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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1951
Page
1
The Navy reports an underwater explosion damaged destroyer Walke off Korea s east coast. Twenty six sailors were killed and seven injured in the incident on Tuesday.
The House Ways and Means Committee finished work on a bill to raise taxes by about 7.23 billion dollars annually. It would boost individual income taxes 12 1/2 percent, raise corporate taxes, and add several excise levies. A withholding tax at the source was dropped for bank and savings bond interest, but applies to corporate bonds and some other interest. The bill is expected to be introduced in the House tomorrow, with passage possible in the fall pending Senate action. The Navy reported a blast in Korean waters likely from a floating mine, damaging the destroyer Walke but allowing it to reach a Japanese port. Casualties include John Robert Ward and Ralph Lyman Ward, both from Columbus, Ohio. Overall losses on ships in action total 40 dead, 115 wounded, and 36 missing, with several vessels damaged or sunk. The Walke, a 2,200-ton destroyer built in Bath, Maine and commissioned in 1944, is under Commander Marshall F. Thompson.
Allied tank columns roamed the Reds crushed iron triangle in Korea on Thursday while small Chinese groups resisted mop up efforts. UN patrols probed eastern front outposts north of Yanggu and Inje as North Korean counterattacks loomed. officials said Reds still close in, with plenty of manpower but not enough for a sustained offensive.
Warren Ohio AP deputies hunted a 24 year old man after he rammed his mother’s kitchen with his car and then pursued his family with a rifle in a berserk spree. No injuries were reported.
Senate investigators released testimony from Jessups Maryland inmates alleging easy access to dope in Washington and Baltimore. Witnesses describe heroin parties with 30 to 40 attendees and addicts starting at age 13, plus frequent cross city drug purchases and prostitution to support habits.
General Douglas MacArthur denounces appeasement in Korea and U S moral weakness in policy makers as he speaks to a large Houston crowd and prepares for a 9 p m PST address. He warns Soviet aggression follows Western weakness and urges full support for Korean objectives.
Work stoppages halted production across auto, aircraft, rubber and bakery sectors. One plant with government contracts faced walkouts over alleged weather layoffs and contractor status. About 11,000 auto workers in Detroit and 10,000 at the Hudson plant were also sent home.
More than 65,000 workers in New York's women and children's garment industry returned to jobs after a 25 year first stoppage. A settlement announced late yesterday included contract provisions by employer associations aimed at greater industrial stability, said Israel Feinberg of the Union Joint Board.
Rep Edward Breen of Ohio's Third District is seriously ill with a blood ailment and may have to take a leave of absence or retire. Albert Horstman Montgomery County Democratic chairman says Breen is confined to his Washington home and family hopes for hospitalization in Dayton.
London AP report says Mrs Donald MacLean Chicago born wife of a missing British diplomat delivered an eight pound daughter at London Hospital. Both mother and child are reported well. The father vanished three weeks ago with diplomat Guy Burgess as police conduct a wide European manhunt with no trace found.
The Joe Louis versus Lee Savold 15 round bout is postponed 24 hours and moved to Madison Square Garden tomorrow night per the International Boxing Club.
A patrol leader on a reconnaissance mission joked about telling North Koreans from South Koreans. Pfc. Donald C. Fairchild of Allentown, Pennsylvania, stood up and fired, explaining that “that’s how to tell them apart” by sticking one’s neck out.
Louis Johnson testified in the MacArthur dismissal hearings that Secretary Acheson moved at a June 26 1950 White House meeting to send sea and air forces to aid South Korea. He described tense Formosa debates and the decision to protect the island, noting no prior intelligence warned of Korea invasion. Johnson recalled the Seventh Fleet action and MacArthur's influential memo while detailing policy clashes between State and Defense.
A news conference by civilian and military scientists said U S atomic weapons development is accelerating with more field tests likely at Eniwetok. Dr Alvin Graves cited new information on thermonuclear reactions while former AEC chairman Lilienthal called disclosures to Russians alarming. Lt Gen Elwood Quesada called the tests successful in every respect.
Evangeline Lorimer, 21, a Cincinnati nurse student, vanished during a Smoky Mountains hiking trip with her father W. M. Lorimer. Bloodhounds tracked to Highway 129 and prints of a woman's shoe suggested a ride. Authorities explore many possible leads as the father joins the search despite past hospital history of Lorimer.
Governor Frank Lausche will fly to Washington tonight for Friday and Saturday meetings. He plans to brief the President's advisory board on civil defense and then join the National Governors Conference executive committee for discussions on Saturday.
A Greyhound bus with 12 Chicago to South Bend travelers arrived two hours late as the driver, lacking a map, wandered through northern Indiana and Michigan. He sought directions at a roadhouse and a filling station, then from a truck driver before reaching South Bend. Passengers blame a misstep near Michigan City.
London report states Truman administration and British leaders reached full agreement on a Japanese peace treaty draft. A communique by John Foster Dulles and Herbert Morrison said the accord awaits both governments' approval. The issue of Chinese participation and Formosa status remains unresolved.
President Truman plans a White House address at 9 30 pm to defend stronger inflation curbs as business leaders urge scrapping or loosening limits. The Defense Production Act powers expire June 30 with a two year extension sought, while manufacturers and the Chamber call for repeal of price wage restraints. Ford proposes partial extensions and higher ceilings, defense stabilizer Eric Johnston counters. Senate Banking Committee votes on a one year extension without broader powers.
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