Store Holdup On South Side Tracked After $10 Robbery
Police hunted a gunman after he held up the B. and B. food store at 1134 South Townsend Street this morning and fled with $10. A clerk named Meyer Branse lost $ itself but his son saved $25 in the register by passing a $10 bill. Detectives questioned a suspect but released him when Branse identified him as not the robber. The bandit is described as shabbily dressed, grey topcoat, no hat, brown hair, whiskers, bulging eyes, about 40, 160 pounds, partly bald. He fled west toward East Taylor Street and Townsend. The Branse family noted prior robbery at 602 Harrison Street last month.
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South Side
South Townsend Street
Cold Biehedsio
East Genesee Street
Meyer Branse
Frank Brazell
Ben Roberts
Young Branse
Branse
East Taylortreet
Barstars
Harrison Street
Donald Branse
Meyerranse
Speed-up of living blamed for more highway and home accidents
Richard W. Thrush of the American Red Cross told 29 chapter representatives at the Onondaga Hotel conference that highway mishaps rose 5 to 6 percent and home accidents 3 to 4 percent in July August and September from a year earlier. He linked the rise to the faster tempo of life amid world crisis and national defense, noting unemployment and heightened traffic as factors. The luncheon session opened the Red Cross safety campaign in Syracuse with remarks by church and chapter officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
National Defense
Richard W. Thrush
Acci
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Onondaga Hotel
Thrush
David C. Gildea
Diocese of
Syracuse
Ellsworth C. Reamon
Syracuse-Onondaga
Hit-Run Motorist Chased by Woman
Police seek a motorist who fled after striking three parked cars on Burnet Avenue. The vehicles belonged to Hedwig Lucketta at 907 North Townsend Street Alex Gonnella at 824 Burnet Avenue and John Burkart of Dewitt. Mrs Lucketta pursued the vehicle for two miles but could not overtake it.
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Burnet Avenue
Hedwig Lucketta
North Townsend Street
Alex Gonnella
John Burkart
Dewitt
Lucketta
Motorist Cleared In Accident Trial
A jury in Justice of the Peace Bert C. Seager court acquitted Les Stever of Auburn on a charge of leaving the scene of an accident dated November 23. The trial concluded last night with a not guilty verdict.
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Justice
Extra Term For Riot Is Held Hlegat
Auburn dispatch reports Frank Labicki, freed on order by County Judge Kennard Underwood, plans to leave town. He cites a string of sentences from 1918 to 1941 for robbery riot and escape attempts, arguing the 1921 riot sentence was unlawful and beyond the court’s power.
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Special Dispatch
Auburn
Frank Labicki
Kennard Underwood
Labicki
Underwood
Auburn Prison
Cayuga County
Great Meadow
Attica
Board of Parole
Accident victim fined ten dollars after plea
Karl J. Jones of Hornell aged 31 received a ten dollar fine in Police Court after pleading guilty to public intoxication. He was bruised on the forehead when he walked into the side of a car driven by Arch McCullough of 435 Hillsdale Avenue at Market and East Washington Streets Thursday night.
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Karl J. Jones
Hornell
Arch McCullough
Hillsdale Avenue
Market
East Washington Streets
Townsend Auxiliary Plans Yule Party
Members of the Women's Auxiliary of Townsend Clubs in the 35th district plan a Christmas party at the University Block Tuesday. A noon luncheon will be served with games and a gift exchange to follow in a recovered dish-luncheon program.
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Townsend
35Th Congressional District
Gills
Priest Urges Support For Hearth Seal Drive
The Rev W F Dougherty pastor of Saint Vincent de Paul s Church urged support for the Christmas Seal drive against tuberculosis. He notes the St Vincent school achieved 100 percent diphtheria immunization and cites health as wealth. Brewster reports receipts of 328 yesterday and total seal funds of 11852 61 toward the campaign goal.
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W. F. Dougherty
Saint Vincent de Paul’s Church
Father Dougherty
Henry B. Brewster
Onondaga Health Association
St. Vincent de Paul Parochial School
Syracuse
Brewster
Temperature Trend Baffles Winter Weather in Syracuse Shopping Day
Crisp coppery air and a clear sky gave Syracuse an ideal shopping day before Christmas. Temperatures fell from midnight to a low of 12 degrees above zero, then rose to 29 by noon. Forecast calls for fair weather tonight and cloudy tomorrow with higher temps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Two Oneida workers escape injury in rollover crash
Two Oneida Ltd employees on the way to work escaped serious harm when their car skidded struck eight guard rails and rolled three times ending upright with rear wheels over a 30 foot embankment. Driver Myles Riggall 20 of Oneida Castle and passenger Howard Peterson of Oneida were only lightly bruised. Investigating officers were Sergt Walter A. Mather and Trooper Nelson Gydesen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oneida
Oneida, Ltd
Myles Riggall
Oneida Castle
Howard Peterson
Glenwood Avenue
Boy Swallows Coin Avoids Hospital Visit
A 21 month old named Benjamin Garland swallowed a penny and was treated at home after his mother and a neighbor administered mineral oil. Police were contacted and a Crouse Irving Hospital ambulance reported the child out of danger. Fire records note a bus brake fire near First North and Kirkpatrick, and an automobile fire near Bell and Midland with minor damage.
