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Newspaper

Syracuse Herald Journal

Location

Syracuse, New York, United States of America

Date

Dec 07, 1940

Page

3

Rain Eases Dangers of Iced Roads

Syracuse and much of New York state endured heavy rain and freezing fog as temperatures rose from near two below to near 50 degrees. Icy roads caused multiple crashes and stalling, with bus runoffs near Syracuse and several highways described as impassable. A 62 year old woman slipped on ice and broke her arm near South Salina Street. The AP noted statewide perilous conditions outside New York City with the Binghamton area especially affected.

Syracuse Onondaga Ta New York State Weather Bureau Mercury Cayuga Omnibus Corporation Syracuse- Marcellus Cards Corners William Merkley Raymond B. Traver Skaneateles Otisco Tully Vesper Pompey Hill Brighton Avenue Syracuse-Oswego Auburn Marcellus Onondaga Hill Oswego New York City Associated Press Binghamton

Youth problem topic on station WFBL tonight

The Syracuse Council of Churches hosts a round table on Is There a Youth Problem Today broadcast from 8 to 8 30 P M on WFBL with Rev Gene E Bartlett Calvary Baptist Church as chair and speakers Dr Katherine Taylor Lansing Petrie Robert H Sraith Jr and Miss Beverly Woodson Also tomorrow 8 05 to 8 30 A M Rev Archie B Bedford Danforth United Church leads WSYR broadcast The Book of All Mankind Other WSYR program 4 to 4 30 P M features The Family Prepares for Christmas with Rev Dr Wilson G Cole University Methodist Church and participants Mrs Robert A Pond Dr and Mrs Gordon D Hoople Dr Howard Lyman and the University Church quartet soprano Mrs Viola Pollassek soprano Mrs Jane Snook tenor Conrad Hess baritone Milton Spence.

Council of Churches WFBL Syracuse Council of Churches Gene E. Bartlett Calvary Baptist Church Katherine Taylor Lansing Petrie Robert H. Sraith, Jr Beverly Woodson Archie B. Bedford Danforth United Church WSYR Wilson G. Cole University Methodist Church Robert A. Pond Gordon D. Hoople Howard .Lyman University Church Quartet Viola Pollassek Jane Snook Conrad Hess Milton Spence

Induction Names Listed in Obscure Local Record

A fragmented notice lists several individuals including Burton Betty Allen and Jean Pay along with Helen and Joan Hunter and Esther Hayter as part of an old will induction. The readable fragments imply a ceremonial or archival acknowledgment within a local record.

Burton Betty Allen” Cass Spay Jean Pay Helen Ti Joan Hunter Esther Hayter

Engineering Unit Elects L. L. Lewis

L. L. Lewis of the Carrier Corporation was elected president of the American Society of Refrigerating Engineers at the society’s 86th annual convention closure in New York City. He has long service in the group including director terms and New York section leadership.

L. L. Lewis Carrier Corporation American Society of Refrigerating Engineers New York City Air

Pioneering Air Conditioning Inventor and Fire Log Summary

The record highlights Mr. Lewis, credited with inventing the by pass air conditioning system used in theaters nationwide and later applied to munitions and blast furnace operations during wartime. A Kentucky native and University of Kentucky alumnus, he worked with Willis Carrier and held engineering roles after 1907. Fire logs note multiple incidents on Oswego Boulevard and Warren Street with autos and burlap smolders causing minor damage.

University School of Engineering Willis H. Carrier The Carrier Corporation Oswego Boulevard Bear Street Warren Street

Mercy Plane Flight Cancels Davila Talk on Hill Here

Carlos Davila former Chilean ambassador to the United States cancels his engagement to speak at Hendricks Chapel Syracuse University due to accompanying his ailing wife to Santiago A replacement lecturer Prince Paul Sapieha of Poland an authority on international trade will deliver the talk at 8 PM He is the son of Windsor Graetz and fought with the Polish against Bolsheviks at the end of World War I and later led coal and zinc firms in Poland.

Mer Chile Santiago United States Army Senor Davila Hendricks Chapel Syracuse University Douglas Miller Prince Paul] Sapieha Poland Germany Prince Paul Windisch-Graetz Warsaw Czas

Elmen Firm Merger Creates 175 Buffalo to Syracuse Jobs

The Samuel Elman Manufacturing Company and Faultless Sportcraft Company merge to form the Fault Jess Sportcraft division of Elman Bulletin Shaffer Inc with headquarters in Syracuse. About 175 Buffalo employees will transfer. combined sales near 1 million dollars annually. Officers include Shaffer, Bulletin, Elman, Ballotin and Elman.

