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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1950
Page
2
Poughkeepsie officials protest New York City's plan to draw Hudson River water to relieve shortages. They warn that 100 million gallons taken could cause salt water to back up from the Atlantic, harming local supply.
Washington reports mounting pressure on President Truman to resolve the soft coal deadlock. Senate leader Scott Lucas and four Midwestern lawmakers demand White House steps to alleviate coal shortages. Reports also note Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt’s secret ambition to write a novel.
The Daily Telegraph the Daily Mail and the News Chronicle forecast February 23 as the date for the forthcoming UK general elections. Experts quoted say the date suits political timing and campaigning plans.
Death notices report the passing of Pa. Supreme Court associate justice Jon D. Patterson aged 73 in Philadelphia, and Mary T. Forbes aged 92 in New Rochelle, mother of three journalists George P. Forbes T Harold Forbes and Charles B. Forbes. Also noted is Philip Daniel Macarow, 53, vice president and director of McKim Advertising Ltd. in New York.
Detroit police and the FBI continued to probe a bomb incident as William Thomas, 58, a night watchman at the United Auto Workers headquarters, confessed after 13 hours of questioning that his abduction and rope attack story was false. He remains in custody on a technical charge of falsely reporting a felony.
Mrs. August Hearne Foley seeks separation in New York Supreme Court claiming her husband Charles J. Foley had her declared insane in 1927 and confined for 20 years at St. Vincent's Retreat Harrison. She alleges brutality and misused funds, says she was sane since 1947 and asks for an accounting of $100000.
Rivers overflowed in Ohio Kentucky and Tennessee as Nashville endured continuous rain. Memphis faced a crippling ice storm with widespread power outages. Floods forced hundreds of evacuations across Illinois Indiana Missouri and Arizona reports. Army troops aided levee defense while Red Cross counted evacuees and schools closed.
The article outlines a new disability benefit system with a 13 week annual limit, a seven day waiting period, and state funded payments. It covers about 175000 employers and 6 million workers with private, state, or self insured options and lists numerous employment exclusions while noting upcoming July 1 effective provisions.
Two men, Senek and a member of the Pancio family, died in a Christmas day fire at a two story Auburn dwelling. Mrs Pancio woke her husband as fire consumed the upstairs. Firefighters from three engine companies battled the blaze for two hours. the interior was gutted. Senek was a Russian National Club president and World War II veteran. Panco was a postal worker and longtime Auburn resident. The couple and neighbors observed Christmas per the Julian calendar.
Irving Horowitz a 37 year old Brooklyn clothing maker charged with kidnapping returns to New York with his three year old son Steven aboard the Queen Mary due Monday He says he is not coming back to give up custody and his wife who had legal custody awaits the boy's return while Horowitz had fled to Israel last July by plane after seeking permission to take the child.
Washington notes a Jan. 16 tea with Mrs. Harry S. Truman and the University Women's Club was canceled to avoid embarrassment amid civil rights controversy. The club had earlier invited Mrs. Truman, but White House officials withdrew the invitation after the uproar.
Washington officials awaited President Truman's approval of a new Atlantic Pact defense plan as the signal to start 1 billion dollars in arms for Western Europe within a month. The 12-nation North Atlantic Council approved the master plan unanimously with Secretary of State Acheson presiding. Britain seeks assurances on arms shipments and economic recovery as eight governments prepare to sign aid agreements.
A 60 year old Davenport building housing female patients burned after a night fire. Nurses and a temporary morgue at Mercy Hospital led identifications while police and firefighters rescued survivors, with at least 24 to 30 removed and 2 of the rescued women in critical condition. Miss Mary Ruth Finerty of Ottumwa was identified.
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