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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1953
Page
1
Congressional leaders praised a new Eisenhower budget that trims federal spending by two billion dollars and aims to reduce the deficit and national debt for the current fiscal year ending June 30.
Mrs Marian Hart 61, an American sportswoman, and co pilot Wayne Wetterlein 30 of Shawnee on Delaware Pa, flew from Torbay Newfoundland to Shannon Ireland in 13 hours hours aboard a single engine sport plane.
The odds of Morse affecting GOP control fade as Senate organization faces opposition to restoring him to Armed Services and Labor seats. Even if Morse votes with Republicans, Knowland opposes reinstating Morse on key panels, keeping potential party advantage hingeing on other events.
Wilmington based Du Pont announced that for the first half of 1953 its federal income tax bill totaled 233 million dollars, surpassing the 226 million paid in wages and salaries. The firm noted adding state and local taxes would raise the total by about 16 million.
About 10,000 telephone workers in Washington area and West Virginia join a multi state walkout. Picket lines form as unions seek pay boosts of 2 to 3 per week while companies offer 1.50 to 2.50. Bargaining continues in other states with potential new strikes looming.
Washington reports stubborn bargaining between the United States and Generalissimo Franco's Spain is delaying a full agreement after 18 months of talks on base access. Key issues include control of Spanish base facilities and the use of U S aid funds for strengthening them. Three main pacts are envisioned on economic aid military aid and a third on related terms.
In Belgrade a German-born cook was recruited by Vice President Edvard Kardelj after a dinner with Yugoslav leaders. She left a restaurant job, joined Kardelj, then later moved to Tito's kitchen as the political maneuvering shifted. The episode ends with her serving in Tito's kitchen.
The second contingent of the U S 3rd Marine Division about 3 000 in full battle dress arrived yesterday on the transport Gen R L Howze to bolster American security forces in Japan. The first contingent arrived two weeks earlier and additional groups are expected soon.
South Korea's National Assembly voted to move the government back to Seoul within a month, ending its near three year stay in Pusan and completing the return to the capital.
FBI agents posing as campers seized two top Communist leaders Robert Thompson and Sidney Steinberg in a Sierra Nevada cabin 8,000 feet up after a two year manhunt. Thompson, a 1951 Smith Act convict, was jailed at Alcatraz. Steinberg faced removal to New York with bail set at 100,000 dollars. Six others including Carl Rass and Samuel Coleman were arrested nearby. Patricia Blau, linked to the fugitives, was later arrested near Stockton.
U S aid is flowing into Haiphong and other Indochina ports to bolster French Union forces. The supply stream, with heavy equipment and war materiel, reaches more than 20 000 tons monthly at a cost near 500 million dollars yearly. French and Moscow backed Vietminh faces continued heavy arms support amid Korea truce questions.
Dr. John A. Hannah Assistant U S secretary of defense for manpower and personnel arrived in Okinawa from Japan to inspect Far East military base installations and assess readiness.
The last daily casualty list of the Korean War was issued by the Pentagon. List No. 889 on Aug. 31 will identify nearly all of the 142,277 American killed wounded or missing in Korea by name and casualty category.
The Pan Arcadian Federation of America auxiliary in Los Angeles denounces the Kinsey report as unfair to American womanhood. They fault the 6000 interviewed, suggesting responses came from braggarts and abnormal individuals. They warn the sensationalism could affect women's morals and family life.
The United Nations General Assembly backed a plan letting only U N fighting nations attend the Korean peace conference, with India abstaining and then withdrawing. The vote favored allowing Soviet participation only if the other side desires it, under the armistice timetable and possible Geneva site.
The last Middletown area prisoner of war, Pfc. Edward A. Rub, was released by Chinese forces after 32 months in a North Korean camp. He and Sgt. Willie Frank Mansfield, Hamilton’s first released POW, returned home with families reporting he is well and safe. Rub enlisted in 1948, trained at Fort Knox Fort Bliss and Fort Lewis, and was captured in December 1950. Mansfield was freed August 8 and reached San Francisco.
Lt. Col. Thomas Harrison of Clovis NM recalls an Albuquerque contractor he met at a May 1950 Sandia Base dance who revealed an artificial leg. The memory steadied him during years of imprisonment by Chinese Reds after his jet was shot down in North Korea. He asks The Associated Press to help identify the man so he can thank him.
144 Americans freed from Red prison camps spoke of beatings and torture before the July 27 truce. The release also included 4 British, 2 South Africans and 250 South Koreans. The armistice talks at Panmunjom included Indian troops gaining freedom of movement into the neutral zone.
Sgt Richard A. Caverly of Birmingham Alabama was released as a Communist prisoner in Korea. He immediately spotted the American flag and stood rigidly erect saluting it proudly, marking his return.
Fair and hot conditions expected tomorrow with mild tonight. Yesterday’s high reached 100 degrees at 5 p.m. The low was 63 degrees yesterday at 6 a.m. Today’s low stood at 64 degrees at 6 a.m.
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