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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1949
Page
2
A band of suspects escaped arrest in Brooklyn after police rushed to a home on an alert tip and found Isidore Lesch 22 in the custody of narcotics agents being led away in a car. Police faced a chaotic scene as bystanders reported a kidnapping in progress.
A heavy hour long rain helped firefighters battling a 5,000 acre timber fire in the Salmon River area of the Payette National Forest. Officials warned it would take more time to gauge the rain’s impact as winds earlier had spread the flames.
U S Ambassador Alan Kirk appears in a Soviet newsreel shown in Moscow and across Russia presenting credentials to President Nikolai Shvernik. He arrived June 28 to attend the U S Embassy Independence Day party on July 4 and expressed pleasure over the reception.
Obituaries note Dr Joseph Edward Parry a prominent Sin city author translator of Greek works and former acting president of the University of Cincinnati in New York City Patrice OBrien a noted minister to France and Belgium served 1855 19585 in Dublin text appears garbled with multiple misspellings and misdates.
Anton Delin of the New York City ballet Ganecer says he was attacked on a Cannes street at 2 AM and robbed of a watch valued at 300,000 francs. He reported the incident to police and described the assailant as a talarman demanding 10,900 francs.
Secretary of Defense Johnson told President Truman and Cabinet that Canada favors bartering war ships aircraft seabattic munitions and other gear for American supplies. Senators pressed concerns over naval vessels trained personnel and unemployment while Senator Gurney supported a 50 50 swap to meet needs. The plan drew broad but cautious approval from lawmakers and naval officials.
Syracuse champ Dick arrives in Akron for the Soap Box Derby. He will breakfast with Gen. Jimmy Doolittle and meet celebrities including Jimmie Stewart and Gov. Lausche while competing for a $5,000 Chevrolet scholarship and a new sedan for second place.
Kent Ohio news notes a Brimfield Church Christmas event tonight with a Yuletide tree and a summer Christmas program tomorrow. Rev Kannel L Ireland will deliver the sermon as carols and focus on the spiritual meaning of Christmas over commercial aspects.
President Truman urges Congress to back two reorganization proposals to create a Welfare Department and move two employment agencies from the Federal Security Agency to the Labor Department. Senate leaders plan quick action, with a July deadline looming, while critics challenge the cases for the Bureau of Employment Security and health program ideas.
New York milk producers will receive a uniform price of 3.94 per hundredweight for July deliveries to pool approved plants in the milkshed. Dr. C. J. Blandford announced the figure, with a 5.8 cent differential per tenth of a pound fat above or below the standard 3.5. The July price tops June 3.61 but under July 1958's 4.32, as production nears 577 million pounds.
The bituminous coal wage conference at White Sulphur Springs recessed again leaving a fragile truce intact. Operators offered to extend the old wage contract for 26 more months, but United Mine Workers rejected it. A two hour session marked the first meeting since July 27, with crisis talk but no agreement.
Ohio state liquor agents raid a casino in Youngstown seizing $35 in slot machines and cash as 15 employees are arrested and 1,600 patrons dispersed. Five managers are held under guard for 12 hours in the crackdown on organized gambling backing Gov. Lausche.
The committee probes a freezer shipment to Vaughan amid secret testimony tying Hoffman to Maragon and the Albert Verley Co. They seek motives behind the deal as Maj. Gen. Waitt faces investigation for mishandling data. Hunt’s role in securing contracts and construction clearances is also under scrutiny.
Soviet authorities released three West German journalists who were arrested Thursday after a Stuttgart photographer took a picture of a Soviet soldier. Reinhold Apfel of Stuttgarter Zeitung said a Russian sentry forced a photographer to surrender her camera and later arrested her and two colleagues who volunteered to accompany her.
Pope Pius XII told five American correspondents at Castel Gandolfo that the dispute over federal aid to Catholic and parochial schools appears resolved to satisfaction. He referenced exchanges between Cardinal Spellman and Mrs. Roosevelt and noted the Barden bill debate remains in Congress. The Pope aims for peace as he takes a 20 day rest.
In Hartford Connecticut within thirty minutes at police headquarters last night John Murphy a 64 year old prisoner fashioned a noose from his shirt and died. A second inmate attempted to hang himself but was cut down before fatal injuries occurred.
Washington Rep Gross attacks Army over swagger sticks for engineers at Fort Belvoir citing British snobbery and caste. Major General Weart requires staff officers to carry them. Philadelphia police charge Gallo with urinating and parking ticket incident noted. fines listed.
Washington CP reports nutrition expert Maynard testified at a Food and Drug Administration hearing on bread standards. He warned that allowing soy flour in bread could grant white bread bakers a monopoly on the term bread and noted consumer protein needs for schoolchildren and other groups.
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