Debate Over Everson Museum Plan Divides Syracuse Leaders
Civic officials in Syracuse divided over the $1,000,000 Everson estate dispute. The Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts backers seek a central Everson site while trustees and Syracuse University push a campus location. Mayor Costello praises local museum funding but declines comment on Everson funds.
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Syracuse
Everson
First Trust & Deposit Co
Helen
Syracuse University
Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts
Everson Museum
Syracuse Museum
University
Frank J. Costello
Emergency board named to avert rail strike
President Truman issued an executive order creating an emergency board to study the dispute between railroads and 16 non operating unions. A strike vote is being considered, and the board must report within 30 days. no strike or lockout can occur for 60 days after its recommendations reach the White House.
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Washington
Truman
Wright Plane Is On Way Home From London to Smithsonian
An American veteran of the skies, the Wright brothers Kitty Hawk plane, begins a voyage from London to Washington. Following the late Orville Wright’s wishes, the fragile craft is to be sent home to the Smithsonian Institution.
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London
INL
Wright ‘Brothers
Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Orville Wright
Wilbur
North Carolina
Supreme Court pay rates debate echoes Roosevelt era clash
Editorial notes on today's Roleng pages discuss whether the Supreme Court should fix fair pay, drawing a parallel to Roosevelt’s 1933 contention that the court overstepped. David Lawrence contributes on the editorial page.
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Roleng
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
High Tribunal
Congress
David Lawrence
First Snow Flurries Reported Across Upstate
Syracuse sees its first snow of the season with soft hail in the east at 10 12 A M and brief flurries by 10 30 A M. Weather forecasts call for light rain or more flurries tonight and continued cold with a low near 30.
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Uniontown
Carl Scabareta
Ap.wirephoto
Syracuse
Vanishing Indian figure reported missing in Lockport
A 600 pound zinc Indian statue valued at 1000 dollars disappeared from the Harry H. Moore Tobacco Co. on Lockport's main street. The 80 year familiar cigar store figure was spirited away under cover of darkness, detectives plan to investigate.
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Lockport
Harry H. Moore Tobacco Co
Money No Object keeps Shanghai mills running
Old Chinese currency cheaper today than waste may be used to keep Shanghai's paper mills running. Several mills have closed recently because of the high price of waste. Bales of the currency abandoned in August are available.
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Shanghai
No Dice Fellows Outwitted by Rhode Island Police
A group of 11 Fall River gamblers attempted a dice game on the Rhode Island Massachusetts line. Police from both states converged on the scene scattering players and arresting four men. Each was assessed five dollars in Newport District Court.
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Newport
R. I
INS
Fall River
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Newport District Court
Cruiser Runs Aground Off St Lawrence Shoal
Coast Guardsmen and State Police rescued nine people from the 38 foot cabin cruiser Rideau after it ran aground a shoal in the St Lawrence. The vessel, commanded by Erwing Rafferty of Alexandria Bay, was freed and towed two miles upriver to this port.
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Alexandria Bay
St. Lawrence
Rideau
Erwing Rafferty
Greeks Capture Two Mountains In Free Greece Action
Newly trained Greek commandos entered action last night and seized Mount Vitsi and Mount Mankovitsi from guerrillas in the Communist leader Markos Vafiadis movement. The operation marks the first deployment of these forces in the ongoing conflict.
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Markos Vafiades
Free Greece
Mount Vitsi
Mount Mankovitsi
Berlin airlift plane crash lifts U S death toll to 13
An American crew of three died when a C-54 Berlin airlift plane crashed near Neu-Isenburg on the return from Berlin. The incident raises the number of American fatalities in the food and coal mission to 13 amid the Soviet blockade.
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Berlin
Frankfurt
Germany
Neu-Isenburg
Rhine-Main
Wiesbaden
Russian Zone Blast Rocks Airlift Plane Near Gatow
British authorities reported a heavy explosion in the Russian zone near Gatow Airfield that rocked an American airlift plane as it climbed from Gatow. The pilot said anti aircraft fire shook the craft at 2,000 feet and radio contact was lost before landing at Fassburg. Officials later interviewed the pilot and confirmed the blast caused the concussion.
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Berlin
Gatow
Fassburg
Germany
U S Envoy Denies Criticizing Greek Army Operations
In Athens U S Ambassador Henry F. Grady rejected claims that he criticized Greek army actions against Communist guerrillas calling the report a gross misrepresentation. He said he had not described operations as unsatisfactory.
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Athens
INS
U. S
Henry F. Grady
Grady
Labor Aid Contender Named for Assistant Labor Secretary
Ralph Wright of the AFL Typographical Union, a New York City official, was reported as President Truman's choice for assistant secretary of labor. Labor circles expect White House confirmation soon.
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Washington
Ralph [Wright
New York City
A.F.L. Typographical Union
Truman
White House
Disgruntled Evicted Tenant Charged With Arson
John Joseph Mulligan 29, a L C Smith & Corona employee, faced first degree arson charges in police court after admitting to setting three gasoline fires at his former residence at 328 Green St. He claimed eviction dispute caused the acts. he pled not guilty and was ordered held for the grand jury. Ten residents slept in the structure as flames consumed parts of the vacant west wing.
