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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1948
Page
2
In Poughkeepsie Mayor Horace S. Graham backs a Public Works garbage truck at 7 AM amid a feud with ash and garbage contractor Vincent J. Sucato over contract compliance. Streets are piled with boxes uncollected since last Monday.
Hoboken police form a ladylike or kid glove squad to turn away drunks at waterfront ferry slips as New York bars close at 3 AM and Hoboken stays open until 6 AM. Police Chief Dennis McFeely notes crowds seeking one more drink cross the river.
The yuan tumbled to an all time low in Tientsin with one dollar fetching about 3 million yuan. Gasoline rose to 610,000 yuan per gallon and commodity prices fell roughly half on average. International tensions and local battles flare across Greece and China as troops move and rebels clash.
Four year old girl battles for life in hospital after father Mary Williams confesses to beating wife Hattie Lucille Williams and the child with rocks, pushing them off a Puget Sound cliff. Sheriff Warnock recounts the dramatic rescue and the family’s recent move from Tulsa County Oklahoma.
In the run up to the party convention the Pennsylvania delegation reflects a split between Taft and Dewey camps with Dewey managers seeking to peel away Duff and others. Georgia’s seating decision and Stassen’s push for veteran support shape the contest as Illinois and Indiana weigh toward Taft, while Vandenberg looms as a potential compromise candidate.
Mayors of Los Angeles Gary Crestline and others condemned Taft for calling whistle stops. Democratic National Committee released 35 whistle stop dates while residents debated the remark. Local leaders argued the phrase misrepresents towns and cited welcoming crowds and transit routines.
Donald B. MacMillan leads 16 crew aboard Bowdoin, a 66 ton schooner, on a 8,000 mile three month Arctic cruise to Kane Basin. The expedition, cosponsored by Bowdoin College and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, includes Mrs. MacMillan and 10 green hands.
The fugitives Shurman and Strom, linked to multiple bank robberies totaling about 26000 dollars, were arrested in New York City after state and Syracuse police traced them from a roadblock in Syracuse. Wzesinski confessed to a Gary Indiana murder tied to the loot dispute. The pair faced arraignment in Manhattan Felony Court amid weapons found at the hideout and a large ammunition cache.
Alabama rights Democrats formed a permanent anti Tr uman group to oppose civil rights measures in 1948 and beyond. Horace Wilkinson said the group will carry out Southern and Alabama Democrats wishes, pledging to oppose Truman any civil rights ally and to push a strong states rights platform.
Illinois Democratic leaders report President Truman is gaining votes in the 50 member delegation. Jacob M. Arvey notes momentum toward Truman, and Edward J. Kelly says many delegates not for Truman are now backing him. The 72 member delegation remains officially unpledged and will caucus in Chicago before the Philadelphia convention.
A statewide search is underway for 14 year old William Leroy LaMore son of William Angus LaMore missing since Tuesday morning. He was last seen getting off a school bus at Moira High School wearing a blue short sleeve shirt blue jeans and gray sneakers. Three younger brothers saw him exit the bus but he did not report for classes at Moira High School.
Nineteen year-old Ann Elizabeth Gray who was to wed Willard Goodfellow of Windsor died after a short illness. Funeral Monday will see her buried in her wedding gown and veil. The couple had postponed the wedding until after her upcoming birthday on July 23.
Bargaining to restart today in the East and Gulf Coast maritime dispute under a Federal Court order. Judge John W. Clancy extended a 10 day restraining period preventing a union strike until next Thursday and directed both sides to report progress on that date.
Obituary notice for Conal Holmes O Connell O Riordan aged 75 a novelist and playwright and director of Dublin s Abbey Theatre who died in London. Also notes Dr Walter A Knittle aged 42 director of adult education for City College of New York formerly history teacher at Indiana and Pennsylvania universities in New York City.
The lengthy Taylor-Langer filibuster stretched 17 hours from 4:37 P.M. yesterday to 9:39 A.M. today as lawmakers debated the European recovery plan and other disputed measures. Senators rested in cloakrooms while Brewster and Ives clashed over seating and the vote, ending with the ruling that the passage was void.
In Los Angeles Japanese American Susan Suzuko Nagumo, among jurors chosen for Tomoya Kawakita’s treason case, says she can be fair despite family wartime removals and a 1940 trip to Japan. Kawakita faces accusations of brutalities at a Northern Honshu POW camp. defense seeks transfer to Japan, denied by Judge Mathes. Testimony to resume next week with witnesses from Japan and returning GIs who knew him as “Meatball.”
The U S post office reports rural mail carriers cover more than 1 430 000 miles each day in delivering mail.
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