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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1950
Page
46
British troops and police killed five Malayans as mobs clashed with authorities during renewed race riots in Singapore over the custody ruling on Maria Hertogh. The two day toll reached 15 dead and 164 wounded with curfews and white-area restrictions imposed.
Charles V. Ryan six died at Grey Hospital after 283 days in a coma following injuries from an automobile accident March 2 in Chaumont. He was struck on the Chaumont Reynolds Corners road while walking with his brother. He never regained consciousness. His parents are Mrs. and Mrs. Victor C. Ryan. He was moved between Syracuse Memorial Hospital and Mercy Hospital before death.
The government asked a Federal District Court in Trenton to delay up to five years an anti trust ruling against General Electric because the firm is involved in defense work. The ruling would require GE to divest half its lamp making plants and facilities as a monopoly.
Mrs Peter Wuebel of Redwood City California won first prize of $25,000 in the Pillsbury Grand national recipe and baking contest for her orange Kiss Me Cake. The win was announced in New York by the contest organizers.
The page list highlights features including CUDA E Tag Toon Bain Dr. Dean Crossword Mary Haworth Horoscope and TALKING It OVER with other regular sections such as Amusements Financial Bridge Ing Reporter City Life Music Deaths Radio TV Social Editorials Sports and Letters. Todays Pictures appear on page 16.
Weather man Andrew P. Keller forecasts three to five degrees below normal through the week with five inches of snow expected. Normal highs are 32 and lows 17. Snow flurries continue with one to two inches more, a half inch fell last night, eight inches on the ground, little melt due to subfreezing temps, snow belt from Northern Maine to Duluth and down to Tennessee.
The United States and Britain endorsed a Middle East Asian peace plan seeking a cease fire basis for Korea before broader Asian issues. Warren R. Austin urged UN cease fire guarantees, while Rau pressed for Peiping input after a cease fire, with consults set pending instructions. The plan envisions two groups to handle Korea and wider Asian disputes.
An American ambulance laden with Marines was hit 92 times by Chinese forces using Red Cross symbols as targets. The driver and two medical corpsmen were killed and five others wounded during a night blockade on mountain roads. Lt Emory Dentz called the attackers inconsistent in their treatment of wounded prisoners.
Fire Chief William J. Connelly announced plans to close Engine Companies 13 and 15 to free manpower for other city apparatus. The move follows reports of a manpower shortage and council opposition to a proposed one per cent sales tax. The article notes prior council votes against the tax and references a committee report by Francis M. Costello.
Prime Minister Clement Attlee told Parliament there is no difference of opinion with President Truman on the atomic bomb in Korea. He said United Nations forces can stay in Korea and promised a fuller statement on Thursday after Washington talks. Churchill pressed for clearer note on bomb control and consultations.
Paris reports Foreign Minister Robert Schuman said a Big Four meeting on German rearmament is imminent. French officials privately fret over reports that West German Chancellor Adenauer would reject a French plan for German units in a West European army.
Pope Pius XII grants permission for New Year’s midnight Mass in all Catholic churches and chapels to plead for God’s intercession during this grave period for the world.
President Truman plans a radio address Friday or Saturday to discuss the world situation and needed homefront steps amid the threat of war. A national emergency proclamation is being prepared with congressional leaders to broaden wartime economic measures and a presidential advisory group to meet at 10 A.M. tomorrow.
A tele gram arriving during Diane Madsen's fourth birthday party prompts Mrs. Blanche Madsen to continue celebrations as Marine Staff Sgt. John E. Madsen fights in Korea. She tells children Daddy is going to be with God and prays for him. The family includes Diane 4, David 7, Arthur 6, and Marcia 2.
Joanne De Bartelo aged five of 112 Prospect Avenue collapsed in a Prospect School corridor on her way to kindergarten at 1 PM. An inhalator failed to revive her. a physician and coroner’s police reported internal injuries but could not determine the cause immediately. Her health had been rated normal in a recent school examination.
President Truman thanked the men who defended him during the Blair House assassination attempt on November 1. The widow of Pvt. Leslie Coffelt received a gold medal for her husband’s heroism as Police Pvt. Donald Birdzell, wounded, attended the ceremony with a leg injury. Pvt. Joseph Downs, critically wounded, also came to the White House.
Wholesale prices for eggs fell sharply as much as 16 cents a dozen on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Dealers attributed the drop to reports of rising consumer resistance to high retail egg prices, seen at up to 1.10 dollars per dozen in some stores.
Police enforced overnight parking rules last night issuing 182 tickets and towing 13 cars to garages. Officers will continue enforcement as Public Works, under Frank F. Harmon, orders snow removal. Current fines are $1 per ticket plus $5 garage tow. new schedule to raise to $3 first offense, $5 second, $10 third, totaling up to $15 for a third offense with tow.
Edward 4 Kelk former Chicago mayor left an estate estimated at £600000 his will shows today. His widow Margaret is sole beneficiary.
Tokyo report notes Chinese Communist attacks against United Nations forces halted by Allied security blackout. The war paused on both fronts with no major Chinese contact in the U S Eighth Army's western frontier as of Wednesday.
Washington CP reports Marine headquarters cut casualty estimates for the First Marine Division in the Changjin Reservoir breakout to 3000 to 3300 including sickness and winter exposure. Battle deaths, wounds and missing are about half that total amid a larger UN force facing 27 Chinese divisions near Korea.
Dr. Raspit A. Galbraith, chair of electrical engineering, is advanced to the deanship of the L C Smith College of Applied Science at Syracuse University. He succeeds Dean Louis Mitchell who retires after 40 years. Galbraith led the engineering school since 1922 after coming to Syracuse in 1946 from Georgia Tech. He also taught at MIT, Missouri, and the University of Texas.
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