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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1940
Page
21
Fire pension demands trigger a dispute as the city extends pension eligibility from 20 to 25 years. Corcoran and McCaffrey plan legal action to test old law. city schedule delays final rule for 45 days. Attorneys warn formal pension refusal could lead to court action to halt payments pending ruling.
City council adopts amended municipal pension law cutting half pay retirement eligibility from 25 years for firemen and 25 years for police to 25 years with half pay. Old 20 year pension path removed. Law to become effective after mayor conducts hearing and signs measure, plus 45 day waiting period. Delegations from both departments attended.
Miss Merley West will speak at the regular luncheon meeting of the Zonta Club in Hotel Syracuse Thursday at noon. Her topic is the Dunbar Center and Its Relation to Zena. Miss Norma Arlwell will introduce the speaker and Miss Ruth Chitten will act as song reader. Miles Bertha L. Turner will preside. The program was arranged by Dr Mabel C. Coteway, in charge of programs for May.
The L T C III, first accusse-bound 1940s motorship, arrived at Syracuse via the Barge Canal today. It carried 260 000 gallons of oil for Shell Oil and left Sewaren New Jersey last Thursday two days before canal opening. High water slows navigation across the canal system, delaying smaller vessels for weeks. The Westerly and other tenders prepared Oswego and Erie division operations for the season.
The Aneketas Garden Club hosts a meeting at 3125 Burnet Avenue at 2 PM Saturday to inaugurate a new garden tract donated by Anthony Angotti. Members will design six by eight foot plots for personal gardens with E Englewood Avenue advisory support. Officers include Henry Hough president and Charles King vice president. recording and corresponding secretaries assisted by several members.
Eminent American poet Robert Frost will lecture at Hendricks Chapel Syracuse University on the topic Holding Pottry to Account. He had been scheduled for April 12 but canceled due to illness and arrived in Syracuse this morning as a guest of Dr Horace Eaton. Frost has many friends on campus and has visited before.
A mixed jury in U S District Court found Inspectors Training Corporation and five of its 15 officers guilty of conspiracy to use the mails to defraud. Five defendants were convicted on multiple counts, while ten were acquitted. Judge Bryant scheduled sentencing for the convicted group and heard defense motions.
Intruder scales a rear porch to enter a bedroom during a bridal shower at Mrs. W. L. Shirtz home 218 West Calthrop Avenue and steals five purses from guests including Rosalie Johnson Harriet Hotze Irma Hammond Katherine Whalen Nellie Whalen and Ida Mars. Another purse taken from Miss Sue Peters 206 McLennan Avenue contained 45 dollars keys and car papers.
Nineteen speeders were arrested in Onondaga County over Sunday and Monday as Sheriff Edwin R. Auer and deputies press a spring safety drive. Most arrests occurred on Route 5 with additional stops in Dewitt Nedrow and Fayetteville. Peter H Kennedy of New Haven Conn could not produce a license after speeding in Fayetteville and was fined ten dollars for speeding and driving without a license. fines paid.
William Wolf, six, of 836 West Belden Avenue, was bitten on the leg yesterday afternoon by a dog in the 600 block of West Genesee Street while walking home from school. Sheriff Auer reported fines from nineteen defendants totaling 391 dollars.
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