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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1950
Page
2
Doria, head of Egypt's feminist movement, describes aims to abolish polygamy and secure women’s suffrage. She criticizes literacy gaps and hospital shortages, plans classes for illiterate women, and notes support from allies including her liberal husband. A radical shift challenges old edicts and repudiate norms.
The Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad, in operation for 69 years, will switch from rail passenger service to buses come New Year after a deteriorating roadbed and aging rolling stock prompted action. The move was authorized by the Maryland Public Service Commission amid long running financial concerns.
Betty Pettitt, unique Indianapolis skywriter and pilot secretary, crafts large sky messages from an AT-6, logging 900 flying hours. Born in the Adirondacks, she trained as WASP, later worked as airline co pilot and instructor, and now flies routes from Indianapolis to Montclair to visit family.
Report says grasshoppers infested fields near Rome and the Pope stood on Saint John Lateran loggia to exorcise the pests. In 1750 Benedict XIV banned theater music in churches and began reforms for sacred music. Rome lit streets with lamps for the Jubilee era a year before the American Revolution.
Denver police abandon the black and white scheme and return to black patrol cars after trials. A captain quips the change helps avoid alerting pigeons and squirrels that previously spotted the cars coming from blocks away.
The United States weighs how to sustain European recovery and avoid an explosion of protectionism as ECA aid nears its midpoint. Denmark blocks butter imports to protect its surplus, signaling how Europe must boost exports to close the dollar gap, while American industry braces for shifts in trade and tariffs.
Small firms join forces to widen overseas choice as paint makers form export groups. The Dollar Exports Board and UK Canada Trad Committee boost Britain US Canada trade. The British Industries Fair at Earls Court Olympia and Castle Bromwich showcases a complete range of goods to international buyers.
New York reports that Jahor’s portion of construction cost remains similar to 20 years ago. Myron L. Matthews notes payroll as a share of total cost varies by project, averaging 22 to 38 percent. For one family homes under 5000 dollars payroll reaches about 40.7 percent, while 45000 to 310000 dollar homes see 32.5 percent and 10000+ dollar homes 30.7 percent. Labor costs rise with larger projects and were higher in Public Works Administration make work housing from 1935 to 1937.
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