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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1951
Page
1
President Truman said he believes across the board price and wage controls will be needed to curb inflation. The statement signals a push for national economic measures to halt rising prices.
In Washington the anti Truman coalition of Republicans and Southern Democrats dominates the new House and tethers much of President Truman s Fair Deal agenda. The Senate shows a sharper party split with 49 Democrats and 47 Republicans, while Speaker Rayburn is reelected. Truman weighs state of the union and UN diplomacy as Taft criticizes timing.
A C-46 airliner made a forced landing minutes after takeoff from Midway Airport saving 45 passengers, a baby, and three crew. Pilot Marvin Staddon steered to an open field near 58th Street and Massali Avenue as the craft burned post touchdown. Three minor injuries were reported. the infant was carried out safely.
In Lisbon, Ohio, a motorist stopped at a gas station left a note and a dollar with the attendant before police halted the car. In the back seat, the husband’s wife held a bent nail kitchen chair leg, threatening with a club as the car was urged to slow. The note warned that she would swing the club if speed exceeded 50 miles per hour.
A final accounting of Henry Ford's estate values it at 80,319,445 dollars filed in probate court on behalf of his widow Clara Bryant Ford who served as executrix. The Ford Foundation received 38,623,365 dollars and Ford's grandchildren Henry II Benson William and Josephine divided 12,868,335 dollars equally.
American Catholics will be asked to donate five million dollars in a special collection on Sunday March 4 to aid relief for war torn countries.
In Marysville the unlicensed WKRG station run by two high school boys and three young men operated at 150 watts on 650 kilocycles and aired local news through recordings. The FCC ordered it off air at 4 44 p.m. and warned of steep penalties, while noting no prosecution due to the youths’ ages.
Oklahoma officials probe one of the state’s ghastliest crimes as a bloodstained car is found near Tulsa. Carl Mosser 35 and his family were en route to Albuquerque to visit a twin brother. Investigators tie the case to a Texas robbery and an Illinois hitchhiker sighting.
Hong Kong dispatch cites an AP report claiming thousands executed in the past two months in Communist China and many more forced into reeducation camps. The camps are concentrated in South China amid guerrilla resistance and fears of broader purge motives. Also noted are 16 American missionaries arrested in Kwangsi province.
A fierce wind fed a massive early morning blaze in Evansville Indiana gutting eight downtown buildings. The fire destroyed Hoffmans department store and neighboring outlets while several other firms suffered smoke water and heat damage. Three firemen were lightly burned and investigators pursued the cause.
United Nations forces withdraw by sea from Inchon protecting this port west of Seoul as naval guns shell the Reds approach. demolition charges destroy rail yards and docks. refugees are evacuated while a UN fleet stands offshore for possible further actions.
Congress will be asked to extend from 21 to 27 months the term served by draftees. Vinson said the Defense Department will send a universal service measure to Congress soon, with hearings set to begin January 18. Details are not final but the plan is moving forward amid debate on draft age and eligibility.
AP dispatch reports a major French assault in north Indo China as ground forces move from coastal positions toward the mountains near the Chinese border. French artillery cruisers and air support back a push into foothills. Nationalist troops retreated ten days earlier from the Eight Fort fortress. no enemy contact eight hours after the launch.
Four prominent Americans Herbert Hoover John Foster Dulles Thomas Dewey and Joseph Kennedy addressed survival in war outlining aims and risks. They clashed over Western Europe Allies military aid and where to base defense with debates on UN forces, deterrence, and regional strategy.
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