Angler Missing After Boat Washes Ashore on Seneca Lake
Waterloo man Campbell, renting a boat at Pontius Point, is feared dead after his rowboat washed ashore on Seneca Lake. State and county police plus volunteers searched the lake, finding Campbell’s licensed fishing gear and boat receipt. His family, with five children, had relocated from Geneva to Waterloo last February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell
Swit Street
Waterloo
Consolidated Motor Lines, Inc
Border City
Frank Ballard
Pontius Point
Here
Ballard
Sergeant Lyman
Geneva
Herbert P. Wells
Lyman
Ariel Campbell
New Haven
Conn
Winthrop
Mass
City Normal School Graduation Exercises Held in Syracuse
Fifty seven graduates took part in the 14th annual commencement at Syracuse City Normal School in the school gymnasium. Rabbi Benjamin Friedman delivered the address on How to Face Life. An invocation was given by Rev Harry Bertrand Taylor. The City Normal Glee Club and the Choral Reading Club performed under Miss Mary J. Mahar and Miss Florence E. Pidge. Diplomas were presented by Dr. G Carl Alverson, superintendent of schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse City Normal School
Benjamin Friedman
Temple Society of Concord
Harry Bertrand Taylor
First Presbyterian Church
City Normal Glee Club
Mary J. Mahar
Florence E. Pidge
G Carl Alverson
Poor Man's Dinners For Refugees At Delaware Street Church
Delaware Street Baptist Church members plan a poor man's Sunday dinner to aid European and Chinese war refugees. Rev. Dr. Calvin M. Thompson Jr led the effort, with corn bread and meat loaf replacing the usual meal at his home. Other parishioners intend similar simple meals for the hungry of the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware Street
V F W Guests Partake In Buffet After Benefit Show
Sixty five members of Stanley B. Pennock Post 2893 VFW were hosted by Miss Florence South at 903 James Street for a buffet supper following the final showing of their benefit minstrel show and revue in Lincoln Auditorium Central High School. The revue started Thursday night and continued last night to aid the American Red Cross relief fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley B. Pennock
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Florence South
James Street
Lincoln Auditorium
Central High School
American Red Cross Relief Fund
Hancock Named Wesleyan Trustee
Clarence E. Hancock of Syracuse and Winfred B. Holton Jr of New York have been elected alumni trustees of Wesleyan University. They will begin five year terms on October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Conn
Clarence E. Hancock
Syracuse
Winfred B. Holton, Jr
New York
Wesleyan University
Girl Scouts Hold Camp Craft Exhibit in Elmwood
Girl Scout troops 31 and 100 Mil. troop members set up a camp craft exhibit at Elmwood in Syracuse. The display includes pup tents and camping gear and will continue this week before moving to New York venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmwood
Syracuse
Ehibit
New York
Fire Schools To Operate In 18 Cities
Firemen across New York State will attend or provide training in 18 zone fire schools in 1940. The program is run by the Municipal Training Institute with support from the New York State Conference of Mayors and the New York State Association of Fire Departments. Courses include lectures and evolutions from the standard curriculum, with Nassau Columbia Greene counties hosting traveling instructors and local boards coordinating. Officials expect enrollment to exceed 12,865 last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
New York State
Municipal Training Institute of
Advisory Committee of Fire Training
New York State Conference of Mayors
New York State Association of Fire
Bureau of Public Service Training
New York State Department of Education
Town and County Officers Training School
State of New York
Association of Towns
Columbia County
Greene County
Greene County Fire Training School
Nassau County
Nassau County Board of Vocational Education and Extension
Camp Counselors Institute Opens At Bradley Brook
More than 100 counselors and directors will attend an institute for camp counselors and directors at Bradley Brook Camp under the Council of Social Agencies. Lloyd B. Sharpe of New York will be principal speaker at a camp fire tonight. Leo M. Sandefur will lead afternoon sessions and Miss Elizabeth McNary will direct group singing. Victor Brennaman and Miss Evelyn Stults of the American Red Cross will discuss swimming boating and waterfront safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradley Brook Camp
Council of Social Agencies
Lloyd B. Sharpe
New York
Leo M. Sandefur
Elizabeth McNary
Victor Brennaman
Evelyn Stults
American Red Cross
Red Cross Program At Wolf Hollow Sets Day of Activities
Mrs. Wallace M. Williams was named general chairman for a Red Cross day at Wolf Hollow, home of Dean and Mrs. Paul Andrews, by the Americanization League directors. The Danforth chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution is represented. The program will feature dances songs pageants and music with Aaron Levy presiding at the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace M. Williams
Red Cross
Wolf Hollow
Dean
Paul
Flag with 44 stars shown on Flag Day at Miles home
A front porch flag displaying 44 stars was shown yesterday on 306 Howard Street in observance of Flag Day. The flag, made before Utah gained statehood in 1896, belonged to Mrs. Miles’s aunt, a Civil War veteran. Mrs. Miles cared for her aunt when she died and inherited the banner. The canton shows eight stars top and bottom rows with seven stars in the middle four rows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Miles
