Gas Saving Drive Begun by Auto Club in Syracuse
The Automobile Club of Syracuse launched a community wide campaign to conserve gasoline amid a 10 day curfew. Distributors report only 10 to 15 percent sales declines while officials push voluntary savings with car maintenance tips and I Don’t Waste Gas stickers to avoid rationing.
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Automobile Club of
Syracuse
Syracuse Oil Distributors
Age Club
Onondaga Hotel
Defense Councils
Fulton and Oswego
Herald-Journal
Ickes
Federal Petroleum
Hurlbut W. Smith
Automobile Club
Washington
Harry E. LaVier
The
Club
Mr. Smith
LaVier
Carroll E. Mealey
Motor Vehicles
Auto Clubs
New York
Gas Saving Drive Aims at Statewide Club Meetings
Twenty eight New York State Automobile Clubs sponsor luncheon meetings to start a gasoline conservation campaign. Dr John W Frey Oil Co ordinator Harold L Ickes spokesman will address New York City meeting with State Conservator Carroll E Mealey also speaking. Events planned in Syracuse Albany Binghamton Buffalo Olean Dunkirk Poughkeepsie Elmira Endicott Johnstown Ithaca Jamestown Watertown Gloversville Geneva Medina Rochester Rome Ogdensburg Schenectady Sherrill Corning Oneonta Troy Kingston Utica Lockport and more across the state.
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Albany
New York State Automobile Clubs
John W. Frey
Harold L. Ickes
New York City
U.1
Carroll E. Mealey
Syracuse
Binghamton
Buffalo
Olean
Dunkirk
Poughkeepsie
Elmira
Endicott
Johnstown
Ithaca
Jamestown
Watertown
Gloversville
Geneva
Medina
Rochester
Rome
Ogdensburg
Schenectady
Sherrill, Corning
Oneonta
Troy
Kingston
Utica
Lockport
County bids show no rise in gasoline prices
Onondaga County purchasing agent reports that bids for 30 000 gallons of gasoline do not reflect any price rise due to blackouts at stations or general fuel shortages. He announced the results after opening the bids today.
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Oliver
O' Crane
Onondaga
Syracuse Oil Company Wins Bid In State Armory Fuel Auction
Excavation for a new state armory drew bids of 9.1 cents per gallon from several firms Socony Vacuum Buckley Petroleum and others. Syracuse Oil Company won the award after drawings from slips. March gasoline price was 65 cents and has risen, with further increases expected.
Welfare Job Battle Shapes Quiet City Primary
Harry Francis filed for the American Labor Party welfare commissioner nomination opposing Walter V. Soule, the party choice also backed by the Democrats. Primary ballots on September 16 in city and county. Most contests are expected to be minimal with minor town seats and county committee posts also in play.
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American Labor Party
Harry Francis
Commissioners of Election
Walter V. Soule
van Buren
Gale S. Northrop
John W. Brown
Republican Committee
Brown
Northrop
J. Norman Crannage
Republican County Committee
Richard E. Welch
Democratic County Committee
Board of Elections
First Rivet Driven Into Keel of Reno Light Cruiser
San Francisco August 13 The first rivet was driven into the keel of the 6000 ton light cruiser Reno last night by Representative James G Scrugham. He called the ship the first of a mighty fleet for the new two ocean navy. The vessel will cost nearly 15 million dollars and be completed in two years. Rear Admiral J W Greenslade praised cruisers as the cavalry of the sea and a barrier against aggressors.
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San Francisco
Reno
James G. Scrugham
D-New
J. W. Greenslade
12Th Naval District
Youthful Driver Freed After Paying Fines in Auto Case
McCann 17 of Syracuse was arrested during a weekend traffic crackdown. He was not sent to the Onondaga County penitentiary but released after paying two fines, 2 and 5 dollars, for driving without a license and driving on the wrong side.
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Wilson
McCann
Syracuse
R. D
Edwin R. Auer
Onondaga County, Penitentiary
Sheriff's Office
Herald-Journal
Ilearned Today
Young McCann
Armory Project On Genesee Street Advances In Auburn
The $250000 Armory project on East Genesee Street moves forward with excavation begun August 6. William E Bowley & Company serves as general contractor with state Public Works engineers supervising. The 200 by 240 foot building will house a drill hall storage space and offices for company commanders.
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New State Armory
Genesee Street
Field Artillery
William E. Bowley & Company
Auburn
State Department of Public Works
Decision Lost By Receiver in Bankruptcy Case
Referee Ben Wiles in Bankruptcy Court says he will recommend to District Judge Frederick H. Bryant that David S. Blandin, receiver of Olmsted Company Inc, be surcharged for auctioned assets. The special master found no personal dishonesty, but noted failure to follow court directions caused creditor losses with no personal profit. Attorneys were asked to prepare a finding of fact on any loss.
