Silver Taken In Post Home Is Recovered
Approximately 100 pieces of silverware looted from Dr. and Mrs. Charles D. Post at 508 Comstock have been recovered in Ithaca. Giles Skilling of Cortland, under arrest, confessed. he and Joep Navarro of Ithaca are detained for further questioning regarding ring burglaries in Cortland and other areas. Police say they traced the haul to Syracuse before recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burrgars
Charles D. Post
Comstock
Colgate
Ithaca
Donald Wilcox
Polic
William E. Rapp
Wilcox
Giles Skilling
Cortland
Skilling
Joep Navarro
Iui Ies
Corti
Regal
John Doyle
CBI
Post
Rapp
Frank Brazell
Benjamin Roberts
Navarro
Syracuse
University
Kenneth W. Smith
Skiling
New York
Buffalo
Indians to Protest As They Register Under Alien Act
Canadian born Indians in New York State plan a protest by registering as aliens in Buffalo on December 27. The Indian Defense League of America reports about 900 members, with at least 100 to participate in a 7 PM gathering and a parade to the post office for 9:30 PM registration. Clinton Rickard, Tuscaroras chief, hopes Washington will grant relief before the deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
New York State
Indian Defense League of America
League
Angus Horne
Clinton Rickard
The
Tuscaroras
Defense League
Washington
Charles H. Berry
Salamanca
Woman Injured Carrying Dog She Credits With Saving Life
Mrs. Ethel Campbell 65 from Kansas City was injured after carrying her Alaskan sled dog Nugget down the steps. She fractured her left hip and left wrist when she slipped and fell while paying a debt to the animal. Nugget previously saved her life in a Nevada snowstorm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Ethel Campbell
Christmas Parcels Left in Car Prompt Santa Claus Hunt
John Welch of 502 Whit tier Avenue found a pile of Christmas gifts on the seat of his car in downtown parking last night. The packages included a blue sweater, two pairs of children's socks, two pairs of women's stockings, a comb and brush set, and some jewelry. Welch reported the incident to police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Welch
Whittier Avenue
Welch
Body of Woman Found In Willow Pond Near Sherrill
The body of Mrs. Isabel Griffing 47 wife of Thomas Griffing was found at Willow Pond near the American Legion Home in Sherrill. Coroner Thomas A Cox ruled drowning as the cause of death. She had been reported missing by her husband after ill health and state police searched. She leaves a husband her father two daughters Helen and Jean and two sons Richard and James and a brother and sister. Funeral services will be at 2 PM Sunday at the C Williams funeral home with the Rev Howard Buies officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherrill
Isabel Griffing
Thomas Griffing
Prime Avenue
Thomas A. Cox
Rome
Waldwick
N. J
Sherri
Oneida
The
Park Methodist Church
Jean
Richard
James
J. Donald Macewan
C. Reginald Quackenbush
C. H. Williams
Howard Buies
C. Williams
Religion Teaching Will Be Topic of Church Broadcast
A Syracuse radio round-table on how to teach religion at home will air on WFBL from to 8:30 P M with Rev Gene Bartlett guiding a panel including Dr Edna Acheson Rev Dr Alfred P Coman and Mrs R Donald Williamson The Bells of Bethlehem will be the subject on WSYR from 8 05 to 8 30 A M tomorrow led by Rev Burton E Butman of First Ward Methodist Church
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse Council of Churches
WFBL
Gene Bartlett
Calvary Baptist Church
Edna Acheson
Alfred P. Coman
Syracuse East
Methodist Church
Bethlehem
Burton E. Butman
First Ward Methodist Church
WSYR
Toy Fund Got Your Dollar For Paper
A Syracuse newspaper sales drive by the Old Newsies raises funds for 14 000 poverty stricken children. The accompanying scene features drum corps bands and bright Christmas displays in Syracuse streets as readers buy papers to support the charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald-Journals
Syracuse
Quondaga
Newsboys
Newsies
Jefferson and
Warren
Funeral rites mark heart funeral for Father Hubert Osterman
Hundreds fill St. Josephs Church in Utica for Very Rev Hubert Osterman whose death Tuesday in Seaside Park New Jersey ends long illness. Franciscan order leaders and Syracuse area clergy lead solemn high mass and burial in the priests plot at St. Josephs Cemetery with a long list of attending f rm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uticn
