Curve Speed Blamed for Tragic Wreck
The Public Service Commission blamed excessive speed and possible mental lapse by a 66 year old engineman for the Lake Shore Limited derailment near Little Falls on April 19, causing 31 deaths. The ICC had reported the train hit Gulf Curve at 59 mph where 45 mph was allowed. The commission urged an age limit of 60 for enginemen on fast trains and a 40 mph limit on Gulf Curve. The engineer died in the wreck.
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Public Service Commission
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Washington
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Fisherman Feared Dead in Seneca Lake Search Near Pontius Point
Waterloo reports state police armed with ice hooks scour Seneca Lake after Frederick Campbell 35 of Swift Street vanished during a lone fishing trip. He rented a boat from Ballard livery at Pontius Point at 5 30 A M yesterday while his car remained at the shore.
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Waterloo
Frederick Campbell
Swift Street
Seneca Lake
Pontius Point
Campbell
Sergi
Forrest H. Lyman
Richard Voigt
Ballard
Wola Woman Injured in Lafayette Road Car Crash
Martha Kiesinger 41 of 281 Tremont Street suffered severe abdominal injuries after a crash near Nedrow involving a stalled car on Lafayette Road. Roy Dutt faced reckless driving charges. Dutt pleaded guilty and was fined $10.
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Lafayette Road
Nedrow
Martha Kiesinger
Tremont Street
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Raymond Dear
John Head
Seward Cook
Lafayette
Roy Dutt
Lowell Avenue
Syracuse General Hospital
St. Joseph's
Dutt
Justice of the Peace
Irving Harrington
Kerr Stays at Paris Bureau Sole NY Herald Tribune Reader
Walter B Kerr Jr foreign correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune remains the paper's only staffer at the Paris bureau. In a cable to his parents he said other Paris staff had left and that he was feeling fine amid routine assignments from Paris. He recalled three weeks in Syracuse last spring after returning from covering the Russian Finnish war.
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Walter B. Kerr
New York Herald-Tribune
Paris
Ward
Dewitt Street
Kerr
Syracuse
Scandinavia
Syracuse salutes with Flag Day displays and pledges
Ominous overseas war news spurs Syracuse to widespread Flag Day celebrations. Marvin urges city displays of Old Glories and plus ceremonies at Percy Hughes School Christian Brothers Academy Edwards department store workers pledge allegiance. Local veterans and Boy Scouts participate. Major Love to speak at Yates Hotel ceremony.
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Syracuse
Rolland
Marvin
Percy Hughes School
Katherline Dicranian
Department of New York
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Disranian
Christian Brothers’Academy
Joseph Kusnierczyk
Walter Ludivico
Robert Gensler
Edwards Department Store
Syracuse Lodge
B. P.O. Ellis
Yates Hotel
Boy Scouts of Troop 5
Maj
Beonte CO Love
Andrew Faimano
Katherine Dieranian
Department of New York Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Dicranian
Genevieve Pidgeon
Marie Muhl
Phylis Belcher
Ethel Gress
Luke Dibello
D. F. LaVoy
Andrew Fuimano
Palutys Held for Grand Jury on First Degree Assault
Judge Homer W Walsh ordered Anthony Palutys of 350 Apple Street held for grand jury action after he pleaded not guilty and waived examination on a charge of first degree assault shooting with intent to kill his wife Helen Osinski and daughter at their home Wednesday night. Palutys fired a shotgun as the women fled upstairs during a family argument and was jailed pending further proceedings.
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Homer W. Walsh
Anthony Palutvys
Apple Street
Helen Osinski
Liberty Street
Palutys
Convictions in U S liquor tax case target stills network
Three men, Paul J. Fierro Mario Longo and August G. Waldau convicted by a Federal Court jury of conspiracy to evade liquor taxes and operating illicit stills. Twelve others had pleaded guilty and face sentencing Wednesday by Judge John Knight. The operation spanned Ogdensburg Syracuse Utica Herkimer and involved a large liquor stills ring with plans for further activity.
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Binghamton
John Knight
Paul J. Fierro
Mario Longo
Utica
August G. Waldau
Syracuse
United States
Ralph L. Emmons
Ogdensburg
Herkimer
Frank Inserra
Alfred J. Fiore
Salvatore Lima
John Maciel
Lynn Pilake
Stanley Stark
Michael J. Zigarelli
Frank Barbara
Alder Creek
L. H. Denslow
Cecil Denslow
Foresport
William Golden
Derwood Fleming
Slingshot Injury Leads to Eye Surgery in Syracuse
Lawrence Morrison, 9, of 402 Fabius Street, sustained a vertical corneal cut from a stone fired by a neighbor’s boy. Delicate optical surgery at Syracuse Memorial Hospital removed a small part of the cornea. the operation saved his sight. Detective Louis McMahon investigated, questioning neighborhood youths.
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Syracuse Memorial Hospital
Lawrence Morrison
Fabius Street
Seymour
South West
Louis McMahon
Mortgage Action In Supreme Court Foreclosure Trial
Proceedings brought by Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co against William J. Hamilton to foreclose a mortgage on the Hamilton Block 455 465 South Salina Street went on trial before Justice D Page Morehouse in Supreme Court Equity Term. The company claimed an original mortgage of 225000 was in default and that 6087 paid.
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William J. Hamilton
Hamilton Block
South
Salina Street
D. Page Morehouse
Supreme Court
Tax claim totals reach 266,884 dollars with interest
The filing notes an outstanding tax claim totaling 266,884 dollars when principal amount and interest due are combined, outlining the full amount demanded in the case.
Kilian Commissioned Second Lieutenant of Infantry
Robert B. Kilian of 202 Rugby Road Syracuse has been commissioned second lieutenant of infantry in the officers reserve corps, War Department announces on June 14.
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Washington
Robert B. Kilian
Rugby Road
Syracuse
War Department
Red Cross Urges Summer Readiness as War Refugee Drive Reaches $25,000
Norman H. Davis, chair of the national Red Cross, asks the Syracuse Onondaga Chapter to prepare through summer for ongoing relief efforts. The local war relief fund totals $25,116.83 with $1,709 added in the last day. Planned benefits include a minstrel show by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, a food sale by Friends of French Refugees, and a garden fundraiser at Judge Hiscock's home to support supplies and home care instruction.
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Syracuse
Onondaga County
American Red Cross
Norman H. Davis
National Organization
Hurlbut W. Smith
Chanter
Davis
Aios
Avall Venthar Carview
Anne Brace Tae
Sunthaneana
Smith
LiecderkranstEmploves
Engineering Tag Proposed Passage of State License Law
Charles J. Anderson of Syracuse urged a state power engineers license law to improve safety at boilers and power plants. The New York State Association of Power Engineers held its two day convention at Hotel Syracuse with 200 delegates and remarks from city and state officials.
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Charles J. Anderson
Syracuse
New York State Association of Power Engineers
Anderson
James C. Tormey
Marvin
F. C. Haischer
Horace Wilds
New York City
National Association of Power Engineers
John F. Donovan
Brooklyn
Mr. Anderson
Frank W. Savage
Buffalo
O Neill and Ottman Attend National Embalming Convention
Robert Dennin O'Neill of O Neill Funeral Home attends the national convention of Pi Sigma Era at Cincinnati College of Embalming. He is accompanied by classmate J Wayne Ottman of Ottman Funeral Home in Cherry Valley.
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Robert Dennin O’neill
O Neill
Cincinnati College of Embalming
Mr. O'Neill
J. Wayne Ottman
Ottman
Cherry Valley
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