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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1948
Page
2
Irreverent vignettes on public figures and entertainers from a bygone era. A President Truman anecdote about a farmer, Irving Fisher and a furniture quip, George Jessel’s debt tale, Canzoner’s carrots gag, and witty asides on hangovers and fame.
Otto Charles Heinze, 82, former head of Otto Heinze and Company, died after a month long illness. His failed copper and stock scheme in 1907 triggered a bank run on Mercantile National, spreading a national financial panic as his brother F August Heinze presided over the bank. Three children die in Port Jervis fire when an oil stove explodes destroying a one room home. The Gilson children Diana 3, Harry Jr 2, and Lawrence 1 perished. Robbery suspects held after theft of over 5000 in Erie Railroad freight house goods. two men jailed on bond and a third freed on lower bond. Civil rights groups press Congress to abolish the House Un-American Activities Committee. Three men faced first degree grand larceny charges in Hornell related to freight thefts.
The American Automobile Association forecasts about 275 traffic deaths and around 6,000 injuries during the New Year weekend unless legal and habit changes reduce risk. The estimate comes from AAA safety official George R. Hammond.
Catholic missionaries in Peiping will stay at their posts despite possible Communist overrunning of the city. A no man’s land stretches through outskirts as clashes continue. Reports from North China describe mounting tensions with U.S. and Allied observers noting military activity and cautious reassurances from religious leaders.
Hersheld recounts a tale of an innocent old lady who asks a man what he does for a living. He replies I follow the horses. She pays him with a bet he can bring a horse. He promises Chestnut at Jamaica and the woman later tells her daughter. The daughter calls folly but the old lady says she will keep the horse in a two room apartment.
Deaths include Paul Peeret aged 7 in New York City son of Recto fame. Agnes Nestor 56 labor leader and Chicago Women’s Trade Union League president. George Victor Parkins 63 industrialist and McKeesport Tin Plate official. Yastroana restaurant manager De. Howled Vassar Middler 54 Nazarene Church leader based in Kansas City. Wesley B. Nyce 36 lawn stanter in Fotts town. Eimer Collins 65 ex professional cyclist and former Madison Square Garden press gate head in New York City.
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt said she was very sorry the United Nations Security Council did not approve Israel's UN membership at the General Assembly in Paris. The year featured political upsets and cultural notes as anti jacketing and legal cases moved into public attention.
A report notes the Wes ship schedule is postponed to the April session of the Assembly in New York City. Specifics on the delaying factor or party responsible are not provided in the readable text.
The K. 5, Corps of Engineers announced completion of the first unit of Olean's $3,000,000 flood control project. The unit cost $500,000 and included 4,000 feet of dikes along the Allegheny River and Clean Creek and removal of 290,000 tons of earth.
Eleanor Judd a 38 year old blind pianist was named the No 1 blood donor in New York for giving 50 pints of her blood to city banks over eight years. She has contributed repeatedly to aid medical patients and community health efforts.
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