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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1949
Page
2
A mother and her four year old son survived a ducking in Long Pond Rochester after the child wandered onto ice and fell in. Mrs Richard Maher jumped in but could not trust the ice’s rim. Neighbor James Moore crawled over the ice with a long pole to reach them and pull both to safety.
Four men were found dead in a wrecked automobile after it skidded from the Pottsville Tamaqua highway into the Schuylkill River. A passing railroad worker recovered the bodies. they were not immediately identified and were sent to a local morgue.
Poland orders Chester H. Opal, chief of the U S Information Service in Warsaw, to leave after a bulletin called Poland a Soviet satellite. Foreign Minister Modzelewski told U S Ambassador Gallman Opal is persona non grata. Also reports Hirohito to view first TV program in Tokyo on March 24.
Charles Preston Howe editor and publisher of the Valley Daily News for 45 years and a founder and former president of the Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association dies at 66 in Tarentum Pennsylvania. Frank White Wilshire 75 vice president and director of the Dexter Matlock Corp coal exporters dies in South Orange New Jersey. Rudy Sommers 62 former baseball pitcher with the Boston Red Sox and the Brooklyn Dodgers dies in Louisville Kentucky. Charles M. Wenchester 81 former president of J B Lyon Printing Company from 1916 to 1936 and 1921 congressional candidate dies in Albany New York.
New York reports a major split within American Zionism as the Zionist Organization of America faces internal charges over political influence and funding of Israel. The dispute centers on leadership actions and the role of funds in Zionist activities amid United Jewish Appeal fundraising.
Rabbi Stephen S Wise, head of the American Jewish Congress, told a Free Synagogue audience he fears government and political leaders are bent on war with Russia. He urged avoidance of conflict while defending Rev William A Melish amid subversive charges and a push to oust his father as rector of Holy Trinity Church.
George L. Ashton and Luman Ramsdel admit holding up the Baltimore and Ohio crack streamliner. The railroad is valued at 50000 dollars. Ramsdel is hospitalized in Washington after the arrest near the White House. Both men face robbery charges and federal racketeering indictments. They will be tried in Fairmont West Virginia with Ashton pleading to earlier Martinsburg charges.
Oak Ridge Tenn marks a new era as a free American city with public access for the first time. An atomic era ribbon device signaled the moment at one gate as thousands entered the town once closely guarded. New security rules for Uranium-25 plants take effect, with a 14 mile fence to shield facilities. Celebrities from Washington and Hollywood join locals in daylong festivities celebrating the 36000 population city.
Nation leaders from France The Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg join talks with Norway and invited states Denmark Iceland Italy Portugal to sign. Italy’s deputies voted for the pact after a 53 hour communist filibuster as Senate debates begin Monday. The 14 page treaty is expected to be signed around April 4 with ratification by two thirds in the U.S. Senate. Acheson and Connally stress no automatic US war commitment. alliance allows member actions against armed attack.
Gov. Dewey signed a bill allowing New York State junior drivers to operate at night after July 1. All restrictions except two will be removed, with parental consent required. prohibitions on NYC driving and for-hire driving remain.
China’s Nationalist Government struggles to form a cabinet as Gen Ho Ying-chin lags days behind schedule. Ho reportedly needs two ministers, while Ambassador Fu Ping-chang may withdraw from being foreign minister due to internal pressure and Red troop movements.
Gov Dewey proposes sickness disability insurance with payroll deductions and partial employer options after labor and industry talks. Mailler leads bill despite Republican opposition as Albany fights loom over Regents control of state colleges. Legislature sparse, majority predicts long hours and a late adjournment around March 29 or 30.
Bevin in a radio blast says the United Nations failed to secure lasting peace as do the League of Nations and the Council of Foreign Ministers. He argues Western nations must act, building a collective security pact, and defends the treaty as safe for innocent powers while Soviet radio denounces it as war aimed at the USSR. Western governments and non Communist press back the pact.
The Railway Express Agency widens an embargo on shipments to Newark Plainfield Paterson and Elizabeth New Jersey while a $5 million damages suit is filed against the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks. The dispute follows a year of contract talks and mass layoffs.
Ruth Frances Woodsmall of New York City, chief of women's affairs in Military Government, urged German women be trained to replace men in industry. She said future German prosperity hinges on maximum use of women power.
A CPII A jury in Harlan Circuit Court found Evarts Police Chief Isachar Combs and Patrolman Lewis Deaton guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the December 17 street encounter that killed Bryan Middleton outside his restaurant. Punishment set at 10 years in prison.
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