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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1950
Page
2
New York police investigate the strange death of Glenn Arthurs 11 found on a couch with milk and a book near an empty bottle of carbon tetrachloride and cleaning fluid. No fire signs. Evidence unclear.
IN THE NATION six people died in a high speed collision near Pontiac Michigan with five others killed and a sixth seriously injured. Names include Susan Price Shirley Harmon Harold Mackey Russell Gale and Marvin Rathbun. ANCHORAGE Alaska military forces will conduct a two to three hour quickie alert simulating an airborne invasion at Fort Richardson and Elmendorf Air Force Base. Susie Riggs Beatrice Alexander and Allen Alexander perished in a house fire. LANCASTER PA A wooden Indian Chief Assiwamma kidnapped from an Indian River poultry farm and a reward offered for return. HATTIESBURG MISS Ensign Jessie L Brown the Navy’s only Black pilot in action has died in Korea. HART MICH Firemen blocked by snow caused a delay leading to a fatal blaze killing three children.
French Communist party calls march on the Elysee Palace to protest Germany rearmament and accuses the government of capitulation to a policy of treason. The report links the political tension to broader Cold War clashes across Europe and Asia.
Yeath s Fred W Hill editor of the Hamburg Iowa Reporter in Oxford Miss Lambertus C Bobbine 84 horticulturist and specialist in East Rutherford New Jersey Armando Cotarelo Valle Dor 71 historian and member of the Royal Spanish Language Academy in Madrid Katherine Elwes Thomas 93 paperwoman for five years in Washington New York and Elisabeth City daughter of Gen George Comyns Thomas commanding general of the District of Columbia during the Civil War
Western fears that aid arms would be diverted to Asia eased after Truman and Attlee reported complete agreement on urgent action by the 12 NATO nations to speed defense prep. British and American papers praised the pact while Communist presses warned of renewed rearmament and a war footing in Europe.
Sanford Michigan residents appeal to Midland County draft board to exempt their only physician Joseph Bernier a 32 year old World War II Navy veteran He served 20 months including 18 on Saipan and recently passed pre induction medical exam
Police hunted a killer after 10 year old Roger Folwell was found beaten to death in a wooded area near Pelican Isle Fort Lauderdale. He had disappeared for two days and suffered four blows to the head and a blow to the left eye. investigators seek motive and whether the assailant grabbed his hair.
Eight people die in a crowded four story South Side Chicago flat fire. Firemen searched the ruins for additional victims as the death toll could rise. A woman reported her husband and five children missing, one victim found was a baby. The blaze raged on the third and fourth floors. over 100 residents occupied the building, now a total loss estimated at $100,000.
About 400 people in five states may be falsely divorced after John L. McDermott, 58, was arrested in a Midtown hotel room with a Spanish typewriter and fake Mexican divorce decrees. Investigators say he wrote some 70 decrees and may have sold over 200 since January for 200 to 300 dollars each. McDermott had divorced his first wife with a fake decree and remarried, matching his clients’ claims.
General MacArthur's headquarters in Tokyo suspended briefing sessions for war correspondents, citing security. The move keeps censorship in force while cutting a basic source of news and background for reporters. The British commander in Korea said censorship needs are growing stronger daily.
President Truman opposes admitting Chinese Communists to the UN while Prime Minister Attlee supports it. Congressional reaction is mixed as Connally sees hope for world peace, Wherry criticizes lack of force, and Smith voices disappointment over seating China. Both leaders seek a negotiated end to Korea and pledge western defenses as defensive moves.
Paris reports say British American and French diplomats reached in principle agreement to send three notes to the Soviet Union outlining topics for four power talks. They reject a Germany only meeting and plan a broader discussion on world issues including the Austrian independence treaty, Far East matters Korea and the Japanese peace treaty.
Three Republican senators Taft Smith and Knowland urged the United States to arm the Chinese Nationalists to fight Chinese Reds beyond the Truman Attlee Formosa agreement. They said they were not satisfied withRefer the fate of Nationalist forces being left to the United Nations as President Truman and British Prime Minister Attlee indicated.
