a government shakeup in Vichy with Fernand de Brinon arriving in the capital as ministers consider changes to erase Laval's impact. Paris-Soir spoke of a council decision while Les Nouveaux Temps warned Riom war guilt trials may be avoided, letting France pursue its own justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Vichy
France
Pierre Laval
Paris-Soir
Fernand de Brinon
Germany
Les Nouveaux Temps
Fort Ontario Concert Postponed for Troops
Theodore Brown of the Dunbar Association says the Onondaga WPA Concert Orchestra performance for soldiers at Fort Ontario Oswego is delayed due to Pine Camp maneuvers. Dr Nicholas Gualillo says the concert will be rescheduled for Saturday August 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Ontario
Theodore Brown
Dunbar Association
Onondaga Wpa
Fort Ontario
Oswego
Pine Camp
Nicholas Gualillo
Fires in Texas railroad yards cause heavy damage
Fires in El Paso and San Antonio railroad yards inflicted about 550000 dollars in damage. In El Paso a large coach repair shop fire destroyed passenger coaches and Pullmans worth roughly 500000 dollars with no injuries. In San Antonio three men were burned two seriously two alarm blaze damaged box cars a gasoline tank and a coal car. one worker J O Nelms near death while J S Sadler and E W Matson were seriously hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Dallas
Tex
el Paso
San Antonio
Texas Ain
Bn Tapimes
Deen Las Pines
Southern Pacific
H. A. Hart
J. O. Nelms
J. S. Sadler
E. W. Matson
Kot to Be Poland's Washington Envoy
Prof. Stanislaw Kot the Polish Minister of Home Affairs will be named ambassador to Washington. It is understood Count Edouard Raczynski the Polish ambassador to London would be named foreign minister succeeding Auguste Zalewski who resigned in protest against the Polish Russian pact.
Kent views air depot in Canada inspection
The Duke of Kent toured Canada's senior modern air force station at Trenton Ontario as part of an official visit. The visit highlighted the strength and organization of Canada’s air forces and showcased the base facilities and personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent
Trenton
Ont
Duke of Kent Today
Canada
27th Division Announces Aug 6 Start for War Drill
Fort McClellan Ala Aug 2 The 27th Division set Aug 6 as the start date for its Upstate New York maneuver phase with a 470000 man two month test across Arkansas and Louisiana. The 108th Infantry Regiment joins as part of the Second Army under Lieut Gen Ben Lear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Douglas Johnson, JR
Fort McClellan
Ala
Arkansas
Louisiana
New York
Tennessee
Columbus
Miss
Greenville
el Dorado
Ark
108Th
Mena
Waldron
Norman
Arkadelphia
Hope
Ogden
Foreman
America
Ben Lear
Thors
Mrs Clara Densmore To Receive Half Of DeGann Estate
Miss Clara Densmore of 125 West Newell Street will receive one half of the residuary of the $8 000 estate of Mrs Mary P De Gann. The West Newell Street house and jewelry go to grandnieces Miss Clarese Van Guilder and Miss Avis Van Guilder. A diamond pair passes to niece Mrs Fern Stevenson of Batavia. Niece Mrs Madge Myers of Fillmore shares the residuary with Miss Densmore. bequest honors her years of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Densmore
DeGann
West Newell Street
Mary P. DeGann
Onondaga Valley
Clarese van Guilder
Avis van Guilder
Fern Stevenson
Batavia
Madge Myers
Fillmore
Miss Densmore
Melville Clark Elected Head of Music Merchants
News from Syracuse reports Melville Clark president of the Clark Music Company is elected president of the National Association of Music Merchants. The 40th annual convention in New York drew more than 3 000 dealers and musicians with Clark serving as acting president in Paul Felder's absence due to illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melville Clark
Syracuse
New York City
Clark Music Company
National Association of Music Merchants
Clark
New York
Paul Felder
New Orleans
National Association of the Music Merchants
Association
Police Files Reveal Strange Disappearances in Syracuse
Bureau of Missing Persons head Detective Jesse Latter describes cases from 1929 onward. He notes domestic trouble, love affairs, and a small percentage vanishing permanently, with thousands reported yearly and spring seeing more disappearances. Police networks quickly spread missing-person alerts across nine eastern states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Missing Persons
Syracuse Police
Jesse Latter
Bureau
Beable
Syracuse
Johnny
Need No Law To Hold Men, Taber's View
Special Dispatch Penn Yan, Aug. 2 No legislation is needed to keep drafted men and National Guard in service as long as the President deems it advisable. Rep. John Taber of Auburn said this before the New York State Young Republican Clubs. He urged centralized defense production under one man, naming William E. Knudsen, and criticized the President's handling of defense operations and the influence of Henderson and Hillman. He warned disunity weakens national defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Special Dispatch
Penn Yan
National Guard
John Taber
Auburn
New York State
Young Republican Clubs
Taber
Rexford Guy Tug
Tommy” Corcoran
Harry Hopkins
Brain Trust
William E. Knudsen
Navy Ensign Commissioned This Week
Ensign Robert J. Walsh 24 son of Mr and Mrs Michael J Walsh of 414 Rowland Street is commissioned in the naval air force and on leave from the Navy Air Station at Pensacola Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Air Force
Robert J. Walsh
Michael J. Walsh
Rowland Street
Navy Air Station
Pensacola, Fla
James S. Whipple Plaque To Be Dedicated Sept. 6
Lake Placid New York State will dedicate a memorial plaque on September 6 to James Spencer Whipple a former forest and game commissioner who died in Albany on April 1 at age 88. The ceremony will occur at a point on the Whiteface Memorial Highway with officials from the conservation department and the State College of Forestry attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Placid
New York State
James Spencer Whipple
Forest and Game
Albany
Whiteface Memorial Highway
Wilmington Inn
Wilmington
W. G. Howard
Division of Lands and Forests
The
Conservation Department
James H. Hopkins
Saranac Lake
Samuel N. Spring
Syracuse
Garth Whipple
New York State College of Forestry
Whipple
Commissioner Whipple
James Spencer
Syracuse University
Whiteface Montain
Imountain’s Peak
Whiteface Mountain Highway
Lithgow Osborne
Whiteface Mountain Memorial Highway Commission
Fort McClellan Library Expands With 4000-Book Growth
A $5,000 book order boosted the Fort McClellan enlisted men's library to about 4,000 books plus magazines and newspapers. Under Miss Catherine Greene, the Denison University graduate librarian, the collection includes reference works, recreational volumes, and local papers. The library, on the Enlisted Men's Club top floor, serves the 27th Division with a quiet, comfortable reading space and a busy circulation lineup aided by enlisted volunteers and limited NYA help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort McClellan
Ala
Catherine Greene
Denison University
Greene
NYA
Thieves Squeeze Between Bars to Loot Elk Grill
Burglars entered the Eli Grill at 1927 South Salina Street by squeezing through a rear window seven inches apart. Pinball machine loot reported by proprietor James Callucci. Hyland Grill at 1205 South Geddes Street also struck, stealing a jukebox and $12. Fire alarm at 1 A M noted. auto fire listed in record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eli 'Grill
South Salina Street
William Brody
Lawrence Connelly
James Callucci
Hyland
South Geddes Street
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Onondaga
Onondaga Council of Camp Fire Girls
Mary Griffen
Alice MacKerlin
Barbara Artz
Marilyn Durkee
Natsihi
Pioneer
James S. Whipple
Ft. McClellan Library
James Greet
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