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Benjamin Garland
East Fayette Street
Crouse- Irving Hospital
Kirkpatrick Street
Bell Avenue
Midland Avenue
Five Small Defense Orders Placed With Upstate Firms
Washington reports five defense orders totaling 154 355 for upstate New York firms. Navy buys hospital beds for 47 960 from Hard Manufacturing Buffalo. Army awards include Blind Work Association Binghamton 52 000 pillow cases 11 180 yards mosquito netting 14 653 Crescent Tool Jamestown pliers 27 263 American LaFrance Foamite Elmira control panels 53 299. Navy placed evaporated milk order 103 723 with Borden New York City on Nov 26.
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Washington
New York
Army
Navy
Hard Manufacturing Company
Buffalo
Blind Work Association, Inc
Binghamton
van Raalte Company, Inc
North Tonawanda
Staff Sergt Noice To Wed Norma Chase In Alabama
Staff Sergeant Charles G. Noice Jr of the 108th Infantry and Norma K. Chase of Syracuse will marry at Fort McClellan Alabama with Major Donald Stuart performing the ceremony in his tent. A reception will follow in the Headquarters Company recreation hall.
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McClellan
Ala
Charles G. Noice, Jr
108Th Infantry
Norma K. Chase
Oxford Street
Syracuse
Donald Stuart
Edward King
King
Joseph A. Sezudlik
Homer J. Chase
Blodgett Vocational High School
Sergeant Noice
Syracuse Trust Company
Hope Avenue
Carleton College Girl Home for Holidays Visits Family
Miss Mildred Engberg, a Carleton College student in Northfield Minnesota, returned home for a three week visit. The college closed a week early due to a city and campus mumps epidemic, and she travels to her mother Mrs Raymond F Piper and Professor Piper at 606 University Avenue.
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Carleton College
Mildred Engberg
Northfield
Minn
Raymond F. Piper
Piper
University Avenue
Ice-Coated Tug Seeks Winter Port Under Woman Skipper
Oswego dispatch reports Captain Ollie Johnson the first woman with an inland mariner license is seeking a winter port for the tug Salvage Prince she commands after a fierce gale on Lake Ontario. The vessel cleared Kingston Ontario for an 80 mile voyage when a northwest storm iced decks cabins and pilot house, and wireless failure kept the tug from contacting authorities.
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Oswego
Ollie Johnson
Salvage Prince
Lake Ontario
Johnson
Ituteon
Sister of Syracuse resident held by Nazis amid Paris arrest
Chester A. Kahn and family in Syracuse await news of his sister Mrs. Etta Kahn Shiber 62 widow of William N. Shiber telegraph manager at the New York Journal. State Department reports she was detained by German authorities in Paris with no charges yet filed.
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Chester A. Kahn
Kahn
Allen Street
Etta Kahn Shiber
Can Arts
Siber
Shiber
William N. Shiber
The
New York Journal
Paris
Mme. Bonnefass
Shi
State Department
Elizabeth A. Deegan
Gestapo
Maynard Barnes
Deegan
Hancock
Department
Bankruptcy Plea Filed by Clerk in Federal Court
Utica December 14 Francis C Kraft a clerk 247 North Roxford Road Lyncourt Syracuse filed a petition in bankruptcy in Federal Court with debts of 3861 and no assets About 40 creditors named including five doctors and two hospitals Dr E C Hughes 140 Memorial Hospital 45 and St Josephs Hospital 53 Mrs Elizabeth Kraft Oneida 1288 loaned Gordon Dye 359 Mrs William King 250 and Kenneth Hirsh Boonville 109
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Special Dispatch
Utica
Francis C. Kraft
Gordon’ Dye
William King
Kenneth Hirsh
Boonville
Winklen Elected President of NY State Highway Chapter
Dwight Winklen of Syracuse has been elected president of the New York State Highway Contractors Association chapter, succeeding prior leadership as the organization focuses on aggregate road projects and statewide infrastructure efforts.
