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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1949
Page
1
Firefights between union flying squads and non strikers reported 14 injured as attacks occurred near Buffalo and Wheatfield and at a Niagara Falls housing project. Undersheriff says groups dispersed after police arrived and more injuries followed.
District Attorney William E. Miller of Niagara County urged Governor Dewey to deploy the State Militia as violence flared for a 13 week Bell Aircraft strike. Reports describe injuries to about 10 people, a housing project raid, and a worker arrest held without bail. Police officer fired five shots to disperse attacking unionists near the plant.
Rain swept eastward this morning with the promise of fair weather in its wake. Tonight will be partly cloudy and cooler with a high of 75 tomorrow afternoon. A quarter inch of rain fell overnight. Tonight's low around 45, down from 53 last night. Fairer, warmer weather continues through Saturday as a mass extends from Rochester to the Rockies.
Marquis Childs notes in his column that Madrid promotes Admiral Richard L. Connolly and Generali Franco engagement as part of a campaign to show the world that the United States will come to Spain's aid amid a deteriorating economy. The item appears among editorials and sections on pages 50 and 22.
Famed German composer Richard Strauss died at his home in Garmisch Partenkirchen after weeks of illness. A prolific figure, he wrote operas such as Rosenkavalier and Salome, tone poems, symphonic works, concertos, and more than 100 song and piano selections. He was born in Munich to Franz Strauss and was not related to the Viennese Strauss family.
In St Louis a 23 year old clerk Bob Meier recovered from eight days of hiccups after a stranger arrived from a black bag and lit two black candles. A wet noodle on a string hung between his eyes and the hiccups stopped instantly. The man warned him not to tell anyone and drove away in a large black car.
Berkeley entomologist E. O. Essig says people may eat insects in fruit salads and foods. He notes ancient and modern examples such as locusts water bugs and white caterpillars and says insects provide carbohydrates fats protein and nitrogen but lack reliable vitamins.
Washington report on a three nation economic conference notes British delegates openly urged U S tariff reductions and other concessions. Treasury Secretary Snyder avoided committing to any proposals while indicating willingness to listen.
The Board on Geographic Names considers deleting the Dutch word vly from Fly Creek Fly Summit and Fly Swamp in New York. Police report gunfire at Mickey Cohen's Brentwood home near Fishers Island as neighbors say shots and disturbances disrupted the area.
Admiral Oscar C. Badger told Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees he favors keeping the door open to possible arms aid to non Communist China. He spoke behind closed doors while others draft bills for a program to aid friendly nations against Communism. The Truman plan seeks 2.45 billion dollars with no China aid proposed.
Brig. Gen. Harry 4. Malony 60 of Arlington Virginia attached to the Secretary's Office for the Attorney General in the United Nations suffered a bruised shoulder in an automobile collision on Route 20 east of Auburn. He left his car and traveled by taxi to Syracuse to catch a train to India. The other driver Greer Marechal of Dayton Ohio was uninjured. Both vehicles were badly damaged.
Palermo police arrested Felice Milazzo, 30, linked to Salvatore Giuliano’s gang. He faced warrants for kidnapping, attempted murder, and armed conflict with police after a raid on a hideout near Poggiorease. He was found armed with pistols and grenades.
The Census Bureau reports 1949 peak employment at 59,937,000 with unemployment easing to 3,689,000 in August. Nonfarm jobs rose by 1,388,000 while agricultural employment fell the same amount in a midsummer lull. Secretary Sawyer calls it leveling off of the downturn and overall economic health remains sound.
Bad weather and a biting wind dampened Governor Dewey Day at the New York State Fair. Officials feared attendance would top only 25 000 as Dewey toured the grounds at 9 AM. Exhibits featured more than 1 500 state bred cattle and a well groomed display for the governor.
Southeast California endures a heat wave with temperatures near 100 as a Nevada high pressure system drives desert heat. North Hollywood hits 108.5 degrees and Glendale reaches 108 as two deaths are blamed on the heat while polio cases in the state rise to 3,018 with a 3.5 percent fatality rate.
Corning police report ongoing parking lot crashes near Ed ward Hyder's grocery as motorists repeatedly hit the store building and knock goods from shelves. The grocer complains about the repeated damage and safety concerns for customers and staff.
An unidentified woman driver parked in front of a taxi on a downtown Vancouver street. The cabbie got out, struck her on the jaw, then returned to his cab and drove away.
The 50 cent haircut makes a comeback in Washington advertised by the Deluxe Barber Shop five blocks from the White House. Other shops still charge from 75 cents to $1.25.
Paul Miller a fruit canner fishing for catfish in Dover Del asserts that some uphold all institutions while others reject them. He recalls a conversation with a Britisher about primogeniture noting there is no justice in it and quoting the saying first come first served.
Radio Moscow says the Soviet Union may seek UN protection for Albania against alleged Yugoslav and Greek threats. Moscow accuses Yugoslavia and Greece of planning to seize Albania and claims provocations at Albania's borders are coordinated since August. The article urges the UN to defend small nations and compares it to actions by Hitler era aggressors.
Gov Thomas E Dewey told 1200 Empire Court attendees the 103000 crowd at the opening shows need for highway fixes and expansion of the State Fair to a year round exposition near Hancock Airport at Mattydale. He called the open air address a symbol of reconversion to peace and urged continued public involvement.
National Labor Relations Board examiner Louis Piast ordered Edna Angeles reinstated at Indianapolis Glove Co Marion Indiana with back pay after finding her use of cuss words constituted impromptu expressions rather than blasphemy. He argued slang reflects a past art of profanity and that fire of insult is softened by modern engines.
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