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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1946
Page
2
By Earl Wilson Libby Holman withdraws from Beggar's Holiday before opening, quipping about ulcers and a famous Broadway doctor. Abbott's insistence on a song leads to tension. Libby departs, wishes the cast well, and hints at a return later.
DETROIT UP Local 101 of the CSO United Rubber Workers Union filed a federal suit seeking $1,400 for each of 7,000 Detroit workers at U S Rubber Company as retroactive portal to portal pay. The action questions compensation owed for earlier period.
A two alarm blaze swept a downtown Buffalo dime a dance hall early today causing about 50 dollars in damage after the one story building collapsed. No firemen were reported injured. The fire was fanned by a brisk wind and discovered shortly after 4 AM.
In Pittsburgh three men perished in a rooming house attic fire on the north side. Bodies of Joseph Bullinger Albert Herder 40 and John Plank 60 were found in a tiny hallway of the attic. Police described the grim discovery.
A broad list of Obituaries notes the deaths of prominent figures across fields and nations. Sydney G. McAllister led International Harvester from an office boy to president in Pasadena. John M. Perkins was a Kentucky capitalist and Republican committeeman in Frankfort. Verne A. Zimmer headed the Labor Department’s Division of Labor Standards in Washington since 1934. Mabbet K. Reckord served on the Child Welfare League of America board and led the Illinois Children's Home and Aid Society in Chicago. Harold Platner was Greene County district attorney in Catskill. Carl Strakosch, a Copenhagen-born publisher and theatre producer, long resident in New York. Dr. George Klempere r, an 81-year-old retired Berlin professor, noted for cancer and metabolism research, died in Boston. Constance Caroline, Lady Auckland, widow of the sixth Baron Auckland, died in New York City. Dr. James A. Nugent, 68, for 22 years Jersey City schools superintendent. Cornelius A. Moylan, 48, mayor of Hartford. Dr. Henry Clf tford Cheston, 76, retired faculty at the High School of Commerce, New York, in Yonkers.
Testimony this day showed Japanese soldiers beat Allied women prisoners and forced them into brothels. At Camp Mainland in the East Indies women were given medical exams and told they would enter a Japanese brothel.
UAW strike against Case Company in Racine Wisconsin marks its first anniversary. Company claims union leadership dictatorship blocks settlement while insisting on a fair contract with wage increases. Local 180 contends workers seek just pay and the strike continues. payroll loss estimated at over 9.6 million for 51 weeks.
Reports from discussions with President Truman before his Christmas trip indicate he has not finished drafting the labor portion of his congressional report. Observers expect a middle of the road approach urging equal responsibility under the law for labor and management, with brief mention of Wagner Labor Relations Law and a push for specific corrective legislation.
President Truman concluded a family holiday in Independence with a stop at his home for Christmas dinner. He plans a single stop to see his mother Mrs Martha Truman before flying back to Washington. In the capital he will address Congress with the state of the nation message and budget and employment proposals based on a confidential economic advisory report.
Jackson Mississippi hearings on Senator Bilbo focus on alleged intimidation of Negro voters. Senator Thomas says Bilbo should be seated if no evidence suggests otherwise and predicts he would be reelected by Mississippians even if unseated. The dispute underscores a regional stance on Bilbo amid broader Southern unity.
Rome reports Premier Alcide De Gasperi will depart soon for U S talks on Italian problems and asked former Premier Ferruccio Parri to head a mission to Marshal Tito for negotiations with Yugoslavia.
Walter Kiernan muses that courts have behaved like Santa, gifting odd rulings that reach back to 1938. He notes absurd back charges could arise from distant events such as a prom night tuxedo or a missing collar button, and jokes about lawsuits piling up as stale as the Nathan profits report.
Reports reach Peiping that Communist forces have retaken Macheng about 80 miles south of Peiping and reclaimed two railway stations south of Paoting while fighting persists north of Peiping. Nationalist sources note counter-pressure forced government withdrawal from Macheng and railways disrupted by Communists.
A year end toll shows 414 auto deaths in 1945 including 219 traffic fatalities. Illinois ranked second with 27 deaths, 22 in traffic. California led with 55 traffic deaths. Tennessee heavy toll of five in one head on collision near Norristown. State tallies list Alabama to District of Columbia with varying counts.
A Marion County jail inmate died after eating the Christmas dinner served in the jail. More than twenty prisoners and several jail officials became ill, with illness traced to the festive meal and officers investigating the cause.
