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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1946
Page
2
Albany reports at least 12000 workers jobless as rail freight embargo and coal supply shortages bite industry. Other plants warn operations may halt next week without coal miners returning to pits, delaying state conferences and raising transportation woes across the Empire State.
Washington Attorney General Tom Clark will ask Congress for stricter federal gun controls to remove firearms from criminals, with Wiley releasing a Justice Department plan for regulation and taxation of transfers. A riot of unrelated items follow: a grenade discovery in Philadelphia and Rubber workers union talks amid a wage dispute, plus a Chicago divorce verdict granting mutual amnesty to a 52 year old industrialist and his much younger wife.
A three month old cubs at Salt Lake City s Hople Gardens Zoo face a check up as nights grow cold and the zoo notes dwindling coats. An AP Wire photo accompanies the report with a bleak tone about winter conditions affecting the animals.
In Stockholm two Nobel prizes will award honors to Empress Nagako and two American scientists Dr. Herman Muller and Dr. Sumner. The ceremony highlights the Nobel festival as Hoosier geneticist Dr. Muller from Indiana University and Cornell chemist Dr. Sumner share honours in medicine and chemistry respectively.
Ellen Mack Nash 83 widow of Philip Nash an early vaudeville associate of B F Keith died in Los Angeles. Also noted Adolph Rosenberg 65 longtime head of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations and Giddings Co. executive and D Charles Stewart Canadian chair of the International Joint Commission former Alberta Liberal premier died in Ottawa.
Maj. Gen. P. W. Baade and wife escaped the Winecoff Hotel fire after a harrowing 2:30 a.m. alarm. He described the blaze as worse than anything overseas and credited five men with dragging them from a sixth floor room. Other witnesses, including Mr. and Mrs. Roberts, used bedsheets and soaked mattresses to block flames while praying for escape through multiple rooms and windows as firemen reached the building.
A rapid hotel fire at the Atlanta Hotel forced guests to flee as flames swept through upper floors. Firefighters aided rescues from ledges and nets while witnesses described terror and heroic acts amid smoke and collapsing interiors.
In West Virginia 102,000 soft coal diggers face uncertain futures as a shutdown drags on. Jesse V. Sullivan of the Wear Virginia Coal Association says some miners have returned to scattered operations, despite fears of union retaliation. National production reached about 2,000,000 tons for the week ending Nov 30, vs. 800,000 tons weekly during spring’s walkout. In Pennsylvania, production rose to 40,000 tons daily from 46,000. Coal administration officials say troops could be called to protect workers if needed. Unemployment widens with steel, railroads laying off thousands, and a deadly incident with a building fire prompts evacuation and injuries.
The list of dead from the Winecoff Hotel fire includes many names with uncertain spellings and uncertain addresses. Survivors and unidentified victims are noted amid garbled OCR that mentions several cities and states including Georgia and North Carolina. The report lists dozens of individuals with mixed accuracy, highlighting the scale of the tragedy and the challenge of confirming identities.
A dramatic escape unfolds as trapped guests leap from a hotel fire into an alley below, many nets missing or failing. Firemen struggle to contain the peril as a woman slides down a bed cloth rope and crashes onto the marquee, while others plummet to their deaths amid flames. City Detective E B Brooks describes the chaos and fatalities.
Lt General John E Hull led observances marking Dec 7 1941 at Pearl Harbor. The morning raid by 105 Japanese planes from six carriers damaged ships, homes, and airfields, killing hundreds of Navy and Army personnel and civilians. The Helena Navy Cemetery hosted ceremonies honoring the dead.
Failure From Page Ore says they will join Republicans to remove present dollar limits on campaign contributions and expenditures. In interviews they argue full publicity on financing before elections would clean up politics more than any prohibition. Hatch and James S. Kemper urge a reevaluation of the Hatch Act and federal laws regulating contributions.
President Truman concentrates on a nationwide broadcast as the 400,000 United Mine Workers strike against government-operated soft coal mines intensifies. The administration enforces controls to stretch coal supplies, orders restrict coke deliveries, and seeks prompt Supreme Court action over contempt rulings while union officials pursue injunctions and attempted contract terminations.
A couple survives a 25th floor blaze after clinging to sheets and ledges as a wife is lost. A teenage girl jumps to safety during the climb through smoke filled rooms. Firemen and Red Cross assist, guiding them down 15 flights to safety while expressing thanks for life and the courage of Cary, the wife.
The Big Four have reached preliminary decisions but face two months of translation, organization, printing, and final approval before formal signing. Byrnes submitted two drafts outlining procedure and an agenda for talks with German treaty questions.
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