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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1947
Page
23
FRANKLIN placed the scene five miles directly northeast of the lite mountain village for Hillsboro, Va., near the West Virginia border. He said the Tig position appeared on Use course and there was no sign of life. It was the third DC-4 wreck in three weeks according to reports.
Franklin reports only search plane lifted off from Winchester Virginia and spotted the crashed airliner on Blue Ridge summit near Shenandoah Valley. He described wreckage as exploded and scattered with wings embedded in mountain top. Nearby UN chatter and political debate mingle with another night of international posturing and local court scenes as unrelated events unfold around the same era.
A list of persons aboard an airliner missing en route from Chicago to Washington was released by Capital Airlines. The names include Cecil L. Eaton of Pittsburgh, William Watson of Wilkinsburg, Albert J. McCarthy of Pittsburgh, Mrs. Andre McCarthy, Amy Jane Goodwin of Pittsburgh, and many others across Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, and Washington D.C. The document notes several officials and associates traveling together, with numerous residences and occupations listed.
A fire swept a gymnasium early today, tearing down sections of walls and leaving survivors and relatives among the few remaining. The blaze was noticed shortly after 3 AM by a churchgoer who alerted the rectory and Rev. William J. Lynch, assistant pastor, as flames consumed the structure and portions of the interior.
Miss Virginia Gibbs, 61 year old Henry J. Smith, a machine tool broker, was shot in his downtown hotel room. Gibbs allegedly urged her father Charles Gibbs to kill Smith to help her avoid trouble, telling police she wanted to get rid of her father not the victim. A drafted statement notes Gibbs aimed to protect her mother and sister. The incident occurred Sept. 3, 1945, in Cincinnati.
A murder probe in Atlanta surrounding Peggy Refcuse is cloaked in secrecy after lie detector tests were administered to Paul Refcuse, her French artist husband, and three others including an artist model and two art students. Police chief Neal Ellis refused to announce the results.
France asked the Soviet Union if Moscow will begin discussions on the Marshall Plan for American backed European economic recovery. Bevin plans to arrive in Paris Tuesday to meet French officials and discuss the plan with Georges Bidault. Belgium faces a 24 hour strike as workers press wage demands. In Tokyo Takeo Miki seeks new revenue sources. Palestine probers arrive for UN commission talks. Extradition request flows for Maj Farran linked to Tubovité case. All Slav Committee meets in Warsaw to draft plans for 1947. Denmark imposes import restrictions to boost exports. Pravda reports on White Russia and peasant dwellings under wartime shifts.
Russian authorities push veto rights over city actions as Communists gain in Berlin trade union elections, threatening popular control of the city government. Attacks on American and British policies rise in the Russian zone, with press swamping feared after a four power newspaper exchange. The East zone advances nationalization drives while SED seeks wider adherence to its policy across Germany.
Flood waters from the Nishnabotna and Nodaway rivers hit southwest Iowa, driving 100 to 150 families from Hamburg and Red Oak as dikes broke and highways flooded. In Waterloo the Cedar River crest neared 20.85 feet. 243 people hid in Red Cross shelters. Iowa River and Des Moines area rivers threatened, with hundreds evacuated and university facilities sandbagged.
The American Mothers Committee of New York named J. Edgar Hoover 62 as a so called Father of the Year in a hoax-like event. Hoover, longtime head of the FBI, is described as a bachelor and was surprised by the designation.
Rome Italy the constituent assembly continued its work on the constitution voting 279 to 155 to extend its labors until year end.
Delegates to the New York State Moose Association convention elected Harry H. Kales of Utica to the presidency succeeding Merien T. Beck of New York City. About 600 delegates attended the four day meeting. Regional vice presidents named included Max Onpenhaim, Charles Goldsm an, Anthony Karger, Royal E. Strong, and others from Kingston to Rochester. Ralph Voigt was reelected secretary treasurer. In Bulgaria, Peter Koev, former Agrarian MP, was sentenced to 12½ years for inciting a military conspiracy against the communist government.
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