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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1947
Page
2
A fragmented column mocks temperance zealots and dry fronts while noting liquor pees and store pressures. References to Mrs. E. Effie Longsnoot and personalities like Toots Shor appear amid garbled chatter about drinks and prices, reflecting a noisy postwar social scene.
A fragmented diary style column notes prohibition at play in Chicago precincts and nightlife. It mentions a big cafe opening, acts like Jackie Mies and Gracie Barrie, and contrasts drys efforts with lively entertainment. The piece references public figures and scenes from Rockford to New York, ending with notices about future shows and local happenings.
Mrs Mae Hart plans to discard a seven foot Christmas tree stored at home awaiting a furlough for her son in the Army in Korea. The date April was expected but did not come. The piece notes other military and civic items in brief form.
A shortage of about 1,200 nurses was reported by J. Ian Johnson of Lrenton, executive director of the New Jersey Hospital Association, as the state faces staffing gaps across a hospital system.
Government sources say a guerrilla force was encircled near Khassia in the Kamvounia range in Novi. All fortified positions were reportedly captured, signaling a major security operation in the region.
A carload of big names and top golfers opened the National Celebrities Golf Tournament to aid delinquency programs. Attorney General Tom Clark swung borrowed clubs with Ike Eisenhower watching as Gene Tunney and Jack Dempsey joined the crowd for the charity event at the Columbia Golf and Country Club.
James F. Byrnes urged that neither Russia nor the United States can dictate terms of peace and that both must avoid take it or leave it attitudes. Speaking for Variety Clubs International he said war talk distracts from real world issues and called for negotiations on equal terms among Allies.
Wage negotiations among Ford General Motors and Chrysler in Canada set to open this week. The talks involve the three major automakers affecting workers and industry in Windsor Ontario.
The Stern gang issued a Saturday night declaration listing conditions for a possible truce with the British in Palestine. Key terms include halting deportations of unauthorized Jewish immigrants, abolishing the military regime, ending deportations to Kenya, lifting curfews, stopping confiscations, and ending underground arms teaching and operations. The group says it will continue fighting if rejected, despite UN resoulution calls for a halt pending UN Assembly decision.
The Frankfurter Rundschau reports Hjalmar Schacht received eight years hard labor after conviction. The editorial notes Schacht briefly dropped his public mask and remarks he does not care about Germany, describing a man who built a career by selling out himself and others.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a 0.8 percent drop in retail food prices from mid March to April 15, while costs of other living essentials continued to rise. Overall consumer prices fell slightly after a record high.
Richard Strauss age 82, renowned composer, is reported seriously ill in Munich with word of a possible critical condition. A family member in Gar-misch disputed rumors of a denazification court and said discussions are unfounded.
Washington officials announce 500000 workers needed this summer and fall in the food sector. The call mirrors last year’s demand for workers in fruit and vegetable packing and related tasks as the nation plans 1947 food production and distribution efforts.
Goodwin notes that high school pupils housewives and other jobless workers form the main source of seasonal road processing labor based on reports from the 48 State employment services.
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