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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1946
Page
8
NAM officials wrap up the annual Congress urging reflective bargaining and restraint in labor disputes. Earl Bunting takes over as NAM president and pledges to resist rightward trends while condemning mass picketing and coercive tactics.
Sea Scout Robert Sandwick was awarded the Eagle Scout rank at a Roose vel Junior High School ceremony attended by 600 scouts leaders and parents. Charles Kirschenbaum presented the award to Sandwick’s parents, noting his membership in Sea Scout Ship 48 sponsored by John T Roberts School Mothers’ Club. Other honors included Life Scout awards to Kushner Day Bundy Bruce Burns, and an Eagle palm to Parker Pritchard’s father, presented by Ray George.
Madrid reports Gen Francisco Franco's cabinet reaffirmed firm determination to keep the Fatherland free from foreign meddling. The communique critiqued UN majority and alleged Communist Polish delegation. A UN subcommittee was to meet at Lake Success to discuss the Spanish situation. The regime also announced about $1,000,000 to aid rebuilding Santo Tomas University in Manila.
The General Assembly faces approval of a plan mandating every member of the United Nations to report their total troop numbers at home and abroad by January 1, 1947. The Security Council slated Tuesday to review a Greek guerrilla warfare complaint against Yugoslavia Romania and Bulgaria and to act on Slovakia’s membership bid.
Bnai Brith presented six books on Jewish history and religion to the Syracuse Public Library. Gate, acting director, announced the gifts which include American Jewish Year Book 1946-47, The River Jordan by Melson Gluah, In the Steps of Moses by Louis Golding, For the Sake of Heaven by Martin Buber, The History of the Jews of Italy, and Jacob's Dream.
Nine were elected to membership in the Jus tinian Legal Society at Syracuse University College of Law on Friday night. Two new honorary members are Justice Francia D. McCain of the Appellate Division and William J. Lloyd, professor of law. Students elected: Richard N. Ames, Arthur Berl, Carl Meacham, John E. Nopkos, William O’Brien, Charles Steinberg, Charles Thompson. Associate Judge Edmund H. Lewis gave the principal address at the University Club dinner.
A hole in the front wall of Hondziela's restaurant on Kinxino Street was used for a prank. A lit cigarette was placed in the hole around dawn, causing a small fire with minor damage and prompting investigations.
Dr Dublin Fils lauds Onondaga Health Association for expanding work scope and using Christmas Seal funds beyond tuberculosis, signaling a countywide pattern. Alexis N. Muench chaired the board meeting as the association discussed pioneering funding and general health initiatives.
An unnamed 17 year old roofer teetered on electric wires after a 35 foot fall from a downtown scaffold. He plunged into an alley but escaped serious injury. Witness Gus Sudik recalled the teen crying for help while dangling above the wires before the fall.
The United Nations site committee will vote Monday on the location of the UN permanent home. The US backs the eastern seaboard with Great Britain and Russia, while the American delegation pushes for an Atlante coast site over San Francisco.
Closing campaign of several weeks sees Branch 184 voting in Parlor D at Hotel Onondaga. Robert Moore seeks reelection as president opposite Wills Powell. Three vie for vice president Edmund D La Rue Edward Todd and Michael Varg. George Payette and Albert Laas run unopposed for treasurer and financial secretary.
Commissioner Charles E. Billton urges residents to leave garbage unwrapped to avoid clogging disposal and extra charges. He notes colder weather drives wrapping but warns paper slows collection and may violate city ordinances. Keep cans inside and place out the night before pickup.
Bennington College student Paula Welden, 18, is feared abducted with authorities reviewing foul play as a possible cause. State officials widened the probe to include a red or maroon sedan and a possibly NY-registered pickup. sightings place Welden on Glastonbury Mountain’s Long Trail with witnesses noting a blue eyed blonde. A Navy helicopter is to be used in ongoing searches.
In Lansing Michigan a three year old boy linked to the death of Roxanne Smith last August is slated to be a defense witness in the murder trial of Cayton Smith 25 a former Lansing patrolman. The father contends the boy fired the revolver that killed his wife while the defense seeks to show how the child discharged the weapon to refute prosecutors claim of impossible physical action. Smith denied making any indiscreet proposals to his sister-in-law Mary Anthony 21 after his wife's death in testimony yesterday.