Hubert Osterman
St. Joseph's Church
Hubert
Seaside Park
N. J
Syracuse
Anthony Hodap
Louisville
Deason
Adolf Bernholz
Trenton
Felician Fehmer
Inlet
Francis Edie
Rensselaer
Thomas E. Ryan
St. Joseph's School
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Jacob Lang
Charles Meyer
William
Joseph Dieffenbach
Wendelin Kneller
John Miller
Father Hodap
Anthony Billy
O.m.lc
Cohoes
Benedict Scharff
Om.c
Northville
Edmund Schauman
Bonaventure Imhoff
Sebastian Weber
Daniel Lyons
Fonda
Romaald Reiter
Utica
George F. Kinney
Homer
William J. Lynch
Tully
M. J. Lawlor
Fredrick J. Largoe
Florian
C. Billy
O.M.C
Schenectady
Father Joseph
Albany
Callistus Scheid
OMC
Hoboken
Engelbert
Miss Chase Weds Noice In Fort McClellan Ceremony
Miss Norma K Chase of Syracuse and Staff Sergeant Charles G Noice of Syracuse wed at Fort McClellan Alabama in the fort chapel. The event featured the 108th Infantry guard of honor and a reception with music by the 106th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Chase
Noice
Ft. McClellan
Special Dispatch
Fort
McClellan
Ala
108Th Infantry
Norma K. i Chase
Oxford Street
Syracuse
Charles G.noice
Hope Avenue
New York National Guard
Episcopal
Donald Co
Stewart
Charles King
Edward King
Joseph A. Scrudlick
Homer Ee Chase
Otpene Gkcer
Yiah x
Mlagiska
Gentleman Bandit Threatens Laundry Robbery Victim
Dorothea Nall, 20, described the lone robber at a Mobile laundry branch as a perfect gentleman who spoke culturedly even as he threatened to kill her. The bandit stole about $50. Police seek clues to the incident reported last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Dorothea Nall
Miss Nall
Medical Aid Drive Urged for Greece by Syracuse Leaders
Syracuse University officials and students received a letter from Chryst Loukas of New York City urging a campus drive for medical aid to Greece. Loukas, now at Columbia University and editor of The Hellenic Spectator, calls for a committee of professors and students to organize fundraisers and contribute to medical supplies for wounded Greeks as they defend liberty against fascist and Nazi forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
Syracuse University
Chryst Loukas
New York City
Loukas
Columbia University
The
Hellenic Spectator
Syracuse
School of Dance Christmas Party at Roberts School
The Roberts School of the Dance hosts its annual Christmas party at the studio on 324 Montgomery Street. Parents are invited for games, refreshments, gift exchanges, and carols around the tree with pupils Mary Jane Dadey Norma Omolino Nancy Brown and others performing dances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School of Dance
Roberts School of the Dance
Montgomery Street
Mary Jane
Robert Dadey
Norma
Joan Omolino
Nancy Brown
Geraldine Wieczorek
Elizabeth Long
Coy Leigh Dare
Dawn
Mary Ann Horner
Gloria Napoli
Decorated Dog Hero Pal Missing Prompt Appeal for Return
Pal the be loved mascot of Monro Colony State School for Boys Fair mount is missing after leaping from Rob ert Cooper supervisor of the colony in South Warren Street near the State Tower Building. The dog aided in rescuing William Hall during a bull incident on Aug 1 1939 and was awarded a medal of valor. Cooper appealed today for Pal to be returned after a thorough search failed to locate him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pal
Monro
Fairmount
Robert Cooper
William Hall
Hall
Cooper
Warren
Christmas furloughs end as troops head home for holidays
Fort McClellan Alabama reports the 104th Field Artillery and 108th Infantry units from Syracuse begin Christmas furloughs with special trains departing at 2 PM for home leaves. The last train must return by noon January 1, 1941, with New Year’s observations planned for troops remaining on base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClellan
Ala
Syracuse
104Th Field Artillery
108Th Infantry
New York National Guardsmen
Moorman Range
Three Auburn Men Hurt When Car Hits Trees In Weedsport
Three Auburn men were injured just before 1 A.M. on North Seneca Street in Weedsport when Earl Heath aged 26 of 211% Logan Street lost control and struck two trees near a fire hydrant. Heath and Ben Trufant aged 31 of 103 Densmore Avenue and John Bandas aged 28 of 18134 Van Anden Street were treated at Dr. C. E. Goodwin’s office. Heath had facial cuts, Trufant abrasions to the forehead and leg, Bandas a cut on the ear and a wrenched leg. The car was wrecked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Ben Trufant
