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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1940
Page
4
The Wayne County authorities set up a new State employment service office in the Sodus fire house to register all fruit picking job seekers. Local residents get priority as orchardists requisition labor, with an estimated 1,000 fruit pickers expected this year.
Special Dispatch Pulaski July check shows a fire that razed a North Jefferson Street dwelling about 5 PM yesterday. The Barclay family perished inside after escaping the blaze, which started in a wood shed. Casper Rosen, owner and neighbor, reported the loss valued at 2500 dollars including Mrs. Barclay’s purse and the Barclays’ cash. Fire crews faced water delays due to a new six inch main while booster lines and two tank trucks struggled to supply water. The Barclays, composed of John and his wife and three sons, all worked for Rosen. The family losses include household furnishings, clothing, and last week’s pay. The Barclays’ losses totalled the complete household and cash resources.
Fulton Fire Captain Walter Nelson sustained cuts to his hand while battling a fire at Chalone's Grill in Oneida on a hot day in December. Marion's barber shop and the grill suffered heavy water and smoke damage. the taproom was burned. Fire crews contained the blaze within an hour, preventing spread to other sections of the three story building. Ed ward Tyrell of South Second Street, a call firefighter, discovered the blaze. The cause remains undetermined and Nelson resumed duties after on scene first aid.
Knox College standout Charles, a senior next year, earned three letters in football basketball and track while maintaining a straight A average in calculus accounting business law and corporate finance. He played tackle in football center in basketball and was a shot putter on track.
The British embassy ordered all English actors aged 18 to 31 in the United States to return home at once to assist in the defense against a possible German invasion. Actors over 31 were urged to remain in the U S and continue their work for now.
Dr A W Marsh and Mrs Marsh of 244 Forest Hill Drive will be honored at a public reception with their son Dr H A Marsh and daughter in law at 200 West Manlius Street East Syracuse tomorrow from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 PM. The couple wed July 9 1890 in Kirkville marking 50 years of marriage and both doctors will observe 25 years of practice for the son.
New York July 8 260 British child war refugees arrived on the liner Samaria second such ship in 24 hours as a nationwide drive to provide haven for children accelerates. The national child refugee committee was announced to organize local groups and coordinate relief efforts led by Marshall Field with Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt as honorary chair. The Cunard White Star line barred most public access to the pier before docking.
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration said it spent 878,973,924 dollars on crop control and farmer benefit programs in the 11 months ending June 1. The largest item was 512,460,000 for soil conservation payments. Price adjustments to producers of cotton, corn, wheat and rice totaled 200,695,000, with Texas leading at 98,274,000. Administrative expenses excluding local committees were 16,593,935.
Premier R G Menzies announced in a broadcast that Australia now employs six times as many workers in munitions as at the World War peak and will multiply that total fivefold in ten months. He noted Australia raised 25,000 more men for overseas service in ten months of the current war than in the same period of World War I, recalling that 96,000 soldiers were in the field in the first ten months of the earlier conflict.
Detroit telephoned report says a woman swallowed a key for her automobile. A hospital adviser urged rushing to help, but she insisted she could not move. The key mystery drew hospital staff to seek the missing item from the patient. In Omaha, a tourist fined five dollars for speeding after losing five dollars in a poker game. In Grand Island, Floyd King fined for tossing firecrackers. Sheriff Sanders noted King’s license not renewed.
In Los Angeles on July 8, C. W. Haines, a piano tuner, marked his 61st birthday by estimating he has sweetened over 6,000,000 sour notes. He quips that pianos hold everything from love letters to false teeth and even salt shakers and a cache of gold.
Residents of two towns in the lake district Northwestern England advised to sponge down instead of baths to save water for fire fighting.
New York State United Spanish War Veterans and Auxiliary opened their 37th annual campment in Harrietstown town hall Saranac Lake with a joint session. Memorials and welcomes were offered by Lt. John H. Shelley Camp and Mayor Thomas P. Ward, with honors to St. Bernard's School and Saranac Lake High School. John J. Bennett Jr. is slated to speak as the convention runs through Wednesday.
Thomas J. Lyons president of the New York State Federation of Labor will outline the body's legislative activities in Elmira at the Central Trades and Labor Assembly on Thursday July 18. John B. Rogers says Lyons may return July 20 to speak at Cold Brook Club outing with about 500 tickets reserved. Plumbers and Steamfitters Union 206 will buy tickets for members and other locals are likely to attend.
Civic guards funded to begin in 10 cities of the Netherlands East Indies with Batavia as the first hub. Shelters and air raid trenches rise in Batavia while mine fields guard territorial waters. About 100 Dutch aviation students who escaped German occupation will soon train locally.
Knoxville Tenn July 3 Preacher Jesse Pack a 53 year old leader of a mountain religious sect which handles poisonous reptiles to demonstrate faith said he was bitten by copperheads at a service yesterday He weighs 200 pounds and was bitten three times after already enduring five bites a week earlier Briceville Tenn He refused medical help and insisted his faith would heal him He left his bed to preach to followers despite swollen hands and arms from poison
Willis Perry Lee of Belgium and Jennie Frances Gates of Clay wed July 7, 1880, in Lock Street home as Rev. M R Shaw officiant. They marked 60 years Sunday with 21 relatives attending at their Phoenix home, including daughter Millie Crandall and relatives from Syracuse Fulton Indianapolis and Pula ski.
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