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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1949
Page
1
Reports state more than 900 people were billed for injuries after a Dansig Wartew express derailed near Drwde northeast of Warsaw. The locomotive and several cars overturned on a curve.
Federal Judge Holtzoff refused another delay in the Thomas fraud trial. He ordered the defendant to Washington for a medical checkup at Walter Reed Hospital and a final decision on fitness to stand trial if experts disagree. Thomas, former HUAC chair, faces charges of accepting kickbacks from two congressional aides. Government and defense teams must file updated medical reports by Friday.
Jackson J. Holtz a 42 year old Boston Mass attorney was elected national commander at the annual encampment here. Paul Ginsberg of Atlanta Georgia named national judge advocate. Mrs Ann B L Abelow Brooklyn attorney elected president of the ladies auxiliary succeeding Mrs Mae Weiner of Roselle New Jersey.
County highway officials begin acquiring 14 parcels needed for the Garfield span across the Kinderhook, with the state funding construction and federal aid aiding the project. Landowners listed include Freeling J. Smith James H. Carpenter Mary E. Atwater and Ernest Reynolds among others. The county will advertise for bids once rights of way are secured.
Three men were killed and two injured in a two vehicle accident on Route 5 near here. The car carrying Vincent Diteoue of North Tonawanda left the highway, struck a pole, and overturned several times. Dead were William Batley 30 Carl Albert Haak 53 both of North Tonawanda and Julian S. C. Pye 25 of Howarddale Pa. The Capitol Building in Washington DC sits on a plateau 88 feet above the Potomac River.
An Israeli foreign office spokesman accused Iraq of arresting and torturing Jewish men and women in Baghdad and Amara. He said Israel has asked the United States and Britain to intervene, and that Jews were detained for alleged Zionist ties. The spokesman withheld UN action for now. Meanwhile President Truman said Mrs. Truman has a cold and stayed home from New York.
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