Densmore Avenue
John Bandas
van Anden Street
Anti Aircraft Unit To Double Strength In Buffalo
Maj Charles D Reidpath announced orders to double the 102d separate anti aircraft battalion in Buffalo. After finishing its maintenance quota of 313, the unit will recruit into January to reach peacetime strength of 737 men before sailing for a year of training at Fort Edwards Massachusetts in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Charles D. Reidpath
Reidpath
Fort Edwards
Mass
New York Central Flyer Derails Near Utica
Heavy holiday traffic slowed as the North Shore Limited derailed six miles east of Utica after the right driving arm of the engine broke. Engineer Fred Dunkhorst of Syracuse stopped the train. no injuries were reported among crew L W Shoemaker and Fred Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utica
New York Central Railroad
North Shore
Fred Dunkhorst
Syracuse
L. W. Shoemaker
Fred Miller
Upstate defense contracts total 1.4 million across several firms
War and Navy De partments resumed defense materials orders in upstate New York. Fifteen contracts worth 1,419,935 dollars include Remington Rand carbon paper for 167,949 dollars and Army orders for Endicott Johnson shoes, Ritter Dental, and other firms in Rochester Syracuse Gloversville Troy Schenectady and Johnstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War and Navy Departments
Upstate
Syracuse
Navy Department
Remington Rand, Inc
Thelan Company
Army
Fort Ontario
Ritter
Dental Manufacturing Company
Rochester
Endicott-Johnson Corporation
Endicott
Buffalo Pottery Company
Seneca
van Vleet
Glove Company
Crocetta Bros. & Company
Gloversville
Streeter, Hackney & Company
Gates-Mills, Inc
Johnstown
November permits set record for New York cities
November's 6,684 building permits were issued in New York cities and villages totaling $27,925,654 in contemplated construction, a new high for the month. Construction employment fell 22 percent from October and payrolls were down 10.2 percent due to inclement weather, per the State Labor Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
New York
State Labor Department
Fifth Annual Sweetheart Ball Set Wednesday Night
The fifth annual sweetheart ball by Aleph Zadik Aleph of B nai B rith will be held next Wednesday night at the Onondaga Hotel roof garden. A.Z.A. judges pick the 1941 sweetheart from popular ballot finalists based on beauty and personality. Miss Hollis Abramson, last year’s sweetheart, will present the new queen with a loving cup. Sidney A Seidberg chairs the event, with Howard Garner Marvin L. Davis Harold Aginsky Leonard S Gordon and Ernest France assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aleph Zadick Aleph
Onondaga Hotel
Hollis Abramson
Sidney.a. Seidberg
Howard Garner
Harold Aginsky
Leonard ‘S. Gordon
Ernest France
Service for Finns at St Pauls Lutheran Church
A service for Finns will be conducted at St Pauls Lutheran Church at 1 PM. The notice is brief and fragmented with limited details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
1.Paul's
Lutheran Church
Nancy Carroll Tours Syracuse Sister Visit and Stage Appearance
Nancy Carroll, former film star now on Broadway, arrived in Syracuse by plane to visit her sister Mrs. Franklin Robertson. She attended a Keith's theater event, then departed for New York by midnight train. Her latest pictures include That Certain Age and There Goes My Heart from 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Carroll
Syracuse
Franklin Robertson
RKO - Keith
New York
Keith
Miss Carroll
Also Mentioned on This Page
Old Newsies
Toy Fund
England
France
Germany
Italy
America
Santa Claus
Charles N. Morgan
Fred E. Bishop
Chester Rudy
John J. Hart
Azi
S. A
Appeals For Drive Support
West Adams Street
Walnut and
Waverly Avenues
Yuletide
Weedsport
West End
Women's Auxiliary
Salvation Army
Marcellus Street
South McBride Street
East Genesee Street
Marvin
Citadel
Auxiliary
Home League
A. A. Steuber
Arthur Kieffer
Syracuse Home Bureau
Women’s Auxiliary
Nieffer
Schuyler Black
William D. Valentine
NYC
Engin
Remington Rand
AZA
Sirvice
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