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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1948
Page
2
A reader reflects on Lions Club members and Legionnaires meeting locally. He criticizes loudness and boisterous behavior of the Legionnaires while praising the Lions for their charitable efforts and generosity, noting the Lions’ money and support for the blind.
The Empire State district notes Bernadotte’s peace plan basics while Lions discuss badges fines and aiding the blind. Jackie Jordan Harrison and Peggy Cummins appear amid Broadway chatter as New York wrestles with war and public life. A fatal hotel incident in Hoosick Falls follows a worker’s injury in an elevator fight. Union and savings debates frame local labor action as postwar economics press on.
Edward Pfoettner 48, father of 11, killed his wife Anna 41 in their basement apartment and hanged himself during a confrontation. A son found the bodies. police described a towel knot at Anna’s neck and the father hanging from an overhead pipe.
Amid reports of a violent Midwest storm toll a collision in a residential area near Myson Wisconsin left one fawn family member dead and several others injured. Patrolman Paul Mayerle noted Virginia Slaughenhaup 36 and Denver an expectant mother were hurt. authorities halted Ballweg’s vehicle after a tornado-like event near Myson.
US Army intelligence says Communist South Korean Labor Party will print ballots with candidate names after voters mark them. The plan allegedly hides true candidate choices in a secret ballot system during elections in the occupied Korean peninsula. The report notes the ballots may use blank spaces for candidate names. The claim highlights alleged manipulation by a puppet party to steer votes.
Miss Soptionisbap Beech, 82, renowned social worker and educator based in Chicago, is cited as a pioneer in social service. Affiliated with Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp, director and former honorary vice president, Mr. Down, 77, passes in Albany.
Tel Aviv reports Israeli officials demand immediate expansion of territory in Palestine beyond UN boundaries. Foreign Minister Shertok warns Jerusalem under Jewish sovereignty and rejects Arab insistence on partition, citing need for equal rights and security. Arab states oppose UN plan, asserting two-state division and sovereignty for Arabs.
Soviet efforts to feed Berlin drew little response from residents in western sectors under blockade. Talks in Paris in September were floated as a potential step to resolve the Berlin crisis, while Berlin administration and Soviet feeding plans faced skepticism amid accusations of saboteur activity and political posturing.
A Rochester surgeon, Dr Potts, and his son, an honor student, are central to a missing person case after the son left for New York City and then California. Potts, chief surgeon at Childrens Memorial Hospital, described the distressing situation at a news conference and discussed delaying a bladder operation to stay with his son, who vanished after a note about travel. The story links the case to university ties and local figures, including production executive Toward and Pabst Brewing.
Wallace says both Democrats and Republicans tout tough housing and anti inflation aims but do not mean it. He accuses the parties of shadow boxing while claiming bipartisan support for core policies, urging removal of Treasury and Defense officials and criticizing Dewey’s stance as Congress convenes a special session.
Washington socialite and columnist Austine Cassini wed newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst at her Wartonton parents home. She writes for the Washington Times Herald, while Hearst publishes the New York Town American Weekly and other papers. The couple will reside in New York and Washington after a brief wedding trip.
Consul general restores Elsie Scheidegger to duties after a settlement with Dr Huetseler. Her $25 a month raise and 24 hour week completion are noted by Richard G. Fames of Walnut Creek. The domestic, brought from Switzerland three months ago, receives support from the consul general who deposits funds in a Swiss account. The report also mentions Potsdam State teaching controversy drawing attendees from across the state.
Belgrade Yugoslavia premier marshal Tito remains the boss of the Yugoslav Communist Party after an all night congress session elected a new central committee. Cominform demanded his scalp but Tito was re elected general secretary and head of the powerful party, a position he has held since Stalin's era in Russia.
Today in Congress the House Banking Committee resumes hearings on an anti inflation measure. Treasury Secretary Snyder and others push proposals to regulate inflationary bank credit as the chamber remains in recess until Monday.
De Gaulle urges voters in Atlantic coast villages to back his lead amid ongoing war effort. He resigned as premier in 1946 and spoke earnestly at three rallies last weekend. Tomorrow and Sunday he heads inland to Mulhouse and Colmar.
A wartime recruitment note announces women will be welcomed into the Navy around mid September with enlistment expected to reach 6,000 in uniform. About 1,500 will be listed before June 1949, with 1,500 remaining to be enlisted in the following fiscal year.
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