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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1944
Page
3
Babson Brothers of New York involved in a legal dispute over real estate assessment. The court found the 1935 purchase value and current assessment inconsistent with property features such as a dust roof and attached garage.
Lt. Alvin L. Berman son of Mr and Mrs Israel Berman of 924 East Fayette Street Syracuse has been promoted to captain at a troop carrier base in England He serves as adjutant of 2 squadron operating para trooping C 47 planes and joined the Army Air Force in 1942 He is a Syracuse University School of Law and Harvar d University graduate overseas since 1944 with the Ninth Troop Carrier Command led by Brig Gen Paul L Williams who helped spearhead the D Day air operations.
Henry E. Creamer of the Onondaga County War Price and Rationing Board announced a 30 day grace for home-to-work drivers to form ride-sharing clubs. After 30 days fuel will be cut off unless clubs are shown to be impossible to form.
Onondaga County health authorities cancelled the annual four H Club Victory Fair planned at the Regional Market next Tuesday due to concerns over infantile paralysis. More than 1,500 youths aged 12 to 21 had been slated to attend. Mrs. Clair Strickland of Camil lus, the event chair, suggested a heavy harvest show might replace it in October.
Howard Walters of 268 Shaver Avenue North Syracuse presented a $50 war bond to members of the North Syracuse fire department last night in recognition of their rapid work in stopping a blaze that partly destroyed his home on July 5.
A public hearing on logging prices will be held Saturday August 19 at 10 A M in the Ten Eyck Hotel Albany. Private contract loggers from all parts of New York State are urged to attend.
A teaching day on poliomyelitis conducts tomorrow at Syracuse University College of Medicine. Dr Herman G Ottendean will open the program with Dr Doust presiding. Topics cover etiologies clinical features diagnosis and therapy with speakers from Albany New York City and Columbia University. Becker Freed Of Sanitary Code Charge After Trial In Police Court.
A special legislative committee studying methods to integrate state welfare services will meet state and local welfare officials on September 27 in Syracuse. Counties represented include Onondaga Cayuga Cortland Madison Oneida Oswego. Jefferson Lewis and St. Lawrence will meet September 28 at Watertown. The panel, formed after Governor Dewey called welfare services a patchwork and urged honest study, announced a state tour of meetings at a Albany conference.
Leslie W. Henderson formerly of 119 Hamden Drive has arrived in North Africa to serve as an American Red Cross assistant field director for the armed forces. He previously owned American Scenic Studios and worked as a sales specialist for American Seating Company and as district manager for Precision Grinding Wheel Company.
A truck from Associated Transport Company tipped at the foot of East Camillus Hill injuring three people. Driver Robert N. Price 21 and Thomas Street 135 of St. Catherine Ontario were treated for bruises and lac erations. Pvt. Slone Carradeith received scalp lacerations and head injuries at the Army Air Base Hospital. The driver said a heavy load of steel blinds shifted, tipping the truck onto its left side and jamming the cab against a telephone pole.
J L Kingston executive secretary of the National Joint Conference Board of the Construction Industries Ottawa arrived in Syracuse to study postwar plans and the planning program. He will confer with Syracuse University officials and with the Syracuse Onondaga Postwar Planning Council secretary Sergei in Grimm announced.
The Skaneateles Falls Methodist Church hosts a Sunday 3 PM rededication with new furnishings. Miss Jean Wright is soloist, Rev. George Stott of Auburn Prison will speak. Committee: Mrs. Howard C. Britcher chair, Mrs. Roy Clarke treasurer, and Mrs. Ross Cady, Mrs. William Masters, Mrs. Fred Wright.
The Huntington Club has obtained a city permit to remodel a brick club and dormitory at 521 Almond Street at an estimated cost of 5000 dollars.
The Public Service Commission approved new Sunday routes for two Syracuse bus lines. Buses now run primarily along East Genesee Street to Westcott Street with Lexington and Columbus Avenues as needed, aiming to save about 7200 miles yearly and speed service on the busy corridor.
A Syracuse conference urged homeowners to order coal now for early cash delivery and to conserve fuel. The plan asks customers to secure 30 percent to 50 percent of their supply before October 1, accept available domestic fuel, and tighten conservation to prevent winter delivery shortages.
Onondaga County Selective Service Boards report September induction quotas including Labor Day. Men under 26 will be drafted with few exceptions. September quotas match July and August levels as drafts proceed regardless of the holiday.
The Salvage Office announced that two hundred volunteers are still needed for Sunday’s waste paper collection. Volunteers will be paid 80 cents an hour and must register at the Loew Building office or by calling 325117.
Eames reports Torrey earns captain’s rank while stationed in Britain after a year of service. Torrey’s wartime duties and changes in England since 1937 are noted, with references to family connections and prior assignments.
The Pulaski Republican League of New York will convene at Hotel Syracuse on August 24 with officers, board of governors, and county reps. John F. Giminski will chair as former Onondaga Treasurer and state president. Ed mind Tyminski says the goal is to boost Dewey for president.
A citizens committee on scholarship funds forms to sponsor college education for worthy Syracuse high school graduates. A Sunday recital at Dunbar Center features Pruth McFarlin to raise funds with several students named as beneficiaries and a long list of committee members led by Louis Smith.
Mr and Mrs Arthur Boff of 406 Beattie Street announce their son Leslie Boff has been promoted from second to first lieutenant with the Air Corps ground forces in India. He entered the Army three years ago.
Elizabeth Ann Hesburgh daughter of Mr and Mrs Theodore Hesburgh was guest of honor at a dinner in Hotel Syracuse small ballroom hosted by co workers from the Sixth Army Air Forces depot at the State Fairground where she is supervisor of employee relations She will enter Waves officer training and attend Smith College within two weeks the event featured singing and a doll ensign centerpiece with remarks by Misses Rose Marie DePavlis Mary Margaret Baker Melvina Abdo and others
A group of Nazi captives was moved to Van Etten to relieve other facilities. Pine Camp commander Lt Col Hay N oversees the transfer while officials supervise processing and planned periodic return to the compound. The move appears part of wartime prisoner handling at Pine Camp and Van Etten.
Lt. Col. Ray S. Cooley announced captives from Utica were moved to Boonville work sites. They had sheltered at the Utica police barracks since June and labored in agriculture and food processing under a Rome based contractors group and the War Department.
New York saw declines in births and deaths in the first six months of the year with births down from 129 585 to 112 949 and deaths from 83 757 to 79 850. Dr J V Deporte cited heart disease and external causes as major factors in the reduction while auto fatalities rose slightly.
Henry Epstein former Democratic State solicitor faced interruptions as the New York State Firemen's Association met. Shouts of We Want Dewey broke the speech when Epstein accused Gov. Dewey of ridiculing Roosevelt's call for 50 000 planes a year.
Fenton W. Mattiwan a 22 year old from Big Hollnd Street pleaded guilty in late court to speeding and passing red lights. He was cited for a July offense on Sauces and South Waorsess Streets and fined 35 dollars.
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