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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1949
Page
1
Arkansas suffers its worst forest fire outbreak in 25 years with more than 64 fires and 13 investigations across five north central counties near Missouri. State Forester Fred Lang says over half are incendiary and many are caused by spring underbrush burning, camper and motorist carelessness, or malice.
Two armed men robbed the Commonwealth Loan Company in downtown Columbus of cash. The suspects, aged 20 to 25, moved quietly, with manager Wayne Horn forced to open a safe and drawers. Bookkeeper Eunice Brandon and clerk Natalie Jackson were held at gunpoint, while investigator Robert Watson was also forced against the wall.
Dayton Ohio AP reports an 18 year old boy James Ritchie was shot dead by Patrolman M H Moore as he fled during a burglary investigation at Globe Laundry. Ritchie ignored orders to halt and dove through a glass door. An unidentified 15 year old was captured nearby by Robert Crossley and his father Jess. A third juvenile suspect remained at large.
John Lee Keenan of Youngstown Ohio, charged with abducting and robbing New Castle Pennsylvania foreman Ralph K. Jones, was freed on ten thousand dollar bond. Jones, 38, was taken after leaving a bank on March 18 with a payroll of two thousand four hundred eighty five dollars. Keenan and Bernard J. Caniff, 48, were arrested after a three state police and FBI sweep.
Washington senator Flanders warned that an amendment by Bricker and Cain to require both appropriations committees to approve contracts for public housing and slum clearance would be impractical. The measure would affect financing up to 308 million annually for housing over 40 years and 500 million in grants plus 1 billion in loans for slum clearance over five years.
The Rev. Leonard Feeney, S. J., 52, noted educator and Boston College figure, was silenced by Archbishop Richard J. Cushing for grave offenses against Church laws. The action ends Feeney’s priestly functions including preaching and teaching religion, amid a week of controversy over non Catholics and salvation.
Boston AP reports Rev Leonard Feeney S J charges he was silenced by Cardinal Richard J Cushing over doctrinal disputes. Feeney, denounced as invalid and brutal, says Cushings action deprives him of priestly functions for grave offenses against Church law.
The archbishop dismissed instructors at a Jesuit school accusing them of heresy and banned Fr. Feeney from Mass preaching and sacraments. He also shut down the St. Benedict's Center near Harvard, labeling it ecclesiastically approved no more and warning Catholics against attendance under penalty. Fr. Feeney had supported the instructors, insisting their views reflect true Catholic doctrine. The instructors include James R. and others at the Cambridge institution.
Washington Republicans dig up old quotes to attack John Carson's FTC nomination. Senator Brewster says Carson will face questions from the Senate Commerce Committee about remarks from February 1945 noting that competitive capitalism began to die in 1929 and has since convulsed. He questions whether Carson's economic views align with Republican thinking.
An explosion and ensuing blaze gutted the half block Helen Bush School in Seattle. The main building housing classrooms gymnasium and assembly hall was destroyed. No injuries reported. Origin of the fire unavailable. Three dormitories housing about 50 of 300 students were unharmed.
In Dallas a 19 year old mother shot in the head delivered a premature daughter. Both mother and child were reported in critical condition as police planned to question the husband Lester Hudson once she improves. The bullet reportedly entered the right eye and traversed the brain.
The United States rejected Cuba s proposal for a UN inquiry into trials of Cardinal Mindszenty in Hungary and Lutheran Bishop Ordass and Protestant leaders in Bulgaria. Washington argued main efforts should address curbing prosecutions under existing Anglo American measures and cited peace treaty violations by Hungary and Bulgaria. Russia and eastern bloc delegates opposed any censure and warned sovereignty rights. The 58 nation political committee planned to debate the Cuban proposal.
Senator Mundt of South Dakota urged that Americans be barred from attending the World Peace Congress in Paris described by the House Un American Activities Committee as a Communist affair. He asked the committee to propose a visa ban to State Department officials. The State Department declined to comment on specific visas.
