Musical Lou Cohen a Syracuse trooper keeps showing onstage
Louis Cohen known as Musical Lou, a Syracuse entertainer wounded in New Guinea in 1945, returned home after a broken neck, dengue fever, jungle bugs, and high altitude sinuses forced him from USO tours. He began performing in 1938 from Hamilton Ontario, served in the Army, later did camp shows, and now recounts his resilient wartime experiences to locals while continuing his show biz.
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Lou
USO
Syracuse
Louis Cohen
New Guinea
Hamilton
Ontario
Cohen
Heme
Mayor wires 650 Gold Star mothers
Approximately 650 Gold Star mothers in Syracuse received telegram greetings from Mayor Frank J. Costello on Mothers Day. City Hall gave no public announcement. telegrams carried the message of sincere sentiments and best wishes from the mayor to the mothers.
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Syracuse
Frank J. Costello
Firemen to meet Thursday at Sweet Memorial Building
Executive committee of Onondaga Volunteer Firemen's Association will attend a meeting on Thursday at 8 P.M. in Sweet Memorial Building Phoenix. A sound picture entitled Chemistry of Fire will be shown.
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Onondaga Volunteer Firemen's Association
At & P.M
Sweet Memorial Building
Phoenix
Club and business meeting listings at Hotel Syracuse
Local notices list numerous club and business meetings throughout the day at Hotel Syracuse and Onondaga venues. Entries include Dietetic Association, Cooperative Club, Kiwanis, Lions, Photo Engravers, Ad Club, Ballot, and various company gatherings with times ranging from 6:00 to 10:00 PM, plus marriages and births notes.
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State Dietetic Association
Syracuse
Cooperative Club
Heps House
Co. Yow
Kiwanis Club
Johns-Manville Co
Ralston Purina Co
Cooperative P. Ot. C. Family Foods
Beauty Counselors
Sheet Metal Association
Photo Engravers
Hotel
Ad Club
Daughters of Columbus
Onondaga
Women's Club of St. John the Evangelist Church
Edward Walsh
Lions' Club
Chess Club
Academy of Public Speaking
Telephonee Co
International Harvester Co
de Onondaga
Council of Small Business
Ralston Purina Ge
the Durham Co
American Society of Too Engineers
Syracuse Credit Men
Norbers’ Union
Ono
Gillford Strret Day Nursery
A. E. Holstein
Appointment of Henry Sienkiewicz as clerk at $1800
Henry Sienkiewicz of 713 Park St was appointed to a $1,800 clerical post by E A Dollard, Commissioner of Assessment. The Army Air Forces veteran previously served as a bombardier lieutenant. Joseph Catterino was named engineering aid at $1,640. All appointments are temporary war service with civil service qualification for permanent status. All appointees are veterans.
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Henry Sienkiewiccz
Park St
E. A. Dollard
Sienkiewicz
Army Air Forces
Joseph Catterino
Enorlier
Onondaga Divorce Rate Reaches New High in County
Su preme Court Clerk Donald J. Maier reports 203 divorce related actions in Onondaga County last month. There were 100 divorce actions, 21 separations, and 7 annulments, plus five actions under Domestic Relations Law section 1A.
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Onondaga County
Supreme Court
Donald J. Maier
Pinball defendant gets 6 month term in Onondaga
Judge Homer W Walsh upheld a strict penalty for pinball violations in Syracuse as Michael Sarkisian 62 received six months in the Onondaga County penitentiary for possessing a gambling device a suspended sentence for allowing minors to play and a $50 fine or 50 days jail for possessing a punch board Sarkisian owner of Mike's Smoke Shop pleaded guilty after initial not guilty pleas and was arrested May 7 after a prior record of seven convictions including public intoxication and contraceptive sales Authorities including Mayor Costello and Corporation Counsel Hornbeck weighed the city ordinance permitting recreational machines as unconstitutional and the judge noted free play machines were illegal.
