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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1950
Page
1
House Considers Military Draft and Foreign Aid Bills
The House plans a busy week with bills to extend the draft, speed Navy anti submarine warfare, continue the Marshall Plan, and fund military public works. A $625 million deficiency bill, Michigan election contest, and other measures may be tackled. a recess is possible to let the Senate catch up on major bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Navy
Michigan
Senate
Europe
South Korea
Armed Services Committee
Defense Department
United States
Congressional
Wherry
R-Neb
District of Columbia
Hill
D-Ala
McCarthy
Wisconsin
State Department
Senate Foreign Relations
Army
St. Louis
House Armed Services
Taft backs remaining Truman reorganization plans
Senator Taft of Ohio said he will oppose efforts to discard more of President Truman's government reorganization plans. As head of the Senate Republican Policy Committee he helped defeat one plan and is expected to sway Republican votes in the upcoming tests on 21 pending measures. The moves aim to veto or approve various reorganizations across several federal agencies with deadlines looming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taft
Ohio
Ruman
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Senate
Edwin Co. Johnson
Dcole
Federal, Trade Commission
Democratic
Lucas
Illinois
Congress
House
Herbert Hoover
Umpire Fatally Fights Fan at Bradley Baseball Game
James L Roundtree, 24, drew a pistol after a disputed umpire call at a Bradley Kirksey game. Umpire James McGowan, 58, shot Roundtree dead as the weapon misfired. Sheriff J C White notes an inquest will be held tomorrow. McGowan is held without charge.
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McGown
Former Ohio Governor Harry L. Davis Dies
Former Ohio governor Harry L. Davis, who led Ohio from 1921 to 1923 and served four terms as Cleveland mayor, died at 72 after collapsing at home in Shaker Heights. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. An unflinching reformer, Davis had overseen state reorganization and strict city enforcement acts, and he endured political battles over prohibition and state governance during his tenure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Harry L. Davis
Davis
Shaker Heights
E.D.T
Columbus
Lausche
Thomas A. Burke
Edward Bluthin
Common Pleas Court
Newburgh
Harding
Gov A V Tnonahev
Toll of Death 71 In German Mine Explosion
GELSENKIRCHEN Germany AP The death toll from Saturday s coal mine explosion rose to 71 as eight more victims died during the night Hospital authorities said two or three of the remaining 22 injured miners are not expected to live City officials planned mass funeral services for victims Investigators blamed the blast on a gas accumulation known as fire damp Festivities for the Ruhr city s 500th anniversary were canceled as residents mourned The tragedy stands as Germany s worst coal mine disaster since 1946 when 439 men died at Grimberg.
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Gelsenkirchen
Germany
Dahlhusen
Ruhr
Grimberg
South Amboy
N. J
Busi
Mile Square
Hugh Casey
Noes Re
Army
Red Cross
Newark
Pakistan
New York
American Agricultural Company
Seven Killed When Truck Hits Train Near Verner
At a crossing near Verner Ontario the truck carrying seven killed and seven injured collided with an eastbound Canadian Pacific train. The truck was crushed, wreckage strewn for yards, and the engineer stopped the train after discovering the crash. Victims include three men a woman and three boys.
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Sturgeon Falls
Ont
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Price
Verner
Here
Sturgeon Bay
Young Father and Three Children Perish in Blaze
Clyde AP report says James Snay 27 and his three children Jane 3 Don 2 and William 15 months died in a fire that gutted a frame home. Mrs Snay 27 escaped by leaping from a first floor window. Firemen believe a kerosene stove in the children's room started the blaze. Snay, an employee of Clyde Porcelain Steel Corp, was asleep with his wife when the fire began. his body lay at the entrance to the children's room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CLYDE
James Snay
Jane
Don
William
Snay
Clyde Porcelain Steel Corporation
Four Are Killed In Plane Crash Near St Charles
A thunderstorm crash near St Charles Missouri killed pilot William Sturm 28 of Oklahoma City and three sisters returning from a wedding. Witnesses saw the plane plunge and burn after lightning. Three bodies burned beyond recognition. the fourth was ejected. The sisters were Pauline Guernsey 48 Butler Oklahoma G A Anderson 32 Enid Oklahoma and Mrs Lee Caffey 56 Mangum Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Charles
Here
William Sturm
Oklahoma City
Pauline Guernsey
Butler
Okla
G. A. Anderson
Enid
Lee Caffey
Manigum
Peru City Hit by Earthquake Shatters Inca Hub
An AP report from Lima says 50 killed and 178 injured in Cuzco after a 12 second quake. Emergency airlift sent doctors, supplies, and food as rescue crews race to reach ruins and assess damage. San Sebastian also damaged and 15,000 stadium spectators escaped unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
Peru
Cuzco
Manuel Odria Amoretti
Christ
Cusco
Cuzo
San Sebastian
Turisia
Night Porter Dies In Akron Fire At Xylos Plant
Robert Collier a 61 year old night porter died in acrid smoke of a three story Xylos Rubber plant fire in Akron Ohio. Firemen found his body on the second floor after a three alarm blaze was brought under control. Coroner says he may have gone to upper floors to help fight the fire. Fire started about five am and the plant, a Firestone subsidiary, sustained partial damage with no loss estimate.