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Winklen
Utica
Dwight Winklen
Syracuse
New York State Highway
Tme ‘General
Avene Ate En i Oa
Lottery Leaves Soldiers at Fort McClellan for Christmas
Syracuse trainees of the 104th Field Artillery face Christmas leaves one unit at a time after a drawing. Twenty three privates and two NCOs per battery must stay behind, while others go home for the holiday. Boxes of sweaters and candy are promised from Binghamton residents. Leaves run from noon Dec 21 to reveille Jan 2.
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104Th Field Artillery
Fort McClellan
Ala
Edward Surlock
Stephen Guralany
Walter Gilcher
Elwood Emerson
Gerard Melis
Paul Fleisch
John Grooms
Syracuse
Alabama
104Th Regiment
Binghamton
Southern Tier
First Battalion
John L’s
104Th
Clifford F. Clark
Edward J. Becker
Cook
Samuel S. Verbeck
LeRoy S. Copp
Carol Community Sing to Be Held Tonight
A Christmas carol community sing sponsored by the Syracuse Inter-Racial Group takes place today at 8 P M at Dunbar Center 950 South Townsend Street. Dr John T Clough director with accompanist Gladys Eldrett Bush. Special selections by the Dunbar Chorus and First Baptist choir. Our Lady of Solace event listed for 7 30 tomorrow.
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Syracuse Inter-Racial Group
Dunbar Center
South Townsend Street
John T. Clough
First Baptist Church
Gladys. Eldrett ‘Bush
Dunbar. Chorus
First. Baptist Choir
Clough
Pine Camp Payroll Tops Two Hundred Thousand Weekly
Watertown reports Pine Camp military reservation expansion payroll reaches 5,600 with a $6,000,000 project. Officials expect peak at 7,000 workers for one month, with payroll possibly rising to $225,000-$240,000 in late December and aiming for occupation of a 15,000 man armored division by March, barring weather delays.
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Special Dispatch Watertown
Pine Camp
Here
Six Onondaga County men listed for 1-A draft status
Six Syracuse and Onondaga County men and one Fulton resident were disqualified for general military service in Class 1-A at the Rochester induction station. They were among 33 Onondaga County replacements for earlier disqualifications. Names include Robert J. Leamy Brainard Cain Donald T. Shaw Paul Lennox Chester Ruszceyk John Prosonic and Lloyd E. Rivers. Leamy and Ruszeyk had prior disqualifications and Leamy secured dentures through friends. Ruszeyk was disqualified again after board approval.
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Syracuse
Onondaga County
Fulton
Rochester
Robert J. Leamy
Brainard Cain
Donald T. Shaw
Paul Lennox
Chester Ruszceyk
John Prosonic
Lloyd E. Rivers
Leamy
Ruszcyk
Ruszeyk
Army
Nazi Food Standard Highest in Europe, Farm Chief Claims
Berlin reports Argentine born German Agriculture Minister Walther Darre declared Germany has the highest food standard in Europe in the war's second year. He urged farmers to uphold Nazi farming principles to boost production and aid the war effort, noting butter output up about 30 percent and per capita fat rations around 10 ounces versus 4.5 ounces in World War I.
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Berlin
Walther Darre
Germany
Europe
Darre
Reich
England
Ems
Transatlantic Clipper Mission Described as Important
A clipped report notes a transatlantic voyage labeled as a social important mission with limited readable details. The fragment hints at a key diplomatic or transport event but lacks explicit participants or dates.
Yule Leaves Stir Syracuse Troops With Christmas Furloughs
Fort McClellan Alabama December 14. The War Department grants Christmas furloughs to troops at Fort McClellan. Over 60 percent of Headquarters and Company C Syracuse units will leave for New York State for a 12 day holiday starting December 21. Two special trains will run from camp to Syracuse with round trip fare reduced to 21.50. Soldiers must return by reveille January 2. The 108th Infantry football team, the Mudders, has won five straight, including a 12 to 0 victory over the Fighting 69th. The roster lists Syracuse men Sergeant Braynard F Carson and Privates Kaiser Stoddard Campbell Hart Ostrowski and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort McClellan
Ala
War Department
C Company
Syracuse
New York State
Reveille
Syrlacuse
108Th Infantry
Fitory
McClellan Field
69Th
New York City
Sergt. Braynard F. Carson
Mudders
William’g.” Crain
James C. Murphy
Rolland’ D.* Cary
Edwin ‘L. Donnelley
Laverne’a. Merrill
Wil Nam J." Fess
Rochester
Christian Science Lecture by Mrs McArthur in St Louis
Mrs Elizabeth McArthur of St Louis will deliver a free lecture on Christian Science Its first church east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Science
Elizabeth: McArthur
St. Louis
Church East
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U.S
Upstate Concerns Special Dispatch
Noice
Norma Chase
Mrs. Shiber
France
U. S
Onondaga
Farm Chief
Yule
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