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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1946
Page
2
Severe thunder and lightning storm cut electric service across Elmira and Chemung County. Power restoration was expected today with lines down and trees uprooted after lightning struck electrical facilities. Nearby areas awaited return of service as engineers assessed damage.
A far Eastern Commission draft to aid General Douglas MacArthur in shaping a new Japanese constitution nears completion after talks at the old Japanese embassy. In other notes, Denmark allows a civilian U S Weather Bureau station in northwest Greenland, unconnected with bases or 1941 accords. President Truman to attend Roosevelt memorial at Capitol Hill Monday. Also reported: Lt. Loss, Ra’gaan march survivor, reenlists after discharge. rubber workers in Akron push for higher wages amid control concerns. Mrs Joan Moore seeks annulment in Rockford over alleged Army coerced marriage. husband claims an early marriage to legitimize an out of wedlock child.
President Truman named Ambassador Claude G. Bowers as his personal representative at the funeral of Chilean President Carlos Ibáñez del Campo’s successor? Rios. The move signals U.S. official participation in Chilean affairs and honors the late Chilean leadership.
Death notices describe Wands Gag 53 artist author and illustrator of children books in New York Grace May Wheeler Lawrence 87 New York newspaper columnist of the 1890s who wrote Random Memoirs in Norwalk Conn John C Clark 83 former New York State Supreme Court justice and longtime president of the State Civil Service Commission Antoinette Perry 58 Broadway director known for Harvey Personal Appearance Serving Zero and Kiss the Boys Goodbye in New York
Gen. Dusan Simovic testified at Mihailovic’s trial that he made three attempts to end hostilities between Mihailovic and Tito’s forces. He disclosed efforts as early as autumn 194?, seeking Russian mediation and intervention to halt Yugoslav internecine conflict. Australia seeks UK support for Canberra Pacific conference on island territories and bases with broad participation including the US and several nations.
John H Marshall, 30, a British veteran, was arrested and charged with the murder of Kathleen Lindsay whose nude body was found in a cheap London hotel room. Marshall confessed. the two had registered as husband and wife the night before. The body was found yesterday.
Moscow reports reveal a state controlled audit finds dishonest handling of prize funds in the incentive system. Directors and subordinates falsified production reports to justify illegal prize payments, diverting large sums to themselves. Twenty six individuals are named in the nationwide crackdown as a warning to industry.
The National Association of Manufacturers charged that the Budget Bureau’s January and May 1947 expenditure estimates differ by about two billion dollars. NAM says the January tally credits treasury accounts at 802 million while the May figure shows 2.8 billion in treasury borrowing, and questions the unexplained cash balance change as a possible shift in the Bureau’s stance over four months.
Stichman will inspect work Wednesday as 50 more units are completed. Governor Dewey arrives Tuesday night and will tour the air base housing, Auburn project, and return to Syracuse. He will speak at New Hartford Independence Day and approved $48,000 to convert relocated barracks at Binghamton into 13 family units with other veteran and college appropriations.
President Truman nominated Martin G. White of Texas to be solicitor for the Interior Department. The slate also includes George F. Luthringer of New Jersey as alternate U S delegate to the IMF executive director for a two year term. Additional nominations cover Daniel O. Omer as general counsel and head of the SSS legal division, and Capt. Erl C B Gould to become a commodore in the Naval Reserve while with the State Department's foreign liquidation commission.
Plymouth Ohio report shows chairman H H Fackler of the Ohio Marketing Quota Protest Association says members striking against the OPA dumped milk after skimming off the cream for butter. He cites no figures but notes at least 2000 gallons poured on the ground or into hog troughs yesterday.
Gen. Roman Rudenko, the Soviet prosecutor at the war crimes trials, says he does not believe Martin Bormann is dead. Bormann, Hitler's close confidant, has been missing since Germany's collapse amid unconfirmed reports Soviet forces may have captured him in Berlin last year.
