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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1949
Page
2
Column notes Margaret OBrien faces family tension over her recent marriage plan as MGM suspends her. Don Symon rumored groom, travels, and private concerns mix with Hollywood gossip about Shelley Winters’ car accident and other showbiz tidbits.
Death notices for William H W Luden founder of Ludens Inc in Atlantic City Nova Scotia Nelson A Frantz 67 former Daily Record publisher in Stroudsburg Pa Dr J Addison Jones 75 former president of the General Synod of the Reformed Church in America in Poughkeepsie Richard A Kebron 56 partner in Kebdon McCormick Chicago and director of Glass Fibres Toledo John T Bughanan 72 former Omaha Grain Exchange president and organizer of the National Grain Trade Council James M Costen 55 sports editor of the South Bend Tribune Arthur James Glover 76 managing editor of Hoard s Dairy and former president of the American Dairy Federation in Fort Atkinson Wisconsin.
A new panel of 100 Columbia County residents will be called to complete a jury for the trial of two teens Richard Harvell 18 and Lawrence Allgood 19 accused of first degree murder for shooting and robbing a Hudson businessman last November on a farm near here. Eight jurors have been named so far including one woman.
A 52 year old man William C Mehurin admitted strangling his bride from the Lonely Hearts Club last March 17 in a Missouri highway patrol report. His oral statement contains discrepancies and may be signed later as investigators press the case.
Nine men jailed for six weeks after chaining to a railing before the U S Embassy in London. They faced charges of insulting language and breaching the peace as they shouted anti Yankee and antiwar slogans.
The National Grange urged Congress to oppose broad postal rate increases arguing they would hurt rural mail users and newspapers. J. P. Sanders cited proposed second class rate hikes as potentially forcing most Grange papers to close. He called for expanding rural services and wage parity tied to living costs while opposing over commercialization of the postal system.
Monaco confirms Prince Louis II has died at 78 after a long illness. He handed duties to his grandson Prince Ranier last Thursday, ending a 26 year rule begun in 1922. Ranier, 25, served as a French Army lieutenant. his mother Princess Charlotte relinquished her succession rights in 1944.
The Bonn Constituent Assembly approved a West German constitution and voted 49 to 1 to restore the Weimar era black red and gold flag. In the Soviet zone the People’s Council also adopted the same flag.
Princess Margaret is expected to be received by Pope Pius XII in a private audience in Rome tomorrow according to a British Legation spokesman. Final details were not completed but the audience was likely, despite protests in England.
Welter Kiernan reflects on a satisfying Mother's Day as family members gather at home with spouses and children. He notes some run extra chores the day before and the need for mothers to rest the rest of the year, ending with a nod to honoring mothers.
Southern Democrats promise to back Truman pledge to extend the trade agreements program in its original form. Senator George of Georgia will lead the Senate fight and aims for approval in about 100 days. Byrd Sparkman back George while Republicans and some northern Democrats withhold firm aid. Likkin-Cole plans to speak before the vote.
Washington President Truman credits his health to hard work and says he has had little time for mischief. He spoke to Dr Edward Hughes Pruden pastor of the First Baptist Church on his 65th birthday and noted Mother’s Day and the war’s end anniversary. Flowers in church honored his late mother who died in 1947.
In Cedar Rapids attorney Barnegrover argued Rutledge stabbed Hartman in a Cedar Rapids hotel room in self defense after alleged advances. the prosecutor claimed Rutledge followed Hartman from St Louis with intent to kill and that threats and a demand for money surfaced in telephone calls. Hartman’s wife sat with Rutledge during the proceedings.
Mrs. Louis Johnson wife of the secretary of defense is registered as a Mayo Clinic patient in Rochester Minnesota. She arrived by plane with Johnson yesterday.
Shanghai garrison orders private trucks and jeeps seized for military use after loss of a key defense point 33 miles southwest of Shanghai. The order targets public and private vehicles and directs firms to send cars to a central point. confiscation follows, with promises of return after mobilization. British firms banks and agencies also ordered to hand over cars amid ongoing defense efforts.
Cambridge Massachusetts Dr Jenneth J Tillotson 50 psychiatrist and Miss Ann M Saloy nurse pleaded guilty to morass charges stemming from Miss Saloy s allegation that Tillotson ruined her health They had faced adultery and acts alleged as unnatural Both pleaded before Judge Frank Murray with Tillotson s wife present Bail set at 1700 earlier in November 39 case linked to a complaint to State Mental Health Commissioner Clifton T Perkins about health impact of Tillotson s attentions
Unidentified man about 40 to 45 years old was recovered from the State Barge Canal at Scotia. Police say the corpse had been in the water for several months.
Officials of the National Bank of Olne opened their time vault after a burglar alarm rang through the night. Neighbors watched as police rushed to the scene but found no robbers. The control mechanism failed inside the vault and the lock had been set for 61 hours. Bank staff awaited the vault’s relock.
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