Middletown Journal, The (Newspaper) - February 10, 1950, Middletown, Ohio HOME EDITION THE JOURNAL VOLUME No 309 DAILY M WEATHER Mostly cloudy colder tonight and Saturday Noon n Ohio tht Act OHIO FRIDAY FEBRUARY 10 1950 28 PAGES TODAY BRITISH SCIENTIST HELD FOR TRIAL HOUSING IS SHELVED BY SENATE GROUP Truman's Plan Appears In Trouble As Action De- layed Two Weeks WASHINGTON heart of dent Truman's middle-income housing program appeared today to be in serious trouble in the Senate Banking Com- That is the part of the Court Decision On Legality Of Lewis Pact Demands May Speed Accord Is Hope gram which caMs for loa n s of that amount to housing cooperatives made up of families whose in- come ranees generally from 400 to a year The Banking Committee ed seven to six late yesterday to shelve the whole for two weeks pending a study as to what its impact would be on the national economy The action was taken after several bers said they feel the gram might inflationary The group asked the Federal Reserve Board to express its views on the matter at a public hearing next Thursday The trouble the cooperative housing section faces was by another vote in the committee on a motion by ator Bricker He housing program be that the stricken from the The vote in the com- had reached six to six it was learned when withdrew the motion and to go alone on postponing action until February 23 Only Senator Frear had not voted on the Bricker proposal when it was withdrawn An aide of Frear said later that the senator has not decided how he will vote on the issue when it comes up again as it almost certainly will WASHINGTON AP A court decision cast doubt today on the legality of four of John L Lewis contract demands and a top of- expressed hope this might speed an agreement ending the sott coal strike NLRB General Counsel Robert N Denham said the ruling by Federal Judge Richmond B Keech might narrow the area of dis- agreement between the United Mine Workers president and the nation's coal ally clearing the way to ment of their long dispute Some sources suggested ever that by stiffening the ers resistance it might have just the opposite effect It was at Denham's request that Judge Keech agreed late to issue an injunction against union contract demands The new surge of opposition to the cooperative housing gram took its backers by prise Only three days ago the program was approved six to one by a subcommittee Senator M a y bank chairman of the full committee said some members who voted for a postponement diH so because they are leaving town for speeches and did not want to take any hasty action on the measure The close vote on the er motion to junk the tive housing program however seemed to indicate which way the wind is blowing Bricker told a reporter there Coal-Burning Railroads To Cut Service WASHINGTON AP The Interstate Commerce Commission today about 40 small railroads from its order requiring a 25 per cent cut in coal-burning freight service at tonight Exempted are railroads which operate only a single train in each tion each day Thr ICC did not attempt to list the railroads affected but the American Short Railroad Association said there are about 40 AP The nation's coal-burning railroads rushed to comply with Interstate which mine owners complained were illegal All four of the contract terms involved were contained in the coal agreements which expired last June the dis- pute which culminated this week m the walkout of UMW members A three-man presidential board is due to report to the White House possibly tomorrow on the of the dispute thus ing the way for President man to seek an emergency Hartley act injunction aimed at sending the miners back to work for at least 80 days Mr Truman tola his news conference day he doesn't have and doesn't want power to seize the coal mines The pits have been shut down tight since Monday Before that some were closed and others ed only thiee days a week ing tne nation's coal stores from more than 75 days supply a year ago to little more than two weeks stocks above ground today White House action was ex- because the soft coal age was becoming more critical daily Thousands of workers in plants and railroads dependent on the mines were being laid in increasing waves Violence was reported in West Virginia and Kentucky mines as roving pickets kept even maintenance crews out of the pits The Norfolk and Western once boasted that as a line it used ing but coal in desperation to Deisel engines yesterday Judge injunction would direct Lewis to to a week-old bargaining invitation of Southern Coal Producers without The last two provisions have been used in the past as reasons for mine walkouts The injunction which the judge ordered drawn up for his nature by attorneys will last until the NLRB finally rules on whetner the controversial tices are unfair PRESIDENT GETS SOME SUPPORT ON ATOM STAND Little