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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 16, 1949

Page

3

Plane crash at sea leaves one victim missing

An Transocean airliner ran out of gas and sank in the Atlantic off Ireland with 58 aboard. Forty nine survived after a flare-lit sea rescue. eight of the dead were Italian immigrants en route to Venezuela from Rome. Survivors face onward travel options while officials investigate with Italian and American participation.

Galway Ireland Transocean Atlantic Treland George Clark New York Shannon Airport Civil Aeronautics Board Venezuela Rome Herbert Asbel Brooklyn N. Y Edward Bussey Bussey

Trentonite Beaten. Man Treated for Facial Injuries

Clarence Reece, 24, of Trenton, treated at St. Francis Hospital Cincinnati for eye and face lacerations after a Saturday night assault near the Miami Inn on Harrison Pike. Police reported he was not robbed and appeared to have lost a street fight in Hamilton County.

Vessel Granted Permission To Enter Shanghai

The American President Lines ship General Gordon won approval from Chinese authorities to enter Shanghai as a repatriation vessel. Floyd Downs of APL said the company and the U S State Department sought safe conduct through the blockade. no reply from Canton. The liner likely will carry about 1,500 foreigners, mainly Americans and British, and the news spurred more foreigners to seek exit from Shanghai.

Shanghai President Lines General Gordon Floyd Downs APL United States State Department Canton

Edith Moller Defies Shanghai Nationalist Blockade

The 800 ton coastal freighter Edith Moller reportedly ran the Nationalist blockade at Shanghai and arrived in Hong Kong. Mollers Ltd confirmed the ship’s movements after rumors it was seized near the Yangtze mouth. It carried 500 tons of cotton chemicals and medicine and returned with 500 tons of tung oil bristles and piece goods. Kit Carson guided John C. Fremont on his first Oregon Nevada expedition.

Shanghai Edith Kit Carson John C. Fremont Oregon Nevada

End of crippling Australian coal strike returns to work

Australia ends a seven week communist led coal strike with 24 000 miners back on duty and tens of thousands returning to work. Unemployment nears 630 000 at peak. Gov says victory as troops and propaganda broke the strike while the coal industry tribunal will decide the miners wage and hours claims.

Sydney Australia Joseph B. Chifley Coal Industry Tribunal Arbitration Court

Lebanon man fined for reckless driving plea

Charles Lawrence of near Lebanon pleaded guilty to reckless driving in Judge Clarence F Banker’s court and was fined ten dollars plus costs. The report notes that dirty eggs lose quality faster than cleanly produced eggs.

Lebanon Charles Lawrence Squire Clarence F Banker

Suit Against Congressman Is Dismissed

A circuit court judge dismissed a civil suit alleging conspiracy to divert union funds from Hod Carriers Building and Common Laborers' Union of America Local 264. Defendants include Congressman Leonard Irving and union officers Roy Livingstone and Alvin Butcher. The judge cited available internal remedies as adequate. The case arose after Theodore Baldwin led a group of 84 members in filing. A union meeting broke into a riot when Irving attempted to address finances.

Kansas City Leonard Irving Irving Truman Hod Carriers, Building and Common Laborers’ Union of America AFL Theodore Baldwin Roy E. Livingstone Alvin Butcher John F. Cook

Local Man Held on Breach of Peace Charges

Twenty year old ter Franklin will be arraigned Tuesday in municipal court on two breach of peace counts. The second charge follows his release on bond just 15 minutes earlier after an altercation Saturday night. Police report he was arrested again shortly after release at the same location following another fracas.

Ter Franklin Carpenter

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