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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1949
Page
1
High school romance culminates in a surprise wedding at Litchfield Park Arizona as Jacque Mercer Miss America 1949 wed Douglas Cook. The ceremony followed a five year romance with plans to continue as Miss America until her year ends.
The United States of Indonesia and the United States of America prepared to establish formal diplomatic ties as sister republics in the Cold War. President Truman was to nominate H Merle Cochran as the first American ambassador to the former Dutch colony, with a possible $100 million Eximbank loan to revive Indonesian trade.
Two American servicemen missing in Communist China for over a year are alive and held at a large military base outside Tsingtao. The State Department says no formal charges have been filed. The men are Navy Chief Electrician William C. Smith of Long Beach and Marine Master Sgt. Elmer C. Bender of Chicago. They disappeared after a flight over the Tsingtao area on October 19, 1948, and word of their status reached the United States via a delayed consulate message.
In Kittanning Pennsylvania Susan Loretta Becker 26 signed a statement admitting she pressed her adopted 15 month old Loretta Bernadette Woodward head to the floor before Christmas. Coroner C M Woodward said jealousy led to the case. The baby died three hours after a doctor visit. The Beckers married six years and have a second adopted child Ralph aged three.
Hollywood AP reports singer Ginny Simms became the mother yesterday of her second son. She and husband Hyatt Dehn, an architect, also have son David, age three. The Dehns wed in July 1945 and welcomed the new arrival as Simms practices lullabies.
Marshall E. Ellis of Chesapeake County died in a Huntington hospital after injuries from an automobile accident on December 24. He was 38.
Betty Lou Marbury, a 10 year old from Tennessee, faces surgical removal of her right hand after doctors determine amputation is needed to stop cancer. Her faith stayed strong as prayers surged nationwide and churches held services for her.
Phyllis Detweiler, 12, tells Betty Lou Marbury not to fear as she recovers from cancerous bone growth and a right arm amputation. Phyllis, from Longfellow School, learned to write with her left hand and to draw after her elbow surgery in 1947.
Mrs. Ruth Hamre 43 killed herself with a blank cartridge in Signal Hill California police said. Officer C R Blake reported she placed the pistol against her neck and fired. Deputy Coroner Phillip D Adkins said the discharge severed her jugular vein causing death. Alfred Hamre her husband said she kept the pistol under her pillow to repel prowlers and she had been in ill health.
Damage from a three day siege of earthquakes in Japan is estimated at more than 3.6 million dollars. The death toll remains eight.
President Truman ends his Christmas vacation at Independence Missouri and plans to depart Fairfax airport at noon in the Independence for Washington. In Seattle he faces three major messages to Congress and the duties of government upon his return.
Three men a miner and two would be rescuers are unreported and believed snow bound at the Big Bear mine eight miles back in the Cascade mountains. Rescue crews battled four feet of snow in an unsuccessful effort to reach the mine yesterday.
A Christmas puzzle gift baffles the recipient who cannot identify chrome gadget lacking clues. The writer questions its use from shoe rack to bottle opener and confesses rising frustration while seeking friend advice. The item remains unsolved and becomes a recurring, maddening quiz.
Congress opens with red ink spending declared the main domestic issue by lawmakers. Taft warns the Brannan farm subsidy could raise costs for both farmers and consumers, while Lucas defends deficit spending as essential to peace and avoiding atomic war.
Washington AP describes a heated political contest as Senators Wherry and Lucas clash over whether to bring the Fair Employment Practices Bill or an anti lynching measure to the floor first when Congress reconvenes. The debate centers on filibuster tactics and a gag rule, with Southern opposition shaping the showdown's timing.
A mediation session failed to reveal progress as four networks and the AFL Radio and Television Directors Guild sought to resolve a dispute over jurisdiction for program assistants and floor managers. With the contract ending Saturday night and a strike authorized, production faces potential shutdown at ABC CBS NBC and Mutual networks.
Pope Pius XII told about 40 nations' diplomats that the Vatican State stands firm in a troubled world and has incalculable potential for peace. He urged hope that this potentiality increases to full efficacy for the good of all people and skipped the throne ritual this year.
Akron woman Grace Dewitt forgot a purse with $10000 worth of jewelry in a taxicab at a north side Chicago apartment after helping their friends unload. The driver Oddy Alsburry returned the purse to the manager and Dewitt paid a reward by check.
Poland refused France’s demand to release four French citizens convicted of spying in Wroclaw. The four were sentenced to 1 to 14 years after admitting guilt in plots with officials of the French Embassy and consulate. A Polish man got 22 years and a German mine engineer six years for aiding the French intelligence service. France protested through Ambassador Jean Balen to Stefan Wierbłowski, who said the demand interfered with Polish affairs.
About 175 employees of Detroit Harvester Company in Zanesville walked out today. Plant superintendent Henry Orth said the strike arose from a dispute with the United Steel Workers of America over wages and pensions in a proposed new contract. The company assembles farm machinery units.
Vienna reports Emil Jannings a renowned German actor is gravely ill at his country home on the Wolfgangsee in the U S occupation zone.
Paris AP reports France faces a pivotal National Assembly vote on Premier Georges Bidault's tax plan to cover a 2,257,000,000,000 franc budget. Bidault pushed for a second confidence vote as a cooling-off period looms, with likely timing early Friday if defeated.
AP report from Honolulu recounts Judge Clifton H. Tracy questioning a defendant charged with drunkenness. The man denies prior appearances. the judge suggests he recognizes the defendant and recalls a prior marriage, prompting a light exchange.
Clark Gable and his bride arrived in Honolulu on the liner Lurline from San Francisco to begin their Hawaii honeymoon. Crowds of about 10,000 greeting onlookers, including Teermaoge girl, graying grandmothers and housewives, plus some men, lined the pier to see the screen star.
The AP reports Mobile recorded a high of 76 degrees yesterday, surpassing the previous December 27 record of 73 set in 1942 and tied in 1946.
Rita Hayworth gives birth to a girl named Yasmin at Montchoisi Clinic in Lausanne. The 9:45 a.m. delivery weighed about five and a half pounds and makes Yasmin the couple’s first child together, with Aly Khan describing the birth as natural and noting Rita’s tough time. Yasmin is heir to a multi-heritage line and granddaughter of the Aga Khan.
Israel G. Jacobsen American Jewish relief official, held since December on espionage suspicions, was released by Soviet border guards and handed to U S officials in Vienna. He arrived at the Kristel Hotel and was escorted toward American custody as discussions continued on travel paperwork and release arrangements.
The New York Times reports Governor Thomas E Dewey may retire temporarily at the end of his term in 1950. Warren Moscow notes he could avoid 1952 races and return in 1956 or 1960, with lectures at Princeton and appointing counsel Charles Breitel signaling elder statesman roles.
Los Angeles AP reports the county ordinance banning sale of comic books on crime was ruled unconstitutional by the Appellate Department of Superior Court. The decision also bars the law from restricting school books depicting the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in a case involving a druggist accused of selling a so called crime comic.
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