Skerritt To Hold Syracuse Municipal Court Seat Through 1941
Judge Skerritt will serve by appointment until 1941 under a state law amendment that allows filling vacancies by appointment until January after the next odd year city election. County chair Nugent says Democrats will oppose the Republican candidate and seek an election for a full term alongside mayor and other offices.
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Harry Huse Skerrit
Syracuse
Skerritt
George K. Hancock
Judge Skerritt
Patrick J. Ryan
Cornelius J. Nugent
Marvin Catching Up On Routine City Business
Mayor Rolland B. Marvin returned to City Hall after a vacation to oversee routine matters and hold talks with department heads. He announced Harry Huse Skerritt’s appointment as Municipal Court judge and defended the city’s stance against pressure for costly school facilities, warning that unfunded demands could bankrupt the city.
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Harry Huse Skerritt
Rolland
Marvin
City Hall
State Tower Building
New York State Department of Education
Dark Horse to Get Supervisor's Post At Skaneateles
A dark horse candidate will be named tonight by the Skaneateles town board to replace Charles W. Hunt who died last month. The appointee will serve until year end, with Harold Loveless George Welrath John Lockes Searles Schultz Harry Dando and George Farrar named as leading contenders. The Republican committee has backed a yet unnamed choice. The board will also appoint an assessor to replace William Wright who resigned for a Supreme Court post.
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Skaneateles
Charles W. Hunt
Harold Loveless
George Welrath
John Lockes
Searles Schultz
Harry Dando
George Farrar
Republican Committee
William Wright
Supreme Court
Onsend House
Stam
Court House
Former Workmen's Compensation Chief Sentenced to Prison
Frank P. Gifune, ex-Oneida County director of workmen's compensation, received a prison term ranging from 12½ to 25 years after pleading guilty to five indictments accusing 200 illegal acts during his tenure. He admitted auditing fraudulent claims forging records and grand larceny over five years. Judge Ezra Hanagan imposed the sentence.
Parolee Driver Not Guilty in Auto Death Case
Eugenio B Tarolli 33 of Solvay freed after police inquiry into the death of Peter Bulawa at 819 West Genesee Street Hiawatha Boulevard West Saturday night. Witnesses cited no driver negligence and Tarolli said he sounded the horn and slowed, but Bulawa was struck as he walked in the road. Funeral arrangements set at his son’s home and Sacred Heart Church with burial at Sacred Heart Cemetery. Surviving family includes wife five sons two daughters two sisters and 11 grandchildren. Born in Poland he lived in Syracuse 45 years and helped organize St Casimer Society.
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Peter Bulawa
Genesee Street
Hiawatha Boulevard
Eugenio B. Tarolli
Caroline Avenue
Solvay
John A. Kinney
Tarelli
John Salvetti
Warners
Martin Melluzzi
Berger Avenue
Carrie Zippeta
John Street
Nataline Zippeta
Frank Bulawa
Williams Street
Sacred Heart Church
Sacred Heart Cemetery
Frank
Thomas
Peter
Walter Bulawa
Syracuse
Edward Bulawa
Chicago
Joseph Hanold
Buffalo
Joseph Cygner
Toledo
Mary Duerr
Liverpool
Anthony Orlich
Poland
Bulawa
St. Casimer Society
Syracuse footballer on probation after entry charge
John R. Sidey a 21 year old University student and varsity football player received a year's probation under assistant coach William Boeler after pleading guilty in Police Court to unlawful entry. He admitted entering the Phi Gamma Delta house at 732 Comstock Avenue about 3 AM and taking $9 from Eugene Payne. He restitutioned the amount and was placed on parole after judge Walsh commented on avoidance of penitentiary.
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William Boeler
Syracuse University
John R. Sidey
Comstock Avenue
Sidey
Phi Gamma Delta
Eugene Payne
Mrs McLean's Son Dead in Toronto
Dr. Ernest McLean son of Mrs Elizabeth McLean of 135 Lexington Avenue died last night at his home in Toronto Canada. Mrs McLean left Syracuse Monday morning after word of his death to attend funeral services at 2:30 PM tomorrow in Toronto. He had been in ill health some time.
