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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1943
Page
3
Texas and Harris County authorities imposed martial law in a riot damaged area. 2400 peace officers patrolled as clashes left two dead, one white and one Black, with houses burned in the Negro quarter and curfew arrests made.
A mood driven flood along the Rio Plata swept through San Juan and surrounding areas drowning an undetermined number. The aqueduct failed temporarily and two power plants were flooded cutting electricity to the island’s north. The hardest hit areas were near Caguas and Bayamon. Relief was dispatched by Red Cross director Antonio R Silva.
Thomas J. Corcoran of the War Manpower Commission will preside over the Syracuse Area War Training Council meeting at the Y M C A this afternoon. City state and federal agencies will discuss war production training and Romeo Collins will speak as state representative of the Training Within Industry program.
Ten thousand members of the Women's Defense Corps of America pledge to go stockingless this summer to aid national defense. National commander Mrs. Nellie Bosworth said patriotic women should join to keep materials and manpower from being diverted to decorative stockings.
Eleven Turkish air force officers will travel to America for advanced training with the United States air forces. Four will study bombardment, five will study fighter tactics, and two others complete its curriculum.
Arthur B. Horton 41 of Millburn died at Overlook Hospital after being driven 90 miles from Beekman New York. Police say Horton gave two differing accounts of how the burns occurred. The driver identified is John Cahoit of Mount Remelend New Jersey. Duchess County Sheriff says deputies will arrest Cahoit in a second degree arson case.
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