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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1946
Page
2
Earl Wilson notes a surge of auto humor targeting Ford Studebaker and Kaiser Frazer as gag writers push new car jokes. He recalls 1918 Ford joke books sold at gas stations and quotes several vintage quips about chauffeurs, push buttons, and tub like Fords.
William Biff from New York delivered a message quoting Palestine underground leaders who warned that Zionist British partition or further collaboration would trigger immediate civil war. He spoke at a conference of correspondents covering the Wind Zion dst Congress asserting resistance groups called on organizers to resist partition.
The column weaves jokes about Henry Ford and Senator Ford with references to Ford cars, jokes about pub meals, and notes on Frank Sinatra returning to Hollywood. It also mentions a gambling syndicate, a royalty company, waiter unions, and a travel note about Dean Murphy flying to Miami in four hours, all reflecting a late night variety of celebrity and industry tidbits.
The clipping notes quips about dentists avoiding strikes and public pouting on the Fred Allen show. It mentions Ett e MacDonald visiting for Christmas with husband Gene Raymond and Ernest Hemingway heading to Cube. Also covers Harold Shapiro and Terry Antin winning a rumba prize at La Conga and several fleeting celebrity mentions.
Dun and Bradstreet reports wholesale food price index fell to 6.28 on Dec 17 from 6.35 the prior week and 4.16 a year ago, marking the fourth weekly decline from a 6.49 peak on Nov 19. In other news, Georges Horlacher, 33, theater manager, died in a head on crash with a steel beam near Owens, and Troy police seek a 200 pound safe worth $2,000 stolen from Dr. Ey He son of Brunswick.
In 1947 at the naval ordnance testing station in Inyokern California scientists plan a near 19 mile ascent using special balloons carrying instruments to probe cosmic rays. The mission aims to gather data on high energy particles far above Earth.
The piece notes Harold Stassen as a leading Republican hopeful and discusses Democrats facing bold questions while Chicago Mayor Ed Kelly hints at possible candidacy. It mentions General Eisenhower as a target of cross party interest and a luncheon quip about advice from General Grant.
The notice lists several prominent figures with ties to law, science, media, and religion. Paul Langevin, 74, French physicist famed for electromagnetism and sound work in Paris. Oren John David, 64, Seattle Journal owner and trade publisher. Thomas Temple Hoyne, 71, Chicago newspaperman, broadcaster, and customs comptroller. Rev. Walter A. Wietzke, 60, secretary to the American Lutheran Church board and Chicago Conference president. Dr. Clark Williams, 76, former New York State superintendent and banks comptroller in Greenwich. Harry Les Burroughs, 56, lawyer and founder of the Newsboy's Foundation in Boston. Henry Cook Paxton, 68, associate editor of Country Gentleman in Salina Philadelphia. John S. Murdock Tay, unspecified age, former Rhode Island Supreme Court associate justice in Boston.
A Soviet naval officer who wrote an article for Red Fleet criticizing how Britain handled a 1942 Archangel convoy was censured by Pravda. The Communist Party organ said the piece merits criticism but rejected portraying it as a Soviet propaganda campaign against Britain.
Panamanian cargo ship of the American Line, fearing polio aboard, sped toward Manila for medical help after reporting a death in Saigon two months earlier. Two crewmen showed symptoms and the captain radioed the alert to authorities.
W A Patterson president of United Air Lines announced the company will cease trans Pacific operations on January 16. The move affects long range routes and employment in Chicago. Local offices and staff prepare for the change as management declines to specify future plans.
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