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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1949
Page
1
CIO United Steelworkers strategists held a three hour meeting in Pittsburgh to decide if the presidential fact finders report offers a satisfactory solution to end the steel wage dispute. President Philip Murray declined to comment on the session.
Missouri Pacific Railroad faces a three day old strike by 5,000 operating employees. A St. Louis committee of business, industrial, labor and civic leaders invites双方 to a 2 p.m. meeting to restart negotiations, with union officials open to attend. The action follows disputes over operating rules totaling about 3 million dollars in claims and threatens 10 state service, affecting hundreds of towns and about 400 St. Louis plants reliant on the railroad.
Washington reports say United States Britain and Canada agreed on a three power plan to tackle Britain's dollar crisis. Measures include easing Britain’s use of Marshall Plan dollars for Canadian wheat and US acceptance of Britain’s need to discriminate against American police to conserve funds. Britain may seek loans totaling 312 million dollars from the IMF in the next year as ministers meet and World Bank and Export-Import Bank moves unfold.
West Germany naming leader reports that Socialists named Kurt Schumacher as candidate to oppose President Theodor Heuss. Heuss won formal backing from CDU FDP and likely the DP, giving the rightist coalition a slim parliamentary majority. Schumacher is a former concentration camp victim and chairman of the Socialist Democratic Party.
Jacque Mercer from Litchfield Arizona won Miss America 1949 after a week of contests in Atlantic City. The 18 year old earned a $5,000 scholarship and a $3,000 car plus appearances contracts in a field of 52 contestants from 45 states Hawaii and other regions. She aims for college and Stanford with plans marriage first career second.
In the 26th district Pennsylvania race Democrat Ethel Coffey challenges Republican John P. Saylor for the Congress seat. The contest centers on national policy battles and local labor vs farm voting blocs as both sides expect a tight result that could shape 1950 campaign strategy.
Snow moved into the upper plains with the season's coolest air, but ground remained too warm for accumulation. Helena Montana saw six inches melt to three by midnight. Lamont Indiana reported four and a quarter inches with more to come. Rain fell ahead of the cold air, and the weather bureau warned the cold would reach Chicago tomorrow as the west coast stayed mild and the east and gulf coasts remained near normal.
Belgrade AP dispatch reports Tito's challenges to Moscow influence spur copycat moves across eastern Europe. Hungary jailed eight top party members for seeking to overthrow the Kremlin-backed government, fueling talk of independence from Moscow. Observers cite Albania, Greece, Bulgaria, and Germany as linked events in a rising anti‑Soviet sentiment. The Belgrade view sees a broader Tito‑style uprising affecting satellites. Rude Pravo in Czechoslovakia accuses Tito of plotting an anti-Russian alliance, claiming US support for his plan.
Canton AP a Defense Ministry spokesman said the Communists were retreating in Hunan and Shensi as Nationalists retook Ju cheng 170 miles north of Canton and Tzehsing 195 miles north. He reported improved Nationalist lines east of Canton on the Hankow railroad and said several Red landings were beaten off with heavy losses. Gen. Pai Chung Hsi arrived in Canton and predicted a big battle soon, but remained confident of victory.
President Truman is expected to delay naming a new Supreme Court justice to replace the late Wiley Rutledge. Observers anticipate Attorney General Harold McGrath may be kept in the Justice Department briefly, with former Attorney General Tom Clark already on the Court.
A nostalgic depiction of fair time with pennants brassy bands busy carpenters refreshment stands and a bustling crowds. It highlights sights from polished fruit pies quilts antiques to cattle horses grandstand racing and midway shows capturing the excitement and romance of a county fair.
Lisbon reports two Italian airmen Capt. John Brondello and Capt. Camillio Bartoglio turned back en route to New York in a Beechcraft Bonanza after an instrument issue and road blockage forced an Azores landing at Lagens. They planned a 3500 mile east to west crossing in 26 hours to launch a US barnstorming tour for an Italian war orphans project.
Senator Taft visits Columbus with a direct challenge to President Truman to campaign in Ohio against Taft’s re election in 1950. He accuses Truman of failing the nation while noting labor opposition to the Taft Hartley act. The exchange follows Truman’s recent Labor Day remarks defending the 81st Congress and criticizing the 80th as a do nothing body.
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