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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1949
Page
1
Washington reports a major steel strike breakthrough as Republic Steel proposes a pension offer to its 54,000 workers in a bid to avert conflict. CIO United Steelworkers district director hints terms awaiting Murray approval and acceptance.
Ten thousand Timken Roller Bearing Company workers, part of a CIO Steelworkers walkout for pensions, began strikes at Canton and four other Ohio plants after 15 weeks of talks. About 6,500 Canton area employees are idle, with 2,000 at Columbus and rest at Wooster Mount Vernon and Zanesville. Pickets camped at gates in rain and snow as deadlines passed.
Delegates at the Cleveland CIO convention adjourned after ejecting two unions led by leftist leaders United Electrical Workers and Farm Equipment Workers. A new union was formed to compete with UE. The executive board will assess eligibility of leaders from left-wing unions under amended rules banning Communists. Ben Gold was declared ineligible for seating on the 51 member board. Philip Murray, serving his tenth term, pledged to carry out the program and remove Communist influence.
COLUMBUS Ohio AP Herbert N Romanoff the state's star witness in the quickie divorce trial of a Zanesville attorney remained in custody today pending the next trial session Monday He testified at length yesterday in the trial of Thomas A Joseph who is accused on 14 counts of inducing other persons to make false statements The state says the Zanesville attorney persuaded his divorce clients to give false Columbus addresses while they sought fast divorces here The attorney who has pleaded innocent told him to accept a few articles of clothing from clients and to put them in the attic of his garage Romanoff testified He added he had an agreement with Joseph to give the attorney s divorce clients fake rent receipts These receipts said Romanoff gave false documentary evidence as to addresses for Joseph s clients while their divorce petitions were pending in Franklin county courts Romanoff had been kept in hiding by prosecutor Ralph J Bartlett prior to yesterday s testimony Bartlett indicated Romanoff may be held in custody until the trial ends some time next week.
In Pittsburgh the UE right wing leaders are being stripped of office by President Albert J. Fitzgerald via telegrams sent to local officers after the CIO expelled the UK. Some recipients, like Clyde Bowman of UE Local 601, contest the order while others ignore it.
Washington AP reports plans for a Paris meeting of American British and French foreign ministers to press for stronger European unity. Acheson aims to include the new western German State in Europe’s fold and to discuss key German issues including dismantling. He will fly to Paris with Bevin and Schumann, date to be set on arrival.
Five men died and an injured man was reported after a car was struck by a Big Four train near Sharonville, a Cincinnati suburb. Coroner Herbert P. Lyle identified four victims as James Ray Rabe, Leon S. Rabe, Otha Caney Glandon, and Ben Curtis, with the fifth listed as Wale Ray Palmer. a watchman said the bell rang and the train horn blew as he waved the crossing flag. The car sped up after slowing, the impact flipping the sedan end over end at about 50 mph. The injured man's identity was not immediately established.
President Truman will radio a brief appeal to New York voters urging support for Democratic candidates in the upcoming special election. He promotes Lehman for the Senate seat and O Dwyer for mayor, after a bipartisan speaking trip to Minnesota.
A light verse on a man who never brings his raincoat when it matters most. He packs it away for work yet gets drenched when showers fall, and the coat stays home when he needs it downtown. Weather charts and worry fail to help him avoid the downpour.
Nancy Reese 20 daughter of Mid-America Conference commissioner died in a fall from a hotel fire escape in Athens. Coroner ruled accidental skull fracture. Escort George Kurtz injured. condition listed as fair. The couple had left a homecoming party and descended the escape one floor early. Reese’s family and connections noted. mother had died earlier this year.
A twin engine cargo DC-3 crashed near Akron Canton airport during rain and snow killing three Cleveland men. James R. Harrington 45, John E. Franklin 27, and Robert S. Varono 27 were identified by Stark County coroner Edward C. Reno. Weather and engine trouble investigated. wreckage scattered across a field, with one engine reportedly failing. Harrington had 23 years in aviation and Civil Air Patrol service.
In Lorain Ohio a two car crash early today killed 17 year old Janet Westrick of Lorain. Passengers Robert Sheldon of La Grange and driver Charles Craig 23 of Lorain were hospitalized with cuts and shock. The county traffic toll for the year rose to 35 compared with 43 at this time last year.
Abdul Hussein Hazhir, former Tran premier and long time Iranian political figure, was killed by a gunman after a religious ceremony attended by notable Iranians. Police detained a suspect, Hussein Immani, with motive not announced. Hazhir had briefly led the government in 1948, resigning after a weak parliamentary vote, and previously served as finance minister and in other cabinet roles.
A three alarm fire at the San Francisco riding school and stables on Stanyan Street killed an estimated 50 to 60 horses. Firemen, including Lt Bert Millisich who was treated for minor injuries, fought the blaze about five o clock this morning and it was under control 45 minutes later. Park Emergency Hospital staff across the street saw only one horse escape the flames, and five horses reportedly had to be shot. The stables housed about 25 rental horses and boarded around 30 more.
A Cleveland report says burglars released Police Lt. John Mernagh's watchdog, then stole two police uniforms a radio a clock and silverware from his home at night.
In Caracas Venezuela authorities report a flash flood by the Guaire River sweeping through suburbs. At least 20 people killed with many missing as homeless residents search for relatives. Damage unofficially estimated at 600000 dollars amid Latin America’s second major flood since October first.
The six week old son of Mr and Mrs Henry Kamorek was abducted from his crib in Clayville near Utica. A black coated man fled in a car after entering the unlocked kitchen door, pursued barefoot by the mother, and drove toward Utica. The couple, not wealthy, notified police and the infant was reported missing.
Six Czechs were hanged in Prague for leading an alleged armed plot to overthrow the Communist government. Officials said they planned to lead a coup last spring and were at the point of execution when police captured them.
The International Executive Board of the CIO American Newspaper Guild opened a four day session in Cleveland last night.
John McKulka, 25, armed with a shotgun, stormed Keisterville Grade School at noon, firing into the building and terrifying 200 students aged six to fourteen. Three nearby men restrained him. teachers aided pupils as they fled. He awaits a hearing on disorderly conduct and related charges.
Dublin AP report notes the death of former Bermuda chief justice Sir Orme Rowan-Hamilton at age 72. The longtime jurist was widely respected in the legal community.
The Middletown Journal will provide election results by telephone Tuesday night using number 23611. A staff will monitor totals as precinct reports arrive and answer calls. A precinct chart will be in the lobby and updates will cover City Commission races, school bond issue, school lots, city revision, and statewide offices and plebiscites. Returns are not expected before 9 p.m.
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