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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1949
Page
6
In Paris the Duke of Segovia denied plans for divorce despite the Duchess, a former Vienna opera singer, announcing she would divorce to aid his claim to the Spanish throne. Don Jaime, 41, said she is precious, like gold, and he will never accept a divorce.
A gusty weather report lists winds up to 25 mph from the Weather Bureau with a downed tree on the South Side and damage in the 1400 block of Valley. John B. Deordie escaped injury after driving into the fallen tree at 7 30 P M. Cato Meridian Central School in Cayuga County extends Christmas vacation by three days and cancels elaborate programs as frost damages dirt roads. School will reopen January 3.
Cornell University veterans a ban on the Majura and Beth Amed social societies after an initiation stunt left Harry C. Melton critically ill from heavy drinking. Acting president Cornelis W. de Kiewier announced the quick move, with the faculty committee voting to remove the clubs from recognized status. Melton, 20, of Wallingford Pennsylvania, had reportedly consumed a quart of martini during the initiation.
Neahtawanta Lodge 5.0.C.F. will confer the first degree at 8 tonight in the Odd Fellows Temple.
In Tokyo the Soviet delegate Lt. Gen. Kuzma Derevyanko walked out of a four power Allied Council for Japan meeting over American charges that 376,929 Japanese POWs and internees remain missing inside Soviet territory. He later accused Allied occupation officials of helping suppress democratic groups including labor unions. The move marks the sharpest break between the Soviet and American representatives since occupation began.
The Agriculture Department reports 1950 pork supplies may set a new peacetime record. After wartime sharing with armies and allies, available pork for housewives next year could be the largest in history. The 1949 fall pig crop was 37,262,000.
The report projects a 1950 spring crop of 62.5 million bushels, up 6 percent from this year's spring crop and a 10 percent rise from the 1948 fall crop, indicating continued agricultural expansion.
Oscar Rosario and Walter Cummings, both in their twenties, face possible manslaughter charges after a head on collision with the Schoonmaker car. The infant, born to Dorothy Schoonmaker of Dover Plains, died of a cerebral hemorrhage at Sharon Hospital. District Attorney Grady says grand jury action is planned.
Oswego County Surrogate's Court issued letters testamentary to Oswego County National Bank for the $20,000 Gaylord estate. Frederick A. Gaylord left $400 to the Congregational Church $200 to the Oswego YMCA and $100 to the Salvation Army and the Owego Orphan Asylum.
Honolulu reports Congress overlooked a $1 appropriation that would have funded the Oahu Railway and Land Company's Pearl Harbor branch used by the Navy. As lessee, the government must pay the Hawaiian territorial tax on the line, totaling $2000, unless the property is owned by the U.S. government tax free.
Eldon Erickson of Kansas and Jack Feigal of Minnesota, two Ward Consul General aides held in Mukden since November 1948, arrived in Los Angeles via Honolulu. They report poor treatment and depart for San Francisco aboard the President Wilson, with Ward due Jan 3.
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