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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1951
Page
5
Police seek Johnny Johnson, longtime local resident and former paper mill worker, at sister Bertha Turner’s request. Detectives report difficulty locating him and urge Johnson to contact the department or inform anyone with information at Flemingsburg Police.
More than 30 names already filed for Miss Middletown with a 50-contestant cap set by the committee. Nominees and supporters will gather Thursday as Carl Hageman outlines rules for the Our American Heritage pageant at Barnitz Stadium May 18 19 and 20. Votes come from advance ticket sales with three coupons equaling 1000 votes, boosting nominees via one-third price discounts.
Chemists at the American Chemical Society meeting report isolating anisatin from the Japanese star anise fruit. The substance may serve as a heart stimulant, described by John F Lane and colleagues from Rutgers University. The plant’s convulsive agent has caused poisonings and is linked to anisette liqueurs.
ZANESVILLE Ohio AP Seventeen year old Jesse Woodrow Stanton of Zanesville proved he likes county detention home food. After supper he praised the matron for apple pie, then he and 17 year old Paul Sharrer climbed a fire escape and escaped. Stanton returned by 8 pm saying the food was better than at home. Sharrer remains at large.
R S Burns associate director Armco research laboratories will discuss drawing and stamping of iron and steel sheets and methods for manufacturing hot and cold rolled sheets at a Cincinnati Engineering Club meeting Thursday. Chapter members hail from Cincinnati Dayton and Columbus.
J Boyd Stout of Circleville state ag 9 of 35 Junior Chamber members who call themselves exhausted roosters will address Thursday's Jaycee meeting at Blair's Restaurant. Local chapter old-timers will be honored at the 7 pm monthly dinner. A Freedom Forum program led by Charles Hattery Americanism Committee chair is planned.
The Ohio State Utilities Commission drafted regulations to deny phone or telegraph service to gambling establishments. A public hearing will precede a final order, and firms must investigate suspected illegal use and cut off service when warned by authorities. Companies must keep applicant lists for three years and provide private wire contracts to the commission.
The Oxford Council denied allegations fueling a mass resignation of the volunteer fire department led by Chief Paul Flanagan. Firemen plan to quit effective May 1 after disputes with the council over a voter-approved $15,000 equipment purchase. Mayor Morgan seeks to have them rescind the action.
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