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Homer W. Walsh
Onondaga County Penitentiary
Michael Sarkisian
Mike
Otiscost
Walsh
Sarkisian
Raymond M. Bush
Marvin, Hand, Sears & Bush
Frank 9. Costello
Lyle W. Hornbeck
Hornbeck
Costello
Eagles Mark Mother's Day Program in Syracuse
At the New Syracuse Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles Mother's Day program in the clubrooms at 317 N Clinton St, mothers from the Onondaga County Home were honored. Aerie President Harold Young urged advancing ideals for permanent peace and a future free from war, pledging to banish fear and prejudice and to work for a happier world so mothers need not endure tragedy on Mother's Day.
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New Syracuse Aerie
Order of Eagles
N. Clinton St
Onondaga County
Aerie
Harold Young
Mr. Young
Young
Holy Name Groups Hold Breakfasts Across City Churches
Members of five Holy Name Societies attended annual communion breakfasts after 8 A.M. masses at their respective churches. Speakers included Rev Charles J. Brady and Father Brady’s wartime service reflections, Leo T. Miller of the Syracuse Chiefs, and various church leaders. Other gatherings featured talks by Msgr David C. Gildea, Rev William Lynch, and Rev Leo Crowley, with toastmaster Charles McKay and organizers listed for the St. John the Baptist and Blessed Sacrament communities.
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Hay Name Societies
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Hotel Onondaga
Charles J. Brady
Holy Name Society of
Richard J.wicheon
J.eMoyne School of Industrial Relations
Annua
Holy Name Society of Blessed Sacrament Church
Leo J. Crowley
Holy Name Society
Charles F. McKay
Worthington Barry
Arthur Goyette
Jack Kaltser
Henry Gendon
Jack O’brien
William Maxon
Mexico Food Superior To Ours Says Expert
Dr. Robert S Harris, MIT professor of nutritional biochemistry, told the New York State Dietetic Association in Syracuse that Mexican foods are nutritionally superior to U S staples. He described a $300000 Central American food evaluation program and noted Mexican school children under nutrition guidance fared better than American peers at lower cost. He said foreign nutrition need not mirror U S eating patterns and that several Central American nations requested his nutritional programs.
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Dietetic Association
Joday
Syracuse
Jeff
Jane Dale
New York State Department of Health
Robert 8. Harris
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mexico
United States
Robert S. Harris
Harris
New York State
Central America
Pan-American Sanitary Bureau of
Washington, D. C
Hearing Tonight In Hit Run Case
Walter Shmokaluk of Lawrence will face a hearing tonight before Peace Justice Edward Jones on a charge of leaving the scene of an accident. He is accused of driving a northbound car that sidewiped another car driven by Carl Bloss of East Syracuse. Bloss and four companions reported the incident Saturday night. Shmokaluk pleaded not guilty at arraignment and was remanded in bail awaiting the hearing.
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Walter Shmokaluk
Lawrence Vd
North Syracuse
Edward Jones
Shmokaluk
Carl Bloss
Thompson Rd
East Syracuse
Edward A. Kappesser
George Plunkett
Bloss
Justice Jones
PTA to hear Preston Traffic Court talk tonight
Judge Ruman will address the Nottingham Parent Teachers Association at 8 PM in the school auditorium on Safe Driving. Two art students, Jeanne Hughes and Jack Payton, will discuss Art Classes.
Friday 13th Injury Severs Leg In Train Yard Suit Settled
James E. Murphy, 41, of 2408 Lodi Street, sued New York Central Railroad in Eastern District Federal Court in New York City over an injury on Friday July 13 1945 when he tripped in the Dewitt yards and his right leg was severed above the knee. The settlement of $35 000 was received today with Francis L. McElroy listed as Murphy's attorney.
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James E. Murphy
New York Central Railroad
Murphy
Dewitt Yards
Eastern District
New York City
Francis L. McElroy
Tragedy at Baldwinsville: Soldier Helvey dies from self-inflicted shot
Mrs. Helvey reported a long fight over an alleged insult from a soldier, and the couple, after leaving a grill, walked to a farm near Baldwinsville where Helvey used a shotgun. Two shots were suspected, with blood pools seven feet apart, the scene photographed by Louis Waters. Authorities questioned Mrs. Helvey about whether the trigger was pulled by him or by her. The gun was fired at close range, leaving two notes found at the grill.
