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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1949
Page
1
Washington AP reports that official word on Admiral Louis Denfeld's successor and the fate of the ousted chief of naval operations may come in the next few days. Secretary Matthews has indicated he will submit his nomination for the top Navy post.
In Washington a gag at the Pentagon serves as a light jab over Defense Secretary Johnson. Sailors at Treasure Island Navy base report the punchline during an incoming call: Johnson's Air Force, Water Division.
President Truman and Secretary Johnson consider appointing a new chief of Naval operations at the earliest moment. Denfeld weighs retirement or reassignment after meetings with Admiral Matthews and a Friday session. A joint statement may announce the outcome over the weekend or early next week.
Vice Admiral Forest P. Sherman flies to Washington amid reports he may succeed Admiral Louis E. Denfeld as chief of naval operations. Sherman commands the Sixth Task Fleet in the Mediterranean and is considered a leading candidate.
Sources say Denfeld’s fate remains undecided with talk centering on a four star assignment. Possible targets include the Astern Sea Frontier led by Admiral Kinkaid or Admiral Conolly’s command in the eastern Atlantic. Friends note Blandy’s defense post offer was declined for private reasons.
A weekend brought the loss of at least 13 lives in Ohio and beyond. Among the victims were 11 year old Robert D. Cowen Jr of Dartmouth College in a New York airplane crash near LaGuardia, and Fred Shipler aged 68 who died from burns after a grass fire in Cincinnati. A railroad grade crossing collision near Sardinia claimed Mrs Lora Boone 29 and her four year old daughter Betty Ann while a 34 000 volt line caused burns to Paul H Kitzmiller 23 in Ashland.
The CIO opens its 11th convention torn by factional war with calls to purge up to a dozen unions. President Murray faces a dilemma over expelling unions like United Electrical Workers Mine Mill and Smelting and Farm Equipment Workers amid a split between left and right wings.
The Navy will mothball 31 warships and 42 other vessels to fit a reduced armed services budget of 1 billion dollars for the next fiscal year starting July 1. Combat vessels will drop from 268 to 237, with four aircraft carriers and related craft cut, mostly in the Atlantic fleet. The Midway, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Coral Sea will remain in operation along with the Missouri battleship.
A Toledo businessman drove to Detroit to confess to killing his wife Mildred Harding and her mother Maude Thompson with a hammer. He, 67, told police he had an impulse he could not resist and was held by Wayne County authorities for Toledo police.
Clyde S. Moss, 68, publisher of the Bolgalusa Enterprise and American since its 1914 establishment, died Sunday in Bogalusa Louisiana.
Tokyo reports a one year trade agreement between Japan and western Germany. The deal calls for about 20 million dollars worth of goods to be exchanged, outlining mutual market access and cooperation terms.
Edward R. Stettinius Jr a wartime lend lease head and U S secretary of state until the founding of the United Nations died in Greenwich Connecticut at age 49 Death came at 730 am EST at the home of Juan Trippe Mrs Trippe his sister He had a heart condition since last spring and was convalescing in Greenwich He had served as UN delegate and rector of the University of Virginia, later rising from GM vice president to U S Steel board chair and War Resources Board leader.
Burglars broke open a metal safe at the Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation over the weekend and took 85 dollars, police reported today. Supervisor Earl Borcherding told Police that criminals left three small checks on the floor and two 500 dollar war savings bonds were still present.
Elsa Maxwell, at a Cincinnati Club dinner, lists five most interesting women and five men. She praises Rebecca West Eve Curie Margaret Chase Smith Clare Booth Luce Alice Roosevelt Longworth Noel Coward William Somerset Maugham the Duke of Windsor Louis Bromfield Harold Stassen and hints Robert Taft as a sixth man. She jokes about remaining single and a college professor fleeing when asked to marry.
Halloween signals a special night with frost and shadows and a bright jack o lantern. The poem invites costumes, sweets, apples, cider and doughnuts, a barn dance, and family safety as children play while adults join in the festive Halloween celebration.
A rumor circulates that settlement in the steel and coal strikes is imminent and that the government may intervene to resolve the labor dispute. The brief notes pressure on officials as negotiators push toward a settlement.
Detroit area workers face wide shutdown as Chrysler plans to close three divisions indefinitely due to the steel strike. About 35,000 Dodge De Soto and Chrysler employees will be idled while some units stay for inventory and engine work. Ford GM and Nash also announce or hint at plant stoppages tied to steel and coal stoppages. Government peacemaking steps intensify as CIO leaders discuss settlement terms with steel firms.
President Truman said the United States is strong enough to lead the world in the ways of peace because of its religious faith. He spoke from the White House on a radio program sponsored by the Federal Council of Churches the Synagogue Council of America and 18 other religious bodies.
Fordham University seismograph logged a strong quake about 3900 miles from New York City in an undetermined direction. Seismologist Rev. Joseph J. Lynch said the first shock occurred at 8 47 p m EST and another reading followed at 8 53 53 p m.
Vice President Alben W. Barkley will marry Mrs. Carleton S. Hadley, a 38 year old widow, in St Louis on November 18. The couple, who announced the plans informally in Mrs Hadley’s apartment, expect a simple ceremony in a local Methodist church with friends and press present. Barkley, 71, smiled as he confirmed the news, and President Truman was reportedly pleased.
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