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Ben Wiles
Frederick
H. Bryant
David S. Blandin
Olmsted Company, Inc
Laurence Sovik
Wiles
Reds Tell Nazi Soldier Anecdote on Hitler at Front
Moscow radio quoted by CBS reports a German front line anecdote about Adolf Hitler. A soldier was asked his last wish if a Soviet shell neared him and replied he wished the Fuhrer would stand beside him. The broadcast says Germans are beginning to ridicule Hitler and his henchmen.
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Hitler
New York
Moscow
Adolf Hitler
CBS
Eastern Front
Receiver auction sparks dispute over asset valuation
Attorney Sovik contends assets appraised at 17000 by creditors were sold for about 6000 pounds in an unauthorized auction directed by the receiver, challenging the loss calculation and seeking the receiver's duty to the debtor.
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Sovik
Cold day ties Aug. 13 record at 48 in Syracuse
The article notes a 48 degree low in Syracuse on August 13 tying the date record, with 31 at Wanakena the season's first frost and Albany at 45.8 while Rochester hit 48 and Buffalo 51. Syracuse warmed to 62 by noon and 59 by 10 A.M., with a forecast for continued cool nights and warmer afternoons.
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Syracuse
State Rangers
Wanakena
Albany
Rochester
Buffalo
Oswego Judge Job Upheld As Term Ends This Year
Justice Cregg ruled that Oswego City Court Judge Dearborn W. Hardie is serving the unexpired term of Judge Joseph H. Gill and will vacate the office at midnight December 31 1942. The case seeks a stay while the Appellate Division reviews the ruling with hearings planned in Syracuse or Rochester.
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Supreme Court
Frank J. Cregg
Oswego
Francois D. McCurn
Syracuse
Henry C. Mizen
Justice McCurn
Justice Cregg
McCain
Rochester
Dearborn W.hardie
Willard J. Hall
Gill
Loughway
Judge Hardie
Commissioners of Elections
Acting Mayor to be Named in Sherrill
Sherrill City Commission will consider the appointment to fill the late Mayor Alexander Park's unexpired term at its Aug. 25 meeting. Acting mayor designation may follow.
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Sherrill
Sherrill City
Inadequate diet shadows soft coal boom in Scotts Run
Miss Joyce DeLine describes Scotts Run West Virginia as a valley of contrasts where coal boom wealth yields rotten teeth and spindly legs in children due to years of poor diet. She and others work with local families through Friends Work Camp to improve housing and youth recreation while noting systemic neglect and a lack of organized community leadership in the mining town.
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West Virginia
Robert H. Smith
Y.M.C.A
Scotts Run
Scotts
Itowns
Liberty
Presbyterian Mission Center
Sereenierer
Europe
Sto
Parsons Calls for Government Frankness at Six Town Picnic
Assemblyman George B. Parsons urged frank government policy and national unity at Otisco Lake’s Six Town Picnic. He warned of war conditions, urged higher production, warned against price controls, and called for renewed faith and morale to defend democracy.
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George B. Parsons Tolday
Parsons
Heath's Grove
Otisco Lake
Otisco
Tully
Spafford
Marcellus
Skaneateles
Onondaga
Horace M. Stone
John Haywood
H. Ernest Galt
Nnation
Mayot
Congress
Civil Service Approves Nugent for Postmaster Job
Acting Postmaster Cornelius J. Nugent has been certified by the U S Civil Service Commission for appointment as postmaster in Syracuse. Senate confirmation remains. Nugent was acting postmaster since March 10 after Edmund L Weston retired. Other Syracuse applicants included Edmund J Weston John W Brown Jr and Sylvester Faigle. Civil service examiners interviewed all applicants six weeks ago, with the commission basing its recommendation on experience and background.
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Cornelius J. Nugent
United States Civil Service Commission
Senate
Nugent
Edmund L. Weston
Edmund J. Weston
John W. Brown, Jr
Onondaga County Abc Board
Sylvester Faigle
Civil Service
Syracuse
Profit Tax Change Urged On Senators
Washington August 13 R V Fletcher General Counsel of the Association of American Railroads urged the Senate Finance Committee to revise the House approved excess profits tax to use invested capital as the base. He said under the measure a company could pay taxes based on invested capital or 1936-39 earnings, while Treasury favors invested capital. He noted railroads had near zero profits in the base period but expect better results in 1941 and urged exemptions for 60 mile commuters and soldiers in uniform.
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Washington
R. V. Fletcher
Association of American Railroads
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Fletcher
House
Divers Hunt Body After Cofferdam Collapse in New London
Divers searched the Thames River for the body of George Hendricks of Niantic, a first day worker killed when a cofferdam for a $6,000,000 highway bridge over the Thames failed. Officials blamed water pressure from a tugboat for the collapse.
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New London
Conn
Thames River
Thames
George Hendricks
Niantic
Hendricks
A. I. Savin
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K &G Coal
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AW Coal Co
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