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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1948
Page
1
Berlin reports say the Soviet military administration daily newspaper accuses Western Allies of inciting Berliners against Russia and communism. The Communist press denounces anti-Communists in harsh terms and warns that Thursday's bloody street fighting may lead to serious consequences as it polishes for a counter-rally in the Soviet sector.
President Truman drops plans for a lengthy southern swing as southern opposition to civil rights measures grows. He will still appear in the region in brief or attached to other schedules while Gov. Dewey unveils eight major talks on a transcontinental tour starting in Des Moines on September 20 with stops in San Francisco and Los Angeles and continuing to Oregon.
Henry A. Wallace returned from a busy southern tour to a booming crowd of about 48 thousand at Yankee Stadium. Sponsors billed the event as the nation’s largest paid admission political meeting, with Wallace interrupted by persistent applause as he warned of the ugly realities of Fascism from his southern journey.
After a New York conference with Dewey and John Foster Dulles, Senator Vandenberg of Michigan stressed bipartisan unity on foreign policy. He said that despite domestic political disputes, Republicans and Democrats are united to protect American rights worldwide through a firm policy.
In Columbus motorists will test the Vitameter a new gadget to boost power by adding moisture to the fuel mixture. A.T. Colwell vice president of Thompson-Toledo Vitameter Co says a combination of high compression engines and the Vitameter can add at least 25 percent on a ton mile basis to the motor gasoline portion of oil reserves.
The Fairchild County grand jury will resume its inquiry into Lancaster's hot meat case Monday morning, announced Prosecutor W C Pickering. Ten witnesses testified Thursday as the jury recessed last evening, with about ten more expected next week. Judge Harry Kilburger instructed the jury to ascertain truth or falsity of reports that meat stolen from a Swift and Company plant in Columbus was bought by Lancaster citizens. Witness James Worster of Columbus, a former Franklin County deputy sheriff, testified yesterday. Worster had been employed by the prosecutor's office as a special investigator.
The Communications Commission tentatively denied applications by East Liverpool Broadcasting Company and Radio Courier Incorporated for a new station at East Liverpool, concluding that public interest convenience and necessity would not be served by either allocation.
Premier Henri Queuille presented a fiscal plan to stabilize France’s finances, calling for budget reductions and higher taxes. Backed by a 351 to 196 assembly vote, he aims to form a centrist government, echoing policies that toppled his predecessors. De Gaulle loyalists offered tentative support, withholding a stance on elections until financial issues are resolved.
Ferdinand I aged 87 former king of Bulgaria who abdicated in 1918 died in Coburg Germany. The German prince from the House of Saxe Coburg aligned with Germany in World War I and abdicated when the central powers were defeated. He left the throne to his son Boris who later died in World War II.
Washington AP says Sky Way Broadcasting Corp of Columbus sought to halt Northwestern Ohio Broadcasting Corp’s Lima permit. On March 15 the FCC granted Northwestern’s and denied Sky Way’s and WOOP Inc’s. Sky Way asked for rehearing on April 1, but the commission ruled that pending rehearing does not stay the decision and would not prejudice the petition.
AP reports Louis Thompson aged 40 a laborer died in a sewer trench cave-in at a home construction job in Cincinnati. Co worker William Harris 35 said Thompson was buried alive before he could aid him.
Hundreds of songbirds migrating south at night reportedly collided with the Empire State Building and died on streets around the tower. Bronx Zoo curator Lee Crandall notes such flocks can react to bright lights and midflight disorientation during autumn migration, with similar incidents cited in Philadelphia.
The CIO United Electrical Workers at its 13th annual convention adopted a resolution condemning the European Recovery Program as a big business plan to boost profits of American corporations. A right wing minority led by James B Carey opposed it. Delegates also denounced the Taft Harley act and rejected a constitutional amendment to elect officers by referendum citing fears of smear campaigns against leadership.
Two Indianapolis youths ages 18 and 19 face federal motor vehicle theft act charges over an alleged kidnapping and robbery of Ohio motorist Robert Conover. U. S. Attorney Gilmore Haynie said the suspects, Will s Roy Bryant and Robert P. Musgrave, were arrested after a crash near Monroeville and Bryant admitted holding Conover in Ohio and forcing him to Port land, Indiana before release.
Four Lawrence County townships Symmes Windsor Washington and Union face a November 2 vote on banning liquor sale as the Ohio Court of Appeals declined to override the election board. An AP report notes a citizens committee challenged the petitions but the district court ruled for ballot placement pending Ohio Supreme Court action.
Chief Fire Inspector R. B. Kurfiss said the cause of a fire that killed Donald W. Popp Sr. 21 and his seven month old son Donald Jr. in Dayton remains undetermined. He reported Mrs. Popp, 20, was hospitalized with burns and shock and unable to talk while investigators seek to interview her for details. The origin of the blaze in their bedroom is unknown.
State liquor inspectors cracked down on moonshiners, seizing three 60 gallon stills in Lawrence County and one 50 gallon operation in Mahoning County. Agents raided 62 unpermitted liquor outlets, arrested 74, secured 66 convictions, and imposed 89,905 in fines. Total jail time reached 606 days. Twenty four permit holders faced prosecution before the State Board of Liquor Control.
