Public Urged To Study Curb On War Fires
Citizens urged to prepare homes against incendiary bombing with fire defense steps. Demonstrations in Syracuse will teach attic access, water supply, pumps, sand, hoses, extinguishers, protective gear, and ventilation to curb fires and control bombs during blackout preparations.
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Engine House No. Il
Carder
West Genesee
Wallace
Ernest E. Goebel
Joseph N
HH. Cation Department
Syracuse
Frederick E. Norton
Chamber of Commerce
Norton
Kcife
Forgotten Steel Shutters Guard Police Station
Investigation at Syracuse Police Headquarters reveals thick steel shutters can fully blackout the building and resist fire. Chief William E. Rapp orders testing, while defense crews prepare for Sunday blackout and lights off for displays.
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Syracuse
William E. Rapp
Citywide blackout drills completed in New York area
Officials reported successful tests in Auburn Rochester and New York City as 1290 volunteers adjusted 28000 control boxes to enable air raid wardens to cut power. The effort marks a milestone in civil defense readiness during wartime preparations.
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Auburn
Rochester
New York City
Auburn Prison Dark In War Blackout
A 15 minute wartime blackout in Auburn was declared a city first with factory whistles and sirens. Police reported few outages and none of the major institutions or hospitals suffered incidents aside from scattered windows and a disturbed crowd.
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Auburn Prison
Auburn
PLM
Chester J. Bills
Joseph H. Brophy
Louis Brothers Clothing Store
Genesee Street
Sally Ann Bakery
State Street
City and Mercy
Dance Receipts to Buy Defense Bonds Hopkinds Cheer Leaders
A mistletoe dance by the Cheer Leaders Club of Vocational High School will be held in Hopkins Hall tomorrow night from 7 30 to 11 30. Tickets cost 20 cents with proceeds for Defense Bonds. Music provided by an electrically operated phonograph. The 10 member club aims to use funds for club equipment and athletic needs.
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Vocational High School
Hopkins Hall
Cheer Leaders
Recruits Rush Syracuse Offices In Wartime Signups
Reports say crowds packed Army Navy and Marine recruiting offices in Syracuse with an anticipated 69 sworn in by 9 PM, 35 Marines, and 20 Navy enrollments to Albany. Air corps signups drew many, while paperwork backlog and birth record proof delays persisted.
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Syracuse
Robert Dixon
Federal Court Room
Air Corps
Army
Navy
Marine
Albany
Earles
Navy Office
John Bylsma
Millard
Taxpayer Receives Police Service Mystery Call
James V. Nolan 35 of the Milner Hotel requested police to South Warren Street restaurant. He was unavailable when they arrived and later arrested in his room by Sergt John Noldan for public intoxication. Nolan pled guilty in Police Court and paid a fine of 10 pounds imposed by Judge Homer V. Walsh.
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James V. Nolan
Milner Hotel
Sige
Nolan
Warren Street
Sergt
John Noldan
Homer V. Walsh
David Boise 19 Enlists in Army from Syracuse
David J. Boise, 19, son of Mr and Mrs Joesph Boise of 117 Concord Place, leaves his job at U S Hoffman Machine Corporation to enlist in the Army. A former employee of the Syracuse Herald Journal, Boise joined the Air Corps and departs tomorrow for Wichita Falls Texas. He is a graduate of St Anthony of Padua High School.
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David J. Boise
Joesph Boise
Concord Place
U.S. Hoffman Machine Corporation
Syracuse Herald-Journal
Boise
Air Corps
Wichita Falls
Tex
St. Anthony of Paduan High School
Addis Company Gifts Three Hundred Workers Extra Week Off
Three hundred Addis Company employees at the South Salina Street store received an extra week of vacation as a Christmas gift. President C. P. Smith and Treasurer I. A. Harris announced the bonus to the staff at a store meeting, praising their service and the year’s sales gains. Vacations will be taken in January and February to boost morale amid wartime and bad weather.
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Addis
South Salina
C. P. Smith
I. A. Harris
Swags
Smith
Harris
Ae | Harris
Air Base Site Conference Planned for County Meeting
The Onondaga County Board of Supervisors planned a resolution renewing its offer to buy the proposed 12 million dollar U S bomber base site north of the city. Parks Commissioner Barry expects Army Corps officers to confer on base details, while a county real estate commission measure seeks to recover 851000 dollars from unpaid taxes. The annual supervisors dinner was set with county department heads and city officials as guests.
