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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1950
Page
2
A humorous column recalls how single men endure long meals, eyeing the waiter and defending their stomachs while waiting for the food. The piece contrasts bachelor siege with married routines and ends noting the value of a partner at the table amid celebrity scraps.
Liaquat Ali Khan prime minister of Pakistan and his wife Begum Ali Khan visited the Roosevelt Estate in Hyde Park to place a wreath on President Franklin D Roosevelt's grave. The party travelled from New York by official motorcade.
An Allen B. DuMont executive projected television manufacture will rank among the nation’s top 10 industries within two years with a value near 2 billion dollars. The forecast was made before about 40 Boston TV dealers.
New York report cites retired Adm. Ellis M. Zacharias saying the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima was not necessary. Cleveland dispatch notes Major Thomas A. Burke and others doubted the need, claiming Japan might have surrendered without the bomb if given time and pressure from police action and military readiness.
Philadelphia AFL replies to CIO unity proposal with a yes if unity is permanent and organic, no for tentative cooperation. President William Green sent a letter to Phillip Murray stating the AFL would form a joint committee to pursue lasting unity, while cautioning that independent groups like railroad brotherhoods may not join. The AFL executive council met privately, and Green announced willingness to confer toward permanent unity.
A 125 mph typhoon skirted Guam and moved toward Okinawa, with winds expected to rise to 135 mph. Officials said land was not in its immediate path, but it could cross Okinawa by Thursday or Friday if it maintains course, with a likelihood of weakening or changing direction.
Walter Kiernan offers caustic observations on Soviet leader Joseph Stalin and the Moscow mission. He jokes about vodka and treaties while noting Lie as a persuasive figure who could influence the Iron Curtain. The column blends humor with political critique.
Four police squads guard a south Dallas neighborhood after a third bombing of a Black home since January. Robert Shelton, who had just moved into a white area near a Negro district, was injured with damage to his house. his wife was unhurt.
The Italian Government will be offered a further chance to borrow 10 American passenger ships for immigration during the new fiscal year starting July 1. They were given the option last year but did not use it as immigration to other countries failed to meet expectations.
Trygve Lie urged UN membership for Albania Austria Bulgaria Finland Italy Ireland Portugal and Romania to bridge East West gulf. Separate items note Emperor Hirohito visiting a Tokyo pawn shop to see unredeemed goods, British war brides and children en route to England from Prestwick, and Greece Yugoslavia restoring diplomatic ties. A West Berlin court sentenced former SS officer Erich Bauer to death for gassing Jews in Poland.
A list of deceased individuals includes William Pierson Hamill 81 former NY financier and JP Morgan partner in Santa Barbara Cilil J L Swindle 33 editor of Pampa News in Ponca City OK Erwin Sutherland 57 VP GM of N M Patterson Co and Patterson Steamship Fort William Ont Dr George L Knapp 78 author and Rocky Mountain News editor Denver in Lafayette Ind Com Edward J Mulquin 39 skipper of USS Sutherland in San Diego CA Lou Benshoff 76 former co owner editor of Detroit Lakes Record and conservation figure Detroit Lakes Mich Charles Warding Divine 61 ex newspaperman author and Triple Cities College faculty Endicott Bay Pines Fla Lancelot De Mole 70 inventor of a military tank in 1912 with plans rejected by British War Office in Sydney Australia
Senator Taft said the Justice Department should prosecute labor leaders who falsely swear they are not Communists. He tied the issue to the Taft Hartley ruling on non Communist oath and criticized the government for avoiding prosecutions of union officials. He linked the stance to President Truman and John L Lewis. He urged no change in the law unless officers swear they are not Reds.
Port Huron observed an hour of prayer for 245 year old Brian Marshall, the foster son of a prominent family, feared kidnapped. Officials urged 40 000 residents to join the noon reverence as the search for the boy entered its second week.
Yukio Ozaki, 94, the Japanese statesman who gave Washington its cherry trees in 1912, will depart May 16 by plane to see how the trees bloom and to inspect their continued growth. He won a seat in Japan’s first House of Representatives 60 years ago and has held it continuously, serving in every cabinet post except prime minister.
Twenty faculty members at Westmont College in Santa Barbara announce resignations effective June 15 in protest of the firing of president Dr. James Forrester. The group includes the dean and the registrar among two thirds of the faculty.
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