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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1953
Page
2
FBI annual crime statistics show overall U S crime up about eight percent from 1951 with urban areas seeing broad increases. In Middletown there were no murders in 1952 while other offenses varied, and auto theft rose.
Two break-ins were reported to police with details from Captain Ralph Bauer. At the Point Drive-in on Enoch Drive and Tytus Avenue pennies from a cash register were taken through a kitchen window. The Murphy Service Station on Clark Street had an attempted entry through a window but nothing was stolen.
Paul D. Barker 21 of 1920 Carolina St faces $82 in fines and a 18 month driving ban after three arrests in two days for careless driving muffler violations and following too closely. Harold G. Schelderup 47 of Dayton must pay $200 and lose driving rights for six months after intoxication charges and jail on weekends. James Garrett 48 faces $135 for intoxication carrying a concealed weapon and discharging a firearm with confiscation of the gun. Wallace Childs 38 gets $10 fine with 30 day suspended jail for intoxication and larceny with admission of stealing a pocket watch. Wilburn McIntosh 25 receives $25 and a 10 day suspended sentence for disorderly conduct tied to watch repair costs. Grover Patrick 38 is fined $100 for physical control while intoxicated. Sam Perry 41's assault case was dismissed.
Middletown police found two cars reported stolen yesterday, both abandoned. Lioyd Cole of 812 Yankee Rd. reported his car missing, later recovered in Oxford. An auto with license 458 MJ stolen from Middletown was recovered in Morehead, Ky., and held for the owner. Gene Smith of 2102 Erie Ave. reported a $180 golf bag stolen from the Wildwood clubhouse between Wednesday and Sunday.
Police said two teenagers, one from Lorain Ohio and the other from Ontario Canada, were picked up here and held for return to their homes.
Police said two residents were bitten by stray dogs yesterday. Jim Shull of 2004 Arlington Ave was bitten on the lip and a Glendale resident named Ricards was bitten on the left knee.
Fire units 1 and 3 responded to a false alarm at 4:35 a.m. along Girard Avenue and Verity Parkway, with crews sent as a precaution. No injuries or fire were reported. The incident prompted a routine check of systems and area precautions.
The State Patrol post between Middletown and Hamilton relocated to a new one story brick headquarters on Route 4. The $40 000 building houses five rooms including sleeping quarters and is fully operational with landscaping pending dedication soon. General contractor Stephen Gross and Son of Hamilton led the project with electrical by Cincinnati and John Arpp Company Middletown handling the heating contract.
Forecasters predict a warmer day with a high near 70 after a chilly night. Tonight may dip to around 44 degrees with clouds likely to linger tomorrow, while yesterday’s high reached 49 and the low 40.
Twenty one boys in Cub Pack 6 earned advancement or service stars at a meeting held at the First Methodist Church. Recipients for advancement included Larry Laycock Billy Mullins Bobby Doolittle Michael Enright Tom Farley Norman Tresler Douglas Leppich Tommy Milford Tommy Pearson Marvin Hinkle and Roger Arthur. Service stars went to Glenn Bewleg Gene Goecke William Mullins Tommy Weaver Michael Enright Eddie Knott John Palmer Bobby Burns Tim Goforth and Emery Knott. J D Hasselbach joined the pack. Mothers modeled hats made by their husbands and sons.
Central Avenue will be closed from Glenmore Drive to Highview Road for about 10 days with detour via Poinciana Road. Afterward the section from Highview Road to Redbud Drive will close for roughly the same period. Grading precedes paving and widening preparations.
Ohio state welfare director John H. Lamneck urged higher appropriations in a letter to Gov. Lausche and the General Assembly. He warned current bills fall short of needs, cutting salaries could force staff reductions and delay openings at new facilities including Cambridge Columbus Dayton Lima Toledo hospitals and other institutions. He argued maintenance and medical care costs require more funds to care for over 30 000 patients and to staff 8 022 workers for 35 720 patients.
Boat men found David Frankel 19 of Harrisburg Pa in Indian Lake Bellefontaine Ohio as search for William Krueger 19 of Tomah Wisconsin continued. The two youths from Black Hawk Park headed east toward Bonte Island when their canoe capsized.
