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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1947
Page
17
Police say missing youths last seen in northern yards as floods from a ruptured dam rush through the area. Evacuees fled by boat or canoe while authorities issued boil-water orders and Red Cross ran shelters at Rutland Armory. New England Power planned hydro plant power for Belows Falls area.
Rain swollen streams cascaded through Central New York washing out bridges roads and rail lines. Syracuse saw Onondaga Creek drop after a crest near 56 feet while Oneida Lake continued rising as Lyons dodged major damage from a near crest dam break upstream. Across the region towns including Elmira Ithaca and McKeever reported flooding and evacuations with cleanup underway.
Six Mile Creek rose and dam openings averted Cayuga Lake flooding in the city while lakes remained high and the Oswego River surged. Coastal creeks Limestone and Butternut flooded areas with up to ten inches in places. Montezuma marsh was largely submerged. Cortland County detoured Route 13 as a rebuilt Tioughnioga Creek bridge span failed. If weather holds, water should subside in coming days.
Work on 400 Philadelphia area building projects totaling 60 million dollars is to be halted tonight by the General Building Contractors Association citing repeated work stoppages by building trades unions. The order affects 30 general contractors and 262 building contractors employing about 20 600 workers in five county Philadelphia area as wage contracts remain unresolved between nine building trades unions.
Albany P I A 1947 Public Works Dept reports a canal system record with 102,669 tons moved last week led by 73,763 tons of petroleum. This exceeds the opening week total of 102,298 tons and is 97 percent higher than the 52,131 tons in the same week last year.
Walter Kroenke’s car struck a bridge railing in Luck Takes Spill scene at DME Lakes. He exited to inspect damage and fell eight feet into Rocky Creek bed. Doctors say he will recover. X-ray Hospital sale to Negra doctors for private and semi private patients.
A Harvard senior known to classmates as Dorre Pahlevi is identified as Prince Abdorreza Pahlevi, younger brother of Iran's Shah. He graduated Friday after years of incognito, revealing his royal identity in an interview with an American reporter.
Hague resigns after 34 years in public office sending shock through Hudson County officials. A line of more than 100 city workers gathers at the mayor’s office as tears flow and the city clerk weeps. Born 1876, Hague rose from Erie railroad yards to constable, clerk, sergeant at arms, director of public safety, and mayor in 1917, credited with shaping the repeal platform. Former Gov Charles Edison calls the move good news but warns of ongoing Hagueism. succession plans place City Clerk Philip J. McGovern to the commission and Frank X Burke as the new city clerk.
Italy and Argentina launched a mass emigration program with 796 Italian laborers departing aboard the steamer Santa Fe. Argentine officials halted a group deemed “too red” as they boarded, amid the orderly process.
An official of the Chicago Indianapolis and Louisville Monon Railroad says a freight train collision north of Battleground Indiana was caused by a crew’s failure to follow written orders. Two trainmen were killed, a third believed dead, a fourth injured.
The Democratic City Committee endorsed Republican Silas S. Clark for re election and announced eight Democratic candidates for labor offices. They framed Clark as the incumbent and attacked the Republican monopoly in City Hall.
Washington jurors heard Henry Garsson deny any agreement or conspiracy to defraud. His brother Murray Garsson and ex congressman Andrew May face charges over alleged war bribes. A court ruled to block defense claims that the Garssons obtained 370 million in contracts without May’s help.
British authorities report two trains derailed on the coastal plain in Palestine this morning after being attacked by the Jewish underground. A fireman aboard one train was injured, with no other immediate casualty information available.
Lawrence Tweedy, of Lynchburg, Virginia, claims a doctor treated his athlete's foot with Moray therapy too many times, resulting in the loss of one toe and a $20,000 damages claim. Also, Sabena Airlines begins Brussels to New York service with twice weekly flights, the inaugural arrivals at LaGuardia scheduled for tomorrow noon.
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