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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1946
Page
2
An 18 month old, George Speer, son of Mr and Mrs William A Speer, died in Benedict Memorial Hospital from strychnine poisoning. The child reportedly swallowed pills from a discarded medicine bottle as stated by Dr I Ben Rubin.
The Supreme Court began a three and a half month recess after its 159th term, with 134 decisions issued and only 62 unanimous. The term featured frequent disagreements over case handling.
Obituaries report John V. Maloney 65 a retired New York State Supreme Court justice and juvenile social worker in Buffalo. a Cleveland woman 71 who rose from obscurity as a mall carrier to an automobile springs manufacturer. Rudolph L. Suhl 63 sales manager with International Nickel Company tied to the firm 43 years in New York.
An authoritative source says the Arab League in session drafts a note demanding immediate American withdrawal from the Palestine case. The report appears amid a flood of postwar international tensions and regional disputes.
The Hesse royal jewels found at Kronberg castle are claimed as private property of the Hesse family and would be returned to them. Col Durant and his wife, held near Washington, say discovery was accidental and that a German electrician pointed to the hiding place. Customs had seized 106 unset diamonds from Durant on return to the U S and Army investigators say no general was involved.
Optimism ran high after a 12 hour negotiating session between union representatives and east and Gulf coast operators. Frank J. Taylor will soon present a compromise proposal to the union while leaders Curran and Bridges prepare to brief a House labor subcommittee on pay and jobs for seamen and officers. Rep Augustine B. Kelley said shipowners and AFL Maritime unions may be invited to testify this week.
Premier Alcide De Gasperi called on the Allies to clarify their position amid a republican victory declared by the Supreme Court in Italy. Police and military were deployed as fears of civil conflict rise, with monarchist objections delaying Umberto's fate while the court weighs irregularities.
A lightning strike during a morning storm damaged the two family residence at 710 E Washington St. Fire confined to the kitchen but spread through partitions and lattice. A carpenter working nearby escaped injury as he worked on a fixture. The storm dropped 0.29 inches of rain in Syracuse from 7:50 to 9:35 A.M. Official forecast calls for showers and thunderstorms with warmer temperatures later today and tonight.
A tongue in cheek memo reports OPA agents sealing a four block area over a bubble gum scare. It jokes about Frankfurt rolls and pumpernickel amid bread shortages while noting agents inspect boys for bubbles and a suspect bubble breaks in Pittsburgh. The piece closes as a humorous note about baseball scheming.
In Havana a 11 day truce began in 27 Cuban ports to halt extension of a Havana dockworker strike over packaged commodities from New Orleans via a sea train ferry. Government and dock union officials agreed to the truce to permit drafting of new shipping regulations.
The measure seeks to remove all agricultural products from price controls while Sen Thomas of Oklahoma reports 50 senators backing the proposal Wagner aims to keep meat poultry and dairy under controls backed by New Deal Democrats Sen Pepper of Florida warns price rises would be like a wage cut for workers and fuel wage demands.
A well dressed gunman entered the Boston Safety Deposit and Trust Co. on the eighth floor, drew a pistol, and walked out with a dozen stunned secretaries watching. He fled down three stairs into the business district crowds as police hunted for fingerprints and clues from an unsigned contract on a desk.
Witness Mike Koblinsky testifies at a court martial in BAD NAUHEIM that Lt. Leonard W. Ennis of Peekskill asked wounded prisoners where they were hurt and then poked their wounds with a billy club. Ennis and another officer face cruelty charges over inmate abuse at the U. S. Army Guardhouse in Lichfield England last year of the war.
The speaker argues that the Smith Connally Act provisions would not curb strife and warns that H R 4908, the Case bill, worsens issues by creating a federal mediation board and duplicating labor duties. He calls for study of welfare funds and permanent legislation.
William M. Jackson of Boston urged businessmen at the Kiwanis convention in Atlantic City to commit more brain power to expanding the advantages of private enterprise. He called for reconversion of thinking to sustain competitive capitalism and emphasized private enterprise as a driver of progress.
Albany AP reports a majority of delegates at Gov. Dewey’s two day safety conference favor a 50 mph statewide speed limit. R C George director of the State Traffic Commission says speed alone rarely causes accidents and the limit should be an absolute one.
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