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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1952
Page
2
Rudolph Thompson Jr 26 Gouverneur pleaded guilty to operating an airplane while intoxicated. Justice Harold Pohl fined him 50 dollars. He allegedly took a small Bath owned aircraft damaged during the failed air attempt.
Duke the bloodhound valued at 750 dollars was found in a Monaca Heights cave near Beaver Pennsylvania by owner Robert Grimm and a deputy sheriff after a two week search. The escaped prisoner was captured in a downtown Pittsburgh hotel.
A 46 hour strike by all organized newspaper workers halted nearly all Western German daily papers at noon. The stoppage supported labor demands for a say in management of West German industries as coalition protests and unions press for changes. Mounted police patrolled Ecuadorian streets amid a tense election campaign with one dead and two wounded in confrontations before Sunday balloting. A clash yesterday between coalition of Popular forces supporters and police marked the city scene. In London a divorce judge ruled Alfred Honey 57 deserted his wife Rosina, splitting their home after a quarrel in 1943. The decree cited past testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee on Communist activities in governmental agencies. Gray, Emmet P., inventor and manufacturer, patented 22 automotive devices and sold to Chrysler. longtime president of Gray-Hawley Manufacturing Co. in Detroit. Henry W. Marshall Jr., 160, served as president, editor and publisher of the Lafayette Journal and Courier in Lafayette.
Prof Amado Alonso aged 56 a leading critic and historian of the Spanish language and long time Harvard professor died in Cambridge Massachusetts. Prof Henry A Frost aged 69 former Harvard architectural design chair and visiting Ohio State University professor died in Athens Ohio.
In New Britain Conn two brothers became fathers on the same day at New Britain General Hospital. The Raymond Kings Bert 60 and Robert Kings both had children born to their families. Both men reportedly worked in the community and had associations noted with their families.
New Delhi considers a total ban on importing British cars to shield the domestic auto industry. Britain’s shipments last year were valued at $52 million, fulfilling India’s 30 000 annual car and truck demand while local output in 1950 rose to 3 840 units. India aims to reach 25 000 production soon.
Syracuse jurist Justice D. Morehouse Jr. upheld that once an annulment decree becomes final after three months it cannot be voided. The ruling vacated an earlier order voiding the annulment granted to Mrs Gwendolyn Buell from Richard W Buell, ending uncertainties over her marital status.
The Gerry town Board passed an ordinance making it a misdemeanor for a party line subscriber to refuse to relinquish his line for a fire or emergency call. It also makes it a misdemeanor to falsify an emergency to gain access to a busy line.
A Paterson New Zealand salesman told police the thief who stole 77 shoes from his car should start with one legged men. He said the shoes were style samples and not in pairs.
In Detroit two clothing shop owners Harry Kohn and William Broad clashed over signage that formed a single message. A survey showed the word at crossed the property line, leading to orders to remove part of the sign and potential trespass charges as police intervened.
London reports Glynis Johns, the film star, has returned from New York and praised American meat. She says six months of meat eating shifted her vegetarian stance, added about an inch to her height, increased her weight by fifteen pounds, and enlarged her shoe size to a size 2.
Oklahoma City police inspector Roy Bergman reports that communist pamphlets found in several city jail cells were from years earlier and seized as evidence. Trusties reportedly circulated the literature during storage room renovations, not as an act of subversion.
Gary firemen answered an unusual distress call when a robin’s leg became wedged in a fork of a tree. Rescue crews freed the bird, which cried out during the procedure.
In Canton Shao Tah-Siang, a shop proprietor, faced pressures from Communist taxes fines and bond purchases. Neighbors reported his shop was locked. police found five workers spying on him. Shao killed the workers and died by poison, officials say.
In eastern Washington the Columbia basin awaits a planned irrigation project that will flood and cultivate over 1,000,000 acres of barren land. A Bureau official will open a valve next Friday to begin the water flow transforming sagebrush country into productive farmland attracting thousands of visitors to towns including Ephraim, Quincy, Soap Lake, Moses Lake, Othello and Wenatchee. Hotels and camps fill as irrigation boosts local commerce and expectations of statehood-like economic growth rise.
Dr. Gerald B. Leighbody of Buffalo will become assistant commissioner for vocational education in the State Education Department starting July 165. He succeeds Dr. Arthur K. Getman who retired last December. The position pays $10,900 annually.
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