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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1948
Page
1
Vatican broadcast Easter blessing by Pope Pius XII warns Italy and the world face a crucial choice in the communism contest. He did not name communism, but urged Christian conscience amid a massive Rome audience of about 400000, ahead of Italy’s April 18 election test.
At Lake Success AP reports Truman era tension as the United States and the Soviet Union prepare for a major showdown over Palestine policy. Gromyko signals possible Russian backing of partition while Washington pushes a special UN assembly plan.
Britain China Canada demand pause in Soviet atomic scheme while pledging no final break with Russia. Delegates say resolution not a formal end to control talks and ready to discuss new Soviet proposals yet avoid repeating ground. U S expected to back move as groundwork for UN debate in Paris this fall.
A coal tipple near Thealka in Paintsville, Kentucky, was wiped out by a fire. The Uppie of the Northeses Dock Company operates three miles east Thealka, a small mining community with about 100 families, and has no local fire department.
A federal grand jury in Cincinnati indicted a local man from Mid downtown identified as David of Middletown for alleged theft involving Middieross and Warsaw. The case marks the latest federal indictment announced today.
President announced Grigori M Pushkin, currently ambassador to Moscow, is appointed ambassador to Hungary. The move places Pushkin in a key diplomatic role amid ongoing East European relations.
In bloody Holy Week clashes across Palestine, about 100 people were killed and 200 wounded as Arab and Jewish forces fought. A Jewish convoy was ambushed near the Lebanese frontier with 42 Jews slain, while another convoy surrendered its arms to British escorts near Bethlehem. The unofficial death toll in the region rose to 2,193 since the UN partition vote.
The report of President Truman possibly visiting Turkey is denied as fantastic by Ross who says the idea of leaving the United States for such an inference is not entertained. A reporter mentioned Trepert out of Turkey, but the denial is emphatic and repeats the denial.
In Albany New York an AP dispatch reports that WWI Army K9 Corps veterans may be eligible for New York state veterans benefits totaling 400 million dollars despite a legal question. The note cites V. Lanning Gesster of the Genus Barees who filed an application Saturday for a claimant with overseas service of four years.
House to vote on a $6.205 billion foreign aid package with military and economic aid for Greece Turkey China and Western nations as supporters push Monday through Wednesday passage amid anticipated three to one margin. Engel argues rebuilding allied military and economic power is key to peace and defeating Russia with European support.
John L. Lewis refused to testify before President Truman’s board investigating the coal strike. He attacked the Taft Hartley law and claimed two board members were biased, naming Ethridge and Lipsey.
The Supreme Court opened hearings on a lower court ruling that struck down the Taft Hartley act ban on union political expenditures as unconstitutional. The case questions the legality of spending limits by labor unions in political activity.
Bernard Baruch testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee urging prompt enactment of universal military training and selective service. He warned that without mobilizing all resources for peace the US risks future war and called for an economic mobilization plan to balance growing commitments against resources.
Intelligence notes Soviet trench lines and foxhole emplacements along the 38th parallel in the Korean zone. Observers say the works resemble a WWI style defense system intended to bolster Russian positions with strongatic fortifications near key travel routes between the two Koreas.
New York unions strike at the Stock and Curb exchanges as trading continues under emergency measures. Financial Employes Union pickets. broker access allows quotations on the floor with government oversight. Wages ranged from 27 to 102 dollars weekly with cost of living considerations cited.
Reports say Taft and Dewey will work to avert a long deadlock at the GOP convention. Both camps acknowledge the risk of a stalemate and may consider a compromise, with leaders from Michigan and Massachusetts weighing options including General MacArthur if needed.
An old land mine exploded at Clark Field Manila killing the eight year old son of an airforce headquarters. Names of the victim were withheld. The buried fragmentation bomb had been overlooked by both Japanese and American squads.
An unknown assailant fired twice at American Consul John Bankhead near his Riverside Drive home in Windsor Ontario. Bankhead, in his car, dodged behind a tree as the shots struck the door. This marks a third attack in recent weeks tied to border tensions.
Philadelphia reports state that James T. Farrell’s 12 year old novel A World to Made is listed on a police blacklist. Assistant district attorney James W. Tracey Jr says the book is under review and there is discussion of prosecuting sellers.
In Bogota the Pan American Conference prepared to start with Secretary of State George C. Marshall due to arrive, as nations including Chile Paraguay and Cuba signaled interest while risks of dispute over anti- communist measures and disarmament loomed. tensions marked the opening events.
A negotiation snippet notes United States aims to press Latin American nations at Bogota about a proposed economic center. The fragment mentions addressing a spying or peaching attempt and suggests regional response includes pacifying measures and economic policy framing.
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