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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1948
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR text mentions several individuals and a pet shop owner on Washington, plus a shopkeeper and a welder or builder on a street, suggesting a local meeting or event with scattered details and names. The piece is garbled but preserves place and person references.
Two children, Mary Cayton aged four and Crystal three, were fatally burned when a house near Portville burned. Their mother Mrs Douglas Gapton suffered severe burns but was reported in good condition. Officials believe an oil stove explosion started the fire.
Washington report notes major veteran groups the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars object to Hoover Commission subcommittee plans to merge all government medical and hospital activities as part of a drive for efficiency in government operations. The piece weaves in other brief items and quotes without clear cohesion.
Military education officer Captain B. T. Dupell from Reeds Ferry New Hampshire warned that Tokyo schools may be fire traps as typical drills prompt children to jump from windows in panic. The report also notes Princess Margaret's potential U S holiday and bequests in London wills.
Death notices list Mrs. Samuel P. Baldwin 36 sister of late Senator Hanns and Cleveland philanthropist. Dr Preston Pope Satier White collector in New York. Msgr Ferdinand Dirichs Roman Catholic Bishop of Limn burg in Stenkfurt Germany. Thomas Madden 87 longtime circus figure retired years ago in Olega. Herman E Duquette sports staff member of Wilmington News Journal in Rochester. Timothy Mahoney 52 Massachusetts state historian of the American Legion and Lost Battalion veteran in Camotdge Mass.
Walter Kiernan weighs current political mood and New Year resolutions as Republicans consider more frequent coordination. The piece notes casual holiday mood, wartime sentiment, and neutral observers discussed only in broad terms. A separate bulletin reports seven firefighters injured at a blaze engulfing the Grapette bottling works in Indiana Harbor Indiana.
Daniel J. Carey of Groton, long dairy farmer, has resigned as a Tompkins County supervisor. His appointment to a federal agriculture role ended with a resignation effective Friday. Carey ran a large Groton dairy operation.
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