Power Test To Blackout East Side
The East End of Symonys will host its first postwar blackout a 15 minute test by Central New York Power Corp at 6 13 PM area bounded by Fayette Street Livingston Street Scottholm Boulevard and E Colvin Street Civil defense patrols will safeguard the area while candles and cashfights are expected as power goes out The utility president John L Haley says the test will try new equipment to speed restoration and will benefit the industry and electricity users nationwide.
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General Hodges Plans to Retire
Army spokesman said Gen Courtney Hodges planned to retire in January on reaching his 62nd birthday. The general has commanded First U S Army at Governors Island since July 16, and would retire before month’s end under the armed forces personnel act of 1947.
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DeRose Denies Disorderly Charge In Police Court
Philip T. DeRose, 29, proprietor of Bus Top Room at 601 Oswego Blvd, was released on $100 bail after denying he pushed a man from the restaurant in a disorderly manner on December 28. Judge Truman H. Preston set a hearing for January 4 on the disorderly conduct charge. DeRose was arrested by patrol officers.
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Complaint Filed Against Lawrence West Over Push Incident
Donald Sheridan reports a complaint involving Lawrence West of 426 North Franklin Street as the alleged person who pushed. The case outlines an alleged pushing incident pending local court action.
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Beggar Pleads Guilty to Soliciting Alms
Willie Lee Walker aged 27 of 315 EB Washington Ave was jailed for 30 days in Onondaga County Penitentiary after pleading guilty in Police Court to soliciting alms. Detectors George Kappesser and William Webb arrested him. Judge Truman H. Preston presided.
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Man Admits Perjury in Divorce Case
Peter Vaccaro a 27 year old bellhop pleaded guilty to perjury in a 4 divorce action filed by William K Zimmer. He testified under oath to seeing Mrs Sophia Zimmer with a man in a hotel room and was ordered held for sentencing. Also pleading guilty was Paul L Bonsteel 20 charged with third degree burglary for entering a gas station on Erie Boulevard East.
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City to Dedicate Hancock Airport in Centennial Ceremony
Mayor Frank Costello, Parks Commissioner William A. Barry and city officials will lead a 11 AM dedication at Hancock Airport. The event closes the city centennial celebration with the aviation committee and City Hall repair heads invited. The port is expected to open formally in spring.
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Yonkers to Seek New City Manager
Yonkers launches a nation wide search for a new city manager after eight appointments in six years. The Common Council extended Acting City Manager John A Petersons term to January 31, with Peterson already serving as acting head since early this month.
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Man from Erie Shot, Robbery Suspected Near State Road
Fuessler, 48, of Erie Pennsylvania, lay in Westfield Hospital after being found unconscious beside his car on Sherman Ripley Road near South Ripley. State police investigated a roadside shooting and robbery, noting he was shot in the heart with a revolver held close to his body.
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Rinse Clothes Thoroughly to Remove Dirt
Washing moves clothes in water which carries dirt into suspension. If the suspended soil is not thoroughly rinsed out, it stays in the fabrics and leaves a gray dingy look.
Two Syracuse Women WAAC Officers Reunite After War
Two Syracuse women who served as officers in the Women’s Army Corps met again after years apart. Ex Major Carrie E. Rhodes and Maj Catherine Caddell, who formerly lived on 2140 W Melden Ave, learned they were among Central New York’s first Regular Army officers. Rhodes is due back in the Army within 25 days, while Caddell’s Regular Army duty application was granted. They first met in Frankfurt, Germany, where Rhodes served with Allied Headquarters. Caddell joined service in August 1942 after graduating from the second officer candidate class in Des Moines, Iowa. Rhodes entered service in December 1942 and also attended the officers candidate school.
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