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Afria
Raper
Akron. O
Robert Collier
Xylos Rubber Company
Collier
C. J. Martin
Cry ‘Mola Hevy
Xylos
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Tribute Paid Mrs Roosevelt At Brooklyn Banquet
Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt received a gold medal for meritorious service to the underprivileged at a Brooklyn Williamsburg Settlement banquet. Clare Boothe Luce praised Mrs Roosevelt for long, broad public good deeds and support for the distressed and the comfortable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Clare Boothe Luce
Connecticut
Truman assails Russian UN boycott over China issue
President Truman denounces Russia for boycotting the United Nations over China Nationalist representation. He says the UN is functioning and cites a deepening East West tension in 1949 and 1950. He notes Soviet possession of an atomic weapon and outlines U.S. aims to strengthen the West within a universal UN.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Russia
United Nations
Congress
World Organization
Soviet Union
State Department
Election Ordered for Dayton Egry Register Workers
The National Labor Relations Board ordered a collective bargaining election within 30 days for production and maintenance employees at Egry Register Company in Dayton Ohio. The workers will choose between the International Union of Electrical Workers CIO and the United Electrical Workers.
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Washington Ar
National Labor Relations Board
Egry Register Company
Dayton
International Union of Electrical Workers
CIO
United Electrical Workers
Adopted Child Finds Pride On School Playground
A poem narrates a child labeled different by peers at school who learns to endure taunts. Despite teasing, he remains spirited, hopeful for acceptance, and loved by adoptive parents who treasure him as their son. The verses affirm belonging and joy in family ties.
Labor Leader Predicts Taft Will Be Victor
Washington AP Dan Tobin AFL Teamsters Union leader and a longtime Democratic figure says his personal view is that Republican Senator Taft will be reelected from Ohio Tobin notes Taft’s strong campaign while opposing ticket lacks unity He cites Ohio Democrat Joseph Ferguson as Taft’s opponent and urges labor to build votes against Taft to push Democrats to modify the Taft Hartley law through Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dan Tobin
Taft
Ohio
Tobin
AFL
Teamsters Union
Democratic
the Teamster
United States Senate
Joseph Ferguson
Roosevelt
Congress
Republian
Equal Treatment Is Seen For All In Armed Forces
A Presidential committee forecast equal treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed forces within a reasonably near future. It also projected a gain in military efficiency. The panel, created July 26, 1948, studied rules and practices to implement the executive order declaring policy against race color religion and national origin discrimination in the services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Defense
Johnson
Army
Navy
Air Force
Fifteen Children Drown in Venice Church Procession
A children's church procession in Venice ended tragically as a rickety footbridge over a canal collapsed, drowning fifteen young worshipers. Rescue teams evacuated others as authorities investigated the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice
Italy
Blast disrupts South Amboy as danger from shells lingers
South Amboy struggles to resume normal life after Friday night’s blast that killed 27, wounded 350, and toppled the waterfront. Army squads scour the town, more than 3,000 mines have been recovered, and a phosphorus fire near the American Agricultural plant continues to burn.
Famed Statue Recovered Minus Jewels in Cartago
In Cartago near San Jose, police recover the seven inch Black Stone statue of the Virgin of Los Angeles missing ten days. Archbishop Sanabria and officials view the statue found on an upper roof by a church worker. Crowds fill churches as indignant citizens vow a reward over fifty thousand dollars for the thieves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Costa Rica
Cartago Y
Los
Victor Manuel Sanabria
Cartago
Ohio Weekend Violent Death Toll At Least 19
At least 19 Ohioans died violently over the weekend, with 11 traffic deaths, possibly two to three drownings, and multiple fatal accidents. Notable victims include Lester Michaels of near Cincinnati, James Kruse of Toledo, Jerry Halley of Gallipolis, and Mary Louise Dalton of Glenview, among others in Sandusky County, Montgomery, and Ross counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Associated Press
James Kruse
Toledo
Jerry Halley
Gallipolis
Wilma Odom
Akron
Dolores Mae Wein
Mary Louise Dalton
Glenview
Mont
Charles L. Cole
Middletown
William Higgins
Abdit
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