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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1949
Page
5
Peggy McCarthy gathers local viewpoints from students and residents on whether baseball basketball football or boxing is preferred. Respondents cite college spirit pay, spectator appeal, and personal involvement influencing their choices.
Berlin’s first major snowfall of the winter halted the airlift temporarily. British and American planes supplying the Soviet‑blocked city ceased flights due to poor visibility. Weather broke a run of eight straight record days with lift peaks around the 5,000‑ton threshold for the first time since June. Temperature dropped sharply with the belated snowfall.
Two American Airlines DC 6s diverted to land safely as their cabins filled with smoke over New Jersey. Capt Edward Swanson landed the Washington to New York flight at Wildwood with 20 passengers. smoke traced to electrical trouble. The Mexico City to New York flight, carrying 45 passengers and a crew of five, landed at Philadelphia after weather blocked New York approaches. Passengers praised the crew for their handling.
A 500 volume Gandhi Memorial Library was formally presented to Cornell University in Ithaca by C. K. Nair, a Cornell student from India and chairman of the Memorial Library committee. The Worary memory honors the Hindu leader assassinated last year and promotes peace. Dr. C. W. Dekiewicz, Cornell provost, accepted the gift.
Assemblyman Searles G. Shultz of Onondaga Republican introduced two bills to create Onondaga County health districts. The measures empower towns to form districts and put the question to a public referendum.
An advertisement promotes Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a stomachic tonic that increases appetite and aids digestion to convert food into solid pounds of flesh. It touts a large bottle at simple cost and 50 cents for a hand tablet, urging readers to cut out the ad.
Gerald Graham Dennis, a reputed burglar alleged to have stolen over a million dollars, is accused of a $75 robbery that wounded a pet dog. Police report accusers include Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Jacobs and their maid Viola McNeil. Dennis identified by 15 witnesses in an East View Jail lineup in Harrison.
Washington reports Capitol Hill opens the annual fight over oleomargarine taxes. Members introduce bills to repeal or cut taxes while debates on yellow coloring for margarine heat up. Democrats and Republicans split on the issue with President Truman calling for repeal and platforms diverging. The fight centers on whether a federal tax should apply to margarine and its color additives.
The article outlines ongoing federal margarine tax policy with a 10 cent per pound levy on colored margarine and a quarter cent per pound on uncolored product. It notes annual taxes for manufacturers 3600 dollars wholesalers 180 dollars retailers 48 or 36 dollars depending on color and type, and mentions attempts to repeal the taxes facing House opposition.
BERLIN (UP) Gen. Lucius D. Clay is expected to retire as American military governor in Germany within eight weeks, a close associate said. Secretary of War confirmed Clay has sought retirement but noted no immediate plans to relieve him.
Reports from Tel Aviv say several thousand Iraqis are withdrawing from Israel and have occupied the Nadius triangle in central Palestine about 59 miles north of Jerusalem, aligned with Trans- Jordan legionnaires. The report notes the movement and presumed intentions.
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