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01 Sep 1939
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Syracuse Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1939
Page
1
A brief notice notes that the deadline has passed for applying to postoffice job openings. No further details or contacts are provided in the readable text.
Lieutenant Governor Poletti addressed newspaper staff at the State Fair clubhouse during a women’s symposium on Education for Democracy. Crowds numbered about 30,000 on Governors Day, with 166,514 total attendance over six days and plans for eight days may lift totals further if weather stays favorable. The fair highlights included grand circuit horse races, cattle, poultry and swine judging, open classes, and a busy schedule of concerts and exhibitions.
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed a small barn at the rear of Norman Drew's home on Fennell Street Skaneateles at 2 AM today. Six chickens perished, state police Trooper Robert Flaherty said while investigations to determine the cause continued.
Schedule lists an aviation show and baby clinic at Empire Court, a concert at Olean High School Banc, Indian ceremonial at India, time trials and a 100 mile dirt track championship, a Sportsmen's Show at Court Farm Machinery Building, Bizning's orchestra at the Women's Building, Indian dance in Indiana, rodeo and areworks before the Grandstand, and George Hamid's World's Pair Revue at the Coliseum with water ballet, all set through the evening hours.
At the fair ground last night four brothers and a son were hospitalized after ingesting ham from Ithaca, diagnosed as food poisoning. Alfred Hornbrook, 75, was most seriously affected, with Harry 33, John 63, and Charles 72 also ill but recovering by today. A separate injury involved 11-year-old Stanley Madog with a cut foot after a fall on the race track.
Rex Grills at 700 South Salina Street had its liquor license suspended for 20 days between August 26 and September 15 over gambling charges. The facility forfeited a $500 bond to the State Liquor Authority, with renewal required before reopening. Deputy Commissioner Marvin L. Gatlin announced the action, noting it as among the authority’s harsher penalties.
Foot blisters and minor illnesses overwhelmed the Fair’s hospital as 52 patients were treated since opening. Most injuries came from walking in new shoes, with three rodeo riders injured and two unusual incidents including a foot laceration from a plane propeller.
Board members of Chemical Fund Inc and Rochester Capital Corp approve a merger that will dissolve Rochester Capital. Rochester stockholders may receive Chemical Fund shares in exchange, with Rochester assets valued around $3.5 million in industrial chemical and process holdings.
Authorities identified the body found near Henderson Pond as Joseph Sidor, 16, of Auburn and a student at Syracuse State School. Police say a facial reconstruction aided the match, with Sidor reported missing from Camillus since February. Investigators questioned two women and a man, while no charges were disclosed, as the case remains under inquiry by state police and Syracuse officials.
Taxpayers of Recx school district appeal a decision by Mortimer Hinman denying approval of a five year bus contract for veteran driver La Mayr. Hearing is set for 2 PM before Dr. Ernest Cole and Joseph Lipsky in Albany with 215 taxpayers backing the challenge.
Postal receipts in Syracuse for August totaled 138,212.91 dollars, 647 dollars more than the same month last year, Postmaster Edmund I. Weston announced. He noted a steady rise with small increases each month since the year began, calling it a healthy sign rather than a sudden surge.
Three Syracuse men attended the Y M C A conference on Better Industrial Relations at Silver Bay as official delegates of the Syracuse Y M C A. John T. Bennett Leon E. Fiell and Maurice B. Olmstead represented the local organization. The annual three day event closes Saturday night and seeks better understanding between employers and employees through open discussion of industrial problems. More than 5000 delegates from across the United States are registered.
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices from Syracuse area, noting deaths of Miss Clamka Miller, Louis Krakau, Goldie Hofman, Dean C Miller, George Mathis, William Brown, Anna Damanski, and Charles D Clark. Details include birthplaces in Germany, residency in Syracuse, surviving relatives, funeral times, and burial sites at Maplewood, Assumption, Onondaga Valley, St Marys, and Woodlawn cemeteries, with services conducted by local churches and funeral homes.
Obituary notes list deceased residents including Mrs DeWitt C Hoover 70 Watertown Henry F Cronk 66 Ellisburg Mrs Arvilla H Hrane 94 Water George Baldwin 73 Lafargeville Mrs Naomi J Sly 20 Auburn Matthew Burns 73 Pulaski Harvey Drake 80 Meridian Jesse Van Pleet 91 Auburn Mrs Catherine M Redwood 73 Rome Mrs Lucy A Kingsley 73 Fair Haven Felice Pocchiari 43 Rome Earl Komiles 46 Canastota Sylvanus V Barker 85 Watertown.
Auburn man Fred H. Sexauer president of the Dairy men’s League was elected chairman of the New York State Conference Board of Farm Organizations on September 1. The move places Sexauer at the helm of state level farm group leadership.
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