Russian tion Needed For Con- Truman Says WASHINGTON AP President Truman found some solid backing in Congress for his statement that a UMW attorneys promptly cooperation from Russi gan preparing an appeal The court's decision brought this comment from they will have the area of bargaining defined This ought to speed up an agreement if they can get those illegal things out of the way I hope they will sit down at once and get some bargaining done If I hadn't hoped for that is all that's needed to set up effective world atomic con- Mr Truman clear to his conference that he isn't from the Ba- ruch plan for through in- atomic inspection The Baruch plan has been be- I never would have injunction the United Nations for It is named for Bernard M Baruch one of principal architects Russia has refused to accept its provision for inspection of atomic The cnt endorsed ary of State Acheson's stand I that Russia keeps agreements i only v hen forced to by existing Mr Truman said hj sees no reason to set j a to the Baruch plan in Passenger Trains On Ohio Runs Cancelled By Associated Press Eighteen trains serving Ohio will be the heht of his go-ahead order Takes Icy Plunge cancelled at midnight to conserve dwindling coal stocks the New York Central and Erie railroads have announced on the H-bomb The President also made it plain he intends to disregard a proposal by Senator McMahon Previously other railroads U- t this country cancellation of least send 000 000 000 on a five a score of other trains Little Byron Ray Benjamin is high and dry al Kansas Cily Mo apparently without ill effects from a plunge in the waters of an lake Byron had of going swimming for several days and his parents quite naturally believed he dis- cussed a splash in family bathtub Bui Byron had other ideas The night of February 8 when no one was he ventured lo a nearby lake Found bank wel and shivering he ex- through I swimming and Spot pulled me out His dog the only witness was also wet and cold but had nothing lo FACES CHARGES OF GIVING REDS ATOM Statement Made 1 ting Guilt Prosecutor Tells Court LONDON 1 born scientist Klaus was ordered held for trial nn charges of secrets to Russia today after a British prosecutor call him a political fanatic on of a foreign power Prosecutor Christmas 1 reys declared at a court British scientist had fessed American I bomb secrets to tbe Soviets con- since Fuchs a refugee from I the who a -ed vps formal trial at hish court February If convicted on two I Commerce Commission j economic aid plan is outlined by the senator is no question the program is decidedly r y Hr called the plan for loans to operatives a cheap money scheme which would provide cial favor for a special croup Five Youths Under Arrest In Kidnaping Commission orders to slash service tonight because of dling coal stockpiles Hundreds of trains will be taken out of- service at p m local time That will mean unemployment to an unestimated number of Several thousand railroad em- ployes already have been loughed Unemployment in other tries will skyrocket within the next three weeks unless John L Lewis striking coal miners go back to the pits In addition to the 370.000 soft coal diggers are striking a least other workers in lied industries have been laid off because of coal shortages Governor Paul A Dever de- clared a coal in and named a state board to supervise dwindling coal supplies The biggest sufferers are the 1 A union shop which the urist said the UMW was not gible to have under the Hartley act 2 a welfare fund exclusively for UMW members 3 a clause saying that miners would work only when willing and and 4 a provision for memorial periods ordered the curtailment of aid would be open to ner cent of coal-burning sia if she agreed to atomic controls and shifted thirds of her arms expenditure into peaceful channels By indirection the President also i ejected a plea by Senator foi a call for a woi Id disarmament conference and Ohio Railroad says it's down to a five-day coal supply The B and O furloughed 625 sh men today bringing to the total of the line's idle DEDHAM MASS attributes to the coal youths were under arrest to day on charges of kidnaping and assault with intent to commit at- tack on a young college librar ian Ann McCarty 22 a college graduate brought about the rest of the quintet not long after she was thrown from an auto- mobile She is the daughter of Police Sergeant John T McCarty who turned up the first definite clue to last month's Brink's robbery The officer noted the serial of found in matched the FBI listing of a weapon stolen in the lion dollar stickup The kidnaping last night had no connection with the robbery police said Police Chief John B Cahil said the youths did not know who the girl was when she was snatched near her home One car pulled ap beside her and its occupants accosted her A second automobile drove up and