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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1950
Page
3
The National Maritime Union meeting erupted into two fist fights with arrests of two knife carriers. Police separated 20 involved on one clash between Joseph Curran supporters and opponents.
Joyce Lawler, 23, told state police she was stripped to the waist and tied by wrists in a cabin, whipped with a homemade cat o nine tails as revenge for her role in her husband’s arrest and conviction on an assault charge.
Communist authorities reduced Prague's practicing lawyers from 1200 to 600 over the last two years, targeting those deemed unreliable per informants in the official Lawyer's Association reports. Immigrant ship arrivals include 544 German and 412 Dutch settlers to Brazil, with Germans taking skilled trades and Dutch heading to Sao Paulo. Rear Admiral Boris Romanov, 48, a Soviet Navy veteran, is noted in Moscow.
Deaths include David Gideon publisher and WV Republican figure in Hot Springs Arkansas. Mrs. Rosser poet and writer in Dallas. Dr. Thomas Jesse Jones educational director of the Phelps Stokes Fund in New York City. William Monroe Lathrop former Waterbury Republican editor in Los Angeles. Militao Bessa Ribemo Portuguese Communist leader in Lisbon. Stephen A. Day Republican Congressman 1941-45 and son of William Rufus Day.
Senator McMahon says progress is made toward a three power atomic partnership among the United States Britain and Canada and may require changes to the Atomic Energy Act. Negotiations stalled for a month but are to resume this month with key issues including storage of U S bombs in England and sharing secrets and materials.
Bayonne New Jersey police say a 16 year old boy, Arthur Brown, shot his 14 year old girlfriend Janet Borow over jealousy about sweaters. The girl fights for life at Bayonne Hospital with slight improvement but remains in danger.
House Republicans pick Rep Bernard W. Pat Kearney of New York to replace jailed J Parnell Thomas on the Un American Activities Committee.
Washington reports a new administration housing program aims to build thousands of homes for moderate income families. Senator Sparkman says the plan would guarantee loans totaling about 2 to 2.5 billion over two years through a National Mortgage Corporation for Housing Cooperatives.
Rents surge in Warren and Washington counties prompting an emergency rent control advisory board meeting on Jan 24. Chairman Robert J. Dempsey Sr notes increases up to 200 percent in two weeks after Warren County and four Washington County towns were decontrolled on Dec 23 by Federal Housing Expediter Tighe E Woods. Dempsey says complaints rise may push for restoring controls.
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