12 Jun 1947
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1947
Page
1
President Truman urged Congress to pass a peacetime bill allowing continued consumer credit controls. He warned that ending emergency measures could trigger instability, reduced production, and unemployment, while urging continuation of down payment limits and installment terms on household goods, refrigerators, and autos.
General Pal Chung Hsi met with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek amid signals Chiang may fly to Sinklang Province to handle the Mongolian border dispute. Officials, alarmed by last Friday's Outer Mongolian cavalry invasion aided by planes with Soviet markings, prefer diplomacy to military action as China relies on a small western force.
The feature warns President Truman’s veto of the tax reduction may jeopardize bipartisan support for the foreign aid program to Europe. David Lawrence argues the tax rejection would trigger a partisan clash that risks losing the economic aid package amid ongoing political battles. The page lists features and sections across comics, letters, horoscopes, and various columns.
GULLANE Scotland Mildred Zaharias the Babe of women’s golf captured the women’s championship 6 and 4 over Jacqueline Gordon to give America a clean sweep of Britain’s prizes. Zaharias, Denver’s star, became the first American to win this title. She trailed at times in the 36 hole final but surged in the stretch to claim her 16th straight victory.
The French government granted rail workers a salary boost ending a six day national strike, with the Railroad Workers Union ordering a return to work after talks. Premier Ramadier and Transport Minister Moch signed the accord, increasing salaries for the last half of 1947 by about 83 million dollars and planning a wage reclassification survey to begin Jan 2, 1948.
Doctors said the 72 year old former prime minister Winston Churchill recovered after a hernia operation yesterday. Officials reported he had a quiet night and his condition is satisfactory with no complications noted.
Parade features the rising popularity of Western square dancing with Dr. Lloyd Shaw cited as authority, showing Cheyenne Mountain School students in vivid dance sequences. It notes rising auto fatalities ahead of the June 15 conference and showcases Penn State police methods, plus Father’s Week with caricaturists Doug Anderson and Mel Nitsky. It also previews Parade’s hair fashion tips by Monsieur Louis and the Sunday Herald American.
Washington reports that domestic sugar rationing for households hotels and restaurants is lifted effective immediately with the end of sugar coupons. Industrial rationing continues though price controls remain and industrial users must present official checks at purchase. Secretary Anderson announced the move sparked by aid from the International Emergency Food Council and surplus Cuban sugar.
Prizes multiply for the 1947 Soap Box Derby contestants. The Syracuse champion will win a three day, all expenses paid trip to the National Finals at Derby Downs in Akron to compete against 132 local champions for the world title. The victor will enjoy a round of entertainment in Akron while there.
Chicago markets report steers and yearlings averaging about 26 dollars per hundredweight, an all time high, surpassing the prior peak of 25.40 set last October after price controls were lifted. Hog prices lag behind beef as markets adjust to supply and demand forces influencing Meat costs nationwide.
Snow covered the ground in eastern Wyoming and Colorado as temperatures fell below freezing in Cheyenne and Laramie. The Weather Bureau reported snow spread from Lander, Wyoming, south to Colorado Springs, Colorado, just days before winter’s official start.
Justice Schweinhaut allowed the May-Garsson war fraud trial defense to call former Senator James M. Cleland to testify. The defense sought to probe Mead's motives and alleged withheld evidence related to the Senate War Investigating Committee and wartime political ties to Andrew J. May and others.
A weather report notes Syracuse hit 95 at 4 30 PM Wednesday, surpassing the all time date high set in 1933. A cold front lowered temperatures to 87 by 4 AM with lingering clouds and a forecast of mid 70s today and mid 50s tonight.
Pi State patrolmen and deputies hunted 15 miles southeast of Yakima for three inmates who overpowered a guard escorting them to Walla Walla from Seattle. State Patrolman Harlan Ritter helped capture the armed fugitives as authorities from Yakima Valley alerted units statewide.
Washington reports the House committee on un-American activities moves to begin hearings June 28 led by Chairman J Parnell Thomas. Witnesses will include members of the CSLBblee seal Workers Union from Bridgeport Connecticut Schenectady New York and New York City. The committee also approved a brief on the Southern Conference for Human Welfare for Sunday newspaper release.
Demobilized Soviet army soldiers are being kept in the Soviet zone to work in German plants for expert training under German technicians, according to American informants. The report notes the program aims to retrain veterans for postwar industry amid occupation.
Secretary of State Marshall said the United States could finance a European economic recovery plan that might include Russia and Britain. Speaking after a Harvard speech cited by Churchill, he said Europe should work out its own recovery with US financial support, but offered no amount. He stressed the goal is a coordinated effort for Europe’s political and economic future.
VIENNA UP A Swedish relief worker identified as Arne Carlson, a principal member of the Swedish save the children relief effort in Austria, was shot and killed by a Soviet patrol near the Slovak border last night. The information came to the Chancellor Leopold Figi's office today.
President Franian ends a three day week in Canada and prepares for two pivotal US elections on tax reduction and the Tait Hartley measure. Washington concerns weigh on Hungary and a proposed UN inquiry after Hungary’s communist shift. The Bulgarian Parliament reports resignations in Petkov's Agrarian Party amid unrest.
An AP report notes Bulgaria expelled the hard core of the opposition from Parliament as part of a broader Southeast Europe crisis. Washington weighs uS policy directions amid signs of a Balkan confrontation with Russia and the West, seeking firmer actions than past protests.
The quip recounts a barroom misadventure where after being kicked out the back the speaker tells the waiter about a famous person and is then pardoned and allowed back in then ejected again through the front door.
New York reports the National Retail Dry Goods Association will gather dress and coat manufacturers to decide skirt length standards. A dispute at an association dinner sparked talk as stylists and a coat maker argued over alterations and the risk of outfits becoming out of fashion if coats and dresses mismatch in length.
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