17 Jul 1946
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1946
Page
1
A cooler spell ends as a warm spell moves in with higher afternoon highs. Today the thermometer rose into the 80s after a record low for the date and a July low, while a departing high pressure system gives way to a new low that may bring thundershowers to the Mississippi Valley and Syracuse Friday night into Saturday.
The U S Weather Bureau reports fair and warmer conditions in Syracuse today and tonight with Thursday partly cloudy and warmer. Record high 97 set in 1930 and 1943, record low 52 in 1945. Sunset 8 41 PM, sunrise 5 42 AM.
About 600 U S soldiers in full battle gear searched Slovene homes along Lago del Bardo after a Tuesday night ambush killed one American and wounded two others. They reported a jeep crash injuring a lieutenant and pursued attackers along the Trieste highway near Gorizia.
The Civilian Production Administration expects the suit and shirt shortage to end by early 1947. Production of both items is increasing steadily, and officials hope to be out of the woods by the first of the year. Shortages of shorts, women's slings and baby clothes should disappear by fall. Edna Vernin of McComb Missisippi is featured as Queen of Cotton at the Lions International convention in Philadelphia.
In Montana the isolationist Senator Burton Wheeler trails Leif Erickson by about 4 000 votes as results from 629 of 1 156 precincts come in Erickson backed by CIO PAC and others led in Butte Wheeler’s home stronghold by union strength despite appeals from Truman and AFL leaders. Georgia Democrats nominate governor and 10 Congress seats with Negro and 18 year olds voting for the first time as DOJ orders protected ballots.
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey ordered 25,000 selectees to be inducted in September, ending a two month draft holiday. He tightened occupational deferment rules and allowed reconsideration of veterans who did not serve overseas or who left active duty before six months after Sept 16, 1940.
Secretary of State James F. Byrnes earns praise for his blunt assessment of Russia's obstructionist tactics in a David Lawrence column on the editorial page. The note appears among sections including Amusements, Classifieds, City Life, Deaths, Sports, and Pictures.
Please inform your Herald Journal carrier of the date you will leave the city and your return date. He will arrange to cover the rent during your absence.
Inflation pushes up prices in Syracuse as ice cream cones rise from five cents to six, sodas to 17 cents, and sundaes, chocolate milk, and bottle pop follow. Dealers report scattered increases, with no unified upward trend, as they balance costs and competition.
Chicago officials press for a full written confession from 17 year old William Heirens in the Degnan kidnapping and slayings of two other women. The Tribune cites plans for a confession while the Daily Times reports negotiations to avoid the death penalty in exchange for three admissions.
Washington report says a deadlock threat stalled talks on an OPA bargain. President Truman would sign the Senate revival bill if meat, eggs, and butter price ceilings were restored. Senator Taft refused to budge on the bill, opposing compromises and threatening a veto.
Reports from Khuzistan say a strike at the Anglo-Iranian oilfield ended after brutal battles in which 46 people were killed and 170 wounded. The report notes ongoing unrest and heightened tensions in the region.
The institute on world control of atomic energy discussed using barbers to inform customers about the atom bomb and atomic power. Mrs. Lillian Watford said a Pennsylvania barber union leader promised 10,600 barbers would help promote atomic information nationwide.
The National Association of Manufacturers reported that 64 factory heads were asked if prices rose since June 30 when OPA ended. Six said yes, with three citing subsidy loss on meat and food products. Two sold below cost under OPA limits, and one blamed higher raw material costs. Reads across lumber, metals, appliances, autos, floor coverings, petroleum, paper, and farm machinery.
A Columbus child was painted red head to foot by a neighbor Harold Thompson while painting his horse. The mother Mrs Lester Thompson scrubbed him clean but red blotches remained. The child was sent out again and returned painted battleship gray.
Pig No 311, sole survivor of the Sakawa blast, becomes a symbol of medical atomic pioneering. One of 3,000 animals irradiated, he swam 24 hours after the sinking and is treated by three doctors with penicillin and liquids.
New York reporters say wholesale food prices rose to a general level not seen since Jan 8 1920. Dunn and Bradstreet notes the 31 commodity index for the week ending July 16 at 5.20, 1.2 percent below the 1919 high, up 19.5 percent over the three weeks post OPA expiration.
Washington reports that a House Senate conference committee reached a 90.5 cents per ounce price for Treasury sales of silver. The panel has not yet agreed on how long the price would stay in effect.
Newton Massachusetts Fire officials said the forgotten key service ends today after assisting residents who misplaced or lost apartment keys. The program helped the public access homes and prevent fire risk by aiding key retrieval and entry.
A civilian scientist from Ithaca New York Dr Marshall Holloway a Cornell University physicist was chosen to detonate the fifth atomic bomb in the underwater Bikini test set for July 25 aboard the USS Mt. McKinley Rear Adm W S Parsons announced he will be the trigger man for the radio detonated test.
OPA given eviction notice in Hayward California as mayor requests relocation from $50 per month City Hall office due to the organization being dead or dying. The move to smaller quarters is sought to free space.
Secretary Jenn Bates testified to the Senate War Investigating Committee that as a secretary for a Midwest munitions combine under war profits inquiry she frequently received calls from Representative May of Kentucky and from an alleged Barkley secretary. She named offices of Barkley McCormack Sabath Dickstein Capehart and others as calling or being called by Joseph Freeman, sales agent for the munitions makers, and said Freeman sometimes contacted Sabath’s and May’s offices. The testimony highlights the alleged reach of wartime operations into Congressional offices amid the Batavia Metal Products Co. involvement.
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