Middletown Journal, The (Newspaper) - March 24, 1950, Middletown, Ohio HOME EDITION THE MIDDLETOWN JOURNAL WEATHER Partly showers Not warm Noon VOLUME No. 33. DAILY Entered ai Second at Mailer at Ihe Under 'the Act of MIDDLETOWN MARCH 524, 1950. 26 PAGES TODAY PRICE FIVE CENTS MILITARY BUILDING PLAN APPROVED FAST APPROVAL PREDICTED FOR CRIME INQUIRY Fund Okayed For Probe Of Under- world Activities WASHINGTON Quick Senate approval of a nationwide crime tion was predicted today by Senator Kefauver is tremendous interest among senators for an inquiry into the link between gangs ating in the major fauver The Senate Rales Committee approved H 850.000 funct day to finance a Senate 3 Committee investigation first was proposed 1 a The inquiry is expected to deal with gambling but its would be broad enough to check into any underworld operations violating federal The group would have no authority to interfere with the rights of states having Kefauver told a reporter he hopes his investigation resolution will come the Senate next The puts a time limit of July 31 on the Kefauver 1 hope we can get into action as quickly as possible Senator Lehman governor of New said he hopes the crime gation will be held as soon as all Lehman is reason to believe there is a working agreement between the gangs throughout the The racketeers built up a ing And now there are signs they are cooperating again on a said he hopes the m- obligating committee will bung in former FBI agents to expose the workings of the already are getting offers oi information many he committee Mould be to tmd out gangland operations are icd on in of and if state c arc in transacting say this ity is broad enough lo cover any they wish to Boy Shows Glen E. of near shows Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hoffman the welts he said the principal of his school inflicted with a hickory The scene look place in the Goshen jail the night of March 22, where the parents conferred with Deputy Prosecutor J. Earle Roose filed a charge of cruelly and neglect of child the Nelson Operator Of Station Says He Sold Missing Cadet Gasoline Twice Truman Silent In Regard To Appointments KEY Fla. Truman poured oil on Ins deepening sun tan ig- noring speculation over P appointments in his The last woid was that he has not decided upon a man of the Atomic Energy Com- but that he is giving the matter consideration his winter White House Names bob up daily in the mors only to be written one bv by officials in constant communication with the Chief Nobody will have anything to about one published report W Stuart Symington may be if ted from Secretary to the Air Force to the chairmanship oi the National Security Re- some ol Mr. man's aides advise against out on the on that They say that the President thinks highly of Symington and that he is one of those man might decide upon at time for any difficult they he has not made any final determination about cither the AEC the chairmanship or the vacancy on the Economic Ad- MT. O A tilling station opei tor today said he is positive he twice sold gasoline to Richara C. missing West Point det of O. The told to Federal ol Investigation agents came here from Cincinnati yesterday to investigate the case Cox has been missing since 14. when he lelt the reservation to keep an appointment w i 1 h a civilian named Friends ol Cox said and Cox may have in Europe gether West Point officials have ex- pressed belief Cox have met with foul Lust said tlw motorist he thinks was Cox stopped tuice at his filling station late in and that there was a gii 1 in the car both Lust told the FBI agents he saw a picture of Cox last dav while reading the bus. Dispatch and decided then Cox Tnd his customer were the He told the Associated Press by think from the picture he's the Asked if he was he Foreign Aid Change Under Attack WASHINGTON House members troni I arm areas ed together todav to oppose a cut in Marshall Plan cash Hinds voted the House Foi Allans The foreign aid was called up tor debate but leaders saw no ol a vote before next Carrying authority loi 450.000 m new spending for the 12 months starting next July 1, the is a up of all CONTROVERSY RAGING OVER RED CHARGES State thy Argue Over Who's Truth WASHINGTON A resh controversy boiled today between the State Department and Senator McCarthy over lis charges that the agency is with As Senate investigators ed a Presidential decision OH CPSS government loyalty the Republican hotly disputed the Department's stand that the man McCarthy describes as Russia's top spy in the country is not connected with the The man's name has not been made A Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee headed by tor Tydings is gating McCarthy's charges that Communists and their friends have slipped into State ment dings told a news ence late yesterday that the de- at his had provided the employment record ot the individual McCarthy Id- ler took oi employment given me is as has