Barbershop death shocks Syracuse civic leader John Giminski
John F. Giminski, 60, former Onondaga County treasurer and prominent Syracuse Republican, died suddenly today in the Modern Barber Shop at 309 Montgomery Street. He slumped in a barber chair as his barber of 20 years, Joseph DePaulis, gave a haircut. Police and an ambulance rushed to the scene. Raymond Bordynski, a funeral director, tried revival with ammonia but he was pronounced dead. Survived by his mother, three sisters and several nieces and nephews.
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John F. Giminski
Onondaga County
Montgomery St
Giminski
Barbers
Joseph DePaulis
DePaulis
Montomery St
Michael Colella
St. Joseph's Hospital
Raymond J. Bordynski
Syracuse
Tle
Edmund J. Nowinski
Frank J. Costello
Agnes Giminski
Agnes King
John Durgent
J. F. Zell
Beauty Queen Shuns Movie Contract
Kathleen Flynn, five, of Spokane Washington, named Little Miss America 1948 after beating 30 finalists at Hollywood Row. Her mother Flynnsays Kathleen should stay with family and skip radio TV and film work.
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Hollywood
Kathleen Cecile Flynn
Spokane
Wash
Holywood Glamour
Mama
Kathleen
Honard A. Flynn
Kathneleen
Stalin’s Arctic exile escape to power explored in biography part
EMI Ludwig presents the second of six articles on Joseph Stalin tracing his escape from Arctic exile and ascent in the anti-Czarist movement. The piece appears on page 15 with navigation to features on pages 24 and 25.
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Emi Ludwig
Joseph Stalin
Babe Ruth Will Sets Aside Estate for Kids of America
The will filed in Surrogate's Court today allocates for the widow and two adopted daughters, with 10 percent of the remainder devoted to the kids of America. It names the Babe Ruth Foundation as a future recipient after the widow’s death.
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New York
Babe Ruth
America
King
Nuth
Melvyn G. Lowenstein
Memorial Hospital
Clara Mae Ruth
Julia Ruth
Flanders
North Conway
N. H
Dorothy Ruth Sullivan
New York City
Ratth
Syracuse Set for Pleasant Weather This Week
The Weather Bureau reports fair skies and rising temperatures over the next 24 hours in Syracuse with a high near 85 and a low of 64. Tomorrow should reach 87 degrees as southeast winds pick up. yesterday saw fog in Onondaga County and a 85 degree peak at 1 PM.
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Syracuse
Weather Bureau
Lomakin Returns to New York Amid Recall Demand
Consul General Jacob Lomakin was reported due back at the Soviet Consulate in New York after a weekend absence. Vice Consul Zot I. Chepurnykh said Lomakin would be there later in the day but could not confirm whether he would return to Russia as demanded by the U.S. State Department.
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New York
Jacob Lomakin
United States
Zot I. Chepurnykh
Tlomakin
Russia
U. S. State Department
Chepurnykh
Air Force Gains Wider Authority for Strategic War
The Joint Chiefs of Staff announce the Air Force will decide weapons for strategic air warfare and assess needs for a proposed 65 000 ton carrier. Other services may contribute, ensuring use of available forces to improve effectiveness and economy.
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Joint Chiefs of Staff
Air Force
Busche Joint Chiefs
The
War College
Newport
Navy
Defense Department
Key West
Fla
RACH
Joint Chiefs
Canterbury Dean Refused U S Visa
The Rev. Dr. Hewlett Johnson known as the Red dean of Canterbury announced that U S authorities refused his visa to enter the United States. He said the decision cited disapproval of activities of the American Soviet Friendship Council which invited him.
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London
Ins
Hewlett Johnson
Red Dean
Canterbury
United States
Johnson
U. S
Non-Signers Put on Trial by Local 216 Members
Los Angeles report says local 216 United Automobile workers will put nine members on trial for refusing to sign anti Communist pledges. The jury will be chosen by the rank and file tonight.
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Los Angeles
INS
Sis
United Automobile Workers
Rare Bargain Stanley Steamer Seeks Buyer in New York
A local paper advertises a 1906 Stanley Steamer in perfect running condition for sale today at 2800 dollars. The item highlights a rare bargain opportunity for potential buyers in New York.
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New York
Thief Steals Wedding Gifts From Lyncourt Home
A thief entered the home of Mr and Mrs Dominick Modafferi in Lyncourt while they attended their son's wedding in East Syracuse. The burglar used a hidden key to enter, took $14 in change from a bank bag, $18 from Mrs Modafferi s purse, a military wrist watch, and $65 in wedding gift money. Deputies Foote and Hoffman reported the incident.
