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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1946
Page
2
Mayor O Dwyer swore in Frederick G. Acie as city commissioner of urine and ee to succeed Charles R. Fintenden who resigned. The ceremony followed a meeting noting the appointment and the need to fill the vacancy at City Hall.
Wanda Carlton 19 of Wilmington California, aerialist with Barnes Brothers Circus, died in Providence Hospital from injuries after a fall at Olympia Stadium Wednesday night. She suffered internal injuries.
Two American soldiers in Tokyo plan a light hearted push to flood Congress with love notes while Lt Gen. Lucius D. Clay orders an immediate halt to reparations shipments from the American occupation zone to other Allies to press the issue of Germany’s economic treatment.
Twelve upstate county Democratic chairmen joined a testimonial dinner for Senator James M. Mead in Schoharie County. Mead, seen as a top 1946 gubernatorial hopeful, was detained in Washington by a joint Congressional session. County chairs from Montgomery Greene Ulster Onondaga Dutchess Ontario Sullivan Albany Columbia Delaware Schenectady and Schoharie forged support.
Ernest Rhys aged 27, author, poet and editor of Everyman's Library, died in London. John E. Erickson aged 83, three times governor of Montana and former U S Senator, died in Helena Montana.
The Swiss radio via Warsaw reported Lt Gen Andrei A Vlassov a renegade Russian who fought for the Germans has been arrested and is en route to Moscow. Police in Manila planned extraordinary precautions to protect President elect Manuel Roxas at May 28 inauguration following an assassination plot tip.
President calls for keeping the Office of Price Administration another year in effective form and opposes amendments that would end price controls. He warns against allowing meat and live stock price de controls and backs a three man de control board with power to reinstate controls on livestock poultry meat and milk after appeals to the agriculture secretary.
President Truman pledged US support to the United Nations Economic and Social Council as it opened in New York City to address long term peace and welfare goals. Leaders urged joint action to remove war causes and improve living standards amid debates on public loans and UN powers.
The Senate approved an amendment limiting wildcat strikes and barring secondary boycotts, with prosecutions under the anti trust law possible. The measure aligns with Truman proposals and sets a six month postwar effectiveness, after House support for a joint Senate House committee on labor needs. Marcantonio condemned the plan as drastic anti labor legislation.
The engineers and trainmen accepted the same terms as the non striking unions and carriers. President Whitney said the strike is over and normal operations should return by Saturday night. The settlement followed President Truman’s push and aimed to avert further food and fuel shortages nationwide.
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