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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1948
Page
2
Eight year old Lavern Bowen died in a hospital after a can of alcohol exploded in a garage at the rear of his home in a Buffalo suburb. Authorities say the boy and an older brother were in the yard when the alcohol ignited, apparently from sun rays through a garage window. Donald Mickey McDonald remains at large.
Senatorial warning from Richard B. Russell and John Stennis argues that Republican efforts to tighten Senate debate rules threaten democracy in a nation built on deliberation. The piece frames the conflict as a constitutional crisis in progress within Washington.
An official source says several thousand tribesmen on the Szechwan Sikiang border revolted attacking national garrisons manned by about 2 000 troops. Elsewhere, evacuees flee near Rangoon as Communist rioting disrupts British business districts. Tito greeted CIO leaders at his Belgrade retreat as Greek forces clear guerrillas in western Macedonia near the Albanian border.
The list honors diverse figures aged 49 to 92 across education, industry, religion, and the arts. John Allen Coe, Lloyd D. Follmer, William Henry Gable, and Baron Marcus reflect varied careers from brass manufacturing to cinema. Other figures include Dr Laberto Bonaschi and Fr Frederic Dunne, with details noting positions and residences.
The American Communist Party denounces Congressional investigations as a spy scare aimed at provoking atomic war. At its 14th national convention the party claims the hearings are a bipartisan plot to divert attention from housing inflation and civil rights. Party officials say the drive serves warmongers and targets Roosevelt era policies.
A Newark fugitive case involves John Colter a Black man who escaped a South Carolina chain gang after nine months of a 19 month sentence. His attorney warned that return would be a living death as Colter faces extradition on a five dollar reward.
Former German chancellor Teinrich Bruening, who led from 1930 to 1932, slipped into Hamburg for a personal visit to his sister in Muenster after arriving from Holland. Bruening, a Harvard professor since 1947, declined interviews. Reports link him to possible leadership roles in a western German government under Allied occupation.
Walter Kiernan weighs coin changes arguing a seven-cent nickel would help if not for the move to a dime and noting Treasury talks of reviving the two-dollar bill to replace the fifty-cent piece.
Boston Governor Robert F. Bradford faces a senate push for a State Milk Board hearing over a reported 109 percent milk price rise since 1946. Senator Chester A. Dolan calls the increase unjustified for producers or distributors. Public frustration grows as eggs and poultry price debates surface with talk of stamp and coin proposals amid economic strain.
Dense ocean fog disrupted Boston harbor shipping and delayed two excursion ships after grounding a large coal collier. Weather Bureau described the pea soup fog as sea generated and lingering across wide coastal stretches.
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