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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1948
Page
2
Earl Wilson recalls interviewing Babe Ruth in 1944 on Berle's show while Ruth wore a woman's blond wig. The piece recalls Ruth's humor and blunt honesty about his career, plus anecdotes from friends about his temper, love of restaurants, and playful stunts.
Lana Turner and Bob Topping delay Europe return to September. Billboard editor Joe Carlton resigns September 1. The Frank Luthers have a new baby in New York Hospital. Bill Chambers quits The Voice of the Turtle stage show to launch a radio program inspired by his uncle Robert W. Chambers. Morton Downey fans flock to Copacabana for torch ballads. Buddy Clark finally gets phones for his two cars in Hollywood. Richard Ney and Diana Lynn seek Broadway plays this season.
Obituary notices include Dr James Walker Smith 79 Miami bone surgeon and Oriental diseases expert, William G Bek 74 University of North Dakota dean in Grand Forks, Katherine Gudger Langley 60 Kentucky Republican congresswoman from 1927 to 1931 in Pikeville, Roberts Playfair 35 Boston author and Harvard runner, A Campbell MacIssac 65 Chicago real estate editor of the Chicago Herald American since 1919. The tuna fish is timed at 44 miles per hour by scientists.
Alioth light from a distant star will power a miniature atomic pile at Grand Central Palace on Saturday at 8 30 PM to mark Greater New York's golden anniversary. A five month old dies in Buffalo from a kerosene lamp incident on the Tonawanda Indian Reservation. Henry V Doell named deputy commissioner of the State Liquor Authority succeeding the late Alfred Schwenker. he has served as assistant counsel and will oversee Albany area.
Americans consume an estimated 8,000,000,000 gallons of coffee this year while milk use reaches 7,000,000,000 gallons making coffee the top beverage. Beer soft drinks and hard liquor rank behind. The figures were cited in Burlington Vermont and reflect a national habit.
A U S military official warned that General Clay and top advisers would resign if Allied envoys in Moscow reject West German government plans. The claim came via International News Service from Berlin and Tokyo reports on postwar shocks.
Postal telegraph and telephone unions call a nationwide strike for higher pay, threatening paralysis of Greece's communications and international lines. Fort Erie Ontario reports 50 000 war veterans from Canada and the United States concluded a four day meeting pledging to peace.
A joint Federal State report forecasts rises in New York fresh market vegetables and canning crops, with yields beating 10 year averages in most categories. Corn for grain and silage, oats, buckwheat and winter wheat also rise above last year, while cherries lag behind.
New Washington state police report Edward J. Cogovan, 38, was shot dead at his home after his 16-year-old son admitted the killing. The youth's mother Dorothy Cogovan witnessed the shooting and the statement said the youth had consumed 17 to 20 glasses of beer at a tavern before the fatal argument.
George B. Buck actuary for New York City retirement systems, of 24 Linden Avenue, Larchmont, was burned when a gasoline explosion on his 42 foot cruiser Mary Jane touched off a fire at a Poughkeepsie dock. Buck, saved by his son George Buck Jr and a yacht club diver, was listed in fair condition at Vassar Hospital. The vessel suffered about 25000 dollars in damage.
A five story New York tenement crowd watches as Doris Sanona threatens to jump from the roof. Police secure her after a net is prepared below. She is under observation at Lincoln Hospital today.
Seoul negotiators move toward transferring government from American occupation to the Korean Republic. Maj. Gen. William F. Dean will leave the governorship to command the U S Seventh Division. Rufing Tuna, head of the UN Korean Commission, says the commission will continue constitutions as Sunday ceremonies mark the republic. No violence reported in the provinces amid tensions over North Korea and competing sovereignty claims.
A White House report says West Coast talks among seven unions led by Longshoremen chief Harry Bridges and the CIO National Maritime Union under Joseph Curran show little hope for settlement. East Coast negotiations appear more promising with earnest efforts to renew the agreement.
United States air chief Gen. Hoeyvi Vane denbere and Secretary for Air Stuard Ssaniaegion visit Ankara to inspect Turkish Air Force bases. They are to meet President Li met Tnonu later today.
Alabama Truman supporters meet in Mobile led by State Senator Joseph N. Langan to organize electors pledged to Truman and plan to place their names on the November ballot. The State's Rights electors, chosen in spring primaries, back Gov. J Strom Thurmond and Coy. Wright.
A Kiernan column jokes that dogs grow faster than people and mocks focus on the White House. He cites a Nebraska economist noting families are limited by the family car and gas mileage. Peat bogs are said to lack uniform temperatures.
General Douglas MacArthur reports a growing struggle between leftist and rightist labor elements in occupied Japan. He notes a brightening industrial picture with rising coke steel ceramics aluminum chemicals and trucks, while power struggles between labor groups have come to the fore in the past two weeks.
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