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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1951
Page
2
Fragmented wire service items report on an Apple Association official stating apples are being processed in a foundation for perfume named Eve. Separately, a New York notice references pay meters and labor issues, while a deadly tenement fire in the Bronx leaves two children dead and a woman injured.
An overloaded, garbled dispatch mixes a 220 mile voyage, a respiratory center, and a victim’s deportation with scattered criminal cases. It mentions Earl Sutphen, a drowning suspect, an old report about a lay protest, a Towson estate dispute, and a Penn State student incidence. The piece blends multiple unrelated events with unclear chronology and names.
West German police said a Slovak refugee from Czechoslovakia was fatally gunned near the Czech German border while trying to cross into West Germany. A second Slovak fled with a herd of cables as cover. his fate remained unknown. Also reported an assassination attempt on Marshal Tito failed. a Croatian peasant Viado Radesse was arrested and later sentenced to death, commuted to 20 years. Prime Minister Holland announced an airlift to move 70 shipwrecked soldiers from Shanghai to Japan.
Annapolis dispatch reports Sheriff appeals for parole for a long imprisoned jail guard, Decker, who controls keys and handles money. The prisoner faces claims of loyalty to fellow inmates, and abuse of duties while reportedly overworked and ill. Governor urged to grant clemency.
The House passed a package totaling about four billion dollars for payrolls and agency funding. The compromise funds the General Security Agency and Agriculture, with reductions to payrolls and specific departments. Agencies face pay cuts up to twenty percent and several major line items are adjusted for defense, energy, and civil programs under the current fiscal year ending next June.
A Czech national faces charges in an American court over illegally shipping radioactive and strategic materials from West Germany to Czechoslovakia. The defendant, Gustav Davidevle, accused of arranging the transfer with German authorities and Slovak contacts, faces potential penalties. Prosecutors allege sizable shipments valued at about 460,000 marks crossed borders, triggering a complex international inquiry.
Actress Domania Donnell told the judge her husband Jamies W. Donnell manufactured trailers and had not supported her for four years. She said her aim was to be a good housewife and have a baby, and she was granted a divorce Mecrea.
Death notices list several figures including Walter Col, John Z Maloney, Louis Jouvé, and Sophie Trademan. Col was a Washington lawyer involved with the National Railway. Maloney was a 32 year old journalism student and educator in Dunkirk. Jouvé, aged 63, was a star of the French stage returning from an American tour. Trademan, 85, famed soprano associated with American and European stages.
In a historic communications milestone microwave relay links open coast to coast for telephone and television. The system connects New York City to Chicago Davenport Des Moines Salt Lake City San Francisco and more with towers stretching along a path through Pittsburgh Cleveland relaying through major hubs and cities. Officials say then longest microwave relay network will serve as a high capacity national line for voice and video. Construction has progressed since late last year with headquarters of the system under the American Telegraph and Telephone Co. setting up a nationwide hub.
Britain tightens steel controls as wartime demands surge. Industry faces material scarcities and executive cutbacks while rationing tracks through manufacturing. Government signals further limits to keep supply steady for essential needs and defense.
South Korea asked the United States to promptly pay 100 million dollars for goods and services supplied to American fighting forces. Agent Tou Chun Yang told Assistant Secretary Dean Buck that the payment is needed to float inflation, despite prior agreements and shipments already presented.
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