Manila reports most of Camiguin Island’s 20 000 residents being loaded onto a U S Army troop ship as Mount Hikokhibok vents gases and geologists warn of a possible new eruption while a U S Navy flying boat delivers dehydrated food to Camiguin's shores.
Actress Susan Peters asks divorce from actor-producer Richard Quine after 13 months of marriage. Testifying from a wheelchair she cited moody behavior and long silences before their separation on March 1. Peters, 27, Quine, 28, appeared before Superior Judge Thurmond Clarke in Los Angeles.
About 300 employees idle by a 10 day strike will return to work Monday after officials of Local 1281 International Association of Machinists said workers received wage increases from 10 to 20 cents per hour in several classifications. The firm manufactures dump truck bodies.
State police found the infant remains in a bedroom of a three room Boonsboro apartment on a tip from relatives. A 33 year old woman was detained for questioning while her 10 year old daughter was in the home. Medical examiner said the baby had been dead a month or two.
Western European states reached a milestone in shared recovery by agreeing on a first year ERP aid of 4.875 billion dollars. An intra‑European aid system was outlined, with currency-exchange arrangements to be settled. The ECAs plan for 1948‑49 recovery will follow currency decisions, with all nations adjusting their programs to the allotted sums.
Washington AP reports new Federal Reserve Board rules set to take effect September 20 for buying cars on installment plans. Down payments vary by model year with one third required on pre 1938 and 1949 cars, and for 1938-48 models the down payment can be either one third of the cash price or one third of the average retail value. If the balance exceeds 1000 dollars, up to 18 months are allowed. otherwise 15 months.
A Columbus hearing for fugitive Fred Fox 21 delayed to September 30 after defense questioned the Florida governor's signature on extradition papers. The delay allows Florida officials to bring witnesses to testify about the governor's authentic signature as Fox fights return to Florida to finish a ten year term for armed robbery and burglary.
Dayton AP The arbitrator ordered reinstatement of six of eleven Univis Lens strikers after a 98 day plant walkout. UEW Local 768 and company said they will abide and seek job placements for the six. Names include Leotha Wornstaff Martha Woodie Ruby Carmichael Bruce Winkle and John Kucharsky. Five others were not reinstated.
A four year mystery of rubber collar seals on fur seals near the Probilof Islands is solved. Air Force analysis at Wright Patterson Air Base links fragments to Japanese WWII rubber bags used to drop food to troops, which attracted pups and left rings around their necks as collars. The finding ends long inquiries by Fish and Wildlife Service.
Hollywood detectives probe Rita Johnson’s injury as she remains in critical condition after a hair dryer toppled and struck her head last Monday night. Actress Mary Ainslee found Johnson unconscious while stopping by to take her to a party, and Johnson offered only that explanation.
In Cincinnati, six major hotels and 13 AFL unions reached a two year wage pact pegged to the cost of living index. Wages may rise or fall automatically, with a base month of June 1948 and adjustments possible on July 1 of each year, reflecting changes through June 30 of the prior year. The Cincinnati Hotels Association signed on behalf of Netherland Plaza Terrace Plaza Hotels Fountain Square Gibson Metropole and Sinton.
Washington AP reports rival telephone unions including CIO Tele phone Workers Organizing Committee and Independent Communication Workers of America plan wage talks with Bell System. A nationwide demonstration may be called to press pay demands, with a joint action conference set for September 24, eight days after negotiations begin. The Association of Communication Equipment Workers has scheduled a September 17 cross country walkout by 25,000 Western Electric installation men.
A W T Ryan age 64 consulting engineer died yesterday in Steubenville after a heart attack. He worked at the Steubenville works of the Wheeling Steel Corporation.
Franz Lehar, 79, composer of The Merry Widow and many operettas, is reported seriously ill at his home in Bad Ischl in the American occupation zone of Austria.
Paul E. Hicks, 25, a Greyhound bus driver, pleads innocent to a second degree manslaughter charge. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for September 27 in Municipal Court for the bus truck collision near Chillicothe that killed a child and injured 11 others.
Moscow reported provisional acceptance of an American plan for Italy's prewar colonies with Russian approval contingent on Britain and France also accepting the proposal. The Soviet note to the United States stated acceptance hinged on those allies responding affirmatively.
Reports say Berliners face pressure to oust the anti Communist city government while ADN claims a German led spy ring, aided by American and British authorities, was dismantled in eastern Germany with 15 arrests under Kurt Schumacher. An American court jailed Count Heinrich Von Einsiedel for carrying false papers. In Hannover, Russian authorities allowed eight railway mail cars to travel from blockaded Berlin.
Two five day old Siamese twin girls joined at the abdomen thrive in an oxygen tent at Edward W Sparrow Hospital Lansing residents under 30 raise them after a normal birth. The mother recovers easily as doctors report the twins are normal aside from their connection.
Cleveland AP report says Ver City Councilman Thomas J. Davis was charged with promoting gambling as police probe a TNT blast that wrecked his car and home. Davis and three others were seized in a Bedford Township raid that recovered adding machines and receipts totaling 2400 dollars. Detective Cooney linked the bombing to policy operations across Lorain Elyria Akron and Cleveland.
Robert Stevenson a 24 year old escapee from the central police station was spotted and arrested on a street corner yesterday. The escape led to two policemen being suspended for several days and fined two days pay.
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