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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1949
Page
7
Cleveland AP report notes steel ingot production near capacity while overall demand remains above supply. Trade journal says buyers still view steel as money in the bank, with cancellations rising and some fabricators limiting operations to their allotments. Mills show no immediate quota dissolution and some producers pull back from districts due to freight costs.
In Warren Ohio AP report Judge G H Birrell granted a temporary injunction blocking enforcement of a jukebox licensing ordinance approved by the city council. The measure imposes a 15 dollar license fee per act. Harold W Hoffmann and Bernard Terry, music operators, led a suit on behalf of more than 150 owners and distributors claiming the city lacks power to enact a taxing ordinance as a general-fund license fee.
SAN FRANCISCO AP A naval board of inquiry investigates a collision at sea during maneuvers on February 22 about 500 miles west of here. Destroyer Escort Marsh was badly damaged after ramming in the forward area by the destroyer Taussig. No one was injured. Both ships are in the local naval shipyard. Marsh repairs will take a month to six weeks. A hole was rammed in her below the water line and several compartments flooded. Taussig damage was slight.
Howard Hughes disclosed that his huge eight engine flying boat, the world’s largest, was “fairly extensively” damaged but did not specify details. Docked at Terminal Island Los Angeles harbor, the 320 foot wingspan craft has not yet flown tests. A Hughes spokesman estimated $27 million spent so far.
Russell B. Mann 35, Navy man in Alaska, sues to contest late Auverne S. Mann s will. Mann who was adopted at seven after being brought to the home, challenges the will which left his son 5000 in bonds. The Cleveland Heights attorney died aged 73 last April, leaving an estate valued at 116932.
In Columbus the Legislature enters its ninth week with two main fights. Senators likely to vote on oleo production and a FEPC bill faces House action and intense floor debate. The oleo issue splits urban and rural interests, while FEPC moves touch civil rights with education and enforcement proposals. Committees schedule hearings on liquor licenses, unemployment benefits, conveyor belt construction, and sweeping changes to marriage, divorce, and workers compensation laws.
Shanghai dispatch says Chinese Communist authorities ordered all foreign correspondents in Peiping to cease gathering and sending news. The move prompts questions whether it is permanent and signals a broader iron curtain. Observers note stricter controls contrast with prior openness during earlier Red years.
Claude A. Ramsey, 39, charged with the February 19 slaying of Esther Seibert, 30, had no part in the earlier slaying of Mona McBride, Detective Chief Glenn C. Hoffman said. All present evidence indicates Ramsey was not connected with the March 31, 1948, fatal stabbing of Mona McBride. Police identified Ramsey as the man who registered with Mrs. Mabel Lucille Meadows, 40, the night she was found dead in a room at the Southern Hotel. Both killings occurred in hotels under similar conditions.
AP reports 138 to 130 tally by Yellow cab drivers approving a company contract hours before a planned walkout. J. W. Brown, attorney for the Drivers' Independent Union, says the agreement raises the minimum guarantee slightly. Also, Mary Irene Lipocky, 40, of Moreland Hills, a nurse's aide, was killed in a car crash. her husband Joseph Lipocky, 43, the car's driver, was injured.
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