Howard Street
Utah
Canton
Miles
Merbers
BuLes
New York Farm Subsidy Totals Reach 4 Million Plus
Washington reports 1939 AAA farm payments through April 30 totaling 4,045,012 for New York, up from 3,410,376 in 1938. Onondaga County received 117,997, with 14 counties above 100,000. Nationally, payments total 506,479,199, up about 10 percent. 1939 costs rise to 520,260,802 including admin expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Wallace
Onondaga County
Cattaraugus
Chautauqua
Chenango
Delaware
Genesee
Jefferyson
Livingston
Monroe
Oneida
Onondaga
Albany
Allegany
Broome
Cayuga
Chemung
Clinton
Columbia
Cortland
Dutchess
Erie
Essex
Frankilin
Fulton
Greene
Herkimer
Lewis
Madison
Montgomery
Nassau
Niagara
Ontario
Orange
Orleans
Oswego
Otsego
Putnam
Rensselaer
Rockland
Saratoga
Schenectady
Schoharie
Schuyler
Seneca
Sullivan
Tioga
Tompkins
Ulster
Warren
Westchester
Wyoming
Yates
Dutch East Indies Warns All Nations To Keep Hands Off
Batavia opening of the Volksraad with Gov. Gen. Tjarda van Starckenborch-Stachouwer warning all nations to keep hands off the Dutch East Indies. He notes a 25 percent import gap due to German disruption, plans tax hikes totaling about 20 million dollars annually, as the Japanese consul attends while the Italian consul does not.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dutch East Indies
Batavia
Netherlands East Indies
Tjarda van Starckenborch-Stachouwer
Volksraad
Indies
Netherland
United States
Argentina Exports to U.S. Rise in May 1940
May exports from Argentina to the United States valued at 35,544,079 dollars, up 68 percent from May 1939’s 3,295,907. The United States Chamber of Commerce reports first five months of 1940 show total U.S. exports from Argentina compared with 1938 for context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dais
Argentina
United States
Views of Kenefick on Onondaga County reform plan
Judge D J Kenefick of Buffalo, author of a proposed Erie County plan, urged divorcing administrative duties from the Board of Supervisors and giving the board only legislative power. He backed a small elected county executive, opposed ready made forms and proportional representation, and noted electing mayors in cities works. The Charter Commission will hear Seabury C Mastick Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onondaga County Charter Commission
D. J. Kenefick
Buffalo
Erie County
Kenefick
Board of Supervisors
Seabury
Taft Group Secures 102 Rooms At GOP National Convention
Taft backers have booked 102 rooms for Senator Robert A. Taft in Philadelphia hotels as the Republican convention nears. Dewey holds 78 rooms in two hotels, Gannett rents the Harvard Club plus 48 rooms, and Vandenberg is allotted 48 rooms across six hotels. Bayard Sharp disclosed the allocations, noting plans initially allowed only 20 rooms per candidate. About five thousand rooms have been engaged for visitors, with distant state delegations receiving favored accommodations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft Group
G.O.P
Philadelphia
Utilities
Wendell L. Willkie
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Frank E. Gannett
New York State
Harvard Club
Michigan
Arthur Vandenberg
Bayard Sharp
Convention Housing Committee
Sharp
Dupont
Wilmington, del
University of Pennsylvania
Police link girl slaying to coed murder in Pa
Bellefonte Pennsylvania police tied the May 5 death of 25 year old Fay Gates to the March 28 discovery of 17 year old Rachel Taylor near Pennsylvania State College. Richard Millinder 22 a road worker and father of a 10 month old baby confessed losing his head when Gates resisted his advances. He allegedly bludgeoned Gates with a rock and police say the same killer claimed Taylor was also slain by the same person, based on identical circumstances. Millinder was arrested on the slayings and the investigation continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellefonte
Fay Gates
Rachel Taylor
Richard Millinder
Miss Gates
Comely
Millinder
H. E. McElroy
McElroy
Miss Taylor
Pennsylvania State College
Hamilton College Cuts Requirements for Degrees
Hamilton College will grant BA degrees without Greek or Latin, removing the two-language rule to one language. The trustees abolished the Bachelor of Science degree and made mathematics elective. These changes shift from compulsory to optional study, reflecting a major evolution in degree requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Hamilton College
College Board of
Resort Laundry Scale Extended Albany June 15
Resort County laundries may extend the June 15 to Sept 15 period for paying higher minimum wages. The extension affects payroll timing and wage rules for workers during the summer quarter. Local officials approve a flexible schedule to accommodate seasonal labor demands in Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
I Want You Poster Returns to Aid War Recruiting
Memories of World War days in Syracuse resurfaced as the Army recruiting service ships thousands of copies of the famed I Want You! poster. Col. John R. Kelly announced the posters will be placed in show windows and streets as the new enlistment drive expands. He and his staff also reported 161 new vacancies at Fort DuPont Del Madison Barracks Fort Hamilton Fort Jay Fort Wadsworth and Fort Dix amid a broader pool of 195 openings. The enlarged recruiting team includes Sgts. Daly Lillyman Gould Chudyk Morrison and Privates Panek Colosimo Butler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
United States Army Recruiting Service
James Montgomery Flage
John R. Kelly
Kelly
