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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1950
Page
2
Salvage experts plan to lift a fuel laden barge stuck on the Hudson River edge near the Federal Dam with winches after it broke away from a tug Sunday.
Westfield resident Wendell Corey recalls earning 68 cents shoveling a show the day before Christmas 27 years ago and protecting the bank account by tipping it to a dollar to earn interest under Massachusetts law. Also reports talk of Senator Elbert D. Thomas as a possible Labor Secretary candidate and a Michigan kidnapping case near Kalamazoo with three youths from the south confessing.
About 200 youths led by Paul Robeson Jr staged a sit down peace demonstration in the main lobby of United Nations headquarters last night. They held up newspapers with Truman atom bomb headlines and booed Mrs. Roosevelt as she urged the crowd to go home and be quiet.
Sreten Zujovic, former Yugoslav finance minister released last week, warned at a news conference that Yugoslavia will not yield to Russia and Cominform as attempts to invade are anticipated. He claimed he has been reeducated and renounced pro Russian ideas.
A House judiciary subcommittee prepares a watchdog program to monitor defense spending and industry advisory groups. Representative Celler urges W Stuart Symington to provide a full listing of industry advisory committees aiding war agencies. He has formed a staff and plans hearings after the new Congress opens, to ensure business does not gain an edge in mobilization.
Nina Warren 17, polio patient, left the hospital and arrived at California's executive mansion with Gov. Earl Warren guiding her. She was greeted by her mother in a room redecorated for the occasion and begins treatment to complete recovery, after hospitalization on November 7 following her father’s reelection.
Eastern railroads petitioned the Interstate Commerce Commission for a four percent rise to cover higher wages fuel and materials costs described as at least 127113000 dollars annually since July 1949. They warned further increases might be needed if operating expenses rise again.
A supplemental petition outlines a proposed increase affecting all freight rates and charges within, to, from, and across the official territory, with minor exceptions. The document notes the scope and potential impact on transportation costs and carrier operations.
Washington reports 1950 sees more work stoppages in ten months than any year since 1946. October counts match September at 525 stoppages though workers involved fall to about 180,000 from 275,000. Largest strikes hit International Harvester Co and Deere & Co with about 23,000 idle workers each. Total ten month stoppages 4,010 versus 3,240 in 1949 and 4,470 in 1946.
William Richter of the New York Executives of Newsdealers Association says about 500 members propose banning the Daily Worker from New York newsstands. The citywide group plans a Sunday meeting to discuss the action.
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