29 Jul 1948
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1948
Page
1
Donald J. Cavanaugh, 52, of 104 Ashworth Place, assistant chief of the rotational rehabilitation and education division of the Veterans Administration, Falls Dead.
Mayor's Traffic Group backs a model traffic ordinance prepared by advisory committees. The measure moved toward adoption by the Common Council amid objections from council and transit reps. City officials and veterans program creators were reported recording a weekly broadcast when a line was missed.
Washington reports the Army outlines peacetime draft procedures with 10 to 12 weeks of basic training before potential overseas deployment. Local boards will trace men within 25 hours as volunteers may reduce or negate drafts.
James B. Watson of Indiana, longtime Republican Senate leader during Hoover era, died at 84. A member of eight administrations, he served in the Senate from 1916 to 1924, later resigning amid political shifts. His passing followed a paralysis hemorrhage after months of illness. Watson was a prominent figure among the Senate’s Old Guard, shaping debates in the era.
Fragmentary text describes a person linked to a staged pre campaign activity involving an explosive device and a courtroom arraignment at United Natrona headquarters, with references to Mineola and a district tour. Details are incomplete and names are partially garbled.
An explosion at the DuPont plant in Remoors WoVa injured and killed workers. Three men were confirmed dead on scene with officials unsure of cause. The blast occurred in a small building used for pressing black powder for reblasting, as reported by plant manager T. OGere.
Frederick Baines, 40, jailed and fined on a disorderly conduct charge after a chase that began when Mrs. Whitmersh saw a man prowling her yard near Syracuse license plates. Whitmarsh alerted authorities as the prowler fled, shots were fired, and Barnes was later halted by police before Justice of the Peace Charles Griffith.
In Calais Massachusetts Municipal Court Margare Maveil age 36 was cleared of charges that she poisoned her husband. County Attorney Bridges stated investigators found no sufficient drug quantity to cause death and that evidence did not support a murder charge. The judge dismissed the case after the 14 minute proceeding with no divulged details.
Ludwigshafen crisis details emerge as investigators in the French zone report 2000 injured and approximately 84 bodies recovered after the Warden chemical plant explosion. Initial findings point to chlorine as the ignition source with 38 buildings damaged and the area evacuated. Americans not believed to be among the dead.
Fragmented OCR notes refer to a cigarette tax increase affecting wholesale and retail prices. It mentions wholesalers boosting prices by about 4 cents per pack and predicts a possible one cent per pack rise in consumer cost. Some states may immediately apply the tax, with unclear specifics due to garbled text.
Washington report says Eleanor Patterson, owner of the Washington Tin Horrid newspaper, left her paper to seven executives in equal shares in a will filed Monday. Patterson, editor and publisher, died Saturday after a heart attack at age.
An air disaster near Buenos Aires killed 18 people when a flying boat crashed into the waterfront. Officials reported the crash today as rescue efforts followed.
In Nuernberg today a U.S. war crimes court found nine directors of the Farben chemical trust guilty of looting industries in occupied countries and concluded much blame lay with German politicians and militarists. The court convicted nine directors on looting charges and indicated later sentences would be handed down, while acquitting at least two counts related to wartime aggression. The trial, led by Judge Custis G Shae, followed an eleven month proceeding centered on Farben’s activities in France, Norway, Poland, and Russia and the aim to control key industries through wartime operations.
An unidentified youth appeared in Danbury and triggered a box alarm drawing 150 firefighters. The boy rang the box twice, prompting a second alarm seen as a general alarm by Fire Chief John A. McNamara. He vanished into the crowd as apparatus arrived.
A scrambled report describes three cows swimming in upstream waters near Stamford yesterday. Witnesses say the animals paddled side by side through the river, with authorities involved and riverside observers noting unusual behavior.
A plane crashed into a Greensburg, Pennsylvania home injuring Linda Caraline 65 and others. She was hospitalized with injuries after glimpsing the wreck. In Boston a separate report notes over 40 possible injuries as a plane crash affected two families, with Mary Exansville dead and James F. Exansville and Charlestown residents hospitalized or injured.
Army and Air Force officers in the Dene Uugan Building were under guard with limited access as they handled secret papers. Only a handful of officers were allowed near the restricted area while work continued on sensitive documents.
A low pressure system moving from Canada through the Dakotas toward Texas is bringing showers and wind. Forecast calls for rain tomorrow with winds 20 mph and gusts up to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon and evening.
The White House asked Congress for price and wage control legislation to roll back living cost prices to November 1946 levels, with a 51 percent cut projected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Porter outlined a bill to set prices at late 1946 levels, allow wage adjustments after initial price fixing, and revive wartime controls on consumer credit, bank reserves, and other measures, lasting until mid-1950.
Williams of the Baldheads Club apologized for a club member who offended a lady in a speech to the Chamber of Commerce. He read a letter of apology ending with a humorous line about having little hair and the lady having little fees.
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