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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1950
Page
5
Peggy McCarthy records Miss Mary Eagan of Clay, a student, urging drivers to focus on the road and avoid distractions like store windows in answering the question of reducing automobile accidents at the 400 block of S Salina.
Letters to the editor accuse bread shortages of being caused by coast wide strikes. Housewife Nancy D Onofrio cites bakery cuts in Los Angeles Portland and Seattle with 3100 bakers idle. Readers call for traffic safety measures driver tests and stricter rules for new drivers to reduce accidents and improve road safety.
Mud covers Marlowton Montana after a flash flood left no deaths and damaged more than twenty homes. A 12 foot wall of water swept through the town late Saturday ripping out a main highway bridge and 5500 feet of railroad track. Mrs Ed Bacon 62 was trapped in her ranch home. Harold Stearns publisher described flat areas as a sea of mud.
Ohio Governor Lausche urged a declaration of principles to curb crime tied to local officials. Dewey supported removal powers for mayors, sheriffs and others, while warning against overbearing centralization. Governors discussed limiting interactions with state agencies and promoting state level responsibility at the Greenbrier conference.
Washington reporters allege newsprint firms are shifting records to Canada to dodge Justice Department antitrust action as a House group probes a newsprint monopoly. ANPA cites rising U.S. demand and a concentration of Canadian shipments to U S buyers. Publishers say cost-saving drives the shift and note high Canadian exports to U S. Detroit conference names 400 ministerial appointments but leaves Devil’s Lake church unsupplied.
County officials report a serious labor dispute affecting essential services. Amalgamated union leaders, company executives, and local authorities, including Vice President Bass and D. Cone, discuss stalled negotiations. Grand Jury Seeman Carey’s Hill telegraphs Gov Warren urging a special legislative session to ban strikes against essential public services in large cities amid escalating travel and safety concerns.
Dr George Gallup told 250 public opinion samplers at the AFL annual conference that the public favors tougher government action against Communists. He asserted every poll shows the public wants stronger measures than any action the government has taken, as session discusses polling methods for November elections.
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