29 Jun 1947
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1947
Page
1
The analysis argues the Soviet Union seeks global domination through a flexible conquest strategy. It asserts Stalin and Lenin framed the plan, predicts world war with the United States, and says the USSR will strike when it holds an atomic bomb and air advantage.
President Truman’s Air Safety Board urged immediate limits on four engine planes, proposing to close runways under 4000 feet and set standard loads per runway. The interim report cites the LaGuardia United Airlines crash as basis and notes hearings in days ahead before action.
Douglas Chandler, tall gray haired former American writer, was convicted of treason by a Federal court jury in Boston for selling his voice to Nazi propaganda. The 12 man panel found him guilty on ten counts. sentencing follows with possible death or imprisonment. Chandler’s two daughters watched, and defense plans an appeal to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals or Supreme Court.
The Herald American lists today’s feature sections including Political Periscope The Good Old Days Books The Poets Corner Crossword Puzzle and Art Chat with side features Amusements Music City Life Radio Classified Society Deaths Weather Sports Editorial Talking to Financial and Reporter Winchell Pages 22 37 41 43 45 46 47 48 49 55 10 8
CIO electrical workers union members staged a small picket across from the First Congregational Church for Lloyd Bowers Taft and Miss Virginia Stone. State police and local officers kept the line away from the ceremony while unions planned future protests over Taft Hartley.
Hutchins, president of the World Constitution Committee, warned in Common Cause that the United States has a new and improved bomb stockpile capable of destroying every large city on earth. He said three years remain to forestall annihilation and urged world government and disarmament through law to avoid war.
The piece reports a 10 day paid miners vacation that could trigger a full scale coal strike next month as stockpiles dwindle. Wildcat walkouts by 250,000 miners last week and broad industry curtailments raise the risk. United States Steel and Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal propose raising basic wages to 13.05 for an eight hour day, but comments are noncommittal.
In Allentown Pennsylvania on a Friday night a group of four gunmen and a ringleader robbed 11 people in a 10 room West End home. They seized non negotiable bonds valued at 133000 plus jewelry cash and bearer bonds and bound and gagged guests before fleeing. Louis Wiener trustee of Temple Bethel reported the loot and described the incident as a bad dream.
Ankara says Turkey applies to the International Bank for a $400 million loan to fund its five year economic plan. Details of spending are being sent to the bank and a decision is expected next week. The American mission backs the plan.
Neighbors in Homer hear nightly piano noises from Carl Hartquist and wife at 21 Cayuga st. An eight year old Irish setter reportedly hammers keys to signal hunger or request to go out. After a careful Herald-American probe the incident is explained as the dog pounding Debussy to be fed or let out.
General Eisenhower told a Senate subcommittee that war might be possible in the next fiscal year though not likely. He urged restoring House cuts and sought an extra 103 million dollars for the Army Air Forces to buy 932 aircraft, arguing U.S. strength remains second only to Russia but a poor second. He warned of weak training and manpower and the need to maintain readiness while modernization lags without more funding.
Russian Foreign Minister Molotov urged that the Marshall Plan be administered by the United Nations if Europe accepts it. He rejected British and French proposals for a coordinating commission and insisted on UN management. Bidault protested secrecy leaks and called for enforcement or lifting of the blackout amid conference tensions.
Borba, the Yugoslav communist organ, warned on Saturday that Belgrade could sever diplomatic ties with the Vatican. The front page editorial stressed concern over deteriorating relations and the potential consequences for church-state interactions.
A Hungarian government spokesman says reporters both foreign and domestic may face the death penalty for their reports. The move follows a plan to nationalize all major banks including the Danubian Bank, while foreign shareholders retain rights.
Three British soldiers were killed and three others seriously injured in Jewish underground attacks near Tel Aviv and Haifa on Saturday night. Two of the fallen were officers. The incident prompts heightened security concerns in the region.
Governor Dewey designated Dr Herman Hilleboe 41 TB control expert and former assistant surgeon general as state commissioner of health. He succeeds Dr Godfrey who retired after 30 years in the department. Hilleboe will tour Europe as U S delegate to a World Health Organization tuberculosis committee and attend related meetings.
The 1946 marriage rate reached 16.4 per 1000, the second highest in world history and the greatest since the founding of the United States, according to Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Hungary had a higher rate after World War I at 20.4 per 1000.
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