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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1952
Page
1
Communist negotiators signaled a major shift by agreeing to rotate 25,000 Allied troops a month during an armistice while pledging China would aid in demilitarized zone administration. They oppose safeguards on secret troop concentrations and weekly unit reporting.
In London Labor MPs demand a no confidence vote over proposed cuts to social services as part of Chancellor Butler’s austerity plan. The motion could force Churchill to resign if carried, but Conservatives expect victory as debates open. Bevan leads opposition to Butler’s medical charge measures.
The House Ways and Means Committee voted to ask the House to cite Henry W Grunewald for contempt of Congress in a tax scandal probe. The panel also considered citing Grunewald's attorney William Power Maloney, who was ejected from the room.
State Department official John Carter Vincent testified he is not a Communist and remains committed to democracy and free enterprise. The Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, led by Louis Budenz, continues its inquiry into Communist influence on U S Far East policy.
Concord bulletin reports President Truman's name entered in the New Hampshire presidential preference primary.
House Judiciary Committee launches an investigation into Attorney General McGrath covering his race track ties and past trusteeship with a Rhode Island Textron-linked trust. Probes may extend to alleged unwarranted interference with federal grand juries and DOJ prosecution delays.
Secretary of State Acheson said the United States has made tremendous progress in strengthening Western Europe and urged continued steady effort. He avoided direct comment on former President Hoover’s call to limit ground troops, focusing instead on overall political military and economic gains.
In Cairo Illinois a Negro doctor's home was bombed Tuesday night as white school integration moves begin. Dr A F Bass his wife and four children escaped injury an empty rear bedroom was demolished Federal agents and Illinois State Police joined local investigators.
New York AP. State Supreme Court Justice McNally awards showgirl Rosemary Williamson 2500 dollars for stolen fur coat and diamond ring as part of a claim against textile salesman Sidney Levy. He criticizes Williamson for knowing funds were not honestly obtained and urges return of the items. Levy swindled money through a fake business deal and was not present in court. Williamson defends herself amid the judge's moral rebuke.
A blast on an oil barge at Cities Service docks near Lake Charles Louisiana caused a large fire and property damage estimated at more than a quarter of a million dollars. One man was killed and another missing, with Cities Service spokesman George Keller denying any company fatalities.
A wildcat strike by Central Greyhound Bus Lines drivers in Cleveland left about 10,000 commuters without rides to work. A spokesman said 352 drivers walked off and 137 buses were idle.
The West End blaze at the Cincinnati Sash and Door Co. left three brick structures in smoking ruins and caused about one million dollars in damage. Fire officials reported 25 minor injuries including Fire Chief Barney Houston, frostbite and wall collapse amid 17 degree temperatures.
The State Department notes reports that Red China and Soviet Russia drift apart in 1951. A global survey cites growing dissatisfaction, new purges, mass deportations, and Soviet oppression equal to Hitler’s in slave labor camps. 15 to 25 million people are said to be Soviet forced laborers.
A Brooklyn bank teller, Martin G. Olsen, 34, failed to return from lunch and $38,224 in cash disappeared from his cage while $23,798 was left. Police issued a 13 state alarm for Olsen on embezzlement and larceny charges. He had worked at the Chemical Bank and Trust Co downtown branch about a year.
U S Admiral Lynde D McCormick is named Supreme Commander of Western naval forces in the North Atlantic by NATO. He currently heads the U S Atlantic fleet and will lead a sea going force under a Truman Churchill accord during Churchill's U S visit.
Cairo reports Aly Maher Pasha, new premier, met with the US and French envoys then scheduled talks with British and Turkish ambassadors about joining a Western proposed Middle East defense command for Suez security. Britain signals possible concessions if Cairo cooperates.
Senator Robert A. Taft announced he will challenge Gen Dwight D Eisenhower for the Republican nomination in the New Hampshire preferential primary on March 11. He said supporters had entered the race without his request and he would not withdraw despite unfavorable factors. Taft will seek pledged delegates and participate on the ballot with his name. Southern Democrats pressurize Senator Richard Russell of Georgia to consider a race.
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled the Liquor Control Board may process applications for beer and wine permits and affirmed that quotas set as of April 11 1949 remain valid. The court also held the department controls permit transfers and can deny transfers based on policy not just holder desire.
The Atomic Energy Commission notes radioactive strontium from fission byproducts as a potentially hazardous element in radiological warfare. It warns strontium could be absorbed by plants, pass to animals, and reach humans via milk and vegetables, with a 25 year half life.
The Ohio River flood crest near Gallipolis eased as bitter cold slowed rises. At 7 am the river stood 54.9 feet, up 5.7 feet since Tuesday, with 58 feet expected at Portsmouth and 59 at Cincinnati. 250 rural families, plus a few warehouses, faced relocation while ice hindered cleanup and travel.
A mid winter cold front grips the eastern U S with sub zero temperatures in northern New England and single digits in many areas. New York City records seven degrees above zero while Maine and Minnesota show extremely low readings. Cold lingers into night with light snow in the Great Lakes region and rain along the Pacific Northwest.
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