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Ernest McLean
Elizabeth McLean
Lexington Avenue
Toronto
Can
McLean
Syracuse
Irish Deliverance Near Tells 500 at Dinner
Bernard A. Furey, lecturer and former newspaperman, told 500 people at a St. Patrick’s Day dinner hosted by the Ancient Order of Hibernians at the Onondaga Hotel that Ireland’s hour of delivery is at hand and England is trying to stamp out Catholicism in northeast Ireland. Rev M Shields Dwyer warned against following the crowd and urged holding to truth and tradition. Other speakers included Rev Thomas Driscoll, Rev Francis P Joyce, Edward O’Neill, Daniel F Mathews, John J Young and toastmaster John J Young.
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ST. Patrick's Day
Order of Hibernians
Thomas F. Driscoll
Bernard Furey
John Young
Syracuse
Francis P. Joyce
Treland
Bernard A. Furey
Onondaga Hotel
England
Ireland
Furey
M. Shields Dwyer
Cath
Olic Charities
Suracuse
Thomas Driscoll
St. Patrick’s Church
Edward O'Neill
The
Hibernians
Daniel F. Mathews
John J. Young
Frank J. Caine Dies At Pittston Home
Frank J. Caine native of Cortland and former Syracuse resident died Saturday at his Pittston home 27 James Street. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at his home at 9 AM followed by a solemn high mass of requiem at Saint John’s Church. Burial will be in Pittston. Surviving are his wife Mary Caine three sisters Mrs Richard F Lillis Mrs Hugh M Duffey and Mrs D F Shea and a brother Charles A Caine, all of Syracuse.
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I’. J. Caine
Cortland
Pittston
Frank J. Caine
James Street
Saint John’s Church
Mr. Caine
Syracuse
Mary Caine
Fittston
Richard F. Lillis
Hugh M. Duffey
D. F. Shea
Charles A. Caine
Snowfall Forecast Before Syracuse Spring Arrival
Syracuse residents face another snow event as the Weather Bureau predicts rain tonight turning to snow Tuesday with colder temperatures. Spring is forecast to begin at 1 24 P M Wednesday afternoon. Temperatures rise from 25 to 31 degrees today with a low around 32 expected tonight.
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William H. Tracy
United States Weather Bureau
Buck and Doe Struggle on Snowy Onondaga Lake Chase
For two days a buck and doe elude sheriff deputies on Onondaga Lake as they attempt to cross the snow iced water. Sightings on the west shore and later near Liverpool show the deer staying ahead, while deputies and game wardens slog through deep snow trying to close the gap.
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Onondaga Lake
State Fair Boulevard
Acen
Liverpool
Watch and Money Lost In Separate Reports
A man reports losing an envelope with three fifty dollar bills and two small checks from yesterday's Amboy airport receipts. A platinum wrist watch valued at 265 dollars with a diamond set was reported missing by Miss Mildred Devan while walking on Midland Avenue toward church yesterday morning.
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E. J. Wood
Coolidge Avenue
American Airlines
Amboy
First Trust and Deposit Company
Mildred Devan
Rowland Street
Midland Avenue
Central High Show Portrays Flight Progress Tonight
Central High School Lincoln Auditorium hosts a Franklin Institute aviation show presented by the Syracuse District Civil Aeronautics Authority Committee. About 2000 attend. receipts fund flight scholarships for top Syracuse Ground School students. Harold Cobb chairs the committee. Forty demonstrations and talks dramatize flight history from beginnings to rockets.
