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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1947
Page
2
Conversation centers on Teo Durocher and Laraine Day with playful quips about California and showbiz. The piece notes Durocher resting, contemplating acting and broadcasting options, and mentions peers including Sinatra and Burt Shotton’s team.
A stream of showbiz tidbits features talk of a major studio courting stars for guest spots, a $50,000 one-day offer debated, and actors like Leo Durocher and La raine mentioned. The item shares nightlife, theater, and radio notes plus upcoming appearances and parties in New York society circles.
The Dun and Bradstreet wholesale food price index fell to $6 per pound for 31 commonly used foods in the week ending May 6, down from $6.02 the prior week and $4.20 a year ago, continuing a downward trend since March 18.
More than 100 B 29 Superfortresses to take part in large peacetime drills within ten days as Gen George C Kenney announces strategic air command mobilization. Secretary of State Marshall proposes shifting occupation zone administration from the Army to the State Department in postwar Germany Austria and Korea. Three Dartmouth seniors war veterans die in a headon crash with a ten ton truck while en route to New Jersey for a weekend prom. Ohio Senate passes bill threatening automatic job loss for public employes including teachers who strike with five year rehiring limits and three year wage freeze.
Tokyo war crimes defense lawyers said they will open the so called Russian phase of their case in a few days. They promise to smear Russia with a strategy described as painting Russia blacker than black.
In London, Winston Churchill joined the ex-chancellor to discuss revisions to wartime debt terms. The meeting aimed to outline approaches to postwar financial obligations and stability for Britain.
London reports the Labour government abandons plans to complete 240,000 houses this year due to shortages of timber fuel and other materials and a severe winter. Officials say they will aim to finish as many as possible of the 218,783 houses currently under construction.
Seventeen million Germans in the U S occupation zone show worse health than a year ago due to underfeeding. Food imports cost American taxpayers 240 million dollars annually, official U S statistics disclosed today.
IZVESTIA reports British and American officers in Turkey posing as traveling salesmen. A reporter disguised as a farmer's daughter uncovered the ruse. The piece mocks espionage lore, notes the FBI and Edgar Hoover, and jokes about Communist numbers and buttons among sympathizers.
In Laguna Beach California Pia Barbara Bette Davis new daughter moves into a second floor nursery with an innovative wiring system that broadcasts her cries throughout the $80 000 beach house Barbara was born last Thursday at Santa Ana Hospital and brought home Wednesday with her 39 year old actress mother William Grant Sherry is the 32 year old artist father
The Evening News cites high government sources forecasting approval of a 50 million dollar loan to the Philippines by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
Armenian faith healer Avak Hagopian, 20, met with three patients in Palm Springs California. He treated Vaughn Arakelian 37 epileptic and predicted a cure within two weeks. Also treated Alvera Arakelian and Zena Narsesian with hopeful forecasts.
A mine threat in Tel Aviv prompted an immediate evacuation as authorities acted to secure the area. No injuries are reported and officials warned residents to follow shelter directives.
Robert Emerson Swart 46 of New York, president of Huyler's Candy Co and treasurer of the New York County Republican Committee, died in Tucson. Paul Barrett 45, president of Barrett Publishing Co and editor of Olyphant Gazettet in Scranton. Dr Mary A Graham Mitchell 83, longtime headmistress of Winchester Thurston School in Pittsburgh. H Gordon Selfridge, American-born proprietor of London's largest department store, died in London.
Officials received a telephone warning today about a mine danger targeting the public information building in the all Jewish city of Jerusalem. The alert prompted security checks and temporary evacuations as authorities investigated the threat and coordinated with police.
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