Rail travel at peak for recent years
Syracuse offices of New York Central and Delaware Lackawanna Western report the heaviest holiday travel in years with last Wednesday and yesterday exceeding all expectations. Passengers were urged to avoid using passes during the season due to equipment shortages and higher demand. Overcrowding affected Empire trains and the Syracuse 4 15 p.m. New York City service. The surge followed a Greyhound bus strike boosting rail traffic.
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Syracuse
New York Central Railroad
Delaware, Ta Nawa & Western
New York Central
Robert W. Bratten
Neer
New York City
New York
Auther
O. J. Stinger
Syracuse Marine promoted to lieutenant Robert M. Dean Jr
Robert M. Dean Jr of Syracuse has been promoted to lieutenant in the Marine Corps in a Washington dispatch. Also listed is Capt. Leonard M. Mason of Wolcott among promotions.
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Robert M. Dean, Jr
Syracuse
Marine Corps
Associated Press
Washington
Leonard M. Mason
Wolcott
Officials Take Oath Of Office In County Ceremony
County Treasurer elect Nicholas Pirro began official duties January 1 after taking the oath in the County Clerk's office administered by County Clerk Rolland A. Strever. Syracuse Municipal Court judges William E. McClusky and Harry H. Skerritt were to take dual oaths this afternoon with McClusky scheduled for a Monday January 5 presentation to the bar.
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Nicholas Pirro
Rolland A. Strever
Syracuse
McClusky
Nathan Abelson
Harry H. Skerritt
Mishaps in City Autos Drop but Report Mixed
City records show 155 accidents in the year ending Dec 1 1941, down from 278 the prior year. Joseph P. Kuhn reports fewer incidents where drivers were held responsible, with 31 of 155 this year versus 66 of 278 last year, and notes improved cooperation reducing the city insurance rate.
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Arridante
Joseph P. Kuhn
Public Safety
Municipal Safety Committee
Loasby Joins Winthrop Whitehouse Brokerage Firm
Loasby, son of the former First Trust president Arthur V. Loasby, becomes a member of Winthrop Whitehouse Company in New York City. The firm opens at No 1 Wall Street to continue the eastern division of Winthrop Mitchell Company and the legacy of Whitehouse & Company from 1828. Loasby, a New York Stock Exchange member, will represent the firm on the trading floor.
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Loasby
Richard “P. Loasby
Arthur V. Loasby
First Trust, & de- Irisit Company
Winthrop, Whitehouse & ‘Company
No. 1
Wall Street
New York City
Winthrop, Mittchell & Company
Harris, Winthrop & ‘Company
Whitehouse ‘& Company
Syracuse
New York Stock Exchange
Evangelist Bona Fleming Begins Series at Local Nazarene Church
Rev. Bona Fleming of Ashland Kentucky launches evangelistic meetings at the First Church of the Nazarene at West Newell and Cannon streets starting at 7:30 p.m. with nightly services Monday through Saturday and services both morning and evening Sunday. Rev. Arthur W. Gould and the church choir lead the music.
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Bona Fleming
Ashland
Church of the Nazarene
West Newell and
Cannon Streets
Arthur W. Gould
Man Granted 90 Day Term To Sober Up
In Police Court Judge Homer W. Walsh grants Kenneth W. Gilmore a 90 day sentence to the penitentiary to sober up. Gilmore, who gave no address when booked, answered yes to the judge’s question about seeking the term.
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Homer W. Walsh
Kenneth W. Gilmore
Judge Walsh
Jordan Youth Dies in Train Crash Near Jordan
Harold James Forbes 20 of Jordan was killed when his car was struck by a westbound New York Central passenger train at a Cayuga County crossing. The car was pushed 100 feet along the tracks and two wheels were missing from the wreckage. Forbes, a Jordan native and NY Central signal employee, died instantly from multiple injuries. Surviving are his parents, three brothers and two sisters. funeral services will be held at 2 PM Wednesday at the family home with burial in Maplegrove Cemetery.
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Auburn
Harold James Forbes
SRCS
Cayuga County
Robert J. Thomas
B. L. Bush
Jordan
Forbes
Syracuse
Smith and
Dean
Thomas Forbes
Jordan High School
New York Central Railroad
Ernest J. Forbes
R.D
Edgar
Solvay
Glenn
Earl Forbes
Harold Patten
Battle Creek
Mich
Joseph J. Moody
Bonta Bridge
James McConnell
Jordan Methodist
Maplegrove Cemetery
Court Refuses to Dismiss Charge of Exposure Deaths
Mrs. Beatrice Felicia 2 years old died of exposure in an unheated flat at 498 Otisco Street. Her mother faced a second degree manslaughter charge. Judge Walsh denied motions to dismiss and ordered Felicia held for Grand Jury. Witnesses described the child's death and related circumstances.
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David D. Joselit
Breatrice Mae Felicia
Otisco Street
Aynnenye
Homer V. Walsh
Charles E. McNett
Joselit
Walsh
J. Howard Ferguson
Beatrice Felicia
Felicia
Ferguson
Bruno Grossman
Onondaga General Hospital Interne
United States
Vienna
Austria
Beatrice
Felicia i
Cosmo
Salvatore Felicia
Danny Sherlock
Joselit Lentiaht
Thomas Felicia
OuUsco ‘Street
Theospital
Cigaret Prices Hold Steady Amid Manufacturer Action
Syracuse dealers report no retail price increases after American Tobacco Co announces a wholesale rise to 67.10 per 1000 for a leading brand. Retail prices remain unchanged as buyers hold off until Washington clarifies possible 18 to 20 cent package hikes by Leon Henderson and cigarette manufacturers.
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American Tobacco Company
Syracuse
Washington
Leon Henderson
New Years Baby Edward Rose Jr Turns Three
Edward Rose Jr the first baby born in New York State in 1939 will celebrate his third birthday on Thursday. A pre birthday party at the Rose home drew youngsters aged two to five including Joseph Tucci Donald Francis Corrine Scarfino James Epolito Raymond David Rose Jacqueline Simon Francis Forcione Bobby Hofmann Ann Marie Owens Patty Ann Baker Coralee Fitzpatrick Barbara Mauro and Thomas Mercurio.
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New York State
Edward Rose, Jr
Edward Rose
Dewitt Street
Rose
Joseph Tucci
Donald
Francis
Corrine Scarfino
James Epolito
Raymond
David Rose
Jacqueline Simon
Francis Forcione
Bobby Hofmann
Ann Marie Owens
Patty Ann "Baker
Coralee Fitzpatrick
Barbara Mauro
Thomas Mercurio
Muehlenbein Home Ransacked for Third Time in 1941
Burglaries hit the Muehlenbein family at 2312 South Salina Street for the third time in 1941. Two bank books with $7.19 and a bag of 100 pennies were stolen. Patrolmen John Brolan and Clarence Snow said the easy entrance was made between 10 P.M. Saturday and 2 A.M. Sunday.
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Ice
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T.5
Rubin Insurance Agency
Chamber of Commerce
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Maryland Casualty Company
Baltimore
Frank Durkin, Inc
Surety Bond G
Eneral Insurance
Maryland Casualty CO
Pennsylvania and Royal Exchange Fire and Theft Insurance
Drumlins
Augmented Davison
Commodores
Rock Bottom
Vascaris
Barsains
laRzarys
Ipenetrol
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