Presidency reshapes staff after Wile D curtails role
The president reshapes the staff and assigns new duties as Wile D’s role is reduced. Officials announce changes aimed at improving efficiency and organizational focus across departments.
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1945
Page
18
The president reshapes the staff and assigns new duties as Wile D’s role is reduced. Officials announce changes aimed at improving efficiency and organizational focus across departments.
Walter McGuinness notes three weeks left in the Mighty Seventh War Loan. Onondaga County trails district and state in E bond sales but officials predict a late surge to meet quotas. County totals show strong progress with district and state gaps shrinking as campaigns highlight individual bond purchases and upcoming events.
Onondaga bond sales log details an accusation case involving individuals named Craig and Lund. The fragment notes a financial instrument and municipal debt context with limited readable specifics. Further context is needed to clarify parties and outcome.
Lawrence Cappeletti, decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross, urges Syracuse residents to invest in War Bonds to accelerate victory and bring loved ones home. He speaks of overseas suffering and the need to support the war effort, noting many locals have relatives overseas.
Syracuse plans to restore a back door ash and rubbish collection as manpower allows. Mayor Thomas Kennedy said a curb collection remains main, with a second contract to move cans from back door to curb and return. The twice weekly service would run June to October to handle summer waste.
The report shows the Central district quota at 524,500,000 with date stamps and totals. County quotas sum to 3,785,000 and overall percent of quota reached is 45.0 percent. Nine counties are included in the Central District.
The American Labor Party announces a three cornered Syracuse mayoralty ticket with Frank J. Costello George M Haight and Stanley G Valenti as designees. Onondaga Democrats postpone their ticket after Thomas J Corcoran withdrawal and await a complete lineup including council president and municipal court judge choices.
William B. Mangin announced that Syracuse and Eastern Bus Lines will skip the Bradford Hills tour this summer and run direct-service buses on a 60 day trial starting July 2. The Salt Springs route will be used with a loop via E Genesee Street Crawford Avenue Euclid Drive Hurlbut Road and Meadowbrook Drive. The previous tour included the site of the new Jesuit College and Elmcrest Children's Center.
City engineers say more than 36 miles of trolley tracks remain in streets though the last car was removed five years ago. Since 1934 two thirds of 57.29 miles have been removed, with WPA help and a 1942 sale to Syracuse Transit Corp for $1. The article notes the move to complete removal amid repaving plans.
Lt. Col. Tyree C Wyatt, a Syracuse pediatrician and medical college teacher, returns on a 20 day hospital leave from England to celebrate Father’s Day with his three daughters Nan, Jane and Mary. The scene shows a relieved family and a grateful, affectionate reunion after two and a half years apart.
Dominic Melica, 46, of 207 Hickory St chased a dog into Burnet Park pool and was bitten in the calf. Melica worked for the Department of Public Works at the pool. The pool was array at the time, Patrolman Harold Seib reported.
The Onondaga Park pool will open at 1 PM tomorrow and stay open daily after reports of two young girls nearly drowning and a pool incident. Commissioner William A. Barry cited heat and a weather drop as factors influencing the early opening and noted the pool would operate until evening.
The Weather Bureau announced Syracuse’s Crouse-Hinds will produce most ceilometers for 115 airports, enabling day and night measurement of cloud ceilings up to four miles. Federal officials praised the invention as a major aviation-era breakthrough, with General Electric also involved in manufacturing.
Patrolman Norbert Miller encountered two men angling at Elmwood Park. He ordered them to stop and sought guidance on the law since no posting was found. He asked them to discontinue until he could verify the rule.
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