09 Dec 1947
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1947
Page
1
Three bandits held up bank messenger Wilson Conard in Waverly and fled with $22 000. Police say two men approached at a street intersection while a third waited in a car. The suspect vehicle was a black sedan with partial plate 2 W.
A tug ran aground at East Cove near Fort Ontario at 11 PM Monday and four men were rescued by an Oswego Coast Guard crew led by Chief Boatswain's mate H M Brown. The skiff capsized this morning but all crew members escaped unharmed after hours battling rough seas and an under staffed station.
Mar quis Childs notes on editorial page how the south shows modernization in New Orleans with international commerce goals. The piece signals regional changes including tourism attractions like Magnolias and crinelines and references sections on pages 40, 2, 8 for comics, horoscopes, and crossword features.
The Weather Bureau predicts the coldest night of the season with temperatures dipping to 15 degrees. A broader Midwest cold wave moderates before sweeping into Syracuse as sub zero readings appear in Minnesota. Snow flurries and strong winds hit several areas with Oswego hit by forty to fifty mile per hour gusts delaying a Coast Guard rescue of seven aboard a grounded tugboat on Lake Ontario.
The Senate Civil Service Committee today approved the nomination of Mead by unanimous vote, advancing to the full Senate for consideration.
Reports from Jerusalem detail four Jews killed in Tel Aviv era clashes as Arab League moves to aid Palestine Arabs against UN partition. Damascus cites Palestine Liberation Committee volunteers. violence abates slightly yet toll rises with more casualties and property damage across Tel Aviv Jaffa.
State labor commissioners and union officials from over 40 states convene a two day annual conference in Washington with Secretary of Labor Lewis B. Schwellenbach and his aides attending to discuss wage policy and labor issues.
Paris reports that communist labor leaders ordered off paralyzing strikes after Russia halted trade talks and ordered home its repatriation mission. Soviet diplomats expelled 12 members in France for subversive activities, while Paris warned of a government ultimatum and possible deployment of 240000 troops to suppress saboteurs and riot squads.
The administration submitted a bill to Congress to allow rationing of meat and gasoline and to empower the government to buy up crops and allocate scarce items. It would extend export controls and priority powers through March 31 1950 and would enable allocation to influence industrial production and cost of living. Senator Cooper pressed whether consumer rationing was included. Foster said it would be.
William Ward stopped for gas at Oneida Castle before driving toward Michigan. Deputies Joseph Kanasola and John Murphy stopped him in Dewitt and learned his wife had stayed behind at the station. Ward claimed she was asleep in the back seat but the deputies said she had left the car. Ward returned to Oneida Castle to fetch his stranded wife as deputies sought his Michigan address.
Fire swept a rooming house once occupied by George Miller 44 ex convict whose bullet riddled body was found nearby last Saturday night. Police arson squad joined homicide investigators citing a new line of inquiry into the blaze and injuries.
Choice steers sold at an all time high price of 39 dollars per hundredweight in Chicago regular market trading. The lot averaged around 1 150 pounds with prime grade material noted among the offerings.
A witty phrase defines a playboy as a man wearing a top hat with white lies and tales.
Belgian lawmakers delay parliamentary debate on the government stance toward King Leopold II. The discussion, planned for today in Brussels, was postponed at the government's request and moved to tomorrow.
Charles Martin, 35, is to be executed in Port Arthur on January 8 for the murder of 11 year old Joseph Grant, a Toronto area prospector. The Ontario Supreme Court issued the ruling.
The former Navy tanker Panagansett, 523 feet and 5,700 tons, split in two at an East Boston dock while about 250 workers were aboard. One man critically injured, thirteen with minor injuries. Both sections remained afloat as oil sprayed skyward.
U S Army investigators report seizure of 12 more milligrams of radium from the German black market valued at about 150000 dollars. The week’s total seizures now reach roughly 759000 dollars for the precious element.
Rome reports the Communist controlled Chamber of Labor delayed a general strike for at least 24 hours. The postponement calmed mounting tension while the group seeks Christmas unemployment bonuses and a large public works program. Premier Alcide De Gasperi views the move as a potential bid to unseat his Christian Democrat government. He studied the ultimatum but had no cabinet or labor talks scheduled.
The United States Secretary of State Marshall aims to force a clear decision on reparations with Molotov at the earliest opportunity. Western diplomats note Russia's moves and tensions in Austria and repatriation as signs of a cautious path toward economic unity for Germany.
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