31 Oct 1947
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1947
Page
1
Rep Crawford warns the nation faces higher taxes or inflation as aid to Europe looms. Sen O Mahoney proposes an excess profits levy to curb prices and fund a multi billion dollar European recovery. Tax cut legislation delay tied to Rep Knutson illness as Taft weighs timing.
Four burglars in bags and masks used sawed off weapons to seize 291,000 from the American Sugar Refining Co. payroll in South Boston. The raid followed a Brink’s payroll delivery and mirrors a Hyde Park Westinghouse theft. new black Buick used for escape. Police trace links to a Rhode Island suspect tied to earlier Boston dice games.
Meteorologist Andrew P Keller reports rain will continue across New York New England and Pennsylvania improving stream conditions for hydro plants. Central New York saw .66 inches in 48 hours. A rain front has passed but more rain is forecast today tonight and Saturday with breaks and additional rain later. Parts of the Midwest and Northwest Pacific Coast also received rain.
Thieves broke into a country house owned by the Duchess of Kent but were frightened off Thursday night by a servant. Their only loot was a police whistle.
Labor Government maintains wartime restraints on food shelter and clothing amid limited supplies. Marquis Childs notes in his editorial column that controls shape daily life as other regular features appear on the pages listed.
Pan American announced wreckage of the missing DC-4 with 18 aboard was sighted on a Tangas Mountain slope near Annette Island, six miles east of the landing field, as search parties moved toward the crash site. Pilot Alf N Monsen had reported turbulence forced a turn en route to a landing. The plane may have burned in the crash.
Belgrade announced Gen Franjo Pirc Yugoslav minister to Argentina would return to Buenos Aires within a few days after the expulsion of two Yugoslav diplomats from Chile prompted consultations.
President Truman accepted Frank R. Creedon’s resignation as housing expediter and appointed his deputy Tighe E. Woods as acting expediter. Creedon will lead a large construction program tied to atomic energy development. he previously oversaw Oak Ridge Tennessee project construction.
The government announced military drills tomorrow around El Quneitra and Baniyas near the northern Palestine border, as the Syrian army stages maneuvers in the region.
Gov. Dewey lifted the woods and open lands ban for hunting and recreation after rain reduced forest fire hazard. Removal is immediate. The governor credited a report by State Conservation Commissioner Perry B. Duryea that three days of rain ended the fire danger and announced hunting season days lost due to the ban would be added to the normal close, except for pheasant. New pheasant season dates would be announced later.
Moslem tribesmen captured Gulmarg and Baramula as they swept toward Srinagar, the capital of Kashmir. The winter palace burned reportedly in the raid, disrupting royal life and signaling a broader move.
At the final Community Chest dinner in Syracuse 365 workers and guests heard that $1,102,900 had been raised toward a $1,150,000 goal. Officials said last minute gifts could push the total near the target, but a shortfall risks curtailing Red Feather services for 1948.
Eileen Frances Green Hagen was deported from the United States to England after immigration officials ordered her removal. She had wed Montana contractor Barney Hagen by proxy, and left from La Guardia Field while guards prevented her husband from bidding farewell.
The Veterans Administration announced that among 2,352,514 war veterans on pension rolls, 128,963 are 65 or older. This group includes 85 Civil War pensioners, 809 Indian War veterans, and 917 of the Spanish American War veterans.
Two maps filed with the county clerk show parcels to be taken for a State Office Building. Parcel Six fronts E Water Street and Marian D Ellis is named as owner. Parcels Seven and Eight involve Colonial Beacon Oil Co holdings with fronts on S State Street and Market and E Water Streets. State Superintendent Charles F Sells directs the action as necessary for construction.
Capper 82 year old Kansas senator announces candidacy for a sixth term. He is a veteran Republican lawmaker and dean of the U S Senate.
The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to the Society of Friends with the prize split between the Friends Service Council of London and the American Service Committee in Philadelphia. The British society has about 20,534 members and 15,000 Sunday School students, opposes war, and offers ambulance and area work.
Polish Embassy reports Gen. Wiktor Grosz in London on a mission described as a smear campaign against Stanislaw Mikolajczyk leader of the Polish Peasant Party who disappeared eight days ago with no official word on his fate.
A humorous quip about life and its brevity circulates with a sharp punchline. The line suggests not taking life too seriously since everyone will pass away. The note attributes the mood to a light, cheeky social aside.
Washington reports that HUAC investigations into alleged Soviet atomic spy attempts in 1942 have concluded their public hearings. Rep J Parnell Thomas said new leads will be pursued in Hollywood propaganda and A bomb espionage ties.
Former Vice President Henry Wallace met Pope Pius XII in Rome and urged the pope to use his influence to help resolve the Palestine problem, a Wallace aide said after the audience.
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