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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1946
Page
2
In New York a 60 year old widow, Geraldine Bucket, died after leaping or falling from a seventh floor apartment window. Police found torn will fragments naming $1,400,000. The body was found in a rear courtyard.
Senate approval comes by voice vote after brief opposition as Fred M. Vinson secures the chief justice post. The administration’s top troubleshooter takes the seat, promising steady leadership in the high court.
Deaths include William L. Geppert 64 Cumberland News editor and AP chair in Maryland Antoine de Sala art expert former French Embassy member in Antibes John B Canning 84 retired pastor and Hebrew scholar in New Jersey Nakader Strelsky 53 Vassar Slavonic literature professor in Poughkeepsie Clarence A Loftus 60 Jersey City racing enthusiast and horse owner.
In Cairo Ahmed El Sukary of the Moslem Brotherhood calls for freeing Jerusalem's refugee Mufti. He praises the Mufti as a great Arab leader who escaped France and found sanctuary in Egypt. In Paris Bidault offers wage increases of 10 percent to certain groups, withholding larger raises from the CGT and other unions.
Siamese authorities will remove King Ananda Mahidol remains from a golden urn in Dusit Hall for examination possibly including X rays to trace the death. Eight medical witnesses testified before the commission prior to the decision.
The UN Economic and Social Council debated international security plans with Baruch and a Russian proposal. It rejected a Yugoslav bid for a general fact finding commission and thwarted a Greek inquiry on missing nationals. The IRO constitution was approved pending ratification and a 20 nation budget was set for refugee care. A war-devastated areas commission was formed, excluding Japan and Germany. Recess follows until Aug 26 before the General Assembly on Sept 3.
The four powers backed delaying colonies decision by a year and reference to the United Nations. Italy would renounce colonial sovereignty with four power control pending agreement or UN reference. A four member commission was named to study details.
The proposal outlines disarmament steps for Japan, restricting arms bases and enabling only civil police with limited explosives for industry. An international control commission would inspect and enforce demilitarization, with common agreement military action for violations. The treaty would take effect after ratification and could renew after 25 years based on Japan’s democratic reconstruction progress.
Walter Kiernan reports on global tensions and political wit in a summer session gossip piece. The column jokes about pin men and Oscar the actor while noting Franco and Soviet veto power shaping world peace debates amid Palestine riots and China civil war.
Government wage accord raises miners pay by 18 cents hourly and adds a five cent per ton levy for a health and welfare fund while vacation pay climbs to 100 dollars. OPA projects operator costs up 280.5 million and consumer burden of 222.75 million from 550 million tons produced. District ceilings vary with six day workweeks and cost standards. Ezra van Horn says no immediate meetings with Lewis are planned.
Cleveland City Hall employees resumed work after a one day strike. Two City Council committees set a meeting to discuss pay increase legislation and possible wage changes.
Sixty of eight German war prisoners who escaped from a Letellier Manitoba work camp have been recaptured. The latest to fall back into RCMP hands were Herman Schmidt and Fredrich Plavec, stopped 30 miles south of the U S border.
The Iceland government calls for continued occupation of bases by the United States until Iceland can take them over or until alternative arrangements are made. The report notes debate over strategic needs and postwar arrangements in London.
A well informed Icelandic source says the United States seeks long term leases on bases built there. The move could cause international diplomatic complications, which Icelanders wish to avoid.
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