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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1948
Page
3
William H. Junke aged 39 died yesterday after a plunge from the West 25th Street end of the Brooklyn Bridge. Police investigated the incident as a fatal fall.
Members of the Order of Ahepa and Daughters of Penelope will hold a joint meeting Wednesday at 8 p m at the YMCA to elect a contestant to the 1948 May Queen contest and to discuss plans for the May Festival and Dance. Contestants must be a daughter or sister of an Ahepa or Daughters of Penelope or a member of the latter group. Independent judges will select the Queen Princess and Duchess. Rules will be announced at the meeting.
Industrialist Robert W. Johnson told a College of St Mary of the Spring audience that capitalism must serve society first and profits last to withstand Communism. He called this "service capitalism," arguing it meets customer needs, raises wages, and lowers costs to enable mass buying. Morris Sayre of NAM urged government cost cuts to keep America strong.
John G Scott a 68 year old beekeepers and retired college professor is running for president as the Greenback party nominee. He vows to issue greenback notes backed by government taxing power to end what he calls the money power and to balance the economy with a pension program while targeting write in support in Washington state Michigan and New Jersey. He expects a largely mail driven educational campaign and sees Taft as the least objectionable GOP option if not running himself.
The Industrial Council met at the Manchester Hotel to hear a proposed relocation of the New York Central passenger station north of North Ave to ease traffic. Commissioner Carmody noted Central Ave would reopen if trains stop elsewhere. no decision was taken, with action likely at the City Commission meeting next Wednesday. Canopies for passenger protection urged by council members.
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