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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1949
Page
11
Berlin rail union leaders rejected a four power plan to end the 23 day strike. They demanded a referendum among members and overruled top executives who had approved the terms. Violence and deaths accompanied the strike as talks continued with Allied officials and Soviet aligned rail authorities.
Secretary of State Dean Acheson dismissed the Soviet proposal for a German peace treaty as propaganda. He called it full of fleas on a dog, while meeting Andrei Vishinsky after a long Council of Foreign Ministers session. The four powers debated drafts and withdrawal timetables, with no agreement reached as talks continued.
Three valued Rembrandt and Deres pieces totaling 11400 dollars vanished from Princeton University Art Museum over the weekend. Assistant director Dan D. Carl said the works, including two Rembrandt pieces and a Degas pencil drawing, were part of Albert McVitt’s collection and reported missing late Saturday. Police were alerted and began investigation amid the museum’s first known art theft.
At the Paris foreign ministers meeting President Truman and aides warned the cold war will be long and difficult. They said no major settlement seems likely now and stressed perseverance in the Western alliance. In Little Rock Truman urged continued effort against communism, and State Department officials warned Russia blocks openness and democracy.
Reported disruptions hit Eastern and North Eastern lines as strike action by engine crews continues for a fourth day. Long distance trains faced cancellations or delays while local services struggled to maintain a basic schedule.
In Judith Coplon espionage trial notes the central figure, Russian-born Mrs Irina Aleksander, angrily denies all slanderous allegations. Dr Edward A Condon demands a personal apology from FBI director Hoover regarding Mrs Condon. The secret report mentions a Russian agent and a Washington businessman linked to a death during a May labor demonstration.
General MacArthur denounces a Soviet charge that Japan’s labor movement is suppressed, calling it propaganda. He accuses Lt General Derevyanko of inciting disorder to shield Moscow’s failure to return over 41,000 Japanese prisoners. The exchange follows a Soviet complaint about “club law” against unions and labor demonstrations.
Mrs Condon attended a 1947 conference at a Washington hotel with about 20 representatives from the American Library Association learned societies and colleges. The discussion covered rebuilding libraries, supplying textbooks, and a potential for faster cheaper book production. Morton Kent later appeared in relation to supplying such products.
Berlin WV The British commissioner in the Ruhr warned yesterday that German resistance to dismantling four plant sites would be crushed with force. He said his duty is to uphold orders of the British military government and that ongoing resistance could lead to immediate plant closures and the use of force if needed. Troops were planned to stand by, though only with civil approval, as army officers assessed the four plants and options to provide alternative jobs for workers disrupted by dismantling. The overall stance shows the Allied demand for obedience to dismantling orders.
Former Herkimer County judge and Surrogate Frank Hi Shall died from a self inflicted gunshot wound. Coroner C C Whittemore said Shall, 74, was found by his wife in a garage attached to their name. He had served as deputy state attorney general and was elected county judge before resigning after one term. Mrs Shall is a postmistress in Little Falls.
Vatican confirms the canonization of Maria Giuseppa Roccelin born 1817 on the Italian Riviera. She founded the Daughters of Our Lady of Mores to aid wayward girls, establishing houses in Italy Latin America and the United States. The Pope presided over her ceremony marking seven anniversaries of death and the new mission.
United States military attaché Joseph A. Mochela died unexpectedly at his Prague summer home. Embassy statement cites heart condition as the cause, detailing the abrupt death during a visit to Czechoslovakia.
Heat wave grips Troy area as thermometers soar to 94 degrees at 5 30 pm shattering 1892 record of 83. Humidity lowers but temperatures stay in hot nineties with little relief forecast. Nationwide heat persists with scattered showers providing brief breaks.
Pittsburg reports a one week UMW walkout called by John L. Lewis to stabilize the coal industry. About 450,000 United miners nationwide but only 16,000 Progressive Mine Workers and some independents expected to work. Talks with US Steel and southern operators continue as coal reserves and wages loom large.
Funeral services are planned for Dr. Helen McKinstry, 71, president emerita of Ruaseil Suze College, at her East Acres home tomorrow at 2 pm. A renowned authority on girls and women's physical education, she died Saturday evening after a long illness. Burial will be in Stamford, Connecticut.
Ambassador J Keighton Stuart arrives by train from Nanking the first foreign diplomat to leave the city since the Reds seized it. He plans a three day stay and will lodge with Consul General John Cabot as Shanghai authorities care for security at the roped off station. The journey was slow over bridges under repair in parts.
In Southampton England one thousand five hundred troops from the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders departed by sea to reinforce Hong Kong amid escalating tension.
National League games show Brooklyn routing Cincinnati 20 to 2 and Pittsburgh defeating New York 5 to 4. American League results include Cleveland beating New York 4 to 2 and other mixed scores. Minor leagues list Albany, Wilkes Barre, Williamsport, and Utica with several results and standings.
Rotary International held its 40th and largest convention in New York City drawing over 20,000 delegates who checked into ninety hotels and gathered at Madison Square Garden for daily sessions. Delegates from more than fifty countries registered as the event underscored international understanding and peace.
Trieste in the Free Territory reports its first free elections since 1922. Women vote in large numbers while voters and party observers allege irregularities amid claims of free and impartial process. Several parties compete for council seats with results pending.
Four people died in separate incidents in the Troy area. Jorgen J. Bork, 76, of 306 Seventh Avenue, died at Cohoes Hospital after a two car crash at the Mechanicville Crescent and old Albany Saratoga Road intersection. His wife Mrs Gunild M. Bork, 72, was in critical condition at Coates Hospital. Their son George J. Bork, 2, was described as serious with skull fractures and other injuries. Thomas Edward Pyska, 20, of Mechanicville, drove a westbound car into Bork’s northbound vehicle, causing a rollover. Coroner Michael R. Burke withheld decision on Bork’s death. autopsy performed.
Six children of Mr and Mrs Zagorski perished in a flash fire that consumed their home in Firthcliffe while parents were away. The ages ranged from 4 to 39 months. Coroner Harvey Eznew ruled caustic burns and suffocation as causes. Firefighters found five bodies in a bedroom and the eldest Bertha in a bathroom. Police noted the family had just moved into the carpenter built house last February.
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