Miss MCarty forced into if said she was age The New England Boston and Maine railroad announced it is eliminating 162 passenger trains That's bigger than any single slash in World War II The railroad did not have to comply with the original order last month to cut service one-third because it had a day coal supply Now it has to reduce its service 50 per cent all at once The ICC order this week di- coal-burning passenger service to be cut in half and that Flood Waters Hit Tennessee And Louisiana By Associated Press Floodwaters menaced areas in middle Tennessee and ana today Most or the country had fair weather and temperatures continued normal Some 500 per s o n s ir- the Nashville area were made less by floodwaters th es The NYC said it would 39 additional passenger trains throughout the nation in- Ifi in Ohio announced cancellation of 3 nic sencer trips throughout its tem Since 8 when the first ICC curtailment order went into effect the NYC has 233 trains it was discontinuing because of the coal strike The cancelled NYC trams Op- erating: in Ohio Bip Four lines Train No 438 except Saturday cago to train No 443 nati to daily Cleveland train No 427 to St berland river near 48 feet The f the river was eight feet above coal-burning freight slashed 25 per cent i be GIVEN AP distributors devote the energies to selling heir custom ers more milk of o get customers away fron competitors they were told yes H A Ruehe of the Universit of Illinois gave the advice at dairy conference a Ohio State Universit v Winter Worker BY a man goes through the winter sitting in an easy chair and he dozes by the fireside safe from winter's frigid air he will often make the statement that he'll really welcome spring when a chap can stretch his muscles and that outside work's the thing Then he loudly plans his schedule he'll fix this and he'll fix that but away down deep inside he knows he's talking through his hat He'll bemoan the fact that winter keeps him anchored firm indoors though he never does consider jobs like waxing hardwood MARTIN floors He'll avow that when it's summer he'll have all the screen doors fixed and that paint for aging shutters will be bought and quickly mixed He'll tell all who care to listen it's the outdoors he enjoys but away down deep inside he knows that's just a lot of noise That goes on through winter evenings till the folks begin to tire of a would-be outdoor worker sitting snugly by fire And when soon it's spring and summer and the work's still there to do no one chides the nature lover who's inclined to fret and stew that it's just too hot to work until fall rams can break the uth for as everybody knew the guy was off his flood stage at Nashville and rising The Red Cross prepared to evacuate additional families from their lowland homes Light rain fell m the Nashville area today Brig Gen Peter A Feringa president of the Mississippi er Commission ordered opening of the Carre spill above New Orleans to protect the city from the surging river His action ed forecasts that the big river would rise above the ger level Opening of the way will cause the water to nass New Orleans It ly was opened in 1937 and 1945 Light rain fell today from the central gulf states ward to the middle Atlantic states and in most of California The only subzero weather in the northern Rockies train No 309 Detroit to Cincinnati train No 302 1 1 train No 405 daily Cincinnati to go train No daily Chicago to Cincinnati The NYC that at its ent rate nf it has a 7 6 days of coal The Ohio penitentiary has a of coal on hand now Warden W Alvi said The pen's power supplies M for downtown state The state purchasing ment has promised the Mr Truman ment is linked to atomic con- tiols If an atomic agreement could be readied he said dis- armament would low swiftly The situation hadn't been changed by his older to go with hydrogen bomb work he declared adding that to get it because we're working toward a ful situation in the world You think public discussion of this problem does no asked Columnist Doris Flushing the President Don't start putting words in my mouth Public discussion helps subject if it is done Senate Is Expected To Pass Giving Aid To Korea And Formosa crets he faces a term of 14 years in orison Fuchs oS merely blinked eyes behind thick as -e heard British prosecution unfold the story of espionage that pictured ground Red days as a in Berlin in 1932 Fuchs described as a brilliant was interned in land in 1940 but was released in there isn't any use steamed up about in a sano added McMahon and Tydings had no immediate comment on the WASHINGTON AIM The Senate quickly approved and sent to the White House an of economic aid Cor South Korea and Formosa The spending plan aimed at he I pin ic check nism in the Far East was approved by the House 240 to 134 Vice President an- the measure had passed by voice vote out debate less