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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1949
Page
1
Rita Hayworth appeared simply elegant in a calf length pale blue crepe dress as she wed Aly Khan in Allauris. The ceremony at the town hall drew crowds while Mayor Paul Derigon welcomed the couple. the stylish gown featured pleats and a fitted bodice with long sleeves and a modest neckline.
The United Auto Workers rejected Ford's 23 day peace bid aimed at arbitrating work standards on disputed assembly lines. The proposal only addressed whether standards affect health and safety in two struck plants under the Ford-UAW contract.
The page notes outline this issue's featured sections on pages 46 and 47 including Comics Ida Jean Kain Dr Dean Crossword Mary Haworth Horoscope and Talking It Over on page 21 Amusements 34 Financial 40 Bridge 31 Inq Rept 10 Classifieds 41-45 Radio 23 City Life 25 Social 32-33 Deaths 22 Sports 36-39 Editorials Winchell 27 Letters 26 and Todays Pictures Kage 20.
In Berlin the national rail strike paralyzed freight yards and halted movement from West Germany while the airlift continued to supply the city. Western Allies warn against strikebreaking as the railworkers union and Soviet management clash. Mayor Reuter convenes district leaders to discuss the standoff.
Rita Hayworth and Aly Khan wed in Vallauris town hall in a lavish ceremony attended by millionaires and peasants. The bride arrived late in an ice blue gown by Jacques Fath, as a Communist mayor pronounced the marriage and the couple shared a first kiss before about forty guests.
Paris reports Western ministers draft a plan to unite East and West Germany and present it to the Soviet side soon. The talks follow Vishinsky's proposal for a four power run with German elections and call for Russia to retain supervision of security and demilitarization. Western advisers dispute his claim that the Soviet zone is profitable and accuse him of overstating Eastern industrial gains.
Seventeen youths from the Pockets stick-ball team were arrested in the Bronx slaying of Teddy Segarra iv from the Lightnings after a Wednesday game dispute. Police say ambush and stabbing followed a broomstick ball contest with a Rock Jet player hitting a Lightning member. Five shots were fired. a passerby was struck in the neck and is in serious condition in hospital.
In Trenton the State for Newman ordered Sheffield Farms to withdraw a reduced price per quart or lose its license to sell. Attorney General Theodore D Parsons said the state has authority to revoke licenses of dealers engaging in practices harmful to the dairy industry. Sheffield was the first to cut prices, prompting others in North Jersey to follow and the move to spread across the state.
Judith Coplon on trial for espionage denied all wrongdoing. An 45 page affidavit was attached to a motion to suppress papers found in her purse when arrested with Valentine. Federal Judge Reeves did not indicate when arguments would be heard. The papers form part of the government's case against the 28 year old former Justice Department analyst.
Major Gilbert Sullivan joked about nostrums at a Denver dinner. He compared them to an African king who offered 500 beautiful girls as brides, saying 499 would be jealous. The king replied, take them all to solve the issue.
Virginia Charles Washington Kim of Canton wins the National Spelling Bee on the sixth round spelling onerous correctly. Gail Brough of New York is defeated while James Shea of Brooklyn takes second by dulcimer. Fred Shoup of San Francisco places third after missing enemy. Aceh Zig of Syracuse fails on supreme test as crowds applaud. Concluded on page 28.
Two youths climbed the Brooklyn Bridge tower 300 feet above the East River last night and vanished. A taxi driver and Patrolman Alex Barush witnessed the stunt as four emergency squads ascended the cable and found nothing. Police spotlight and a launch searched the area with no trace.
At 35 Merritt B Hele works as a Jamestown clerk and commutes by bus. He handles all cooking and housework, keeping busy with hobbies in intricate needlework and gardening.
A bil offering special benefits to American spies and informers nears Senate passage after House approval. The measure would grant broad powers and authority to the Central Intelligence Agency.
The Weather Man reports a brief cool spell with temperatures 5 to 10 degrees below normal. Tonight lows around 40 degrees, tomorrow partly cloudy with little temperature change. Syracuse and the eastern half of the country share the cooler air.
Jennie Akers, 16, of Aurora Colorado, fell 50 feet into a crevice on Creation Rock. She was rescued by 17 men and lowered 600 feet by rope in darkness. Injuries included a fractured left arm and possible fractures of the right jaw and hip. She was treated at Colorado General Hospital in fair condition.
Reports say Shanghai fell under Communist control three days after fighting began. Nationalist Woosung Fortress evacuated as 6 million residents faced Red administration. Casualties unclear with figures ranging from under 200 to several hundred. several consulates reported damage.
The Senate Democratic leadership postponed action on the North Atlantic defense pact for at least six weeks. The delay signals further debate and possible revisions before a vote.
A. F. Whitney head of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen announces he and officers signed non Communist affidavits under the Taft Hartley Act while opposing the law. The union statement notes officers filed affidavits and financial information with the Secretary of Labor and advises local lodges to apply to regional NLRB offices for the required forms when seeking board services.
Bow Street Magistrate's Court ruled Britain will not extradite Gerhart Eisler to serve two U S prison terms tied to his Communist activities. The decision ends a long international effort to remove Eisler from the United Kingdom. Eisler, described by a Congressional committee as America’s top Communist agent, appeared calm as the verdict was announced and shook hands with guards.
Attorney General Tom Clark said the United States has not given up efforts to secure the return of Communist Gerhart Eisler from England to serve his prison term. He pledged to exert every effort to achieve the fugitive's return.
In Bow Street Court Magistrate Sir Laurence Dunne rejects the U S extradition request for Eisler. The judge holds the United States did not prove a convictable extraditable offense and questions whether the alleged crime mirrors perjury. Pritt decries U S bad faith and seeks costs. Eisler was convicted in the United States of false replies on a questionnaire and contempt of Congress.
Mrs Gerhart Eisler abandoned her court fight for a release from Ellis Island and a deportation hearing was set for Wednesday. Her counsel told Federal Judge Murray Hulbert she wished to leave to join her husband in Europe, but the Justice Department said it had no incentive to let her depart voluntarily.
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