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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1948
Page
20
Local Eagles lodge officials meet at 8 p m with a representative group to discuss plans for observing the Golden Anniversary of the Fraternal Order of Eagles.
Howard Johnson secretary announces eight spring conventions nationwide with Middletown chosen for a two day anniversary celebration on February 7 and 8. Eagles Lodge officials plan a city wide committee and tonight’s conference will name special committees and launch plans bringing several hundred guests.
In Rio de Janeiro police clashed with Communist workers as they printed an edition covering Congress stripping the Brazilian Communist party of all elective posts. Four Communists were wounded after police used tear gas and machine guns to break into the printing plant. The plant had been used by Tribuna Popular, suspended for anti government attacks during the bill’s passage.
The article describes Secretary Marshall presenting a four year multi billion dollar European recovery program. He argues aid must be adequate prompt and effectively applied with initial 6.8 billion for 15 months and total costs possibly 15.1 to 17.8 billion. He warns against piecemeal funding and stresses the program as an investment in peace to stave off Soviet and Communist sabotage and Western civilization’s collapse. The piece closes noting Pakistan’s two Moslem segments lie at opposite corners of India.
The Swedish cancer specialist Dr Elis Berven arrived in Moscow this week after summons from four Russian doctors to consult on a patient. No confirmation of his activities came from the Moscow bureau of the Associated Press. Other reports claimed Stalin was walking with crutches or paralyzed, but officials dismissed these as slander or fabrication.
Summary of a political snapshot: social security expansion likely but limited. wage hike from 40 to about 60 cents favored as compromise. Civil rights bills anti-lynching and anti-poll tax move forward, health insurance doubtful. Housing programs may be ignored while Alaska and Hawaii statehood plans face Republican resistance. TVA expansion unlikely, long term agriculture probable, refugee admissions likely, trade act extension likely, federal aid for education unlikely.
The article notes Brooks of Illinois seeking relief due to business pressure. It details Edwin W Pauley, an assistant to the secretary of war, and four relatives on a crop futures list, all long in corn. It also cites wartime rail passenger miles peaking in 1944 at 95,549,090,472 after earlier lows.
Senators and representatives react to President Truman's proposed program with mixed praise and criticism. Jenner and Ball seize on left wing labels while Kilgore and others defend liberal aims. Halleck and Reece accuse Truman of appeasing Henry Wallace, framing the debate as partisan power plays.
QUICK VICTORY former State Chairman Ed D Schorr and National Committeewoman Katharine Kennedy Brown lead a list of notable Ohio officials and veterans chosen as alternate delegates-at-large by the party committee. The slate includes State Senator Kyle F Brooks Albertus Conn Miss Jane E Hunter Henry L Thompson Milo J Warner Walter E Sallare Miles E Evans Lamar Jackson and Ralph Shellhouse among others.
Unclear stock quotation notes from Greene and Brock appear garbled with missing data and illegible figures. No readable prices or securities can be identified.
AP dispatch from Cincinnati reports cattle and hog trades with early bids weaker across classes while slaughter cattle stay active and cows post gains. Hogs show steady to higher quotes with top around 28.25, lambs quoted to 26.00, veal prices near 32.00, and overall receipts light amid a breakfast club note and a historical aside on democracy.
Advertisers urged to report misleading ads as Journal aims to uphold truth. Cash rates apply only when ads run within days after last insertion. Rates: 2c per line, contract rates on request. Ads ordered for eight days and stopped early are charged only for days published. Transient copy accepted up to 5 PM Saturdays.
A collection of death notices and funeral arrangements appears, naming ages and residences, with service times and locations. Entries include LODGE No 8 member Emma, Zuilla Blanche Garitson, Shoup, Martha LaVina, Jennie Stroup, and others, along with funeral directors McCoy-Leffler and Wilson, and local churches and cemeteries.
New York AP reports buyers nibbling at chosen shares while market breadth stays weak and leaders largely ignored. Trading begins fairly active then slows, with fractional gains common. Early movers include Lukens Steel Bethlehem Steel Goodyear I H International Harvester Schenley ITT Kennecott American Can Union Carbide Santa Fe Pennsylvania Railroad Great Northern Chesapeake and Ohio Texas Company Eastern Air Lines 20th Century Fox. Lagging at times are U S Steel Chrysler Packard Motors Douglas Aircraft Consolidated Edison North American Anaconda J C Penney Illinois Central.
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