Fire and Police Heroes to Be Awarded Medals at City Hall
Two firemen and two policemen will receive four medals for exemplary service at a ceremony on the steps of City Hall Saturday. Awards include the Arthur Jenkins Medal, the Syracuse Herald Journal Medal, and two Hendricks medals. Recipients are Fire Chief Edward D. Gilmour, Patrolman Anthony J. Cizewski, Patrolman Thomas J. Hurley, and Fire Lieutenant Ernest Lee Hill.
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City Hall
Arthur Jenkins
Syracuse Herald - Journal
Francis Hendricks
Arthur Jenkins Award
Edward D. Gilmour
Engine Oe Sae T Caregename
Herald-Journal
Anthony J. Cizewski
Hendricks
Thomas J. Hurley
Ernest Lee Hilk
Truck Co
E. A. O'Hara
Herald - Journal
Jenkins
Alavor Feask J. Costello
Gilmour
Franklin Sr
Berwick Ay
Hurley
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Cedar Sit
Henrietta Smith
Gil
WFBL
Coplon Says Visa Hinted End Of Russia Trip In 1948
Judith Coplon testified during her spy trial that she considered visiting Russia in 1948 but abandoned the idea after concluding she could not obtain a visa. Under cross examination she said she asked an automotive travel agency about going to Russia and admitted discussing the plan with a State Department employee, but she never claimed she would apply for a visa.
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Washington
INS
Judith Coplon
Russia
Miss Coplon
Proszeeutor
John B. Kelley
Kelley
American Automobile Association Travel Agency
Today’s Features at Alger Hiss Con victed in Perjury Trial
Marquis Childs notes that a guilty verdict in the Hiss perjury trial will be seen by many as a verdict against the Roosevelt era and the New Deal architects. The piece appears with a column on the editorial page and mentions other features and pages in the newspaper.
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Alger Hiss
Marquis Childs
Cornell Rochester Defy House Book List Request
Several New York colleges submitted required text book lists to the House Un American Activities Committee, but Cornell University and the University of Rochester balked at the demand. Committee Chairman Wood cited Sons of the American Revolution complaints as the probe’s basis, while the inquiry signals appeared to stall before full action.
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New York
Congressional Investigation
Cornell University
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House Un-American Activities Committee
Committee
Wood
D-Ga
Sons of the American Revolution
Cornnell
Edmund Ezra Day i
Rain Likely Tomorrow With Scattered Showers
Weather officials warn of rain in the afternoon from a cool start yesterday. Scattered showers or thunderstorms expected as southeast winds 16 to 20 mph push in warmer air with a high near 17 degrees and a low around eel.
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U. S
UN official probes arrest attempt in Prague
A United Nations official arrived from Geneva to investigate local police efforts to arrest a Czechoslovak citizen employed by the UN. Clay Rytter the UN Information Center director in Prague said comment could not be obtained on the case linked to murdoch and refuge at the center from Security Police as trials proceed in Czechoslovakia.
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Czechoslovakia
United Nations
Geneva
Clay Rytter
UN Information Center
Lake Success
Murdoch
South Africa Negotiate for Joint Loan Underlining Stability
Parliament learned that the Union of South Africa government is negotiating for a joint loan but not as a distressed borrower. The report frames the move as prudent financing rather than emergency borrowing.
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Capetown
INL
Union of South Africa
Bigger Idle Fund Is Asked For State Grants
Washington reports the House Appropriations Committee recommended an extra 33 million dollars for state employment security programs to handle unemployment claims and potential workload. The funds are part of a 127 million dollar deficiency bill awaiting House action next week, including 7.5 million repayable later for shipping surplus military equipment to Iran and 31.36 million for State Department programs in Korea. Additional items cover foot and mouth disease eradication along the Mexican border and cattle tick eradication in Florida and Georgia.
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House Appropriations Committee
House
Iran
State Department
Korea
Mexican
Florida
Georgia
Truman Signs Bill to Fund Pay for Federal Workers
President Truman signed an 862.563 million appropriation to pay thousands of temporary federal employees and 5.4 million to rebuild or repair the White House. The measure provides funds for agencies that exhausted their regular appropriations as the current fiscal year ends this month.
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Washington
Free Parking Lot Opens on N Salina Street
The city opened its first free municipal parking lot at N Salina Street and Oswego Boulevard at 8 AM. It quickly reached two thirds capacity with 200 spaces available and another 100 in a nearby area. Baror Frank J. Costello and Ernest R. Deming presided as officials announced further free lots may follow downtown.
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N. Salina'st
Oswego Bivd
CLES
Vane Authority
Baror Frank J. Costello
Ernest R. Deming
N. Salina St
Oswego Blvd
Fuelless Australia Shivers in Winter
Eastern Australia shivers as coal is rationed and heating curtailed amid threatened mine strikes. Five southern Alpine towns near Canberra are snowbound after a heavy blizzard. Sydney reports four days of reduced heat with temperatures at 28 degrees.
