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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1946
Page
2
Tanners blame reduced hides and poorer leather quality on black market activity. April slaughter under federal inspection totaled 715000 versus 970000 a year earlier. Officials note wartime supply disruptions impact the tanning industry across New York and beyond.
Army chief of staff General Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered all commands to curb food waste or spoilage under threat of court martial. The directive reached commands as Eisenhower prepared to tour Pacific bases, signaling stringent wartime discipline.
Death notices for Frank I. Duncan 87 former Maryland judge in Baltimore Ruth Colton Wriston wife of Brown University president Henry Vail Dunham 70 vice president Casein Co of America director American Plastics Corp Bainbridge Harkness Edwards 41 trotting horse breeder and Grand Circuit VP Lexington Woolsey W Weed 55 president F C Huyck & Sons wool processor Albany hospital details provided for each.
Nationalist press reports claim Chinese Communist forces mass 50,000 near Tientsin aiming to connect North China armies with Manchuria, attacking the Tientsin Pukow and Peiping Hankow rail lines. Britain and the United States discuss wartime island bases including the Azores and Pacific outposts.
Private sources say the bomb black market has risen sharply since the Anglo American Palestine report. Prices show American sub machine guns at 70 dollars and hand grenades up from 2 to 10 dollars amid strong demand, mainly from Palestine Arabs, with ample supply.
Asheville reports detail a July incident as Southern AFL leaders pursue the slasher blamed for cutting the NBC microphone during William Green's broadcast. An Asheville AFL defer offers a $100 reward, police seek electricians tied to the wiring, and Chief Dermid notes no solid leads as they review basement activity at the city auditorium. The Southern AFL conference closes with endorsement of Negro voting and a recording that captured the speech despite a broadcast failure.
The Senate focused on a strike control bill as Truman’s Wednesday deadline neared. About 40,000 Pennsylvania miners backed a no contract no work stance, while back-to-work efforts moved slowly in several states. The United Mine Workers urged a 12 day return to jobs to aid the economy, with coal allocation prioritized for essential facilities and a 20 day reserve set by Solid Fuels Administration. Plans for rail embargoes were eased but service cuts lingered. Back pay demands by John Lewis remained unsettled, with expectations a quick resolution once other demands are specified.
In New York a negotiating committee for hard coal mines resumed study of wage hour demands for 75 000 miners. Anthracite mine owners and United Mine Workers AFL agreed Washington talks influence their pace. The UMW contract expires May 31 and a strike notice has been filed.
New York report that 75,000 Westinghouse Electric workers accepted a contract after 119 days of strike action. The agreement ratified by 53 locals of United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers, holds an 18 cent per hour wage increase and ends the prolonged postwar labor stoppage.
Walter Kiernen reports on looming labor actions as coal miners pause for two weeks and tensions rise with John Lewis seeking a way to reengage miners. He warns of potential railroad and maritime strikes upcoming while newsprint and cameramen remain scarce and auto delays persist.
Maj. Gen. Cecil R. Moore reported shots were fired at his car en route to the Leipzig Fair on the anniversary of V E Day. He said the vehicle mistook a Russian sentry post for a barrier, the firing occurred, but they were not detained and the Russians were courteous after explanations.
Hartford West Hartford saw twenty arrests as striking and non striking workers clashed at the Pratt and Whitney division of Niles Bement Ponds Co. State police intervened as about 2000 union members tried to bar 900 non union workers from entering the plant, which has been shut for eight weeks.
Washington report on Taft and GOP leaders pushing to brand Republicans as liberal to attract voters in Congressional races. Taft defines liberal as opposing restraints on personal freedom and supporting open acceptance of new ideas, aligning with prior remarks by Senator Ball.
The former President, honorary chairman of the Famine Emergency Committee, led a survey at the Chief Executive's request amid a wheat shortage. Pillsbury's A mill in Minneapolis halted operations after 66 years, with flour mills limited to 21 days of wheat since May 1. Government bonuses on sales to the government reduced millers' stock recovery, signaling more closures and fueling talk of bread rationing and meat, butter, and cheese coupons.
Mrs Andrew Carnegie, 89 year old widow of the steelmaker and philanthropist, is reported ill today at her New York home.
AUTOPHONES REALITY NEW YORK (UP) Radiophone service has become a reality in St. Louis, the American Telephone and Telegraph Co reported today. A motorist in that city may have a telephone installed in his car for $15 a month, plus $25 installation charge.
Sheridan vows to stop drafting 18 19 year olds and fathers as House races a temporary exemption and a strike holiday to Oct 15. Senate House clash looms over plant seizure authority tied to the Smith Connally Act, with six month extension debated and coal strike truce tests House resolve.
Madrid police report a daylight bombing at Postoffice Square near the Bank of Spain at 1 30 PM. A letter from a gangster gang warned of a meeting, cops attempted an arrest, a grenade injured a policeman, and one suspect was arrested.
Ernest Bevin took an unexpected Sunday flight to London for a long session with Prime Minister Attlee. He then returned to Paris landing at Le Bourget at 11:20 AM. No clear path to Trieste unless Russia withdraws its demand for the port or the Western powers reconsider.
Dr Edwin Sulkin and Dr Charles L Wisseman Jr from Southwestern Medical College in Dallas arrived to test cultures from victims. They consider a possible dual poliomyelitic and encephalitic cause. Roads into Nueces County are patrolled and no one under 21 may enter unless willing to isolate at home for two weeks.
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