07 Dec 1947
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1947
Page
1
A fragment discusses Stalin’s marriages to Ekaterina Georian-born, Nadezhda Allilueva, and their children. It notes Nadezhda’s youth at marriage, her limited public appearances, and Vassili’s wartime bravery. The piece hints at Soviet records, family ties to Kirill Alliluyev, and broader revolutionary era context.
Dr Betty M Humphrey of Duke University reports in the Duke Journal of Parapsychology a dice experiment under Rhine psychology tests suggesting mind over matter. Using 12 dice per roll with six red and six white she achieved 45 more aces and 179 fewer aces than expected by chance, a 180 to one result.
Indiana forum by the Indiana and National Tuberculosis Associations urged compulsory hospitalization to curb tuberculosis spread. Speakers cited enforcement gaps in Indiana laws and described patients leaving hospitals or refusing care as major national problems. They recommended psychiatric consultation for recalcitrant patients and using hospitalization as a last resort.
University of Minnesota physicists pursue a mechanism to photograph cosmic rays miles above Earth. The project involves detecting high energy particles and developing a method to capture otherwise invisible radiation for scientific study.
Old Pueblo and surrounding area expand hotel and resort options as tourism surges.16 hotels 74 motels 13 resorts 52 guest ranches promise 12000 guest capacity. Visitors flock in October for western arts and rodeos while guest ranches host regular events. Concluded on Page 2 Col 1.
Chicago couple James and Elizabeth Mattalina faced delight at inheritance news that promised a $120000 windfall after years of poverty. The tale details a chauffeur’s service to George I B Smith, a shift to a tiny grocery, and a single son with war trauma. As fortune rumors spread, con artists swarmed the home, pressuring them with offers and threats, ending with untold pages of the story to come.
A South African minister reports on sedition charges and a crackdown amid anti communist activity. The narration covers a tour through the United States, impressions of San Francisco and Los Angeles, and observations on press focus and the congressional inquiry into un American activities. The writer notes travel from South Africa to the U S and reflections on democracy and security.
The Cristo Rey church in Santa Fe claims to be the largest adobe structure in the southwest, begun in 1940 under Archbishop Gerken. It features 360 foot length and four foot thick walls, built by native labor near the Sangre de Cristo Hills. A massive 450,000 pound stone Reredos, donated in 1761 by Don Francisco Antonio Maria Del Valley, was once sealed behind a wall in St. Francis Cathedral.
A 37 year old reporter Albert A. Riley of the Atlanta Constitution sparked a city backed drive to demolish 6 000 substandard dwellings and repair 34 000 more over five years at an estimated cost of 50 million dollars. The council approved financing plans and ordinances with penalties for non compliance and hinted at federal funds if needed.
Edith Newlin of Wayne and her Seeing Eye dog Blitzen visit veterans hospitals in the Philadelphia area bringing cheer to blinded and injured servicemen. She defies rules by allowing patients to pet the big Boxer as he comforts amputees and those awaiting operations. She plans a poetry book May Rain and keeps a hopeful philosophy that darkness travels toward light and blindness toward death.
Guy Larson thanks a hunter for a Canadian goose found in his backyard. The bird was shot in the breast and kept flying until it dropped in the Larson yard. Larson’s dog alerted him to the scene as he wandered outside.
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