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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1946
Page
2
Coroner Irwin A. Cole ruled the unidentified man found Thursday in woods four miles east of Byron was murdered. Autopsy showed two bullet wounds behind the right ear and above the right eye.
In Washington, backers of direct military control in atomic energy seek to defeat a Senate House conference plan that would have five civilian members on the proposed control commission. In Gloucester, snake bite serum saved Clarence Diehl on a carnival night. In Baltimore, a turnkey caught in a mousetrap after grabbing three cents from a suspect. In New Jersey, Camp Kilmer chaplain warns U.S. men to stop whistling at women to avoid degeneration.
Milwaukee Gas Light Company workers in Milwaukee and 38 nearby communities began a second day of a strike affecting production and maintenance staff. Bandleader Kay Kyser is reported resting comfortably after ania operation on Thursday.
Oliver Russel Young known as Ollie, 71, famed showman and vaudeville act partner with wife April in Columbus Ohio for 36 years. Nick Rongelli, 48, owner of Nick's Greenwich Village nightclub revered by jazz fans nationwide. Metropolitan Alexander Ivano vich Vvedensky, Moscow's leading Orthodox theologian and philosopher, noted in the Soviet Union.
In Italy three German S S officers Maj. August Schiffer Underofficer Albert Storz and Lt. Heinrich Andergassen were executed by hanging for the torture killings of seven Allied soldiers including five Americans at the Peninsular Base stockade. General Marshall met Chiang Kai Shek at Kuling amid signs of efforts to halt civil war in China. Red Star notes US voters were disillusioned with postwar policies and stayed away from recent primaries. In London Jet-engined planes now reach about 9 miles altitude in 15 minutes as Gloucester Jetcor piloted by J Stanbury hits 46 500 feet in a test flight.
Montreal police press all homicide squad members to track down Harry Davis 48 known as czar of the citys bookies. Davis was killed last night by a lone gunman who walked into his office and fired three bullets.
CHICAGO UP Batavia Metal Products Inc a Batavia munitions firm and its subsidiaries have been sold Dr Henry Garsson president announced Thursday night Ray R Rausch of Detroit head of Rausch Industries Inc will become president of the Batavia firms and take over Monday Financial details were not disclosed Garsson cited recent publicity as the reason for disposal About a dozen civil suits totaling more than 40000 have been filed against the Batavia company and its Challenge Co since July 10 Two suits by Crane Co seek appointment of a receiver for both companies
The House committee heard details on the Garsson case with talks of many actors and a need to assess character and morals of government contractors. Andrew May’s lawyers sought private medical testimony as the congressman suffers illness delaying appearance.
Senate continues consideration of a railroad retirement bill and war profits probe with key witness absent due to illness. Finance panel weighs freezing the Social Security payroll tax for another year. House moves on atomic energy legislation and various bills. Banking panel resumes Wagner Ellender Tal housing bill hearings.
Belgrade reports quote the Yugoslav Ministry of Information calling foreign accusations that Premier Marshal Tito launched a terroristic anti Catholic policy and caused hundreds of priest deaths as old, renewed to fit the Paris Peace Conference.
Walter Kiernan mocks Meade Committee hearings and wedding photography as he notes the Army plans a large new officer corps. He jokes about Garsson and Freeman weddings on company time and a supposed Manhattan Project wedding reception. Hes watching you.
Greenwich Conn. reports a clue in the murder case of Mrs Marjory C Logan and her daughter Marjory Jeanne Logan as investigators trace a stolen fifty dollar bill used in a bank transaction. A suspect linked to the slaying waived extradition to Nassau County to face authorities.
The estate of Leslie Leveque, a Columbus financier killed in a Parker Mountain crash on May 5, offers a substantial reward for the return of a briefcase containing valuable jewelry. Leveque's wife and pilot Robert C. Johns also died. B B Sprague of Manchester acts for the estate in Rochester New Hampshire notices.
In New York City NAM opposes OPA saying it limits freedom and overrules American housewives. Detroit UAW commits to ongoing OPA holiday buyers' strike while Chicago's American Meat Institute condemns Truman bill amid rising meat demand. OPA announces first day price actions including coal and footwear ceilings, decontrolling chairs and mats, and broader relief for gas ranges and rent.
Tokyo dispatch reports Allied Headquarters demanded Japan’s government provide records of all General Motors Corporation property in Japan and release enough money from the firm’s blocked account to maintain and preserve His holdings.
In Jerusalem Arabs observe a day of mourning for King David Hotel victims as plans emerge to tighten the boycott on Jewish Zionists. The National Economy Committee signals severe sanctions against Arabs who deal with Jews while the bombing death toll climbs to 71 and the missing list drops as soldiers search the ruined hotel.
Mr and Mrs Walter Novak and their four year old daughter Punty were evicted from a three room apartment and pitched a tent in North Schiller Woods Forest Preserve. Ranger John Keippel ordered them to leave and arranged with Carl Walke the West Wood Farms owner to deny them any camping space on the farm.
Earl McMullen, director of the Erie County Prison Farm in Alden, was suspended without pay for 30 days and reprimanded for insubordination and misconduct. He pleaded guilty to selling 416 bushels of wheat for $674.49 without authorization, violating State Correction Law that bars prison produce sales.
Senator Morse a leading pro ponent of anti poll tax legislation said the measure has no chance in the Senate despite House approval. He believed a filibuster by southern Senators would block action and accused Democrats of playing politics with the issue.
In Los Angeles the sheriff was ordered to seize any assets of bandleader Artie Shaw after his former wife Elizabeth Kern Shaw claimed he failed to pay a $2,000 alimony due July 10. She, daughter of Jerome Kern, obtained the seizure order in Superior Court, citing a 1944 property agreement obligating $2,000 monthly for five years.
Sir Keith Murdoch told the Associated Press that Russia is the key to the atomic bomb riddle. The Australian newspaper publisher, en route home to Melbourne, spoke during a probe circling air plane trip that began in Sydney last May.
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