Travel Rush To Continue Another Week
Travel congestion persists as Syracuse residents extend holiday return travel into the new week. Rail and air traffic show strong volumes with New York Central reporting no reserved space for Jan 2 and airlines full for routes to New York centers. State police note good road conditions after clear weather and Greyhound buses ran on schedule though snowfall eased.
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Syracuse
Syracuse University
New York Central
New York
New Yorker
Colonial
Entral Greyhound Lines Save
Seven Senators Demand New Penalty for Frau Koch
Washington observes seven senators urge that Frau Koch be punished anew for crimes at Buchenwald. The Senate Investigating Committee calls for trial in German courts if possible, arguing the original life sentence should stand and that the four year reduction was erroneous but in good faith.
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Washington
Ise Koch
Buchenwald
Senate
Ferguson
United States
Germany
Frau Koch
Tse Koch
Fergatier
Bricker
R-Orint
Hoey
D-N.c
Ives
R-X V3
McGiellan
O'Conor
D-Md
Taye
Lucius
Frau Kock
Frau Hoch
Elks 18th Christmas Party for Children and Adults
The Elks staged its 18th annual Christmas party with movies gifts and refreshments for crippled and deserving children and adults at Loew's State Theater. Mayor Frank J. Costello welcomed guests from many organizations including Percy M Hughes School Elmcrest Syracuse State School Onondaga Sanatorium St Vincent's Orphanage and Jewish Community groups. Dr Paul Steinberg chaired arrangements with support from Syracuse Transit Co Best and FroJoy ice cream Coca Cola and Advanced Printing Co.
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Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Loew's
State Theate
Frank J. Costello
Percy M. Hughes
Onondaga County Home
Jewish Old Home
Onondaga Indian Reservation
Loretto Best
Anataska Club
People’s Mission
Paul Steinberg
Syracuse Transit Co
Best and FroJoy Ice Cream Companies
Coca-Cola Co
Advanced Printing Co
U. S. alumna honored recalls Elizabeth Blackwell legacy
Masked clipping from Hastings England notes Elizabeth Blackwell, born Bristol 1821, died Hastings 1910, as the first United States woman physician and the first woman on the British Medical Register. The tablet at Exmouth wall honors her 30 years of work, while Hastings considers renovation of Rock House, once home to her. The piece also mentions wartime salvage and a property dispute with the Rock House owner.
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Elizabethe Blackwell
Bristol
Hastings
United States
Geneva
Syracuse University
New York
Blackwell
Rock House
Ministry of Works
Barre
Mass
New York Ranks Second in Highway Construction Spending
Washington reports New York ranked second nationally in nine month highway construction spending at 73.9 million, behind Pennsylvania. State totals show 47.6 million spent on roads, with 261.5 million in total public construction across state and locals. Residential, nonresidential, schools, utilities and water supply projects all rose from last year. The Federal Works Agency forecasts 1949 public construction could reach five billion dollars, up 25 percent, as postponed projects resume.
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Herald-Journal
Washington
New York
Federal Works Agency
Pennsylvania
FWA
New Fork
J. W. Follin
Auto Rams Span Sailor Injured on Christmas Leave
Harold St. home on Christmas leave from the Navy, 8 of 118 Harold street, was injured when the car he rode in struck the James street bridge center pier near Thompson road. He suffered a fractured nose and severe facial and right wrist lacerations and was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital. Passenger Edward Hasbig, 20, of 161 Mayer street, had a leg injury not requiring hospitalization. Deputy Bert Reardon said the diver Laster E. Huber, 128 Harold street, claimed he was blinded by oncoming car lights as he drove west on James street.
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Ome NL
Harold
Laster E. Huber
Harold Sr
Reardon
James St
Air Reserve Faces Plane Shortage in Washington Letter
Assistant Secretary Whitney told Senator Wiley that the Air Force Reserve lacks sufficient aircraft for warning and mobilization. She noted higher priorities for the regular Air Force and Air National Guard and projected some transports and light bombers to join the reserve over the next two years, with 1,370 planes total in the unit by June.
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Washington
Air Force
Air Force ‘Reserve
Whitney
Air
Wiley
R-Wis
Air Force Reserve
Howe
MIM
Parley May Avert Strike Of 4500 Tugboat Workers
A special mediation opens negotiations today to avert a strike by 4500 AFL tugboat workers set for Saturday. Mayor William O Dwyer named a three man team after voicing dissatisfaction with the bargaining between tugboat operators and representatives of the International Longshoremen Marine Division.
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Parley
New York
Eany
William O'Dwyer
Tugbval
APL. International Longshore Men's Marine Division
Letters Granted for Mc Dermott Estate in Surrogate Court
Surrogate John R Milford Jr granted letters of administration to Mrs Florence A Mc Dermot of 108 Marvin Rd in the 1500 estate of her husband Robert McDermott who died December 4.
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Florence A. McDermot
Marvin Rd
John R. Milford, Jr
Robert McDermott
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Exmouth
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Wales
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Francis, Jr
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Hey
Frank 3. Costello
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Harold C. Jones
N. Y. State
Air Reserve
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