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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1946
Page
2
Coast Guard and a plane searched Lake Ontario for two 17 year old pupils, Earl Boardway and John McComb, missing since Friday after an 18 foot sailboat trip. Parents say they planned a short sail and were due back the same day.
Senate labor chair James E. Murray urged forming a presidential commission to study possible new labor legislation rather than leaving the task to Congress. The report also notes other items on labor costs and energy policy amid a broad national news roundup.
Dr Joseph Browne Cooke 78 retired surgeon and former obstetrics professor at New York Polyclinic Medical School and associate editor of Medical Critic died in Cosperstown Beland C Speers longtime New York correspondent who covered the Teapot Dome scandal died in Washington Tucker Brooke 63 Yale Shakespearean scholar and English professor died in New Haven Conn
A Foreign Office spokesman said Britain accepts the State Department's 25 year plan to oversee Japan with reservations. Attlee's cabinet approved the principle though reservations were not disclosed. In Australia coal shortages halve power and gas rationing hits four populous states disrupting rail and tram services. Scotland Yard hunts former RAF officer linked to the slaying of Margery Gardner.
The Arab League announced a decree forbidding import, buying and selling Zionist made goods from Palestine with penalties up to life terms at hard labor. In Tokyo, Mizuno urged resignation of men over war duties. In London Lily Pons and Andre Kostelanetz were presented to the royal family after concerts. In Jerusalem a military court began the trial of 31 Irgun Zvai Leumi members on arms and explosives charges.
In a detailed account, Eisenhower describes Pas-de-Calais opposition, the Falaise pocket, and battles west of the Rhine. He notes Stalin’s input shaping the spring drive, the air and naval support, and the risks of the Ardennes counteroffensive. He explains command choices for Montgomerie Bradley and Devers during the Remagen bridge seizure.
Meat week during wartime with Japan sees 10 packing plants buying only 14 000 cattle at ceiling prices. Coal miners in Western Pennsylvania Eastern Kentucky and Southern Illinois threaten to strike for more meat. Ashland Kentucky official calls shortages critical as miners rely on company stores. Gillespie Illinois union predicts a no meat no work stance if shortages persist. Packers blame farmers for withholding livestock while farmers and unions blame packers for creating shortages to press price controls.
Pravda argues that the United Nations requires equal party influence and that critics seek U.S. dominance by forcing powers to abandon sovereignty. It cites Izakov-Salid on atomic bomb production in the United States, noting private monopolies like Du Pont control stages of development and historic ties to I G Farbanindustrie.
The column ruminates on a royal wedding and boxing matchups such as Jacobs vs O Toole while noting Washington voices and a light mood despite jitters. It also mentions the National Pickle Packers Association predicting 17 percent more pickles and a wary take on atom bomb policy.
Bill Hart faced a custody and estate dispute with Frost granted sole control of the Hart estate after a career defining Western star era. Hart retired to a California ranch after film success ending his screen days amid public scrutiny of paternity claims and a later court ruling restoring a trust fund while his fame endured from the silent era.
Dutch authorities charged Japanese Col. Akira Nomura with illegal possession of property tied to a $30 million theft of East Indian jewels gold and cash. About $6.6 million of the loot has been recovered.
A submarine earth fault caused a damaging quake centered off Vancouver Island. Buildings wrecked and thousands panicked across western Washington and British Columbia. A 69-year-old man, Jacob L. Kingaton, died of a heart attack when the Smith Tower began to sway in Seattle.
Wolcott expressed optimism a final OPA extension could be agreed within an hour and sent to the Senate. Conferees sought time to discuss with nonmembers and to coordinate with the rules committee on the British loan bill. If approved tonight the House would vote tomorrow and then the Senate, where a filibuster risk exists.
The Big Four discuss the Haitian Yugoslav border and the Italian peace treaty. Ministers hold morning and afternoon sessions with no reported disagreements on Austrian Italian and French Italian frontiers. Debate centers on distribution of surplus Italian naval units as Russians and Western Allies clash over ship allocations and newer vessels for the Allies.
London. an American Airlines public relations officer said Earl Browder was placed under surveillance by British immigration officials after landing at Croydon from Paris without a British transit visa. The official said the matter has been fixed and Browder is scheduled to depart for the United States Tuesday.
Prosecution witness Tomin Suzuki testified before the international war crimes tribunal that less than two months before Pearl Harbor Hideki Tojo promised Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo he would back a policy for peaceful settlement with the United States. The claim suggests Tojo undermined near the start of Japan’s war with the United States.
The Army Ground Forces offer 200 trades and a path to a successful career. Over 750,000 have enlisted. For full details visit the nearest Army Camp Post or U S Army Recruiting Station.
The test flight rehearsed an atom bomb drop with 120 vessels and 292 men at Bikini Lagoon. Adm Blandy ordered the exercise to simulate Kwajalein takeoff conditions for a real B 29 mission next week. A muffled blast produced a red orange fireball and a rising white cloud as observers watched from ships and shore.
The prosecution charged Col. Hardin Sweeney with bias and sought removal from the U S military court trying Col. James A. Kilian for cruel and unusual punishment at the Lichfield guard house in England. The demand was dropped after a clash in which Sweeney denied prejudice.
Betty Klein, in a dripping two piece bathing suit, reported a car break in at Hyde Park police station. She said a thief stole her clothing and a purse containing a blackjack and several arrest slips.
In Tokyo and Yokohama ceremonies will mark Independence Day with parades and reviews. A 8-gun salute is planned on the imperial palace plaza after a review of U.S. troops likely led by Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger, commander of the Eighth Army.
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