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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1947
Page
11
Leonard Moonoylnin, a C-Yun driver, bagged a rattlesnake near Columbia using a tear gas gun. He stopped his vehicle on the highway to corral the snake, then used a 20-gauge gun to deter the reptile. The account references wooden construction across the United States.
Washington officials told informal senators that the United States must ship Russia about 26 million dollars of lend-lease goods or breach good faith agreements. The State Department and Chester A. Lend-Lease administrator defended the prewar deadlines and argued shipments to Russia and other nations were allowed under international agreements despite congressional limits.
Seventeen Filipinos were said to have perished yesterday when three ammunition dumps at U S Kasamadr Barracks, about fifty miles south of Manila, exploded. Investigators stated a cigarette while handling blasting caps may have triggered the blasts. The explosions rocked the area for about thirty miles.
The Prison Association of New York urged a state study to draft a coordinated correctional policy and better use of facilities for different inmate types. The annual report to the Legislature calls for a central receiving and classification unit, treatment for alcoholics and sex offenders, support of the prison industrial program, and a comprehensive executive or legislative inquiry not a witch hunt.
Washington insiders report Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower told friends he will not seek the 1948 Republican nomination. He cited three reasons: his climaxed career after Europe, belief the military is ill suited for the White House, and loyalty to President Truman. He also said he is unaffiliated with any party.
Alfred Maxwell, 24, of Park Avenue Rensselaer, was shot in a mass fight at the Empire Hotel Albany Saturday. Police say 25 to 30 people fought, tables and bottles were thrown, four men were held on disorderly conduct charges, and gun retrieval efforts continued. Maxwell, a Navy veteran, remained in serious but not critical condition with surgery planned to remove the bullet and identify the weapon.
Washington reports President Washington Philip Murray of CLG says a merger invitation to a meeting of senior vice presidents is most likely. A conference committee and cooperation plans between two rival labor groups are discussed as possible unity moves.
Alexandra Varenne 70, prominent French statesman and long time governor of Indo China, died yesterday in his Paris residence from angina pectoris. He served as deputy and former minister and was a leading figure in the leftist rally parliamentary group.
U S Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith told Moscow newsmen that starting tonight the United States will begin broadcasts in Russian to the Soviet Union. The programs will be relayed by Mun toh.
Five American soldiers attached to Tachikawa air base ten miles west of Tokyo were held after a January 31 incident in Atneblol, near Tokyo, in which several Japanese were killed. The town police said the men roamed the roads, captured prisoners, and fired weapons without specific shots being fired by the five. Identified soldiers include Willard L. Grooma, George E. Craig, Rosey W. Harper, Edward W. Smith, and Earl J. Havalda.
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