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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1947
Page
2
YM A PILL-SHOCKED veteran of New York's new rage reduces a mania. He recounts dieting, doctors, and how celebrity figures reacted. The column lists best and worst figures, mentions Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz and other showbiz names as gossip notes.
Broad dispatches report nine Germans killed in separate incidents abroad while 149 students and a professor were arrested in Shanghai and Peiping amid campus protests against police crackdowns. In Tokyo, a former Japanese navy officer denied Soviet seizing ships before the Pacific War. Colombo, Ceylon, faced a 35,000-strong strike with troops patrolling. Britain reported 9,720 permanent houses completed in April, and a Dutch wheat pile collapse incident killed workers. Edmonton noted a man killed by his own car after losing control.
Jamestown reports a large scale search for Dr. Robert T. Wheeler of Chicago missing since May 25 after taking off from Rochester in a private plane. Weather grounded most efforts amid a 250 square mile zone near the New York Pennsylvania border as authorities suspect a forced downing. Heavy conditions hindered rescue operations today.
A 50-gallon metal drum containing a woman’s body was found in an eight-foot ditch near a Philadelphia cemetery. The corpse was padded with sawdust and caustic solution. autopsy will determine cause of death. A New Jersey hotel bath towel and a heavy cardboard lining were among the items in the barrel.
UN delegates seek a workable pact on international atomic control as David Lilienthal presses for U S dominance until a world agency ensures oversight. Dispute centers on whether veto power in the Security Council should shield violators, with Russia favoring council jurisdiction and U S insisting on strong international cooperation for peace. Soviet deputy foreign minister Gromyko was absent from the session.
The United Textile Workers AFL seeks a ten cent hourly raise for 30,000 woolen and worsted workers across 36 mills in New England Middle Atlantic Midwestern and western states. Also reports: Lorain High School honors Admiral King at a dinner. Elmira gets 34 000 for sewer projects and 2 200 for school alterations. actress Barbara Britton welcomes a son at Wilshire Hospital. B 29s head to Germany from Andrews Field for occupation zone training. Truman nominates postmasters in New York State
Associated Press reports Today in Congress with NAIS opening debate on Balkan peace treaty ratification and aiming to wrap up action on income tax cut bal. Foreign Relations panel hears State Department witnesses urging Anglo-American oil pact approval. Small business subcommittees continue grey market hearings. Senate House panels meet behind closed doors to discuss price hearings. House begins debate on War Department appropriation as Armed Services panel hears Marshall on military aid abroad.
Ford plans drastic changes for the 1948 model, promising a difference as large as T to Model A between the old and new cars. Henry Ford II declined to detail the changes during a tour of the Kansas City plant. John R. Davis said buyers should not expect deliveries until 1949 or late 1948, noting order backlogs are about 45 percent higher than January 1945.
In Tampa's big cigar industry an 8,500,000 gain occurred in May with about 500 workers returning to work for the first time in weeks. The May total of 35,022,973 remained 30 percent below May 1946. A shift to cigars priced under eight cents drove the May rise over April.
A delay in selecting a federal jury for Douglas Chandler's treason trial occurred as the prosecution failed to supply the defense with the interpreter's name. The trial was suspended until Friday. Chandler, 58, a former Baltimore newspaperman, is accused of broadcasting Nazi propaganda from Germany during the war.
The State Department said Secretary of State Marshall and Argentine Ambassador Oscar Ivanessivich will confer with President Truman tonight. The announcement sparked speculation of renewed efforts by the United States and Argentina to reconcile remaining disputes.
Death notices honor Col Hugh H. McGee 61 a retired vice president of Bankers Trust Co New York in Glen Cove Jesse Wilford Reno 85 inventor of the escalator in Pelham Manor Dir Frances Bell Wade wife of Duke football coach in Durham NC Thomas T Garrick 86 retired deputy police chief of Hoboken NJ Charles Marquardt 82 Newark City deputy fire chief in Rockaway Park Queens.
Ore Masts's Opinion by Walter Kiernan laments overproduction of graduates and a shortage of publicly owned books. He observes June as graduation month worldwide, mentions Hungary and Nicaragua decrees, Abd-el-Krim's return, and references wage talks with northern and southern operators as a backdrop to a broader sense of change.
President Truman will join veterans of the 25th Infantry Division in Kansas City for a three day postwar reunion to relive their World War II experiences and raise funds for a hospital in St Lo France. Georges Pierre Lavalley, mayor of St Lo, will attend from Paris to express gratitude for the 35th Division’s role in liberating the town and fighting at St Lo the Bulge and across the Meuse Argonne. About 150000 men have served with the 35th since its 1917 organization.
SUNNING HALL England UP reported the Duke and Duchess of Windsor celebrating ten years of marriage during a spring visit. They faced a royal snub from Queen Mother Mary on her birthday while in England before continuing to France. The Duchess wore a grey costume and the Duke a grey suit as they departed Marlborough House after farewells.
The British Industries Fair resumes in England on May 5 after eight years. Since its 1915 debut it has drawn thousands of visitors from abroad annually, with nearly 7,000 overseas buyers visiting in 1939.
Joan Green, president of the Ci.C. Marine and Shipbuilding Workers, was appointed by Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach as a member of the Federal Committee on Apprenticeship. The Washington announcement marks her entry into the national panel advising on craft training and skilled labor programs.
The Syracuse chapter of the National Railway Historical Society will meet Wednesday night in East Syracuse at the New York Central. Final plans for rail trips by the rail fans will be announced and railroad movies will be shown.
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