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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1950
Page
1
Silvon Freeman graduates from the College of Home Economics at Syracuse University amid jokes about being a male in the field. He shifts from premedical aims to nutrition studies, finding renewed interest in foods and plans advanced nutrition work rather than medical school.
In Germany a huge Communist led youth rally faces West German police at border zones. Thousands from East and West Berlin travel toward home as clashes occur, stone throwing by a few, with many in blue shirts and massed demonstrators near Luebeck and Helmstedt.
One of 13 Czechs in a morning trial pleaded guilty to plotting an armed revolt against the communist regime. Dr Milada Horackova, 49, a former National Socialist deputy, said she conspired with American and other western diplomats and journalists to overthrow the government at Pankrác Prison. Co defendants linked to former ambassadors and Western diplomats from several nations were identified in the indictment.
Eight persons from Brooklyn were injured early today when two chartered buses left the highway and crashed into an embankment near Catskill. The injured were taken to Green County Memorial Hospital.
Briton Edwards was acquitted today of assault charges after a crowded New Delhi courtroom. District Magistrate Ramenshwar Dayal ruled Edwards acted with provocation on May 5 when Ambassador Oscar Tas eberet’s party persisted in disruptive behavior at a hotel.
Chicago reports beef prices climbing above their spring averages while pork and lamb remain below year-ago levels. Experts cite supply declines, rising wages, marketing changes, and strong consumer demand as factors. Corn and oats costs increasing raise livestock feeding expenses, pressuring wholesale pork prices to stay near 40 to 49 cents per pound.
The excerpt lists page numbers for various features such as Comics, Crossword, Amusements, Financial, Bridge, Horoscope, Classifieds, Deaths, Social, Sports, Editorials, and Letters. It notes Today’s Pictures on page 16 and mentions several named contributors and sections across pages 2 to 40.
Prime Minister Sidney Holland announced that gasoline rationing in New Zealand will end tonight. The wartime measure concludes as the country moves toward postwar normalcy.
The weatherman forecasts a cold front moving in with rain tonight and cooler temperatures tomorrow. Meteorologist Andrew P Keller says the front will reach the area from a wide east to west region with near zero degree temperature drop, low tonight about 58 and high tomorrow near 70. Scattered showers expected tonight with broader national contrasts in temperatures across Texas and the Dakotas. May rainfall totaled 2.24 inches, about three quarters of an inch below normal.
Military sources say about 2000 Chinese Nationalist troops reportedly landed on Amami Island in the Ryukyu chain. Informants claim the landing was a rest operation and speculate the forces were blown off course while retreating from Chushan, about 360 miles west, in three junks.
The four day Memorial Day weekend produced a national violent death toll well over five hundred with 340 traffic deaths and 125 drownings or other fatal incidents. Ned H Dearborn of the National Safety Council criticized driving behavior as mass indifference to life. New Hampshire reported at least one violent death.
Accidents across New York over the Memorial Day weekend killed 26 people. Highway crashes accounted for 18 fatalities among motorists, with other incidents listed on page 8.
New York reports the Dun & Bradstreet wholesale food price index rose four cents to 5.94 for the week, the highest since January 25, 1949, reflecting higher costs for tart rye oats beef hams lard sugar cottonseed oil potatoes steers hogs and lambs. Flour barley butter and milk declined.
A Utica family cannot locate the unnamed Syracuse couple credited with saving Bonnie and James Peretta from a house fire at 2107 Genesee Street. Deputy Chief James Butlimer credited Mr and Mrs Henry Wohnsen of Syracuse with rescue, but no Wohnsen listing appears locally. Bonnie, 8, was carried to safety, while firefighters saved the other child.
A New York County grand jury returned a 60 count information against gambler Frank Erickson charging one count conspiracy and 59 counts bookmaking. Co-conspirator Harry Richards is named but not a defendant and bonds set at $100,000. The case follows a raid on Erickson offices and his Senate testimony about annual gambling profits. Subpoenas seek New Jersey bank records for Joe Adonis and family with June 5 compliance deadline.
The United States government approved appointment of Dr Heinz Krekeler as the first postwar German consul general to the United States. Krekeler, deputy leader of the Free Democratic Party in North Rhine Westphalia Ruhr area, is cited by German authorities.
A UPI report says Eastern railroads, facing ongoing losses, may reduce passenger fares to attract more riders and restore revenue. Government experts note January February revenue fell 39.5 million versus the prior year, despite earlier 12 and 32 percent hikes.
Washington reports manufacturing layoffs fell to 13 per thousand in April, down from 28 four years earlier. Textiles and apparel saw notable increases, while hiring and recall of workers remained at 25 per thousand since early 1950. The job opportunity quiz rate rose since December 1949 but stayed below 1949 April levels.
Westminster Maryland's 110th Field Artillery looked sharp in Memorial Day parade until one jeep vanished. An officer quipped someone is looking for something as police pursue a stolen jeep and the Army joins the hunt to locate the missing vehicle.
Oak Ridge Tennessee workers returned to jobs on a $250 million set of projects after a week-long wildcat strike. Police reported large turnout for the day shift as picket lines were withdrawn by Local 818 of the AFL Laborers and Hadcatriers Union.
Ballet dancer Anna Nyman died Monday after her inflammable cellophane costume caught fire during a performance in Helsinki. Witnesses say fellow dancers and staff failed to reach her in time as flames spread from the costume and lighting.
Secretary of State Acheson told Congress that the rising power of Russia must be met by a balanced Atlantic alliance. He urged strengthening NATO and Western partnerships, saying the West must act now to defend itself and support a large economic effort, with plans for a second year arms aid program.
Ten people died and two were injured when an Acroyias Brazil airliner crashed near Ltacare in Bahia State late yesterday. The accident involved an international flight with no immediate survivors reported. Authorities investigated weather and mechanical factors as possible causes.
At a Kansas City lunch program a professor denounced a town hall reading of a conservative paper about local history. The interruption led to a shout that Americans should reject communism and a counter reply admitting shared American shame.
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