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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1947
Page
2
Nineteen people were injured when a Brooklyn trolley collided with a truck and caught fire in the control box. Passengers panicked and smashed every window as the fire was quickly extinguished. Officials report none of the injuries were serious.
Alf M Landon 1936 Republican candidate called for real disarmament by all nations to avert another world war. He urged the removal of the UN Security Council veto and a world police force while addressing the Junior Chamber of Commerce in Philadelphia.
A high Arab source said the Arab Higher Executive would refuse King Abdullah’s appeal to end the boycott of the United Nations Palestine Inquiry Commission. Jamal El Husseini said daily events since the committee’s arrival prove they are right to not appear before it.
A heavy thunder shower drenched Parliament causing lawmakers to shelter as roofs leaked and four people were injured on the Thames embankment. South England crops damaged again and houses partially roofed amid near midnight darkness from storm clouds.
Dennis, leader of the Communist Party in the United States, faces contempt of Congress verdict after a federal jury convicted him for refusing to answer a House Un-American Activities Committee subpoena. His attorney plans an appeal, arguing the committee lacks legal standing and does not perform a legislative function. Dennis said, I have just begun to fight.
Death notices record Dr Joseph W A Stewart 95 former president of Rochester Theological Seminary and Baptist pastor in Rochester Viscount Bennett of Mickleham 76 conservative Canadian prime minister 1930 to 1935 in Dorking England Sir Henry Hudson Kitson 82 sculptor of the Minute Man statue and Pilgrim Maid in Tyringham Massachusetts Chepei Alan 63 Turkish minister to Canada died in New York City
In Jogyakarta Sjahrir quits as Indonesian cabinet head amid opposition, risking renewed Dutch-Indonesian conflict. Dutch spokesman in Batavia says Soekarno may seek arbitration via a third power or the United Nations, while Truman’s plane awaits delivery after a test flight of the new presidential transport.
Actress Mary Brian aged 36 married film editor George Tomasini yesterday in Santa Monica. Municipal Judge Orlando Rhodes officiated as the couple began their life together.
Walter Kiernan offers a political column noting a quiet summer ahead with labor bills settled and Henry Wallace resting until August. He cites a coal expert predicting 1,500 more years of coal and comments on Henry Wallace’s liberal stance, plus playful digs at Dewey and Taft.
Firefighters who cared for Spot the stray dog honored the mongrel mascot by carrying his casket atop a red fire engine to the pet cemetery. Spot died of pneumonia at six years old after wandering into the station and adopting the department.
MEMPHIS two doctors performed a rare operation on Navy veteran Johnnie Bridges from Bessemer Alabama at Kennedy Veterans Hospital. Dr Felix Hughes held Bridges heart in his hand and peeled away feathery tissue to relieve pressure from constrictive pericarditis. The operation saved him from a lingering death and Bridges remains under treatment but is doing well.
The Ronald Reagans, with Mrs. Reagan known as Jane Wyman, welcomed a baby girl three months early on Thursday. Both mother and child are reported well. The couple’s other children are Maureen aged 6 and Michael aged 2.
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