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Middletown Journal

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Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1949

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Pensions Big Question for Steel Parley

Pittsburgh AP report outlines a clash in contract talks between U S Steel and the CIO United Steelworkers over pension demands. USW insists pensions fall under wage and insurance reopeners, while US Steel says contracts fix terms through 1950. Other mills Bethlehem Wheeling Crucible also report pension talks under way with mixed positions.

Pittsburgh U. S. Steel Corporation USW John A. Stephens U. S. Steel Murray ED P Dent U. S New York Bethlehem Steel Company Wheeling Steel Corporation Wheeling W. Va Crucible Steel Company Crucible Wisconsin New Jersey Seward French, Jr

Springfield Man Sues Over Losses At Yorkshire Club

Covington Kentucky Anthony Bitzos of Springfield filed a federal suit seeking 12024 dollars for gambling losses at the Yorkshire Club in Newport during 1945 and 1946.

Covington, Ky Anthony Bitzos Springfield Yorkshire Club Newport

Ministers Plan Final German Talks Sunday

In La Grange Texas AP reports a Fay ette County jury ruled slayer Dr Lloyd I Ross insane, triggering an insanity verdict and blocking the death penalty for the 1947 ambush slayings of Mrs Gertrude York and others. Ross faces related charges in the York family deaths while witnesses testified permanent insanity. Separately Paris AP notes Big Four foreign ministers extended talks over Austrian independence and a German trade pact, aiming for agreement but facing east west splits and the Berlin rail strike.

LA Grange Tex Lloyd I. Ross Fayette County J. R. Fuchs Ross Gertrude York San Antonio Deltroy Carroll County Ohio York Paris Berlin New York

Kentucky VFW to Name Officers at State Meeting

In Middlesboro Kentucky the Veterans of Foreign Wars plans officer elections at the state convention after a schedule change. State Commander Thomas A. Dugan of Morehead urged backing a Kentucky veterans bonus for both world wars.

Middlesboro Veterans of Foreign Wars Thomas A. Dugan Morehead Kentucky

Babich Testimony Smear and Refutation In Murder Trial

Milwaukee youth Milton Babich 19 angrily snapped at District Attorney William J Mc Cauley as cross examination began in his first degree murder trial He is charged with killing Patricia Birmingham 16 last February 10 weeks before eloping to Michigan with her sister Kathleen 18 Pat’s body was found in the Milwaukee River March 20 Babich clashed over sexual history and pistol experience as the hearing opened The trial centers on the slaying and Babich’s weapons possession claim along with prior police involvement.

Milwaukee Milton Babich Atty William J. McCauley Patricia Birmingham Michigan Pat Kathleen McCauley Milton Babich Kay

Soldier’s drowning at Fort Dix in accidental death

Pvt. Albert Tibbs, 24, of Cleveland, with the 15th Engineers, 9th Division, drowned yesterday in a water-filled gravel pit at Fort Dix New Jersey while swimming. Coroner Benjamin Houseworth ruled the death accidental.

Fort DIX N. J Albert Tibbs Cleveland Benjamin Houseworth Tibbs 15Th Engineers

UC offers Sanskrit at Cincinnati Summer School

Cincinnati AP UC announces its Summer School now offers Sanskrit courses. Dr. Spencer Shank, dean, says UC is among five U S universities teaching Sanskrit to deepen understanding of Indian civilization.

Cincinnati Spencer Shank University of Cincinnati U. C India Shank

Jet crashes near Sidney. pilot unhurt after bailout

An F-80 jet fighter piloted by Thompson bailed out near Sidney, sustaining slight injuries. The aircraft, flying from Wright-Patterson AFB to Selfridge Field at about 400 mph and 25 000 to 31 000 feet, crashed on a farm near Fort Loramie. A disc burned out, prompting the emergency exit.

Sidney Here State Highway Patrol Wright-Patterson Air Base Selfridge Field Mich Fort Loramie Thompson

Judge says flirting is not crime in sidewalk case

Tampa judge dismisses two men charged with molesting an 18 year old theater cashier after she said they followed her late at night. He ruled that men may try to get acquainted with a pretty girl and had no intent to harm her.

Tampa R. J. Potter

Coplon Denies Espionage Ties In Court Testimony

Judith Coplon testifies she never harmed the United States and remains not guilty of espionage charges. She describes a romance with Valentine Gubitchev, noting a chance meeting at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and that she had six meetings with him before FBI surveillance began. The defense lawyer questions dates and places as the trial proceeds.