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John Mulligan
Center
William Delaney
Cornelius Cook
Greenst
John
Joseph Mulligan
L. C. Smith & Corona Typewriter Company
William Metzger
Green St
Mulligan
William
Bamerick
Phyliss
Two Men Sentenced in $13,000 Gem Store Robbery
Cortland New York Peter Albert Molt 40 of Albany and Robert Leo Gurl 43 of Brooklyn were sentenced today to Attica Prison for a $13,000 jewelry store robbery last April 2. They pleaded guilty October 4 to indictments charging first degree grand larceny and third degree burglary. Molt a second felony offender received 6 to 12 years while Gurl drew two and a half to five years. The pair were arrested April 29 in Lee Massachusetts.
Radio Giveaway Controversy Heads to FCC Hearing
Radio networks gear up for FCC testimony over giveaway programs like Stop the Music and Hush Family. Officials argue contests are not lotteries, while the commission weighs banning prize shows under the 1934 act.
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Washington
CINL
Federal Communications’ Commission
FCC
Commission
Fred Allen
Dewey Speaks From Trainside in Buffalo
Gov Thomas E Dewey arrived in Syracuse at 2 05 pm and addressed 5090 residents in Buffalo from a balcony at New York Central Station. He urged a government with a head and a heart and proposed creating a cabinet post for social welfare or social progress.
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Thomas E. Dewey
Syracuse
Buffalo
Washington
G.O. P
New York Central Station
Dewey Plans to Stay Governor Until Inauguration
Governor Thomas E. Dewey intends to remain in office as New York governor until his inauguration as President if elected on November 2. Secretary Paul Lockwood conveyed there will be no resignation before the transition. Lt. Gov. Joe R. Hanley would govern if Dewey advances to the presidency, with Syracuse events set for a brief stop and GOP reception planned by Central New York Republicans.
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Dewey
Albany
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Paul Lockwood
Joe R. Hanley
Frank J. Costello
G.O.P
Charles A. McNett
Twenty Nine British Carrier Crewmen Missing
In Portland harbor twenty nine crewmen from the aircraft carrier Illustrious were reported missing after a gale swamped their liberty boat late last night. Some swam to the carrier, others were rescued by passing boats according to a navy report today.
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Portland Harbor
Navy
Father in government posts linked to communists
A quote from Conway Barker of the Allied Artists of America alleges many communists in government posts. He cites a parable about a girl shouting to her mother, only to reveal the joke that the "man upstairs kissing nurse" is the father, an April fool tale.
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Conway Barker
Allied Artists of America
April Fool
Truman Defends Vinson Mission at American Legion
President Truman told the American Legion he proposed sending Chief Justice Vinson to Moscow to ease the poisonous atmosphere hindering peace talks. He urged the Soviet Union to show long range peaceful aims and said he would act to advance peace within allied and United Nations work.
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Miamo
Fla
Truman
Fred M. Vinson
Moscow
Soviet Union
Vinson
Russia
American Legion
United Nations
Draft May Call 25 Men From Area
Central New York men may be inducted into the Army under Selective Service in November. Captain Norman M. Bakke, head recruiting officer at the Chimes Building, said the draft calls for 10,000 men nationwide and that 209 men are slated for pre induction examinations next month.
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New York
Norman M. Bakke
Chimes
West will rearm as long as Soviets live behind curtain
U N delegate Warren Austin warned Moscow that the United States will not relinquish the atomic bomb and the Western bloc will continue rearming while Communist states hide behind the iron curtain. He assailed the Soviet plan for simultaneous destruction of American stockpiles and a world atomic control system as a likely move to destroy U S nuclear capability first.
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Paris
Warren Austin
U.S
United Nations
Russia
America
Curtain
Austin
Soviet Deputy FM Vishin Meets Bramuglia on Berlin Talks
In Paris today Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Vishin held an unexpected meeting with Security Council Chairman Juan Bramuglia, fueling new speculation that the Soviet Union may be willing to compromise on Berlin.
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Paris
INS
Andrei Vishinsky
Security Council
Juan Bramuglia
Berlin
Austin outlines US stance on international atomic control
The article reports James R. Austin stating the United States will not relinquish atomic weapons without a robust control system. He urges a moral, not technical, victory by free nations and supports a modified Canadian proposal for private Big Five negotiations to pursue an international control framework.
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Austin
Russia
Atomic Energy Commission
Canada
Yeggs Loot Safe of 450 Dollars in Professional Job
Burglars described by police as professionals cut a door hole at Baby Furniture Co. and stole 450 to 500 dollars in cash plus merchandise from 218 Washington Street. They reached in to spring the safe combination. A separate attempt at Bentley and Settle Co. warehouse on Oswego Boulevard failed.
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Baby Furniture Co
Washington St
Sol Moskow
Bentley and Settle Co
Oswego Bivd
Israel Accepts UN Offer on Peace Talks with Egypt
Tel Aviv reports Israel accepted a United Nations offer to initiate peace talks with Egypt over Negev fighting while rejecting a cease fire. The Foreign Office refused any cease fire until Egypt agrees to restrain its actions as Jewish troops seize strategic heights. A UN Security Council session was set for Paris to address the renewed hostilities.
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United Nations
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Negev
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