Quiet Fourth Observed in Syracuse Amid Rain Spoils
July Fourth observances in Syracuse unfolded with subdued events as persistent rain limited travel and dampened fireworks. Officials reported weather hampering bonfires, blocks dances, and water fights while police seized scrap wood intended for a major Marcellus Street bonfire. The piece notes historical sly celebrations and cites 1932 efforts by Syracuse ophthalmologists to ban private fireworks, with state law expanding Aug. 1.
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Syracuse
Marcellus
Onondaga County
New York
Marcellus Street
Clinton
Washington
Turkeys Die From Disease Plaguing Jefferson County
Affected flocks in Jefferson County shrink by hexamitus and related illnesses. W Oscar Sellers with county farm bureau, a USDA turkey expert, and Cornell poultry specialists investigate. Losses include 1400 birds in two weeks and 1000 in one week. Dr E L Brunett and Prof E Smith confirm disease and worms coccidiosis. Water treatment and caution against farm visits urged to prevent spread.
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Special Dispatch Watertown
Jefferson County
Uhis
W. Oscar Sellers
Farm Bureau
Department of ‘Agriculture
Cornell University
Sellers
E. L. Brunett
State Veterinary College
Ithaca
E. ¥. Smith
H. L.sek “Ier
Fireman Hurt In $12,000 Owego Blaze
Fire of undetermined origin swept four storage rooms on Central Avenue in Owego injuring firefighter Raymond Hoover who sprained his wrist and burned his hand when a roof section collapsed. The blaze caused about $12,000 in damage to Merwin Hall premises and destroyed household furnishings and a dog. Fire crews had been preparing for the Fourth of July parade when the alarm came, and all department gear was deployed again to fight the larger fire after recent calls.
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Owego
Central Avenue
Merwin Hall
Joss
A. E. van Atta
Leo Roach
Harold Arnold
Raymond Hoover
Franklin Street
Patrick Quinn
Penn Yan
Dresden
Harold Jensen
Jensen
Seneca Falls Machine Co Receives $13,130 Lathes Order
Seneca Falls, July 4. The Seneca Falls Machine Company, a Upstate New York plant, has received a federal defense order worth $13,130 for tool lathes for the Army. Frankfort, July 4. Edward Treen was injured at the Union Handle Company plant when a large flaw he was assembling toppled onto his right foot. he was taken to Thien Hospital.
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Seneca Falls
Seneca Falls Machine Company
New York
Frankfort
Union Handle Company
Edward Treen
Ithe Tlien Hospital
Reunion of Youth and Father Amid Auto Theft Case
Francis Swain 22 met his father Harry Swain 80 for the first time since childhood at Syracuse police headquarters after Swain and a friend were hitchhiking to Syracuse in New Jersey National Guard uniforms. Police connected the pair to a stolen car case, with Bernard Flood 17 and Paul Hardy 23 implicated. Flood held.
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Francis Swain
Syracuse
Swain
Russell Smith
Salem
N. J
New Jersey National Guard
Harry Swain
South Crouse Avenue
Francis
Binghamton
Bernard Flood
West Genesee Street
James LaMacchia
Park Avenue
Flood
Paul Hardy
Conklin Avenue
Corp. O. H. Gardenier
W. R. Spellman
Howard Ellsworth
Carmen Sicilia
M. Ry. Zaph
Chittenango
William Swain
J. Martin Kavanaugh
Fred Fee
Oneida Barracks
William E. Rapp
Russell W. Humphry
Nedrow
Putnam Says Earhart Note Is Likely Fake
In Inglewood California a bottle note attributed to Amelia Earhart was examined by her husband George Palmer Putnam and authorities who consider it a likely fake. The message dated June 9 1938 claims Earhart is alive in Hawaii amid a crash death, with cables to her husband and mentions ships President and Montana.
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Amelia Earhart
Inglewood
Cal
George Palmer Putnam
Miss Earhart
Fred Noonan
Putnam
Hawaii
U. S. Montana
Los Angeles
Amelia Earharty
Sherrill Pastor Heads to Fort Bragg as Army Chaplain
The Rev. John E. Kinney rector of Gethsemane Episcopal Church resigns to become chaplain at Fort Bragg North Carolina. He previously served in World War I and will rejoin the Army chaplain corps. Mrs Kinney and their two children will accompany him. Fort Bragg hosts about 10,000 soldiers.
