04 Mar 1954
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1954
Page
1
Washington AP reports the Eisenhower administration outlined a farm program to count current cotton wheat and corn surpluses in shaping future production controls. The spokesman testified before Congress today.
Washington reports show January sales, orders, and inventories slipping across manufacturing and consumer credit. The drop fuels talk of a recession risk while Republicans call it a normal readjustment. Data from Commerce and Federal Reserve detail declines in factory sales to 23.7 billion, reduced inventories, and lower new orders, with consumer credit down 771 million and installment debt down 363 million.
Four Puerto Ricans face indictments for assault with intent to kill and with a dangerous weapon after a pistol volley in the House chamber. Bail set at 100000 each for Lolita Lebron and three men, all alleged to have confessed except one. Rep. Alvin Bentley remains seriously injured but stable as prosecutors wrapped evidence in under two hours.
Columbus Ohio state welfare director paused an inquiry into the Girls Industrial School to guard against a riot reportedly brewing at the facility near Delaware. Psychiatrist Dr Robert E Weimer said an inmate disclosed plans to riot and seek protection by Mr Rhodes. State Auditor Rhodes urged a grand jury probe after a quick inspection found five girls aged 13 to 16 in solitary cells.
Senator Bricker of Ohio says intense lobbying by the White House and State Department led to a hairline defeat of a constitutional amendment on the treaty power last week in Atlanta.
Rp McCormack warns the Geneva conference with Red China could strain the Big Three. He also notes Dulles faced pressure to accept the meeting and will not face Democratic criticism for agreeing to it.
Adenauer plans to address the Bundesrat Foreign Affairs Committee to back amendments paving the way for West German rearmament. Paris had objected but U.S. and British officials dismiss fears of unlimited German rearmament rights as groundless.
The national GOP chairman asserts party unity as the Ways and Means Committee backs a Reed excise tax cut bill. The measure, to cut about a billion dollars in taxes on items from movies to cosmetics, faces Senate resistance over proposals to raise personal exemptions, potentially widening the deficit.
Northern Ohio endures another brutal winter blast with wind driven snow and freezing temps. Five more deaths in five days raise toll to 18, all Clevelanders. Roads hazardous, schools closed, and industry disrupted as 10 inches of snow on the ground and gusts reach 50 mph.
The House Labor Committee, split 14-13, pressed to curb NLRB powers by shifting unfair labor practice charges to federal courts. If revived, the Taft Hartley proposals would limit the board to worker eligibility and overseeing union elections, reducing its overall authority.
In Istanbul Turkish authorities detained the American freighter Volunteer State in port after a Turkish coastal vessel sank with four men lost. The vessel may have been involved in the incident near the Sea of Marmara where the 100-ton coaster Yayla went down after a collision. The Volunteer State, operated by States Marine Corp of Delaware, had just unloaded U S military aid at Defiance Bay on the Gulf of Izmit and was about to sail when police boarded with orders to hold for probe. A survivor from the Yayla was found after drifting 24 hours on wreckage by a U S destroyer F T Berry.
Ecuador charged that Peru closed a border section and moved troops to the frontier. A Foreign Ministry communique said protests were lodged with the Organization of American States and the Rio Protocol guarantors the United States Argentina Brazil and Chile. The long disputed line dates to colonial days and 1941 hostilities.
Senator Jenner calls Republican bid to tighten Senate investigation rules largely symbolic. Policy committee ordered a rules review seen as aimed at Senator McCarthy and Senator Langer over public accusations against Chief Justice Warren. Eisenhower urged proper vigilance and fairness.
In Chicago at Austin Westminster Presbyterian Church a transformed juke box began operation during Lenten services. Hidden in a basement corner, it offers 24 musical choices plus a meditative sermonette by Dr. Clarence E. Showalter. Parishioners may enter the chapel for prayer and devotional music, with a free dial selector.
The Weather Bureau predicts another four inches of snow for the Cleveland area this afternoon. Five inches have fallen since noon yesterday. Snow will taper to flurries tonight with clear skies expected tomorrow.
Columbus Ohio Dr John D Porterfield state health director announced Nelsonville as the site for a new 100 bed tuberculosis hospital costing 1 150 000 He said the advisory committee on tuberculosis care backed the Nelsonville site after meeting last week and its report was made public Monday The plan outlines a state hospital to treat TB patients with a total capacity of 100 beds and a price tag of 1 150 000 for construction and equipment
Washington AP reports the Senate begins debate on Hawaii statehood with Democrats considering tying Alaska statehood to the bill. Hawaii leaders lobby for a vote on Hawaii alone, while Alaska linkage risks clouding passage and invites partisan implications.
Washington AP Republican National Chairman Leonard Hall sought to quell family differences between Eisenhower and Sen. McCarthy while McCarthy said he has no fight with Eisenhower. Eisenhower warned against disregard of fair play as McCarthy defended his methods. Hall claimed party unity though public exchanges suggested division. A Senate committee neared no ethics code for hearings as McCarthy pressed his anti communist agenda. Secretary Wilson then told Senator Saltonstall of an urgent need in defense matters.
Northern Ohio endured another snow storm while the Miami Valley faced a bitter cold wave with flurries. Forecast calls for fair, cold tonight with a low of 10, then fair and warmer tomorrow reaching 33. Middletown saw 15, while Armco East Side Main Gate hit 46 yesterday. Snow and ice disrupted travel as highways closed in a triangular area Toledo Cleveland Marion. utility poles snapped on Route 2 east of Toledo. buses delayed. meetings and sports events canceled in Cleveland, Marion, and Columbus.
An Austrian-born sailor aboard the Trojan, 41 years in the United States, failed to gain permission to leave the ship for medical care. Charles Slanina, 6, is with him as he recounts decades of immigration missteps and shifting borders. Federal Judge W. Calvin Chestnut denied his request to disembark for treatment, capping a 30 year struggle since he left Austria in 1922.
Washington The White House said President Eisenhower has received hundreds of telegrams praising his call for fair play in congressional investigations. James C. Hagerty noted there was no exact count, but the messages ran about nine to one in favor of the President.
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