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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1946
Page
2
Nassau County Detective Captain Stuyvesant Pinel said a man taken into custody yesterday was not the Logan murder and rape suspect. Michael Tinmimous, 22, was brought by plane. police continue to pursue the real assailant in the case of Mrs. Marjory Church Logan and her daughter Marjory Jeanne Logan.
The Pullman Company announced a new refund policy effective August 1 allowing full refunds only if sleeper reservations are released by the day before departure. The change aims to improve travelers’ chances of obtaining sleeping car space.
Mrs Emily T V White widow of Henry White former ambassador to France and Italy and granddaughter of Commodore Vanderbilt dies in Lenox Massachusetts. Dr Julian S Miller editor of the Charlotte Observer since 1935 and NC Board of Education member dies in Charlotte. Dr Rolf Nugent deputy chief of UNRRA Bureau of Supply dies during Far East survey in Yokohama. Frank Dilnot British novelist and Lloyd George biographer dies in London. A L Fagan editor publisher of the Jersey Observer dies in Hoboken. August Weber former head of Weber Electric dies in Schenectady.
American intelligence reported Martin Bormann Hitler deputy leader seen in Munich a week ago as a house to house search continues. He has been missing since Berlin fall and is tried in absentia by the International Military Tribunal among 22 Nazi defendants.
A Tokyo report says the proposed teachers salary increases in the new government budget are tangible evidence of education democratization. Teachers threatened resignations unless wage equality with other government employees is assured.
The testimony targets wartime procurement abuses as Senator Warren condemns cost plus contracting and the widening authority of procurement agencies. Hearings focus on a Midwestern munitions group, payments to officials, and possible influences by Representative May and others, including details from Pearl Harbor era inquiries.
The Paris peace conference opens amid tension as deputy foreign ministers from Britain France Russia and the United States dispute publication of five treaty drafts. Byrnes pushes for open sessions while Attlee seeks broader hearings for uninvited states, with delegates citing democratic openness and the need to publish agreements.
Rumors centered on Ernest Bevin’s willingness to resign the post of foreign secretary due to illness and fatigue. A Foreign Office source said he was recovering and could attend the 21 nation peace conference in Paris within a week, with Prime Minister Attlee filling in.
A two alarm Brooklyn fire killed Leonardo Amarosa, 83, while his wife Ange lina, 78, was badly burned. A mother and four children were rescued and three others injured as firefighters battled the blaze.
BrunsWick Germany Gen Nikolaus von Falkenhorst former German commander in Norway faced trial today for ordering the execution of captured Allied commandos and bearing responsibility for the deaths of 40 British and six Norwegian prisoners.
The Army has taken over operational expenses of Red Cross clubs in the Pacific, announced by Robert C. Lewis Pacific commissioner for the clubs. He said this peacetime reversion does not affect hundreds of camp welfare field offices of the Red Cross and installations at Army hospitals.
In Jerusalem several Jewish quarters on the weekend signaled support for a British American proposal to partition Palestine into Arab and Jewish provinces under a federal government. No official Jewish position was announced, but unofficial sources predicted many Jews would welcome any solution to their own immigration.
Kathleen, Norma and another girl were pulled from the water after a near drowning at a park lake. Jacl Mantione and Richard Mustin, a veteran of action in the South Pacific, leaped in fully dressed to aid, pulling Kathleen and Norma to shore. Kathleen regained consciousness and all three were later rested and sent home. County official Charles F. Ames noted posted warnings and a deep drop in the swim area.
The University of Chicago student Heirens may testify that he armed himself with a gun and knife over 50 times to satisfy a sadistic urge. He already admits to three murders including the Suzanne Degnan kidnapping, Frances Brown lipstick murder, and Joséphine Ross robbery killing. His confession allegedly shows other attempted killings were accidental and failed.
A Navy transport returned to Okinawa with the first dependents of U S military personnel. Fourteen wives and six children of Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard members came ashore as sailors greeted them from the ship.
Two men are held for questioning in the brutal slaying of Thelma Anderson a 17 year old bride found battered in a field on the outskirts of Newark Ohio early yesterday Thelma had married just a day before the tragedy and police are pursuing leads in the case escalation of violence in a quiet area draws wide concern.
A CIO driven threat of a milk buyers strike in Pennsylvania demanded immediate price action from Governor Edward Martin. Herbert Moyer, chair of the CIO selling committee, warned Martin to move quickly or face tougher measures.
Reported near Caruthersville when two barges carrying oil collided with a ferry. Many passengers were rescued or missing, with 12 recovered and one child died. Pilot and tug crews described the impact as the barges veered toward the Missouri bank, while spotlight searches continued for remaining missing.
Downstream, Rogers and Pierce threw life preservers and aided in bringing the swimming barge occupants to shore. River authorities from Memphis were notified and would arrive today to conduct an investigation.
Walter Kiernan notes the Mead Committee has helped health policy while Congress could adjourn soon. He jokes hearings resemble a radio show and mentions the UN studying heart ailments, OPA's return, rising coal and shoe prices, and meat controls. He hints of pressure groups ready to influence national direction.
Washington AAF officials disclosed plans to produce 100 rockets with altitude ranges from .20 to beyond 130 miles. The program aims to gather scientific data on upper atmospheric conditions and test future long range guided missiles and space vehicles. Firing is expected by late 1947.
State housing aid for New York City's low cost public housing rose to 239,204,000 with Governor Dewey approving a new 25,000,000 grant. Housing Commissioner Stichman said the 25,100,000 total includes 7,750,000 pledged for loans offsetting higher construction costs on three projects from the 300,000,000 housing fund created in 1938.
Radio cars, detectives, and the police bomb squad rushed to 25 Broadway in Lower Manhattan after reports a bomb would explode within 17 minutes. Police said no call was received from the alleged caller and no explosion occurred 43 minutes after the warning amid the financial towers.
The Kansas City Pentecostal minister Lam bert tells a tale of faith after his wife Emalle Ruth Lambert fled Kentucky to Oklahoma City and returned. He describes a public incident, barroom spectators, and their tentative reunion while Mrs Lambert remains absent and unwell.
Neville G. C. Heath, once an R A F pilot, faces formal charges for the mutilation murder of Do reen Marshall whose body was found in the fashionable Chine de Mausoleum seaside resort. He is also accused in the earlier murder of London film extra Mrs. Margery Gardner found nude and butchered in a London hotel room.
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