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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1949
Page
2
A collage of showbiz chatter from New York: Slapsie Roserboor jokes about benefits at Columbia University and free shows. Bert Lahr, Joey Adams, and Oscar Hammerstein II discuss careers and hits. Jerry Lester and Frances Faye perform at the Latin Quarter while quips fly about theater life and gossip.
Academy star Jane Wyman is seen dining at Toots Shots with Glen da Farre for her first night in town. She plans meetings with visiting British actor Michael Wilding as they prepare for their London film Stages Fright.
Death notices list nine individuals with ages and locations. Senator Miguel Cruch Aga Tocornal, 82, former Chilean foreign minister and U S ambassador in Santiago. Ralph Martin Shaw, 80, Chicago attorney and longtime board chairman of the Chicago Great Western Railway. Frank Carl Stahlman, 76, vice president of the Nashville Banner. WILLIAMS THOREY, 61, painter and cartoonist, New York City.
A Communist demand to resume trade between eastern and western Germany was rejected today by the Bizonal German Economic Council. The council, comprising Allied representatives, did not approve the Eastern bloc trade proposal despite backing from certain factions.
Federal officials estimate about 1,000,009 New Yorkers may see rent rises under a new federal formula. Landlords lined rental offices to grab 5,570 application blanks, which soon ran out, triggering a request for 15,000 more blanks to be rushed by air express to handle demand.
The State Department says Ambassador Joan L. Stuart remains in the Communist-held former Nationalist capital Nanking amid reports from Manila that she may have traveled to Canton. The answer came in response to inquiries about the Manila report.
In Berlin a secret trial proceeded with charges against Horst Rebouillon, reportedly involving an American judge. Judge Sabo limited access, saying the decision would be announced later, while allied and German reporters were barred from the courtroom.
State Supreme Court in New York heard Herbert Rosenberg seek to move the May 16 trial of Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck from Nassau County to avoid local bias. Prosecutor Huntington countered that news reports reflect facts, not calls for punishment.
A column observes oddities in politics and culture from Durocher to Hoover, noting a denizen’s affection for a once controversial president and playful jabs at political power. It jokes about magicians in Denver, Treasury taxes, and a fiscal mood, plus a wink at nickel beer returning to New York.
The body of a ballet dancer shot by an American soldier will be sent home for burial after funds collected by U S army chaplains. Polish officials report a coal shipment target was surpassed in April.
In SHANGHAI Greek leader seeks UN mediation to end the civil war in Greece. Reports say widespread fires have devastated rural areas with thousands of huts burned as authorities face renewed violence and international appeals for peace.
A Texas county grand jury summoned Constable Dale Richardson after he led a one man crackdown on gambling. He burst into a hotel back room with a baseball bat, smashing a ticket board and scattering playing cards while vowing to close or tear up gambling joints in Houston.
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