The Board of Education meets to resolve legal issues about hiring teachers on four month contracts for 1953 54. Counsel Henderson Estes warns state law may require full year contracts and the board seeks guidance from the Ohio Department of Education and Springfield officials. A Dec 23 resignation note is considered to preserve the four month plan if needed.
About 153 Middletown Ohio Bell workers gain raises under a Cleveland signed contract with the CIO Communications Workers. Top craft pay rises to 95 dollars weekly in Middletown and operators to 57.50. Nationwide, 17,000 Ohio employees receive 2 to 3 dollar weekly boosts. The pact, first 1953 Bell System agreement, runs at least one year with a free wheeling clause allowing indefinite duration unless 60 days notice is given to cancel. Negotiations began March 3 and the company expects over 3.3 million dollars yearly cost increase.
Middletown High School presents a concert to benefit the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis featuring the world premiere of Dr. Frank Simon's march The Statesman and solo performances by Robert Bell and Carol West. Proceeds are $1 for adults and 50 cents for children.
CIO Electrical Workers Union president James B. Carey called General Electric's offer of a 1.5 percent wage increase an insult to over 200,000 workers. The union demands a $1.25 hourly minimum and a 1:1 incentive system tied to production boosts.
In Washington the Eisenhowers attended the Metropolitan Opera Company performance of Puccini La Boheme. President Eisenhower enjoyed the show and praised it after with comments from C D Jackson noting he loved it and had a wonderful time.
Ohio secretary of state Ted W. Brown will receive the top national award from the American Heritage Foundation for an educational effort in the foundation's non-partisan register and vote campaign. Governor Lausche will present the honor in the secretary of state's office.
The Oxford Press took third place in the weekly division under 2000 circulation in the National Editorial Association awards in New Orleans. It also earned first for general excellence in typography and first for best feature story in its division.
A 70 year old farmer was shot on a farm near Hamilton while helping remove a disabled tractor. He was in fair condition at Good Samaritan Hospital Cincinnati. Deputies hold a 70 year old man in protective custody for questioning. The victim is paralyzed from the shoulders down with uncertain prognosis.
Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Dana F Reynolds authorized Harrison Construction Co of Pittsburgh to proceed with work on the first five miles of the Ohio Turnpike. The judge ordered the Turnpike Commission to pay amounts owed for asphalt and Portland cement paving. The Pittsburgh firm had sought clarification after a prior ruling on alternate bids.
The Ohio health department said its first gamma globulin allotment for polio protection should reach local health departments around May 1. Dr Frederick H Wentworth noted Ohio will receive 88000 cubic centimeters this year, with a measles and hepatitis allotment near 60000 cubic centimeters for 1953.
The Nationalist Defense Ministry reported at least two million Chinese are starving in Yunnan Szechwan Sichuan Kweichow Kwantung. It blamed famine on large food shipments to the Soviet Union.
Paramount presents Trouble Along the Way with showings at 1 20, 3 20, 5 25, 7 30 and 9 30. Strand features Perils of Jungle at 1 30, 3 55, 6 20 and 8 45 with Savage Munting at 2 40, 5 05, 7 35 and 10 00 p.m.
Four Middletown youths were injured none seriously when their car struck a culvert at the junction of Routes 4 and 63 three and a half miles south of Middletown at 5 a.m. today. The driver William H. Bush 23 and passengers Joyce Phillips 18 Ezra Collins 22 and Ruth Bailey 20 were treated and dismissed. The auto a 1953 model convertible veered across the road and struck the culvert. The state highway patrol continues its investigation.
A 16 year old boy suffered minor injuries when an air rifle pellet struck his ear while walking near McKinley School at about 8 p.m. He was treated at Middletown Hospital and released. A pellet damaged a picture window at 3409 Poinciana Rd. Rio Grande irrigation supplies water for two million acres.
City officials will discuss the Aeronca Manufacturing Company traffic issue at an afternoon meeting. Attendees include Aeronca officials, Paul Wilson of the Safety Council, and City Manager H. W. Starick. The concerns cover Germantown Road congestion, a narrow canal bridge, and intersections at Verity Parkway and Tytus Avenue, with parts outside city limits.
Gas company crews investigated two blasts in a northwest Baltimore manhole injuring at least 12 people and causing extensive damage near a busy intersection during the evening rush. The explosions occurred 10 minutes apart as crowds gathered.
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