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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1941
Page
2
Legislative debate over strike curbs in the House advances toward a first vote. The Smith plan expands voluntary arbitration and union registration while preserving open shop during wartime, with a potential plant seizure provision if talks fail.
Frank W. Reynolds, 64, retired salesman, and Mrs. Helen Hitchcock, 54, longtime friends from Albany Wisconsin, renewed their childhood friendship after decades apart and planned to marry in Chicago. Reynolds has been visually impaired after numerous eye operations.
The Duke of Bedford, noted advocate for peace with Nazi Germany, declined to take the oath in the House of Lords citing conscientious objection. He signed the roll and left after a brief appearance, offering allegiance to the King while maintaining his stance. No demonstration occurred.
Senator Wheeler of Montana renewed attacks on President Roosevelt's foreign policy, claiming it would lead to the plowing under of every fourth American boy. He warned the program could endanger youths not only in Europe and Africa but also in India and China, while urging amicable settlement with Japan.
The Trieste Court of Assizes opens a case charging 18 defendants with plotting to kill Mussolini and with acts of terror tied to a Slovene minority conspiracy. The indictment links an Italian émigré network in Yugoslavia to past bombings and attacks dating up to a decade ago.
Trieste December 3 Antonio Skuka 23 a conspiracy suspect of Slovene descent repudiated a confession alleging a large Yugoslav Communist Terrorist plot to overthrow fascist rule in this area He denied knowledge of factory bombings at Piacenza and Bologna last year authorities link the group to a 1935 Mussolini assassination attempt and other explosions involving about 60 prisoners.
In Gallup New Mexico on December 3 the U S Secret Service arrested a Zuni Indian accused of boosting his government check from 1 30 to 55 40 but he will not answer until after Shalako the tribe’s Rain God ceremony later this month. The tribal elder said the tribe can have no other Fire God until he dies and Shalako cannot occur without a Fire God. The Secret Service agreed to wait.
In Lakin Kansas a couple keeps a pie on the car roof to cool as it sits close to the house. The odd habit draws attention when the driver wheels through town. In Chicago a professor’s many books prompt a playful domestic quip about unread volumes. Other notes tell of a church sermon, a swimming incident, poison ivy humor, and Iceland soldiers layered for cold weather.
The House Appropriations Committee halted the Treasury plan for a $5 annual automobile use tax. It questioned collection costs and outlined a proposed staff of 3,460 to chase delinquents, risking the tax’s effectiveness. Rep. Johnson of Oklahoma has introduced a repeal measure.
A 51 year old Southern Indiana farmer, Herman Barrett, produced a probable world record corn yield of 190.1 bushels per acre on his 56 acre Fort Branch area farm in Gibson County. The yield, certified by a three man committee, earned him the Indiana Five Acre Corn Club championship among 2230 farmers. Purdue University crop expert M Q Pence said no larger yield on more than an acre had been reported, and the 190.1 figure is likely a world record.
Lieut. Frederick Lang reported from Iceland that Christmas trees were scarce, prompting E. S. Lang to arrange Maine’s gift. A 25 foot spruce decorated with tinsel and balls leaves Parlin Pond for the North Atlantic outpost to brighten December holidays for the stationed crew.
A terse wire dateline from Fort Huachuca Arizona on December 3 reports Jesse L White of Ypsilanti Michigan as the listed individual involved in the water related item with no further details provided.
A soldier arrived from Camp Wolters Texas to join the 25th United States Infantry. His possessions listed include a washboard ironing board iron and soap indicating simple laundry gear carried with him.
Dec 31 was named as the final date for British women to finish knitting for Russian troops. Admiral Sir Spaney Fremantle, retired, chair of the Navy League Seafarers Comforts Supply, suspects Archangel’s port will be frozen by then, blocking aid via the Far Northern route.
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