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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1950
Page
2
Rochester reports show housewives melted ice cubes and even snow to meet urgent water needs after a break cut supplies to about 3,000 suburban homes in Yrondequoit. Work crews labored in near zero weather as shutoffs began before supper, reflecting a day of peak consumption and emergency repairs.
Explosions in Louisville triggered by a downed high voltage wire caused citywide alarms and power loss as police and fire crews fielded calls. Separately, a statewide search across Arizona for Ray Goodman and Norman Bennett followed a Grand Canyon shooting, while President Truman urged U.S. voters to combat apathy at the national convention.
TOKYO Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida said he does not see the danger of a third world war as pressing enough to rebuild Japan’s Army and Navy. He warned a war of nerves may continue and rejected Ashida’s call to prepare for war. In another item, prisoners in Germany report many Christmas letters sent, with German letters from Russia reportedly faked. A man in France hanged himself after hearing voices urging him to join the war dead.
Death notices report James Theodore Ronald at 45 after 40 years on King County bench. Other items note Beattie wartime arrests, Beckman, a German painter linked to 108 suspected Communists exhibits, and Hagberg barred from US entry. Manila stock drops amid tax chatter. 13 die from carbon monoxide on Lima bus. dog eats costly bills in Edmonton.
Prince Aly Khan will select Alabama's 10 prettiest girls for the 1950-51 yearbook. Editor Don Cronin said he arranged through an Egyptian nobleman connected to Rita Hayworth's husband. Photographs were sent to Cairo for approval and the top beauties will be showcased with extra pages for Khan, his wife, and Aga Khan.
Washington reports a Civil Defense Administration summary of Health Services and Special Weapons Defense outlines how germ, chemical, radiological, and nerve gas may be used in warfare. It notes that such weapons could target civilians or disrupt military and industrial mobilization without a full atomic strike.
Haverford Pa. scientists report at Strawbridge Observatory on a new air heating barrier above 60 miles that could force rocket and interplanetary ship designers to limit speed to prevent metal overheating. Richard N. Thomas of the University of Utah and Fred Whipple of Harvard Observatory outlined the phenomenon and its practical implications for high altitude flight.
Five thousand mourners braved cold rain to witness the pontifical requiem for Konrad von Preysing, archbishop of Berlin, at St Sebastian Church in the French sector. Representatives of Western powers and both German republics attended the ceremony led by Josef Cardinal Frings of Cologne.
Asian nations pressed the United States to negotiate with Communist China to settle Far Eastern issues and end Korea fighting without military action. They urged withdrawal of U S troops from Korea, removal of the Seventh Fleet from Formosa, and blocking recognition of the China seat in the UN, presenting a 12 power plan for a political conference with Red China in exchange for peace.
In Palladelphia James Angelo aged 69 appeared dead when the family could not locate a physician. They summoned undertaker Domenic Sabatino who performed artificial respiration after noticing the eyelids flicker. Angelo was said to be likely to recover last night.
Washington reports a key Senate Republican group doubts Morse will win a Foreign Relations Committee seat despite support from Vandenberg. Morse says he will push his bid as a GOP Senate meeting next week to discuss committee assignments proceeds, Buller notes rules constrain the group to base the pick on seniority.
In Wilmington a new milk concentrate from Clare Dairy promises to deliver a 32 ounce quart of whole milk by adding water. The concentrate, sold in one third quart and quarter size containers, is distributed on retail routes at 22 to 24 cents.
An 18 year old St Johns College freshman Larry Atkins of Baltimore was arrested by the FBI after writing to President Truman declaring he would not register for the draft. He is the first Mary land resident charged with failing to register under the Selective Service Act.
A notice states a hearing on the Service Act of 1598 Hr was held in $500 batt for a hearing 10 fay before Ur. Commissioner L Ernest Votkart.
In Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Nixon theater manager Ralph Kettering offered a free pass to the Ivy Doyly Carle Opera Co Gilbert and Sullivan repertory to the third person who stole four irreplaceable autographed photographs from the Nixon lounge. He said I ask one name and no questions.
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