than um of the Senate was ent President's views Both and WASHINGTON Con- ai esh moved to help check Com- in the Far East today with an program of economic for south Korea S Soldiers Held In Vienna In Kidnaping VIENNA AUSTRIA AP The U S Army announced today that two American soldiers have confessed they kidnaped an WASHINGTON AP Senator D-Md said today that information Russia pot from Dr Klaus may speed Soviet de- velopment of bomb by a year or more who heads the Senate Arms Services Com- and a member of the Atomic Committee told reporters that he is satisfied that Fuchs jrave the Soviets curate theoretical tion as well as some data about the H-bomb last November fo aid in British A-bomb re- search was given tion and came to ed States in 1943 with a research team lo work with on the atom bomb At various times during the he visited both the Oak Ridge uranium plant and the oratory at Los Alamos X Mex where the world's first atomic tiary one two carloads of coal a day and if the fuel is by it will not be to close the shons Alvis said Meanwhile some miners in Bel'-nont County heart of Ohio's most important soft coal ducing region are receiving potatoes contributed by the federal government cd however they will have more to about the question in the ext few days alion leaders said expected I he spending plan l to win final approval in the other lawmakers ate little theie was support of the dent's contention that this try has done nil it can toward international atomic con- Some if miners arc the district's 6.000 on relief Belmont was But some colder air was moving into and North from northern Canada County Relief Director A J snid his office re- 10 or 12 new relief cations daily Other miners still have credi at company stores he said Taxicab Drivers Vote On Proposal CINCINNATI AP striking taxicab drivers were to vote this afternoon on Allies Planning Counter Moves On Road Block BERLIN U S High Commissioner John J McCloy said today the Allies will im- pose volunteer measures Against east Germa if the Russians continue their blockade on B e rlin highway trade McCloy said he would not de- scribe as a reprisal the em- bargo on steel exports to th eastern zone announced Feb ruary 6 by the West German government but he The arm-twisting tactics o he last few weeks would no make one to et sensibilities A previous announcement said were being cut ff because the east zone has ailed to fulfill its part of the rade agreement providing for c su 1 deliveries Guards at the Soviet zone ie 100 miles west of here were today using more de- aying tactics on trucks bound o and from Berlin SEEKS STUDY FUND COLUMBUS AP Pollution in Lake Erie and Ohio rivers flowing into it will br Dakota i studied if Natural Resources Di- rector A W Marion can get the state to for the project He told the Wa- ter Resources Board thp federal Government mav con- tribute for the work whether to accept a settlement proposal but then own committee ad vised them to vote The vote on the posal was called for bv James federal mediator The 407 union members ot taxicab drivers of Cincinnati On- dependent have been on strike for three weeks in support of a wage guarantee provision in their contract The union proposal makes no chance in the percentage basis by which the drivers now are paid but would allow them a bonus of one per cent of their six months earnings if they go from January l of this vear to July without an accident Truman To Bear Down On Republican Record Killed By Auto CHILLICOTHE O William F Wheeler 65 was hit an automobile early today nd f itally It was fatality o WASHINGTON dent Truman apparently intends to bear down again this elec tion year on the Republicans lawmaking record not wha they say Mr Truman told his news con- ference he thinks the Republicans record speaks ter for itself than any platform they cdn write Strangely there wire Republicans who agreed with him A reporter told Mr Truman a statement of issued by the Republic's this week picked vs um as the issue for their campaign to control of Congress in the ember ing Which was the President The newsmen asked Mr Truman said he had read the GOP platform but didn't un- it adding that it's the Republicans record that will tell the story to the voters in this year's Congressional elections In his 1948 campaign for the Presidency Mr Truman made a great point of what he callec the bad record of the Republi can dominated 80th Congress Mr Truman's 1950 statement that is the record which counts found agreement among some Republicans particularly those dissatisfied with their party's statement Senator Ives who ed against the declaration told that he too believes the must what they do in Congress and not on anv promises they make in statement of However I don't agree with the President if he is belittling the danger to the country of the present drift ward Socialism Ives said Senator