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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1950
Page
5
New York reports 508 corporations posted 1 402 783 143 in profits for the first quarter, up 6 percent from 1949. Automobiles, air transport, chemicals and radios led gains. oil and coal groups fell, with Chrysler posting a deficit while General Motors surged.
A couple flying from Europe to Jamaica via New York were detained for observation after contact with a possible smallpox victim. The Pan American World Airways plane was isolated at Idlewild Airport and guarded for medical action while other passengers and crew were cleared.
Fred W. Fisch, director of the New York State Department of Public Works, said the proposed New York Thruway would boost the state economy and serve as a wartime highway artery. He noted a milk shipment from NYC to Buffalo would be $28 cheaper on the Thruway, and that the road would feature no signals, speeds up to 75 mph, twelve evacuation lanes, and spurs linking to the state line, Canada, and Schenectady, with grades not exceeding three percent.
Clare Boothe Luce told Detroiters that industry should consider a family wage to address the general labor problem. Accepting the Catholic Woman of the Year medal from the First Friday Club, she urged employers to adjust pay for married men and parents, warning that without private action the state would step in.
Democratic Leader Lucas of Illinois said he will not order around-the-clock sessions or curb debate next week on his Fair Employment Practices Commission bill. Senator Russell of Georgia warned that Dixie Democrats will filibuster. Lucas said night sessions are unnecessary since the issue can be tested at any time.
Washington Charles M. LaFollette national director of Americans for Democratic Action has been granted a leave of absence due to ill health. His doctor advises retirement for now. LaFollette a former Indiana Republican Congressman served in the military government in Germany.
In Marysville Montana a deer, owned by a juror, watched a one day land dispute trial held in a saloon. Judge Sullivan moved the proceeding from the hall to the Cotton Club bar as tensions rose. jurors and townsfolk assembled furniture amid chill May air. The jury awarded $1,000 in a Tow case involving Eunice Morris and Marguerite Lindquist over joint ranching operations.
Six women who wrote letters to a judge over a divorce and custody ruling were summoned and warned about contempt of court. Judge William R. McKay vacated his initial decision, expunged records, and ordered a new trial set for July 10 after new evidence from Mrs. Florence H. Walton regarding her custody dispute with Delvy T. Walton emerged.
The Catholic War Veterans of New York praised Senator McCarthy for charging Communists in the State Department. At their 14th annual convention 2,000 veterans adopted a resolution to reestablish diplomatic relations with Spain. Representative Dean Taylor urged continued opposition to Communism and warned officials who may mislead foreign nations.
In Rome crowds near Piazza Colonna saw two flashing objects hovering above Palazzo Chigi. Witnesses called them flying saucers as traffic halted and commuters watched. The objects appeared a mile high, stove-lid sized, slowly revolving with regular flashes like a sun beacon.
Chrysler's 89,000 striking workers ratified a contract seen as a formality after a 103 day idle. Pickets at the Dodge plant were withdrawn clearing the way to resume production Monday across all plants. The agreement includes $100 monthly pensions, improved health plans, and wage adjustments. Ward's predicts output records to fall as production restarts.
German Communist leaders Otto Grotewohl and Walter Ulbricht reportedly were summoned to Moscow for a Cominform meeting. Wilhelm Pieck, East Germany’s Moscow-trained president, has been in Moscow for weeks, with a special plane flying between Moscow and Berlin.
The House was called into an unusual Saturday session to decide funding for river and harbor and flood control projects across many states. Many members favor boosting the 632,620,000 recommended for next year by the appropriations committee, which had cut 202,000,000 from President Truman's request.
States Rights supporters plan a 1952 presidential campaign push focused in the South. W. W. Wright of the National States Rights Committee says the drive will act within the Democratic party. The third annual States Rights convention is set for Jackson Mississippi this week.
In Cannes France yesterday Communist led steel workers about 150 attacked police near La Bocca to wreck a rail freight load of French army guided missile equipment. Police used tear gas grenades. Five officers were injured and seven demonstrators arrested.
In Washington Senator Myers urged University of Pennsylvania trustees to repudiate Harold E. Stassen for calling Truman the best politician yet worst President. Senate Democrats condemned the remark, with Lucas threatening to withdraw students if he had a child at Penn. Humphrey dubbed the remarks unfair and planned a Tuesday radio reply.
An armed Services medical board reported that tests show anti-histamine compounds do not prevent or cure colds. The Epidemiology Board tested on civilian and military personnel and volunteers infected with the common cold virus.
New York law enforcement widened its probe into gambler Frank Erickson by seeking his missing auditor Henry Pellino who vanished last Monday before a Manhattan DA raid. Pellino, a CPA listed at Erickson's Park Avenue office, is sought for grand jury questioning on Erickson's $12.5 million annual gambling empire and related financial dealings.
Buffalo Zoo keeper Joseph A. Abgott says two swan eggs were stolen from a moated enclosure. The eggs are valued at about 250 dollars, based on the cost of cygnets.
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