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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1944
Page
3
A brief item notes a segment titled Your Money's Worth with cryptic repetition and a garbled tail. The readable snippet includes the phrase tal ne Ib and the number 48, offering no clear event, person, or location details.
County officials and the joint reapportionment committee map redistricting to equalize citizen populations across three assembly districts using the 282 928 figure from the 1940 census. Plans shift 17 000 residents from the third district to the first and second, with a May 15 deadline and county board approval. Monroe Oneida and St Lawrence counties also lose districts. Monroe drops to four, Oneida to two, and St Lawrence to one.
Mothers of service women from Syracuse and Onondaga County may receive tickets for a Sunday plaque dedication at MacArthur Stadium held before a Syracuse Chiefs game against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Mothers must show relationship identity to Victory Star recruiting committee members to obtain tickets, with Leo Miller and Clarence Schindler credited for ticket support. Families are urged to mail name, rank, station, and parent or kin contact details to the Victory Center at 349 South Warren Street.
Four men were sworn in during preinduction at the West Jefferson Street Armory two for the Army and two for the Navy. Joseph P Near leaves today for Camp Upton and Joseph J Solon heads to Fort Dix as an air cadet. James L Harrington and Walter H Billquist Jr were sworn into the Navy and placed on inactive status with Harrington awaiting officer training and high school completion.
Weather Bureau monthly report notes April was wet and cold with below normal temperatures. The mean temperature 41.2 F, 1.8 degrees below normal. precipitation 1.43 inches over 14 days, sunshine 47 percent below normal. highest wind 32 mph on April 13. one frost on 28 and 29. five clear, ten partly cloudy, fifteen cloudy days.
A New York State Practice Court Conference, the first of its kind in the state, will be held in Syracuse on May 24 at the Hotel Onondaga. Gov. Dewey will be honorary chairman, with officials from state and city governments, police, sheriffs, district attorneys, and traffic safety groups expected to attend. The all-day session aims to improve traffic enforcement and the administration of justice in traffic courts.
Food officials indicate beef steaks and roasts are in short supply as dry feed remains scarce. Some OPA relaxations could boost meat consumption toward 175 pounds per year, with per capita figures rising from 148 now. Meats stay on ration lists but with zero point value to allow quick reinstatement if needed.
Dealers and wholesalers in Syracuse hailed the OPA move to lift ration points on all meats except beef steaks and beef roasts as of midnight. They cited ample pork, liver, and sausage stocks, moderate beef and lamb supplies, and urged consumers to buy with common sense while sales trends remain uncertain.
Syracuse residents sweltered as the temperature hit 79 by noon with a 85 degree 1913 record cited. Weather officials predicted the record could be surpassed later in the day as showers were forecast for the afternoon and following days.
Two Syracuse servicemen, Corporal Robert J. DeLuca and Sergeant Charles R. Tubbert, were awarded the Purple Heart at England General Hospital in Atlantic City New Jersey where they are recovering from war wounds. DeLuca was wounded at Anzio Italy February 12 while Tubbert suffered leg and belt wounds last Christmas in Venafro Italy. DeLuca, a former Salvia Chevrolet salesman, served nine months overseas and Tubbert saw action in North Africa Sicily and Southern Italy during 14 months overseas. They were sent to a North Africa hospital after Italian theater duty and returned to the United States late last month.
Mrs Mildred Price will lead the Zonta Club induction tomorrow at 6 15 P M in Hotel Syracuse with officers Helena Hoyt Carolyn Bicknell Florence Williamson Grace Hodge Clara Brown Laura Bow and directors including Genevieve Clifford The retiring president Irene C Greenlay will review last year s activities and a student dance program will feature performances by Norma Allewell s pupils and others in a military drill and encore.
Gerald Haynes twenty of the Y M C A pleaded guilty to petty larceny and was held to May 6 for sentence by Judge Homer V Walsh in Police Court. Patrolman John O Shea arrested Haynes after Abe Koppelman proprietor of the second hand store at 835 Townsend Street detained him.
The American Legion 41 executive committee backs Joseph Stabile a wounded Marine at 115 Oberst Street and authorizes Dr. Patrick H. O Hara to form a sub committee to study his case. The panel will report next Tuesday and may pursue court action to protect veterans rehabilitation rights. The Office of Defense Transportation denied a war necessity certificate to operate a taxi. The City Taxi Association may buy Stabile a cab to enable another license application.
Mohawk Valley District of the Royal Neighbors of America holds a initiation at Hotel Syracuse today and tonight under Utica State supervisor Mrs Mina M Wood. About 400 expected. attendees include Mrs Mary Wylde district deputy Mrs Goldie Hymes district oracle and Mrs Harriet MacAdam district secretary, all of Syracuse.
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