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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1948
Page
20
Rome reports say the Communist backed popular front attacked the letter writing drive urging Communist defeats in elections. Avanti published a broadside and party members brace for a final week of campaigning amid anticipated last minute vote shifts.
Leslie B. Gordon 57, director of engineering for the Dayton Rubber Company since Oct 1 1945, died today of a heart attack at his home in Dayton Ohio. He came from Hamilton where he led Navy contracts for Herring Hall Marvin Safe Co 1943 to 1945. His 30 plus years in engineering included posts at Kelly Springfield Goodyear Cumberland Md and roles at Mansfield Tire Patterson Foundry East Liverpool and consulting for Mansfield and Cleveland area firms. Survived by his wife Edith and brothers Crawford E. and Niles P. of Cleveland.
Senate committee members discussed linking a 70 group air combat force to a temporary draft after a closed session. They suggested delaying UNIT action for now while considering costs and funding, with Byrd backing if 1.8 billion dollars is provided. Forrestal attended but did not comment.
The New York joint executive board of the CIO Brewery Workers Union withdraws from the greater New York CIO council.
The inquiry board led by Nathan P. Feinsinger delivered findings to President Truman on the meat strike. It outlines issues under Taft-Hartley emergency provisions without recommendations, paving the way for possible court action to halt the strike. About 60,000 to 80,000 CIO Packing House workers were on strike since March 16.
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline says by next February it can supply an additional 40 million cubic feet of natural gas daily. The Panhandle system serves customers across Texas Oklahoma Kansas Missouri Illinois Indiana Ohio and Michigan.
Ewing T. Boles of Columbus was reelected president of the Investment Dealers of Ohio Incorporated. John S. Fleck of Cleveland was elected a vice president. other officers were renamed. New trustees include Warren D. Williams and Don M. Craft of Toledo and Clemens F. Gunn and Russell J. Olderman of Cleveland.
Twenty passengers aboard a Czech transport plane forced its flight into the U S zone near Munich landing at an American base with 26 aboard. The incident prompted Czech authorities to report the diversion to the border area near Munich.
In Nürnberg an American tribunal finds a soldier who murders civilians is as culpable as the officers who ordered him. The ruling refutes the main defense of 21 SS officers charged with mass killings during Operation Barbarossa. In Sydney a government panel says John Braund failed to prove a cancer cure claim and calls it public mischief.
CAMDEN M C Emrick formerly of Camden now a West Alexandria resident wrote his daughters that he caught a 140 pound silver tarpon at Punta Gorda Florida. He said the fish was 78 inches long and 37 inches in girth and that it took two hours to land. He claims it is the largest catch in the area in two years.
The Ohio Highway Patrol plans to hire 80 patrolmen to raise total strength to 400 by year end. Supt. George Mingle said interviews will be held for the next training school opening in June. The note on sugar losses during the war era mentions 1 250 000 tons lost to Japanese occupation in Java.
Warren County holds reorganization in the courthouse auditorium with Morris Goodman elected president and Miss Margaret Bay named secretary. The meeting outlines plans for a county wide farmer picnic at the fairgrounds and lists new council representatives from AAA FSA Fair Board and other groups.
The report notes Taft ends his Nebraska drive with renewed focus on preparedness. It lists delegates by state including Nebraska Minnesota New Hampshire Michigan and others with 102 unin structed of the total. The nominating threshold is 548 and Vandenberg trails with stated reluctance to seek the nomination.
General MacArthur said he would await next week's Nebraska primary results before commenting further on his presidential bid. He had placed second in Wisconsin to Harold E. Stassen and gave a brief reply praising free speech as a core American value.
In Fremont and Portland crowds Taft advocates a strong air force and a possible temporary draft return while opposing universal military training. Democratic chair McGrath counters that Taft would back preparedness if he believed Russia intends aggression.
Mayor Clyde C. Collins announced building permits totaling 24500 last month for two new houses and improvements to two others. John Paul will build a 10000 dollar home on Columbus Ave. Elsie Hayes a 13500 dollar home at Orchard Ave and Keever St. Ennis Gillman a 600 dollar dwelling addition. William Frauenkencht a 400 dollar dwelling improvement.
The Brotherhood of Railroad Shop Crafts of America in Pennsylvania has joined the American Federation of Labor bringing its 40 000 members into cooperation with 17 AFL rail groups.
Okeene Oklahoma hosts the ninth annual rattlesnake hunt with four hundred registered for opening day. Hunters arrive from more than 17 states for a three day event starting tomorrow in Okeene and nearby Enid ahead of the climactic hunt.
