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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1948
Page
6
Tokyo police report a daily average of 22 Japanese girls deserting homes in the first four months of 1948. Most are 16 to 20, from above middle class families, with many lured into work or street life. Parents plead for help as missing numbers rise compared to 1947.
A New York three-judge Federal tribunal, by a two to one vote, upheld the constitutionality of Taft-Hartley Act provisions requiring non Communist affidavits by union officers. The court also sustained provisions forcing unions to file financial statements. Judge Simon F. Rifkind dissented.
Cannes France a small silver coffer washed from the Gulf of Napoule by oceanographer Charles Dukley holds a pearl necklace valued by a Cannes jeweller at more than 2 000 000 francs. A parchment inside is being deciphered as scientists pursue salvage of gold and silver ingots from a 1673 Spanish galleon wreck nearby.
Three metropolitan district attorneys testified against a bill to shield journalists from revealing confidential sources. News representatives supported the proposal, arguing it would safeguard reporting and informant protection amid policing pressures.
In Santander Spain Alfredo Haya a metal worker received a new radio at no cost after thanking Argentine President Peron for Argentina’s defense of Spain at the United Nations meetings. He said he would like to hear daily Argentine broadcasts but cannot afford a receiver. A cordial letter from Peron accompanied the gift.
The U S Air Force announced a C 45 transport crashed during a training flight about 30 miles north of Munich, killing four American crew members, two officers and two enlisted men. Names were withheld pending family notifications.
A burglar who robbed a grocery store returned the next night to place the stolen checks under the door. He had taken cash and checks the previous night and ensured the victim did not lose money by returning the checks.
The New Jersey Legislature will create a three member express highway toll authority to finance construction of toll roads on August 16. It may drop plans for a $50,000,000 highway bond referendum at the November general election.
British troops left Palestine today ending 31 years of rule. In orderly withdrawal, the last battalion crossed barbed wire to ships as planes patrolled overhead. Lt. Gen. Gordon H. A. MacMillan was the final British commander to depart at 1 41 P M local time following the May 15 evacuation start.
British commander announced that about 2,500 troops are to embark by noon, with Haifa, the last British control point in the Holy Land, passing to Jewish hands under UN truce observers. Original plan foresaw final evacuation by August 1.
A Kyodo report says twelve miners died and six were injured in an explosion Tuesday at the Mitsubishi Bibai coal mine in Sapporo Hokkaido.
Albany readers blinked at a shop window menu showing Delmonico prices from 1834. Ham and eggs ham were ten cents. liver and bacon roast beef mutton veal cutlet and chicken stew listed at five or six cents. After a second look the crowd realized the menu replicated New York Delmonico prices of 1834.
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