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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1947
Page
1
A three alarm fire swept a downtown business block Sunday gutting four stores and causing over 200000 dollars in damage. Four Syracuse firefighters were slightly injured as crews battled the flames at the old Cook building.
City Engineer Nelson F Pitts ordered the Cook Building owner to demolish the west and south walls after a long fire that raged over 10 hours on Onondaga Street. Chief Connelly directed firefighting and declared the blaze under control at 1 45 PM Sunday with Kinney asked to guard the scene.
President Truman spoke to the press about a 60 day shutdown of the country’s distilleries as a food saving measure. David Lawrence notes the owners spent millions to retain 50,000 workers, a detail observers say was not adequately explained.
Havana reports Patricia Satira, a 22 year old Toledo dancer, sentenced to 15 years in prison for the yacht slaying of her lover John Lester Mee of Chicago. The court rejected longer terms sought by prosecutors and Mee’s father’s representative. defense argued death resulted from terror and rough handling in April.
In Philadelphia a young robber kissed a candy store attendant, then struck her with the butt of his revolver and fled with $35. Detectives say 16 year old Juanita Giffin reported the incident after the robber entered the store and attacked her. Juanita was treated for a head injury.
Government sources warn that Chinese Communist attacks on the Peiping Mukden Railway threaten to force an abandonment of Mukden a major southern Manchurian city. Supplying the heavily garrisoned city by air is becoming nearly impossible.
The Weather Bureau timed winter's formal entry at 11 43 A M with Andrew P Keller predicting partly cloudy and moderately cold conditions today and tonight. A low around 22 degrees and a high near 35 degrees are forecast with Tuesday snow flurries as temperatures rise.
The Italian Constituent Assembly approved a new constitution for the Italian Republic by a 453 to 62 vote after 17 months of drafting.
Reliable private sources report heavy fighting in Yazur southern Palestine as Ha gana units strike Arab stands in retaliation for Arab truck convoy attacks. The clash follows yesterday’s violence across the Holy Land raising the unofficial death toll to about 300. A British Jew, 35 year old Robert Stern, was killed in Jerusalem.
In Baltimore Mr and Mrs James Ross were saved from possible asphyxiation after their six year old daughter Jo lanne detected a gas odor woke them and then called the police. The operator connected her to authorities preventing a potential disaster.
Hartford report lists top capers including a man who stole a 20 ton bridge in Gooding California and a jewelry ring snatched from a Los Angeles woman. Other feats include a stolen telephone pole in Palm City and a man sleeping through a $45 shoe theft in Oakland.
Fried rich Flick, German coal and steel magnate, charged with using slave labor in Nazi plants, was convicted of war crimes by an American tribunal led by Judge Charles B. Sears. He was sentenced to seven years. Two of his aides were found guilty. three co-defendants were acquitted. Flick’s deputy Otto Steinbrink also found guilty of membership.
The Krakow Supreme National Tribunal sentenced 23 top German SS officers to death for crimes against humanity linked to Auschwitz. Five others got life terms, six received 15 years, two got 10 years, and three were sentenced to five years. Some defendants were acquitted. The court noted punishment credits for time jailed in Nurnberg awaiting trial.
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin told the Association of American Correspondents in London that the door remains open for Soviet participation in postwar European reconstruction. He warned that without Soviet cooperation there should be no barrier to building the peace.
A 19 year old bride in Lancaster County contracted typhoid fever after a wedding reception where health officials say nine other guests also contracted the illness. Dr A J Greenleaf diagnosed Mrs Margaret Finkheimer Bollinger as the patient, under treatment at her parents home near Mountville.
A humorous caption questions which car part leads to crashes and riffs on a missing or misprinted component. The joke format hints at a playful confusion about a nut or bolt and the wrhaal.
Aviation Week reported the XS-1 rocket plane flew faster than sound, with claims of multiple supersonic passes and altitudes near 70,000 feet. Air Force officials said there is no foundation to the rumor and denied any confirmed sonic barrier breach.
A pre-Christmas Western Union walkout was averted as major differences with three AFL unions are sent to a three man fact finding panel for decision in 50 days. The move delays a nationwide telegraph tieup and follows pay demands of 15 cents an hour.
Washington reports a White House source says President Truman will sign the Republican emergency bill on inflation as an inadequate substitute for his own plan. He will push for stronger price control and rationing powers in the new session and in the economic message.
General Electric announced approval by the Department of Justice and the War Assets Administration of its plan to purchase the Bell Aircraft Corporation plant at Burlington, VI. The deal is expected to close by mid January.
Naples police announce the arrest of 1000 "common criminals" following riots. Authorities also uncover a large arms cache at Mount Vesuvius base, including 813 bombs and multiple TNT cases.
Damascus officials mobilize hundreds of physicians and medical students for an emergency vaccination program to combat a cholera outbreak that began over the weekend in Syria.
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson released a partial list of 771 big traders in commodity futures, including Ed win Pauley, with 296 speculators and others hedging or spreading. The list covers holdings on Oct 30 1947 and Oct 31 1946. Congress authorized disclosure amid probes into insider profits and possible links between government food buying and speculation.
Seven safes were cracked last night in Rochester, six within a single business block. Cash stolen totaled $1143, with victims listed as Jewell Inc a woman’s apparel shop $863 Sibly Farms $200 Langie Fuel Co. $100 Rochester Episcopal Diocese offices $50 Albert's Florist $30 Dr Ralph S Voorhees dentist nothing stolen Randall Galleries art dealers nothing taken.
Thousands of Australian civilians attended war memorials as the bodies of 1800 American soldiers were loaded onto the troopship Groucher Victory for shipment back to the United States marking the last of America's war dead to be repatriated.
The Supreme Court today postponed the hearing of arguments on appeals from an antitrust decree against a group of leading motion picture companies. The new date is February 9, moving from the originally scheduled January 12.
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