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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1947
Page
29
Receipts and prices show a mixed market for fruits vegetables and dairy with romaine lettuce iceberg and romaine displays solid demand. Eggplant peppers and tomatoes mixed across crates while dairy and poultry holdings edge steady amid careful buyer activity in New York and nearby markets.
A pilot tests a long range bomber's gas system by filling a single tank and promising to fuel the craft to circle the world at the equator using a rubber envelope. The plan aims to prove the tank can sustain an extended flight with minimal refueling.
Donald B. Howard of the Russell Sage Foundation urged compensatory employment programs to meet extended recessions during the Council of Social Agencies luncheon at Hotel Syracuse. He warned that jobs must be ready by local relief agencies and noted a slackening welfare-roll turnover as evidence of tightening labor markets. He praised Syracuse agencies’ welfare planning and cited his UNRRA experience in Paris, London, and China. New members joined the Council’s executive board and budget committee, with terms ranging three years and one year respectively.
Dressed poultry steady with turkeys offered in steady supply. Descriptions mention packed carcasses and a mix of dry packed stock. A line references 16 live birds and western markets, with scattered terms like raven and Loink. Complex OCR fragments obscure full meaning.
James Martin of the U S Office of Military Government told a University of Chicago audience that sabotage runs deep in the Ruhr food chain. He cited that half of scheduled deliveries fail to reach legitimate markets and that organized hijacking is common. In under eight weeks twenty thousand tons of imported American grain vanished on routes from Hamburg and Bremen to the Ruhr, enough to feed the zone for a year.
Knights of Columbus council officers for the term were elected on Tuesday. Harry Beaudoin was named grand knight with John Clark as deputy grand knight and John Cahill as chancellor. M A Eichenlaub recorded, George W Varney treasurer, and W Paul Davidson warden. Delegates chosen include J Daniel Gorman as solicitor, John R McMahon and Gary Bender as inside and outside guards, with Frank Vadeboncoeur, George A Luke, Dr Frank Chioppone and Joseph P Ridley elected as delegates to the central New York Chapter. Alternates named were Francis T Maloney and P Augustus Hopkins.
City officials including George H. Bedford commissioner of finance William B. Dixon deputy superintendent of schools in charge of finance and Assistant Corporation Counsel George T. Driscoll headed to Albany to meet with State Education Department counsel. They aim to learn the Education Department's projected cost of education for the coming year.
Dr Morris Fishbein, editor of JAMA, summarized a new gangrene treatment by Dr Zolton Wirtschaffer of Cincinnati training with Veterans Administration in LA. The method uses histamine action and vitamin C to relax vessels and restore circulation, avoiding amputations in 11 reported cases.
Weather by Wirephoto reports generally cool conditions across eastern states from Canada to the Gulf and Atlantic. It notes numerous thunderstorms in northern and central plains, scattered showers in northern Rockies and eastern Minnesota, and explains air masses and fronts with a Syracuse forecast by Monnett for five days.
New York stocks moved higher on the recovery side of today’s market with scattered exceptions. Advances of around 10 points were broadly distributed near midday amid better earnings and dividend news, while investors awaited presidential action on tax legislation. Leaders included Public Steel, Westinghouse, J. C. Penney, Northern Pacific, and Goodyear among others. losers included Bethlehem Steel, American Telephone, Standard Oil of New Jersey, and New Jersey Central. Bonds and cotton futures held steady.
The Board of Supervisors authorized a contract with Dawson Brothers for repairs to the east wall of the County Veterans Building at N Saint and James streets and for repairs to a sidewall along James Street. The total agreed price is 1250 dollars for the wall and 650 dollars for the sidewall. The decision followed consultations with several contractors and was made without advertising for bids.
Grunge OAnace age 11 of 3318 West Onondaga Avenue and Robert Johnson age 23 of Nedrow pleaded guilty in County Court today to robbery and theft charges related to a $97 grocery store holdup on March 13 and a $120 merchandise theft on April 5. OAnace’s passing sentence was deferred. Johnson admitted to petty larceny from the April theft after originally facing grand larceny charges.
Peter D. Notes, 17, faces third degree burglary charges in Windsor Canada. Judge Leo W. Breed presides as a jury considers a break in at Swan Dry Cleaners Co. office on 1236 S. Salina Ave March 13. Co-defendants include William Johnson, 21, Denver, and Baby Kirk, 18, both of Windsor.
Forecast calls for fair skies and a bit warmer for today and tonight with increasing cloudiness. Record high temperatures noted: 95 in 1919 and 96.1 in 1910. Humidity around 2 40 PM with temperatures near 72 today and 68 Tuesday morning.
Chicago readers learn of a new greeting card style born from a Chicago wind. The "courtesy" card, labeled To a Courteous Good Fellow, emerges from a four step process and will be marketed soon. Legal notices detail property and sale title questions in Syracuse New York, with references to parcels in the Nineteenth Ward and specific lot numbers and map details.
A dense OCR fragment lists numerous cars and dealers on Genesee Street including Lincoln Motors, De Soto De Luxe, Ford Tudor and more. It mentions heater, radio, and condition notes with prices and contact phone numbers, reflecting a mid century auto sales scene with scattered addresses and dealer names.
A jumble of vintage auto sales notes lists many 1935 Chevrolet coupes and other cars with prices like 215, 3903, and multiple dealers including New York area outlets. The document also contains public and minimum wage hearing notices and references to the Laundry Industry and Beauty Service hearings with dates in 1947.
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