Paris Hats Look Like Cheese Says Othman
Othman reports Paris fashion as cha peaux Parisienne hats resemble large cheeses with bric a brac like pottery snails ribbons and baby shoes. He notes demieere hats on dishpan lines and two wearing styles while describing Mlle Yvette and her salon on the Rue de l Opera.
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Frederick C. Othman
Paris
Chapeaux Parisienne
Wisconsin
Mlle
Yvette
Mademoiselle
Rue de l'Opera
Mule
South Sea
Maische
Milo
Dewey Approves $1.34 Million Plan for SU Housing
Gov. Dewey signs a five point program approving 1,335,150 for expedited housing at Syracuse University. Joint Housing Board outlines site prep and service connections for on campus portable units arriving from California to house 1,500 singles 70 classrooms and 30 laboratories plus labs and offices. A second site prepares for Liberal Arts extension to Endicott.
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Gov. Dewey
Syracuse University
Joint Housing Board
California
College of Liberal Arts
Endicott
Frost Nips Early Crops Amid Cold New York Morning
A light frost hit early spring crops and fruit trees with a 28 degree low. The reading neared the 1911 all time low of 27 as Onondaga Hill fruit growers and Buckley Road gardeners reported minor damage, mainly to well formed strawberries. The Weather Bureau warned of a second light frost tonight.
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Onondaga Hill
Buckley Rd
Weather Bureau
Weather Forecast for Syracuse Area
The Weather Bureau reports fair and cool conditions through today and Friday night with frost likely tonight. Expect a high near 62 and a low around 38 on Thursday, with sunset at 8:08 PM and sunrise at 5:55 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
U.S. Weather Bureau
Arson Confession Ties to Stearns Fire in Syracuse
William Martin, self-confessed arsonist, admits setting the $1,000,000 Stearns Company fire at 200 Oneida Street in Syracuse on April 6, 1945. He had denied involvement before and now says fear of massive damage motivated his admission.
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William Martin
Syracuse
E. C. Stearns Company
Oneida St
Martin
Stearns
William Metzger
Arthur Laun
Coal Strike Cuts Train Service By 50 Percent
Transportation Director J. M. Johnson orders coal burning railroads to halve passenger service starting May 15, after a prior 25 percent cut from May 10. He urges cancellation of reservations and other measures to reduce passenger transport as the coal strike continues. President Truman seeks no immediate seizure of mines.
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Washington
J. Monroe Johnson
Johnson
Truman
Mr. Trueman
15000 Arabs Demonstrate in Jerusalem General Strike
A crowd of about 15 000 Arabs marches on Jerusalem aiding a Palestinian general strike protesting British and American reports on Palestine. They chant anti Britain and anti American slogans and demand a global holy war while British troops and police try to maintain order and face rock throwing and injuries.
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Jerusalem
Britain
America
Attlee
Truman
Palestine
Old City
United States
Glenn Ford Picked as Bobby Soxers Man of the Year 1946
On his 29th birthday Glenn Ford was chosen by the Bobby Soxers of America as man of the year for 1946. He succeeds Frank Sinatra in 1944 and Van Johnson in 1945.
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Hollywood
Glenn Ford
Ford
Bobby Soxers of America
Frank Sinatra
van Johnson
Railroad unions press wage demand to spark possible strike
Three rail unions in Chicago area announce demands for an extra 1.203 dollars per day beyond the 1.28 dollar boost already ordered by an arbitration board last month. They warn a strike vote will occur if no settlement is reached, in a joint statement by Carl J. Goff Harry W. Fraser and Thomas C. Cashen.
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Chicago
Carl J. Goff
Cleveland
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Harry W. Fraser
Cedar Rapids
Order of Railway Conductor
Thomas C. Cashen
Buffalo
Unin
North America
Professor Predicts Cosmic Ray Bomb Threat in Paris
Prof. J. Clay of Amsterdam University told French scientists in the Champs Elysees Palace that cosmic rays could be weaponized. He predicted a cosmic ray bomb a billion times more powerful than the atomic bomb once origin is understood.
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Paris
Prof
J. Clay
Amsterdam University
Clay
Champs Elysees Palace
Coal Crisis Expected Here Within 10 Days
A strike by bituminous coal miners threatens Syracuse with a supply crisis within five to ten days. Freight bans on nonessential shipments to May 10 could disrupt local industry, reduce rail coal burning, and throttle shipments between Syracuse and Rochester.
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Syracuse
Convicts Outshoot Guards Five to One in Alcatraz Firefight
Reporter describes a skirmish at Alcatraz as convicts unleash tommy gun bursts while guards fire from low positions. The scene unfolds with explosions of rifle fire and tactical movement around the cellblock as lines of defense tighten and attackers threaten a breakout.
Farmers Sell Over Ten Million Bushels of Corn to Government
Chicago based report says farmers have sold more than 10,000,000 bushels of corn to the government in a nationwide drive to aid famine areas abroad. George Bradley, head of the Mid west Commodity Credit Corporation office, stated the figure today.
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Chicago (P
George Bradley
Midwest Commodity Credit Corporation
Train strikes car. woman survives with minor injuries
In Pomona California Mrs Fern Gonzales 25 escaped serious harm when her car was hit by a train and 20 railway cars rolled over it. She was thrown onto the tracks and lay face down until the train passed police said.
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Pomona
Calif
Fern Gonzales
Riots at Alcatraz Enter Second Day as Guards Die
Rioting convicts on Alcatraz Island escalate with two guards killed William A Miller and Harold P Stites as 11 15 A M local time saw white smoke and explosions. Grenades were used by guards and 13 officers injured. Hostages held overnight were freed in a gun battle as Warden James A Johnston directed efforts. Police from Oakland moved toward the island.
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San Francisco
Alcatraz Island
William A. Miller
Iblo Elk
Harold P. Stites
E.S.T
Associated Press
Stites
Miller
James A. Johnston
Johnston
Cretzer Known for Long Prison Escape Record
The convict Joseph Paul Cretzer, named by Alcatraz guards as the man who shot them, has a long escape history from McNeil Island and a failed Tacoma escape. He was recaptured after McNeil, later tried for Marshal Chitty’s murder, and confined at Alcatraz during the May 1941 riot with Sam Shockley and others.
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San Francisco
Joseph Paul Cretzer
Alcatraz
Chicago
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Cretzer
McNeil Island
Washington
McNeil
Tacoma
Wash
A. J. Chitty
Chitty
Sam R. Shockley
Kidniper
Rise of power blocs shapes postwar Europe politics
John L. Springer analyzes how faction blocs push European governments toward aligned blocs with Russia or Britain in a background column. The piece appears on today’s editorial page with related imagery on page 27.
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Europe
Russia
Britain
John L. Springer
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Soxers
Rochester
George Draper
San Francisco Chronicle
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Oakland
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