22 Feb 1948
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1948
Page
1
A memorial plan titled Liberty or Death aims to honor Patrick Henry. The project, led by Herbert Viollandner, seeks support from local officials and community groups. Organizers emphasize patriotism and historical significance in unveiling the tribute.
Senator Byrd introduces legislation to create a national memorial at Henrys Red Hill home in Virginia. The phrase Give me liberty or give me death echoes from St Johns Church Richmond as a symbol of liberty and independence through American history.
The piece profiles Col James Riley Fort Hutchison 13 5 0 a British World War II officer known as Colonel Hastings noted for plastic surgery to avoid Nazi records. It recalls his prewar Harrow schooling shipping career and wartime cloak and dagger roles in France with the Maquis, amid a broader look at his life and persona.
New aerial maintenance hubs develop along coasts to service giant airliners. Sayville New York hosts one, with others planned at Van Nuys Burbank Seattle Oakland and Miami to support lines into Los Angeles South America. Shops overhaul various planes about 30 days after 8000 hours and cost about eighty thousand dollars for large engine overhauls, amortized across many engines to ease airline capital needs.
The course uses rapid flash words to teach readers to recognize phrases in a tenth of a second and reach about 500 words per minute. Instructor Mr. Lewis says most people underutilize reading ability and training enables faster comprehension beyond the typical 250 wpm.
Olga Barvid, 43, from Riga and Latvia, is among 30000 refugees resettled in Britain from UNRRA camps in Germany and Austria. She works at Loxley Hall Hostel aiding the sick and hopes to train as a dentist as she adjusts to life in a grey stone country house with fellow volunteers and other newcomers.
Elsa Schiaparelli visited Rome to purchase fashion items. She bought luggage with leather trim and featherlight models, including long striped bags and lace knit vests in blue red and gold. She wore buttoned boots and period jewelry while locals watch her influence grow.
An 11 year old in Florida and a Bay State boy, both unusually gifted, gain notice as child composers. Ryan Edwards of Florida State University’s music program is hailed as a genius for a symphony The Tamperans New Clothes which will be performed by a University orchestra. The Quincy boy travels for lessons and has begun a career noted for early promise.
A French Red Cross run school in a chateau aids thousands of disabled youngsters from war. Five year old Huguette and boy Paul lose limbs but adapt with care and humor as American donors and the French government finance tuition and training.
Importers in New York expect higher olive oil consumption by housewives this year at a lower price, with the U S under import control and 33 000 tons allocated by the International Emergency Food Committee. Prices are seen falling from 12 dollars per gallon two years ago to about 6 50 per gallon in 1948.
Miller, an air conditioning expert by day, spends evenings gluing stamps of all sizes and colors to a 14 by 14 room. In about a year he has stuck some 35,000 stamps on the ceiling and one wall. He says there is no definite design, he just grabs and slicks them. Air mailers form a bright border, final touch is a coat of shellac.
Hospital report finds that over the past year Elin Prince Speyer Hospital cared for 26,909 sick or injured animals. A cat suffered hangover from drinking eggnog and a cat fed only niter while hearing a harmonica. A beakless parrot is also noted in the records.
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