In Cajon pass near San Bernardino California an 80 car westbound freight train derailed as it descended a grade leaving 53 cars and a caboose off the track. One crewman had minor injuries. Two work trains will clear wreckage as Santa Fe notes this is the worst pileup in its history.
Xenia dispatch reports John R. Caulfield age 32 of Springfield was fatally injured when his truck was hit by a westbound Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train yesterday. The crash occurred in Xenia as the rail line intersected the roadway. Authorities said Caulfield sustained severe injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. The accident remains under investigation by local police and railroad safety officials.
A 45 year old woman Inez Brennan and her two sons Robert 16 and Raymond 23 confessed to the shotgun slayings of Wade Wooldridge 70 of Bedford Virginia and Hugo Schultz 66 of Epson New Hampshire. Police say the motive was robbery and the bodies were hidden in a pigpen then burned and buried.
A freight car on an inclined track rolled into a one story brick office building on Center Street in Springfield injuring no one. The building houses Girl Scouts offices and was wrecked with damage estimated at 11000 by owner Homer H. Evilsizer. Authorities cited failed air brakes on the Springfield Suburban Railroad Company car as the cause.
Dr Stephen S Wise aged 75, renowned Jewish leader, lapsed into a comatose state at Lenox Hill Hospital New York. Bulletin says he is weakening and has shown no improvement since midnight. He was admitted March 30 for an abdominal operation and has been critically ill since Saturday.
Gov Thomas E Dewey announced a May 5 sailing for a six week tour of Western Europe. He denied the voyage as political, calling it not a political trip but a rest and a no‑hunting trip. The trip will cover most nations in Western Europe.
The International Refugee Organization announced that 884 displaced persons arriving in Boston on the Army Transport General Haan will settle in Ohio. All are Europeans except for one Egyptian.
President Truman signed the 55.58 billion European Recovery bill in the oval office using eight pens. one given to each of seven witnesses and one kept for Senator Vandenberg. Present were Acheson, Connally, Kee, Hoffman, Harriaman, Foster, and Bruce. The act makes 1 billion dollars immediately available to the ECA, with no additional cash beyond that amount.
In Berlin the Russian controlled press reports a planned Communist Youth torchlight parade in the Soviet sector. The event, timed for Adolf Hitler’s birthday, would be the first since the Nazi era and is linked to the opening of the Communist sponsored World Peace Congress in Paris.
A Monday night fire at the Rosewood China Company in East Palestine Ohio caused about 2500 dollars of damage and will idle the plant for several weeks. The firm makes novelty pottery and employs about 15 men.
Ireland emerges from 780 years of rule with optimism and plans for a prosperous future. People look to economic growth and aid from Marshall Plan funds, while Ulster remains a major hurdle as federalization is deemed unthinkable by Northern leaders. President O Kelly envisions uniting six counties within a generation.
Nanking reports A P said the Chinese government rejected latest Communist demands as armies on both sides mass along the Yangtze. Up to 1 million Red troops north of the river and 500000 Nationalist forces south ready to strike as Li Tsung Jen’s government ponders surrender terms and possible bridgeheads south of the Yangtze.
In Covington three men Jerry Smith Harry Bunting and Albert Sitz were fined 50 each and jailed 10 days but Judge Eugene Benzinger granted Sitz a new trial and placed the other two on probation after payment of fines The six defendants were arrested after a Columbus couple reported a taxi driver forced their car to the curb and ordered them to marry
In Toledo at Cherry and Bancroft Joseph Tilimon, 33, told two passengers he would kill himself. He sped swerved and rode the curb 165 feet then rolled 50 feet into a utility pole. Tilimon died. passengers Edward Iseacs 36 and Walter Donoher 27 injured. Coroner Dr. Paul Hohly ruled death by self action. Tilimon despondent over financial troubles.
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