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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1946
Page
2
Saratoga Springs authorities questioned two men for illegal deer hunting after Calvin Swears, 73, of Conklingville was wounded and died last night. The pair said they saw movement in bushes before a shot was fired.
A murder trial in Essex County Court was postponed to October 28 due to the lack of hotel rooms for jurors who must be sequestered. The trial was due to begin yesterday and is expected to last three days to a week.
Louise Pierpont Satterlee 80 wife of Herbert L. Satterlee and daughter of J. Pierpont Morgan died in Greenwich Connecticut. Dr John C G Torrey 70 long time head of public health at Cornell Medical College died in Yonkers New York. Alfred R Whitney 78 retired engineer who aided Franklin D Roosevelt in World War I died in New York. Christopher R W Nevison 58 British painter who rose to prominence in the 1920s died in London. Mrs Thomas H Beck national Girl Scouts executive formerly with Marshall Field and Lord and Taylor died in Wilton Connecticut.
A young mother told police she was assaulted by two youths in a Sydney suburb last night and doctors found she had 11 cigarette-branding marks on her breasts. Local reports also note regional protests, refugee concerns, and diplomatic notes amid ongoing Middle East and Caspian developments.
Strikes continue across the United States with government labor officials pushing to end the shipping tie up. Capt. Harry Martin warns the Masters, Mates and Pilots about possible walkouts if no agreement is reached soon. Pittsburgh power workers remain deadlocked after 15 days, while St Paul milk workers return to regular shifts ending the city’s milk strike. Hollywood actors approve crossing picket lines in the latest jurisdictional dispute. A West Coast maritime strike looms as longshoremen and AFLC sailors threaten to unload a hatch and lumber schooners.
Waverly authorities said a 6 year old handyman is missing with his employer's ward Robert Crapser 14. A warrant for Frederick Woodworth is issued as the pair left the house Saturday night and packed belongings before leaving the city. Woodworth, a parole violator, was released from Attica Prison in 1941 after serving four years.
Sears Roebuck and Company reported September sales of 148,455,884 dollars, up from 81,756,568 dollars a year earlier, an 81.6 percent rise. For February through September, first eight months of the fiscal year, sales totaled 1,017,571,033 dollars versus 622,020,573 dollars last year, a 63.6 percent gain. Both 1946 figures set records for the periods.
Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach announced a Bureau of Labor Statistics study of about 10 000 disabled and non disabled workers supporting the slogan Hire the Handicapped It's Good Business It was prepared for the District of Columbia committee for Employ the Physically Handicapped Week and cited in an address.
Reinhold Meier in Stuttgart says Frank von Papen will be tried for treason if he remains in the American occupation zone. Hjalmar Schacht, acquitted on war crimes, was arrested in Stuttgart prompting protest by Richard Schmid over de Nazi law terms.
The Allied Control Council for Germany will hold an extraordinary session in Berlin at 11 A.M. to hear clemency pleas from 16 of 19 Germans convicted by the International Military Tribunal. Von Papen Fritsche and Schacht face further German de Nazification court actions while Goering and Ribbentrop are reported sedated for sleep. Von Papen remains under protective custody at Nuernberg and awaits British zone decision on his transfer.
Tass reports a Lebanese official bulletin rejected “mendacious propaganda” about Russia and Middle East ties. The Beirut issued bulletin, quoted by a Moscow broadcast, brands foreign newspapers and agencies as spreading slanderous rumors.
An 18th century dining table sold in New York for 1250 dollars. The buyer hopes to furnish it before the 19th century ends. Democratic spokesman Paul Fitzpatrick in New York state accuses Republicans of a meat shortage plot to embarrass the national administration. The piece suggests political satire and urges conserving fats from tuna.
Russian Ambassador Nikoli Novikov protested to the State Department over what he called discourteous treatment upon arriving in New York from the Paris peace conference. He reportedly was held at LaGuardia customs for nearly an hour while inspectors sought a statement about his baggage, a move he said violated diplomatic privileges.
Archbishop Alojzije Stepinac's defense argued for acquittal on Axis collaboration charges. Lead lawyer Ivo Politeo challenged prosecution documents and cited press campaigns to sway public opinion against the archbishop.
Cairo dispatch reports Pacusan Dreamboat, the Superfortress, landed after a 9500 mile polar flight from Honolulu and seeks permission from US Army Air Forces Europe to fly to Weisbaden Germany. Pilot Irvine leads the crew with aims to visit Paris and London and then Washington. Flight engineer Dale notes the aircraft is in better shape than many B 29s after the long trip.
The British Air Command reports 21 believed killed in a York transport crash about 60 to 100 miles west of Penang. The flight carried 15 passengers all service personnel and six crew. Wreckage found next day. Names withheld until next of kin notified. The plane carried 1,612 pounds of mail and 61 pounds of freight.
Louise Liddle, 18, of Battenville, died in a Cambridge hospital from a bullet wound. Police said her brother Gordon Little, 13, discharged a .22 caliber rifle accidentally as he walked through the kitchen while intending to take it to the yard for target practice. State Police Corporal Neinstel stated the rifle went off unintentionally.
Reuters report from Frankfurt quotes the United States News Service in Germany announcing an order halting mail from the American zone to Yugoslavia. The move followed Yugoslav refusal to accept postal deliveries from the U S zone as stated by the American military government.
In Apeldoorn Holland seven more schoolboys died in hospital raising the death toll to 19 from a naval Firefly crash into a school gymnasium. Seven other boys remain hospitalized with burns and the pilot Max Chistern aged 21 perished as the plane went down. his mother watching nearby died of heart trouble.
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