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Sydney
Australia
Australa
Southern Alps
Canberra
U S Says 86 War Ships Loaned to Russia May Not Return
The Maritime Commission testifying before the House Appropriations Committee said it believes the United States may never recover 86 ships loaned to Russia during World War II. General manager Charles D. Marshall stated the hope of retrieval exists but is nearly hopeless.
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Washington
Maritime Commission
United States
Russia
House Appropriations Committee
Charles D. Marshall
Commission
Vatican cites torture of Romanian Uniate bishops by Reds
A Vatican source reports two leading Uniate bishops in Romania were tortured by Communist officials to force allegiance to Orthodox or to the faith of the state. Six bishops, including Msgr Ion Suciu, were interned in Orthodox monasteries, with Suciu reported missing after alleged torture in Budapest.
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Romania
Pius XX
Ion Suciu
Fegaras
Albia -Julia
Luciu
Pius XII
Caladarusani
Bucharest
Monsignor i Suciz
Ministry of the Interior
Budapest
Monsig‘ior Aftenie
Interior Ministry
Czech Archbishop Faces Fresh Warning Over Subversive Ties
Archbishop Josef Beran and fellow bishops were charged by the trade union newspaper Prace with continuing subversive activity amid a stiff government warning. Premier Zapotocky had voiced similar threats two days earlier, accusing priests of pressuring Catholic Action supporters and threatening excommunication.
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Czechoslovakia
Josef Beran
Prace
Antonin Zapotocky
Fire breaks out in Met balcony. summer closing likely
A fire erupted in the third balcony of the Metropolitan Opera House in midtown Manhattan last night causing about 10 000 in damage. Police estimate 7000 people were at the scene as thick smoke poured from the six story brick building and the Met remained closed for the summer.
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Metropolitan Opera House
Met
Midtown Manhattan
Pilot and Stewardess Save 43 On Crashed Airliner
In Memphis the pilot Capt. E Hatch and stewardess Miss Yvonne Hanavan were credited with saving all 43 aboard after a Convair crashed on the edge of a field. Hatch brought the burning two engine plane to a controlled stop just under a wire. Hanavan organized quick passenger evacuation as firefighters arrived. Seventeen injured were treated and released. twenty remained hospitalized, with officials optimistic for full recoveries. The flight originated Fort Worth and was bound for New York when the accident occurred.
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Lves
American Airlines
E. Hatch
Memphis
Yvonne Hanavan
Lindsey
Cali
Hatch
Hanavan
Pal
Nashville
Fort Worth
Tex
New York
2584Th Air
Golfer Finds 9200 Dollars Then Loses Round
Utica College senior Robert W. Lake Jr found 9000 dollars in U.S. savings bonds on the Valley View course and 200 in 320 bills on the 16th fairway. He alerted the bonds’ owner Ray Anton of New Hartford who confirmed the loss and paid a reward. The finder said the incident ruined his golf game as he finished poorly. In a separate, unrelated report Rene Didion was stabbed by a cook at the Four Pavillions restaurant in Bordeaux. the cook was arrested and Didiou hospitalized.
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Rooney
Bordeaux
France
Rene Didion
Four Pavillions
Didiou
2 Way Probe Of Floggings In Alabama
The Justice Department and Congress launch a joint inquiry into hooded gang flogging incidents in Alabama. Rep. Celler, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, assigns a civil rights attorney to aid the study while maintaining independent department work.
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Justice Department
Congress
Alabama
Rep
CeNer
House Judiciary Committee
Department
Celler
Department of Justice
Acheson to Take Aid Plea to House
Secretary of State Acheson travels to the House to press for quick action on European rearmament after a Senate visit. He will appear before the House Foreign Affairs Committee following yesterday's briefing to the Senate Foreign Relations group on the Paris foreign ministers conference.
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Staite
Tax Commission Urges Prompt Reporting of Federal Income Changes
State Tax Commission warns New Yorkers to report within 90 days any net income changes made by Uncle Sam on federal returns. When filing an amended federal return, taxpayers must file a similarly amended state return. New law also requires reporting within 60 days after final determination any changes from renegotiated government contracts or subcontracts.
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State Tax Commission
U. S
State Commission
Uncle Sam
Llaw
Commission
Plane Crash Kills 24 Aboard Dutch Airliner
A four engine KLM airliner returning from the Netherlands East Indies to Amsterdam crashed into the water near Meri harbor. At least 24 people died with 27 believed aboard. Rescue boats recovered 16 men five women and three children. Survivors were thrown clear as the fuselage sank in 325 feet of stormy seas.
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Far East
Zames
Initio Meri Harbor
KLM
Netherlands East Indies
Amrdem
Apparentiri
Davenport Judge Quits Over Salary Rage Wit Clash
A. G. Bush of Davenport, a federal judge who resigned due to salary concerns, spoke of hating rude lawyers and praising wit in court. In a Washington exchange, a Davenport lawyer taunted a witness about pay, prompting the humorous riposte that implied lower pay, and thus less lying.
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Davenport
Washington
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