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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1946
Page
2
Two ex convicts were shot in Manhattan in a gangland incident. Vito Greece died from five bullets while Rosario Amico was wounded after eight shots were fired from a large black sedan. Police say both men may have been trying to muscle in on local floating dice games.
In Atlanta two pickets stood before Municipal Auditorium as Dr Louis D Newton Southern Baptist leader returned from Russia reporting apparent religious freedom while a Missouri layman contested his assessment.
A light sports coupe struck a Reading railroad suburban train two miles east of Lansdale killing Dr. Rocco J. Caraio 43, his wife Bertha 44, and daughter Patricia 18 of Philadelphia. Police identified the victims and reported the tragedy occurred early today.
Arnold doxer Rose 83 violinist concert master Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra London. Dr Carlos Azcarate 43 minister of labor Cuban government Havana. William Price 26 Time magazine Cairo Egypt. Floyd Worden Sr veteran U S Senate reporter Seattle. Abraham Lincoln Kellogg 87 official reserve Third Department retired State Supreme Court justice Oneonta. Gordon Gould 42 former Gould Paper Co president Lyons Falls. Dr Paul N Dye 62 Louisiana political opponent Fuey P Long former lieutenant governor New Iberia Louisiana.
Prime Minister Clement Attlee flew back to London to hear Foreign Secretary Bevin report on the Paris peace conference. He returned to Chequers after a brief meeting. Meanwhile, 400,000 German POWs in Britain report rising escape attempts. Seventy three escapes in three weeks, fifteen fugitives still at large. In Tokyo, the House of Peers opens debate on a new constitution abolishing the peers and creating the House of Councillors.
A playful scene unfolds as a child asks why the mother kept Mahjong night a secret. The moment hints at family routines and hidden hobbies shaping evening rituals in a cozy domestic setting.
Ten operable B-25 bombers were handed to the Chinese owned Central Air Transport Corporation by Shanghai’s foreign liquidation commission office. The sale appears to violate federal rules requiring U S authorization for combat equipment surplus. Officials also report probes into irregularities in FLC sales of surplus in Shanghai as press extras authorized in the U S zone following Nuremberg verdicts.
Yugoslav authorities plan to accord the three American airmen the highest military honors. Their bodies, recovered from the Aug. 19 incident, will be escorted from their common grave to Koprivnik and then Belgrade. U S ambassador Richard C Patterson discussed the matter with Tito.
San Francisco Senator William F. Knowland asked the State and War Departments for information on three U.S. soldiers reportedly detained in Yugoslavia for six months in connection with the shooting of a Russian soldier. Sgt. Kenneth E. Schussel and two noncommissioned officers were said to be living at the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade as the government seeks safeguards. The report ties to broader postwar tensions with Yugoslavia, including rescue efforts for missing airmen and plans to honor fallen colleagues.
Rome reports Luigi Ighina an Italian scientist claims a method to neutralize A bombs by beaming two atomic rays at the device. He says the technique partly reduced effects in Bikini atoll tests and insists the defense is certain.
Washington reports pepper and ten other items removed from price ceilings as unimportant to the cost of living under the new Price Control Act. The list includes paprika cinnamon meat and fish sauces canned clam broth canned sauerkraut with pork sweet and sour chutney canned plum pudding malted milk tablets Chinese fortune tea cakes and dehydrated sugarcane fiber.
Lt General Littlejohn seeks testimony from Senator Mead Representative Manasco and others to probe a 100 percent discount sale of Thunderbird Field under surplus property laws. The House committee questions propriety as the WAA delays transfer to the American Institute for Foreign Trade while VA tuition and GI Bill provisions loom.
A U S flying fortress landed at Udine today after the first flight from Vienna since Yugoslav fighters shot down a C 47 transport on that route.
Debate over the Italian commission’s slow progress on four treaties stretched nearly four hours as amendments from the Netherlands and Australia passed. Observers note Western and Soviet bloc tensions rise as Molotov and Manuilsky walk out at a Paris liberation anniversary event amid shifting seating.
In Palestine the British raid era is cited as shaping Zionist policy. Chaim Weizmann advised the British that Jewish Agency delegates must be fully empowered and invite other bodies to participate. Golda Meyerson named temporary head of the agency's political department amid Moshe Shertok's detention. Arab leader Izzat Tannous foresees a federation of Arab states as opposition to Zionism grows.
Veterans of the Civil War rejected the notion of a final encampment and said they would accept an invitation to return to Indianapolis for another gathering next year. National Chairman Robert M Rowne, 102, of Ripley New York, stated the group would meet again if invited. Headquarters noted about 10 members had arrived, with the youngest 96, and more reservations were sent.
The report notes 168 new wallpaper designs planned for release this week and cites a 60 day cooling off period ordered for Marshal Tito. Tito defended his actions by saying he read U.S. news and believed defiance possible. Truman’s Bermuda stop is noted beside a remark on auto industry troubles. The UAW is preparing a second wage increase round as prices rise.
Despondent father Kenneth Merritt, unable to walk or talk, is missing after his mother left home for neighbors. Mrs. Merritt found the front door locked upon return at 11:30 P M and discovered Kenneth motionless in the tub, with his 17 month old brother William asleep in another bed. Authorities described the incident as a suspected crime scene.
SOUTH GLENS FALLS UP A Delaware and Hudson Railroad engineer was killed when two passenger trains collided head on a mile and a half south of Glen on the Adirondack branch. The deceased was Frank N Keenan of Saratoga Springs, piloting the northbound train as it struck a southbound unit.
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