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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1951
Page
1
Australian officials warn weekend explosions at New Guinea mountain Mt Lamington may be the century's worst disaster in the region. Thousands feared killed as eruptions disrupt nearby areas and authorities race to assess impact.
Richard Reynolds Jr of Reynolds Metals told the House Monopoly Committee that Canada ships aluminum almost continuously to Red China Poland and Czechoslovakia. He cited figures from Canadian sources showing multi‑million pound exports during 1950 to these countries as U S plans to back a new aluminum plant. The testimony accompanied other notices from Port Moresby about volcanic eruptions and casualties in New Guinea with rescue challenges and ongoing assessments of the lava blast effects.
Governor Frank Lausche will fly to Chicago by commercial plane Thursday for a meeting the next day of the executive committee of the National Governors Conference. The committee will consider Civil Defense and other issues facing states.
London papers report Britain is now making plutonium on a large scale for atomic program. The Ministry of Supply refused to comment, stating no statement could be given.
Newsday reporters claimed three staffers carried a trunk resembling an atom bomb from Amagansett to Manhattan, storing it in a Times Square locker under the Times Building. The stunt echoed 1942 Nazi saboteur landings and highlighted the lack of police or Civil Defense interference.
The Senate unanimously sent a troops to Europe resolution to Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees to seek rapid committee action by February 2. Senator Wherry urged restriction on Truman troop commitments until Congress acts, while Senator Connally warned the measure could be altered and not guaranteed a Senate return date.
Prime Minister Attlee told the House of Commons the United Nations should not take new Korea measures at this stage. Churchill warned against divisions with the United States over UN policy as London echoed with calls for unity and preserved hope for a peaceful settlement.
The United Nations sidestepped U S charges of Communist Chinese aggression to study Peiping’s statement that a Korean cease-fire could be arranged at the first meeting of a seven nation conference. India’s Rau read the plan listing withdrawal of foreign troops and the Seventh Fleet from Formosa. Austin called it a delay tactic while Britain urged close consideration.
In Central Falls Rhode Island seven newborn infants were among 24 patients evacuated from Notre Dame Hospital as fire swept the building early today. Fire started in the basement laundry chute sending smoke to upper floors. Doctors estimated damage in the thousands.
Ohio sold more liquor in 1950 than in any 12 month period since the state took over the monopoly. Total sales reached 156,441,482 dollars, topping 1948 and 1949 figures and rising 11.45 percent from the prior year. Officials cited no estimate for panic buying amid war threats.
Mrs Mary Wigglesworth mother of Congressman Richard Wigglesworth and sister-in-law of the late Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes dies at her Milton home aged 95. She passed away yesterday surrounded by family.
Secretary of Defense Marshall told the House Armed Services committee that 15,000 replacements a month are needed for General MacArthur and that the force will not reach normal strength until April. He urged extending the draft to 18 year olds and lengthening service to 27 months, citing Korea and manpower gaps.
The cold air mass from Canada pushes southward, affecting the northern Plains and New England. Sub-zero readings appeared in parts of Maine with Caribou at -16 and Old Town at -4 while Fort Yukon Alaska reported 64 below zero. Winds were strong with light snow in parts of the Dakotas.
Manhattan District Attorney Frank Hogan announces the arrest of a dozen men described as major dope distributors in transactions running into millions of dollars. Two are top level distributors and the rest upper-bracket dealers. The crackdown followed 10 months of joint work by Hogan’s office the FBI and New York police with forty agents involved.
Avalanches in Austria and nearby Alpine regions have killed 234 people as isolated villages faced new peril today. Rescue workers battled dangerous weather while authorities reassessed the casualties across distant towns and mountains.
The Protestant Association demanded a full-scale Kenton County grand jury investigation of gambling activities. Newport police shifts rotated to detectives, uniformed ranks restored for two plainclothes officers, and officials considered Kefauver Committee reopenings. Missing witnesses sought with help from the State Department as regional gambling concerns expand.
In federal court Fred N. Howser former California Attorney General lost a 350000 libel suit against columnist Drew Pearson. A unanimous jury found Pearson proved a radio report that Howser accepted a 1200 bribe in 1946 while LA County district attorney and candidate for state attorney general. The broadcast aired September 12, 1948 on 34 California stations and nine other western states. Howser’s attorney Roger Robb signaled plans to appeal.
Two separate railroad accidents disrupted service near Cuyahoga Falls. A Pennsylvania Railroad freight car derailed at 2 a.m. scattering 500 feet of track and rerouting traffic onto Baltimore and Ohio lines. At 6:30 a.m. Melvin Campbell of Cuyahoga Falls was struck by a slow freight train on B and O tracks.
Theresa Weingartner 68 sues Hazel M. McMonagle and daughter Sally 10 in Cleveland claiming a February 15 fall on a stairway caused a broken hip and ended her babysitting work. She seeks 100000 in damages, alleging Sally turned off a hall light before the fall.
American Thunderjets shot down four MiG-15s in a major air battle over northwest Korea. U S Fifth Air Force reported all Allied planes returned safely. Ground action near Wonju included recapture of the road hub and hill positions with heavy artillery support.
The World War II carrier Independence will be sunk by an explosion at sea likely early to mid February. Navy officials say the 10,000-ton ship, stripped of usable parts after Bikini tests, will serve as a radiolaciate lab no longer of value and will be sunk with nonatomic devices aboard on a remote ocean area west of San Francisco.
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