Hendrickson another critic of the GOP ment said he thinks will pav more attention to the Re- record n then will do any party a lation I ing Us passage in the House by a -40 to 134 vote The provides 000 for tne Republic of Korea and for the Chinese Nationalist defenders of sa These funds would be spent the next five months The Senate which already has voted economic aid to Korea pushed aside all other business to take up a separate aid measure Chairman Connally of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee his col- leagues would lush the measure through in not more than 30 minutes of debate The is sponsored by Republican tors of California and Smith of New Jersey and has Administration support I've canvassed the Connally told reporters and there's no ical opposition to it After the vote on Formosa aid he added a conference will be called to work out an agreement on the Senate and House ures The conference is ed to accept the House That lull authorizes the Eco- nomic Cooperation tion EGA to spend by June 30 for capital ments and raw material imports into Korea The program would be started by a ad- vance from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation The Formosa aid would come out of which was left over from funds voted to China last year It becomes available merely by extending the ing deadline from February 15 to June 30 The soldiers the Army ed said they were paid 7.000 schillings for the tion The Army identified them as Set John Frankey 29 of Mass and Corp Paul Abel of Bolivar Mo The men botli members ofj Military Police battalion they abducted wald Eder in the British sector of Vienna and took him m an Army jeep to a rendezvous point in the Soviet zone of Austria Officers quoted the two as ing they voluntarily gave selves up because the recent expose of the abduction ring in Austria con- us we would be caught sooner or later The Army said a preliminary investigation had failed to close the soldiers had other than a monetary motive for the ab- duction The Army on January 10 an- it had smashed a viet sponsored ring engaged m spiriting dis placed persons our of the can zone of Austria and turning them over to Russian Continued On Parachutists Aid In Rescue Of 10 Airmen WHITEHORSE AP ties DAMAGE The prospect of imminent cue today cheered 10 airmen have been stranded on a Yukon mountainside crashed there three days ago Food and medical was to the stranded men yesterday by a team of daring who to the treeless s 1 o o a while a ground rescue party fought us way slowly toward the spot The parachutists who leaped from a Canadian Air Forra nlane all anded safely 300 yards of the marooned mei some of whom were badly ia need of medical care The 10 men five U S airmen and five Canadian soldiers were aboard a C-47 which crashed CINCINNATI AP the was age estimated at caused by a fire and two sions on gasoline barges on the Ohio River yesterday No one was injured and gallons of fuel was removed rom the barges before the ex- week-old search for a ing 44 Included among the rescue party was a doctor from Land Field Fairbanks Alaska ior S J Baciewski of hocken Pa He was to attend the three airmen who plosions Fire Marshal Dan said friction sparks ig- leg and arm fractures in mted fumes in the barges crash Ohio River Goes Down Once Again CINCINNATI AP Just the ups and downs of an vator the Ohio River today had reversed itself and could say going down That up and down situation ins been the procedure here or more than a month as the iver has switched from going up to going down every few ays Rainfall of more than two caused the river to rise re than a foot yesterday but the decline then started more By last night the river falling at the rate of a tenth of a foot an hour after reaching What's What Sunday WARREN COUNTY basketball will in Mid- on Thursday Its appearance here will bring the usual and spills of hard-fought athletic competition Il also will bring usual baltle of fans trying give full support to their learns and slill win the annual Sportsmanship Pictures of the cheerleaders of Mason Carlisle and Kings Mills along with an advance of the will lead feature of the Nearby Communities Sunday SUNDAY IS ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY Lincoln was faced with H-bomb decision but did face lar problems dealing with deadly of lime A complete story of how one of America's greatest presidents faced it another top to appear Sunday his H-Bomb MIDDLETOWN'S CLUB U one of the most active organizations It's an organisation for men but includes many family on agenda The story behind the club is lead feature for Sunday of 50 1 feel Thr feet under Hood was VALENTINE DAY STORY leads the many of to women this week The Women's Section a feature with pictures of children preparing for the annual celebration well as some party by Peg Rosing in colu Confidentially Speaking