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Dominick Modal- Teri
Lyncourt
Syracuse
Arson Suspected in Charley Willey Farm Fire Mystery
The State launches a full investigation into the Willey farm fires with Fire Chief Wilson and Deputy State Fire Marshal Burgard monitoring remaining structures. Crowds of about 2000 gather as brown spots appeared on wallpaper and burst into flame, destroying barns and sparking theories of arson.
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Macomb
Charley Willey
Fred Wilson
Wilson
John Burgard
Willey
Burgard
Willey Farm
Willeys
Theo Fama Hreuse
Bombings Tied to Policy Rackets Hit Cleveland Homes
Police in Cleveland rounded up 17 policy figures in a bombings probe. Explosives damaged the homes of 17th Ward Councilman Charles W. Carr and former operator Buster N. Mathews, with five suspects held for questioning. Mathews and his housekeepers were reportedly buried by debris as fronts porches were demolished.
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Cleveland
East Side
17Th Ward
Charles W. Carr
Buster N.mathews
Mathews
Mamie McDonald
Laura Brookins
Alvin J Sutton
Four Take Blame For Jap Crimes
Four Japanese generals admitted responsibility for war crimes in China. Three received life sentences and one a 20 year term, while they defended their commander Lt. Gen. Yasutsugu Okamura who faces trial.
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Shanghat
China
Yasutsugu Okamura
Thirteen Hurt as Fire Rips Through Tenement Floors
New York report says thirteen people including twelve firefighters and a woman were overcome by smoke or sustained minor injuries when a blaze swept two floors of a tenement building.
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New York
INS
Small Fry Plot Foiled by Police
Cincinnati patrolmen halted a burglary attempt as two little girls and an eight year old boy tried to crack a safe in a car sales office. The trio knocked a window, damaged the safe, and were turned over to juvenile court. the oldest suspect was 81. A separate incident in Kansas City saw a motorist destroy a cracked rear window to avoid a ticket.
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Cincinnati
Albert Thiele
Hee
Thiele
Kansas
CEPY
Robert McGarvey
Kansas City
McGarvey
Chicago cabbie declines stop to prevent fatal self harm
Nathan Frank a 45 year old Chicago cab driver says he did not intervene when a fare threatened death by own action with a .38 pistol. Frank reports paying $14 after the man pressed a hard object into his back and demanded money in downtown Chicago.
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Chicago
CINS
Nathan Frank
Frank
Taxes Paid In Glens Falls for 1946
For the fifth year the city reports no delinquent properties. City Chamberlain Dennis F. Kelleher informed common council that all 1946 taxes are paid. Kelleher collected overdue levies through personal calls on delinquent taxpayers.
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Glens Falls
Burglars Batter Salt Springs Market Safe for 2500
Burglars battered open a 300 pound safe at Salt Springs Super Market on Mayet street and fled with cash and checks totaling about 2500. Entry came via a west side door with a hole knocked through the door and a bar pushed aside. Police noted the burglars left a light burning and exited through the same door. An attempted entry at Johnson's Food Market was reported but nothing was taken.
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Salt Springs
YOO HL Mayet St. Sant Gavendsa
Brandoard
Fotel
Frank
Corbett
Johnson's Food Market
Mavette St
Russians Release US Officials in Berlin Seizures
The Russians freed three U.S. Military Government officials seized in Berlin as British authorities release Franz Erdmann, head of the Russian controlled eastern Berlin police, after his boxing match arrest on abduction charges. A German photographer was arrested as cross zone tensions rise. ten Germans have been seized since Thursday in western Berlin or along the border.
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Berlin
U. S
Germany
Franz Erdmann
Western diplomats to meet Stalin in Moscow Kremlin
French sources report western power diplomats plan talks with Prime Minister Stalin in the Kremlin tonight. The meeting is expected at 4 PM Syracuse time.
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Paris
Moscow
Stalin
Kremlin
Syracuse
Abduction and border clashes flare in divided Berlin
Russian, American and British officials report a tense border scene at Potsdamer Platz as Lt Sherman Turner and Roland Myers were seized while on a border inspection. They allegedly crossed into the Russian zone. a German police chief Paul Hoppe was freed after negotiations. Officials describe ongoing violations amid civil strife between east and west police forces.
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Germany
Berlin
No Man’s Land
Potsdamer Platz
Headen
Boy Major Sherman Praises Pershing at Boise Dinner
A canny boy named Major Joseph Sherman praised General Pershing at a Boise Idaho dinner. He recalled Pershing’s sharp mind as a boy and told a tongue in cheek anecdote about a toothpaste seller and a dollar bid, ending with a quip about getting 75 cents change.
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Joseph Sherman
Idaho
General Pershing
Boise
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