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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1949
Page
3
An 11 year old high school junior, Joan MacDermott of Watervliet, defeated two unmasked robbers at Dr. F W Sutland's dentist office in Troy, escaping with a metal box of undisclosed money after the thieves fled the scene.
Giovanni Rossi Lomanitz refused to answer a Congressional panel about his Communist ties and left Fisk University in Nashville after the inquiry. Dr Charles S Johnson said Lomanitz did not resign but left. Johnson spoke from Daytona Beach where he attends a regional education meeting.
Koci Xoxe once interior minister and senior party official was sentenced to death by Albania’s high court for traitorous activities. Three others received prison terms up to 20 years on similar charges in Tirana.
A fragment mentions the 38th parallel dividing North and South Korea during a report on Korean War lines. The isolated text hints at conflict boundary but lacks full context or specifics.
Representatives from 315 congregations in New York New England and New Jersey gather in Buffalo for the United Lutheran Synod of New York marking 300 years of Lutheranism in America. Dr Frederick Knubel of New York seeks a fifth term as synod president. A communion service opens the sessions.
U S postal inspector Roy Criss said mail thefts are increasing and mainly the work of teenagers. He told postmasters in New York Pennsylvania and New Jersey that his analysis of solar rises in New York since July 3 1948 supports the finding.
John Ballantyne 49 former Philco chairman and president 1943 1948 died in Philadelphia. Charles Frederick Bernard owner of a chain of theaters in England died in Pasadena California.
Washington lawmakers split over how to handle labor disputes and national emergency powers. A bipartisan group debates replacing injunctions with new limits while Taft Hartley provisions face pressure and alternate plans. The debate resurfaces as Senate votes loom on amendments and allied measures. The hour advances amid party discord and procedural shifts. The Minute hand of London's Big Ben is 14 feet long.
Western officials anticipate a bold Kremlin move as the Council of Foreign Ministers reconvenes in Paris. Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinsky had urged a one day recess, citing a need to rethink amid deadlock on four power control in Germany Berlin currency and a German peace treaty.
Washington reports a Agriculture Department memo notes bedmaking has no single best method. Marianne Muse of Vermont Experiment Station studied 7 homemakers and 483 experienced makers, finding time saved by making one side first, using one blanket, and omitting daily bed making or counterpanes. Some favored two-person bedmaking.
The report cites Whittaker Chambers naming Duggan as an informant and notes deaths of Harry Desnter White and W. Marvin Smith linked to wartime secrets. It describes a sensational Red spy ring tale with alleged Pentagon involvement and court disclosures in the Coplon trial.
An Army inquiry traced a misused term by a junior officer who listed Gordon Clapp as a candidate for a Germany lecture tour and called him unemployable. Secretary Gray said the error prompted new supervision, and Kefauver urged Senate scrutiny.
Federal charges against Preston Tucker and seven associates span maill fraud, SEC violations, and conspiracy. Indictment cites 25 handmade cars lacking engine features, with $10,000,000 spent on engineering and admin costs. Trial delay possible. bond set at $25,000 for Tucker, Cerf, and two others.
Seven jurors remain to be chosen for the Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck case. Justice Pecora refuses to adjourn until the panel is complete. Defense plans an insanity plea to avoid the electric chair for the alleged lonely hearts killers. They are charged in the murder of Janet Fay of Albany and linked to other slayings in Michigan.
Siftain weighs resuming small arms shipments to Arab states based on sources in London and New York. UN officials say Sir Alexander Cadogan asked UN Palestine mediator Ralph Bunche for his view. Bunche reportedly said the embargo remains in effect despite armistice signs with Trans-Jordan and Iraq.
Boston hotel housekeepers meeting concluded that men guests are chiefly responsible for the annual towel toss. Eastern executive housekeepers reported guests wrap shoes in towels, use them as polishing cloths, and cut towels with razors, among other acts.
New York State revoked 1 729 drivers licenses in the first four months of 1949, up 555 from 1948, with 5 090 suspensions for motor vehicle law violations. Most losses stemmed from drunken driving speeding reckless driving fatal accidents and habitual violations. Vehicle registrations totaled 2 196,595 in Q1 1949, up 1 ½ percent. Gasoline consumption reached 714,069,657 gallons through April, yielding 224,941,907 in tax revenue.
More than 30,000 eastern railroad workers face layoffs as John L. Lewis orders a week long coal mine shutdown starting Monday. Pennsylvania Railroad plans 15,000 job cuts across shops and yards, Reading Railroad 1800 due to traffic declines, and New York Central 5745 layoffs in car and locomotive shops nationwide.
General Jonathan A. Wainwright warned that a Chinese Communist move could trigger a third World War with the United States and Russia as primary antagonists. He spoke at the Disabled American Veterans annual state convention, urging veterans to defend benefits and oppose VA hospital funding cuts.
Exmouth crewman Max Whitney testified at a Coast Guard hearing that Captain Ragnar Ecklund was drunk during the collision with the Greek freighter Hellenic Beach off Delaware. Whitney said Ecklund dismissed the crash with a defiant remark and two crewmen were injured.
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