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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1947
Page
2
A collage of celebrity encounters and club chatter from midtown and Broadway. Arturo Toscanini dodges questions as reporters chase an exclusive, Carmen Miranda wows at Copacabana, Henry Morgan hawks Razors to coeds, and TV ads mingle with afterhours deems. Plus burlesque, radio radioing, and a string of urban anecdotes from stars, critics, and showbiz fixtures.
In Brooklyn two masked gunmen robbed Dr Abraham J Kaufman’s wife Janet Kaufman of jewelry valued at $25,000 and $100 in cash. They entered the second floor room as she telephoned a friend. The crime occurred while the physician was in his Brooklyn offices.
Charles Lucky Luciano, once a New York mob figure, was relodged in Palermo jail after a brief visit with his parents in Lercara. Officials said the re arrest was an extension of the detention order due to public security factors.
IN THE NATION Chances. Slim for Long Range Housing Bill This Session. Washington—Prospects for passage of a long range housing bill this session appeared slim, with Chairman Jesse P. Wolcott stating the Banking Committee will not tackle such legislation before adjournment, even if the Senate acts. Also: Henry F. Grady heads to Delhi as new U.S. ambassador, and a London clergyman defends his remarks on American student morals amid dispute. Plus, 1,000 Pullman-Standard workers strike in Worcester over expired contract.
Reports from Tokyo indicate records of Japanese industrialists and more than 50 Japanese military leaders are under scrutiny for possible indictments as class A war crimes defendants. Some Zaibatsu executives are named as having participated in planning for the war.
Los Angeles investigators pursue scientific detection in the murder of Dorothy Montgomery 36. Clues include a blood stained T shirt two partial fingerprints and shredded clothing and bloody automobile. Autopsy shows strangulation not rape. Police connect case to three prior Los Angeles sex slayings including the Black Dahlia.
In Mittenwald Germany 2000 Jews mark two years since liberation from Nazis. They press to leave displaced persons camps for Palestine as American Military Police guard the Inn River border area near the German Austrian line with two Army planes patrolling overhead to deter any crossings.
A 5000-strong Sundanese People’s Party rally in Bandung requests a plebiscite on creating a separate Sundanese state in western Java. If approved, the new state would join the Federated United States of Indonesia under the Netherlands crown, with an estimated population of about 12 million Sundanese.
The National Beer Wholesalers Association reports Americans drink less beer, about a million barrels monthly, than last year due to high retail prices and public resistance to the 25 cent bottle. A wholesalers meeting cited persistent price levels as the main cause.
Rep Charles L. Gerlach, 51, Republican of Pennsylvania, serving his fifth term, is reported dead in Allen town. Dr Curtis Alban Evans, 68, noted thyroid surgery pioneer and founder of the American College of Surgeons, dies in Milwaukee.
A lighthearted New York column notes a sense of fellowship as President Aleman visits and leaders Murray and Lewis shake hands. A Cape Cod donor offers a 40 ton boulder to Manhattan, while Mayor O'Dwyer seems overwhelmed. The piece imagines a future pact between Phil and John, joking about a trio of rivals and past clashes.
Paris reports Prime Minister Paul Ramadier formed a coalition government without Communist ministers after they voted against him in a confidence test. The move pits Communists in opposition and risks a national strike by the Communist controlled National Labor Federation. The provisional government includes Socialist, MRP and left Republican Union lawmakers awaiting the Socialist National Council decision on a permanent coalition, excluding Communists.
A man in Schenectady obtained a marriage license from City Clerk Simon Etkin, then returned an hour later to seek a refund. He explained the anticipated job failed to materialize and he handed back the $2 fee.
The United Auto Workers opened negotiations with Ford Motor Co over the original demand for a 23.44 cent hourly wage boost for about 100,000 Ford hourly workers. UAW Ford director Richard Leonard said talks will push for pension and social security plans as GM and Chrysler settled for about an 11 percent increase with six holidays. Ford workers were among the highest paid in the industry prior to GM and Chrysler settlements, averaging $1.39 per hour.
Niagara Falls residents and industries spread 2,500 pounds of poison in a rat blitz. Warren H. Yeager, committee member, estimates 75,000 to 100,000 rats killed after Sunday night. The city undertook the drive Saturday night to control the rodent problem.
In its first meeting after breaking with the Communists, the French cabinet approved dispatching undisclosed infantry and aviation reinforcements to quell the Madagascar rebellion. Acting defense minister Yvon Delbos said the revolt had been contained but not suppressed.
The first Cape Horn rounding in U S submarine history is scheduled for this month. The 1 500 ton underwater raider Sea Robin will sail through stormy reef ridden waters at the tip of South America under Navy Department orders.
Label snippet shows Calvert Reserve Blended Whiskey from Calvert Distillers Corp New York City. Notes the product at 86.8 proof and 65 percent grain neutral spirits with address 3523 Olive Street St. Louis Missouri.
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