never been employed or connected the State except About live years lor a period of he was with a missio the United on a single although not employed or compensated by the Stale De- he publicly addressed a group of Senate Department another not employed by the State De- i he took part over of two days in a citizens i mmd table in the company of many distinguished Americans who likewise were participating in this discussion am advised there was no em- or connection between State Department and this in- dividual in any manner or at any save as mentioned j McCarthy immediately called conference of his own the State Oscar Awards Run True To De Crawford Victors foreign in the assistance anticipated 1951 fiscal It provides lor including J 150 carried over from this year's tor Korean economic to start President Truman's program of technical assistance to ward and for relief or Arab refugees in The measure originally con- an additional billion lars for European but I've got a lot ot Foreign Committee sons to think it is the same chopped that off. voting to send Lust said the visits were three days The first time tha motorist gave him a ex's check for he said Lust said he thought the name was on the have a signature ol ard he the FBI agents checked the First National Bank but the was could not find a record of it check being On the second Lust con- the motorist volunteered the information he had Hist been married in He a gray tweed topcoat with Lust when he could not pay for think he will be tound alive and and married to a very nice Lust told a abroad instead U. S. larm pluses valued at that over possible ot the cutback on the tarm price support state members got behind proposal to restore the money but tie it firmly to market purchase of U. S. crop The plan was contained in an amendment to the prepared by Representative Cooley and Poage is chairman of the House Agriculture Jenny BY GORDON MARTIN time you wake to hear the of a and it's sure about the dest song you think you ever It's a- out with melody that rises with the and you're out o' bed to greet a friend you know Then you're mighty glad last 'round your workshop that you took some boards and made a house to shelter Jenny out the kitchen window in the early where your birdhouse on the clothesline pole feathered you can see little blob of brown and glory tho way that she's out the And you wonder how a song so big a tiny bird can but it's sure a fact your Jenny's heaven in her You can tell that she's as pleased as you to be and she gives you mebbe where she's Then she darts away to start her search for stuff to build a just as if to say fore long her house with will be Got to hand it to springtime joy and next your you'll build another welcome back MARTIN BY BOB THOMAS HOLLYWOOD Olivia De the love starved Victorian in and Broderick ruthless of the King's won Hollywood's highest honor last Academy the King's was named the best picture of 1949, Radio Actress Mercedes was selected the best actress fcr her work n the King's her irst Hoosier Dean who tucked away his toupee o play Army of- in O'Clock snagged an Oscar as the best supporting Hollywood's biggest publicity stunt few ex- cept one of the biggest ams in Hollywood Boulevard Without the awards went according to pre- who was once con- signed to the ion of B leaped from his seat when ic heard Jane read his name as the He could say little more The hulking actor later said had no Idea whether or not he would I suggested thai nil the polls indicated his he the poll said was going to beat Miss De Havilland uas She accepted the award from James Stewart with becoming the filth star in motion picture academy history to win the grand prize winners are Bette Spencer March and Luise would like to continue in the same serious vein that won me awards for Each His and 'The she said She added that it to win the second Other major awards tion Joseph L. for Letter to Three for the same story and play Robert for best motion picture tow Douglas Morrow lor 'The Stratton original Loesser for It's Cold raphy Win ton Hoch for Wore a Yellow in and Paul C. Vogel for OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND BRODERICK CRAWFORD U. S. Armaments Cut Below Safety Eisenhower Declares and blasted ment supplied to rs Ht called it erate ot the snd one oC those ob- vious attempts to twist and dis- the The man he said a desk in the State or at least he did until three or four months Thm he He is one of their top ad- on Jar eastern or at least he was until three or tour weeks also declared that Tydings in his possession A sworn statement from another Department official that This man was a consultant on Fnr Eastern affairs at least as lute as last McCarthy declined to name other official or to say under circumstances Tydings re- the re- 12 Are Two Survive In Blast Ariz. A plane explosion 17.000 feet in the air brought death to 12 Air Force men yesterday but two fliers survived the blast and a long