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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1947
Page
2
Frederick C. Othman humorously laments home renovation delays as his firm Othman & Othman seeks bathrooms. He jokes about endless trades, delayed fixtures, and sky‑high bids while facing bathless homes and elusive pricing from plumbers. He wonders how to bathe in a medicine cabinet.
Death notices list Meredith Nicholson in Indianapolis and Benigno Aquino in Manila. Also mourned: Rev Francis Laing in Pittsburgh, Thomas Kennedy in Akron, Ellis Burgess in Pittsburgh, Rep Patrick Drewy in Petersburg, Simon Lazarus in Columbus, Frederick Bidwell in Albany, and Edward Helfen, bishop of Maryland, Cincinnati archdiocese.
In Western New York seven people died during the weekend including six month old Patricia Bond in Hector from an overheated stove fire and Mary Golock who died from burns after pouring kerosene into a stove in Buffalo. Police found a man swept over Niagara Falls identified as Michael Kirsch, 49, of Buffalo.
Washington reports the 80th Congress plans many investigations as the new session opens January 6. Probes cover grain speculation black markets and oil shortages. The agenda aims to fulfill GOP vows to start each day with prayer and conclude with inquiries.
Aftenbladet claims Hitler collected pay for 500 years in advance over his last two years as chancellor. Berlin dispatch says documents ordering payments were issued by Hitler. Also, 3 707 Russian officials are in the United States on various missions, per Justice Department records cited by Senator Tydings.
The Foreign Office reported a Russian protest after 300 Armenians were removed from a ship that had been set to sail yesterday from Marseille to the Soviet Union.
Walter Kiernan argues wartime oil output outpaced peace shortages while criticizing government solutions for fuel scarcity. He contrasts tankers idle at docks with past wartime oil drives and forecasts universal heating pain next winter. Paris budgets add a luxury tax on nightclubs and levies on gasoline and metals to raise about 1.5 billion dollars.
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