Arturo Toscanini and the La Scala Orchestra refused to travel to Paris in protest of the Foreign Ministers' Council decision ceding North Italian communes Tenda Briga and Mont Cenis plateau to France. They were set for a concert in Paris Sunday.
The C l O and AFL begin organizing hazardous device workers for future production amid debate over who should control atomic weapons. Russia seeks to stop atom device production, and the Labor Board may review the situation. Murray appears favored to lead, with a proven track in steel and electrical goods. Lewig delivers caution as scientists advance.
After days of stalemate over Trieste, Molotov unexpectedly agreed on two previously nonnegotiable points, signaling possible concessions. A new session was called with no agenda as ministers weigh Greek Dodecanese transfer and French Italian frontier disputes. Molotov also abandons Russia’s claim for a Danube coal station and nods to shared hydro facilities with France.
Seventeen Roman Catholic dignitaries led by Bishop Arthur Douville left New York for Rome to attend the canonization of Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini. The group includes Dr. Ernest Nora from Columbus Hospital Chicago, and Dr. Joseph P. Alvich of the Mother Cabrini Memorial Hospital in New York City.
Hollywood figure Jim Moran, known for beer sitting with an ostrich egg for 13 days, suggests a two day egg sit to ease international tension. He names Stalin Churchill Bevir Truman Lewis Jackson Black as participants, each in their own yard, hoping the exercise calms nerves and reshapes warped personalities.
U.S. Army authorities fear possible violent anti American attacks in China if General Marshall fails to secure peace between Nationalists and Communists. Reports say anti American sentiment is rising under the surface with occasional flare ups. The concern centers on ultra nationalist elements and right wing Nationalists.
Senator Barkley announced the compromise economic bill to extend OPA powers until June 36, 1947. The measure keeps price controls on meat and dairy and rents, with inflationary provisions and curbed administrator powers. It would place farm product decisions under Agriculture and set up a decontrol board to override cabinet rulings.
Tokyo dispatch reports the Diet debating whether Emperor Hirohito can vote under the new constitution. State Minister Tokujiro Kanomori said sovereignty rests with the people and the emperor is among them, but in practice he should refrain from voting to remain fair and impartial.
Kansas City dispatch reports Mrs. Gladys Mar Wright of Versailles Missouri leaped from a 100 foot bridge into the Missouri River last night claiming loneliness. She changed her mind in mid air and managed to twist into a sitting position, then swam 700 yards to shore where a bystander on the river bank saw her and alerted helpers.
No damage reported from a slight earthquake felt yesterday across a large portion of Northern New York. Hubert E. Heyer, U.S. meteorologist, said the tremor lasted one or two seconds.
A father in Revere Massachusetts reports his 5 year old son missing at a police station. The desk sergeant notes the description and suggests returning in an hour. The father returns four times but the boy is not found. The man says he is not worried because the boy has his inner tube with him and fears losing it.
U S shortages of bread butter and meat persist with few breaks. Macy's sold 20000 white shirts at 4.98 then 10000 more at 3.98. nylon lines shorten in some cities. Automobiles remain scarce but war trucks available. tires and canned foods cited as scarce in several hubs. New Orleans notes summer suits in short supply while New York shoppers see many on display.
Production at Chrysler Corp Dodge main plant resumed after a brief stoppage due to hot weather. Officials said 86 Local 3 CIO UAW members returned and 5,800 idled workers were recalled.
The Truman committee plans public hearings Monday to investigate profits and salaries in a company labeled g Biers and to close tax loopholes. Senators said the enterprise appears legally operated but seeks broader review of excess profits and executive records, including income tax returns, with President Truman's cooperation.
Mrs Eva Smoot wife of a Chicago fireman was sentenced to 17 months in prison after pleading guilty to fraudulently claiming allotment payments as the wife of a soldier with one child. Federal Judge Francis G Caffey ordered the term for a case charging bigamy and collection of $480 in allotments.
Moscow press brands the Baruch plan a breach of big power equality on the Security Council and a threat to international cooperation. Izvestia and Moscow News argue it would cement a U S monopoly on atomic weapons and would bar future use of atomic explosives.
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