Famous Syracusan Homecoming Marks Centennial Day
The third day of Syracuse centennial observances features a homecoming for 17 notable Syracusans who gained fame in various fields. A luncheon at Hotel Onondaga honored award recipients including Nathan L. Miller former NY governor and Bishop Charles W. Flint former SU chancellor, ahead of Centorama at Archbold Stadium with bagpipes Highland fling and tartan display.
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Syracuse
Archbold Stadium
Way
Advertising and Sales Executives Club
Hotel Onondaga
Nathan L. Miller
New York State
Charles W. Flint
Syracuse University
Lemuel FR. Boulware
Ray Freeman Jenney
Park Central Presbyterian Church
Margaret Reeve Elliott
Jamess. Stowell
Hervey Allen
Centennial Homecoming Weekend Activities and Events
Today features a packed program with a luncheon at Hotel Onondaga at 2 00 and a 50 Year Club picnic at Elmwood Park at 3 00. Evening events include an Archbold Stadium slides show and a Syracuse Centorama at the Museum of Fine Arts with fireworks at 10 15.
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Hotel Onondaga
Lincoln Auditorium
Elmwood Park
Old Syracuse
Museum of Fine Arts
Green Lake State Park
Lincoln
Thornden Park
Syracuse
Police Car Crash Claim Seeks 50000 From City
John Hopkins of Ulster County filed a notice of claim with City Counsel Lyle Hornbeck seeking 50000 for injuries after a police car allegedly ran a red light and struck the Hopkins vehicle at South Clinton and Giffords streets. He claims the police car was driven at reckless speed and out of control, causing brain concussion and multiple injuries.
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John Dbd. Hopkin
R.D. 2
James Driscoll
Hopkins
Truman Confirms Labor Day Speech in Detroit Rally
The White House announced that President Truman will address a Labor Day rally in Detroit. The speech is expected to be a major address in the presidential campaign period and confirms earlier reports.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Detroit
Three Drowned in Maumee River Barge Sinking
Three persons drowned when a steel cable barge carrying about 430 passengers sank in the Maumee River south of Toledo last night, state highway patrol reported.
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Toledo
Maumee River
Here
State Highway Patrol
Today’s Features on the Great Empire of the West
Marquis Childs writes in a column on the editorial page while the paper lists pages for Comics Crossword Dr Dean Horoscope Mary Haworth and other regular features. Amusements Letters Classified Ing Repter City Life Radio Deaths Social News Editorials and Sports Today’s Pictures on page 10.
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West
Washington
Marquis Childs
Dean
Mary Haworth
Ing. Repter
Illinois State Fair records draw giant crowd and small troubles
Springfield crowd of about 261,500 set attendance records at the Illinois State Fair. Police reunited 120 lost children with parents as 5 to 8 were at headquarters. About 100 people sought hospital care for injuries and bee stings from a broken bee container, with 12 ambulance calls and no arrests.
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Springfield
Fair Hospital
Fire Department
Alarm Brings Fire and Police Aid for Boy Illness
In Boston two year old Francis Moore Jr. suffered convulsions at 5 A.M. He alerted a fire box on Chestnut Hill Avenue. Police responded with fire units and rushed the child to City Hospital where Dr. Loren McKenney said there was nothing to worry about.
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Boston
INS
Francis 3. Moore, Jr
Chestnut Hill
Moore
City Hospital
Loren McKenney
Monkey on Bananas Returns After Clarence Warren Arrest
Clarence Warren was jailed on a charge of stealing candy from a downtown Los Angeles drug store to feed his Javanese monkey. Officers noted he claimed the sweets were for the animal, and the monkey is now in an animal shelter while Warren remains in custody. The monkey reportedly resumed a banana diet.
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Los Angeles
Clarence Warren
Warren
Explosion at German plant kills three workers
A tar boiler explosion at a screw manufacturing plant in MERNBERG Germany killed three workers and injured more than twenty others. Authorities attributed the blast to a clogged pressure pipe.
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Mernberg
Germany
Food Plan Blocked by Chinese Fire Over Changchun
Peking reports say Red anti aircraft guns ring Changchun preventing government planes from dropping food to the starving Manchurian city. Chinese sources in Peking say the air relief mission is blocked by artillery fire.
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Peiping
Changchun
Manchurian
Truman Deficit Figures Spark GOP Challenge
Washington reports Republican leaders dispute President Truman's midyear budget review, arguing the Treasury will show a surplus of five to six billion instead of a 1.3 billion deficit next June. They cite a peacetime outlay near 42.2 billion and a claimed $1.5 billion deficit without accounting shifts.
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Washington
Truman
G.O.P
Treasury
Congress
Fireman Nabbed For False Alarms
In Troy a 36 year old Troy Fire Department signal station operator was arrested at gunpoint after police fired twice. He is charged with malicious mischief for turning in eight early morning false alarms from two noxes in a residential area.
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Troy (P
Troy Fire Department
William Walsh
Housewives back meat strike the Syracuse week
Slow Monday clouds cover Syracuse as a meat strike stalls sales. Housewives and the Syracuse Association of Consumers mobilize via phone campaigns to pressure stores, hoping cooperative buyer action will lower prices by week’s end and save household budgets.
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Syracuse
White
Syracuse’ Association of Consumers
Edward Burkhard
S. Edwards Jv
Carl Bye
Nivenst
National Consumers Associaton
Bye
Bomb plot charge in Jerusalem linked to Feb bombing
The Israeli government accuses Frederick Sylvester, a British utility engineer already facing espionage charges, of aiding the Ben Yehuda street bombing on February 22 in central Jerusalem where over 50 people were killed.
