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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1951
Page
1
Congress members criticized the Administration's wage price policy while praising President Truman's call for a stiff tax boost. ARROWSMITH reports from Washington.
The Kefauver crime committee will hear about interstate ties of Ohio gambling houses in Lawrence and Erie Counties. Records allegedly link the Colony Club at Chesapeake with Huntington Athletic Club and Beverly Hills Country Club near Newport. The Terrace Club near Sandusky faces probe for Detroit-backed finances. Sheriffs from Lawrence and Trumbull counties provided tax records. officials note focus on officials’ wealth rather than gambling details.
Rome AP reports Roberto Rossellini defends The Miracle after Cardinal Spellman brands it vile. Rossellini argues his intent was misunderstood and appeals for paternal understanding amid Catholic calls for a US boycott.
Britain's Health Ministry reports 458 deaths in London and 125 in other English and Welsh towns over the past week, with northern England worst hit. The outbreak also affects Sweden, Lapland, Germany, Belgium and Greenland, mainly among the elderly.
Washington report says the Senate may receive a substitute for the Defense Department plan to lower the minimum draft age from 19 to 18. Majority Leader McFarland cites two possible compromises involving 18 year olds with training or 18 years six months eligibility.
Cardinal Marchetti Selvaggiani, 79, deacon of the Roman College of Cardinals, died in Vatican City after illness. A Rome native, he received the red hat in 1930 and held roles including vicar general of Rome and secretary of the Holy Office. His death raises cardinal vacancies to 19 and may prompt a consistory within two months.
Ed Van Dyne will be 107 Monday but celebrates two days early as Saturday is party night. He says it will give his guests all day Sunday to recuperate.
Washington AP reports rising calls in Congress to withdraw U S troops from Korea. Rep Sikes of Florida urged reinforcing MacArthur's divisions or pulling troops. Rep Cross Iowa urged evacuation of U N forces amid Chinese attack. North Dakota Senate backed a resolution 36 5 for withdrawal. Truman vows UN forces will not be withdrawn and MacArthur was told no reinforcements.
A dramatic five hour blaze at 320 North La Salle Street left four firemen dead and four injured as TV audiences across the nation watched live coverage. Fireboats pumped water and thousands gathered on bridges as embers spread toward the Merchandise Mart. Damages were estimated at 500000 with items including singing canaries and government radio tubes among the losses.
In Springville New York Griffith Institute and Central School are teaching their senior English classes how to interpret and fill out income tax forms as a vocational training exercise.
In Marion, 19 year old Melba Joan Gwinner died after slipping on a bathroom rug and crashing through a low window from a second floor apartment over a grocery. Coroner J G McNamara ruled the death accidental noting a broken neck and that her husband was in the living room when the accident occurred.
New York AP report says Elizabeth Bentley’s book project involves grand jury foreman Joan Brunini. Defense witnesses claim Brunini was promised compensation to aid the Bentley book. Bentley previously alleged moral support and editorial help from Brunini.
Allied forces on the central Korean front report a fierce clash with Chinese and Korean Communist units around Wonju and the Sobaek passes. The Second Division aided by French Dutch and Korean troops held a critical horseshoe line south of Wonju amid brutal cold as a major counter attack began.
A Manhattan corporation and 204 individuals were indicted on conspiracy to defraud the government of nearly 300000 under the GI Bill program. The case centers on Grow System Beauty School on 42nd Street and a related charge against Garford Laboratories Inc for illicit VA tuition and supplies funds.
In Columbus Ohio AP report, Edwin Hart 49 was beaten to death outside Newark a year ago. Clarence Dermer 21 and Albert Helfley 19 are in solitary since 6 a.m. January 18 per Common Pleas Judge Hobtsberry. Clarence's sister, Maxine Dermer Sullivan 23, is in Marysville Women’s Reformatory.
The United Nations prepares a take it or leave it peace bid to Communist China amid Russian delay talk. Non Communist UN delegations back the last ditch plan offering a conference on Far Eastern issues and Red China participation in the UN. Peiping has spurned previous peace efforts and is silent on the current proposal.
Procter and Gamble announces a two cent rise in Crisco wholesale price, marking the seventh increase since February 1950. The firm cites continued higher costs of vegetable oils used in Crisco production as the reason for the adjustment.
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