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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1949
Page
3
In a tense scene Major is being moved to Memphis prompting contention at home. Rob resents the departure while the narrator tries to manage plans and leave by 9 45 culminating in another test of their uneasy household dynamic.
The narrator recounts Rob admitting a forgotten request to rescue him from a limb and the shift in affection toward Roger. Roger and Colonel Hartwicke arrive with belongings after a night of labor, pressing to stay. The narrator insists they cannot move in, citing plans to stop renting rooms.
A 65-year-old farmer, Charles E. Rush, shot and killed Sheriff E. F. Davis and deputy Mil ton L. Davis at his home southeast of Abilene, Kansas, then perished in a fire. Rush wounded the housekeeper and his brother-in-law, while three others were injured.
Franks shot and killed after setting two outbuildings on fire at the Rush home. Mrs. Pettriess, about 65, fled to a neighbor for aid. Franks claimed to have played dead for about 30 minutes before fleeing. Neighbor Fred Uhl, 30, was shot upon approaching the burning farm, with the sheriff and deputy also shot. Rush reportedly poured gasoline around his two story house, then perished in the flames.
In Newburyport Massachusetts Reverend Donald A Mosley a World War II Army chaplain sat with his congregation as he played back his Sunday sermon using a wire recorder. He called the experience a genuine success.
John Sain, 36, released from Eastview penitentiary, confessed to strangling eight year old Jack Goldsmith found at Starlight amusement park in the Bronx. He denied a sex motive, claiming the killing followed an argument. autopsy cited sexual assault. Sain had been cleared of suspicion initially, then recaptured during a police chase after a failed escape attempt.
Police raided the 56 year old Prospect Club in downtown Cincinnati arresting the owner and a bartender on a charge of keeping a place where liquor is sold or given away. The club allegedly opened at 2 a.m. and stayed until dawn, conflicting with state law.
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