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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1947
Page
2
Earl Wilson shares a Moscow visitor’s candid views on life under secrecy and shortages, praising some art and critiquing propaganda while detailing cold streets, bread lines, and a mix of cultural observations. He ends with a Muscovite salute and a brief town column followed by society notes and showbiz gossip.
Twenty drivers and nine maintenance men, paying for fuel and supplies out of pocket, kept nine routes in operation in Long Beach three days after the company shut down at midnight. Police report schedules remain normal and riders have no complaints.
Washington Republican Roy O. Woodruff predicts Congress will not extend the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act, set to expire next June 12. In Boston, 13 witnesses to the $108,000 payroll holdup at Westinghouse Electric Corp. Sturtevant plant on Oct 30 fail to ID Samuel S. Granite of Brooklyn in a police lineup. Granite, a Massachusetts State Prison parolee, was brought to Boston.
Walter Kiernan ponders scientific and economic quirks with a satirical lens. He riffs on atom piles turning gold into mercury and quick tricks with money and meat prices. He predicts future shortages but sees eventual solutions under any president, Truman or Murray.
Paris dispatch reports John Foster Dulles, adviser to U S Secretary of State, held a talk Saturday with Gen Charles de Gaulle. Dulles, targeted by the French Communist party for interference in French affairs, avoided answering questions.
The United Nations Security Council committee met Dutch colonial officials and Indonesian Republican leaders aboard the US Naval transport Renville in Batavia to push a settlement to the two year conflict. Indonesian Premier Amir Sjarifoedin told reporters a solution is needed but would not say if he is hopeful about the talks. Dr. Frank P. Graham represents the United States on the three power good offices committee, with Belgian and Australian delegates also present.
Pravda in London dispatch warns that forming a western German government as a base for Anglo American imperialism could trigger a new war. It claims chief capitalists seek wars, having profited from two world wars and seeking a third.
Obituaries list prominent figures such as Joseph T. Ryerson head of Inland Steel in Chicago. Tristan Bernard celebrated French author and humorist in Paris. J R Hitchcock Santa Fe Railway executive in Los Angeles. W Axel Warn longtime NYT legislative chief in New York. Dr Fred C Conway Albany heart specialist and retirement board member. Patrick Roche Granville police chief in Albany. Edward Sabourin Hudson Falls Paper founder in Hudson Falls. Charles Dean National AAU president in Waukegan. and Joseph McEareand referenced in fragments.
The president and general manager of the National Gypsum Company in Halifax Nova Scotia is reported, highlighting executive leadership in the gypsum industry and the firm's North American operations.
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