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Lincoln Auditorium
Central High School
Syracuse
Civil Aeronautics Authority Committee
Franklin Institute of Philadelphia
Central High ‘School
Harold Cobb
Kennedy Will Be Collector of City Rents in Syracuse
Under a new state law, Syracuse appoints Finance Commissioner Thomas E. Kennedy as receiver for rents and profits of two Foreclosure parcels including the former Fellows Hotel area and adjacent land. The move, approved by Justice Benn Kenyon, saves city fees and allows rent collection of about 150 dollars monthly. The law grants broad powers to compel owners to pay rents during litigation.
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Syracuse
Herbert H. Lehman
Municipal Real Estate Commission
Supreme Court
Thomas E. Kennedy
Fellows
West Seneca Turnpike
Valley Drive
Valley
Commission
Lay
Get 60 Days As Inebriates For Thompson And Young
Judge Homer W. Walsh imposed 60 day sentences on Florence Thompson and Robert C. Young after they pleaded guilty to public intoxication. They were arrested in a cafe on East Washington Street following a tailor shop incident where a bolt of green plaid cloth disappeared. Sarazin identified the pair, and no cloth was recovered.
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Homer W. Walsh
Florence Thompson
Montgomery Street
Robert C. Young
East Fayette Street
East Washington Street
E. L. Haskins
Joseph Sarazin
Sarazin
Haskins
Hogan Will Is Probated In New York Probate Notice
The will of Miss Lauretta M. Hogan filed for probate directs a life trust for her mother Sarah Hogan with a $100 legacy to her brother Ernest J. Hogan. The remainder passes to cousins Genevieve W. Toles and Lillian E. Toles after Mrs. Hogan’s death. Administration granted to Warren D. Chappell for the $2,000 estate of William L. Chappell, who died March 6, with heirs including son William E. and brothers Warren D. Chappell, Eugene E. Chappell, and Herbert A. Chappell.
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Lauretta M. Hogan
Sarah Hogan
Central Avenue
Miss Hogan
Syracuse
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company
Ernest J. Hogan
Chicago
Genevieve W. Toles
Lillian E. Toles
Beacon Street
Hogan
Warren D. Chappell
William L. Chappell
William E
Eugene E. Chappell
DeLong Avenue
Herbert A. Chappell
Sabine Street
General Motors Payrolls Rise in Syracuse and Nation
The General Motors annual report shows Syracuse payroll at 1,439,802 for 1939 up from 986,287 in 1938, a 46 percent gain. Nationwide payrolls rose 284 percent to 386,292,203, while hourly US workers averaged 34.9 hours and earnings per wage earner increased from 1342 to 1503 dollars.
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Syracuse
General Motors Corporation
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. Corporation
General Motors
New York State
Buffalo
Lockport
Rochester
Tarrytown
Tonawanda
Stoan
United States
Pastor urges Christian principles in drift age sermon
The Rev. Dr. Lynn J. Radcliffe urged adoption of Christian principles in national life during a Lenten sermon at St. Pauls Episcopal Church. He cited Jesus as the example of steadfast loyalty despite cost, warning against the drift of modern times and urging courageous devotion to Christ’s code in society.
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Lynn J. Radcliffe
Syracuse
Christ
Jesus Christ
Dr. Radcliffe
Garden of
Gethsemane
Smith Help Plan Democratic Jubilee Dinner in NYC
Paul Smith, director of the New York State Fair, is named to the commission planning the 25th anniversary of the New York Young Democratic Club. The group will mark the anniversary with a testimonial dinner to Postmaster General James A. Farley. The dinner is set for April 18 in New York City.
Deportee Feels Easier After Peace Comes to Spain
Alejandro Quintela-Mouco, 35, of Rome, refused voluntary return to Spain in 1937 during its civil war. Now with peace, Immigration will take him from Syracuse to Geneva, then aboard a train to Ellis Island before sailing home. He was arrested in 1937 and held on a $500 bond, later granted a voluntary return option.
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Spain
Alejandro Quintela-Mouco
Expense Street
Rome
Syracuse
Quintela-Mouco
Geneva
Michael J Cos
Telo
Ellis Island
Hee
Oneida County
Utica
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