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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1949
Page
1
Seven Coast Guard planes and four cutters comb East Coast waters at dawn in a search for the derelict schooner Keewatin. Two small children are believed locked below decks, first sighted by a tanker off Charleston, South Carolina, two days earlier.
A Windfall crewman told Coast Guard in Wilmington, North Carolina that the Windfall likely matches the derelict schooner Keewatin reported by the tanker Cleveland off the Carolina coast. Robert Ruley said the Windfall was in the reported position with conditions described by the Cleveland, matching Keewatin.
Parrot of Salem Massachusetts sailed from the Bahamas with his wife and two children aboard a tanker ship. The schooner Keewatin was seen adrift and believed abandoned with sails drooping. Coast Guard feared the family may have been swept overboard after locking the children below for safety.
Cleveland authorities investigate a $485,000 theft reported to fund movement of soldiers and munitions into Israel. The money allegedly vanished last January from a Toledoan’s home, with no police report filed. FBI and Cleveland detectives are reviewing claims.
A Kentucky mother and three sons charged with murder were freed after a Cincinnati call confirmed the missing husband, Herman Ison, was alive. Sheriff Herman Combs said Ison visited Cincinnati, clearing the family of the accusations. The family had been arrested after a younger son claimed they killed Ison and buried him at a country store. Ison’s daughter Goldie Hunter notified authorities of his visit. The mother and sons returned home by taxi, while Ison’s whereabouts remain unclear.
Three government employees died when two cars collided near Dowling in Wood County. Victims were Mrs. Virginia Lee Barrett 23 Miss Betty Barrett 20 and Albert M Osborne 25 all from Bowling Green. Dr Lowell M Jones 31 and William Wirick 30 were hospitalized with serious injuries. The women were stenographers at the Ross Ford Ordinance depot. Os borene died later at Perrysburg Community Hospital.
Defense contends sexual advances by Mrs. John Gabriel toward 15 year old Ervin Arthur Ingle may have prompted the killings of Mrs. Gabriel and her husband. The trial before a three judge panel heard testimony from Dr. Maurice Newburger about a truth serum exam showing Ingle denied having shot if no advances occurred.
Charles Tate, 21, of Zanesville, son of a former policeman, fled police after questioning at a Montgomery Ward store. He led a five block downtown chase, fired at by an officer, no injuries. Tate admitted passing about 1000 dollars in bad checks and said he was a commerce student at Ohio State University's Twilight School.
In Sandusky Ohio a heart attack proved fatal for Dr. Ralph E. Garnhart 74 longtime Milan area physician. A native of Tiro Ohio he practiced medicine there for 43 years before his death yesterday.
United States Britain and France will end military control in western Germany once a German Federal Republic is established. Occupation forces stay under civilian oversight with high commissioners. military chiefs head occupation only. Communique says three-power agreement reached among Acheson Bevin and Schuman on transition and supervisory Allied powers.
Acting President Li Tsung-Jen offered to be burned in oil or dismembered to advance peace with Mao Tze-Tung. He sent a telegram to Peiping after rejecting a Communist ultimatum demanding surrender of the government Army.
Albert Sehlmeyer 71 a street department employee died from injuries after an automobile struck him off duty Wednesday in Elyria Ohio. He passed away today at a local hospital.
Lake Success AP Russia appears set to veto Korea’s bid for U N membership as the Security Council considers the application at 3 p.m. EST. The 14 member Steering Committee also debates the Dutch Indonesian dispute with India and Australia pressing to have it added to the Assembly’s agenda.
The War Assets Administration announced the Lima steel foundry on Buckeye Road has been transferred to the Federal Works Administration. The plant, built at a cost of 3 275 000 dollars, was used in World War II and is now closed. The FWA will retain it for potential national emergencies.
Elsa Simpson tours local grade schools to compare today’s students with Grandpa’s era, presenting a pictorial feature on page one. The report highlights modern education’s reach and the appeal of experiential learning in Middletown.
A 37 year old B F Goodrich employee in Summit County says job stress drove him to slash 15 airplane tires ordered by the Army and Navy for Navy bombers. FBI involvement followed as he admitted the acts citing excessive workload and fatigue. He waived a hearing and is held on $3,000 bond for federal grand jury action.
Guatemala fights to quell a four year revolution as the army says it has the upper hand. Foreign Minister Munoz Meany reports deaths near the Mexican border and says the border is closed with Mexico neutral. He notes clashes at El Carmen Ayutla Malacatan and that Malacatan was retaken after a six hour hold. President Arevalo, elected for a six year term since March 15 1945, faces ongoing unrest.
Eight European members of the North Atlantic Alliance appeal for help as officials announce a military aid program is being prepared for Congress. The plan would cost about 1.25 billion dollars.
President Truman signals possible request for additional funds beyond the 15.9 billion proposed for national defense, drawing GOP and some Democratic opposition. Senate leaders warn against compounded military costs while supporting self help and mutual aid under the Atlantic Pact. The plan envisions about 1.25 billion dollars in arms for Brussels Pact countries over a year, with ratification awaiting Senate approval.
Timothy Myers of Fostoria Ohio was arrested after a grocer identified him as one of two men who tried to rob the store in Adelino New Mexico. A third man was killed by the grocer during the attempt, according to Sheriff John A Flaska.
Authorities pursue two unidentified men seen with Robert B. Wren in the car where the former South Vienna mayor was found slain with throat cut. Otis B. Sheets, 36, recounts a fishing trip with Wren and a third man who left earlier. A mine worker tipped off police about four men in the car near Dunglen. Sheets to undergo lie detector testing in Columbus.
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