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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1949
Page
5
Washington forecasts point to a belated meeting in Lisbon or Portugal within six to eight weeks to shape long range British American crisis solutions. Officials say Secretary Acheson could participate and a London Commonwealth meeting may precede it with Europe mission head Snyder reporting back to the President and Cabinet.
About 3,000 National Education Association delegates voted to bar Communists as teachers and exclude them from NEA membership. A standing vote showed a few opposed. one critic urged reconsideration of St Louis as the 1950 convention site amid charges of Jim Crow and racial discrimination.
In New York Marthe Beck aged 29, accused in the Janet Fey murder case, appeared exhausted and ill in court. Judge Ferdinand Pecora postponed proceedings for a medical exam while Beck's sister and mother watched. detective Vander Band testified amid yawns and laughter from spectators and co defendant Raymond Fernandez.
Congress begins its B 35 Bomber probe with a slow start as Vinson announces chief and counsel appointments. Joseph Keenan, famed ace crime buster and Tokyo war crimes prosecutor, named lead. James L. Gin of Bangor, Maine, a retired Republican, to assist.
In New Orleans a 65 year old Roman Catholic priest Rev John F Neffert of the Society of St Joseph was beaten and critically injured. A man admitted then denied the attack. Belmonte 79 was charged with first degree murder after stabbing Langman 50 during a dispute over a radio in a grooming house.
A slow moving storm west of Manila Bay brought 80 mph winds and heavy rain. At least five persons were killed and four more missing and feared dead as the central Philippines suffered damage. Auction of Wallace Beery furnishings in Los Angeles authorized by the superior court follows the Beverly Hills home sale. Executors report Beery estate valued at about 2 million dollars with Carol Ann Beery and William C Beery among beneficiaries.
The U S light cruiser Manchester and destroyers Rowan and Henderson anchored at Inchon today for a three day good air visit.
The New York motorist will get a new license plate for 1950 not just a metal tab for 1948 plates. Tabs were issued this year for use on 1948 plates. The Bureau said yesterday that single plates would be issued for 1950 commercial vehicles and other categories. St. Johnsville reports the reopening of a closed church by Rev. Frederick A Wood after 20 years. He plans to reopen the Cedar Lake Methodist Church and seeks other idle pulpits.
In Egg Harbor Wisconsin Dr. Ore C. Nelson medical superintendent at Can Consts HL Hospital showed how pills aided crab angling. He described using a “goof pill” treatment on soft shell crabs and detailed his cautious dive to secure bass, noting he had been fined for the practice while praising the method's results.
In Roanoke Virginia 16 year old Eagle Scout Lee Goode Scott was sentenced to 99 years in prison for the May 8 murder of 16 year old Dara Mare Weaver. The jury convicted him of first degree murder and recommended the term. Parole possible after 12 years.
Washington reminder to prospectors and holders of 100000 mining claims to renew before noon August 1 under a new law failure to file a statement of intention to hold a claim may jeopardize ownership and invite relocation by others. Bureau of Land Management notes statements must be filed where the location notice is recorded, often in the county recorder's office.
New York City councilman Bergama J. Davis Jr testifies that his experiences with racial discrimination and the Angelo Herndon case led him to identify with Negroes and join the Communist cause. He recounts being called a nigger and facing threats, detailing influence of the South's lynch system and his study of Communist texts during Herndon defense.
The speaker described his father's lawn incident linked to Ku Klux Klan terror against May Rome. He noted playing varsity football, debating, and acting in a college production, which drew laughs from spectators. After Harvard, he worked in publishing, then entered law practice in Atlanta, where he discussed fellow witness Gus Green in a lengthy testimony.
A group of Senators unveiled a plan to expand the North Atlantic Pact into a broader alliance of free democracies. Sponsors Mundt and Hayden outlined points including no veto power, no military use of atomic bombs, international control of atomic energy, and broader international participation. They spoke as the Senate debated the pact and the European Recovery Program.
A federal hearing debated whether Tokyo Rose should be allowed to return from Japan as war clouds loom. The defense sought to admit documents linking Rose to American citizenship claims while government officials argued she failed to prove citizenship. The case touches on evacuation policy for U S nationals amid wartime fears and status of Japanese American families on the West Coast.
Shanghai authorities censored foreign press dispatches for the first time as the military control commission refused transmission of two United Press reports mentioning air raid damage. The reports were sent back stamped not permitted.
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