Fourth of July crashes claim one life in Syracuse area
In the Syracuse region on the Fourth, one boy died and 21 people were injured in multiple crashes. Kenneth Davidson, 9, East Syracuse, died at Crouse-Irving Hospital from head injuries after his bicycle skidded into a car. Mrs. Frances Hull, 56, near Navarino, was killed in a collision at Amber Cedarvale Road. Several others, including a 76 year old pedestrian and four youths from Crucible Steel, sustained injuries. charges and bail followed in Traffic Court for reckless driving and related offenses.
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Syracuse
Kenneth Davidson
Frederick Street
Crouse-Irving
James Donazello
Collamer
Frances Hull
Oswego Street
Amber-Cedarvale
Cherry Valley Turnpike
Navarino
Hull
Charles Lessoongang
Hubbell Avenue
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Lessoongang
Jacob Dempsey
Castleton-on-Hudson
Dempsey
Callie Dempsey
Eloise Dempsey
Mary Miller
Castleton-on- Hudson
Raymond Beam
Company C
174Th Infantry
Camp Dix
N. J
Beam
Auburn
H. Ernest Gak
Dr. Gak
Arthur W. Wilson
Charles Hull
Raymond Adams
Minette
Donald Mabie
Oran Hull
Burdick Avenue
Joseph Baldwin
Catherine Reardon
Essex Street
Crouse-Irving Hospital
West Belden Avenue
Miss Reardon
Leonard Snyder
North State Street
Nor Man A. Capels
Delaware Street
Victor Rodejko
Lakeview Avenue
Caples
Leo Pacheck
Pacheck
Arthur LaRue
Snyder
Anthony Barbuto
Otisco Street
North Clinton
West Water Streets
Norman Massett
Cicero
Barbuto
Herbert Franz
Martin Walsh
Massett
William Sullivan
Kenneth Spears
Robert Cath
Chester Niedzialek
Emerson Avenue
Crucible Steel Company of America
H. M. Chase
Stafford Avenue
Helen
Golden Beach State Park
Raquette Lake
Sullivan
Chase
Carl McBain
Madison
Erwin L. Pearson
Brighton Avenue
Skaneateles
McBain
Ralph Connors
Oriskany Falls
Loretta Tudman
Knoxboro
Angeline Graziano
Oneida
R.D
Pearson
Delores
Barbara Murray
Angelo Martinelli
Avery Avenue
Genesee Street
John DeMayo
Fayetteville
Harry H. Farmer
Morris Whitehouse
Furman Street
Wolf
North
Salina Streets
John W. Jewell
I Killed, 6 Hurt In Highway Accident
Special Dispatch Watertown July 5 One man was killed and six others injured in a collision on the Lowville Copenhagen State highway late last night. The dead man’s identity was not released by Sheriff Albert Schoff. He is believed from Buffalo and was alone in his car. In the other vehicle were five Watertown residents hospitalized with injuries including lacerations and scalp wounds. The injured include Spencer Harrienger 16, Marion Harrienger 23, John Harrienger 2, Mrs George Harrienger, George W Harrienger 25, Jean Docteur 4, and Albert Harrienger 52. The latter did not remain at Mercy Hospital.
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Watertown
Lowville
Copenhagen
Albert Schoff
Buffalo
Mercy Hospital
Spencer Harrienger
Addison Street
John Harrienger
Marion Harrienger
East Main Street
George Harrienger
George W. Harrienger
Marion
Jean Docteur
John Docteur
Cape Vincent
Albert G. Harrienger
Syracuse Mayor urges Defense Bonds and Stamps drive
Mayor Rolland B. Marvin issued a Fourth of July proclamation urging Syracusans to buy Defense Savings Bonds and Stamps. He argues the program would finance defense while absorbing spending power, prevent price surges, and provide nest eggs for an uncertain future.
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Defense Savings
Rolland B. Marvin
Treasury Department
Treasury
House Eyes St. Lawrence Survey Approval Next Week
The House Rivers and Harbors Committee awaits action to authorize an inspection trip to Northern New York and Canada to survey the St. Lawrence sea way site. Approval is expected Monday, Mansfield said, enabling the committee to meet away from Washington. Expenses would be paid from contingent funds. Hearings on the plan resume Monday with Secretary Wickard likely to testify.