Samuel Elman Manufacturing Company West Genesee Street Faultless Sportcraft Company of Buffalo Buffalo Concern Syracuse Harvey J. Shaffer Fault- Jess-Sportcraft Elman, Bulletin & Shaffer, Inc United States Army Missouri Shaffer Jacob Bulletin Samuel Elman I. J. Elman David Ballotin

Trend to Fascism is Seen by Editor at Dinner

James G. Daly of Columbus editor of the Sample Case official publication of the United Commercial Travelers of America spoke at a Central City Council dinner at the Onondaga Hotel. He said a decade of agitation and centralized power plans have pushed toward totalitarianism, noting the pattern begins that way and will, he warned, occur in this country.

America James G. Daly Columbus United Commercial Travelers of America Central City Council Onondaga Hotel Daly

Dance Teachers Protest City Recreation Dance Program

A committee of dancing teachers protests the Municipal Recreation Commission plan to run dance classes in city schools aimed at aiding children from lower income families. They argue private instructors will lose business though officials say programs feed private classes and help select talented youths.

Municipal Recreation Commission Commission Smith T. Fowler Recreation Commission Fowler Smith

Zionist Meeting To Be Chaired By Rabbi Hyman I Hyman

Rabbi Hyman I Hyman of Temple Adath Yeshurun will chair a joint Zionist meeting by Syracuse Mizrachi and other local groups in the Onondaga Hotel Wahata Room at 3 P M tomorrow. Eliezer Letner director of the Jewish National Fund religious dept Americas and Rabbi Samuel Blumenthal director of the Zionist organization youth movement will speak. Letner, a noted writer and mentor, has spent considerable time in Palestine.

Hyman Irwin I. Hyman Temple Adath Yeshurun Syracuse Mizrachi Hiawatha Onondaga Hotel Eliezer’ Letner Fund América Samuel .Blumenteh Americas Letner Edmentor Palestine Foiyi Lane

Two Motorships Near End of Barge Canal Season

The Empire State and the Badger State, both Fed eral Motor Ship Company vessels, pushed along the Barge Canal to Oswego finishing their runs for the year. They left Sylvan Beach at 3 50 A M and reached Three Rivers after crossing Oneida Lake through ice, arriving Oswego around noon as winter canal restrictions end the season.

Empire State Badger State Oswego Great Lakes Federal Motor Ship Company Oneida Lake Sylvan Beach Brewerton Three Rivers Fulton Badget State

Twenty-Five Teachers Face Inquiry In Red Case

Twenty five college teachers face contempt proceedings for denying to testify at a legislative inquiry into Communist activities in New York city schools. The Board of Higher Education is authorized to seek legal opinion on its powers and the minutes of the inquiry.

New York Board of Higher Education Ordway Tead Legislative Committee Brooklyn College Communist Party Binghamton, N.Y Thomas J. Mangan State Regent Board F. H. LaGuardia Boards of Education and Higher Education

Body of Dunkirk Woman Identified in Florida River

The drowned woman found in the St. Augustine river was identified as Miss Mary Lish of Dunkirk. Syracuse police aided Florida authorities after a wrist watch she wore was traced to the city. Lish, secretary to Lake Shore Seed Co. president David S. Wright, left for a south trip five weeks ago and checked into a St. Augustine hotel November 26, disappearing three days later. The AP dispatch noted no signs of violence on the body.

St. Augustine Fla Syracuse Mary Lish Dunkirk Florida Lish David S. Wright Lake Shore Seed Company Associated Press

Women’s Club Aids Lighthouse Sales at City Venues

The Business and Professional Women’s Club members sell items made by the blind at the Museum of Fine Arts and the State Tower Building with Miss Ruby Howe as chairwoman. The committee includes Eva Allen Ruth Baker Mary Jane Baker Ethel Collins Sarah D. Collins Claire Douglas Lara Handsom Helen Hayes Marguerite Henry Elizabeth Hogan Beulah Merchant Janet Milné Florence Mosher Marjorie Oakley Cornelia Peck Marjorie C Smith Hazel Smith A May Towner Ruth Van Alstine Fay Wedstrorth Louise Wetter and other members.

Ruby Howe Museum of Fine Arts State Tower Miss Howe Eva Allen Ruth Baker Mary Jane Baker Ethel Collins Claire Douglas Lara Handsom Helen Hayes Marguerite Henry Elizabeth K. Hogan

100 Children Sell Red Poinsettias for Greek Relief

Syracuse residents join a tag day street drive by the Greek War Relief Fund Community Division. Over 100 Greek descent children sold poinsettias downtown to fund food shelter clothing and medical aid for Greek civilians amid Italian aggression. Mayor Rolland B. Marvin endorsed the cause. Rev Panagiotis Anastassiou chaired efforts with local committee members listed.

