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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1946
Page
2
A 41 year old New York woman, enraged over a bachelor acquaintance, was charged with arson and felonious assault after allegedly setting a basement fire at his home and injuring a police officer with a meat cleaver. Police identified her as Mrs Altice Buck, a former California resident separated from her husband.
Government economists report a survey showing Americans expect to spend only 10 to 15 percent of their 90 billion wartime savings this year. A Federal Reserve official says people intend to keep their cash, signaling cautious consumption as wartime reserves persist.
Secretary of War Patterson expressed extreme indignation at Yugoslavia shooting down unarmed American planes and warned that delaying an army raise until war starts will be too late. In Lansing a 21 year old mother of two Roxanne Smith was accidentally shot and killed by her two year old son.
Dr. Robert Dudley Curtis 53 pediatrician retired Harvard medical school assistant died in Boston noted for arranging adoptions of homeless babies. Dr. Arthur G. Baerett longtime president of Maryland Academy in Atlantic City. William P. B. Capes Clinton executive secretary of New York State Conference of Mayors in Utica. James K. R. Wendrem 57 senior examiner in State Insurance Department and 40-year state employee in Albany.
Maj Herbert W Bluhm was acquitted by an eight man military court on charges of authorizing and aiding guardhouse cruelties at the US Army 10th Replacement Depot in Lichfield England. The trial discussed alleged mistreatment of U S soldiers at the detention center.
Crombie and three crewmen plus five others were freed after a Yugoslav ultimatum. A Turkish captain was wounded when a bullet pierced the tail of the transport during a crash landing near Ljubljana. The aircraft wrecked in a cornfield after a bad weather flight from Vienna toward Udine.
The coroner ruled accidental drowning after the boy was found dead and transported to the Onondaga County Morgue. Survived by parents two brothers Pvt William J overseas and John E Reidy and sisters Rose Marie Mildred Dolores. Funeral services set for 8:15 A.M. Saturday at John B Murphy funeral home and 9 A.M. at Saint John the Evangelist Church.
A Polish embassy spokesman in London rejected a British note that Poland held the national refer endum in a free and unfettered manner. He called the claims unsubstantiated and based on rumors and protested Britain’s apparent call for supervision of upcoming polls.
Rejection faction argued about the fate of five crew members tied to the second crash. Patterson received assurance of facilities for American officials to inspect the site of the August 19 crash. Nine men, including seven Americans, were among those who crashed.
The headquarters of the 88th Division reported an American Army truck was fired on near Ursina by unidentified persons. No casualties occurred, two shots hit the windshield of the mobile library unit led by DPre. Wade Tarnglee exited the vehicle and fired four shots toward the source.
Yugoslav authorities released nine men of the first crash including two non Americans and said five Americans aboard the Aug 1 plane may be dead on inquiry at Gorizia. Theodore Hohenthal planned to inspect the Aug 19 crash site with Lt. Provon as rain hindered earlier inspection.
Yugoslavia demands UN Security Council consideration over United States authorities in Austria and Germany impounding six passenger ships and 165 other Danube vessels including tugs tankers and barges. Dr Stamper urges inclusion of the case on August 31 agenda as a response to losses from German seizure and postwar occupation.
OPA debates a roughly three percent rise to restore prewar handling charges to price dealers. In addition, ceilings on industrial goods and materials rise, with new nationwide truck ceilings for Chevrolet Dodge Ford GMC and White effective immediately. OPA notes production costs have risen since January 2, 1941.
A Fish and Wildlife Service census counts two million rats inhabiting the Senate and House office buildings the Capitol and connecting tunnels. Census taker John Jones a rodent control technician reports the finding and has called a council of war with Capitol architect David Lynn.
A secret session of over six representatives drafted plans for the Italian campaign with no easing of reparations. Australian delegate Herbert Evatt urged limits based on Italy’s ability to pay, while Canada reportedly backed the stance. The draft suggests 100 million dollars in reparations to Russia and leaves other claims to the Peace Conference. Ukrainian foreign minister Dmitri Manuilsky warned Greece’s demand for Albanian territory could destabilize the Balkans, risking a new powder keg in Europe.
Four House Democrats from the Flood Control Committee accused the Truman administration of erasing $300,000,000 for river and harbor works while claiming budget balance. They warned floods and disasters could follow and urged Republican support. General Carl Spaatz announced a 20 percent cut in AVAF civilian staff, affecting Wright Field and long range projects, with bases to close and guard programs revised.
James G. Chapman son of Mr and Mrs Charles Chapman of 50 Broad St has been accepted for enlistment in the Regular Army. He previously enlisted in the Army Air Force for three years and chose the Caribbean Defense Command.
An on board report notes coded Allied chatter about Truman and policy shifts. The crew mentions a Maine state emergency ending and Republican forces being dismissed while uncertain travel directions persist. A senator’s family message and deck musings accompany the log-like entries.
The report notes seven Americans and two Hungarians released from custody after motor transport to the Morgan Line, with a Turkish passenger still in hospital. Fourth Army delays plane visit due to weather, doubts crew parachuted, peasant sightings of possible parachutes earlier. Diplomats react to Premier Marshall Tito’s stance amid tensions in the Soviet sphere and potential peace-shaking events.
Private funeral services are held for Jesse H. Johnson 65 a retired plane tuner who drowned Monday in the Seneca Cayuga branch of the Barge Canal. Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery Waterloo at the private service in his Seneca Falls Waterford home.
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