Karl R. Bauman Washington Judith Coplon Justice Department United States Archibald Palmer Barnard College Palmer Europe FBI Valentine A. Gubitchev Valentine A. Gubitchev, 32, An Engineer. Miss Coplon and Gubitchev New York Gubitchev Museum of Modern Art

Youth Denies He Helped Kill Church Worker

ATHENS Ohio AP A teenage murder defendant testifying said he was taunted by two companions when he objected to burglarizing the home of Eleanor Gifford in Athens. He claimed the burglary led to the church field worker's death, naming Grover E Rawlins and others as involved and stating he and another hid as a hammer blows were struck.

Grover E. Rawlins New Straitsville Eleanor Gifford Athens Rawlins Harry Dodds, Jr Jimmy Stewart Episcopal Church Stewart Columbus Dodds Miss Gifford Carbondale T. Vincent Martin Dodds-Stewart

Bank Robbers Face Charges Filed By FBI

WOOSTER Ohio AP two men James Perry 55 and Paul Boyes 17 both of Rittman were named in FBI warrants for a 2731 dollar robbery at the North Fairfield bank last Monday. Warrants followed questioning of a Rittman woman and her son with $640 seized at the home.

Drowning murder inquiry in Mahoning and atomic security row

A Mahoning County prosecutor opened an inquiry into the death of 24 year old farmer's wife found in a Beloit watering trough with autopsy notes of a scalp puncture and bruises, while the Atomic Energy Commission sought FBI review of a Nation's Business article on atomic security amid allegations of mismanagement and missing Uranium 235 from Argonne National Laboratory.

Youngstown, D Mahoning County Williams A. Ambrose Ernest Sturgis Columbiana County Albert Feller Ambrose Beloit Salem Hospital Albert Sturgis Atomic Energy Commission FBI Commission David E. Lilienthal Hickenlooper Iowa Lilienthal Huie

Woman Found Dead in Hotel in Upper Sandusky

Mrs Betty Diamond 34 of Flint Michigan was found dead in a Havlin hotel room Ohio with two bullet wounds near her heart. Coroner Hathaway ruled suicide saying she had been dead about 18 hours. James Truesdell owner found the body after breaking down the door. A note cited despondency over a life failure.

Upper Sandusky Betty Diamond Flint Mich B. H. Hathaway James Truesdell Havlin

Father's Day lead feature and Canasta series begin

Sunday's Journal carries the lead feature on Father’s Day highlighting a columnist’s view of fatherhood. A six part Canasta explanation starts Sunday. Harry Walburg, 86, celebrates 39 years of uninterrupted work in Middletown. Ned Moran’s life trapping snakes is profiled. Somerville mayor showcases small town leadership in Nearby Communities.

Harry Walburg Middletown Ned Moran Somerville

Perjury case against Alger Hiss denied by judge

Federal Judge Samuel H. Kaufman denied a defense motion to dismiss the perjury charges against Alger Hiss. The ruling follows testimony about errors in the chambers' committee stenotype notes and a surprise witness in the prosecution case. The judge said arguments would proceed on the dismissal motion as part of the ongoing proceedings in New York courts.

NEW York Alger Hiss Samuel H. Kaufman Samuel H. Kaufeman Stryker Hiss Kaufman

Hiss perjury trial stalls as witness vindicates Chambers

In New York the government rests its case against Alger Hiss after stenographer Benjamin Firsheim testifies he misheard Chambers testimony. The day also covers Senate debate on how to handle health safety strikes with choices between injunctions or seizure, pitting Taft and Douglas proposals amid labor and national emergency themes.

Washington Senate Taft Ohio Douglas D-Ii Aiken Lukas Illinois Truman National Labor Relations Board

Girl Dies After Farm Fall Injury

Springfield Ohio report says nine year old Sus an Irene Kelly died after cutting an artery in her left hip during a fall while playing at her farm home. Coroner Austin Richards stated she bled to death before hospital arrival.

Springfield Susan Irene Kelly Here Austin Richards

Obituary: Dr James Twinen Dies in Beaver Falls

Beaver Falls Pennsylvania reports the death of Dr James Twinen former superintendent of schools at Gibsonburg Ohio a native of Antioch Ohio and Geneva College education professor and director of extension summer school divisions Also previously an instructor at Muskingum College New Concord Ohio

Beaver Falls James €. Twinen Gibsonburg Sandusky County Antioch Monroe County Geneva College Muskingum College New Concord

Waitkus To Play Ball Again But Not This Season

Chicago AP report on Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Eddie Waitkus, shot by Ruth Steinhagen. doctors say it remains uncertain if he will return this season, though the 28-year-old star may resume playing baseball later. Steinhagen, 19, held on assault with intent to murder charges, is being examined for potential schizophrenia as her case proceeds.

Chicago Eddie Waitkus Philadelphia Phillies L. L. Braun Chicago Cubs Waitkus Phillies Ruth Steinhagen Edgewater Beach Cook County Matthew PD. Hartigan William H. Haines Criminal Court Behavior Clinic Miss Steinhagen Dr. Haines

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