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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1946
Page
2
The Board of Transportation announced New York subway service will be curtailed starting May 15. Rush hour service drops 10 percent and other hours see up to 35 percent reductions.
Army holds 14 year old soldier Harry J. Slyter at Fort Lawton awaiting Buckley Field guidance after he fled to marry his 15 year old bride Patsy Ann Herbert of Denver. The couple’s plight surfaced as the girl spoke to reporters amid mounting scrutiny.
A list of prominent figures who died aged from 51 to 86 includes B Edwards former Dravo Corporation president in Pittsburgh Frank L Flemming billiards champion and ex minor league pitcher in Champaign Sewell Tyng president of South American Mines in New York City Henry Krei singer research head at Combustion Engineering in New York City Harry C Hatch president of Hiram Walker firm and racehorse owner in Toronto William Cabell Bruce former U S Senator from Maryland 1923 to 1929 in Baltimore Marc D Johnson longtime Randolph Register editor and Republican leader in Randolph New York State.
In Tokyo armed police squads broke up a confrontation between about 100 Japanese policemen and 2,000 Communists trying to storm retiring Premier Kijuro Shigemitsu Hara's residence. Protesters cited cabinet exclusion of Communist members.
Col Genji Matsuda, wartime commander of Hoten Prison Camp where Gen Jonathan Wainwright and about 1,500 American POWs were held, is taken to Shanghai to stand trial as a war criminal.
Wage and policy clashes accompany a national coal shortage. The Post Office bans parcels over 11 pounds with 60 inch limits, while Truman weighs options on the 39 day strike. Civilian Production Administration urges electric rationing and utility coordination to conserve coal and fuel.
Walter Kier and Van Sidney Hillman warn industry may seek large layoffs. Hillman cites up to 25 million unemployed as ads for jobs appear daily. The speaker urges action to flood the labor market with work and counteract capitalist moves toward widespread unemployment.
President Truman offered no new comment on a vacancy on the Supreme Court at a news conference. He reiterated the situation remains unchanged from a week ago as he cited difficulties in finding capable men for government service.
The Public Works Department reports the first wheat cargoes to clear the barge canal this year for Europe. A Midwest shipment of 5,913 tons is part of a total 63,350 tons moved through the canal last week, up from 37,221 tons the prior year.
Price Chief Paul Porter trudged to Capitol Hill to testify as an extra witness at the Banking Committee hearings on extending price controls for another year beyond June 30. The session aims to wrap with a final day of testimony and debate on the bill.
A Wichita jail detainee returned the next day with a box of sandy cigarettes to repay fellow inmates. He told desk sergeants he borrowed items all night and wanted to pay them back. A separate Newark shipment carried 155 cases of hatching eggs and a black cocker spaniel dog aboard a Veterans Airlines flight to Poland via Newfoundland and Paris. The dog belonged to Capt. Clifton Hall Carter Jr. and his wife, a Newark resident, who plans to join him in Weis waden Germany next week. The eggs were donated by the Church of the Brethren of Dayton Ohio.
Australian delegate Paul Hasluck challenged the United Nations Security Council on Russia’s absence from sessions. He argued that sustained absence surrenders a permanent member’s powers, potentially stripping Russia of its veto. The council debated how absence affects decisions beyond procedure, urging a formal answer from Moscow.
Egyptian police were alerted in Cairo and Alexandria to prepare for Friday’s general strike against the Anglo American Commission of Inquiry on Palestine. Demonstrations and gatherings were to be dispersed by government order.
London based report quotes Herbert Evatt the Australian external affairs minister urging the United States to allow other powers to join in militarizing South Pacific bases. He said the U S should not have sole rights to island outposts and expressed hope for an arrangement for joint defense actions by Allied nations in the South Pacific area.
Washington officials seek a resumption of negotiations between railroads and two labor unions which have called a nationwide strike for May 18. Government labor experts work on bringing parties back into joint conferences as plans are still unsettled.
New York report says Ralph Newman staged a Mother's Day nylon sale for children causing a crowd of 5 000 to 6 000 youngsters to mob the site. Five at a time admission failed, traffic jammed Flatbush Avenue, police intervened, sale halted, kids dispensed to nearby soda fountain to spend funds meant for mothers stockings.
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg and other American delegates warn that the world edges toward a two rival blocs order led by the United States and the Soviet Union. They fear the drift could trigger global conflict unless moral awakening slows it and suggest France opposes disarming Germany for political leverage in the Ruhr and Rhineland.
President Truman at a news conference said the Paris foreign ministers conference is not yet a failure. He added that if it breaks down, Secretary Byrnes will be authorized to announce it. Some diplomatic observers viewed the talks as a sign of Europe splitting into Soviet and Western spheres.
Cairo officials said Russia agreed to raise the Palestine case at the United Nations and promised to back Arab efforts in presenting the issue. The claim marks the first Soviet reaction to Arab appeals against the Anglo American commission's Palestine recommendations.
Marshal Tito called for the return to Yugoslavia of all areas taken after World War I in an order of the day tied to V-E Day. He said Yugoslavs cannot make new sacrifices after Allied wartime suffering.
Erie County Children's Court judge Victor B. Wylegala announced the National Council of Juvenile Judges conference in Buffalo was postponed until transportation conditions improve. The two day meeting was set for next Wednesday and Thursday.
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