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House
St. Lawrence
Washington
New York
Canada
St. Lawrence Sea‘way
Mansfield
D-Tex
St. Lawrence Plan
Wickard
Weekend Warmth Ahead With 82 Degree Readings
The Weather Bureau forecast warmer weekend weather after a Fourth of July with ideal conditions. Yesterday started at 60 at 6 am, rose to 79 by 6 to 7 pm, and the day averaged 70 compared with 62 last year. Midnight stood at 62, dropped to 53 by 6:30 am, then rose to 68 by 6 am, with noon at 82.
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Mercury
Weather Bureau
At & O
Bar Opposes Joint Tax Return Proposal by U S Bar
John G. Jackson of New York City, president of the New York State Bar Association, announced the executive committee opposes pending federal tax legislation that would require husband and wife to file joint income tax returns. The taxation committee report argues it is unfair to add a spouse’s income and could impose penalties on marriage, noting many states recognize separate income and property rights. The report lists committee members from New York and surrounding areas.
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John G. Jackson
New York City
New York State Bar Association
Congress
Committee On Taxation
Association
Weston Vernon, Jr
New York
Will R. Cregg
Frank L. Polk
John Godfrey Saxe
Syracuse
M. Francis Bravman
George S. van Schaick
George F. Bodine
Rochester
Marcellus Independence Day Parade Draws 10000 Crowd
About 10 000 people attended the Marcellus Independence Day celebration organized by the Marcellus Volunteer Fire Department. The parade featured the Marcellus and Elbridge bands, multiple fire and veterans groups, drum corps, Boy Scouts, and merchant floats. Afterward, hose races, a baseball game, a five mile race won by John L. Sullivan at age 70, and a Mattydale water fight over Mottville highlighted the day.
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Marcellus
Skaneateles Fire
Skaneateles Falls
Jordan
Syracuse
Minoa
Mattydale
Fayetteville
Jewish War Veterans
Marcellus Boy Scouts
John L. Sullivan
Percy Smoke
Mottville
Mrs Verbeck Reviews Japan US Relations In Tokyo
Mrs Margaret McDowell Verbeck wife of Maj William J Verbeck staying with her sons in Manlius reports Japanese attitudes toward Americans remain unchanged in diplomatic military and naval circles over recent months She arrived from Tokyo June 12 intends to reside near New York due to Major Verbeck's transfer from the Tokyo embassy to Korea She notes Tokyo officials did not show tension before departure and that many official families evacuated earlier with many still living in the area
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Verbeck
Tokyo
Korea
States
Washington
Empire Boys State Advance Unit Reaches City
The vanguard of 630 New York State boys arrived at the State Fair Ground to start Empire Boys State a 10 day model government. Edward Vosseller will speak at the opening ceremony as Gov. Lehman may address the crowd Wednesday night.
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New York State
State Fair Ground
American Legion
Empire Boys State
Edward Vosseller
New York State Department of the Legion
Frederick L. Stone
Gordon Ridenour
Martin Burstein
Syracuse
Gannon F. Ryan
Father Ryan
Calvin M. Thompson, Jr
Rabbi Benjamin Friedman
Town Marshal Kills Youth Over Fireworks in Cedarville
Hayes A. McLean, 72, town marshal, shot Walter Collins, 19, as fireworks exploded near his home. The prosecutor said the act was not premeditated and McLean pleaded innocent, bound to the Grand Jury on a $3,000 bond.
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Cedarville
Ohio
Hayes A. McLean
Walter Collins
McLean
Marcus Shoup
Shoup
Collins
Xenia
Patrolman Finds Fire in Attic During Arrest
Patrolman George Taska, entering an attic at 801 North State Street to arrest a man, found a blaze in a pile of old newspapers. He stamped out the fire before damage. The arrestee, Raymond Belge, 28, no home, was booked for public intoxication after refusing to accompany him.
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North State Street
George
Taska
Raymond Belge
Townsendite Rally Ends With Foreign Policy Debate
The Townsend Clubs national convention in Buffalo closed with a debate between Senators Claude Pepper and Burton Wheeler on intervention versus isolation. Wheeler urged peace talks between Germany and Britain, while Pepper attacked America First figures and their antiwar stance. The five day gathering endorsed a pension bill, higher dues, and support for founder Dr. Francis E. Townsend.
