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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 20, 1949

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Bradley Raps Statements Of Navy Admirals

General Omar Bradley harshly rebuked Navy admirals for not sharing top decisions under the unification law. He warned that public airing of Navy grievances harmed national security and called for unity and restraint while stressing that long range planning targets Soviet Russia. He spoke before the House Armed Services Committee as Eisenhower and Collins prepared to testify.

Washington Omar Bradley N Bradley Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy National Securit Herbert Hoover Jense Johnson Adley Joint Chiefs of Armed Services Fancy Dans Bradley United States Russia

Five-Year Term Is Maximum For Convicted Reds

NEW YORK AP The 11 convicted Communist leaders face sentences tomorrow with a maximum of five years in prison and fines under the Smith Act revision. Defendants hoped for 10 years but the law now caps penalties at five years and up to $10,000 each. Trial spokesmen said the change came after indictments and motions for new trials claiming lack of evidence and unconstitutionality.

New York U. S Act Steel Iron Age Metal Weekly CIO United United Mine P Hoo John L. Lewis

Yugoslavia accuses Russian troops of massing near borders

Belgrade says Red Army units moved into Romania and frontiers with Yugoslavia fortified under Soviet supervision. Borba claims five divisions along Yugoslav borders, with trenches built in Bulgaria Hungary and Albania. Warning of warmongering propaganda and possible preparations toward Macedonia.

Belgrade Yugoslavia Marshal Tito SSS le Peeee Eee Borba Red Army Romania Bulgaria Hungary Albania Athens Russia Tito Bucharest Macedonia Greece Yugoslav

United Nations to ballot on Yugoslavia seat clash

In New York the General Assembly votes on a Security Council seat between Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia amid Cold War tensions. The secret balloting is amid Russian opposition and post-Informbiro strain, with analysts predicting Yugoslavia may win on early ballots.

New York Yugoslavia United Nations Security Council Czechoslovakia General Assembly United Nations Assembly Security Council Ukraine Russia Andrei Y. Vishinsky Europe Cominform Communist Information Bureau Marshal Tito

Truman to seek tax hike in next Congress session

President Truman announced he will request higher tax rates when Congress reconvenes, signaling a major fiscal policy move. The statement outlines an intent to fund priorities through increased revenue.

Washington Truman Congress

Where They Load Freight in the Nation's Rail Yards

The passage extols railroad yards as monuments to industry. It describes grain elevators, packing plants, and open cars carrying machines, coal, oil, clothing, and steel. It highlights rail transport as a durable backbone of commerce linking farms and factories across the country.

Congress Goes Home to Learn Voters Ideas

Congress adjourned after a long session as members left Washington for a 75 day break to hear voters ideas. President Truman urged lawmakers to pursue civil rights, health insurance, and continued European recovery while preparing for a busy January with issues on rent control and Taft-Hartley repeal.

Washington Congress Capitol Truman House Rayburn Barkley Senate Congressional Donnell R-Mo Carleton S. Hadley St. Louis Missouri

Truman seeks successor for Edwin Nourse on Economy Council

President Truman surveys candidates to fill the top post on the Economic Advisory Council after Edwin G. Nourse resigns. Leon Keyserling, 41, vice chairman, is expected to be interim choice but not final. Other names, including Winfield Riefler, are floated as possible replacements.

Washington Truman Economic Advisory Council Edwin G. Nurse Nourse Leon Keyserling New Deal Council Keyserling

BG Students List Demands Halt Strike at BG

About 2,000 of Bowling Green State University's 4,600 students attended a meeting to end the brief classroom strike. They drafted 11 grievances including free expression for campus publications and more tolerance by campus police while retaining some rules, to be presented to the Student Senate and Dr. Prout.

Bowling Green State University Bowling Green Stud Dent Senate Joe J. Ut Sanco Prout

Aerial Survey Underway As Guatemala Flood Toll Mounts

A Red Cross U.S. Army relief mission launches an aerial survey of Guatemala flood damage. Early estimates report about 4 000 deaths and 50 million dollars in property loss. Coffee crops, cattle, and homes suffered widespread destruction. Edward Russell of St Louis expects Red Cross aid after the survey.

