Mundy Sonday Robbed of 148 at Theater
Los Angeles police report a theater manager was robbed of 148 dollars at midnight between Sunday and Monday. The manager identified the victim as Mundy Sonday. Police are investigating the robbery.
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1940
Page
3
Los Angeles police report a theater manager was robbed of 148 dollars at midnight between Sunday and Monday. The manager identified the victim as Mundy Sonday. Police are investigating the robbery.
Worry of loose false teeth slipping or wobbling is eased by spraying FASTEETH onto plates. The pleasant powder adds comfort and security by securing plates more firmly without gummy taste or texture. Sold at drug stores.
Forty five men from Onondaga County are assigned to Fort Dix for 13 weeks of infantry training. Residency physicians and internes in hospitals qualify for deferment, and 338 of 2961 drafted were in Class 1 mental grouping. January quotas and local boards are noted.
Five days notice has been given to men from Syracuse and Onondaga County to travel to Rochester for induction if passed the physical. Listed today is Board 462 Robert P. Leamy.
Marshal Pietro Badoglio former chief of Italy's army visited Syracuse in 1921 on a goodwill tour of the United States. Anthony G. Detter led the local committee that organized the visit and escorted Badoglio by car from Utica. A downtown parade and a dinner at the Onondaga Hotel marked the two day stay.
The Onondaga County list includes volunteers Raymond Wiodarski and others from multiple boards who are to fill the original quota of 33 lacking due to disqualifications or shortages. Names include Ernest Singer, William Vollmer, Paul LaLonde, Paul Lennox, Patrick Bishop, Frank Saro, Albert Colvin, and Edner Hall.
Bishop Charles W. Flint named head of the Syracuse area drive for a 1 000 000 Methodist war relief fund to be raised on the first Sunday in Lent in 45 000 churches. Funds support soldiers and sailors in training, aid to British Methodism, and civilian relief near war zones.
Rev Thomas Grassman of Tekawitha Friary at Fonda led a vesper service in Assumption Church urging Catholics to stamp out detrimental influences on minds. The event, marking the Immaculate Conception, emphasized universal peace and featured a procession by Knights of St John units and affiliated groups.
Two youths 19 and 15 were captured after an ice slick chase by Anthony F. Louise and deputies. They confessed to three burglaries and two attempted burglaries in the past ten days, naming a Waterloo address for one suspect and detailing thefts in Ithaca Auburn and Canandaigua.
Newly elected officers of Joshua Lodge 584 Knights of Pythias are Hyman Pearlman re elected as chancellor commander Jack Meadvin chancellor Victor Taylor prelate Isadore Brodsky master of work Hulbert Holstein master of finance Harry Gorkin keeper of records and seal Samuel Ben Ami master of exchequer Others include Dr Harry Lavy master at arms Jerome Scharoff and Samuel Altfield outer.
The Syracuse Elks lodge will host a Thursday dinner at the Yates Hotel honoring Joseph G. Buch grand exalted ruler of the order. More than 200 attendees from Oswego Oneida Fulton and other central New York lodges are expected along with notable Elks figures led by John J. Woods and a 100 strong delegation including Mayor Marvin to greet Buch on arrival.
Oswego State Normal School will hold a morning assembly to discuss school business. The Men's Recreation Association and the Women's Athletic Association will each conduct separate sessions afterward.
Fort McClellan Alabama expects selective service men from Syracuse and Central New York to join the 27th Division by January 25 as part of wartime strength buildup. General William N. Haskell notes drafted men should join units from their home communities for camaraderie during training.
Water damaged records at Whitney's Express Company on North State Street after an overheated oil stove triggered the sprinkler. Firefighters from Engine Company 2 arrived at 7 23 A M and doused the flames. A large barn on Theodore Purdy’s Stump Road farm burned last night destroying about 20 cattle, two horses, hay and tools. Thirty five Mari cellus firefighters fought the blaze but could not save the barn contents and prevented spread to the house. The Purdy family was away and the origin of the blaze is undetermined. Slippery highways slowed response.
A Syracuse family member writes from Canada about an English weekend on an Hertfordshire estate near London. He notes English hospitality, lawn croquet, tea on the lawn, and the calm amid German air raids as the village residents cope with occasional bombings and a sense of national resolve.
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