Advice column on painting care by Hubbard Cobb. Tips cover brushes, paint storage, thinners, and avoiding cheap paints. Includes a request for reader mail and a list of names and notices at the end.
Delegates to the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America heard former president Charles P. Taft urge Christianity in politics amid 5,000 attendees. He argued for a political system that avoids war with Russia, improves U.S. labor relations, and resolves global hostility through Christian idealism. Bishop John Stamm and Taft’s predecessor presided as Niemoeller urged an atomic age versus an atoning age.
Americans have bought 59.243 billion dollars of U S Savings Bonds since Pearl Harbor. Through 1945 they funded war efforts with 52.9009 million, and in 1946 have added 7.006 million. November cash-ins of War Bonds exceeded new purchases. net margin 41.799 million. Purchases totaled 293.9 million. B F and G series combined strength over cash-ins by 60.635 million. Combined sales reached 452.747 million.
A large ammunition dump on the outskirts of Shanghai began blowing up early today. Six hours later more explosions rocked the area. U.S. Air Transport Command personnel at Fuangwan Airfield were evacuated from headquarters and other buildings. Planes at the field were reported undamaged. No death toll is known, but some Chinese may have perished, with victims shown leaving the walled compound amid injuries.
The Mode Taxi Corp. receives 149.95 from Mrs Dorothy Flynn after a Municipal Court decision by Judge William E. McClusky. The taxi firm sued for damages to a car from a January 23 accident at Glencove Road and Nichols Avenue. Brown, Mangin & O'Connor represented the winner.
The United States will sit as an observer at a new full and free conference on Palestine. Secretary Byrnes said Jewish leaders support partition under British mandate, with Arabs and Jews. Bevin advised talks scheduled for January in London. the British had postponed December discussions. Byrnes spoke after talks with Zionist leaders including Rabbi Stephen Wise before Wise left for an international Zionist conference.
Greek ambassador to the United States Simon P J Diamontopoulos, 69, died of natural causes after a long day that ended with a three hour meeting with Prime Minister Tsal daris and other Greek leaders at the Plaza Hotel. He collapsed after telling the premier he had something he hoped they would enjoy. The New York City Medical Examiner attributed the death to natural causes.
Mayor Frank J Costello urged strict fuel conservation in Syrar euse and Onondaga County after a meeting with Ernest Davidson of the Solid Fuels Administration. Davidson said cooperation is expected under current rules to stretch remaining coal supplies, and advised mixing small size anthracite with bituminous coal to extend fuel stocks.
Catherine Costello of Kirkville benefits from two wills filed in Surrogate's Court Friday. In Uncle Adam Eisel's will she is named legatee of an estate valued at $6,000. Her Aunt Elizabeth Drake leaves one third of her $4,150 estate to her husband with the remainder to Miss Costello. Anthony A. Henninger, VP and GM of New Process Gear, will address the Society for Advancement of Management at 7:30 PM December 11 in Hendricks Chapel, on management and labor relations.
A humorous wartime column imagines college players organizing to demand salaries, with UC Berkeley and other universities cited. It riffs on subsidies, agents, and possible strikes, joking that unions could affect game play and onfield tactics.
Camden police detained eight individuals after a clash outside the Camden Courier-Post building. A Camden Police Judge later dismissed 20 of 41 arrestees, with one man fined 525 and several others given 10-day suspended sentences or bail. A separate case saw Theodore A Gall held on $1,000 bail for assault and inciting, amid a strike affecting the J. David Stash owned newspapers and Philadelphia Record.
Fifteen year old Charles Wilfred Arler survived a 775 foot fall down an underground shaft at Bainborough main colliery near here. He described the descent as like falling out of bed in sleep, landing on an elevator cage at the bottom. An official said the cage would be about halfway down traveling at roughly 80 miles an hour, and the speed of his fall would be similar.
The mayoral conference with the Child Care Committee chaired by Barbara P. Griggs discussed post January 1 debts the Community Chest cannot cover. The committee sought city financial aid but no decision was made. The talks will continue next week.
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