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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1947
Page
37
Miinarik, a New York City inmate held at Auburn Prison in solitary confinement, awaits probable escape charges. Cayuga County officials may present escape indictments at the September grand jury session. He is serving 10 to 20 years for first degree robbery.
Syracuse Herald Journal and Syracuse Sunday Herald American reporters cover home town news across a wide circulation territory. The list includes SEOLSE M WRIGHT 1304 Cenezee, TABBY 103-106 Geneier, GENEVA A B GARLEY, MARIE F MURPHY, WATERLOO MANIN MURPHY, WINIFRED MEADS, PENN VAN MDNEY, CHREVIATION QMler Las Kim, PORT BYRON RICHARD ENG, WEEDSPORT MRE ROBY WILLIAMS, MORAVIA BELEN IncPAN, and more as part of the community reporting network.
Roy E. Fairman writes his daily roaming column for today with the note that the feature will appear on Page marked for the day. Readers are invited to seek the column in the typical location within today's edition.
Two ordinances for building and zoning will reach a second reading before the Geneva Common Council. Approved by the City Planning Board, they require permits for new construction filed with the city clerk and mandate a Planning Board permit before altering non conforming structures beyond 3500. Nearby, a prison escape and industrial zone debate unfold as police report a suspect surrender and relocation of a residential to commercial zone. The council also plans to award a paving contract for Main Street and Lochland Road to Porter-DeWitt Corporation at 30,686.80 dollars.
Police continue to seek an assailant after Claude M Ward 65 janitor at the Auburn Elks Tub says a balackjack struck him on the head as he walked to his car near his Ketchell Street home. Ward described a dark vicinity and a young man fleet of foot. He offered no clear motive beyond possible robbery.
Eight month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Donald Shaw Auburn R D 5 suffered first and second degree burns to hands and arms when she fell against a hot oven door at home. The child was rushed to Auburn City Hospital for treatment and authorities reported her condition as fair.
Arthur W. Fiieburg of Trumansburg RFD 1 suffered burns to both legs after stepping on a plank over a lime bath at Morse Chain Company where he works. Co workers Frank Steve and Ernest Coon pulled him from the hot liquid, washed him, and he was taken to Memorial Hospital in 15 minutes after the plank broke. condition reported favorable.
Geneva Kiwanis Club honored Jet Terment at Geneva High School with a dinner and an address by John R Marl director of athletics at the University of Pennsylvania. The program aligned with the club’s athletic youth project in Geneva.
A jumble of show names, times, and performers fills a local radio style lineup. Mentions include Morning Devotions Captain Midnicht, Musical Program Korn Kopplers, Vicor H. Lindiahy, Lum and ABUS1, Susie for You, Queen Fors, and Lady Be Beautifed. Radio hosts and news slots appear alongside sports and dialogues, with scattered times and a few monetary figures.
In Canandaigua Justice Fred D Cribb ruled in favor of Fred L and Maria R Vallett defending against Reinhart J Stahl on a contract reformation suit over a farm sale in Menta town. The plaintiff sought to reform the deed to reflect 5900.63 dollars instead of 6590 dollars, alleging misdescription of acreage.
Funeral services for William Stahlnecker aged 69 who died Tuesday at 12 Pleasant Street will be held Friday at 8:30 AM at his home and 9 AM at St. Patrick's Church. Rev. John P. O'Bierne will officiate with burial in St. Columbkill Cemetery. A lifelong Seneca Falls resident, he worked 40 years for Goulds Bumps Inc and five years at Sampson. He was a former No. 1 Fire Department member and village fire commissioner. Survived by wife Mary O Connell Stahlnecker, two brothers Eugene and Edward Saloman, all of Seneca Falls.
The grand jury returned three open and four sealed indictments. Open indictments named Edward English of St. Louis Missouri second degree forgery Robert Spencer of Valois abandonment and Leslie Hengan 54 Burdett second degree assault.
Clyde Central School vocal music instructor Miss Claris Fairman will be a guest soloist at the Clyde Women's Club musical Thursday night June 5 at the Lundy home. She studied voice at Syracuse University and has sung with university choirs and in the Erwin Methodist Church. Also appearing will be Charles Sergisson of Newark a noted composer pianist and organist performing piano impersonations.
The Ithaca Community Players open their final 1946 47 season ahead of four night run at Ithaca College Little Theater. Steve Cole stars as Christy Mahon with Margaret Haley as Pegeen Mike. Supporting cast includes Thelma Davidson Victor Ross Frank Turner Richard Kori Mary Slattery Helene Taussig Richard Martin Roberta McGurk Norman Howell Toby Clarey. Jean Shaw Henry directs the production designed and lit by George Hoerner.
A VA office in Auburn announced by W. E. McGrath will relocate on June 30. The Veterans Administration will occupy space on the second floor of the Federal Building, moving from Sapitol Theater Building remains referenced in the notice.
The United Wartime Fund of Cayuga County Ohio disbands, distributing 2143.62 to Auburn Community Chest and Cayuga County War Fund. The remainder of 22105 will go to the National USO as the USO campaign ends December 31, 1947. The two wartime groups dispensed about 670300 during the war years to aid war agencies and community relief.
Sayid Niles son of Mr and Mrs Robert Niles of Solon sustained a pelvic fracture when a Solon school bus backed over him on North Solon Road. He was taken to Cortland County Hospital where Dr Robert Keer ordered X rays confirming the fracture. Sheriff’s report says Davis was obscured from view behind the bus driver Clarence Maybury.
Claude Judson Kinsman 46 Ithaca garage manager is charged with driving while intoxicated and running a traffic light. He posted 159 bail and is to appear before City Judge Thomas A Kane on June 9 at 2 PM.
A miscued civic notice and obituaries item summary reporting Mothers Club meeting at First Methodist Church in Ithaca and funeral services for Mrs Jennie Marie Fahar, age 56, at Wagner funeral home with burial in Lake View Cemetery. Surviving relatives listed include daughter Loretta Delola and several siblings. Also notes Hoyt operation status of Weedsport funeral director.
Geneva reports the all class reunion and anniversary celebration at Hobart and William Smith Colleges is expected to attract more than 660 alumni and alumnae. Housing will be tight as fraternities, hotels, and boarding houses fill. Registration begins Thursday noon with activities, leading to Friday cornerstone laying for a memorial gateway and a baseball game between Hobart and Sampson College.
AUBURN A writ of habeas corpus obtained by Auburn prison inmate Salvatore Oddo was denied by Supreme Court Justice Barley Warner after argument. Oddo, serving 20 to 60 years for first degree robbery in New York County on June 12 1942, claimed prison privileges were denied compared with others. The judge found no such denial in the evidence and remanded Oddo to prison custody.
Mucklands in the Montezuma area were submerged today due to overflow from the Seneca River. Water reached the highway crossing as pumps operated to drain lands, with growers expecting a poor crop year. Owasco Lake rose to 710.67, nearly two feet below the all time flood peak, while camps and cottages along the west shore were cut off by high water.
Funeral services for Mrs Florence Avery 59 wife of Burt Avery were conducted from Genung funeral home Waterloo Tuesday at 2 PM with Rev Herbert W Lamb Jr rector of St Banks Episcopal Church officiating Burial followed at Maple Grove Cemetery Surviving are her husband two sons George Gilbert Avery in Waterloo Clifford Avery Geneva a daughter Mrs Jean Dewey Greenville SC three sisters Mrs William Santell San Jose Calif Mrs William Davidson and Mrs Irving Zimmerman both of Phelps and a brother James Furr Geneva
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