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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1944
Page
2
A man identified as Bl Cason Meals, and his wife Mrs Sane Sore Heals, were wounded on July 1 near Camp Gruter Ola. He had attended Onontara Valley High School and worked at Process vows S38. local authorities reported his condition as serious and he is receiving medical care.
The Hodiss family learned their second son, Corp. Hodiss, died in Europe on February 3 1942. A Syracuse University graduate and amateur musician, he had served with the Army Air Forces and Army Engineers, was an aerial photographer, and was commissioned at Moody Field Georgia in 1935. His body will be sent to Syracuse for burial along with his brother.
Pvt Elmer J Milbyer was seriously wounded in action in France on July 29. The War Department informed his wife Mrs Marie Milbyer of 617 Avery Avenue. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Norman Milbyer of 1113 Willis Avenue and joined the Army in June 1943, training at Camp Wheeler before going overseas.
Sgt Robert H. McCard 26 son of Mr and Mrs James II McMahon of 20 Orchard Road Solvay was a gunnery sergeant in the Marines and was killed in action on Saipan.
McCamd enlisted in the Army near Nispare and trained at Quantico and New River. He served at Camp Pendleton and went overseas in January 1944. Captured in the Marshall Islands, he was released and later killed during the Saipan invasion. He attended Ono Valley Academy and has a brother Frank McMahon in Jordan.
John N. Kingston, lecturer at Carmon College Ottawa, studied the Syracuse Onondaga Postwar Planning Council with Sergio Grima. He praised Syracuse for coordinating public input and advancing a comprehensive postwar plan. Kingston noted the project as a leading model for Canada and England.
Dr. Victor Hoo, Chinese delegate at Dumbarton Oaks talks, suggests Japan may keep the Mikado but a different emperor could be chosen. He favors open talks with Britain and the United States on an international peace agency, and predicts possible mass suicides as the Pacific war nears its end.
U S Attorney General Francis Biddle cautioned in Los Angeles that the CIO Political Action Committee could face prosecutions if funds used in the general election derive from the same sources as those used in the primaries. He explained the Smith Connally Act adds anti corruption provisions to labor unions for general elections, not primaries.
Public schools in Hornell will not open until October to curb infantile paralysis risk. Visitors to Samoson Naval Training Station are restricted to stop spread. Dr. George E Taylor Hornell health officer says the Board of Health unanimously votes to delay school openings slated for Sept 3. Steuben and Chemung counties report combined polio totals 340 cases and 15 deaths. Evie County 538 cases and 34 deaths.
Oakley Fur Ney assistant state commissioner of education says only ten percent of returning veterans can be served by standard facilities and urges industry support for expanded vocational training to rehabilitate disabled veterans as Bulova Watch Company plans a training school opening.
Lt Col George W. Wood of 320 Kirsch Drive Mattydale returned home for his first visit in more than three years. He served in the Southwest Pacific area and during his trek home met Syracuse residents Maj Richard Amann and Col Alfret Mares. Wood left Syracuse in 1930 as commander of Company C 108th Infantry and saw service in Hawaii the Carolines and New Britain.
The Production Board called on corn picker and binder makers to raise output for the upcoming fall harvest. The advisory committee cited component shortages, especially malleable iron and chain, and large mill demands and labor gaps. Some auto foundries have reopened to aid Army needs, aiding machinery safety efforts.
A fire at 336 West Newell Street damaged a bedroom dresser and mattress in the residence of Leo Gas. The blaze started about 9 32 A M and was confined to the bedroom. District Chief Francis R Ferren said the origin was undetermined. Engines 5 and 18 and Truck 4 staffed the response.
Two men were arraigned in Police Court for petty larceny in the theft of scrap paper from street curbs during a Sunday paper drive. Each was fined 5.5 dollars by Judge Treman H. Presiding. Bailey of 507 Barnes Avenue and Proskowitz of 617 East Adams Street were arrested Saturday by officers guarding the card collection.
Fairmount volunteer firefighters with Scout Troop S3 will conduct a monthly paper salvage pickup on Saturday. Residents of Fairmount in the West Over tract and Spring Garden area are asked to assist. Firemen and Boy Scouts have not yet been contacted.
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