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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1946
Page
9
At Wright Field testing laboratories an entire hall measures jet engine air intake and thrust by a fixed engine on a 55 to 60 ton steel base. The room is sealed with a large intake duct. the test assesses air consumption and thrust while discussing ram jet developments for high altitude flight.
A page one discussion details the Army’s provision of uniforms up to 52 waist and orthopaedic shoes with a year’s starter supply. It notes road work to improve footing, the ban on smoking in mess halls, and the need for quick meals so others can eat. The speaker, Lewis, anticipates possible draft contrasts with labor leaders and offers Pentagon travel for more information.
Counsel for Nazi leaders in Nuremberg argued to prove Martin Bormann’s death to stop the war crimes case. A defense spokesman said he believed the former Hitler aide was dead and that proof would end proceedings. The tribunal allowed two Bormann secretaries to testify.
A. F. Whitney head of the Railroad Brotherhood accuses President Truman of misrepresentation and broken promises. He claims Truman met with Whitney and engineer Alvanley Johnston twice for 27 minutes on May 14 and three minutes on May 17, treating them like stepchildren and speaking sternly. Whitney alleges Truman misrepresented his call to postpone a trainmen strike for five days on May 18.
TED SILVEY, a CIO economist, hailed a ruling as veterans gain permanent contract protection instead of relying on Hershey precedents. The same Monday decision strengthens OPA power to block illegal evictions in federal courts and expands landowner air rights, citing Thomas Lee Causby of Greensboro, N C, whose poultry business was harmed by nearby military flights.
A F L Molina faces a preliminary hearing on June 26. Molina proclaims innocence and says she last saw him January 3 in Reno. Meanwhile Mrs Malcolmson had announced engagement to Boyington earlier in Reno, the same man who married Frances Baker. The trio’s children relied on Boyington’s Marine pay allotments, and the mother of those children recently divorced a Seattle vendor. Molina intends to return to her Reno home and seeks her Pekinese Pussyface.
An eight car coach train en route from San Diego to Bainbridge Maryland derailed after the locomotive left the track at a crawl. Conductor C. J. Desch said pony wheels led the topple and crews toiled overnight to clear debris while traffic was diverted via the Columbia freight branch. The engine slid into a clay bank near the rain swollen Susquehanna River.
U.S. joint chiefs of staff outline postwar bases strategy seeking only facility use on Manus Island and Ascension others with no sovereignty or permanent garrisons. Iceland may see joint use, while Greenland talks are unstarted. Key concept remains joint use agreements.
Carter Glass, longtime Virginia senator and former secretary of the treasury, dies after a career shaping banking law and the Federal Reserve. He opposed the New Deal on sound money grounds, but remained a personal friend of Roosevelt. Funeral in Lynchburg at Montview, burial in Spring Willow Cemetery.
London dispatch says Egyptian Prime Minister Sidiy Pasha rejects wartime or peacetime British guards on the Suez Canal. He favors an alliance with Britain but insists Egypt remains a sovereign nation and any new treaty must reflect that.
The World Food Conference called for a global shift to darker bread by diluting wheat with other grains and potato flour. It urged nations to raise wheat extraction to at least 85 percent, with exemptions for bakers facing equipment issues. Export figures for early 1940s reflect mixed progress amid shortages and a looming rail strike.
The White House stated President Truman had no foreknowledge that the railroad strike had been settled. Secretary Ross refuted Senate charges by Senator More that the Vice President knew the settlement four hours before addressing Congress.
Federal Judge John Knight dismissed indictments filed in 1945 against Albert C. Fuchler of Syracuse and four assistants over alleged kickback schemes on Sampson Naval Base 1942 work permit fees. Assistant U S Attorney Privatera said courts found the kickback provision did not apply to work-permit fees. Other defendants included Michael Cazzola Yonkers William E Barnee Syracuse Edmund Powers and William Milanese.
Major labor groups led by the CIO AFL and the United Auto Workers denounce President Truman's emergency strike program as dangerous and dictatorial. They warn Congress to slow action and pledge to mobilize against supporters in both parties while urging unity to defeat the measure and Truman in 1948.
Belfast authorities report no visible change in the condition of David Fleming an imprisoned IRA officer who began a hunger strike 70 days ago to protest treatment of political prisoners. He briefly broke his fast after 25 days then resumed fasting eating only vitamin C pills.
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