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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1948
Page
2
A fragmented memoir scene recounts backstage encounters with a professor, his wife, and discussions about the Schillinger system blending mathematics with music. It names Helen, Plaza 2-1600, and references Gershwin, Berlin, and Todays music theory. The piece hints at a controversial method and the edgy tone of Tin Pan Alley era discussions.
A digest of wartime era items notes a California honeymoon story, a large Italian food strike threatening bread supplies, a French uranium find near Rodenas, and a Puerto Rico offer to Romulo Gallegos. Belgium ends a 24 hour streetcar strike with heavy traffic jams while Britain expands its national service to 18 months. Greece executes seven for aiding guerrillas and Munich reports a Nazi press chief sentenced to 10 years in a labor camp.
A Rochester fire critically burned a man and killed three others including Mrs Alberta Stephenson and Edward Woodard. The incident left Stephenson’s husband William in critical condition at Genara Hospital as investigators seek a cause. Local and business news note store sales and a shift in early December activity, while Jameson Gazette appoints Dante editor Harvey Sharkey joins Gioia Maca Foods as an executive.
Two Navy divers Wesley Singleton and George Cullough set an American deep sea diving record by descending 485 feet to the ocean floor off Key West Florida. The men, ages 31 and 32, completed the dive in a standard diving suit and stayed on the ocean floor for several minutes, with an average of 1,000 visitors daily to the divers’ base.
The Macy group testified before a senate committee in 1948 alleging dealer abuses in car sales. Hearings cited $500 payments to salesmen for new cars, under valued trade-ins, manipulated waiting lists, and excessive dealer add ons. Macy warned hearings could resume in other cities if more funds were obtained from Congress.
Albany reports indicate Governor Dewey and legislative leaders expect a broad tax increase to fund expanded state programs and school aid amid rising costs. Officials say income taxes may rise above 60 percent of the legal rate, with a return to prewar levels by ending recent tax cuts. Dewey plans statewide projects despite higher costs, including an $80 million mental hospital program, signaling new revenue needs.
The passage argues that if all government departments acted similarly unemployment would fall. It notes Tobin could handle budget excess personally and praises seasoned departmental management. It mentions payroll doubling delays, a $3,000 figure, and aims for job reduction, training, mediation, and curbstone service reform amid rising administrative costs.
A union bus drivers and mechanics strike started in Tulsa today at Tulsa City Lines after a prolonged negotiation period. The work stoppage followed an early morning meeting and continues a threatened walkout past the November 15 contract expiry.
Deaths include Ward D. Hiner a 68 year old long distance trucking and transport leader and first president of the Oklahoma City Stockyards Exchange in Indianapolis. Charlotte A. Brown aged 56 noted as a pioneer nurse helping establish training schools at Pennsylvania Hospital Philadelphia and Bellevue New York City. Howard J. Bell 34, former Jamestown College president and ex assistant to the president at Bradley University, Peoria, previously noted in Fargo North Dakota.
President Truman and his family will celebrate Christmas at the White House in Independence Missouri as the holiday season begins with the first family at home.
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