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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1948
Page
1
President Truman reviews an $1.5 billion deficit projection with Budget Director James Webb and weighs anti inflation measures. Vice President elect Barkley predicts price clamps and rent controls, with talks on Taft Hartley revision and continued European recovery funding.
A chartered Canada Coach Lines bus carrying Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders members and their spouses collided with a Goodyear streetcar on Toronto's western outskirts. At least six people were killed and about 60 injured, roughly 15 gravely, as rescuers labored amid wet roads and frantic scenes. Identification was delayed due to incomplete papers.
Burglars broke into the Dollar Federal Savings and Loan Association at 51 East Gay Street in Columbus last night and escaped with about 5000 dollars. Janitors found the heist this morning after the safe was pried open with a chisel and cash boxes were smashed. Several checks lay on the floor.
Britain presses UN Security Council to extend the Oct 14 truce rule beyond the Negev to Galilee in northern Palestine. China and Belgium back the move as Dr. Ralph Bunche and Brig. Gen. William Riley assess actions and a council session is tentatively planned for Monday.
In Tel Aviv an Israeli Foreign Office spokesman said the government will not decide on the Security Council demand for troop withdrawal in the Negev until the regular weekly cabinet meeting tomorrow. Israel opposes giving up any positions held in recent fighting in the Negev and northern Palestine.
Gus Nestle, Palace Theater manager in Jamestown, advertised a free money giveaway to promote a show. The next morning a break-in occurred and $1,000 was stolen from the office strongbox, police said.
In Tokyo two Japanese soldiers Lt. Masao Nichizawa and Sgt. Takao Shibano were hanged today for war crimes against Allied prisoners of war in Japan.
Tornadoes and damaging winds struck five southern states killing eight people and injuring 67. The Benton Mississippi area suffered the worst damage with six deaths and 30 injuries at a plantation home.
Washington AP reports voters' sweep gives Democrats control of Congress aiding the Presidents New Deal push. Expected reforms include broader social security health insurance education and public housing while past opponents fade and new lawmakers pledge cooperation.
Peiping report says the government has hacked out gains to the north, west and south and enlarged its Peiping Tientsin island, now entirely surrounded by Communist forces. The statement notes progress across multiple fronts in north China.
In Manchuria the government recaptured Mingcheng and Yangkao as Communist forces suffer heavy losses. Nationalists push south toward the Great Wall to link with North China Command. Rail links to Inner Mongolia urged to reopen a Peiping corridor while Yingkow status remains disputed.
Tass quotes Pyongyang radio saying a rebellion against the South Korean puppet government is expanding. The dispatch claims soldiers of the 14th Regiment and local people have begun partisan battles with military action spreading to Taio Chendo Kensan Khaya and other localities as American armies are anticipated.
American authorities plan to evacuate about 1,000 dependents from Nanking Shanghai Tientsin and Peiping amid fears of renewed fighting in major cities. Government said three Communist brigades, up to 30,000 men, were crushed at Shinkiachwang, 170 miles south of Peiping, with little detail on government progress.
Police report a lone suspect fatally shot seven people and wounded four in Chester Pennsylvania before killing himself when cornered by officers in a house. Detective Ellery Parnsley was one of the initial victims and died shortly after.
The Agriculture Department reports abundant meat milk and eggs due to bountiful feed grain crops. Farmers feed cattle 13 percent more grain for record milk per cow, hens yield about 8 percent more eggs per bird, and hogs and poultry numbers are expected to rise in 1949.
Key West prepares a grand welcome for President Harry S. Truman on what is billed as Truman Day. Flags banners and coconut hazards are addressed as officials gear up for a hero’s reception marking his fifth visit to the city. The President will fly to New Bern North Carolina for services at First Baptist Church before returning to Key West via Cherry Point.
Police in Chicago hold two 13 year old boys for questioning in the brutal death of William Gervais whose body was found in an abandoned conduit pit. Coroner's physician says death by strangulation with beating and a sex crime. Detectives say others who played with Gervais near Fuller Park will be questioned and a roundup of local sex offenders ordered.
Arkansas University freshman Tennison, 18, left a confession note claiming he killed Betty Jo Bookier, Paul Martin, and attempted to harm the Starks. Coroner ruled his death a poison self‑injection amid a spate of “phantom” slayings that terrorized Texarkana and two states.
A reliable informant says 60 people have been detained in an alleged plan to establish a military govern ment in Chile. At least 10 are Army and Air Force officers who lost their ranks. Retired generals Ibanez Del Campo and Vergara Montero were arrested and held in communicado. Two regiments were sent to reinforce Santiago as the plot's aim purportedly was to replace ministers with military figures and strengthen President Videla’s rule.
U. S. Delegate Warren R. Austin was taken to an American hospital in Paris today as he deals with the effects of a lingering cold. He is described as resting and in no serious danger.
Three planes with 38 people aboard remain unaccounted for as a vast search operation continues from Washington and British Columbia to the Aleutians. The missing craft include a Pacific Alaska Air Express liner near Sitka and Ketchikan with 17 aboard, a Navy PBY Privateer with 12 on the Kodiak base, and a Neptune bomber with nine near Vancouver Island.
Army reserve officers seeking active duty may receive faster processing. The Army directs applications be sent to the adjutant general in Washington rather than to local reserve instructors, shortening the usual channels.
A 19-year-old Michigan youth, Ralph Edward Barrows, was booked on a homicide charge after the slaying of 56-year-old Cameron Mack Kellar at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Barrows allegedly confessed to police, saying they fought at the Waldorf after meeting at the Hotel Astor bar.
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