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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1951
Page
1
Economic Stabilization Administrator Alan Valentine outlined a big push to curb rising meat prices with possible rationing and subsidies. He warned the effort would require a larger ESA staff as he framed food costs as a major obstacle to wage controls.
The cold spell across the nation showed signs of easing in the northern Midwest with temperatures expected to rise in the Great Plains. Sub-zero readings persisted in the Dakotas and Minnesota while Evansville and much of Pennsylvania faced heavy snow. Pittsburgh suspended air travel and bus service slowed as roads stayed snowbound.
Britain asks the UN to renew effort for a Korean cease fire and cautions Communist China that it could break with the free world if it insists on its own terms. John A. McCone, undersecretary of the Air Force, said warplane output is planned for a force larger than the current 84 groups, but he did not specify the proposed number.
A 2 billion dollar Navy ship building program was outlined in a bill introduced in the House by Representative Vinson of Georgia. The plan includes a so called super aircraft carrier and aims to expand U S naval capacity.
About 4,500 production workers struck Fairchild Aviation Division at Plant No 2 near Hagerstown Maryland. Pickets swarmed a car and threatened occupants in a tense moment, but police reported order. Unresolved contract talks ended with a 12 cent hourly wage offer.
In Paris Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower accepts the first European units to serve under his Atlantic command. He urges vigilance against aggression as he forms SHAPE in Europe and plans to meet top French military leaders including Jules Moch.
The United Nations officially relocates to its $65 million Manhattan headquarters while key councils and committees continue operating in Lake Success. Most staff have moved to half-furnished offices in the 39-story building, though many areas remain unfinished.
Britain and France published joint refusals to the Soviet protest against rearming West Germany. Both nations argued Moscow’s saber rattling made a German army necessary for Western security.
FBI and Baja California police pursue Bill Cook, a 24 year old suspect linked to nine killings. A blue Buick linked to a victim was found with bloodstains near Mexicali. Dewey's body found, and Cook allegedly abducted and killed Blythe resident Homer Waldrip. Earlier, Cook was sought across Arkansas Texas and Oklahoma for the Mosser family disappearance.
New York AP report says Francis Cardinal Spellman urged all 26 000 000 Catholics to boycott The Miracle by Roberto Rossellini. He called the film a mockery of faith and urged decency to refrain from supporting the picture despite state approval and city ban.
A wind driven blaze in Martinsville Virginia tore through a large tobacco warehouse and sprawling furniture district, causing about a million dollars in damage. Firefighters battled for four hours, bringing flames under control around 2 a.m. as the whale business area faced three hours of threat north of the North Carolina line.
Samuel D. Riddle, veteran horseman and owner of the famed thoroughbred Man O'War, died at his Media home after a period of ill health. He was 88, having suffered a heart attack two weeks earlier.
Paris dispatch notes the Communist paper L Humanite praising Taft’s stance against Truman’s foreign policy as comforting to those who seek peace. It defects Taft as a war monger yet acknowledges his influence amid Western opinion turning against war. The piece links Hoover and Taft to a growing critical current in Europe about U S war aims.
Allied rear guards yielded Wonju to Chinese and North Korean forces after a bitter holding action to buy time for a larger UN withdrawal southwest of Seoul. MacArthur reported heavy Red casualties as defenders fought off an east side assault and two-mile postures near Wonju.
Senator Edwin C. Johnson reviews a Defense Department request for authority to halt radio and television broadcasts if an enemy attack is imminent. The measure is seen as drastic by the Senate Commerce Committee chair and would expand presidential powers used in past wars and during a national emergency.
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