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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1949
Page
3
Dr Lester Morrison heads a General Hospital research team declaring arteriosclerosis treatment with choline shows promise. In two-year trials with 200 patients, 35 percent of untreated patients died versus 5 percent in the choline group. Animal tests suggest arteries may be restored toward normal.
Composer Dmitri Shostakovich, carrying phonograph records, said he was glad to be returning home to Russia. Six other Russian delegates began their journey home with cartons of cigarettes among their luggage after attending the international peace conference in New York.
Youngstown Sheet and Tube commits 250000 for modernization of the south side unit of Youngstown Hospital. Frank Purnell, company president, also leads a campaign launching May 6 to raise 1000000 for hospital improvements.
Lt Col Robert G Emmens and four Doolittle raiders are interned in Russia after a Tokyo raid. They endure months in Khabarovsk and Okhansk with guard, interpreter Mike, and limited aid. Food shortages worsen as embassy aides visit briefly, rationing declines, and escape rumors surface.
Wellesley Massachusetts Dr L P Wilson of Wellesley College studies a Drosophila strain that nearly always forms a melanoma arising from fat tissue in the abdomen. Underfeeding cuts tumor incidence while increased rations raise it. Vitamin content has little effect. The melanin pigment may stem from an abnormal chemical process in the insect. Support the American Cancer Society research.
Los Angeles—wealthy widow Eu genia Clair Smith says she will leave the city after thieves took jewels valued at $434,000 from her home. She notes she still owns gems valued at over $1.5 million. Her 14-year-old son and a maid found another son’s mansion ransacked on Saturday.
Berlin expert Werner Stephan says 125 American bombs found in the city showed sabotage in U.S. factories and failed to explode. Major General Hall notes Air Force interest. Wright Field says nearly 7,000 duds exploded, fault traced to manufacturing fixes.
In Tokyo emperor Hirohito shoveled dirt around three cyprus trees he planted in Ha koné National Forest near Fujiyama then rode in a maroon Mercedes Benz to the imperial villa at Numazu for a rest.
The Shovel Company reported net profit of 3,036,331 in 1948 or 6.61 a share, up from 2,235,199 or 4.84 a share in 1947. Net sales reached 34,105,585, a 32.7 percent rise year over year, according to President C. B. Smythe.
Fragmentary OCR notes show a mention of a new member entering a house with names like Mike and Lt. Col. Rob Emmens. The text also includes a reference to hold and anger terms related to Zietseva, but details are unclear.
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