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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 05, 1949

Page

2

Legislature May Get State Budget Tonight

Columbus AP reports Gov. Lausche will present the biennial budget to the legislature tonight or not later than Tuesday. The plan requests about 575 million dollars for two years, with capital improvements funded later from treasury surplus. House and Senate moves focus on new tax levy measures and school levies, potentially shifting away from a 65 percent voting threshold for local special levies.

Columbus Frank J. Lausche H. D. Defenbacher Treasury House of Representatives Senate House

City Briefs Figures for Monday and Tuesday Meetings

Monday activities include Reserve unit Battery B 323 Field Artillery meeting at 8 p.m. Aeronca and Company C 814 Tank Battalion at 8 p.m. Aeronica. Men of the Church meet 7 30 p.m. at Church of Ascension. Middletown Civic Symphony Orchestra rehearses 7 30 p.m. in high school music room. American Legion executive committee at 7 30 p.m. Legion Home. Blythe Williams Post meets 8 p.m. 836 Eighth Ave. Tuesday events cover Lemon Township Trustees 7 30 p.m. in Lorg Building offices and Sportsmen's Club at 8 p.m. at the club. North Middletown Fire Association 7 p.m. Fire House Manchester Rd. Cancer Clinic open 7 p.m. Middletown Hospital. Holy Trinity PTA 8 p.m. school. Middletown Co-operative Club 6 30 p.m. Manchester Hotel. VFW Auxiliary 7 30 p.m. post. Rotary Club noon meeting Manchester Hotel. Spanish American War Veterans 8 p.m. Legion Home.

Middletown Lemon Township Board of Trustees Lorg

Recluse Dies, Poor Brother Gets $16,000

In Reed City an 87 year old recluse left no will and his brother, an 84 year old old age recipient, is the sole potential heir to about 16,200 dollars found hidden in the cluttered two room frame house. Sheriff Wooster and Coroner Livingston reported the money consisted of 931 envelopes stored in drawers and a cupboard amid a filthy, trash strewn home. Two oil wells on the elder Dahlberg farm are believed to have sparked the fortune discovery.

Reed City Mitch Charles Dahlberg Dahlberg Alex Ray Wooster W. A. Livingston

Akron painters strike persists after four hour meeting

A four hour meeting in Akron yesterday failed to settle a strike by about 600 Summit and Medina County painters who walked off Friday for higher pay. W. M. Wilson, business agent for the AFL Painters Union, said additional meetings are scheduled.

Akron. O Summit and Medina County W. M. Wilson AFL Painters Union

Community group meetings and times listed

Will meet at 7 30 p m at post headquarters Civitan Club convenes at noon at the Manchenger Hotel Fraternal Order of Eagles to be held at 8 p m at the all Mayfield PTA at 7 30 p m at the school Infantry reserve officers meet Tuesday at 8 p m at the Aeronca Aircraft Corporation

Post Headquarters Civitan Club Manchenger Hotel Fraternal Order of Eagles Rn All The Mayfield Pta Aeronca Aircraft Corporation

Mule Day Celebration Sees Brown's Sunshine Crown King

In Columbia Tennessee the annual Mule Day opens with a parade signaling festivities that fill the town. Willis Brown's three-year-old sorrel mule Brown's Sunshine is named the day’s top beauty. Governors and notable figures ride mules in the mile long motorless parade as crowds throng the streets.

Columbia, Tenn Columbia Tennessee Atlantic City Brown Sunshine Willis Brown Gordon Brownning Gen Jonathan Wainwright

Klux Klan Members Attack Black Group in Chattanooga

In Chattanooga area, seven Black residents seized from law officers during a North Georgia raid were whipped by masked Ku Klux Klan members. Sheriff John Lynch said the group burned a cross, ordered deputies away, and the victims fled to Chattanooga after the attacks.

Chattanooga Tenn West Lynch

Fifteen-Year-Old On Trial For Slaying Couple

In Bryan Ohio a 15-year-old boy, Ervin Arthur Ingle, stands trial for the murder of Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel. He pleaded innocent and not guilty by reason of insanity to first degree murder. The case, heard by a three judge panel led by Chief Justice Carl Weygandt, follows his prior confinement and a 30-day psychiatric exam.

Arch Clappe Russell Maxwell Williams County Common Pleas Lima State Hospital Carl V. Weygandt Ohio Supreme Court

License Revoked for Two New Boston Venues

Columbus AP reports the State Board of Liquor Control revoked the beer and wine permit of Eugene Oliver and Wilburn Jones of Chat ter-Box New Boston Scioto County effective today. Proceedings cited gambling devices and unlawful possession as the basis for revocation.

Columbus State Board of Liquor Control Eugene Oliver Wilburn Jones Chatter - Box New Boston Scioto County

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Central Ave DIAL Harry Benadum Capitol 323 Field Artillery Aeronca Aeronica Church of Ascension American Legion Legion Blythe Williams Post of Eighth Ave Sportsmen’s Club North Middletown Fire Association Manchester Rd Middletown Hospital Holy Trinity Pta Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary Rotary Club Manchester Hotel Legion Home Veterans of Foreign Wars Quey Hawkins Florida Klansmen India Ibottle Gas Melampy Middletown Gas & Electric Service America Omar
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