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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1950
Page
1
Singapore observers report 15 killed and 164 wounded as fresh clashes erupt after the High Court rules the Hertogh marriage illegal and orders her return to Holland. British troops, Gurkhas, and police fire on mobs near City Hall and the Great Sultan Mosque, with curfews and street bans imposed.
Six year old Charles V. Ryan of Chaumont died at Mercy Hospital after an automobile crash that left him unconscious for 283 days. He was struck March 2 while walking with his brother on the Chaumont Reynolds Corners road. He suffered brain lacerations and a skull fracture. He never regained consciousness. He had been moved to Syracuse Memorial Hospital March 21 for treatment before returning to Mercy.
Pope Pius XII grants permission for a New Year midnight Mass in all Catholic churches and chapels to plead for God's intercession during a grave global period.
In today’s editorial Marquis Childs argues that freezing prices and net wages would be a political ploy harming the economy. He contends the only viable approach is to impose comprehensive controls now, and urges swift action.
Weather man Andrew P. Keller predicts temperatures will run three to five degrees below normal all week. Five inches of snow are forecast with flurries continuing through tomorrow and only partial melting while the snow belt stretches from Northern Maine to Duluth and south to Tennessee.
Paris reports Foreign Minister Robert Schuman said a Big Four talk with Russia the United States Britain and France on German rearmament is imminent. French officials fear West Germany’s Konrad Adenauer may reject a plan approving German units in a West European army.
The U S and Britain endorsed a Middle East Asia proposal to establish a basis for a Korean cease-fire and to pursue broader Far East issues after the fighting ends. Warren R Austin and Kenneth Younger voiced support for the cease-fire while Rau urged Chinese input after talks with Wu Hsiu chuan. Debate adjourned to consult governments before resuming.
Four policemen carried Ilse Koch into the Augsburg court to resume her trial for concentration camp atrocities. Pale and weak, she was placed at the entrance and then sat staring out the window, appearing calm after a recent hysterical breakdown.
A Nationalist defense ministry spokesman said Chinese Red truck convoys are streaming continuously to Indo China with supplies for Ho Chi Minh's Vietminh rebels. The shipments move from Nanning in Kwangsi Province. No confirmation of regular Chinese troops entering Indo China was given.
Prime Minister Attlee said there is no difference with President Truman on using the atomic bomb in Korea and voiced good hopes UN forces can stay in Korea. He promised a fuller statement Thursday after talks in Washington, while Churchill pressed for clearer bomb control details.
In Bennington Vermont area a 16 year old girl Martha Jeanette Jones vanished after leaving Bondville for Manchester Center where she was living while attending school. She disappeared in early November and was not found for a month as family and teachers assumed she remained at school.
Fire Chief William J. Connelly announced the closure of Engine Companies 13 and 15 to free staff for other city fire apparatus. He cited a 42-man shortage and advised the Common Council that repairs and replacements would suffer without new funding. The council had rejected a proposed one percent sales tax in 1951, a stance echoed after the meet-out.
Senator George predicts a national emergency will lead to price and wage controls, with action expected in January at the latest. Lyndon Johnson says controls are overdue and administration officials acknowledge inevitability, amid signs of accelerated home front mobilization and a possible nationwide broadcast.
In Lynn Massachusetts a telegram arrives during Diane Madsen fourth birthday party. Blanche Madsen 29 reads it then continues serving ice cream and cake to her children and neighbors. Marine Staff Sgt John E Madsen is reported killed in Korea as the family prays for him.
An American ambulance carrying Marines was struck 92 times by Chinese forces using Red Cross symbols as targets on the northeast front. The vehicle had 14 bullet holes in the windshield and grenades battered its underside. The driver and two medical corpsmen died. five others were wounded. Lt Emory Dentz cited a theory that attackers were narcotics-doped and noted inconsistent treatment of prisoners.
President Truman plans a radio address Friday or Saturday night to explain the world situation and the home front steps he believes are necessary in light of the threat of war.
The text notes a possible national emergency declaration this week and a prediction by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Maybank that the Commerce Department will ease controls on essential defense materials soon. It suggests upcoming year restrictions on what manufacturers may produce with allocated materials.
New York reports show wholesale egg prices dropping as much as 16 cents per dozen on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Dealers attribute the fall to rising consumer resistance to high retail egg prices reaching about 1.10 per dozen in some outlets.
Vatican radio reported that Monsignor Josef Beran, Archbishop of Prague, had been imprisoned or deported from Czechoslovakia. The broadcast warned of a new wave of terror against Roman Catholic Church representatives, increasing concern for Beran's fate.
Police and Public Works enforce overnight street parking rules from 1 AM to 7 AM. 182 cars ticketed, 13 towed to garages for snow removal. Current fine is 1 dollar. tow and storage cost five dollars. New rates soon raise fines to 3, 5, then 10 dollars for successive violations.
The House considers a bill to provide food aid to drought struck Yugoslavia after Senate approval 60 to 21. The measure authorizes up to 50 million dollars via the Economic Cooperation Administration with quarterly State Department reports and ongoing oversight. ECA has already spent 12 million in Yugoslavia.
U S forces in Korea face an intensified push as two Mongolian cavalry divisions join 25 other Chinese divisions, swelling the facing force to about 300000 with 700000 more in reserve. Chinese moves shift toward central Korea from Pyongyang as the war grinds on.
Washington officials reduced the First Marine Division casualties in the Changjin Reservoir breakout to 3 000 to 3 300 injuries and illnesses from winter weather included, with actual battle losses likely about half that total.
News reports say UN forces remain out of contact with Chinese troops on western and northeastern fronts around Seoul while 20 000 U S Marines and infantrymen escaped from the Hamhung Hungnam beachhead. Commanders say the 10th Corps could hold indefinitely as a UN fleet waits offshore for further moves.
A 12 year old boy, Anthony W. Augusta Jr., vanished from Boston Children's Hospital after an injection doctors said would put him to sleep. Police scoured the area around the hospital but found no trace of him.
Gen Douglas MacArthurs headquarters asked war correspondents in Korea to follow four security rules under a voluntary censorship code amid a serious war situation. Col M P Echols, the public information officer, stressed headquarters was making a request, not imposing censorship, and no punitive actions would follow accidental violations. Rules forbid detailing planned activities or movements, enemy UN boundary weaknesses, and terms on materiel effectiveness, and limit reports on friendly troops to divisional units or UN forces in contact with the enemy.
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