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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1946
Page
2
Dr Charles N Waldron secretary of Union College Graduate Council since 1910 resigns effective July 1 Frederic A Wyatt director of admissions will succeed him Wyatt recently returned from naval service.
Army spokesman warned that soldiers with 13 months service may stay in the ranks for two extra years under the crippled draft act delaying demobilization. About 20000 would be affected as President Truman prepared a strong stand for tougher draft legislation.
Hamilton Holt of Macon Georgia accuses John Lewis of trying to impose his own government on the United States. In Easem Palock fire damages the Dispatch Herald building forcing a four page edition to be printed in a commercial shop.
The Chicago Sun veteran Paul Neumann 61 died after a career across New York Chicago Philadelphia Milwaukee Buffalo and Ottawa Ontario. North Hollywood mourns Lee Kohlmar 73 famed New York stage actor and father of producer Fred Kohlmar. Ada Lee Dupuy 64 pen women leader and widow of journalist Capt William Ather ton Dupuy died in San Diego. Bred Baer 27 year AFL International Fire Fighters chief died in Topeka. Norman D Mayes 72 retired contractor died in Watertown after illness. Vletcher M Filioti 80 former publisher and Madison County treasurer died in Fairport.
U S to buy the 1946 and 1947 Cuban sugar crop at a basic price of 3.675 cents a pound, as sugar planters and mill owners agree to sell to the United States. Britain launches a nationwide recruitment drive for 250000 more service men. Chinese reports call a purported Kiangsu civil war a government press myth. US Secretary of State Byrnes proposal for Italian affairs and a swift Austrian peace complicates the foreign ministers conference.
Pope Pius XI met Myron Taylor special presidential representative to the Vatican and Mrs. Taylor in a 30 minute private audience at Vatican City. The event was described as a routine courtesy between the Vatican and U S officials.
Gov. Dewey formally dedicates the 34 story State Office Building in Albany as the Cov. Alfred E. Smith State Office Building. He calls Smith the Happy Warrior and father of government streamlining who brought order from chaos in governance. Dewey credits Smith with enabling the state to meet demanding tasks.
In a news conference President Truman said he would appoint an arbitrator if the coal dispute parties cannot agree. He outlined a two point plan requiring both sides to pick an arbitrator and keep mines operating while committees report back by 5 30 P.M.
The plan envisions a union of British India and states with an interim and later independent government based on population. It rejects Pakistan and gives the Congress party a dominant role. The union handles foreign affairs defense and finance while provinces retain residuary powers and may form groups. Provinces can seek constitutional reconsideration after 10 years and every decade.
Moscow and the government newspaper Tzvestia accuse the Japanese press of unfriendly bias by not publishing any coverage of the Soviet May 9 Victory Day celebration. The criticism also targets the Japanese edition of Stars and Stripes for omitting the event.
In a playful piece the writer muses on converting coal into diamonds and the potential rise of John Ty Lewis as a premier gem merchant. The imagined future includes Tiffany parlor scenes, nylon from coal, and jewelers' optics, all amid questions about cost and market shifts.
Two occupants of a U S Fifth Air Force A-26 bomber were feared lost at sea after forced water landing north of Ashiya Airbase. A smoke signal and dye marker were reported by a search plane, and the U S headquarters said the search would continue. Names withheld.
Britain France and the United States refuse to back Molotov’s tactics as Berlin reports keep the Allied Control Council informed. Western delegations fear a East West split if separate treaties emerge while Molotov blocks a June agenda despite three weeks of talks. Byrnes Vandenberg Connally plan to return Friday amid disappointment over no major concessions.
Shigeru Yoshida, Japan's third premier under U S occupation, began selecting his cabinet after taking office. Reports say Baron Kijuro Shidehara, the retiring premier, was offered the ministry of state as Yoshida shapes his leadership.
Photographic copies of three documents entered in evidence in the Soviet espionage probe were sealed from public view. The U S government asked that their contents not be divulged. The documents were identified by Ivor Gouzenko and will be read in private to the jury. The originals are believed to be in Washington.
Edward Mooney a 21 year old Philadelphian stood alone in the Army induction armory in Philadelphia as the only man drafted yesterday from a 16 county eastern Pennsylvania region with a population over 3 million and he felt a strange sense of isolation.
The body of Leo J. George 23 of Saratoga Springs was recovered Wednesday night from Saratoga Lake. He was one of two men who drowned in a motorboat accident two days earlier.
Four hundred forty one seamen eligible for release from the Navy today have been frozen in their jobs for a maximum period of 90 days at Pearl Harbor.
Rochester action abolishes 489 posts in Public Works and shifts duties to private contractors after AFL unionization efforts. City Manager Louis B. Cartright ordered immediate layoff of the workforce Wednesday night, suspension affecting ash collections and maintenance.
About 300 AFL grocery and food warehousemen in Pittsburgh four major cold storage plants walked off the job today seeking higher pay and better labor conditions.
President Truman signaled readiness to seize lines if needed as Illinois Central, already under control, is tentatively removed from strike targets as safety measure. A. F. Whitney and joiners plan a wage dispute walkout while other unions prepare votes. Whitney warns seizure may not guarantee operations.
Representative Lund Strom warns of possible traffic jams over the New York metropolitan area and pushes for a permanent regional airport authority with cross state and federal representation including New York New Jersey and the Civil Aeronautics Board. He also urges a safety airport in central or southern New Jersey in a letter to Governor Edge.
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