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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1946
Page
2
Jamestown Spring Furniture Market officials predicted a record 3,000 visitors but closed with 2,999 buyers attending the nine day exhibition marking a near record turnout amid brisk consumer interest in home goods.
Dr. Zeeb Gilman of Redland California lauded as Dartmouth College's oldest living graduate received congratulatory word as he neared his 105th birthday. In New Jersey Al Maso pressed for a special session to push postwar housing, while in California a 6 week strike at Vultee Aircraft ended with workers slated to return Monday. In New Jersey a trestle fire halted Seashore Railroad trains trapping passengers. firemen and workers quelled the blaze. A 6 year old boy drowned in Johnston Rhode Island after a prior rescue attempt by an 11 year old girl. An 18 year old waiter was arrested in Louisville for a tunnel breach into a warehouse basement. Polish orphans from Nazism entered the U S on a mercy train heading to Chicago and Milwaukee.
Deaths report three prominent figures: George A Geoghan 72 former State Assembly member in Buffalo after a two month illness. William E Stephens longtime head of transfer tax bureau in Albany. Harry Cunningham longtime secretary of the Washington Gridiron Club died of a heart attack in Hanover.
American troops joined French firemen at Le Havre to combat a major dockyard blaze threatening merchandise and food stores. The same dispatch notes U S Marines will not be sent into Manchuria under a new U S Chinese agreement.
In Dublin Sinn Fein headquarters flew the national flag at half staff for John McCaughey a 32 year old IRA adjutant general who died on the 23rd day of a prison hunger strike. A second hunger striker sent a letter to his mother and gave burial instructions. In Belfast David Fleming another IRA member continued his 50 day fast protesting prisoner treatment.
Four Greyhound passengers were hospitalized with serious injuries and over twenty others suffered lesser injuries when a crowded bus overturned near New Concord, Ohio, Saturday.
Phoebe Kingsley 24 of Croton and Frank Un Williams 16 of Jefferson Vaile drowned in a boating accident on Lake Osceola near here early Saturday. Authorities reported the incident occurred during a recreation outing with no immediate explanation.
A late cold wave in Western Kansas drove temperatures to 23 at Tribune and 24 at Mineola in the wheat belt. Reports indicate additional damage to the already drought-stricken 1946 wheat crop, reducing harvest figures further in the Cereal Bowl.
The Army and Navy bulletin stated the atomic bomb to be used at the Bikini test will be the most powerful developed so far. The bulletin noted it embodies all innovations from ongoing research since the first atomic energy destruction realization a year ago.
The article cites a speech referencing the science of human relationships. It emphasizes education as the answer to global challenges and the need to restructure for returning servicemen under a government program. It notes Roosevelt’s posthumous delivery and university veterans present.
President Truman visits Fordham University for its 100th anniversary, receives honorary degrees with Cardinal Griffin and Archbishop Spellman. He notes tolerance as defense, praises veteran education, warns of an education deficit, and urges renewed investment to prepare for the atomic era. He rang the victory bell once aboard the fleet, and spoke to educators and veterans about burdens and opportunities in learning.
The Veterans Administration announced plans to convert the Army Kennedy General hospital in Memphis Tennessee into a VA medical center. The 2000 bed facility will be taken over July 1 and used for postgraduate teaching and highly specialized patient care in medical, surgical, tuberculosis, neuropsychiatric and related fields.
Pillsbury notes uncertainty on when the A mill will reopen. He expects the new crop to drive activity, with forecasts easing since April 1. Wheat from the Southwest could reach mills by early June, starting at Enid Oklahoma before moving north as harvest proceeds and government policy allows.
The Yugoslav embassy in Washington says Belgrade informed on Saturday that Gen. Draja Mihailovich, charged with collaborating with the Germans, will face trial in about two weeks.
United Mine Workers and operators negotia te overtime pay for four holidays, while a two week truce reduces immediate disruption. President Truman seeks settlement as Senate scrut inizes anti strike legislation. Most miners return to work, but some locals reject the truce. Krug extends emergency coal distribution to essential users.
Washington reports the Government on Saturday assumed control of all coal production during the truce. The move centralizes extraction and likely affects miners, unions, and energy supply as officials coordinate distribution and price safeguards.
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