Syracuse Greek War Relief Fund Greece Rolland B. Marvin Panagiotis Anastassiou St. Sophia Hellenic Orthodox Church United States Cornelius Vanderbilt America Montgomery Street Father Anastassiou A. D. Constantine Steve Haralambides Gregory Caroueas Peter Zaharis Charles Theodossiou James Kazacos

Lilyan Tashman Fur Auction Brings $2000 in New York

Furs formerly valued at $250,000 belonging to the late actress Lilyan Tashman sold for $2,000 at auction. The top item, a chinchilla cape insured for $50,000, sold for $1,500.

Lilyan Tashman New York

Lt Schulze Flies Army Plane Home From Langley

Lieut Herbert O Schulze 26 of Syracuse arrives at Syracuse Municipal Airport after a three hour flight from Langley Field Virginia in an O 47 A three place observation craft. He stopped to refuel at Middletown Pennsylvania and will return to Virginia tomorrow afternoon.

Max Schulze Park Street Lieut Herbert C. Schulze Langley Field Herbert O. Schulze Syracuse Schulze Middletown Syracuse University Randolph Kelly Fields Langley New York Virginia

Intercollegiate Model Council Discusses League Stability

League of Nations Intercollegiate Model Council session at Syracuse University’s Maxwell auditorium debated currency stabilization and nondiscrimination in representation. The assembly rejected a proposal to surrender sovereign powers to a reorganized league amid college participants and a talk on Canadian American relations by Prof. Albert Corey.

St. Lawrence University

Pearl dress worth 250000 flown to Cincinnati

A pearl dress valued at 250000 was sent by air express at 1 02 PM today to Cincinnati. It is the most valuable air express package ever handled through Syracuse office of Railway Express Company. The Imperial Pearl Syndicate of Chicago owns it and designer Hattie Carnegie created it. It had been on display at Addis Company 449 South Salina Street and will go to H and Pogue Company of Cincinnati.

City Ohio Air Express Cincinnati Syracuse Railway Express Company Edward Gould American Airlines Imperial Pearl Syndicate Chicago Hattie Carnegie Addis Company South Salina Street 8. Pogue Company

Police arrest Samuel Tripoli in obscene literature case

Police seized Samuel Tripoli aged 21 of 114 Delhi Street yesterday for possessing obscene literature in violation of the penal law. Police Judge Homer V. Walsh fined him 25 dollars today.

Samuel Tripoli Delhi Street Homer V. Walsh

Investment counselor Boltz sought in $2.9 million fraud

Philadelphia report states Robert J. Boltz, 53, an investment counselor, is sought after an indictment charging 21 counts for defrauding clients of about $2.5 million through the nonexistent North American Investment Fund Inc. He vanished Oct 22 after a state inquiry. Bail set at $100,000 if captured.

Philadelphia Robert J. Boltz Boltz Securities and Exchange Commission SEC George A. Welsh Post Office Inspection Service Federal Bureau of Investigation Pennsylvania Securities Commission J. Myron North American Investment Fund, Inc

Mistletoe Decorates Frosh Holly Hop at Syracuse University

A large mistletoe hangs from a revolving mirrored ball at Archbold Gym for the Frosh Holly Hop at 8 P.M. today. The gym will be decorated with red and green drapes holly and spotlights. Leo M. Snell will pick the top dancing couples for awards. The guest of honor couple is Miss Joan Fisher and Edward Kriete.

Archbold Gymnasium Syracuse University Leo M. Snell Snell Dancing Academy Freshhman Joan Fisher Asbury Park N. J Edward Kriete Bayonne

Fortified Health: Strong Resistance Cited in Study

A new report underscores the link between bodily resistance and resilience, noting that individuals with higher immune strength show better recovery. Researchers caution results vary with age and lifestyle factors.

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Oswero Highway Marcellus Road Syracuse-Marcellus Carrier Executive Refrigerating Society Mercy Davila Carlos Davila Elmen Assumption Assumption Church Conection Catholic Central Verein Catholic Women’s Union Thomas: Grassman Tekakwitha Fonda Union Knights of St. John Michael Steines Holy Trinity Church Paul Hemmer Saint Joseph’s Alban Bartos Hippolyte Kirchen Severin Muller William J. Uullrich Revort Moertes Waterway Women’s Club Schultz League Council Tripoli Pete
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