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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1948
Page
17
A fragmented 1950s style meditation on embracing a new year. It denounces hatred and urges unity among nations, reaffirming faith in international law, mutual respect, and the Golden Rule as paths to peace in the Atomic Age while reflecting on past wars and future risks.
The New York Civil Service Employees Association seeks a 12 percent wage hike for state workers next year and permanent cost of living adjustments. The group represents 40,000 employees and aims to add a constitutional veteran’s point system replacing unlimited preference.
MR and MRS Beige Hixon of 223 Dorothy Street marked their 55th wedding anniversary with a family dinner hosted by their son Henry C. Hixon and wife of 126 Wilson Street. Attendees included Wiles Gere and family, Frederick Gere, Wallace W. Hixon, Nancy Hixon, Edward G. Hixon, Mrs Hixon, Edward Hixon Jr. of Oneide, Coral Hixon, and Dorothy Hixon of Wilton Street.
State highway patrol halted a driver for speeding at New Year’s Eve traffic. Postmaster Myron J. Parkinson warned the carrier to slow down and follow holiday schedules. The incident led to a warning placed on the driver’s permanent record, with mail service continuing normally for the holiday.
The city recorded its lath traffic death of the year as Claude Henry Staley a 62 year old taxi driver of North Manius Kirkwise died in Memorial Hospital twelve hours after his cab struck a pole in the 1500 block of Cortland Avenue Autopsy pending officials withheld whether death resulted from crash injuries or a prior cerebral hemorrhage He suffered a brain concussion and skull fracture in the wreck at 1020 AM Patrolman Francis Carroll said Staley driver for Star Taxi Co was eastbound swerved left jumped the curb went AY feet before hitting the pole An Onondaga General Hospital ambulance took him to St Josephs Hospital At 8 PM he was moved to Memorial Hospital where he died at 1015 PM No operation was performed in the case Miss Margaret Meehan a 72 year old resident of 412 Court St in fair condition in St Josephs Hospital after being struck by a truck in Court St near S Carton St last night She was rushed to the hospital by car and listed as critical earlier with compound fractures of the right leg skull right hip and head injuries Later reported improved The truck driver Joseph Bissless 46 of Swanvaed Sr said a passing cat obstructed his view
Louisv ille report notes Robert Ingen of Syracuse named Man of the Year in the tire-casualty insurance industry by The Insurance Field editors. Leroy Lincoln of Metropolitan Life named Man of the Year in Life Insurance. Dineen, NY insurance superintendent since 1941, praised for regulatory leadership and reforms.
Masters and district Masonic leaders plan a New Year’s Eve event at the Masonic Temple Baldwinsville. The masters-elect will be invested at 8 PM with a chicken supper and party to follow at the 220 East Wash location. Special dues present include H. Meagher and George Harp of the Owen Whitesboro district.
Nicholas Ransler deputy clerk and transfep tax clerk in Surrogates Court receives birthday congratulations. He avoids age detail, notes 45 plus, plans roast chicken dinner and cake at home. A native of Schenectady, he attended local schools Colgate Academy and Syracuse University then earned a law degree. Veteran of both World Wars, he entered service April 6 1917 with the national guard, serving as sergeant.
Piattsburg resident and practicing attorney Ransler served in World War I as a first lieutenant after training in France and overseas for 14 months. Recalled in May 1942 as a major, he served until January 1945 in the New Hebrides and Honolulu, acting as Army Motor Transport officer aboard the U S Navy Transport Grant in the South Pacific and Aleutians. He has lived at 208 Rich St with his family and has two sons who served in World War I. Ransler belongs to the American Legion Bar Association Citizens Club Rotary and several Masonic bodies. He chairs Troop 18 committee of First Baptist Church. The Herald-Journal offers congratulations.
Insects damaged Dixie cotton crops in 1947, eating enough cotton to deprive every man and boy in the United States of an extra dozen shirts. The figure suggests three complete outfits for each woman could have been produced from the destroyed cotton, based on National Council statistics.
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