Fort DuPont
Del
Madison Barracks
Fort Hamilton
Fort Jay
Fort Wadsworth
Fort Dix
Sergts
Thomas A. Daly
Frank Lillyman
Grant Gould
Joseph Chudyk
Raymond Morrison
Corp
John J. Panek
Joseph Colosimo
Terrence Butler
Burlingame Graduation Honors Three Fundamentals in Address
Dean Finla G. Crawford of Syracuse University urged Goodyear Burlingame School graduates to preserve and strengthen education democracy and religion. He said education is primary and democracy glorifies the individual, stressing civilization's preservation as humanity's first and second tasks. Class members spoke, with Jane Aylesworth valedictorian Ruth Pass salutatorian and several others presenting diplomas and activities reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodyear-Burlingame School
Finla G. Crawford
Onondaga Hotel
College of Liberal Arts
Syracuse University
Crawford
Jane Aylesworth
Ruth Pass
Jane Schindler
Sylvia Sherry
Jane Whittemore
Charlotte Clark
Mildred McCarthy
Virginia Tardy
Mary Fobes
Tribes Ready For Big Dance At Onondaga Reserve
Tomorrow's grand Indian Day on the Onondaga Reservation will draw Six Nations dancers to solo and group contests. Mohawks Oneidas Senecas Cayugas and Tuscaroras join an amateur evening show with cash prizes. Proceeds fund an athletic arena. a stockade houses a relic museum and booths for games and refreshments. The event features storytelling archery shooting galleries and a stage lineup with the Onondaga Concert Band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onondaga Reservation
Onondaga
Picnic in Brewerton at President Strever’s Home
A Brewerton Men's Club lawn picnic is planned at 6 30 P M Tuesday at the home of president Alfred J Strever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewerton
Alfred J. Strever
School Children Help at Veterans Flag Day Sale Event
More than 200 Syracuse school children and Boy Scouts participated as members of the post auxiliary aided by members to support a flag day sale. The effort benefited widows and veterans, with participation described as enthusiastic and community minded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Madeline 'Eddicus
Jeff
Gladys Klementowski
Scraecco School
SyracuseIndustry Training Aid Faces Funding Questions
To address a skilled crafts shortage and anticipated defense orders, Syracuse officials discussed financing vocational training for the masses. Dr. G Carl Alverson and Nubian J. Huss told the armament resources committee that vacant industrial buildings could supplement school facilities with equipment for job training. Financing was not settled as Congress considers $63 million for similar programs, about $6 million earmarked for New York. Further talks await congressional action and Education Department decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse Industries
Asses
Nubian J. Huss
Committtee
Alverson
Ross
U. S. Department of Education
Congress
New York State
Board of Education
Willkie Attacks New Deal Linked to Chamberlain Era
Boston June 15 Wendell L Willkie, a utilities executive and Republican hopeful, derides the New Deal as part of a Blum era government in France and Chamberlain in England. He calls Roosevelt incompetent on military spending, urges a government to awaken America, warns against appeasing dictators, and contrasts U S strength with Hitler’s menace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Wendell L. Willkie
Blume
France
Chamberlain
England
Utilities
America
Post of Destroyer Commander Set Up in Atlantic
Navy increases destroyer numbers in the Atlantic and establishes a destroyer commander post. Rear Admiral Ferdinand L. Reichmuth is named commander, with Capt. William G. Greenman as chief of staff and aid. Reichmuth hails from Beloit Kansas and resides in Palo Alto California. Greenman is from Utica with Watertown residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
Washington
Atlantic
Navy
Ferdinand L. Reichmuth
William G. Greenman
Reichmuth
Beloit
Kan
Palo Alto
Calif
Greenman
Utica
O Brian to Deliver Dewey Nomination Speech at Convention
John Lord O Brian of Buffalo announces he would nominate Dewey for the presidency. O Brian has served under four presidents and is one of twelve New York educational policy regents. Dewey campaign opens Philadelphia headquarters as the Republican convention nears. Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms will oversee the first days, with Russel Sprague arriving soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Walton
Philadelphia
Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms
Dewey
Russel Sprague
John Lord O'Brian
Buffalo
Sprague
O'Brian
Six Day Truck Strike Ends in Settlement
A six day strike involving 2,090 Eastern New York truckmen ends after a conference between employer negotiators led by Joseph Adelizzi and Evrard F. Murphy of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Cheaters Stablemen and Heipats union. The agreement cuts the work week from 54 to 50 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
New York
Joseph Adelizzi
Employers Negotiating Committee
Evrard F. Murphy
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Cheaters Stablemen
Heipatsinion
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Dienatah Sporire
Esa Willard
Lloyd B. Anderson
Seneca County
City Normal School
V.F.W
Hancock
Wesleyan
Otisco
Barker Avenue
Wilkinson Street
Solvay V. F. W
Otisco Lake
American Legion Auxiliary
Glen
Camp Counselors’ Institute
Bradley Brook
Welf Hollow
AAA
iTo
U.S
Pennsylvania
Coed
Burlingame Graduation
Dean. Crawford
Syracuse Manufacturers’ Association
Amocrate
Willkie
O’brian
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