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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1941
Page
2
Oneida announces Joyce Hurrie of 211 William Street engaged to Francis A. Dunn of Durhamville. The couple plans a wedding soon.
Severe storms sweep Central New York causing downed power lines and fatalities. A 31-year-old Rochester woman Mary Powers Ludwig dies when a maple falls on a Route 1 car. husband George Ludwig injured as another vehicle crashes into wreckage. Rescue crews from Syracuse and Oneida report multiple storm effects across Rome Ogdensburg and Chaumont with trees down and outages. The heat wave continues with near record water use and several other injuries reported state wide.
Heat and humidity blanket the eastern two thirds of the United States with temperatures 10 to 20 degrees above normal. Deaths from heat reach at least 60 and drownings total at least 76. Forecaster G L Canaday notes only brief relief from scattered showers and a slow advance of cooler air from Alberta to the Dakotas.
Reports from July 28 1916 confirm Russian forces have captured Brody. In Washington the United States rejects German reservations on submarine warfare and warns against escalations as the war moves toward broader engagements.
Harry M. Ehle, superintendent of the Fair Grounds, will transform the Coliseum from a music hall to a rodeo arena in under three hours on opening day August 24. He and a crew of 40 will move out 40 pianos and bring in horses, steers, and rodeo gear between 4 30 and 7 30 pm. The ice surface will be prepared in advance with ten miles of pipes and a tarpaulin, then covered with dirt and sawdust for the rodeo and cattle judging before a later ice skating revue opens Friday afternoon.
Upstate Democratic leaders plan a testimonial dinner for James A. Farley former postmaster general in Syracuse on September 6. Marion R. Schuyler Ontario County party leader announced the plan after a Naples meeting of county organizations heads.
Charles J. Bennett an 18 year old volunteer for Army service left today with six others for medical examination in Buffalo. He gave his address as 213 Dennison Building the same as Local Draft Board 465. Bennett ward and lacking parental custody has been aided by Local Draft Board 465 members and other officials. Twelve young men were sent to Buffalo from Syracuse today and six more were sent by Local Draft Board 464.
James W. Stewart of Oneonta New York and Thomas (last name) escaped German guards in occupied France after a daring window exit from a rail car. They crossed via narrow escapes through 40 miles of enemy territory to unoccupied France and reached Marseille and freedom aboard the S S Excalibur.
Greenough and Stewart, members of the British American Ambulance Corps, survived the Zamzam sinking and a 33 day captivity. They fled German guards by night using the North Star, hid in France, crossed into Free France, then reached Lisbon aboard the Exceller July 8.
The 78-year-old former China bishop retired due to ill health and preached his last sermon at First Methodist Church. He urged confidence in humanity and Christian resilience, recalling a life of service from Rose Settlement to China and Syracuse.
Bishop Leonty Turkevich of Chicago blessed the cornerstone of St. Michael's Carpatho Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church in a near four hour service conducted in Russian. Special buses brought attendees from Herkimer Elmira and Auburn as priests from New York City Elmira Watervliet Syracuse Auburn and other locales assisted. The Don Cossack Choir provided music as the ceremony marked the building's acquisition by its current owners.
H L Babcock, an Orange League Federation officer and Cornell board chair, argues New York farmers are behind the eight ball. He urges independence from government officials and labor unions and calls for locally organized facilities to cut labor transport and supply needs.
One year ago today July 28 1940 the Peace commission of Hanava conference approved the act of Mavana establishing provisional administration over European colonies and possessions in America.
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