Gov. Thomas J. Herbert flew to Cleveland for a Rotary Club meeting honoring local lawmakers. He named William R. Zimmerrman to the State Board of Pharmacy and Dr. William J. Sterling to the State Board of Dental Examiners, with terms ending in 1953. He granted a conditional pardon to Angelo Scerria to avoid deportation to Italy. A NY Central report said a bridge contract for Huron crossing Wheeling and Lake Erie tracks will be awarded in about three weeks and completed this year.
A disturbance at 7:30 p m yesterday shook homes and rattled windows leaving police and fire crews puzzled over whether a minor earthquake or an explosion caused the event. In Cincinnati about 200 AFL van drivers and helpers from 27 moving firms walked off the job seeking a 12 cent hourly raise from $1.18 for drivers and $1.08 for helpers.
A Warren county report shows a slight drop in relief rolls for the month. Relief director Lois Gambill cites better weather allowing more workers. One hundred six cases involving 396 people received aid costing 4 633 81 dollars, down from 115 cases and 430 people at 5 047 24 dollars the prior month.
Secretary Sullivan said President Truman will ask Congress to more than double appropriations for merchant ships to address a vessel shortage crucial to national security. In New York City transit talks, officials consider a fare hike as 42 000 workers seek higher pay with CIO backing. In Washington, Paul G Hoffman initiates ERP staffing to launch the European Recovery Program with 5 000 job applications ready for review, prioritizing State Department help. In Elizabeth City two escaped jail inmates from Fulton County are captured and handed to the FBI for return to Ohio.
A 45 year old coal miner Ernie Lee Yost died in a Fairmont hospital from a self inflicted gunshot wound after fatally shooting his wife Nellie Marie Yost and attorney Tucker Maroose. Coroner D E Kidd said Yost had rigged an apparatus to burn their home.
A heavy windstorm struck Keeneland race course in Lexington Kentucky causing the death of one man and damaging several horse barns. Rescue crews and local authorities investigated the scene as debris littered the grounds.
President Truman nominates Delos Wilson Rentzel of Virginia to lead the Civil Aeronautics Administration, succeeding Theodore P. Wright who resigned as CAA Administrator.
James Roosevelt pressed for a Democratic vice presidential candidate described as a thoroughgoing liberal of outstanding ability. The California Democratic chairman offered no name but said such a running mate should be chosen at the Philadelphia convention in July.
Mrs E S Land of Middletown will speak on Charm and Personality at the Pollyanna Class meeting of the First Baptist Church Friday night at Mrs Harry Beachler’s home. Mrs Noland leads the program with devotional by Mrs Spencer Coleman and hostess duties by Mrs Beachler and a list of assistants.
Lessing J. Rosenwald, president of the American Council for Judaism, argues there should be an end to abuse of President Truman and other officials over their Holy Land policy. He favors a Palestine trustee ship rather than partition.
Hamilton Butler County 4-H executive committee announces a training meeting for all advisors junior leaders and officers at the Hamilton YMCA Saturday night from 8 to 10. The program includes officers training and reports by Norma Irwin Dorothy Puckett and Mary Lou Hawk with sessions on recreation health and safety and demonstrations led by Farst and others.
Former state legislator and newspaper publisher William R. McCabe, 65, was found unconscious near his Lockport area farm with skull fractures and multiple injuries. He said two armed men demanded $5,000 and continued beating him after a failed ransom offer, as police investigated the assault.
The Rev Walden M Hall of Johnstown PA, a former pastor at St Pauls and Stettler Lutheran Churches, will join four young men from First Church Columbus in the Confirmand s Reunion at the church next month. It is the Centennial year for First Church and the reunion is part of the summer and fall events. The Centennial service will be in October.
Guernsey County coal men plan to ask Gov. Herbert to appoint a commission to locate sites for an oil from coal plant and to work with the U S Bureau of Mines. Proposed members include R L Ireland Adolph Pacifico and a third disinterested member. They met with Lt Paul M Herbert and others and surveyed abandoned mines and rock formations in the county.
Checks show about 25 000 idle in related industries not counting anthracite workers. Bethlehem Steel laid off 22 500 at Bethlehem and Johnstown plants. Illinois 18 000 to 20 000 idle. West Virginia 17 000 Alabama 13 500 Ohio 13 000 Virginia 11 600 New Mexico 11 000 Maryland 8 000. Others over 1 000 include New York 4 150 Indiana 3 700 Kentucky 3 500 Massachusetts 2 100 Utah 1 890 Michigan 1 500 Tennessee 1 000. Bethlehem cuts include one fourth blast furnace idle at Johnstown and nine rolling mills shut. Lackawanna plant idles more furnaces and mills. Carnegie-Illinois and U S Steel units also cut output. District idle total rises to 34 500, with Alabama miners prominent. Crucible Steel warns of further layoffs if coal supply does not improve.
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