15 Oct 1946
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1946
Page
1
Washington faced a hotel strike as 5,000 service workers walked out over wages. Union engineers agreed to keep skeleton boiler rooms to ensure life and property safety while three hotels closed to new guests and the District saw about half its 5,900 rooms vacant.
Gov. Dewey leaves Albany for an intensive upstate tour ahead of a Rochester speech while Sen. Mead campaigns in Buffalo charging the Dewey plan for the St. Lawrence Seaway and a luxury Thruway threaten New York’s economy. Mead contends the projects would ruin railroads and devastate communities.
The Weather Bureau reports warmer today with fair skies continuing tonight and Wednesday. High Monday near 62 and a low around 34 with sunset at 5 23 P M. Record highs and lows noted from past years. central New York expected to warm to normal by Friday with light precipitation possible over the weekend.
Meteorologist Andrew P Keller says warm weather continues tonight and Wednesday with highs near 70 after Mondays 62. A cold front near Montana is expected to shift into the region Friday bringing cooler temperatures.
Unofficial reports from Nuernberg say 11 condemned Nazi leaders would be executed in the prison yard at 12:01 A. M. Wednesday, with the process taking about three hours and a formal completion notice likely around 4 A. M. The four power commission pledged no official announcement until all have been hanged.
The Paris peace conference adjourned after 11 weeks and two days of bickering marked by Yugoslavia's boycott over Yugoslav interests. Yugoslavia's refusal to attend the final formal session cast a pall as delegates prepared for New York discussions.
Congressional investigators report millions in scarce building materials found at Army depots including a large hoard in Seneca Illinois near Peoria. The five member House panel seeks explanations for delays in releasing materials to the building industry as hearings continue in Washington before the November elections. A subcommittee will also probe veterans' failure to receive priorities on surplus goods next week in New York City.
The State Department said it deeply regrets any discourtesy shown to Russian Ambassador Nikolai Novikov by U S customs officials in New York. It added that an investigation found no evidence of intentional discourtesy or breach of diplomatic etiquette.
Two hundred fifty British military prisoners at Dartmoor Prison threaten to riot and begin a hunger strike unless released within ten days. The group demands urgent action and vows to escalate if ignored.
Army rocket researchers target a 200 mile altitude as a step toward transoceanic range missiles. Ordnance experts note Patterson's Chicago speech hinting at a weapon far beyond German capabilities. Current tests seek greater vertical reach than the 104 mile White Sands launch, chasing past the 75 mile American V-2 flight.
The United Nations Security Council planned a debate on Spain's right to appear before the international court of justice. Soviet Union and Poland opposed by the United States Great Britain and most members. Yugoslavia skipped the final meeting citing unfair handling of the Italian treaty phase.
The Pacusan Dreamboat, U.S. Army's record long distance plane, left Paris for New York to chase the Atlantic speed record but returned to Orly with fouled sparkplugs after under three hours. Col Irvine indicated another attempt on the 3,600 mile route might occur tomorrow. The crew aimed to beat the 14 hour 39 minute TWA Constellation mark.
Marquis Childs writes that Wisconsin shifts from La Follette Progressivism to GOP strength. He mourns the loss of Fighting Bob’s party which embodied home rule yet showed isolationist and provincial tendencies.
Housewives faced meat shortages as price controls were scrapped with packers promising relief within ten days. An upturn in supplies, especially lower grades, could arrive by week’s end, with choice cuts likely weeks away. Markets reported limited meat at higher prices as controls end.
Central New York lawmakers and Onondaga County leaders praised President Truman’s action decontrolling meat prices. Reaction split along party lines with Representative John Taber of Auburn calling decontrol essential for fair results and warning against reinstating controls soon after they expired.
New York stocks rose sharply after the opening as investors reacted to President Truman’s decontrol plan. Within 15 minutes, American Telephone gained over 3 dollars, Southern Railway 2.50, Bethlehem Steel 2, and U S Rubber 1.50, while the ticker lagged behind floor trading.
An American infantryman was shot and killed in Stuttgart by a jealous German husband whose estranged wife was ten tennising with the soldier, the U. S. Third Army announced.
President Truman announced a move to lift meat price controls, rejecting a price holiday and other options. He blamed Congress for undermining price controls and cited the two month lag in meat slaughter as wasteful. The piece notes continued debate and references continuation on page 2.
President Truman announced rapid removal of wage and most price controls except rents. Meat and dairy products move to free pricing with OPA backing, as Clinton Anderson formalizes the order removing ceilings from livestock and livestock products. Farmers urged to speed cattle marketings amid rising prices.
A high powered bullet damaged a large outdoor transformer in Pittsburgh, slashing electricity supply amid a strike. Officials call it sabotage and warn residents to conserve energy as Pittsburgh Railways Co. cuts back streetcar service to about 12 percent of normal.
Carroll Reece national chairman of the Republican Party will broadcast from 10 to 10 15 P M (K S T) tonight to deliver the GOP reply to President Truman's Monday night address.
Hog prices surged in early trading at Chicago stockyards rising to 24 and 25 dollars per hundredweight for good and choice sows and gilts. The move broke the 16 25 ceiling, marked an all time high, with Indianapolis posting up to 30 dollars per hundredweight and St. Louis showing a rise to 28 as markets opened.
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