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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1947
Page
3
Mayor Frank Costello urged Syracusans to discard defeatist attitudes and build homes now. He said housing needs transcend areas and eras, stressing Syracuse’s future and urging support for multiple dwelling units while warning against excessive real estate taxation.
Mayor Frank Costello State Senator John Hughes and Rep Richman will formally open the Syracuse Better Homes exposition at the Jefferson Street Armory Saturday afternoon with a 1 PM opening and a tour an hour later. Hosts include Robert J Cowan Henry G Menapace Henry G Hermann and Charles H Gif ford. Exhibits fill two halls including a 38 foot palatial house trailer built for King Saud of Arabia now arriving by police escort.
George E. Hebert reports Syracuse building inspections doubled in May 1947 to 1,833 from 905 the year before. Permits totaled 460 for the month, fees reached 1162.70, and five month totals show 4,210.60 in 1947 versus 4,032.50 in 1946.
M S Paige of Albany told Rotarians at Hotel Onondaga the Bell System plans to add telephone equipment early in 1848 to serve about 4,000 Syracuseans awaiting phones. He noted wartime gear produced for the armed forces, including radar and lip and throat microphones, and a $100 million rural service program expected to create about 70,000 jobs, with 14,000 in New York State.
Two Syracuse industrialists are among 200 business leaders from 33 states registered for the 12th Institute Industrial Relations by the National Association of Manufacturers. The participants are Douglas P. Cagwin production manager Empire Structural Steel Fabricators Inc and S J Palmer personnel director Porter Cable Machine Co.
Deputy Sheriff James Jerome leaves Syracuse for St Petersburg to bring Clifton Gay back for arraignment on charges of abandoning two children. Gay was arrested on information from Jerome and Deputy Sheriff Howard Mosher. A WWII Merchant Marine, Gay was indicted by the May Grand Jury on abandoning Richard Gay aged 19 months and Sandra Gay aged seven months. His wife Rose Gay lives at 1701 Lemoyne Ave Salina.
Miss Jane H. Todd deputy commissioner of the New York State Department of Commerce spoke at a one day career and small business clinic. She noted women could expand markets by retailing flowers and opening fish shops while listing a children’s center shop concept and other ventures as promising paths for success. Surveys show women have found success in beauty shops ready-to-wear shops gift shops antique shops books and greeting card shops.
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