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Kinney
Fort Bragg
Atlantic
Cortland Man 90 Dies After Fall at Filling Station
George H. Ames 90 of 16 Pleasant Street dies in Cortland County Hospital from a 20 foot fall onto a concrete floor. Found unconscious by sons Robert and Frederick near a filling station building, he fractured his skull. A Whitney Point native and Cortland resident for 50 years, he ran a shoe store and later an auto mobile agency. Survived by wife Rose, three sons, a daughter, and a sister. Funeral and prayer services planned at Grace Episcopal Church and Beard Memorial Home, burial at Cortland Cemetery.
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Special Dispatch
Whitney Point
Mr.Ames
Cortlana
Ames
Odd Fellows and
Grace Episcopal Church
Beard Memorial
Cortland Cemetery
Rose Ames
Robert
Frederick
George Ames
Rosamond Johnson
May Bayton
Two Week Goal Set for Massena Airport Use
Massena officials meet Army general as two week deadline looms for completing the airport. If finished, Army planes will operate from Massena during maneuvers. Runway needs cited at 2,200 feet, with Massena's current runway lengths noted. Grass mowing underway and final work to be rushed for Army use.
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Massena
Barlow
Allan F. Sill
Rollin A. Newton
Chamber of Commerce
Merchants Bureau
Oswego Girl Engaged to Wed Keith Chatterton
Oswego announces the engagement of Miss Lilian Eileen Janaushek of 207 West Fourth Street to Keith Chatterton, son of Donald Chatterton of 35 East 11th Street. No wedding date has been set.
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Oswego
Charles Janaushek
West Fourth Street
Lilian Eileen Janaushek
Keith Chatterton
Donald Chatterton
East 11Th Street
Summer camp thunder in upstate New York youth scene
Thousands of youths from Syracuse and nearby communities will spend two months at summer camps across New York State. The piece highlights camp roles in skills, democracy lessons, and homecoming memories, along with local anecdotes about a roof repair bee and a Canadian gas trivia note. It also notes a Syracuse football figure, Bill Horr, now pictured at Stockbridge Central School.
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Syracuse
Upstate
New York State
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Camp! Fire Girls
Adirondacks
Lake Ontario
St. Lawrence
Finger Lakes
Stockbridge Central School
Stockbridge Valley
Bill’ Horr
Stockbridge
Arthur L. Evans
Syracuse University
Mr. Horr
Settlement Reported in Galletta Negligence Suit
In Oswego city court a $300 settlement was reported for Anthony Galletta of 119 East 10th Street against Earl Manwaring of East Oneida Street Road. The case, continued before City Judge Dearborn V. Hardie, claimed $1,200 damages for alleged fright and shock that caused loss of smell and taste. Attorney for plaintiff Thomas F. Zala and defense attorney Leonard Amdursky appeared.
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Oswego
Anthony Galletta
East 10Th Street
Earl Manwaring
East Oneida Street
Dearborn
Thomas F. Zala
Leonard Amdursky
District Chief Winter to mark 30 years in Fire Department
District Chief George C. Winter will celebrate the 30th anniversary of his appointment as a fireman. He recalled starting on July 5, 1910 with the Chemical Company under Chief Edward W. Gieselman, then lieutenant. The notice ends with a newspaper advertisement offering Daily and Sunday subscriptions at $1.25 per month, Daily only 75c, Sunday only 50c.
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G. C. Winter
George C. Winter
Dunlavey Joins WFBL Announcing Staff
Ronald J. Dunlavey of Buffalo, ex WBNY staffer, joins WFBL announceing staff per general manager Samuel Woodworth. He has been in radio since fall 1938 and worked with Buffalo Studio Theater Players. WFBL announcer J Jack Shannon, who left radio for priesthood studies in Rochester, spends summer locally.
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R. J. Dunlavey
WFBL
Ronald J. Dunlavey
Buffalo
WBNY
Samuel ©. Woodworth
Mr. Dunlavey
Studio Theater Players
J. Jack Shannon
Rochester
Lida
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