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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1940
Page
16
Authorities restricted the movements of Belgian and Dutch staff in Berlin after an invasion began this morning. They were invited to a hotel assembly and their whereabouts remain unknown with no further details released.
The article discusses a disputed 1940-41 funding plan with $24,000,000 yearly state aid and consolidation of small upstate districts. Irving Ives sponsors the measure while Herbert Lehman objects, saying it won’t solve rising education costs. Most districts have budgets set for 1940-41, delaying any immediate effect. Opinions diverge on using the law to cut aid or compel local economies.
The Netherlands minister to the United States, Alexander Loudon, denounces the invasion as cowardly warfare. He says Germany has outdone itself and predicts the American public will draw its own conclusions, while praising civilized conduct. The envoy was visiting New York when the remarks were recorded.
The board will review proposals to cut student transportation and school construction expenses. Backers argue state savings from sharing costs justify reductions while opponents note local economies are up to the state. The Board of Regents will study the issue at its May 17 meeting in New York City.
Horace B. Merwin, president of the Bridgeport City Trust Company, testified in the McKesson & Robbins case that a $15,700 payment from F. Donald CosterMusica in a 1929 stock deal was an outright gift not reported on his income tax. He said he advised the purchase to secure a merger vote and later treated his share of the profit as a gift or service-related compensation.
Planes of undetermined nationality dropped bombs on a railroad near Courrendlin Switzerland. Damage did not disrupt communications. Crowds gathered in Berne to read bulletins about the invasion of the Low Countries. People remained calm and grave.
In Glen Falls Nova Scotia or nearby area a school prize scene ties peace to memory. Private A H Morrison of the Canadian Expeditionary Force and Private Henrik Biermann of the German Army faced past conflict at Passchendaele twenty two years ago. Olga Biermann, daughter of Henrik Biermann, won first prize for general proficiency in Grade I as her father watched. Biermann remarks that peace is the outcome dictators would destroy.
Only 16 of 56 inmates appeared before the state Board of Parole yesterday at Auburn Prison and were granted parole. They will be released during June.
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