Washington The Republican Congressional food study committee report attacks the governments sugar policy and hints at ending controls in 1947. Rep Jenkins Ohio chairs the panel urging higher consumer sugar allotments and a 20 percent rise for industrial users while calling for relaxation of rationing and price ceilings. Sen Butler Nebraska criticizes the administration for the sugar mess and urges immediate lifting of controls.
A DC-3 bound for San Diego from El Centro vanished Christmas Eve near Laguna Mountain after reporting clear weather. Witnesses saw a flash and explosion as wreckage spread over a wide area ten miles east of Mount Laguna while a Marine detachment aided the search. Pilot George Sprado radioed everything was fine moments before the fog-smothered disappearance, leaving his bride waiting at home beside a Christmas tree.
Communist fronts in the United States host meetings and speakers discuss United Nations matters. The speakers push one sided views favoring Russian policy and the states they represent. Adamson urged the State Department to protest these activities. Rankin said the un American Activities Committee will investigate alleged subversive influence in major educational institutions.
Fire of undetermined origin at the Concord Hotel in Kiamesha Lake destroys the hotel playhouse. Fire department officials estimate $40,000 in damage and evacuate about 100 guests from a nearby building. none of the 900 hotel guests is injured.
Washington report shows 1946 consumer outlay topped 2127 billion dollars with Christmas spending at 10.5 billion. Commerce Department notes year total up 21 billion and 1946 outlay 70 percent above prewar 1941 peak, while prices rise about 0.4 percent from 1946 level and 10 percent above 1945.
Washington UP reports Senator Robert A Taft will be Ohio’s choice for the 1948 GOP presidential nomination. Senator-elect John W Bricker will remove his name to back Taft, solidifying Ohio support and boosting Taft as a leading contender for the White House. Neither has formally announced candidacy.
Washington Republicans prepared for a full investigation into the United States Maritime Commission. They urged the House Merchant Marine Committee be empowered to broaden probes of maritime operations, saying key facts remain unexamined and progress has been inadequate. Rep Weichel of Ohio led calls, joined by Reps Welch of California and Bradley of Michigan, with one slated to chair the committee.
Paris. Colonial Minister Marius Moutet began an on the spot investigation of the situation in Indo China as French troops press northern Annam and Yankin against stubborn opposition by Vietnam nationalists. Dispatches from Saigon reported Moutet's arrival for a fact finding mission with Adm. George Thierry D Argenieu greeting him and delegates in Annamite areas pressing for D Argenieu's replacement.
A festive roundup notes a Polish toast ending in a fatal heart attack, Christmas cash gifts in New York’s Bowery, two old acquaintances robbing Peter Fulton in Yonkers, a Buffalo judge giving cigars on his birthday, and a Hollywood elephant delivering a seasonal greeting to the Lauck family.
Washington reports that the Army Navy and Coast Guard today urged that furlough fares be drained until the railroads can prove they should be cancelled. The joint call reflects wartime transportation strains and seeks a temporary suspension of nonessential travel costs to conserve resources.
The U S Army revised casualty totals for Japan's earthquake and tidal wave disaster to 3 650, up from earlier figures. 1 108 killed and 2 542 injured, surpassing Home Ministry counts. Wakayama peninsula Shikoku coasts saw 25 27 foot waves, homes destroyed total 18 262 and damaged 33 500. Gen Eichelberger urged Japanese rehab duties. MacArthur's staff supplied aid and transport.
Industrial gas curtailment hit five northern and central New Jersey counties as two Public Service Electric and Gas plants in Jersey City and Piscataway Towns ship remained strikebound. State Labor Commissioner Harper ordered operation of the plants and Gov Edge prepared to take them over, after about 400 Local 274B plumbers and steamfitters refused to report for work.
The War Department announced the Army has salvaged, repaired and returned about $150 million worth of Quartermaster Corps equipment to Army stocks for reissue during one year's operations amid budget cuts threats.
The page notes 25 percent short of the target for veteran housing by end of 1946 due to soaring costs and shortages. FPHA Commissioner Myer says Congress may end the program when funds run out, but may push it if extra appropriations are provided. The 200,000 unit schedule relied on 445 million in appropriations from 1945 and 1946, with half to be school cooperative housing and half under community sponsorship.
In Wilmington Delaware Detective Thomas B Conaty Jr 30 was shot dead in a police car after stopping two youths for questioning on a midtown street Police Inspector James C Riley said Danny Norris 17 is being sought for the shooting Leonard Bushell 15 was arrested after fleeing the scene and charged with murder and burglary of a sporting goods store.
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