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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1949
Page
2
Buffalo and nearby communities recover from a windstorm that lashed the area with 60 mile per hour gusts after a January warm spell reaching 58 degrees. Telephones down, windows broken, and power out in Clarence for about two hours as lines were torn apart.
William N. Margolis assistant director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service will resign March 1 after serving as top conciliator since 1947 He plans to open a labor relations consulting office and has been brought to Washington from New York by Cyrus Ching.
Berlin reports new low grade uranium deposits discovered near Wernigerode in the Russian zone along the Wernigerode Nordhausen railway in the Harz Mountains of Thuringia.
Obituaries note Andrew L. Johnson age 89 in Los Angeles for farm machinery innovator. Dr Preston Eyes 74 in North Jay Maine physician and ex University of Chicago professor. Norman J Ware 63 San Juan Puerto Rico rail official and Wesleyan economist. Charles A. Moffett 86 former president Gulf States Steel Co and Alabama official in Gadsden. The Rev Thomas J Curley age 3 pastor of St Patrick’s Church Cohoes.
Thomas J. Watson, IBM chairman, predicts good business in 1950s as buyers market prevails. He cites public buying power at about 200 billion dollars after taxes and a liquid savings backlog of 227 billion dollars from government bonds and bank deposits.
New York film critics named All the King's Men best motion picture of 1949. Olivia de Havilland won best actress for The Heiress, Broderick Crawford best actor for All the King's Men, Carol Reed best director for The Fallen Idol, and The Bicycle Thief was cited as best foreign language film.
Rusty the orange and white cat traveled about 1,000 miles from Belmont Massachusetts to Forest Park Illinois after the Toste family moved last September. Jo seph J. Toste reports the cat found them last week and telephoned his father to confirm the reunion.
The Economic Cooperation Administration signed a currency exchange contract with E. R. Squibb and Sons to finance drug production in Great Britain. The guarantee allows conversion of up to $612,500 in British receipts, with $350,000 to be invested in a new British subsidiary to manufacture medicinal and pharmaceutical products excluding cosmetics and toiletries.
Mrs. Ruth Hamre, 43, killed herself with a blank cartridge pistol. Police reported the incident occurred when she placed the pistol against her neck and fired. The discharge severed her jugular vein, and she bled to death. Alfred Hamre, her husband, said she kept the pistol under her pillow to repel prowlers while he was at sea.
New Federal rent control policy requires redecorating and repainting of prewar apartments every two years after January 15. Regional Housing Expeditor John J. Pendergast says wartime shortages no longer exist and the three year cycle is restored.
Captain David Jones of the Flying Arrow announces the 3,500 ton ship will enter Communist Shanghai in defiance of a State Department warning. Jones says he acts for Hans Isbrandsten of New York and will proceed if ordered. The crew seeks a 100 percent bonus, with 41 sailors yet to voice complaints.
Hollywood singer Ginny Simms welcomed her second son yesterday. She and husband Hyatt Dehn, an architect, already have three year old David. The Dehns wed in July 1945.
United Mine Workers say one major demand may be negotiable as talks resume with hard coal operators. A two hour session yielded no result beyond a new bargaining stance from UMW Vice President Thomas Kennedy who cautioned the negotiable demand was not the 95 cent daily wage hike. Kennedy’s comment kept open the possibility of the union seeking a higher welfare contribution, with current average pay at $12.50 a day.
Ripley Maine returns to party line service after the Maine Public Utilities Commission announced restoration by week’s end. The town of 331 residents had no phone since July 1948 when operator Winifred Hatch left, leaving only a pay station in the general store. Harold L. Gerrish of Augusta said the Ripley Grange financed a new company to provide service.
A Russian trial in Moscow heard that bacteria units were organized on orders of Emperor Hirohito and former War Minister Hideki Tojo. Rinji Kajitsuka, a former lieutenant general and Kwantung Department health director, admitted guilt as the Soviet tribunal at Ukabarovsk entered its third day.
Christmas business at Macy’s and Gimbel’s is observed with humor as ties spark mock Manhattan Project comparisons. The writer notes a gift tie mishap and reflects on New Year resolutions and a briefly weak year, predicting 1950 could be good with faith in an artificial economy and luck.
Japanese burlesque operators restrict dress and stage acts in Tokyo. They limit what performers may remove and ban bright lights while mandating that dancers truly perform. A columnist laments burlesque turning into mere musical comedy.
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