parachute The J 17. S. Military Budget Is Demanded Senators working on the Hary budget voted today to ask Gen. D. Eisenhower for testimony on his view that America has disarmed beyond the point of WASHINGTON Gen. Dwight D. ment that America has ed the point ol Congressional de- mands today 1.01 a new look at the Senator Ferguson proposed that Eisenhower be called before the Senate Chairman Cannon of House Appropriations Com- said the five-star al's bolsters his own belief that spending in black and be cut in a major way This year's special were One awards went to Fred Astaire for his a musical It was sentimentally presented by his old Ginger taire accepted via radio fiom New Cecil B. De Mille was cited for his 37 years of creating film Despite the lad that he has long been Hollywood's gest money De garish films have never before been honored by the Other special Oscars went to Italy's Bicycle Thief as foreign language Bobby Driscoll as the best venile and to Jean Hoisholt for his service to the industry and the The Irving Thalberg for high quality of work by a was not presented this One of the ol the gram was a greeting horn said in a speech ui Columbia University in New York thai this already has disarmed to the greatest ex- some directions even beyond The extent I. with deep concern for her present could possibly advise un- til have certain knowledge that all aie doing He did not ijo into on e weakness NEW YORK Dwight D. Ijst night that in the present uf the ed Stales hus reduced its below the lex he tne of government the know that ue have done so The wartime supreme Allied commander in Europe cued uni- versal disarmament ns a ultimate key to tine al But he emphasized tlut this country cannot its evtn to the point it already have tain knowledge that all are likewise To show in the Uicc ot Soviet strength he is nigh as criminal as wai now president of University addicted some 1 200 persons ut the in a series Columbia sessions dedicated to international He said the for in obtaining teal peace is Join fold freedom and opportunity lor all men international 11 n moment a nations xxx with a police pouer strong enough to eui n universal with a view to world he has already ed to the extent in some di- even bevond the I. with a deep concern lor her present could advise x x lie said that the of 600 MILLION DOLLAR FUND AUTHORIZED House Committee Act Intended To ster Air Defense WASHINGTON House Armed Services Com- voted today to rize a military construction sors said it would greatly strengthen the air defense of the United The a much amended of a Senate is now for House The Senate passed a public works less hearings on the cite in the House the Department re- quested amendments totaling for projects de- scribed as of Among the new are o number that the Air Army and are anxious to start as soon as All relate to air The omnibus pending in the has in it an item of military pulbic works able in 1951. which begins next July 1 in just approved Air was granted the sest .in increase oi over the Senate The Navy was given the gest Its projects ed an increase of Army authorizations t o tsl 540.825, stepped up from in addition the committee for Army's special weapons an increase of OI the overall the sum of is authorized for conjunction within the United of which is for the for the Navy and tor tha Air The military forces propose nearly or 325.888, ot the proved total outside the United Senate even bers t their lust detailed ine most suspicious and know that the American at one budget segment of when the ot the Air Force Symington lies behind closed program has sunk below FBI CAPTURES TOP CRIMINAL Senate Tries To Untangle Snarl On Bitt WASHINGTON Rush went out lor absentee aim s today in an to un- arms the level of reasonable This has although war of remains a constant peaceful Sea Sickness Hits On Trip Home ABOARD THE M. S. BATORY AT SEA Red Russia's Valentin A. has been wearing a greenish tint to complexion since he sailed from New York aboard tin's Polish started getting sick soon after the ship left brose Light The a suspended United Nations engineer is on his way home to he the Soviet Union after being con- aggression threat to of was choice oC serving a 13-year on term or the United lie said this would con- er lo a parliamentary snarl as long as one power plainly Russia and military machine bevond the recognized needs of reasonable Eisenhower discounted anv chances for a tiue peace based on anv lex er a farm price support The should the Ore. its 37 to 33 roll ot the most wanted late yesterday that was captured quietly near the measure dealing with here last cotton and crashed in an Arizona Flaming wreckage flames on was Union Activity Among Workers Of BUG Banned COLUMBUS Gov. Frank J. Lausche asserted today that no employes of the State reau of Unemployment sation were to be solicited during working His reports union activity among employes with pay cuts ing from reclassification