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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1940
Page
2
The Rochester Safety Council issues a warning for Independence Day traffic and water hazards. It urges pedestrians, especially children, to watch for sudden street crossings and advises avoid swimming for two hours after meals.
Purteen members of a consignment of 38 new troopers arrived at troop D barracks this morning with 15 facing inspection after registration. The group lifts the company to 155 officers and men.
Nancy Frisina seven suffers a fractured leg after a bicycle rider struck her near the 400 block of New York Avenue. Authorities report the rider was Catherine-Ann Boyer and Amy Frisina present as witnesses. Medical aid dispatched to hospital.
About 300 highway men attend a three day program at Cornell University focusing on road building materials testing and concrete construction. The event features speakers from New York State and Cornell University including Dean Ladd and Director Malcom with sessions in Baker Laboratory and Willard Hall.
Kansas City July 1 report shows a local chief recounting a store robbery by two gunmen. The incident marks the fourth time the store has been held up, with the chief noting no injuries and ongoing police follow up.
Francis Thorn, 28, Milford, died at Bassett Hospital from injuries after a crash three miles east of Cherry Wall. James Colgate Cleveland of New York City drove the other car. Cleveland was treated for a dislocated hip and arm cuts. The coroner ruled the accident unavoidable.
A large group of Fresh Air children, signing up on Saturday, will visit Oneida tomorrow. The total number, the largest in several years, totals eighty one with additional six signed up Saturday. Alle Irman announced with Mr Dewey, vice chairman of the committee, who left for New York Saturday night.
Semimonthly highway condition bulletin lists detours and construction on major routes from Syracuse to centers like Fulton Oswego Cortland and Binghamton. Notable items include resurfacing on Route 11 north of Syracuse Route 5 near Sennett and Route 3 widening near Herrings Carthage with several closures and detours posted.
The Civil Aeronautics Authority moves under the Commerce Department as the Aeronautics Board. Regulators will operate independently of the secretary, handling safety standards, accident investigations, and enforcement under the Civil Aeronautics Act. The Air Safety Board is abolished and annual savings are estimated at 450000 dollars.
An infant and pre school conference is scheduled for Wednesday at 30 PM in the Mattydale School. A prenatal clinic will be held on Tuesday, July 9, at 1 30 PM.
Three people were injured in an automobile accident near Burrville on Sunday afternoon. Mary Turriano and Mrs. X Ferrand, both Utica residents, suffered serious injuries after Dominic LaForteza ditched his sedan to avoid a coupe that cut in ahead of him near Hardy's Tearoom. Angela Pacific and AJ LaFortezza had minor injuries. LaFortezza’s car went into the ditch as the coupe fled toward Rodman Road.
Oswego and Fulton will receive multiple pulpwood shipments this season. The Steamship Coniscliffe Hall and the Watertown from Canada will transfer about 3 000 tons and 1 500 tons respectively to deck barges, to be towed by Eldredge and Robinson through the Barge Canal to Oswego Falls stockpiles. Kerr Pulpwood Company of Campbellton plans six to eight more cargoes this season.
Mrs Wallace R Ayars announces the marriage of her daughter Helen A Hubard to Kenneth D Copeland. The ceremony was June 15 in Miami Florida, and the couple plan to reside in Miami before returning to Rome for a visit this week.
United States immigration authorities enforce new strict passport rules for aliens entering from Canada at the Niagara border. inspectors at the Peace Bridge noted weekend travel dipped as Canadians with U.S. residency delayed trips, while many visitors risk being stranded without the new reentry ID cards. issuance halted at midnight.
Father Donnelley assisted at the Shrine of the Little Flower in Frankfort Center leading the 9 AM mass yesterday. Four children received their first communion Shirley Mae Tucker Barbara Ann Stephenson Walter Francis Goodson and Donald Andrew Polisse. A church lawn social planned by the Men’s and Women’s Clubs for August 11.
Washington July 1 Radio wave echo measurements from the upper atmosphere are a new tool for weather prediction. Professors Colwell of West Virginia and Friend of Harvard report a system sending narrow radio beams upward and detecting reflections about 200 yards away. The method, used with Carnegie Washington data, measures altitudes of air mass boundaries and atmospheric discontinuities, potentially tracking storm paths more directly than balloon soundings alone.
Three cars collided on State Street and Rutland Streets late Saturday night resulting in the arrest of Henry Phillips 32 Battery B Fifth Field Artillery Madison Bar racks on a driving while intoxicated charge. Phillips was jailed and released on bail with orders to appear in court today. Stanley P Perry 28 Columbus C said he drove west on State Street as Phillips’ car turned north and struck his sedan pushing it into a parked car owned by Carl Moseson 131 North Indiana Avenue damaging all vehicles.
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