Help the Fight On Cancer Campaign
A local plea supports the Onondaga County Cancer Campaign as part of the American Cancer Society effort to fund research and cure cancer. Contributions can be mailed or delivered to Douglas Drummond at Cancer Campaign headquarters in the Onondaga Hotel or mailed with the word Cancer for directed delivery.
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Onondaga County
American Cancer Society
Douglas Drummond
Cancer Campaign
Onondaga Hotel
Soap Box Derby Invites Syracuse Boys to Build Cars
The HerRainn Journal sponsors a Soap Box Derby for boys ages 11 to 15. Boys must sign an application at Derby headquarters 300 W Willow Street. The race is in July with a top prize of an expense-paid trip to Akron to compete at Derby Downs.
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Syracuse
Herrain-Journal
Boydom
Derby
Bresee Chevrolet Company
W. Willowst
Akron
Derby Downs
Butter Shortage Persists As OPA Debate Heats Up
The administration pushes to extend OPA beyond June 30 while critics warn perpetual controls threaten inflation containment. A Minneapolis report notes Land o Lakes Creameries may close a plant amid butter price ceilings that fail to cover costs, driving more butter into black markets at high prices.
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OPA
Minneapolis
America
Land O' Lakes Creameries
John Brandt
Famine Committee Urges Wheat Free Menus If Wanted
The Notebook President Truman's famine committee asks restaurants to avoid wheat foods unless customers request them. If the rail strike drags on, shortages and disruptions may grow, affecting eateries and supplies.
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Mittee
Butter Price Controls Stall Production Amid Black Market Growth
The article argues fixed butter ceilings reduce legitimate output and delay full production. It predicts continued black market inflation unless OPA raises ceilings to allow big producers like Land o Lakes to operate legally, noting Senator Barkley would oppose using butter to defend price controls.
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Brandt
Land O’ Lakes
OPA
Barkley
A System That Cannot Endure
President Truman urges strong action to end the rail strike and protect the nation economy. The report notes union leaders and workers call for drastic steps or government arbitration to keep essential industries running. It warns that continued strikes endanger 140 million people and could prompt decisive public policy.
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Truman
Congress
Talk of New Weapon Sparks Fear and Debate
A discussion questions if a secret new weapon could be more deadly than the atomic bomb. Denials are issued as experts warn about the dangers of pursuing such power and the risk of a false sense of security. The text ends with a social critique on taxes and governance.
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Navy
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
America
Syracuse
Portraits By James J. Metcalf Obscure Office Comedy
A fragmentary poem-like passage critiques an office manager’s paradoxical efficiency and strictness. The narrator notes exceptions when the manager is considerate, but generally portrays the role as a rigid, uncompromising figure who punishes lateness and rebukes excuses.
Lawrence Blame Put On Truman By David Lawrence
Washington column argues President Truman failed constitutional duty during the railroad strike of May 23 1946 and calls for compulsory arbitration and warnings to unions. It suggests Congress should have acted earlier and that the two engineers and trainmen brotherhoods bore responsibility for halting transportation. It warns taxpayers may bear damages and politics could suffer for Truman.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Truman
Try and Stop Me by BENNETY CERF
Mr Perkins seeks cures for a limp from friends who suggest removing teeth appendix or tonsils none work until he realizes the real fix was removing a nail from his shoe. The tale highlights misguided remedies and a comic misdirection.
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Bennety Cerf
MR. Perkins
Readers' viewpoints urge aid for hungry abroad and unity at home
A letter writer argues Americans should help the starving internationally while caring for local children, urge education over waste, and challenge xenophobia. The writer questions harsh talk about foreigners and warns against overreaction to loudspeakers and wartime fears.
Controversy Over The Outlaw Film And Teachers’ Pay
Letters from Syracuse discuss The Outlaw and moral concerns with cinema while urging teachers receive salary raises. A reader questions waste fat drives and grocery cooperation, highlighting civic duties and public welfare amid cultural debates.
May 25 1896 political splits and a damaging cyclone
Yesteryear items note a Democratic split seen as inevitable with Silver and Gold factions fielding tickets. A major cyclone devastates Iowa with many killed. Syracuse railway franchises fight continues as The Herald presses for grant. Truant school overcrowding prompts 20 expulsions and vermin complaints.
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Iowa
Syracuse & Suburban Railway
Herald
S. Salina Sr
Capital Calling Labor in Siege on White House
The White House faces a wage price standstill as front line leaders fear a second wave of strikes. Voluntary bargaining yielded thousands of wage increases last fall, while unions plan new demands as prices rise. Philip Murray signals a guaranteed annual wage looming for steel.
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Labor
White House
Washington
North
United Steel Workers
Atlantic City
Philip Murray
C.10
Light on Russ Tactics Exposed in Bygone Washington Opinion
In a Washington essay Paul Mallon urges Byrnes to reveal more of the difficulties in dealing with Russia and to outline a clear foreign policy. He argues fear of full disclosure stems from prewar propaganda and Roosevelt era myths, noting Stalin never left Russia and that war pressures shaped policy and public support.
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Washington
Byrnes
Russia
Yalta
Roosevelt
Stalin
Casablanca
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Onions
Chief Joinney
Los Angeles
Stan Arnold
Vincent C
Thomas Kane
Syracuse Herald-Journal
Yesteryear
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Fred J. Wright
Bobby Jones
Moscow
Upper Silesia
Norma Easterly
George Easterly
Mary T. Fisher
Fabius St
Lichty
Paul Mallon
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