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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1949
Page
4
Scientists reopen excavations at Eridu in Iraq touted as the oldest city. Dr Naji Al Asil says the site may mark humanity’s first temple worship. Earlier digs yielded a probable earliest building and a clay model boat.
Hollywood director Nicholas Ray, known for It Happened in Brooklyn and They Live by Night, confirms separation from Gloria Grahame and says Grahame will seek a California divorce. Ray spent Christmas in La Crosse with his mother and sisters before planned New York theater visits and a return to Hollywood for a new project with Bob Ryan as leading man.
Hong Kong transport workers extend a no fare slowdown into the third day while holiday crowds ride trolley lines without charge amid the disruption.
The wartime trial opened with claims of Japan’s use of biological methods including fleas and plague against civilians. Gen Kawashima Kiyoshi described testing plague carrier bombs at a designated firing ground in 1941. Colonel Oota reportedly lamented incomplete deaths due to weather affecting flea activity.
Governor James E. Folsom, in a 1950s Alabama address, urges whites to adopt a more than fair attitude toward Negroes who constitute 35 percent of the population. He questions whether they receive adequate medical care and professional training, and calls for fellowship and lived ethics grounded in Christian teaching.
Los Angeles reports Jean Wallace 26, former wife of Franchot Tone, faces a new police charge after her car struck a parked vehicle. Officers describe her as scantily attired in a coat, slippers, and lace panties during the incident, the second charge in a month.
A freight train in Ann Arbor Michigan struck and split a stalled car at a crossing on Christmas night. Passengers suffered only minor injuries.
The Associated Press reports a series of deaths of prominent figures nationwide. Included are Bert Young emeritus French Indiana University scholar. Walter Lee Han philanthropist. William C Berry elder brother of film personalities. Pat Magill Jr Colorado House speaker. Major General John P Lucas Fifth Army deputy commander. Edward R Star national American Legion vice commander. Franklin Kahn WGN production manager. V O Grant Sharp Rosemead 86 nephew of ex president. and S Grass born Perris Missouri.
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