High Court Upholds Tax on Telephone Equipment
The Court of Appeals upheld lower court rulings that outside station apparatus of the New York Telephone Company in New York State is taxable by local authorities. The Syracuse assessment of about 700000 for 1940 is a test case signaling roughly 7000000 in annual state revenue for localities.
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Herald-Journal Bureau
Albany
Court of Appeals
New York Telephone Company
New York State
Syrac
Telephone Company
William F. Canough
Syracuse Commissioner of
Syracuse
Lewis
Appellate Division
Fourth Department
Finch
Ferris
Feitner
Ernest I. Edgecomb
Supreme Court
Jesse E. Kingsley
James C. Tormey
George R. Fearon
Bankrupt Jeweler Flato Lists Glittering Creditors
Paul E. Flato jeweler and designer filed for involuntary bankruptcy with liabilities of 505,662 and assets of 218,848. Notable creditors include Marlene Dietrich 50.99 Ginger Rogers 563.65 Constance Bennet 377.40 Miriam Hopkins 396.55 Gloria Swanson 692.12 Gloria Vanderbilt De Ciceco 3098.56 Pat Cicco 631.25 Nelson Rockefeller 1320 Mrs James V Forrestal 32 Mrs James Simms Kelly 385 and husband 1447 Mrs Alfred G Vanderbilt 1096. Fiato facing grand larceny charges over pawning jewelry. he pleads innocent and is free on 7500 bail.
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New York
Paul E. Flato
Marlene Dietrich
Ginger Rogers
Constance Bennet
Miriam Hopkins
Gloria Swanson
Gloria Vanderbilt de Ciceco
Pat Cicco
Nelson Rockefeller
James V. Forrestal
the Navy
James Simms Kelly
Brenda Frazier
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Fiato
New Alcohol Plant Opens in Thorold Ontario
Officials from Canada and the United States inspected a new industrial alcohol plant in Thorold Ont. developed by the Ontario Paper Company to remove liquor from sulphite pulp. The facility will produce 600000 gallons annually for export mainly to the United States for synthetic rubber.
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Canada
Thorold
Ont
Ontario Paper Company
Chicago Tribune
United States
School Bus Hit by Car injures no one at Chittenango Station
An automobile driven by Ibovis Bruno of Canastota skidded into the rear of a school bus carrying 45 children at Chittenango Station about 4 10 PM yesterday. No injuries, but the car was wrecked on the right side. Edwin Hildreth of Chittenango was the bus driver.
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Ibovis Bruno
Canastota
Chittenango Station
Noone
W. C. Zant
Cazenovia
Pupils Told War Service Is Duty Now
The 43rd annual commencement at Christian Brothers Academy in Syracuse features remarks by Brother Albert and Col Hans Christian Adamson. Forty five seniors graduate as awards honor scholars in religion science languages and history. Gold keys and four year and one year scholarships are announced for several students. Sailor on leave Walter Stafron of Oswego spends leave with wife after basic training at Sampson.
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Brother Albert
Manhattan College
St. Mary’s College
California
Christian Brothers Academy
Walter A. Foery
Brother A. Francis
Albert
Syracuse
Carl P. Pilla
Hans Christian ‘Adamson
Eddie Rickenbacker
Pacific
Henry J. Krisch
Renesselaer Polytechnic Alumni Society
John J. Costello
Most Holy Rosary School
Richard ©. Seifert
St. Brigid’s School
Oswego
Walter Stafron
West Cayuga Street
Sampson Naval Training Station
Police hunt youths who fled on tracks after car chase
Central New York police search for two youths who abandoned a 1931 coach on West Manlius Street East Syracuse and fled on the New York Central tracks toward Messina Springs. Patrolman Michael Garvey tailed them to the bridge, but they leaped out and ran on the tracks in shirt sleeves.
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New York
New York Central
Messina Springs Bridge
James Street
Michael Garvey
Syracuse
Garvey
Irving Guyette
Grant Boulevard
Guyette
West Manlius Street
Setare Garvey
I Garvey
Bowers Named Geddes GOP Chairman After Death
William H. Bowers, Republican pick for district attorney, elected chairman of Geddes Republican committee replacing the late Charles R. Tindall. Francis Gleason elected town committee secretary succeeding James T. Cosgrove who resigned to join the American Red Cross. Gleason is clerk for the town board.
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Bowers
Geddes
William H. Bowers
Charles R. Tindall
Francis Gleason
Charles Avenue
James T. Cosgrove
Iecently
American Red Cross Service
Gleason
War Course Arranged in Elementary Electrical Engineering
Syracuse University offers a War Training program course in elementary electrical engineering. It begins Monday at 7 PM in Room 16 College of Applied Science with free tuition and 32 sessions, meeting twice weekly under the U S Office of Education. Admission requires a four year high school background or equivalent experience. Registration is at the War Training Office.
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15th Ward GOP Endorses Two Incumbents for Reelection
At the 15th Ward Republican meeting chaired by City Clerk George K. Hancock Eli Gingold and Councilman Jacob E. Rosenberg were unanimously endorsed for reelection to their current posts.
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15Th Ward
GOP
Republican Committee
15Th
George K. Hancock
Eli Gingold
Jacob E. Rosenberg
Driver Hurt In Car Crash In Madison Street Incident
Francis J. Nagy 31 of 410 Cherry Street, milk truck driver for Golden Guernsey, narrowly escaped serious injury when his vehicle struck a parked car in the 700 block of Madison Street after noon Thursday, moments after grazing a pedestrian. Albert T. Laass 59 of 403 Helen Street suffered severe cuts to his left hand as the truck brushed him but remained otherwise unharmed.
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Francis J. Nagy
Cherry Street
Golden Guernsey Milk Company
Madison Street
Irving Avenue
Albert T. Laass
Helen Street
W Nagy
Nagy
Milk bottles crash through windshield after truck incident
Patrolman John Holihan issued Nagy a summons for reckless driving after 1600 quart milk bottles flew from the truck’s rear and shattered the front windshield. Fire records report a Priday 10:23 A.M. alarm at Cedar Sheet for defective wiring and slight damage.
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John Holihan
Nagy
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