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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1948
Page
7
Russian military police and German police raided the American sector of Berlin and seized five German police members of U S sector forces. An American Military Government official condemned the action as a violation of U S jurisdiction. Earlier, Russian backed forces arrested about 600 Germans at Potsdamer Platz in a separate raid.
Court action followed police account of an old charge. The Mousaws argued at their Fayette Street home before taking the children to Massena relatives. They then brought the baby to a Richland woman at the bus terminal and later recovered the infant in Richland, asserting the act was not intended as a permanent gift.
The Disabled American Veterans urged a 25 percent rise in all pensions and compensation for disabled veterans at their 27th national convention. Delegates also backed a $5,000 minimum life insurance for dependents of POWs.
The Ethiopian Legation rejected Governor Dewey's plan to allow Italy to develop former Italian colonies. Ethiopia said it would never accept Eritrea and Somaliland returning to Italian control and voiced strong resentment over the proposal.
Aga Khan III, head of the Ismailiah Mohammedans, reportedly ill in Zanzibar with a temperature of 103. He is 71 and all engagements have been cancelled, affecting more than 100 million Moslems under his spiritual leadership.
At Brookley Air Force Base Alabama troops collect handkerchiefs and candy for Lt Gale S Halverson of Garland Utah famed for dropping lollipops to Berlin children from a parachute made of a handkerchief. The items will be sent to support Operations Vittles as his Berlin mission continues.
In 1949 a Newburgh legislator urged a shield law after two Newburgh newspapermen were jailed for refusing to reveal sources to a grand jury. Desmond argued protecting reporters would force racketeers and corrupt officials into the open, noting leaders abroad support such measures and that confidence laws aid crime probes and policing.
The United Nations warned Arabs and Jews to avoid further violations of the month-old Palestine truce. In response to fears by mediator Count Folke Bernadotte that Jerusalem tensions were escalating, the Security Council voted the warning last night.
Three young Polish refugees forced a landing on Bornholm Island last night. They told police they were flying from Poland to Sweden because conditions there were unbearable.
The Baltimore Sun reports a former Wallace for President leader says a struggle is within the Progressive Party. Rexford Tugwell, ex-governor of Puerto Rico and platform committee chairman at the Philadelphia convention, warns that the party’s future could be controlled by the wrong people. He avoids naming Communists but says their actions resemble them.
The United States pressed President Truman to revoke Lomakin's credentials and demand his departure after a State Department note cited abuse of position and improper conduct by a Soviet official. Mrs. Kosenkina's testimony tied Lomakin to arranging false kidnap claims and obstructing police interviews at the New York consulate.
A crowded Buffalo city bus lost control today injuring twenty eight people. All injuries reported as not critical.
About 1,500 visiting firefighters sparked unrest in Rome with water hoses and bonfires after attempting to storm police headquarters to free a firefighter. Police reported no property damage and one injured soldier from Griffis Air Base. military MPs aided in restoring order as crowds clashed near City Hall.
About 2,200 prisoners at Atlanta Federal Penitentiary were offered a free week away from work plus meals and lodging but many refused. The warden said only inmates with clean records could request the vacation, yet several eligible prisoners preferred to stay at the big house enjoying activities inside.
AP reports Nancy the Toggenberg goat is detained for a five dollar bail after neighbors complain she leaps fences to eat pelargoniums and primroses. Vivian Miller, 18, owner, seeks a baby-sitting job to raise the ransom. Nancy has blue ribbons and can sit up and beg.
Mrs Ursula Linder spotted a mail bag on a southside suburban platform while waiting for her train to Chicago. She took the bag to the railroad lost and found where it was traced back to its destination at the originating station.
Youngstown police arrested two men after a patrolman spotted an illegally parked car containing a large money bag. The men claimed to carry fish, but $1,204 was recovered in the vehicle and handed to local supermarket owners, ending the robbery.
Mr and Mrs Charles Kemp of Nashville Tennessee asked the city building inspector for a permit to build a swimming pool on their lot. After learning to swim they plan to place a house over the pool with the pool serving as the basement.
Washington report outlines CAB talks with the five major airlines United American Trans World Northwest about a 10 percent fare rise across the board. The era of free meals in flight is under review with a potential end noted, costing the industry about 11 million dollars annually. The CAB expects a 5.5 to 6 cent per mile average fare, highest in 15 years, effective September or October after paperwork.
Washington report notes pilchards or sardines have dwindled off the California coast, altering fishermen habits and possibly national eating patterns. Biologists from the U S Fish and Wildlife Service and California state researchers study the causes, with plans to sample catches and track next dark of the moon results for signs of a return to waters near San Francisco and Monterey.
Seven persons were killed and three injured when a church bus and a lumber truck sideswiped on a narrow bridge 13 miles south of San Augustine Texas. The crash happened about 100 yards south of the Rosevine Pentecostal Church after worship.
Excavation at the six block Manhattan site for the United Nations headquarters will begin September 15, two weeks earlier than originally planned. The change was approved at a meeting of the UN headquarters advisory committee yesterday.
The Netherlands moves toward a two part union with its colonies after a constitutional amendment passed the second chamber 76 to 22. It requires approval from the first chamber. The plan would form a Netherlands Indonesian union led by the queen with a United Kingdom like and a United States of Indonesia.
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