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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1949
Page
2
East outshines West as Rita Hayworth appears in a pale blue calf length crepe dress with pleats and fitted bodice at Vallauris Town Hall. Her V neck and wide picture hat complete a princesslike look welcomed by Mayor Paul Derigon.
Detroit union leaders rejected Ford's 23 day peace bid aimed at arbitral settling work standards on disputed lines. The United Auto Workers said the proposal concerned if standards impaired health or safety, and did not address broader contract disputes.
The page guide outlines features across pages 46 and 47 including Comics Ida Jean Kain Dr. Dean Mary Haworth Horoscope and TALKING It OVER on page 21 Amusements on page 34 Financial on page 40 Bridge on page 31 Inq. Reporter page 10 Classified 41-45 Radio page 23 City Life page 25 Social 32-33 Deaths 22 Sports 36-39 Editorials Winchell 27 and Letters 26 Today's Pictures Kage 20.
Berlin faces a massive disruption as a railroad strike freezes movement from West Germany toward the city and freight yards become a graveyard of stalled cars. Food supplies rely on the Red Airlift as Western Allies steer a German matter over labor disputes.
Rita Wavworth and Aly Khan wed in Vallauris as a crowd of wealthy guests and locals gathered at the town hall. The ceremony featured a double ring exchange, a dramatic first kiss, and remarks by Mayor Pauli Derigon.
Seventeen members of a stick-ball team known as The Rockets were arrested after the slaying of Teddy Segarra 17 a member of The Lightnings. The incident began at a Wednesday stick-ball game in the Bronx and escalated to a street clash with gunfire that wounded a 15 year old bystander Mario Pardo in the neck.
The State of New Jersey demanded Sheffield Farms withdraw a three cents per quart milk price cut or risk license revocation. Attorney General Theodore D. Parsons urged rescission, citing state authority to revoke licenses of dealers harming the dairy industry. Sheffield led the price-cut trend, with others following in the state.
Western powers draft blueprint to unify East and West Germany to be presented to the Soviet side within days. They push Soviet terms for German unity while seeking a controlled economic and political framework with German leadership. Western allies dispute Vishinsky claims of German zone profiteering and note Soviet gains in the eastern zone.
Judith Coplon on trial for espionage charges swore she is innocent of any wrongdoing. An affidavit attached to a motion seeks to bar use of papers found in her purse at arrest with Russian suspect Valentine A. Gubitchev. Judge Reeves did not say when hearings would occur. The papers are central to the government case against the 28 year old former Justice Department political analyst.
Major Gilbert Sullivan recounts a joke about a missionary and an African king offering 500 brides as a dower. The king suggests taking them all to avoid jealousy among the 499 leftovers. The tale is used to critique pacifist nostrums.
Gail Brough a 13 year old eighth grader from Avondale School Canton wins the National Spelling Bee beating Brooklyn’s James Shea and San Francisco’s Fred Shoup. The Syracuse convent student faced the final word onerous in the sixth round and prevailed with nerve and accuracy as Bee Master Ben Alleman closed the page on the event.
Police search two youths who climbed a Brooklyn Bridge tower 300 feet above the East River and vanished after witnesses saw them perform on a crude catwalk. Emergency squads ascended the tower from both sides but found no trace as spotlights and a patrol launch scoured the area.
At 33 Merritt B. Hale works as a Jamestown clerk and commutes by bus. He handles all cooking and housework, continuing with his hobbies including intricate needle work and gardening, devoting many hours to them.
Washington lawmakers moved to grant broad powers and special benefits to American spies and their informers. The bill, already passed by the House, awaits Senate approval and would empower the Central Intelligence Agency with expanded authority.
The Weather Man says temperatures will stay a bit below normal for two days. Clearing and cool tonight with a low around 40. Partly cloudy tomorrow with little change in the high near 65. The eastern U S remains unusually cool by 10 to 13 degrees.
Jennie Akers a 16 year old from Aurora Colorado fell 50 feet into a crevice on Creation Rock. A team of 17 rescuers lowered her 600 feet by rope in the dark. She suffered a fractured left arm and possible fractures of her right leg and hip. Her condition at Colorado General Hospital was described as fair.
Nationalist holdouts surrendered as Communist troops completed occupation of Shanghai. Red political officers began governing the city’s six million people with evacuation fleets leaving the naval base. Casualty figures remain unclear with reports ranging from under 206 to several hundred. several foreign consulates were damaged.
Washington AP reports Senate Democratic leadership postponed action on the North Atlantic defense pact for at least six weeks.
Bow Street Court in London refused to extradite Gerhart Eisler to the United States to serve two prison sentences tied to investigations of his Communist activities. Eisler, dubbed Americas No 1 Communist agent by a congressional committee, is free to move to the Soviet zone of Germany. He heard the verdict calmly and shook hands with guards.
Attorney General Tom Clark said the United States will renew efforts to secure the return from England of Communist Gerhart Eisler to serve his prison sentence. He called Eisler a fugitive and pledged to rely on narrow technical grounds for the case.
In Bow Street Court Magistrate Sir Laurence Dunne refused the American extradition request for Eisler after ruling the U S failed to prove he was convicted of an extraditable offense. Pritt argued the case involved perjury and false statements on an exit permit form.
Mrs Gerhart Eisler abandoned her court bid for release from Ellis Island and a deportation hearing was set for Wednesday. Her counsel withdrew action and said she wished to go to Europe to join her husband, while the Justice Department said it would not allow voluntary departure.
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