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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1949
Page
2
The Board of Transportation announced a surge in subway policing after a police survey. 300 more transit officers will join 354 current patrols, with further additions planned to reach 1,197 uniformed personnel.
Duke University reports show U S ambassador design to Yugoslavia George V Allen predicts propaganda as vital to diplomacy as gunpowder once was He leaves for Belgrade later this month after two years directing America overseas propaganda efforts.
A tropical storm the fourth in a month moved toward the south central Philippines with winds up to 55 mph. It was about 190 miles east, the weather bureau reported as the new system gathered strength.
The Most Rev Bernard Kevenhoester 80 Catholic bishop of Nassau dies in Nassau Baumas. John A Campbell Groner 82 retired Norfolk businessman brother of Dr Lawrence Groner retired chief justice and father of Paul C Groner Kansas City Street Railway president. Commander Alfonso Mar ria Massari 95 African explorer of last century dies in Rome.
The House Un American Activities Committee disclosed evidence it says shows Russia received 1000 grams of heavy water in 1945 for atomic experiments and 1000 pounds of uranium compounds in 1943. It also noted a possible fifth shipment was a dud and questioned Boris Pregel of Canadian Radium and Uranium Corp.
In November 12 men enlisted in the Regular Army and Air Force. The Auburn area recruits include Michael Malenick Richard A Maroher Edward R Ew anekho Theodore Dombroski Gerald W Pierce Frank M Clark and Harry Warner. Peter Porcelli Charles A Franklin Charles J Curtiss Francis P Ruggiero and Edward J Maywalt Jr joined the Air Force with Maywalt training as an aviation cadet at Randolph Field Texas.
Macomb Illinois Eddie Setser police chief returned to duty after punching editor Carl Crabb of the McDonough County Times. He charged himself with assault and battery, pleaded guilty, paid a $10 fine and costs, saying he blew his top over articles in the newspaper.
Six or more people drowned when two automobiles plunged from a bridge into Bayview Lake near Birmingham Alabama. Only one of seven known passengers survived Emanuel Grimes of Adamsville who fought to shore with a dislocated shoulder.
The Shah of Iran will end his skiing visit at Sun Valley Idaho today and depart by chartered DC-3 to San Francisco. The 30 year old monarch arrived from Los Angeles on Wednesday and has spent most of his time skiing at Boulder Basin near the resort.
George F. Kennan, a leading planner of U.S. policy toward the Soviet Union, may resign to devote himself to writing and study. Associates say the State Department counsellor, earning 15 000 a year, has seriously considered leaving to pursue scholarly work and a higher income.
The Syracuse Central New York Chapter of the American Ordnance Association will host a Wednesday night program titled Rocket to the Moon. Arthur W. Robinson Jr. of General Electric will discuss long range rockets and show Navy rocket launch films. The event includes the chapter annual meeting and officer elections.
A Communist dispatch says the Reds are six miles from Chengtu while Nationalists deny it with reports of 50 miles. Chengtu traffic concentrates troops as civilians brace for a fall that would end organized Nationalist resistance in China. Three American missionaries, all women, evacuated during the night.
Former Marion County prosecutor asks Governor Lausche to pardon Ralph Eaches serving 10 to 25 years after a conviction deemed a mistake. The appeal cites a deposition by Earl Bircham who awaits execution for murder in Louisville and admits involvement in the Marion robbery. Earlier, a deadly Baltimore fire killed a mother Mildred Albig and her children Helen Leona and Michael Walter.
United Electrical Workers Local 1923 executive board meets tonight to decide on seeking a bargaining agent election at the plant. I U E and the new IUE claim representation, with about 100 employees at the Syracuse plant, and a Wednesday NLRB hearing set for 2 PM in Hanover offices.
Labor faced a strong vote lead with 43 of 74 seats in the old House and Senate dominance while the expanded parliament tilts to 123 members in the House and 60 in the Senate. Menzies urges free enterprise against Socialism as Labor emphasizes prosperity and full employment. The issue extends to Britain and New Zealand as Australia debates tax reform and anti communist measures amid partial nationalization at the state level.
City Court Judge Walter Relihan plans an appeal after a Supreme Court order bars disposal of six bookmaking pleas tied to a gambling probe in Binghamton. District Attorney Brink seeks full police investigations with Patrolman O Keeffe charged with taking bribes. Mayor Lounsbery defers intervention, citing law enforcement competency.
Latin American states and several others abstained or voted against a UN proposal on Jerusalem under UN commissioner oversight. Israel’s Sharett called the result a dark day for the UN, while Charles Malik claimed the decision could be enforced fully despite fears of unrest.
Valatie New York the Martin H Glynn High School in Columbia County received a weather map from the U S Weather Bureau that had been requested in 1934 by former teacher Grace Loudin for science class. The map arrived last week and was used in class despite Loudin not living in Valatie for a decade.
John C. Crary, Albany legislative correspondent for the New York Sun for 25 years, celebrated his 70th birthday yesterday. Governor Dewey visited the Capitol press room to offer congratulations. Crary began his Albany career as a legislative writer in 1907.
The Census Bureau begins ramping up with 30 instructors starting a two week course in Washington. They will train 1,500 instructors in three cities to prepare 300 crew leaders who will field 140,000 enumerators nationwide starting next March.
A witness accused fraud in state unemployment payments and faced a subpoena threat to compel testimony. G. W. Hymen of Ithaca claimed up to 25 percent of beneficiaries hold jobs. Officials disputed the claim noting 0.5 percent are employed, with misunderstandings accounting for many cases.
The project calls for a 4 957 000 cubic foot hospital, an attendant building of 35 000 cubic feet and an 88 000 cubic foot apartment block plus a 75 foot flagpole and underground reservoirs. John A. Johnson and Sons Inc., the general contractor, bid 7 228 468 with total costs near 10 100 000. The firm has built for Syracuse University and the Sampson Naval Training Station at Sampson plus Camp Kilmer New Jersey and is finishing a Veterans Administration project at Lebanon Pennsylvania.
A 26-year old Army sergeant was killed when Christmas fireworks exploded in a Turrell Arkansas service station. Maurice E. Mims of Clanton Alabama died while shielding himself in a corner as rockets firecrackers and Roman candles ignited.
Lieut. Gen. Leslie Groves told American business leaders that the nation faces possible annihilation from nuclear weapons while the public remains largely unconcerned. He urged decentralizing industry to defend security, noting Russia may have a bomb as capable as the U S device and calling for careful evidence reviews on wartime leaks.
CENTRAL NEW YORK representatives at the American Farm Bureau Federation convention in Chicago will seek a resolution to extend Social Security to farmers and farm workers. Warren W. Hawley of Batavia says the plan calls for amending the Social Security Act to include old age and survivor's insurance for farming communities and for government activity in farming to be limited to research and education. Attendees include James Foster Baldwinsville Kenneth Austin Manlius Earl Bratt Baldwinsville and Lloyd Moulton Brewerton.
More than 60 Chinese passengers died when the motor vessel Yu On broke apart in heavy seas between Pu Toi and Tain Kun islands, south of Hong Kong. The disaster unfolded today as rescue efforts continued.
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