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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1949
Page
1
The daylong clash near Shanghai centers on the Whangpoo River with fighting within miles of the city. Government planes and Mosquito bombers mix with ground fire as fires burn and riverboats are moved midstream in a tense midwar scene described by the Associated Press.
Naval inquiry ordered into the death by his own action of James Forrestal first secretary of defense and former Navy secretary. Friends insist his work for country drove him to suicide at Bethesda Maryland after a long service under Roosevelt and Truman. He left a lines of an ancient Greek poem as a farewell.
Washington reports the House voted 22 to 19 to cut 629.73 million dollars from 2.1982 billion requested for the European Recovery Program and other aid for the next fiscal year. The move trims funding for Marshall Plan operations and related government relief in occupied areas.
Milton Babich pleaded innocent by reason of insanity to a charge of murdering his beau sister Pathea Birmingham. Judge Herbert Steffis adjourned arraignment to May 27 when a sanity commission would be named and defense counsel could argue on warrants. Trial date tentatively set for June 9. Pat was found dead after being shot twice and weighed down in the Milwaukee River following Babich's elopement with Kathleen Birmingham.
Federal Judge Samuel H Kaufman postponed the perjury trial of Alger Hiss yesterday in New York. The government did not object and the judge set the case for readiness on May 31, with Hiss absent from court.
The page list outlines today’s features across sections on pages 26 and 7i. It includes Comics starring Ida Jean Kain and Dr Dean, Crossword by Mary Haworth, Horoscope, Amusements, Financial, Engineering Report, Radio, Social, Sports, Life, Deaths, Editorials, Winchell letters, and Today’s Pictures on page 11.
Mary Ruth Montgomery three, daughter of George and Mrs Montgomery, was reported in critical condition at St Josephs Hospital after tumbling 25 feet from her father's arms on the Army Air Base housing stairs. Sgt Arthur Willis said she suffered possible skull fracture and internal injuries.
Governor and Mrs Thomas E Dewey of New York left Brussels by car for Paris. They planned a leisurely drive and did not expect to arrive before 6 or 7 PM.
Mayor Frank J. Costello directed Fire Chief William J. Connelly to estimate costs and pick a location for a merged firehouse. Two engine companies, on Clinton and Seiferson streets and at 5 State Street near Adams, would consolidate to improve dispatch and west side access amid prior traffic constraints and a deteriorating Engine 16 building.
International Falls Minnesota reports a two and a half year old boy Larry Conners missing after being last seen at 5 PM playing near a neighbor’s dog. About 200 men conducted a search through wild brush and swamp land a mile and half by three quarters of a mile without locating the child son of Mr and Mrs Wilbert Conners.
The Associated Press reports a weekend of violent weather across 10 states killed 46 people and caused millions in damage. Missouri suffered 22 deaths and heavy losses in Cape Girardeau, with 231 homes damaged and 18 businesses hit. The Red Cross set aside 500000 for relief as widespread destruction hit Missouri Indiana Kentucky Pennsylvania and others.
In Camberley England British Army generals initiated Exercise Britannia a secret one day staff problem at the Army Staff College to plan for an atomic war defense.
At a Jacksonville dinner Col Stevens laments aviation gaps with two Russian planes for every American. He urges self reflection on failure of the aviation program and recalls the maxim if at first you don t succeed ask yourself why.
A burglar entered the home of Mrs Josephine Helper demanding money but left after she pleaded bread was needed. She used a dollar from the incident to buy bingo chances but did not win. In a separate report three burglars at Astrop Park Northamptonshire tried to pry a safe using a silver spoon and alerted police before finishing.
Wreckage of six Penneybarma Railroad cars removed from a single track through Wyomme County. Cause of yesterday's derailment not determined. No injuries reported. Train was traveling from Olean to Rochester.
Tokyo observers report a proposed 60 percent tax on 700 tickets to parade a Monkey and 700 animals. The plan faced opposition and was dropped as legislators were amused by the monkey's antics. They instead chose to raise liquor consumption taxes.
Western military chiefs rejected West Berlin’s plea to seize elevated railway stations and police the rails in Western sectors. The decision preserves Russian controlled rail rights from 1945, despite weekend clashes as strikers demand Western intervention. Gen Howley chaired discussions with the four power commanders on the protest actions.
The Weather Man expects fair and cooler conditions tonight after a damaging storm with high winds and lightning. North Syracuse reported a two and a half hour power outage due to a 32 000 volt transmission line strike near Old South Bay Road. Wind gusts reached 25 miles per hour and rainfall measured 0.63 inches.
The report notes 1945 to 1946 federal state and local indebtedness in the United States reaching 1.348 trillion dollars with per capita debt rising to 2 019 62. The 22 foot lifeboat voyage narrative mentions a rebuild cost of 1200 dollars and an auxiliary engine as Agnes S00 my and James prepared to sail from Long Beach California to Honolulu noted in a dispatch from Washington.
Paris reports the Big Four Foreign Ministers opened a sixth meeting on Germany seeking unity for a West German state as Berlin blockade issues loom. Acheson Bevin and Schuman met with Andrei Vishinsky. aims include occupation withdrawal, frontiers, and a possible mid July government formation while tensions with Moscow remain high.
Government debt fell from 253.286 billion to 25.292 billion as analysis shows over one third of state and local debt financed public utilities housing and transit systems.
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