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Jerusalem
Frederick Sylvester
Ben Yehuda Street
Naval aid accused as Soviets press spy charge
U S officials view Russia’s spy charge against Lt. Robert H. Dreher as a Kremlin ploy to divert attention from Soviet teachers. Pravda claimed Dreher stole military secrets and was expelled after a confessed spying act. State Department called it a frameup by the Soviet Secret Police.
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Washington
USP
Russia
U.S
Robert H. Dreher
Oil City
Oksana Vosenkina
Mikahil Siuumazhye
Pravda
Dreher
State Department
Moscow
Kremlin
Bank Robbers Take $15000 in Weekend Heist
Water town National Bank President Raymond G. Hannahs reported robbers emptied the night depository during the weekend and escaped with about $15 000. Police said the thieves entered via a cellar window and used acetylene torches to open the depository.
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Watertown
Raymond G. Hannahs
Watertown National Bank
Hannahs
Dewey Asked to Permit Shark-Propelled Boat Launch
Lake George authorities refused a request by CPLA veteran and distance swimmer Paul Chotteau to launch a shark propelled boat as a scientific experiment. He said he wired the plea to Governor Dewey, but a district game protector ruled no sharks could be in Lake George.
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Lake George
CPLA
Dewey
Paul Chotteau
Cloireau
Western Envoys Confer With Molotov In Moscow
United States Britain and France envoys held talks again with Foreign Minister Molotov in the Kremlin to find a basis for negotiations to end East West differences and address the blockade of Berlin amid a continuing series of meetings begun July 31.
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Moscow
GD. iEnvoys
United States
Britain
France
Molotov
K Kremlin
Berlin
Woman Loses Diamond Rings After Golf Match
Mrs. Hazel G Weston of 115 Arlington Ave reported to the Onondaga County sheriff's office that two ladies rings valued at 2000 and 350 dollars and $9 in cash were missing after she washed her hands in a Crumlin lounge following a golf match yesterday afternoon.
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Hazel G. Weston
Arlington Av
Onondaga County Sheriff's Office
Arthur Willis
Crumlins
Greek Forces Penetrate Rebel Stronghold Frontier
Greek troops tightened pressure on guerrilla defenders in the FEamnos Mountains area. Government forces seized Orla Ridge near 7,000 feet, cutting the guerrillas' route toward Albania as mop up actions continued along the front.
Tragedy Strikes as 2 Year Old Ila Dawsons Drowns
Lawrence Dawson called Ila to return home from a creek near their Nescopeck residence. The two year old wandered to the water while playing with a doll and drowned within minutes. Neighbors and local authorities attended the incident, with the creek located about 50 yards from the family home.
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Nescopeck, Pa
Lawrence Dawson
Ila
Dawson
Testimony Hiss Accuser Faceoff Upheld In Congress Probe
Former State Department official Alter Tiss agrees to testify in closed session before the House Un American Activities Committee as officials eye a possible face to face confrontation with Whittaker Chambers. Chambers, Time magazine editor, testified about Communist ties and connection to Hiss, who denies any links. The committee expects a recess and an interim report this week as it probes alleged spy activity. Also noted is Russian teacher Oksana Stepanovna Ixosenkina, awaiting questioning as a potential lead.
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Washington
Alter Tiss
State Department
House Un-American Activities Committee
Thomas R-Nw
Dids
Whittaker Chambers
Thomas
Chambers
Time Magazine
Hiss
Tiss
Oksana Stepanovna Ixosenkina
New York City
Russia
Fair Days Are Ahead Weather Forecast Report
Meteorologist Andrew P. Keller on vacation at Tuscarora Lake in Erieville with assistant Alexander Sadowski. no forecast today. They expect fair weather with little temperature change tonight and tomorrow. High around 84 degrees, low near 57.
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Andrew P. Keller
Keller
Tuscarora Lake
Ferieville
Alexander Sadowski
Sadowski
Sagebrush Faces Torch In Thursday Demonstration
West's Sagebrush in Lakeview Oregon will host an agricultural demonstration next Thursday showing how to destroy sagebrush that covers about 96 million Western acres. Experts say turning the range into grass will improve land use, with T. R. Conn urging the removal of the sagebrush.
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Lakeview
Ore
T. R. Conn
Enlistees Expected to Start Draft Inductions in November
Army officials forecast about 15,000 inductees under the new law to enter training camps between November 1 and 15. Maj. Gen. John E. Dahlquist said Selective Service will need roughly 60 days to process inductions after the manpower order arrives. Enrollment and readiness plans tie to increasing monthly draft calls toward 20,000, with registration beginning August 30 for all 18 to 25 year olds.
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Washington
Army
John E. Dahlquist
Selective Service
Dahlquist
Air Force
Treason Arrest Issued for Tokyo Rose Figure Iva D Aquino
Attorney General Clark orders the arrest in Tokyo of American born Iva Toguri D Aquino for treason in connection with wartime Radio Tokyo broadcasts. She is Los Angeles native and wife of a Portuguese citizen, among six English speaking women dubbed Tokyo Rose by U S troops during 1943 to 1945 broadcasts in the Pacific.
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Washington CP
Clark
Tokyo
Iva Toguri D’aquino
Radio
Bodies found in Alpine crash death toll rises
Dispatches from Cuneo report rescue crews recovered five more bodies of American soldiers killed in the Army transport plane crash on an Alpine peak eight months earlier.
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Rome
Cuneo
Fight in Malacca sparks警 imperative from National Economy League
Raymond Walker of the National Economy League warned in Baton Rouge that fighting in Malacca is unwelcome and would be stopped. A conversation with May Perkins and her mother unfolds around a mysterious caller asking about the daughter, with the mother sternly questioning the suitor as May interjects from upstairs.
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Malacca
Raymond Walker
National Economy League
Baton Rouge
Young Rockwell
May Perkins
May
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