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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1947
Page
2
An old radio anecdote recalls crank calls in Ohio asking if the Wilsons were home. The speaker riffs on ad libbing like Mary Livingston and jokes about Fred Allen Bob Hope and Milton Berle. Jack Benny lines about serious films get a playful jab.
A 60-year-old janitor, police say, killed his 53-year-old wife with an axe, ice pick, kitchen knife, and razor blade in Belle Harbor and later wandered a subway station with self-inflicted wounds. He was hospitalized under homicide charges as investigators review the case.
The Los Angeles Times predicts Henry Wallace will enter the 1940 presidential race within two months. The story notes he will seek the Democratic nomination in California primaries and in at least a dozen other states, per political editor Kyle Falmer.
Obituary notes the death of Arthur D. Emmett 62 former assistant director at Parker Davis and Company laboratories a pioneer in vitamin product development in Detroit also listing other obituaries including William Ray Mond Green 90 Abe Mixchell 60 and Dr Oscar I Snyder 80 with brief identifiers and affiliations.
Forecasts of new rains over flood ravaged Missouri Illinois and Iowa regions arrived as record crests of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers moved toward St Louis. The Mississippi fell a foot at Canton Missouri and Quincy Indiana and was receding as far south as Louisiana Missouri about 100 miles north. In Central Missouri more than a half million acres of farmland were underwater. The Missouri started to drop at Boonville after cresting at 294 feet. Meteorologist Mary F Wahlgren predicted the Mississippi would crest here Friday at about 35 feet, five feet above flood stage but below the 1944 peak.
Walter Kiernan notes JOM Dewey will visit 20 states in July with no speeches and seeks the presidential nomination in return. A grateful public might grant it, or risk Tom speaking longer and more often. The piece also mentions 60 thousand bees at President Truman’s summer home and NSA suspicion of planting symbols of industry.
Census Bureau notes labor fears as bandits attack a Chinese unit in rugged West China. A Graves Registration team endured a five hour siege, one Chinese soldier killed and five wounded. No American casualties reported.
The Senate Commerce Committee ordered an investigation into President Truman's reappointment of Roy C. Wakefield of California to the Federal Communications Commission. Ranking member Chapman White of Maine said questions were raised about Wakefield's Republican suitability for a Republican appointment.
Judge Willfase I Bamerick will speak at Bellevue Junior High School graduation exercises tonight at 8 o clock. Class president Richard Lewis welcomes. class history read by Dorothy Schweinberger, prophecy by Jeanne Byrnes. Music includes a sax solo by Philip Siiner and piano by Suzanne Murray. Diplomas for 34 graduates presented by Principal Clifford M. Levell.
Britain showed military strength during a king's birthday celebration in Iraq, with parades illustrating force and presence in the region. Officials emphasize display over confrontation as part of wartime posture.
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