Guatemala Army coast —_ i American Red Cross Edward Russel St. Louis

Man Confesses Setting Blaze Fatal To Seven

Kansas City AP reports an unemployed railroad worker, 43-year-old Alva O Merritt, signed an eight page statement admitting he started a fatal two story rooming house fire by tossing a lit match into rubbish. He claimed landlady Mrs Ed Bayse mocked him for drinking and courting a friend, provoking the act. Seven people died in the blaze, which occurred in September. many residents were elderly pensioners. Merritt said he moved out two days before the fire.

Kansas City Charles Welch Alva O. Merritt Ed Bayse Hur Merritt

Hope Fades as Coal Strike Talks Stall at White Sulphur

Soft coal contract negotiations bogged down with no word from the Federal Mediation Service. Union leaders and operators face renewed sessions after a week of deadlock as John L. Lewis appeared briefly, while northern western and southern groups negotiate separately, signaling a tense path to a workers' settlement.

White Sulphur Springs W. VA Washington Federal Nation Federal Mediation Service Cyrus S. Ching Northern Western Union Bluefield John L. Lewis UNW George H. Love

New Ohio Bus Law Requires Homeside Stops

A new Ohio law goes into effect tomorrow requiring school bus drivers to pick up and discharge students on the side of the road where they live. Motorists must still stop for buses on highways of three lanes or less, and drivers may be waved ahead if the bus operator deems it safe.

Columbus Ohio George Mingle State Highway Patrol

Chinese Reds Striving For Knockout Blow

AP dispatches from Hong Kong report Communist forces driving westward in China with two government armies routed near Kweilin. Red General Lin pushed toward Pai Chung Hsi at Kweilin as veterans from the Fourth Field Army surged from Manchuria toward Canton area. Concurrent pushes from Chen Keng threaten Kwangsi and the West River route, signaling a quick mainland expansion.

Hong Kong China Kweilin Lin Pai Chung-Hsi Manchuria Tientsin Hankow Canton Kwangsi West River

French Expected To Confirm Mayer

PARIS AP The National Assembly was expected to confirm Rene Mayer as premier to handle France s wage price crisis Mayer 54 a political moderate with a big business background Observers estimate he will win from 20 to 40 more votes than the 310 needed He followed Jules Moch who won approval but could not form a cabinet Mayer reportedly had support from right wing groups that refused Moch

Paris National Assembly Rene Mayer France Mayer Assembly Jules Moch Vincent Appsaly Moch

Ohio to Treat TB Sufferers in New Prison Center

Ohio launches a statewide central tuberculosis treatment unit for adult male inmates at Prison Farm Columbus with 100 beds and new equipment. First transfer includes 16 TB patients from the Ohio Penitentiary. rest will move from Mansfield Reformatory and other prisons. Dr. Damon E. Wetterauer oversees the center with chest X-rays used for early detection.

Columbus Ohio J. M. Lamneck Mansfield Reformatory Center Ohio Penitentiary Damon E. Wetterauer Division of Corrections State Health Department Farm, Penitentiary Marysville Reformatory al Marysville State Hospital Mount Vernon

Coal and Steel Strikes Hurt U S Industry

President Truman urged Labor and management to settle the coal and steel walkouts. Auto users warn of cutbacks as nationwide strikes cost the economy millions weekly. Government intervention possible if peace not reached by week’s end. Major plants idled, with 1.4 million tons of steel and 11 million tons of coal disrupted weekly.

Washington Truman Baltimore Ne Ee Ford General Motors Chrysler

Steel Union Rejects Offer in Newport Strike

Newport Kentucky. District 25 United Steelworkers of America CIO rejected a Newport Steel Co request to return to work while negotiations continue on a general strike. The union called the offer insufficient and said a social pension plan demanded by workers must be provided by management.

Newport, Ky District 25 United Workers of America CIO Nati Steel Newport Steel Co al Whitehouse

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