Syracuse Detectives Seek Clues On Three Slayings
Buffalo authorities say Harold Barnes, 23, formerly of Syracuse, admitted knowledge of three killings here. Detectives Benjamin Roberts and John Klotz head to Buffalo to question him after he was held for investigation. The cases involve Jacob Goldstein, Josh King, and Albert Scorese with unclear ties to a fourth possible victim.
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Syracuse
Buffalo
Benjamin Roberts
John Klotz
Harold Barnes
Townsend St
Barnes
U. S. Immigration Department
William Metzger
Lower East Side
Jacob Goldstein
Harrison St
S. Townsend Sr
Josh King
S. McBride St
Albert Scorese
Madison St
Syracuse Memorial Hospital
Air Chief's Plane Lands Safely at National Airport
A disabled B 17 Fortress carrying Gen Hoyt Vandenberg Air Force Chief of Staff landed safely at National Airport. Vandenberg was returning from Europe. The pilot reported one of four engines failed over the Atlantic this morning.
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Washington
Hoyt Vandenberg
Air Force
National
Vandenberg
Europe
Atlantic
Envoys Confer at French Embassy in Moscow Meeting
Western power diplomatic envoys conferred at the French embassy this noon. The meeting was believed to be a precursor to a major east-west conference at the Kremlin potentially later today.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Roosevelt and Pinchot shaped irrigated farming growth
Marquis Childs notes that federal oversight by the Forest Service, urged by Roosevelt and Pinchot, enabled the West’s irrigated farming and related industries to develop. The piece mentions pages listing comics, features, and columns across sections like Editorials, Sports, and Deaths.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Gifford Pinchot
Congress
West
Federal Forest Service
Marquis Childs
Ing. Repter
Life
Wife of two years learns fugitive husband is a woman
Roberta Lawson Nelson, 17, says she learned yesterday that the man she married two years ago was actually a woman. Roberta claims they had no marital relations. the husband, Robert Stewart Nelson, 25, is missing and charged with $910 theft. Nelson wore chest tape and claimed Navy service with a shrapnel wound. FBI records note prior draft-card incidents in 1944. They wed October 6, 1946 at the home of Rev. C. D. Smith in Phoenix.
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Oakland
Calif
Roberta Lawson Nelson
Clarence Kevill
Roberta
Robert Stewart Nelson
Kovill
Robert
FBI
Nelson
Chicago
St. Louis
Phoenix
C. D. Smith
HITCHHIKER DRAGS FEET, GOES TO PEN
A 47 year old man from 1313 Eric Bird in W is jailed for three months after a public intoxication arrest in Syracuse. He tried hitching a ride in a car trunk and was found by police after a snack stop with Miss Dorothy Abell and Miss Grace Martin detailing the incident.
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Arthur
Eric Bird
Jamesville
Truman H. Preston
Dorothy Abell
Rome
Grace Martin
Union Springs
Syracuse
Hat causes late night ruckus in Amsterdam patrol report
Two Amsterdam patrolmen respond to a 3 A.M. call from a householder troubled by a hat. Their written report states they opened the door and the hat flew out.
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Amsterdam
Mrs Woodward Melone’s Bay Trip Goes Fishing
In San Francisco Bay Mrs Woodward Melone sails on her first fishing trip. Her husband jokes best bait is fried bacon a tomato slice and a geranium. She follows the advice and catches the limit for the day.
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San Francisco
Woodward Melone
Centennial Fetes Youth Day With Parades And Games
Thousands of Syracuse youths participate in a five hour free jubilee at Thornden Park as part of Centennial Week. A parade features 30 youth floats, majorettes, clowns, bands, 65 decorated wheels and 150 costumed marchers. A 90 minute aquatic display follows before the crowd moves to Archbold Stadium for the fifth Centerama presentation.
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Syracuse
Syracuse Centerama
Archbold Stadium
Thornden Park
City Recreation Department
Thornden Pool
Thornden
Archboldi Stadium
Sunny Skies Return With Warm Forecast
A high pressure system moved in ending several gloomy days and bringing sun today. Tomorrow is forecast for fair weather and warmer temperatures with a high near 83 degrees and southerly winds 15 to 25 mph.
Widen Milk Probe Across New York Investigates Cheese Cartel Link
New York City's milk pricing probe expands to assess potential collusion between distributors and producers to control farm milk supplies. The extension aims to uncover whether the price setting involved coordinated actions beyond initial pricing practices.
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New York
New York City
Centennial Youth Day Highlights Across Syracuse Parks
Centennial events mark a full day of activities from 10 A M to 10 P M at Fayette Park Thornden Park Lincoln Auditorium and Hancock Field. Highlights include an apron parade a fashion show a Pops concert a sailing regatta a model airplane meet and multiple Centennial art exhibits at 311 Montgomery St and 8311 Montgomery St.
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Fayette Park
Montgomery St
Syracuse
Thornden Park
Syracuse Recreation Department
Lincoln Auditorium
New Vic Players
Museum of Fine Arts
Centennial “Pops
Hancock Field
Academy of Model Aeronautics
Onondaga Lake
OUSTER DEMANDED FOR SOVIET CONSUL GENERAL IN NEW YORK
The United States seeks removal of the Soviet consul general in New York after conduct linked to the Ivosenkina affair. Washington delivered a formal note to the Soviet Embassy denying Moscow’s charges concerning refugee school teachers in New York, including Mrs. Oksana Kosenkina and the Samarines.