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Buffalo
Townsend Clubs
Claude Pepper
Fla
Burton Wheeler
Mont
Wheeler
Roosevelt
Germany
Great Britain
Russia
England
English Channel
Pepper
New Dealer
Wheelers
Herbert
Hoovers
Charles Lindberghs
Roy Howards
America First Committee
Hitler
Townsend
Francis E. Townsend
Dredge Hunts Million Dollar Sunken British Treasure
A Delaware River dredge named Commodore sifts muck opposite Hog Island near Philadelphia Naval Yard amid reports of $1,000,000 to $2,000,000 in British gold from the Merlin and Augusta frigates. Historian Dr. Carroll H. Francis notes the Merlins 1777 battle and possible prize ownership by New Jersey if recovered.
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Philadelphia
Delaware River
Hog Island
Delaware Channel
Navy Yard
Merlin
Merlin the Dregde
Carroll H. Francis
Camden
N. J
Navy
Augusta
Old Fort Mercer
Fort Nassau
New Jersey
Admiral Howe
Germantown
Francis
D. Francis
Massena Boy Drowns On Swimming Trip
Massena in St. Lawrence River fatality as 14 year old Robert Jacobs, son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Jacobs, Route 1, drowns at Bradfords Point while swimming with friends using an inflated inner tube. Police and troopers respond with inhalator and doctor. body not located as grappling hooks search the swift 20 foot water.
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Massena
Robert Jacobs
Joseph Jacobs
Route 1
Bradford's Point
St. Lawrence River
St. Lawrence
Harold Manning
Police Department
C. F. Prairie
Cedar Woods Fire Sweeps North Tract
A forest fire in Cedar Woods along the Limerick Brownville and Perch Lake Roads burned over 50 acres of 1,000 acres near the State game farm. Five village fire departments and over 250 Madison Barracks soldiers aided the effort with aid requests extending to Dexter Brownville Glen Park Champlain and Cape Vincent. Traffic was halted to protect water supplies from Perch River at Limerick.
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Special Dispatch
Watertown
Cedar Woods
Limerick - Brownville
Perch Lake
Madison Barracks
Limerick
Woodlands
Walter Zimmerman
Mullin Road
Dexter
Brownville
Cedars
Limerick Star School
Charles Gonseth
Glen Park
Chaumont
Cape Vincent
Brayton E. Peck
Fort Dix Cancels Leaves for Maneuvers in Virginia
Fort Dix New Jersey July 5 Cancelling all leaves and furloughs for the second time in six weeks was announced by Maj. Gen. Clifford R Powell commander of the 44th Division The order effective July 16 will enable the division to leave for two weeks maneuvers in Caroline County Virginia starting July 17
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Fort Dix
Army
N. J
Clifford R. Powell
Carolina County
Man Drowns as Boat Overturns on Saranac Lake
In Upper Saranac Lake a 49 year old man John Carrara of 28 Dorsey Street drowned after an outboard boat swamped. Police Sergeant Edmund Duprey and Merritt Brown of Brooklyn aided survivors Lois Brown 13 and Merritt Jr. 17 before Duprey and others recovered Carrara's body.
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Saranac Lake
John Carrara
Dorsey Street
Upper
Carrara
Edmund Duprey
Merritt Brown
Brooklyn
Mr. Brown
Merrit, Jr
Lois
Sergeant Duprey
Lois Brown
Young Brown
Arrara
Duprey
Trafford Tibbits
Delmar
Brown
Joss Sentenced to 10 to 20 Years in Wife Slaying
Dr Merrill E Joss a 34 year old Richmond resident received a manslaughter sentence of 10 to 20 years in state prison for the bludgeon slaying of his physician wife Dr Laverne Harris Joss 38 by a Sagadahoc County Superior Court jury Judge Raymond Fellows delivered the verdict after a 10 day trial that included charges of murder in the first degree but resulted in manslaughter conviction.
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Joss
Bath
INS
Merrill E. Joss
Richmond
Sagadahoc County Superior
Laverne Harris Joss
Raymond Fellows
Jose
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