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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1940
Page
7
Rites for civic leader J A Randall were held in Syracuse with lay and clergy officiants. The service honored a longtime community figure noted for public service and leadership.
Mrs Josephinf Lang widow of Frank Lang a long time Solvay resident died at home. Born in Poland she lived with her family at 109 Bord tren ysohay. Funeral services will be announced by Mrs Cora Lang and family. Burial in local church cemetery expected.
Dated accounts report solemn funeral services for several local residents. Bearers included Trandy English John OeN Petreh Fruitner and Craig and France hanion. Burials followed at St Agnes Cemetery with many family members attending.
A heart attack that proved fatal to a worker named in a local notice. The obituary mentions surviving wife Mrs Elta Lits Kneller and other relatives. Funeral services and burial were scheduled at a Lutheran church and Wood Town Cemetery.
Stanley Labenchi died after months of ill health. Funeral services will be held at 2 PM Monday at the Sacred Heart Church, with burial at Sacred Heart Cemetery. Born in Poland, he lived in Syracuse 60 years and was a longtime Sacred Heart parishioner and member of St Albert's Social Club. Survived by wife Cer, two daughters, eight grandchildren, one son, and a brother, all of Syracuse.
Funeral services were held Saturday for Edwin Pichard Dawon longtime treasurer of Dawson Brothers Construction Company who died Thursday in the basement of his home at 1507 South Ceddes Street. Services began at 9:30 AM at the family residence and a solemn high mass followed at 10 oclock Most Holy Polars Church with Rev Migr hos and C McDowell as celebrant, assisted by Rev John Dale deacon and Rev D Gerard Horan subdeacon. A large group of priests attended in the sanctuary. Burial took place in St Agnes Cemetery where communal services were read by Father Delev and Father Horan. Bearers were Dr Howard Schemel, Grover Swift, Charles Woodworth, Joseph Logan, and Joseph Lawton.
A fragmented OCR list appears with multiple personal names and ages tied to various towns such as Ithaca Oswego Seneca Falls and Verona. The items resemble a directory or notices page with individuals including Thomas Nolan 62 Ithaca John Holt 83 Rome and Nellie Van Matter 68 Seneca Falls, among others, but many characters are garbled or incomplete.
Police blamed members of a socialist youth group for street clashes that injured 56 people, mostly students, amid confrontations near the national university. Revolver shots fired as stones flew during the melee, with the United Localist Youth group linked to the ruling party identified.
Preparations for Ireland defense were stepped up in Phoenix Park near American Minister David Gray’s residence. Stakes were driven into the ground to prevent landing of planes and barricades erected to shield the area as part of a broad volunteer defense drive.
A radio man continued airing after a candle tragedy in New York on June 15. A Chinese laundry worker’s son, Dan Mebam, was found shot dead in a rear bedroom of the shop. Police traced two gunshot wounds to his chest. the killer remains at large.
The Site accut committee of the American Legion seeks discharge of all service members or slaves who are Communists or members of the German American Bund. The act adopted yesterday by the Governor Lehman Grice A Peavy president of the State Car Service Commission and Thomas J Miengan chancellor of Vine Board of Regents outlines the purge.
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