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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1946
Page
2
A roundup in Buffalo area backyards near the stockyards ends with about 30 calves moved in trucks by Hygrade Packing Co. attendants to the slaughterhouse. The mix of stray livestock disrupts the neighborhood as authorities corral the wandering stock.
An 18 year old girl swimming nude in the Hudson River evaded two Hudson County Police officers for an hour and a half before they convinced her to board their rowboat. Susan Zakar of Fairview claimed she was training for the English Channel as she played with the boat and splashed water at her pursuers.
Detroit M all plant stops Nash automobile output due to some workers refusal to work on right hand drive export models. Lynn Mass jet propelled aircraft may largely replace conventional planes within 10 years says General Electric engineer R. Standerwick.
Obituaries list figures like George H. Hummel of Summit New Jersey chair of P Lorillard dies at 81 In Chicago Hull House associate Josephine Milligan aged 86 in Jacksonville Illinois Croatian patriot Dr Louis Kexman 58 in New York Yugoslav parliament member 1920 1928 Field Marshal Tord Cavan 80 former British general staff chief dies in London Greece premier George Kafandaris from Athens in 1924 dies in Athens Adol Phos Busch Jr 55 Anheuser Busch president in St Louis and boat designer Joseph Liesee 75 in Marine City Michigan.
The Constituent Assembly approved an investigation into the events of 1933 to 1945 to fix responsibility for France's defeat by Germany and to propose political and judicial sanctions. Leftist parties and President Bidault's MRP supported the proposal. CHENNAULT PLAN C.ED SHANGHAI (49) Claire Chennault's relief plan won central government approval with a $3,000,000 loan to create an airline using 12 UNRRA planes.
Ninety Americans of Chinese descent boarded the transport General Meigs in Canton today to be repatriated to the United States. Another three hundred are scheduled for September. Most had previously returned before Pearl Harbor and were stranded during the war.
Senator James M. Mead may resign the chairmanship of the Senate War Investigating Committee if he seeks the New York Democratic gubernatorial nomination next week. He plans to keep his Senate seat this year and has discussed stepping down if he runs for state office. He indicated the panel may be led by Connally if he agrees to serve. Kilgore or others could take over if Connally declines.
Roy C. Holliss 56 acting president of the New York Daily News was killed instantly when his car struck a telephone pole on Route 136 near Fairfield Connecticut. Frederick H. Bedford president of Office Supply Co and director of Standard Oil of New Jersey drove Holliss home and was injured slighty. He was taken to Bridgeport Hospital with non serious injuries.
William Heirens, 17, confessed triple murder while in custody and wrote a letter to his parents claiming he planned several actions and made two actual suicide attempts. State's Attorney Touhy released the letter, written in his jail cell but never mailed, during the murder investigation.
The Office of Price Administration announced a million dollar treble damage suit against the New Colma Mill and Lumber Co. for diverting 13,000,000 board feet of lumber from Northern California to the Midwest and New England through Megal operations.
The U S Public Health Service reports that the 1946 infantile paralysis epidemic, the largest since 1916, appears to have passed its peak.
Plans completed for a Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial in London. A Grosvenor Square site has been selected and work has begun on a full length statue.
Walter Kiernan muses on a winter Security Council session in exile at Juake Success. He jokes about decor, exits, and a lakeside layout while noting a furniture move required 75 vans and a factory strike delaying new chairs. The piece ends with a splash and the meeting adjourned.
Delegates from about 30 nations gathered to form a five member interim commission for the new International Teachers' Organization. The World Organization of the Teaching Profession was created earlier this week and will become permanent once national heads ratify its constitution.
Bits of wreckage from the yacht Ve ana were spotted in Lake Michigan by a Coast Guard PBY plane. No trace of the three crew members had been found eight to 18 hours after the yacht sank in rough seas. The sighting came four miles northwest of the sinking site with a motor lifeboat dispatched to the wreck area.
In Jerusalem, British Sixth Airborne Division searches Dorot and Ruhama on Palestine’s southern edge. Authorities tighten security around 38 Stern gang members awaiting execution for sabotage. Soldiers find two signalling lamps a mortar a mine detector training pamphlets and a radio transmitter.
National Park Service reports an average of about 2,000 visitors per day view the grave of Franklin D. Roosevelt at Hyde Park. Since April 12 the Roosevelt home has become a national historic site, with 272,000 visitors to the grave and 88,705 in August’s first 28 days.
Jim Moreland told police hospital attendants that his car rolled downhill after he parked it and knocked down him and his wife Mary as they walked to a grocery. He said brakes slipped and a single witness saw Flo grab then return the $10 bill.
Albion veteran Jennie A. King laughed that she “doesn’t remember exactly” how old she is as she celebrated the 55th anniversary of when she began her career in newspapers.
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