31 Aug 1948
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1948
Page
1
Bruno Salafin bade farewell to Syracuse as he boarded a plane for an orphanage in Sicily. The boy clung to host Mrs. Amadeo Bersani during a month on the North Side and said he would not believe he is returning until he is here again.
Peters described as head of the Communist underground in America preached the United States must be destroyed. George Hewitt testified as a Negro and alleged former member of the Communist Party National Committee. Peters faces potential contempt for refusing to answer at the House spy hearings after being named by Chambers as director of an underground Bay apparatus operating in 1934.
The day brings sunshine and warm call. Temperatures rise to 78 by tomorrow with 61 at 8 AM. No rain is in sight as Syracuse enjoys fair and continuing cool weather despite hot highs in the Dakotas. The Cape Hatteras hurricane stays out at sea and does not affect local skies.
Far East Command says 12 520 Japanese were released for repatriation from Siberia and the Kuriles during the week ended August 26.
The page list outlines sections including Amusements Letters Bridge Financial Classified Inq.Reporter City Life Radio Deaths Social News Editorials and Sports on pages 22 to 24. Today's pictures appear on page 12 and features are on page 30.
In Elmira a 16 month old dog named Blackie was spared from destruction after five children petitioned in a recorder's court. Jessie Hackett testified she played with Blackie daily and found him gentle. Judge Bert Ziff ordered the dog not vicious and advised leash keeping. the accuser Frank Harris testified to an Aug. 6 bite near Harry Wagner's home.
Police Judge Mike Foster praised a shift in driver attitude as Albert H. Pillow admitted fault for failing to yield. Two patrol officers apologized for wrongly booking Winston B. D. Churchill for a reverse turn, with no law against the maneuver. The judge tore up the ticket.
Anthony Lima, 13, arrived from Palermo with his mother and rode a bike into Buffalo. Lacking English, he asked Colvin police for help after getting lost. Police reported the case as solved when they aided his return.
Former Czechoslovakian president Eduard Benes, 64, is reported in serious condition due to a circulatory ailment at his home in Sezimovo Usti, south of Prague.
The Witherill's long established Syracuse department store was sold today to Gorin's, Inc. of Boston in a major postwar transaction. Lawrence L. Witherill announced the sale through Eagan Real Estate and the store will operate as L. A. Witherill, Inc. with staff and policies unchanged. The real estate includes multiple four to five story buildings at Salina Fayette and Clinton streets with an assessed valuation around 650000. Gorin's expands beyond New England for the first time with 12 Massachusetts stores and one in Connecticut.
A fishing boat named Rustler sank in a night storm off the southwestern Alaska coast. Planes and surface vessels hunted for the crew as an SOS at 7 15 P M Pacific time warned they would ride out the gale in an outboard tender.
Churchill asks Britain for permission to take part in a Sept 11 celebration in Aix en Provence honoring Gen Charles De Gaulle where he is vacationing.
Four military governors met to discuss a Soviet sponsored single currency for Berlin and the lifting of the surface blockade. The Moscow plan would guide Western and Russian officials toward four power talks on Germany once the currency is agreed. Western sources caution against optimism as practical steps remain.
President Truman denounces the egg throwing at Henry A. Wallace during a North Carolina event as highly un-American. Press Secretary Ross quotes him saying Wallace has the right to speak but aggression violates fair play.
Census Bureau reports average tax burden 344.46 for each of 144 million Americans in the year ended June 30, 1947. Federal taxes totaled 257.36, states 46.84, locals 40.26. total 49.603 billion, about a quarter of national income.
Five U.S. bases prepare amid hurricane danger as twenty five naval aircraft land at Hancock Airport including P-47 PBY and PRI models from Floyd Bennett Field and Squantum. Additional groups expected from Mitchel and Squantum with over two hundred planes nearby at Griffis Air Base.
At about 2 AM two men leaped into the Hudson from the Dunn Memorial Bridge in Albany. Robert Rubner, 49, of Albany, swam to shore and faced a public intoxication charge. William Mullen, 48, of Boston, disappeared after remaining afloat. police searched the river for his body.
Funeral services for Charles Evans Hughes will be held at 2 30 P M Syracuse time today at Riverside Church. The casket was moved into the main body of the church after resting in the nave. The family asked that only friends and family attend. The Rev Harry Emerson Fosdick will conduct the services.
Ford Motor Co reports assembly of 26,128 vehicles across its plants last week, surpassing its previous postwar high of 25,079 units set in the week ended August 21. Production gains mark a new record for the company.
A Sampson College student was killed and three others injured when their car left the Sampson-Geneva road a mile north of here and overturned. Driver Carl J. Lord Jr. suffered head and facial cuts and shock, while Calvin T. Nichols was killed. The other passengers were Donald A. Colvin with a head injury and Theodore Patton with a back injury and shock.
Buffalo industrialist and 1895 All-America quarterback Clinton R. Wyckoff died August 16 1947. His gross estate is reported at 418647 dollars with assets distributed as per his will.
Burton Redford of the U S Cooperative League, with 1.5 million members, spoke during a Bis marck vacation about sun dances of the Dakota Indians. He criticized locals for focusing on taxes while praising climate as wonderful, comparing citizens to a spoiled child who rejects help while crying.
Paris reports Robert Schuman will ask the National Assembly to reinstate him as premier and form a new cabinet to end France's political crisis. He hopes to win 311 votes from the 620 deputies when voting resumes this afternoon.
Spot lights illuminating the Capitol dome caused a small blaze on the west side portico last night. A short circuit in the wiring ignited painting equipment used for sprucing up the Capitol.
A tropical hurricane moving up the Atlantic Coast may miss the mainland if it holds its course, but the U S Weather Bureau warns strong winds along the coast tonight. Winds reached 30 mph by mid morning with a forecast for Maryland and Delaware of northeast gusts late in the day and tonight.
A new hurricane brews about 125 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras and curves northeast offshore. Forecasters say it is recurving slowly toward the north northeast with winds near 135 mph. Naval bases evacuated ships while Red Cross shelters opened and Coast Guard urged beachgoers to seek safe ground.
Premier Marshal Tito restructured Yugoslavia naming Eduard Kardelj foreign minister and promoting Rankovic to vice premier while Kardelj retains the post and Stanoje Simic is replaced as foreign minister. The decree marks a broader government reconstruction amid Cominform tension.
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