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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1946
Page
10
In New York the writer links the coal and railroad strikes, criticizing John L. Lewis and urging public awareness. He argues for a supervised health and welfare fund, safer mines, and negotiated remedies addressing miners' grievances while coal production resumes.
A 12 year old girl, Mary Jane Kenny, remained in a coma after surgery for a ruptured appendix and peritonitis, as 1 million units of streptomycin were rushed to a Queens hospital by motorcycle police. Sulfadiazene and penicillin failed to halt the infection following the May 3 operation.
Siam petitions the United Nations to intervene in alleged French troop incursions in Indo China. Pride Panymyong, head of Siamese Ministers Council, sent the cable to Secretary General Trygve Lie. Britain signaled support for Siam's move to bring the issue to the Security Council.
In Salzburg, former SS Col Karolyin New broke under cross examination as Brig. Gen. Loyal M. Haynes showed New gave an Iron Cross to Miklos Bakos, the court's evidence linking New to the last March massacre of five U.S. airmen. Bakos, dubbed Bakos the Butcher, is also a defendant.
The Daily Pacifican staff at Manila accuses War Department directives of press suppression. They seek transfer to other duties claiming they were forced to twist omit bury and deceptively present news. They say Western Pacific Command violated rights by stifling criticism of officials and satirizing officer enlisted relations.
Captain Archie B Miller a 25 year old Signal Corps officer pleaded guilty to first degree manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Captain Eugene Dale 27 of Enid Oklahoma on December 28 Miller who lives in Belleville Texas faces up to 20 years in prison Dale a Bataan death march survivor and two and a half years Japanese imprisonment was shot in the apartment of Miller s estranged wife Fay Hancock Miller a former model from Jonesboro North Carolina
Washington reports only 155 Union Civil War veterans alive to mark Memorial Day and an estimated 135 Confederate survivors. The Veterans Administration lists 85 fewer survivors since last year, the 1865 Grand Army of the Republic once exceeding a million members, now aged about 100.
Chinese Communist leader Chou En-Lai claimed Chiang Kai-shek personally assumed direction of the government’s Manchurian campaign as clashes continued. Reports from Peiping noted government troops advancing toward Szepingkai and Wolungton while Manchuria faced a critical turn amid peace talks.
Tammany Hall leaders in the 18th Senate district rejected Democratic minority leader Elmer F Quinn for redesignation. Louis Capozzoli, a former congressman, was chosen by the Tammany Braves after a unanimous vote by seven district leaders citing local considerations.
Washington reports the Army is meeting its demobilization pledge despite Congress limits on drafting teens. In April 180,000 troops left overseas for discharge, with 160,000 expected in May and 79,000 in June. Total demobilized since VE Day tops 5.8 million. Overseas strength projected at 794,000 by July 1 as interim force drops to 1.55 million.
Three youths Vincent Giarraffa 23 John Domano 24 and Russell Donohoe 23 were found guilty of first degree murder for the holdup slaying of former weather weight boxer Al Bummy Davis. The jury recommended mercy for the defendants.
Washington reports growing talk that Senator Jim Mead may skip the New York governorship against Governor Thomas I. Dewey. Republicans and some Democrats voice belief Dewey appears unbeatable, while Mead’s Senate record gives others reason to consider him as a strong alternative.
Lee Kin Shun a Korean was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the murder of a Japanese national. An appeal written in blood by his son Lee Kun Moh requested commutation, but Lt. Harry Bell of Monroe Louisiana’s 82d military government reviewed the case and declined to revise the verdict.
The Office of Price Administration ends price ceilings for ollas large outdoor vessels used for cigarette butt disposal and removes controls from electric curling irons halt-straightening combs perfume atomizers cocktail mixers and related household items including ironing board pads door mats rubber fabrics stair treads baby furniture and auto-use items.
Tokyo sources report Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida's cabinet approves creating a Labor Ministry. He is also expected to name a new foreign minister rather than hold both premier and foreign affairs roles himself.
Rep. Trimble of Arkansas advances a constitutional amendment detailing a chain of succession if a nuclear attack kills the President and key leaders. It envisions a civilian temporary president, governors forming a panel to appoint a new president and VP, state legislatures filling vacancies, and the new president naming Supreme Court replacements. He cautions a military dictatorship could arise without clear rules.
Herbert Hoover leaves by plane today en route to Panama and Mexico City to continue discussions with government officials on the world food situation.
Tass News agency quote from Al Yakzat says despite announced British troop withdrawal many soldiers still remain in Syria out of uniform.
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