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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1949
Page
1
Ohio enacted a new law to curb barbiturates and sleeping potions by requiring prescriptions, limiting quantities, and mandating two year record-keeping. Pharmacists and physicians face penalties up to 500 dollars or one year imprisonment for violations. The rule also covers pet and farm animal prescriptions with specific labeling and inspection provisions.
Pat J. Dunn a 72 year old Democrat rep from Tuscarawas is famed for voting no and for bachelor status. Bill Veeck of the Cleveland Indians invited Dunn and other legislators and their wives to the game and dinner at the ball club, but Dunn replied his wife won’t quit work and he votes no on bringing her to Cleveland.
The Senate Judiciary Committee votes nine to two to confirm Tom C. Clark as associate justice of the Supreme Court. It also votes nine to zero to confirm J Howard McGrath as attorney general. McCarran names Donnell and Ferguson as opponents to Clark. McCarran says full Senate action may wait until Monday if not expedited.
Seven month old Robin Leigh Whitford, a novice swimmer in Los Angeles, began lessons at four days old in a bathinette. A photographer peeled off his coat as the infant learned to swim to the pool edge using a junior Australian crawl.
A Northeast Airlines Convair crash at Portland Municipal Airport left the aircraft a total loss after a rudder-door failure and engine fire. Stewardess Patricia Donnellan, 23, guided passengers to the rear exit two minutes before flames blocked an emergency, with 27 aboard escaping safely. Passengers included A I Spant and William S Newell. the airline reported 26 million miles flown without a fatality.
Senate investigators checked reports that Mrs. Harry S Truman and other notable figures received deep freezers from a firm linked to the five percent inquiry. Presidential Secretary Charles G. Ross said he has no information on the matter. The probe also touched Vaughan testimony and President Truman’s response at a news conference.
Senator Hoey announced Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan has indicated willingness to testify in the Senate five percenter hearings. Hoey, who chairs the committee, did not specify when Vaughan would be summoned.
Albert J. Gross told investigators that he shipped a home freezer unit to Vaughan four years ago paid for by the Albert Verley Company of Chicago. The perfume firm tied to John Maragon is linked to the inquiry as a possible source of favors. The committee planned to hear more names but interruption halted further testimony.
Canton AP dispatch reports three Communist Armies totaling 75 000 men moving on Kanhsien gateway to Kwangtung and Canton. Nationalists admit loss of a town 12 miles northwest as Red forces press along the Kan River valley near Hengshan and Hengyang.
A new 700000 dollar municipal sewage treatment plant in Fremont Ohio will begin operation next Tuesday, officials announced yesterday. The facility aims to improve sanitation and wastewater handling for the city.
In Strasbourg, Winston Churchill urged the newly formed Council of Europe to become a free parliament with real authority, challenging the ministerial committee’s control and seeking cross border legislative power. In New York, the steel industry countered CIO United Steelworkers pension demands and warned against government driven wage setting as a broader industrial shift.
Paul H. Miller a Federal Trade Commission attorney died unexpectedly at his home in McLean Virginia He was 36 born in Urichsville Ohio and a -law graduate from National University He worked on the secretarial staff of Senator Vic Donahey of Ohio from 1935 to 1938 and later joined the Trade Commission staff with a one year gap serving as secretary to former Senator James W Huffman of Ohio
A $183,000 power plant project for Tiffin State Has Ital was started today by Steinhoff, Inc., of Fremont, acting as general contractors.
A journal staff writer visits Armco Park to capture its summertime popularity with hundreds of picnic attendees including visitors from Pennsylvania. The Sunday lead feature highlights the park and its appeal as a community gathering place.
Tennis fans will find complete coverage of the Ohio State Championships at the Middletown Tennis Club Verity Courts this week. Saturday results and Sunday schedule are slated for the sports pages along with a tournament progress report.
AP reports morning papers quoted radio Athens claiming a revolt in northern Albania with fighting between Albanian Army units and Parti sans. The claim, unverified, alleged Tito directed agents behind the unrest amid Albania's split from Yugoslavia and recent executions of pro Tito leaders.
Belgrade diplomatic and government sources say they have no knowledge of a revolt in Albania as reports in Rome suggested. Albanian officials, the Albanian legation, and French embassy officials deny the uprising while noting Albania’s lack of telecommunication with Tirana. Reports speak of hunger and unrest but no revolutionary activity confirmed.
Russian Army guards cut West German truck traffic to Berlin for eight hours starting at 2 a m at Helmstedt checkpoint. Traffic fell to four trucks per hour with over 100 trucks queued, then normal flow resumed eight hours later. No explanation given for the blockade.
Columbus AP reports J. Hummel former secretary of state announces a bid for the Republican nomination for governor in the May 1950 primary. He says he will pursue the state’s No. 1 job.
In Washington the foreign arms aid bill survived a bid to slash funding by nearly 50 percent. The House Foreign Affairs Committee moved forward amid new obstacles as lawmakers weighed the proposal and potential implications for foreign policy and defense programs.
President Truman contends Republican filibusters delay money bills while GOP leaders dispute the charge. Senators Morse and Lucas clash over a Democratic plot to keep Congress in session, Taft and Wherry defend the party, and Taft notes no GOP filibuster on bills. The Arm ed Services bill faces slow action with a House debate looming. MacArthur remains in Tokyo as Truman signals possible recall if needed.
Roberta Abner age 23 months of 726 South Fourth Street Hamilton died at Mercy Hospital at noon becoming the week's third polio fatality. The death marks the second in Butler County this week among 15 polio cases admitted since Sunday.
Author Margaret Mitchell, famed for Gone with the Wind, was struck by a speeding taxi while riding with her husband and dragged 15 feet. She suffered possible skull fracture and internal injuries and was placed under an oxygen tent at City Hospital as doctors fought to stabilize her condition.
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