General Omar Bradley announced that the chiefs of staff from the 12 NATO nations will convene in London on Tuesday. The talks aim to accelerate Western defense preparations, determine how Germany participates, and stage the early appointment of General Dwight Eisenhower as supreme commander of the Western defense forces.
In a closed Senate Armed Services session, Anna Rosenberg confronted Ralph De Sola, a former Communist Party member who identified her as seen at New York meetings. Rosenberg denied the charges calling the claim false and vowed it would not end her Defense Department role. The hearing, delaying final Senate confirmation, resumes Monday.
The Philippine Foreign Office asked the United States to unload a cargo of American auto tires worth 1 112 000 dollars from a ship in Manila Harbor. Acting Foreign Secretary Felino Neri said the Defense Department ordered the tires returned to the U S on grounds of immediate military necessity. The tires arrived yesterday on the Oriental Dragon.
Philadelphia sees eggs possibly at one dollar per dozen next week prompting a proposal to suspend trading in Philadelphia New York and Chicago. The Philadelphia Produce Exchange urged suspensions to exchanges and the U S Department of Agriculture while top quality large eggs sold up to 95 cents in Philadelphia stores. Boston reports the highest December prices in 31 years with large eggs at 69 to 77 cents a dozen wholesale and a market stall offering jumbo eggs at 98 cents a dozen.
A Syracuse Transit Corp bus driver prevented serious injury when a woman slipped beneath the vehicle at Niagara and Giffords. Fliny V. Hartindale 53 of North Syracuse halted the bus after a passenger yelled stop. Joanne Motte 56 of 504 Niagara St suffered bruises to hands and knees and was escorted home by a relative.
Redhead Ronny Quillan is free on $2,000 bail pending assault and extortion charges in the knife slashing of singer Billy Daniels. Daniels says the case involves blackmail plots linked to his former relationship with Quillan’s wife.
At the 16th Annual Youth and Government Program of the State YMCA, Cornelli law student Alexander Lankler urged youth input in politics. Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn Dodgers second baseman, receives the Hi-Y award for 1950 honoring outstanding youth contribution as about 500 delegates attend.
Atlanta police and hospital staff report Ralph Camp aged two received treatment after a toy truck caused a lacerated hand. Witnesses say the incident occurred yesterday at a local location and the boy was admitted for examination and treatment.
Frank Webster 21 of Shortsville is charged with first degree murder in the slaying of Charles G. Lennox 52 vice president of the Rochester Electrotype and Engraving Co. Lennox reportedly picked up Webster as a hitchhiker in Geneva. Webster admitted beating and strangling Lennox to steal a car and money. Lennox body found with 52 knife wounds in a snowbank near Rushville. Webster jailed in Ontario County awaiting grand jury action in February after waiving plea.
Harry Gold described four points guiding him in recent months, praising counsel and authorities while lamenting harm to family and friends. He admitted deep remorse and sought to disclose all involved. Judge McGranery rejected the government’s 25 year term, stressing deterrence.
Lt. Egan of Truck Company 2 dies after a 23 year service marked by several injuries including a 1931 heat and smoke incident, a 1938 motorist collision, and a 1940 spinal injury. Survived by wife Harriet Stoffel Egan, son Richard, daughter Ruth, father Daniel, brothers Hugh and John, sisters Mrs. Frank Riley and Mrs. James Kratzer, a granddaughter, and nieces and nephews. Funeral services are set for 8:30 A.M. Tuesday at home and 9 A.M. at St. John the Baptist Church with calling hours tomorrow and Monday.
The 60,000 man 10th Corps completes its withdrawal from Wonsan after the fall of the port, with Hungnam chosen for a stand. UN forces retreat toward a new defense line near Hamhung while massive ships gather in Hungnam harbor for evacuation. In the air war, Soviet built MIGs challenge American planes near Sinuiju, as F-80s and F-51s strike Chinese troops and supply lines across the Yalu frontier. Allied air losses are not reported, but missions destroy trains, tanks, vehicles, and fortifications.
A $400,000 church fire destroyed the Franklin Street Methodist Church in Johnstown Pennsylvania but the only American first edition of Handel Messiah was salvaged from the flames after being borrowed from the Johnstown Public Library for a choir performance.
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