of the governor he had been assured that Ihe State Civil Service Commission had not and would not priority to the complaint of an employe because he belonged one association or employes will be treated on an equal basis and their cases will be reached in due time as the work progresses with able the governor ed. ENFORCING CURFEW O. police said yesterday they will start enforcing a few for teenagers instituted ing the Capt Fred head of the Juvenile said teenagers found loitering on the streets alter p. m. will be teken to the police He said there has been a growing of juvenile delinquency cases hert tercel over a live mile Bodies of the who chance to no had were The two mangled beyond both of back here from 2 reelection campaign I who cued in ambulance en- whom parachuted to are First Lt. William T. Gentry of and Capt. John H. Mich. Neither was seriously Lee said he was blown clear oi the plane by the explosion and opened his chute after a long He had been riding in the gunner's compartment who was m the said he climbed out the window and jumped after the Rail Strike Threatening CHICAGO wide strike involving some 000 railroad firemen and men threatened again today in the dispute over t union de- mand for a third crew member on multiple unit Diesel In a vote by more than members of the Brotherhood of Firemen and the un- ion said overwhelming has authorized a strike x x if settlement of the issues cannot bt h Senator Russell topped in as leader for cotton and area lawmakers feared victory might lo defeat late old a reporter pretty certain we can round up enough of the ces to uphold the original ate Brt Se Wherry of the GOP floor nade the same claim 1or Frederick A. Opposing split agent in identified him ly along party predicted as Orba Elmer 43, who victory but debate may continue escaped from the federal at were re- in 1947. Fletcher said Jackson was working as a hired man on a chicken ranch at the community of Aloha and was arrested when he returned to the farm from a trip to He was not armed and the arrest was made out by FBI agents and Oregon State Patrolman James who had been sent to Leavenworth for an armed bery at Poplar and a trusty at the time of his has been in Oregon for about two working under the name of Kenneth James Van Fletcher Chrysler Offers To Set Up Fund DETROIT Chrysler Corporation today offered to set up a trust fund to back its promise to pay a month pensions to its striking The offer as the idling another 14I.OM workers was in Its 59th There was no immediate comment from the CIO ed Avto The main Issue in the strike has been the method of providing The union has Insisted that they he paid out of a trust Chrysler previously had insisted on hacking pensions to Crash Kills Nurse Wash. Army nurse was killed ana three were jured last night in an His he said in a board was the prosecution was unable to bring evidence against I even the doubted the is a great difference con- 1 between the Ruffian and can conception he said he was ing gradually to a by not mixing with his fellow But will be a passenger he collision The a west of camp victim was Rosemary route to where she was stationed with the other ed. He has eaten most of his meals in his locked leaving it for short walks on deck with his vivacious wife has not been troubled by the Batory's i through seas which have been moderate so think we'll get the votes to defeat this conference The legislation was in the torm of a report from a Conference Committee which ad- justed differences between ate and House What's What Sunday ROMANCE AND HUMOR combined to make Rid by Herbert of Ihe moU enjoyable operettas ever The students of Middletown High School hare boen going to make their presentation next week an out- standing What luck they are having as well as story of the will be told in pictures is one of the lights of the Sunday Women's Eight Arrested In Demonstrations Copenhagen police last night arrested eight anti-American demonstrations in the Danish The group was accused of staging n s against Denmark's participation in the Atlantic Placards posted on various buildings read with and do not want American Gen. Ralph A. Snavely heads the military ance adviso to Denmark IF THE BUSINESS END OF A GUN is forced against your do you know what to too late to An expert from the Federal Bureau of Investigation was hire last week teaching local police officers how to disarm The best methods will be explained in story and pictures JAPAN'S ECONOMIC POSITION today a discussed in detail Sunday by Calvin W. former deputy chief ol Allied quarters Economic and Scientific Verity recently returned to Middletown and his of tho social and trends of Japan give an insight to what may bo expected in tho future of tho Far East. HE LAUGHS FOR A LIVING and sometimes it's hard or so claims Dick who is probably tho world's only Today or otherwise convulse self at Ihe drop of a How he himself into a success it another lop feature story for
