12 Jul 1951
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1951
Page
1
The United States outlines a Japanese peace treaty allowing some rearmament and industrial freedom, with Japan losing certain possessions. John Foster Dulles argues the pact avoids victor’s justice, saying it reflects peace but risks future tensions. The treaty text is released.
President Truman asked Congress to vote a seven percent pay raise for about 1,475,000 government and postal employees. He urged extending raises to 975,000 nonpostal civil service workers and 500,000 postal workers, noting current pay gaps and the need to attract and retain skilled staff.
Washington AP reports rumors of a planned atomic test in the Aleutian Islands were met with a crisp no comment from the Atomic Energy Commission. Officials refused to discuss the rumors or acknowledge any test or its cancellation.
Marquis Childs weighs Truman potential bid with the federal judiciary and Senator Douglas in today's editorial page. The look ahead notes politics across Amusements Financial and other sections while pagination highlights editorial and sports features.
Worcester reports Enfield Massachusetts suffers severe flooding as a town lies 15 feet under water following a reservoir project built over decade ago. Chamber of Commerce received a puzzled call from a man claiming ownership of Enfield property.
Senate Finance Committee weighs elimination of the House excess profits tax 732 million boost in a 7.2 billion bill. Chairman George Ga says full group to meet soon for study while open hearings continue. He notes a decision to drop the excess profits levy may remove the 75 percent base period net income rule.
Britain commissioned its first warship designed to withstand atomic blasts. The Relentless, a destroyer with a crew protective superstructure, was secretly commissioned in Portsmouth and should enter sea trials next week as a sub hunter.
AFL President William Green told Democratic congressional leaders unions will not submit to wage ceilings without effective price control. CIO secretary treasurer James Carey said the labor movement backs Green, and warned against an unworkable controls bill. The gathering, a strategy session on defending the wage price controls program, also included Defense Mobilizer Charles E Wilson and Railway union chief T V Anderson.
Dr Donald F Gibson testified for the second day before a grand jury in Bridgeport Connecticut probing the death of Elizabeth May Ayres an elderly spinster who left him her estate. The Danbury physician 49 was heir to the 74 year old woman’s fortune estimated between 65000 and 100000 and faced accusations in a coroner’s report issued last week of hastening her death by improper medical treatment.
Washington report shows slaughter records indicate meat supplies averaged seven pounds less per consumer than a year earlier. USDA projections had forecast enough 1951 output to provide about three pounds more than 1950, but actual data suggest tighter supplies.
Premier Mossadegh told Parliament inflation threatens Iran as oil nationalization and revenue losses test the economy. He urged passing three finance bills to cover the emergency, including a London balance, a $62 million internal loan, and a $25.1 million Export-Import Bank loan. British Ambassador Shepherd dismissed U S mediation, citing Iran's oil law framework.
The Air Force announced plans for seven air fields in French Morocco with three bases under construction and preliminary work at Tunis. Headquarters for strategic bombers will be established at a coastal city, and an interim base use is provided at another site.
Rain arrives breaking a five day heat spike. Temperatures fall about 10 degrees overnight from a high near 86 to today’s upper 70s. Tonight’s low near 60 with humidity high and skies cloudy. Rain totals about 0.18 inch as cooler air mingles with warmer air south of Syracuse. Street paving-blocks were forced up by heat along James Lane near Highland Street. traffic was blocked.
New York The State Crime Commission announced a public hearing into the Ogdensburg gambling case to be held Wednesday in Canton St Lawrence County with commission chairman Joseph M Proskauer presiding This is the commission s first public hearing since appointment by Governor Dewey Mayor Ralph J Morissette asked for help to clean Ogdensburg Police Chief Herbert S Myers was fired April 9 for alleged rackets ties and investigators moved into Canton June 1
New York report says 15 Communist defendants’ bail was reinstated by Judge Learned Hand after Judge Sylvester Ryan previously canceled it. The bail fund of the Civil Rights Congress posted the bail, while Ryan had jailed three trustees for contempt for not revealing contributors. Hand also set $10,000 bail for writer Dashiell Hammett and Council of African Affairs secretary W Alphaeus Hunton awaiting appeal.
Salvatore T. Sollazzo, a former convict labeled a fixer, pleaded guilty to 28 of 30 counts in a college basketball bribery and conspiracy indictment. Judge Saul Streit scheduled sentencing for Oct. 4, with potential penalties of five to ten years on most counts and one year on the conspiracy count.
A cheeky note from the Wholesale Tobacconist lampoons smokers as fretful and tense, suggesting the act of smoking worsens unrest and discomfort in a light hearted daily joke.
In Kaesong Korea a North Korean officer drew a bayonet line blocking 20 Allied correspondents from crossing toward truce talks nine miles away. Chinese troops appeared beside the North Koreans as a convoy with rifles arrived. Captain Henry McAllister refused to withdraw the journalists without UN permission.
Washington officials warn that communist propaganda at Kaesong shows no optimism for breakthrough in Korean truce talks. A temporary break occurs as Allied reporters are barred, with Gen Ridgway noting no agreement yet. State Department cites Pyongyang and Peiping radio demands for a cease fire and buffer zone on the 38th parallel.
Motion picture actress Gloria de Haven reported her hotel room was ransacked during a personal appearance in Toronto. Police said jewelry valued at $20,000 was stolen from the room last night.
An explosion at the General Motors military jet engine plant near Indianapolis killed seven workers and injured one who survived with severe burns. Maj. Harold E. Wilber said eight were inside a small concrete block building when the blast occurred shortly before daybreak. Authorities suspect a gas leak but found no sabotage. search is underway for the source.
Paris report says President Vincent Auriol announced that Premier Henri Queuille has refused to run again for health reasons. Queuille resigned Tuesday as part of forming a new government after the June 17 elections.
Tokyo bulletin reports China’s Red radio confirming suspension of cease-fire talks in Korea and no sign UN would continue negotiations. In Kaesong, Joy’s ultimatum demanded an end to press and convoy interference. No reply from the Communists by Friday morning. talks halted.
SGT ROBERT E CAUFIELD USMC formerly of East Syracuse was killed in an automobile train collision at Lobeco South Carolina near Parris Island. He had just over a year in service and is the son of Mr and Mrs Earl. Marine Marino W Loisselle of Saginaw Michigan was injured as a passenger.
140 cars from central New York prepared for the Soap Box Derby in Schiller Park. At the Derby Headquarters last night Chief Inspector Bernard Smith measured and weighed the final eligible vehicles while officials issued instructions and equipment to anxious youngsters.
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