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Helvey
Harry Shriver
Baldwinsville
Mary Connery
E. Cataract Rd
Lysander
Fred
Grill l
District Attorney's Office
Stanley Bush
van Buren
Tucci
Hart
Shrivers
Permits Issued For One Family Houses In City
The Municipal Bureau of Building issued permits for one family houses to Susie Ventre at 1219 Court St for 6000 dollars Robert F Dowling at 116 Bertram Pl for 6000 dollars and Abe Gerlick at 302 Greenwood Pl for 7500 dollars.
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Municipal Bureau of Building
Susie Ventre
Court St
Robert F. Dowling
Bertram Pl
Abe Gerlick
Greenwood
Catholic Food Drive Brings Big Response
Catholic parishes in the Syracuse diocese report a generous response to a weeklong canned food drive for starving children in Europe and the Far East. Conducted under War Relief Services and the National Catholic Conference, the effort aims to deliver at least 250000 cans locally toward a 20000000 can national goal, amid appeals by Pope Pius XII and leaders including Truman Hoover and LaGuardia.
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Syracuse
Europe
Far East
War Relief Services
National Catholic Conference
Pope Pius XII
Truman
Herbert Hoover
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
UNIRA
Joseph B. Toomey
Catholic Charities
Father Toomey
Episcopalians Near Quota in Central New York
The Central New York diocese is within $7,009 of its $140,000 quota for the national church reconstruction and advance fund. Rev. Albert A. Chambers reports 89 of 139 parishes reached or exceeded quotas, totaling $133,377.72. The national goal is $8,900,000 by June 1 for rebuilding churches, hospitals and schools abroad and for missionary work. Bishop Malcolm E. Peabody commends progress and urges exceeding the quota.
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Episcopal Diocese
New York
National Church
Albert A. Chambers
St. Peters Church
Auburn
Europe
Asia
Philippines
Negros
Latin America
Malcolm E. Pearbody
Retired Syracuse Inspector Honored by GOP Club Fete
Pasquale H. Bennett, a 42 year Syracuse Police Department veteran, was feted at a testimonial dinner by the Lincoln Republican Club at the Onondaga Hotel. About 450 attended the event with Mayor Costello, Deputy Chiefs Arnold and Humphry, ex mayor Marvin, and former police chiefs Rapp and Peacock among the principal participants. Frank S. Lee led the banquet committee with Nicholas noted in attendance.
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Pasquale H. Bennett
Syracuse Police Department
Lincoln Republican Club
Onondaga Hotel
Frank J. Costello
Fred G. Arnold
Russell Humphry
Rolland B. Marvin
William E. Rapp
George S. Peacock
Frank S. Lee
Nicholas
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Shirtey
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Woodruff
Watertown
Perry B. Curyea
Jefferson
St. Lawrence
Lewis
Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts
Jane Tague
Bellevue
Albert C. Reynolds
Paul Surdick
Harvey Smith
Veterans’ Affairs
James E. Farrrll
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Milcolm. Ksay
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Elizabeth A. Waters
Marcellus Falls
Whitman
Brady
Dorothy M. Parkerson
Victoria Pl
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Ziparo
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Rose Marcart
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Jere Pr. Mitten
Agnes X. Murphy
Tully
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Myrtle L. Kupp
Liverpool
Joseph Caappa
Shirley M. Brundage
Ulster St
Gerald J. Cummings
Ethel
Charles J. Nengitt
Gloria E. Penola
University Nv. Y
Edward
Mabel J. Cole
Shennard St
Frank Jason
Emeline Hardy
Baldwinswille
Eagles
Holy Name Groups
Hollandia
Japan
Leo T. Miller
Syracuse Chiefs
Wally Caren
James P. MecPeak
George FE. Arseneau
James WN. TracKool
Lynn J. Sheils
Laguna Beach
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Mrs. Helvey
California
Victor Tucci
Kenneth Hall
Pfc
Frank H. Helvey
Holy Father
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State Capitol
Albany
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Strathmoor CO
Grand River Ave
Detroit
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Kirtlands
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