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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1949
Page
7
Senator Vandenberg Republican Michigan called the Atlantic Pact the best bet to repel the Cold War and the most important step in American foreign policy since the Monroe Doctrine. He urged national conviction before joining a proposed alliance at the Conference of Bravers.
Washington reports the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold open hearings on the North Atlantic security area after the formal alliance signing on April 4. Chairman Connally predicts the hearings will last at least two weeks, with Senator George (D-Ga) saying they could extend longer and that the committee should seek public views before acting.
Congress and the President express a united front on rent controls the European recovery program and housing aid while signaling limits on tax rises universal medical care and standby price controls. Republicans greet the gesture cautiously with skepticism and humor about the sincerity of the accord.
Police investigated widely published reports that quintuplets were born in Guallaquinga, Central Chile. They found the tale was invented by an aged and mentally deranged midweek witch.
About 800 telephones were out of order for more than five hours when water from melting snow flooded an underground telephone conduit. The New York Telephone Co. restored service last night.
The United Nations announced that US Admiral Chester W. Nimitz has been named plebiscite administrator for Jammu and Kashmir, the disputed provinces in the India Pakistan conflict.
In Chicago officials of the National Association of Waste Material Dealers announced scrap waste paper has nearly vanished from wartime demand. Housewives must now pay to have scrap paper collected as labor costs for removals have risen about 30 percent.
The House passed a 10 group Air Force bill and sent it to the Senate. It refused to approve an antisegregation amendment.
Senate Democrats unite behind a bill to extend federal rent controls to 12 to 25 months despite Republican pushback. Chairman Mavoagnsx of the Senate Banking Committee said passage was likely tomorrow afternoon as the administration fears controls expiring March 31. The measure would preserve state option on local rent controls and set standards for a reasonable return on property.
Washington CP reports the United States Conference of Mayors urged Congress to boost urban road funding beyond the postwar total of 72,000,000, noting that the authorized highway funds are only a fraction of what cities need. Maj. Gen. B Fleming called for broad plans to speed motor traffic nationwide.
A Brooklyn Republican Assemblyman McMullen sponsored anti Communist bill clears in the Assembly but likely dies in the Senate after calendar removal. Feinberg backed measure would require Regents to bar Communists from public schools. Utica vote fraud probe report may be finished this week as Oneida County irregularities are reviewed for Legislature.
George W. Crockett Jr. argued for the defense that the first amendment of the Bill of Rights justifies all statements and actions of 11 top Communist leaders on trial for conspiracy to advocate forcible overthrow. After 38 days of argument, opening statements completed. more lawyers set to speak.
In Sapporo Japan a new company was formed to exploit the vapor from a volcano 50 miles southwest of Hokkaido to generate electricity for commercial use. The dormant volcano has not erupted since the war and this plan faces the challenge of rekindling its activity.
United States Army reserve officers in Germany are assigned to active units under a theater mobilization plan. The plan aims to build a commissioned cadre of 1,200 personnel and allows American civilians abroad to retain military rank for the first time in history.
Joseph Curtis Beedle IV, 85, filed for divorce from his wife in Pasadena California claiming extreme cruelty. He seeks custody of their son Joseph Curtis Beedle V after alleging his wife left them on March 15 with the child and funds from a joint savings account. The couple married February 4 1933 in Yuma Arizona.
Civil Air Patrol units from Buffalo Rochester Oswego and Elmira join a widening hunt for a missing plane. Paratrooper aid added with two man first aid team to be dropped if landing not possible. A $500 reward offered by Clyde W Dickinson prompts continued aerial searches along Lake Ontario and Champlain.
Follow doctors advice and cut fattening foods to stay energetic. Florida grapefruit provides vitamins and minerals with flavor while acting mildly laxative to aid digestion, leaving you feeling brand new.
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