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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1949
Page
1
Communist led rebel forces near the Albanian border say they have halted the civil war but will not surrender arms. Greek general staff and UN moves to settle the Greek Balkan conflict approach a climax as radio announcements are monitored.
The United Nations Balkan Conciliatory Committee led by Carlos Romulo seeks responses today from Greece Albania Bulgaria Yugoslavia and Russia to draft agreements aimed at ending the Greek civil war. A Soviet proposal earlier hinted at concessions but remains tentative with little certainty on adherence by all parties.
The 81st Congress nears the end of its first session with its record set to be a major political issue next year. Supporters call it remarkable for domestic progress and foreign stance while Republicans label it poorly organized. Key domestic bills passed include housing, rent control, reorganization, crop insurance, public works planning, and hospital aid. The Senate rejected two major nominations and no decisive action has occurred on social security expansion, Taft Hartley repeal, education aid, or civil rights. The record may change with a final year.
The Very Rev. Monsignor Joseph A. Cousins, 47, dean of studies at St. Charles Seminary in Columbus, died yesterday after a two month illness.
Berlin AP dateline reports East Germany joins with Moscow as Gregori Pushkin to lead the Soviet group in East Berlin and Rudolf Appelt to head the German mission in Moscow. Beijing and others welcome the new state as a rival to Bonn with hopes for broader German unification.
Rabbi Samuel T. Phillips aged 52 of the West Side temple died yesterday at home after a heart attack. He previously served as rabbi in San Antonio Texas Corpus Christi Texas and Jamestown New York before moving to Cleveland.
In Daisy Tennessee the moonshine feud resurges with a third killing in two years. William L Botts Parker was found shot and bludgeoned on a mountain slope. Raymond Bell aged 29 and his brother Ed 23 were wounded and jailed. Chief Deputy Swafford charged the Bells with murder. Arrangements set for arraignment tomorrow amid sparse evidence and renewed patrols across the hill country.
Pittsburgh reports 16 000 CIO members walkout at nine Alumnium Company of America plants amid national labor turmoil. Steelworkers and coal miners also strike, threatening postwar economy and prompting government concern.
William Green likely to reject John L. Lewis proposal for AFL unions to help fund the CIO steel strike. Lewis urged a weekly pool of 2.5 million dollars from nine AFL unions and United Mine Workers, while CIO head Philip Murray backed mutual aid. AFL leaders call it a publicity stunt as UMW and soft coal talks resume with little progress.
Senators Elmer Thomas and Arthur Young urge House members to back a compromise on farm legislation to avoid a price-support drop under the Aiken act. A fifth conference meeting was held after a Saturday agreement collapsed, as 14 conferees strive to finish before adjournment.
Mrs. Walter Blythe a 58 year old farm wife died in Van Wert County Hospital from burns four hours after a kerosene can exploded at her Van Wert home. Her husband about the same age is critically burned from trying to extinguish the flames and guard him with third degree burns to his face back and hands.
General Clifton B. Cates testified before the House Armed Services Committee that Pentagon policies have inflicted crippling handicaps on the Marine Corps reducing its combat power. He said morale remains high but protection and mobilization potential are being eroded by unification and interservice policy battles. He and General A. A. Vandegrift warned Navy objections to Air Force dominance and potential neglect of naval aviation.
A critique of civic project leadership. The chairman gathers sub committees and orchestrates public praise while a secondary organizer handles fundraising and operations. After hype fades, the second in command bears the workload and risks burnout as the leader basks in acclaim.
Canton slips into Red China orbit as Nationalists face two fronts. Communist forces claim Amoy Island beachhead and Kulangsu landings while a British steamer suffers casualties in crossfire. Three U S representatives arrive in Chungking as foreign envoys depart for the capital.
An Air Force B 26 bomber apparently lost in fog crashed into high tension wires near Riverside California. Five people were killed four bodies recovered including one civilian the fifth presumed dead. The plane flew from Williams Air Force Base Arizona to Long Beach California and crashed into a 42006 volt line in a ravine.
In Chillicothe Ohio AP report Robert L Mariner fifty was charged with first degree murder in the slaying of Elva Parker a forty six year old waitress. Police Chief A H Poole signed the murder charge. Probate records show Mariner has endured guardianship since 1940 for mental instability. Parker was killed at her daughter's home five hours after she obtained a final divorce degree. Mariner is also divorced.
A four pound boy was born aboard an American Overseas Airlines Constellation flying 400 miles from Shannon Ireland. Mrs Dariaka Parker, a former Nazi camp inmate and GI bride from Bavaria, gave birth with a doctor aboard aided by flight crew. Father Master Sergeant James C. Parker, stationed at Wiesbaden, learns of the birth in Frankfurt as the plane makes a routine stop at Ennis. The baby and mother are reported well, and Parker plans to join them in Ireland.
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