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Washington
United States
New York City
Russia
New York
Oksana
Kosenkina
Mikhail J. Samarine
Consul Won't Talk on Recall Demand
Soviet Consul General Jacob Lomakin refused comment on the U S demand for recall. He said you waste your time and nothing to say when pressed on the recall. Lomakin left the Russian Consulate with a typist and an unidentified man, smiling as they drove away.
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New York
INS
Jacob Tomakin
United States
U.S. Refuses Extradition of Soviet Citizen Over Rights
The Tolstoy Foundation note claims three Soviets wish to stay in the United States while defending their nationals under U S law. The State Department rejects Russian claims and says the U S cannot permit foreign police powers here. Consul Lomakin in New York is cited as responsible for the alleged misinfo.
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Tolstoy Foundation
United States
Kosenkina
Alexander S. Panyushkin
Molotov
U.S
Jacob M. Lomakin
New York City
Boy Cooks Up Plane Escape Tale Backfires
A 10 year old boy named Stephen Popoi claimed he was flown from North Tonawanda to Syracuse and abandoned at Municipal Airport. Investigators later tied his tale to a missing youth from Syracuse State School, and his admission followed a reporter's inquiry.
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North Tonawanda
Municipal
Herald- Journal
Stephen Popoi
Justin King
Syracuse State School
Rolland Fitch
G.L.F. Employe
Ithaca
Fitch
Frank Rice
Stephen
Syracuse
Way Paved to Halt Dock Strike Threat
A presidential fact finding board told President Truman a 45 000 east coast dock workers strike is imminent. The report points to possible government action under Taft Hartley Act to end an injunction that blocks a strike set for midnight Saturday. The dispute centers on overtime payment issues as argued by employers.
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Washington CP
Truman
Supreme Court
Butter Prices Rise at New York Mercantile Exchange
Wholesale butter prices rose to 77 1/4 cents a pound on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Grade AA butter gained half a cent to 77 1/4 cents. Trading was quiet as prices moved up for a second straight day after an early week decline.
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NEW York
New York Mercantile Exchange
Jets Head for U S London Flight Link to Germany
Sixteen American jet planes departed Stornaway Scotland just before noon en route to Iceland as the second leg of a U S flight from Germany back to the United States.
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London
Stornaway
Scotland
Iceland
United States
Germany
Law Urged Protect News Sources in New York
State Senator Thomas C. Desmond urged a confidence law to shield reporters from court orders to reveal confidential sources. He argued only criminals and corrupt officials benefit from forcing disclosure and cited democracy against foreign agents. Desmond introduced the bill previously, now referred to the State Law Revision Commission.
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Albany
Thomas C. Desmond
Desmond
Istate Law Revision Commission
Axis Sally En Route Here for Trial
Axis Sally Mildred Gillars leaves Germany for the United States to face treason charges. Formerly of Portland Maine she broadcast appeals to American troops to stop fighting during the war and was arrested, released, and jailed again.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Sally
United States
Mildred D. Gillars
Portland
Doomed Boy Requests Roses Before Ohio Electric Chair
Donald Frohner, 18, awaiting execution for murder at Ohio State Penitentiary, asked for a dozen roses on his last supper table. He would be the youngest Ohio inmate executed for murder since 1890.
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Columbus
Donald Frohner
Ohio State Penitentiary
Frohner
Ohio
Navy Tests Bomber for 65,000-carrier plan
The Navy is flight testing a long range experimental bomber that could serve on its proposed 65 000 carrier. The test program was disclosed today.
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Navy
Washington
Mother Now Seeks Return Of Baby She Gave Away
A 20 year old mother Betty Field Mousaw seeks custody of her infant Jenny Mousaw found at Richland and placed with a foster home. The Mousaws and Frank E Link are detained as police pursue a neglect charge. Their son Wallace Jr. remains with grandparents while investigators unravel a bizarre case.
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Jenny Mousaw
Richland
Betty Field Mousaw
Wallace Mousaw
Frank E. Link
Manlius
S. McBride St
John A. Kinney
Mousaw
Truman orders peacetime draft deferments for essential workers
President Truman defers all husbands and fathers from the peacetime draft and exempts workers in national health and safety critical industries. He also allows deferment for farmers marketing substantial essential foods and bans discrimination in draft classifications. Registration begins August 30 with calls expected in September.
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Washington
Truman
Spy Witness Peters Missing in immigration dispute
Washington editors report a new clash between congressional spy hunters and the administration over the absence of J. W. Peters, named prewar leader of a Communist underground. Peters on bond fights deportation. the House committee seeks his location or a subpoena plan. Immigration Commissioner Miller says he does not know Peters’ whereabouts.
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Washington
J. W. Peters
House Un-American Activities Committee
Watson B. Miller
Peters
Miller
Closed transoms curb hotel fire at Cadillac Hotel
A fire in a utility closet at the Cadillac Hotel in Rochester caused about $20,000 damage. Officials credited a closed transom policy with preventing spread and possible loss of life by keeping room transoms sealed.
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Rochester
Cadillac
Women Shop Best Says Mrs Benita Jordan At Dinner
Mrs Benita Jordan of the General Federation of Women's Clubs says women do the shopping and contrasts men and women about hair care. She notes baldheaded men buy hair restorer while baldheaded women buy hair.
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Benita Jordan
General Federation of Women's Clubs
St. Louis
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