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Onondaga County Board of Supervisors
Edward O. Jackel
William A. Barry
Syracuse
Army
Buffalo
Army Corps of Engineers
Barry
Stephen R. Hanmer
John J. Young
Eighth Ward
Thea Budeot
Ltlccd
Young
Edmund B. Tyminski
Second Ward
Gas Rate Rise Held Up for PSC Inquiry
The Public Service Commission ordered a suspension of proposed gas rate increases by Central New York Power Corporation pending an inquiry. A preliminary hearing is set for Syracuse at 10 AM tomorrow, with witnesses to be heard in January. District 1 covers Syracuse Solvay and nearby communities. District 2 includes Baldwinsville Chittenango Fayetteville Liverpool Manlius North Syracuse and nearby areas.
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New York
Public Service Commission
Central New York Power Corporation
Suspendon Order Us
Onondaga County Court House
Syracuse
Neal Brewster
Solvay
On‘ondagza County
Baldwinsville
Chittenango
Fayetteville
Liverpool
Manlius
North Syracuse
Onondaga
Madison Counties
Durable Peace Study Pushed by Presbyterian Synod Panel
The social education and action committee of the Presbyterian Synod of New York met at the Hotel Syracuse to advance a study of a just and durable peace. Rev. Leo Aldin Gates of South Buffalo chaired as temporary chairman and urged church groups to cooperate in promoting a more decent world order after the war. The panel also reviewed the October Synod report on social education and action.
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Presbyterian Synod of New York
Syracuse
Leo Aldin Gates
South Presbyterian Church of Buffalo
Overheated Furnace Triggers Home Fire at State Street
An overheated furnace caused a fire at a one family frame dwelling at 2018 South State Street around 8 30 this morning. The blaze damaged partitions two walls doors and the bathroom with minor water damage to furnishings. Engines 8 and 16 responded to the alarm.
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South State Street
Storm leaves upstate roads deadly and hazardous
Freezing after the first heavy snow paralyzed many streets as seven lives were lost in upstate accidents. Authorities reported slick highways across Onondaga, Erie, Oneida and Montgomery counties with multiple crashes including a 25 injured in Troy and a six year old killed in Albany area. State police urged extreme caution amid two to eight inches of snow statewide.
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Albany
Upstate
Massena
Ross Harmer
Norfolk
Raymondvilla
Raed Cohges
Ernett Jordan
Troy
Ogdensburg
Nancy Munn
James C. Munn
Rochester
Jacob Telvinski
Webster
Mae
Syracuse
Onondaga County
Erie
Herkimer
Montgomery
Oneida
Fifth Avenue
Erie County
New York
Gerald Barnett
Carthace
Crouse-Irving Hospital
State Potice
Montgomery County
Remsen
Oneida County
Herkimer County
Rides 1 973 Miles On Day S Furlough
Private Ralph L. Busch left Fort McClellan Alabama with his father driving through deep snow on a 1 073 mile trip to Syracuse New York. He returned by train after a shorter furlough then expected and described snowbound roads with the car stuck in a Maryland snowbank.
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Ralph L. Busch
Mooney Avenue
Fort McClellan
Ala
Carl E. Busch
Syracuse
Busch
Mr.Busch
Maryland
Dinner Deferred by Asa Danforth Chapter Leaders
The Asa Danforth Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Americanization League postponed the group dinner scheduled for tomorrow night. Miss Alice E. Murphy, executive secretary of the league, announced the postponement due to tomorrow's air wardens meeting.
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Dp. A. R
Asa Danforth
The
Daughters of the American Revolution and the Americanization _League
Alice E. Murphy
League
All Out for Defense In Syracuse Factories
Syracuse industries mobilize for a seven day, 24 hour defense schedule as state labor limits lift. General Motors and Carrier Corp pledge full wartime production, prioritizing war needs and civilian needs only with excess capacity. Civilian demand to be met when feasible, with overtime and pay details to be settled among government, employers, and labor.
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Syracuse
Lehman
Roosevelt
Brown-Lipe-Chapin
General Motors
GMC
Carrier Corporation
J. I. Lyle
Claud Wampler
America
Sis
Managament
Feminerne
U. S. Navy
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John W. Howard
WPA
Harry A.lavier
LaVier
Charles W. Love
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William E. Rann
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John Fionzales
Solway
Robert W. Ciady
Roy Schick
Inthrop
Andrew P. Autieri
Warren H. Butler
Oswego
Nelson TL Sherman
Fulton
Francis J. Smillie
Onondaga Street
Edwin Walters
Miles Avenue
Norbert J. Cain
Cook Avenue
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