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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1948
Page
1
Army planes and naval destroyers combed waters off Kingston Jamaica after reports the French ship St. Dominique caught fire and was abandoned. No trace of the vessel was found as search efforts continued.
Washington AP reports a compromise plan to merge the universal military training program with a temporary draft amid Senate opposition. Secretary Forrestal supports speedily adopting the merger while insisting it is not a full substitute for UMT. Distress at sea involves the French ship Saint Dominique with crews said to be abandoning ship. rescue efforts found no survivors.
Secretary of State George C. Marshall flew from Bogota after an Inter American Conference session to return to Washington. He said urgent events demanded his return, and his departure may delay signing of conference agreements as Palestine and colonialism resolutions were approved.
Bernarr MacFadden 79 marries 42 year old grandmother Jonnie Lee Blonne at Community Church on Lincoln Road Miami. An unknown goat-woman disrupted the ceremony shouting against tobacco before guards escorted her out. reception featured carrot juice and whole wheat honey cake while champagne flowed for adherents of the health guru’s diet.
Cambridge Massachusetts elected Councillor Michael J. Neville a 42 year old lawyer as mayor after 1321 ballots across 35 meetings over 15 weeks. Councilman Edward Crane conceded defeat after switching his vote on the 320th ballot to create a 5 to 4 victory for Neville.
Aviation Cadet Ralph B. Hilleary aged 19 from Hubbard Ohio was among four Air Force men killed when their two engine plane crashed into Bayou Bodcan swamp after losing its left engine and wing.
Six people were killed in Metz France when twelve story houses collapsed. The French News Agency reported the disaster as rescue teams searched the rubble for survivors and noted the scale of the collapse.
British high commissioner Sir Alan Cunningham charged Arabs provoked the Jewish attack on Haifa. He said Arab attacks led to the fighting and urged the Arab League to note the provocation. Ben Gurion hailed Jewish victories, announced Haifa and Tiberias capture, as Arabs began evacuating Haifa amid sporadic gunfire.
About 60 million of 145 million people will observe daylight saving time starting at 2 a.m. tomorrow. Observance concentrates in the northeast with rural areas generally sticking to standard time. Radio networks CBS ABC and MBS advance programs. NBC uses daylight time in the east. Washington undecided for now.
Operators push to hand pension control to John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers by funding 10 cents a ton into the union rather than a separate fund. The move aims to remove operator influence over miners pensions and end disputes fueling the six week strike.
Hollywood reports confirm Lana Turner and Henry J. (Bob) Topping Jr will wed Monday after Turner’s divorce from Arline Judge in Bridgeport. The couple’s plans include a lavish ceremony at William R. Wilkerson’s home with Wilkerson as best man and Turner’s $25 000 trousseau. Judge’s alimony award was $100 000 in a countersuit.
Cleveland AP reports Jack Singleton, a used car dealer, convicted on 14 larceny by trick charges. Sentencing could run seven to 98 years if terms are served consecutively. Hundreds of customers say he took almost one million dollars for cars not delivered.
Sen Robert A Taft urged against five year terms for Atomic Energy Commission members saying appointments should wait until next November's President is elected. Taft warned such terms would tie the government. Harold Stassen pressed UN reform ideas and a new charter while in Ohio.
Five armed men invaded a Joyce Avenue dwelling in Columbus and robbed three men of more than $2000 in cash and jewelry. Victims Warren Conner, David Vines, and Lloyd Moore reported the incident, with Moore later robbed of $481 and a $450 diamond ring.
Dayton police charged 26 year old physics instructor Richard Stiver with contributing to the delinquency of a 16 year old and with directing students to steal automobile parts. Auto fixtures valued at 500 dollars were recovered from Stiver and several students. deputies said Stiver diagrammed parts in class and urged theft for an auto radio. He had refused to resign but later said he would quit at 3 pm.
In Kansas City Kansas the CIO accuses police brutality after a raid on the United Packinghouse Workers of America union hall near the Cudahy plant. Eleven people were hospitalized as police cleared pickets. most were released by the night. Union district director Ralph M. Baker cited 100 injured in the clash.
Kenneth Salter, 31, Toledo printer, executed for the chloroform rape slaying of 11 year old Barbara Dunn in June 1946, donated his eyes to an eye bank to help a war veteran. He prayed before the electrocuted end, receiving Catholic rites and a final meal of fried rabbit.
Addison Michigan AP reports ten year old Rodney Corbin and his pet dog saved his five younger brothers from a blaze at their Devil's Lake home. Rodney roused them after midnight, led them to safety, covered them with bedding, then flagged a motorist to summon firefighters. A portion of the house was saved.
Detroit police inspector Joseph Krug said Nelson Davis, a 52 year old Negro and self styled Communist, isn t telling all he knows about the Walter Reuther shooting. Davis denied a report he knows who fired the shotgun blast that seriously wounded the CIO United Auto Workers president Tuesday night. He was arrested Thursday after officers said they received a report from a mystery witness. No charge has been placed against Davis, and Prosecutor James N. McNally was ordered to give a specific reason for continued detention at a habeas corpus hearing today. Reuther may yet have use of his right arm after the attack.
Capt. John J. Hall of Marietta Ohio parachuted to safety near Marion Iowa after his AT-6 trainer caught fire during a routine Wilmington to Waterloo flight. He was uninjured in the jump according to Clinton County Air Force base public relations.
Five year old Walter Anse Caldwell died after being struck by a semi trailer tractor in Springfield. Police say he either ran into or fell under the vehicle during the incident last night.
In Italy the Carabinieri jail several alleged Communist agitators after the election loss of the Popular Front to the Christian Democrats. Arrests reported in Modena and near Foggia with word of armed groups in the Apennines. Pasquale Dalessandro was arrested near Terremaggiore for allegedly instigating rebellion.
Rhode Island Republicans discussed naming House Speaker Joseph W. Martin Jr of Massachusetts as a favorite son for the GOP presidential nomination. The move could free Rhode Island’s eight delegates at Philadelphia with an unpledged delegation option. Delegates will be chosen at a state convention on Monday.
The United Nations Security Council named the United States France and Belgium to a three country Palestine Truce Commission and failed to authorize enforcement. The move marks the fourth peace effort in two months with doubtful prospects amid prior pleas and orders to Arabs and Jews. Senators Tobey Chavez and Morse announced a national emergency Palestine conference in Washington May 7 to 10 to seek a practical American policy.
Filipinos from all walks of life paid their last respects to Manuel Roxas in Manila. About a million waited along the funeral cortege route from Malacanang Palace to the North Cemetery where Manuel Quezon is buried.
Greek naval forces from the Gulf of Corinth joined a fight against 600 Communist led guerrillas west of Likoriki as part of the army drive against about 2,500 guerrillas in south central Greece. Likoriki lies 95 miles northwest of Athens.
New York report says Donal Hord a 46 year old sculptor from San Diego California will receive the 1948 Award of Merit from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
An AP report notes Lee Morrisson opened a crate marked for one cat and instead found a cat with six kittens. The express bill also listed an extra 12 cents for milk in Cincinnati.
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