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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1949
Page
2
A 10 000 gallon steel water tank collapsed into a five story brick factory in Brooklyn over the weekend and smashed through the roof, with debris landing on a nearby service station. Two men were slightly hurt as workers were away.
Two New Orleans policemen were fired after a departmental trial found them guilty of depriving two young Negroes of civil rights by detaining them without booking at the precinct. Earlier reports note other unrelated incidents across the nation.
In Tacoma Washington ten youths are sentenced to maximum terms of 20 years in the State Reformatory for mass rape or attempted rape of a mentally ill housewife. In Madison Wisconsin a Fargo boarding house operator was cleared by lie detector tests in the 1926 murder case. Crawford County authorities linked Ted Wagner as a missing man but did not identify Olson. In Houston a new independent oil refiners group from 25 states announced formation and will establish headquarters.
President Soekarno was sworn in at Jogjakarta as the first president of independent Indonesia. He declared I am the servant of the people and swore to serve his country, not rule it. The report also notes other world items from Canada and Manila.
Burma yesterday recognized the Chinese Communist government becoming the first non Soviet bloc country to act. The move was conveyed by telegram to Chou En-lai the Peking prime minister and foreign minister.
In St. Joseph Missouri William Buckshot Wilson staged a macabre apple shot using two crossbows mounted to his head. He lined up a mirror bow shot over his shoulders and deflected the second bow to pierce the apple on his own head. The stunt occurred at a banquet of the Buchanan County Medical Society.
Federal agents and police arrested 35 persons in a Midwest narcotics ring feeding illegal drugs to students. Each suspect appeared before U S Commissioner Edwin K Walker with bonds from 2000 to 5000 dollars. Agencies flew in from Puerto Rico to support operations conducted by two narcotics agents and a city policeman.
The Nationalists warned Copenhagen to keep ships like the Flying Cloud unmolested after a tense escape of seven men and three children from Bornholm. Meanwhile American officials fear Mao’s Moscow visit signals closer China Russia ties and a possible drive to expand Communist influence in Asia.
The article reports a hazardous Shanghai estuary zone, warning American flag ships to avoid risk. The Isbrandtsen vessel Sir John Franklin was shelled by two Chinese Nationalist warships on Nov 28 but continued toward Shanghai with no casualties as pilots were diverted. Denmark lodged a protest after four Polish air passengers were forced to leave a scheduled flight.
A civil rights flogging case in Dade County Georgia ended in a mistrial for ten defendants after a deadlocked jury led by Foreman Herman Casey, with Sheriff John W. Lynch and six private citizens among those tried. The jury announced the deadlock 48 hours after being given the case.
A sequence of strong earthquakes struck Tierra del Fuego and Punta Arenas with minor damage in Ushuaia and no casualties reported. Shocks began early morning and peaked around 2:06 AM, rattling seismographs at the Argentine Air Force Meteorological Service station.
Great grandfather Charles Lawmaster aged 76 and his 70 year old bride Elizabeth Meyer married yesterday ending a 44 year friendship. They wed because they were lonely and shared memories and interests.
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