09 Oct 1947
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1947
Page
1
United States Navy ram jet engine tests exceed 1400 miles per hour with inshore launches using rocket boosters. The orifice differs from British tests, and NACA plans speeds up to 2000 mph. Ram jets have no moving parts and must run at high speed to compress air.
Syracuse residents join a nationwide food conservation push citing reduced meat sales and restaurant changes. Butchers report drops up to 50 percent in some cases while hospitals and hotels restrict eggs and poultry. University dining halls plan eggless and meatless meals as a waste survey and poster campaign begin.
A spokesman for the Scottish Whiskey Distillers Association said Britain will not imitate the American 60 day grain curtailment. Philip Gee, London representative, noted British stocks are below normal while America is overstocked and unlikely to feel the pinch from any curtailment.
Gov Thomas E Dewey to warn nation Friday against excessive belt tightening amid the food crisis at home and abroad He will outline a plan stressing higher production efficient use of food and no waste rather than lower domestic consumption He favors conservation but avoids urging people to eat less for health reasons.
The Foreign Office announced Britain had complained to Lebanon over the admission of the exiled Grand Mufti of Jerusalem to Beirut for secret Arab talks on Palestine, saying it would create a bad impression in this country.
An editorial by Paul Gallico lampoons a Soviet premier described as a wayward boy ousted from a seminary as unreliable. The piece appears among pages 54 55 with related features and notices across the issue including comics, crosses and letters.
Senator McCarthy reports lumber prices have skyrocketed higher than any other building material and a Senate House committee has assigned two investigators to explore remedies. The remarks were delivered in Washington on the Senate floor today.
Forecasters deem today an ideal fall day with sunshine and a high of 65. Expect Friday to turn cloudier with a 72 degree high as more pleasant fall weather returns.
A spectacular three alarm blaze swept the Benjamin Franklin High School tower in Philadelphia. About 2,100 pupils and teachers escaped safely within five minutes as flames rose 120 feet above Broad Street and alarms rang through the four story building. Students and 56 teachers believed it was routine as they used 32 exits to evacuate.
Notice urges residents of Syracuse and Selvay to register on Friday and Saturday at their polling places. Onondaga County towns outside Syracuse require no personal registration but suggest confirming name in the registration book. New voters must show literacy proof or take a test, with a diploma of eight grades acceptable. tests held on registration days at select schools.
Federal agents arrested George Wellington Thompson and Ernest Lawrence Paparelloi in separate New Mexico locations on charges of stealing classified photographs from the Sandia Army base and Los Alamos laboratory. Thompson, 38, formerly of Greenwood Missouri, and Paparelloi, 29, formerly of Union City New Jersey, were identified as former Army photographers connected to the Los Alamos project. Thompson had later worked briefly as a Civil Service employee at Sandia.
A humorous snippet shows a wife demanding an explanation and truth while the husband quips you cannot have both. The brief exchange underscores playful marital banter and wordplay. The source mixes a joke line with a credited brief note.
A tense cartel of city officials including Mayor Frank Z Costello and Public Works Commissioner Charles I Billion faced questioning about the truck case. Billion avoided two questions while Harrod Equipment Co. president Lloyd G Harrod stated the commissioner inspected the FWD truck Wednesday afternoon and details were explained.
Leonard Johnson, 20, Detroit, wounded by police after escaping a station and taking up a standoff with officers for over an hour. He threatened to kill Rector James Evans Knox of Trinity Episcopal Church during the incident.
Mounting resentment over secrecy by the United States and Russia on Palestine policy flared in the United Nations Palestine Committee. Pakistan's Sir Mohammed Zafrullah Khan urged immediate debate closure without the great powers. Australia’s Dr. Herbert Evatt, chairs, cited rules as he weighed a possible Saturday closure.
Coast Guard station relays a faint radio message from Iwo Jima 800 miles north of Guam. The typhoon slammed the island with 130 mph sustained winds and gusts to 160, leveling a large quonset hut and barracks while causing severe damage to several structures. About 3800 military personnel and dependents are unaccounted for in the lashing storm.
EL PASO Texas United Press detectives probe the crash like event aboard an American Airlines DC-4 after automatic pilot sent the ship into a steep climb and a 5000 foot inverted dive. Captain Charles Sisto regained control and made a emergency landing. Passengers and crew escaped serious injuries. Clyde Miller of Oakland reported flying debris and frightened passengers. Charles H Colvin cautioned the passengers remained calm.
Senator Ives of New York warns price conditions are intolerable and Congress may act to curb living costs. Speaking at a Community Committee rally, he says stationing subsidies and price controls are not yet clearly known but united action will be needed to meet and overcome the situation.
In Bucharest dispatches the president of the Romanian Federation of Labor says a shipment of medical supplies and clothing will be sent from Romania soon to assist guerrilla forces fighting government troops in northern Greece.
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan entered Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids for a rest. A hospital spokesman said the foreign affairs authority was not really ill, clarifying the senator’s condition.
A Jerusalem military court sentenced three Jewish men, two of whom are brothers, to seven years in prison each for printing leaflets issued by the Irgun Zvai Leumi underground organization.
Two Yugoslav officials Cunja and Jakasa were expelled from Chile amid charges of a Communist campaign to undermine U S and hemispheric solidarity. The pair, linked to Belgrade headquarters, were accused of instructions to intensify anti U S actions and plan sabotage in production. They were transported by car to Mendoza Argentina after detention near the border.
Susan George of Santa Monica graces Parade Sunday cover with a pictured revival of the ancient crossbow and its wartime relevance. Also in Parade readers find rain day activities for children and a scam exposé with Better Business Bureau collaboration. Hazel Brooks and John Garfield cast in Body and Soul receive Hollywood attention.
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