Best Cattle Show Yet At the Fair
The fair drew up to 160000 visitors at noon with dairy breeds on display and notable appearances. Wind cleared crowds by afternoon as the grounds grew quieter though the event continued.
05 Sep 1950
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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1950
Page
1
The fair drew up to 160000 visitors at noon with dairy breeds on display and notable appearances. Wind cleared crowds by afternoon as the grounds grew quieter though the event continued.
Desperate battle report shows Reds infiltrating toward Pohang while American forces guard key positions at Taegu and Pusan. Daylong fighting eases on other fronts as Allied defenses hold, with front-line advances noted along the Nakdong River.
The snippet references vessels and troops near Pohang with unclear wording. It mentions red river, a southwest area, and a contested engagement, but the text is garbled, leaving key names, dates, and outcomes unreadable.
Disjointed garbled text shows the Army seeking 20,000 men during November while aiming to 170,000 to date. Earlier reports mention requests for 50,000 men in September and 50,000 in October, with varying totals and phrasing confusing the record.
Weather reports warn of powerful hurricane winds reaching 100 to 125 mph in a small affected zone. Precautions urged across North Florida and southeast Georgia as the storm looms over the Gulf. Nova Scotia and Daytona Beach coastal areas advised to monitor high tides and heavy rains while Arctic explorer Donald MacMan sails toward Boothbay Harbor after docking in Sydney with Bowdoin showing botanical and wildlife exhibits.
A three judge federal court directed the University of Virginia to admit a Negro attorney to its graduate school of law in Charlottesville Virginia. The ruling enforces equal access to higher education and ends a segregated admission practice at UVA Law.
James Crawford of Schenectady has been appointed manager of the transformer and allied products division in General Electric Company's apparatus department. The appointment was announced in Schenectady.
The page rundown lists features for pages 34 and 35 including comics Ida Jean Kain Dr Dean crossword Mary Haworth horoscope the fellow Amusements bridge 12 and a death notices section on page 36. It mentions radio television sports and financial listings with several column indices such as 28 27 23 21 and 19 for city life and other features.
Weatherman Andrew P Keller says cool spell remains across regions from the Rockies to the Atlantic for another day. Warmer high expected Thursday with a low around 46 tonight versus 51 last night. Sunshine rises tomorrow as northerly winds shift from 15 to 20 mph today to 10 to 15 mph tonight and tomorrow. Rain totals yesterday and last night were 0.03 inches.
New York reports Bernard Baruch, shaken but unhurt after a Saturday automobile accident, felt well enough to go to his office. The 80 year old adviser to presidents said from his home he intended to report for work.
Niagara Falls police estimate a Labour Day weekend crowd of 243000 people gathered to view the cataracts. The official count reflects unusually large attendance for the popular natural sight.
Federal investigators opened a probe into a plane crash near Utica that killed five from one family and left others injured. The ill fated flight, likely caused by engine trouble, plunged soon after takeoff as bystanders watched. Survivors include Seaman Edward Thomas, 22, fair to serious injuries in New York and nearby towns. Pilot Carter and crew attempted an emergency return, but the single engine aircraft could not gain altitude and crashed into a field. The crash occurred as witnesses described the plane wobbling and losing power, with passengers escaping through an interior hatch before the wreckage burned. The report notes preliminary findings of a two piston port engine failure and instruments showing the plane came down moments after leaving the field. Concluded on Page 6, Column 17.
Virginia Charles and Judson La Fly report on survivors of a fatal airliner crash. Marie Mercer of New City describes being wedged between seats, clothes on fire, and a rescuer named Pat who helped others escape. Mercer recalls black metal fragments from an engine just before the plane plunged.
Cortland County sheriffs and volunteers comb thick woods near DeRuyter for Arthur Everingham of 103 Cedric Ave Nedrow who vanished while berry picking with his grandson Lyle Rowland. The two were near Lincklaen on the boundary of Cortland and Chenango counties. The search extended through the night with about 56 volunteers assisting.
A Communist raid on a U S Army radio station in Masan Front Korea led by a female band killed five American signalmen and wounded two others who survived. A South Korean guard at the station was also killed.
A series of earthquakes rattled Central Italy from Rome to the Adriatic coast early today. No casualties or damage details were immediately available, with officials urging caution as aftershocks follow the initial quake.
Buffalo employees are seeing shifts extend to about 60 hours weekly while the city’s average climbs to roughly 36 hours, signaling a squeeze on labor and potential impact on productivity and compensation.
ROCHESTER UP Democratic State Chairman Paul E Fitzpatrick said Rep Walter Lynch would be nominated for governor on the first ballot at the state convention Lynch is described as 36 Catholic with an outstanding congressional record He noted no other name would be placed before delegates and discussed potential moves by Daniel Patrick Roosevelt Jr and Oscar Ewing amid Republican Communist issue attacks
In Moscow, Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky will lead the Soviet delegation to the United Nations Assembly in New York. Vishinsky plans to attend the meeting beginning September 19. Sixty seven members of the Soviet delegation have already received American visas.
During a strike at Onondaga General Plant, nine thousand five hundred workers faced clashes as pickets blocked exits. A car struck several men including LL 320 president John Brady and two sheriff's deputies, sending them to hospital with minor injuries.
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