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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1950
Page
7
A garbled OCR fragment presents a mix of unrelated terms and numbers including references to Asiatic animal, a forest, white poplar, self esteem, former Russian rulers, celestial, and a-dollar values, with little coherent narrative or clear entities to identify a newsitem.
The article reports that the U S Army is smaller than in 1941 but better equipped, with about 593 000 active Army personnel and 350 000 in the Air Force, plus 74 000 Marines. It notes integrated forces, new weapons, and ongoing research to sustain leadership in atomic and other advanced weapons, while acknowledging limits on large-scale overseas mobilization. It cites vast veteran numbers and the challenge of reinforcing Korea-Japan areas.
A crime expert told senators Frank Costello of New York is the top underworld leader in the United States and Florida remains a playground for hoodlums. Virgil Peterson of the Chicago Crime Commission testified that Costello continues to associate with and entertain major racketeers and swindlers while Miami and Miami Beach are centers for racketeering activity. Costello denied big time gambling ties before a Senate subcommittee two months earlier, saying he quit the racket years ago and is now strictly legitimate.
State Department officials said the United States seeks private and foreign cooperation to tighten the embargo on oil shipments to Red China to cut off petroleum supplies fueling the Communist push into Korea. Britain declined to join. The Netherlands is next sought as a partner. OIL CITY PA sale of Cities Service oil properties includes Monroe County Ohio wells and pipelines sold to Quaker State. Public hearing notice lists budget hearing for Sacheon Township crediting the Butler County Ohio township clerk.
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