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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1947
Page
7
Pope Pius XII urged prayers for world order in an encyclical titled Optatissima Pax. He condemned class hatred and urged concord while warning that agitators threaten national foundations and citing concerns over Communist influence in France and Italy.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey warned of a serious fuel oil shortage in New York and the Northeast, saying voluntary consumer rationing may be necessary. After a two hour NYC conference with oil company representatives, officials cited national demand, scarce tank cars, and limited steel for transport as causes. They expect a 35 percent shortage unless home temperatures are kept to 68 degrees.
Onondaga County residents donated $16,611.77 in a record Christmas Toy Fund collection on Christmas Eve. Officials expect total to exceed $17,000 as final tallies come in, surpassing previous records for Syracuse.
Rioting erupts in Naples after about 300,000 food industry workers walk out nationwide for higher wages. Four Italians wounded and police fire as Communist commanders allegedly urged refusal of government aid.
Chairman August H. Andresen said the House investigating committee will focus on grain markets and expand to cotton eggs butter and other futures trading. Senator Homer Ferguson indicated many tips come from anonymous sources as hearings are set to begin after Congress returns on January 6.
The CDU announces that two top leaders in the Russian occupation zone, Jakob Waiser and deputy Max Lemmer, were removed by direct orders of the Soviet military administration for not recognizing a Communist sponsored Peoples Party meeting. They were seen as the zone’s only independent leaders.
The page announces feature sections for today including Books Crossword Puzzle Art Chat Poets Corner and Talking It Over on page 14. Regulars cover Amusements Music City Life Political Bar Classified Deaths Weather Society Editorial Sports Financial and more with page references.
A Christmas edition sale raised 10,401.52 to support the Toy Fund aiding 6,000 children in Onondaga County. The Old Newsboy program, with 1,500 newsies, showcases community generosity and time given to ensure no Santa is missed this Christmas.
Congress debates the 17 billion Marshall Plan with doubts about meeting the March 31 goal. Taft argues large US spending may not be essential, warning of economic risk. Lawmakers foresee weeks of committee review before any Senate or House action, with early January reconvening noted.
Dr Donald Casely director at Indiana University Medical Center reported deterioration in the condition of Siamese twin boys born November 29 to a Bedford Indiana woman. The twins joined at the tops of their skulls have stopped making progress and are again being supplied oxygen.
A blaze broke out in an escalator shaft at the crowded Goldblatt's department store on State Street, forcing about 25 000 shoppers and workers to evacuate calmly. No injuries were reported, and losses were about 25000 as extra police and fire units aided in controlling the scene.
An ammunition depot buried in a Bernese Alps mountainside exploded near midnight destroying six houses and a rail station on the Simpston line. Eight people were killed, four missing, and six injured as shells and bombs rained from the rock debris for hours. The blast occurred in Kandertal Valley near Blausse-Mittholz station which was flattened.
A five hour blaze in Elkton Maryland center city damaged six adjoining structures in Gretna Greens district. Firemen contained the flames with four firefighters hospitalized and more than a hundred residents evacuated from nearby hotels and apartments. Estimated damage exceeds $500000 with no fatalities.
Secretary of State Marshall arrived in Pinehurst after a Washington trip and, accompanied by the pilot, went to Liscombe Lodge for a rest with his wife. The winter retreat sits amid the pine covered sandhills of Pinehurst North Carolina.
Food Minister John Strachey announced that Britain's bacon ration, cut to one ounce weekly in October, would be restored to two ounces weekly next month due to increased supplies under the Anglo Canadian trade agreement. The move marks the first food improvement after months of cuts in meat sugar candy and other rations.
Gen. Feng Yu-hsiang, a critic of the Chinese Nationalist government, has been ordered home from the United States. He arrived in late 1946 to study water conservation projects and toured conservation sites until last June, according to the Chinese embassy in Washington.
Three AJL unions representing about 90,000 Western Union Telegraph workers warned of a possible nationwide walkout “at any moment” before the 6 AM deadline next Tuesday. Mediation talks with Cyrus Ching and company officials continued without progress amid claims of unfair labor practices and potential wage offers to avert a strike.
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