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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1947
Page
2
Hugh Lundberg 44, sought in the shotgun death of his common law wife Ruth Briggs 41, was arrested walking Route 60 seven miles south of Jamestown. Briggs was killed Tuesday when a shotgun blast struck her in her dining room.
Washington sources say a special foreign policy session of Congress could be called later this year if major gaps between Russia and western powers persist. Decision likely after the UN General Assembly in September and the London Foreign Ministers meeting in November.
Britain and four dominions plan a conference to craft an empire peace policy for Japan as a prelude to the Allied peace talks under the Potsdam framework. A dominions office spokesman disclosed the move today in London.
The FBI opened a probe into theft of grand jury evidence used in vote fraud indictments from the Democratic primary. Ballots poll books and tally sheets were taken Wednesday from the Kansas City Board of Election commissioners vault after thieves blasted two steel doors. State and local agencies cooperate as the FBI leads the investigation.
Labor bill components ban jurisdictional and secondary strikes and require 60 day notice for bargaining changes. It bans union financed welfare funds unless jointly run with government, and limits dues. Provisions curb mass picketing and coercive tactics while NLRB can seek court orders. Union officers may face affidavits on Communist ties with penalties for false statements. Employers gain rights to hire guards and to collect dues with consent and free speech protections remain. A House Senate study group to review labor policy is created.
A list of prominent deaths includes Anthony M. Stanwin former pistol shooting instructor in Troy Maude E. Halladay director of finance for the National Federation of Business Women in New York G L Kolany well known in Southwest oil circles in Burn Maw Pa Willian A Morgan retired copper market financier in Buffalo The Very Rev Raymond Kirk former president of Duquesne University in Havorwalk Conn Suterawood Dodge Shankland executive secretary of the American Association of School Administrators in Washington Mrs Anna Mrusge wife of Sebastian S Kresge in Detroit Miles B Dean index clerk of the Assembly in Marion and four children burned to death in Lanett Ala with mother Mrs Henry Colson at a cotton mill refinery incident noting the Huguley community tragedy
Emma Van Wormer of the Women’s Action Committee urges House action on H R 2910 to admit 100000 per year for four years under immigration safeguards, citing 850000 displaced in Europe. The report adds honors for Gertrude Skerritt Brooks and coverage of a $100 plate Democratic dinner with notable attendees and fashion details.
A Washington paper fragment covers classified rent with a pun about widows and a feature on Kappa Kappa Gamma alumnae aiding Dorothy Canfield Fisher projects for France and Norway. It notes supplies like tinned oil and cocoa for children, mentions knitting efforts, and quotes Chrysostom on women.
A fragmented clipping reports a reward for information locating Jacques Seigniur, a Frenchman who died in 1879, alongside unrelated musings on Queen Mary and the color blue. The New York UP item notes indictments of J James Brody James Auditore and Al Gross in a pier permits conspiracy and bribery case.
Washington reports the GOP budget drive advances with a $40 million compromise and a Senate test of a large Agriculture Department appropriation bill. The House line claims savings exceeding $2.6 billion as the administration budget is trimmed for the year beginning July 1.
The Senate passed a Republican sponsored tax cut after a six day debate by 52 to 34. The compromise combined 20 percent, 15 percent, and 10.5 percent brackets for incomes above 1000 to 303000, with exemptions liberalized for seniors. The House version differed on the brackets.
Army headquarters said two more crew members were rescued from the U S Army Flying Fortress crash in the Nicaraguan jungle last week. Fifteen aboard initially, four remained unaccounted for as of the report. Survivors identified include Voch Sal Peter Jenn Sy Ray Engh Blair Neb. Nine others parachuted to safety earlier with helicopter aid. The plane went down while en route to Kelly Field Texas.
A large Roman silding with Fourth Century Turkish baths was uncovered in Canterbury during ex cavations. Archaeologists say the building dates to the late second century and was extensively altered in the Fourth Century.
President Truman sent to the Senate today nominations of about 9,200 officers for the National Guard Reserve Corps and Army of the United States for permanent commissions in the regular army. The list awaits Senate confirmation.
Frau Hans Frank widow of the former Nazi overlord of Poland was arrested by German police near Munich on orders from the Bavarian Denazification Ministry.
Col. Aaward J. Muteny sentenced to 10 years hard labor and dishonorable discharge after court martial found him guilty on six specifications. Murray, a custodian based in Palo Alto, California, was convicted of misappropriating jewels seized by the U S Army from the Japanese government, smuggling them into the United States, and falsifying customs declarations.
The text notes a C.1.0 telephone organizing meeting set for May 31. It mentions a guaranteed refund if unsatisfied and criticizes a welfare tax on conversations. Beirne is quoted urging early price quotes for long distance service and suggests Beirne aims to 'take over' phone unions.
The United States and Britain oppose a Soviet plan to grant the UN Security Council veto over atomic energy controls. Canada backs the western position as they speak at a closed UN Atomic Energy Commission working committee meeting.
A mother plans a Memorial Day family outing with her husband and two children to visit veterans at a hospital and greet neighbors. The father intends to share gratitude with veterans, buy ice cream for Junior, and return home to dinner, while pondering memories and a question about saddle itch.
Britain voiced a serious view at a Foreign Office briefing over the May 22 attack near Avra, Alexandroupolis in Greece where two British soldiers from a Western mission were reportedly killed when a band of attackers struck a British vehicle. The incident prompted calls for those responsible to be brought to justice.
Corn Belt fields faced delays from rains and snow as planting lagged across Illinois Indiana Iowa Wisconsin Michigan and Nebraska. Soybean planting trailed corn with Kansas Nebraska Iowa report about 70 percent, while Illinois only 3 percent. Weather officials noted heavy spring rains in 1943 and a corn crop of 2.68 billion bushels valued at 3.67 billion.
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