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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 04, 1951

Page

6

Landlords Seek Rent Hikes Under Defense Production Act

Butler County Rent Stabilization reports many landlord petitions for rent increases under the Defense Production Act. Tenants may request a review if hikes seem unfounded. the Hamilton Office of Rent Stabilization issues petitions and rulings. Eviction remedies include penalties and injunctions for wrongful evictions.

Butler County Office of Thomas M. Hynes Hynes Federal Reserve Board Office of Hamilton Rentschler

Worry Clinic and Marble Game for Family Fun

An adult led indoor marble game is proposed for family entertainment. Children and adults team up to throw marbles at a target, with losers picking up marbles afterward. The piece endorses this as exercise and wholesome fun, and suggests sending for Dr. Crane's psychological charts.

Crane

Philippines Enacts First Minimum Wage Law

Manila implements the first minimum wage law for 4,000,000 workers. Industrial base pay starts at $2 per day in Manila, while outside Manila it begins at $1.50 daily. Agricultural workers nationwide receive at least 87 cents daily for the first year, rising to $1.25 with cash minimums. Deductions for food and lodging capped at 12 cents.

Manila Philippines

Toledoan Held After Enticing Girl to Farmhouse

Joseph Duslak a 41 year old locomotive fireman was held for questioning after a state patrolman found him with a seven year old girl at a Wood County farmhouse. The girl showed signs of beatings and torn clothing was found. A playground supervisor said Duslak offered 50 cents for baby-sitting.

Toledo Joseph Duslak Duslak Wood County George Babka

Highway Signs Spoil Scenic Drives in Rhythmic Verse

A poem laments modern highways for replacing rolling countryside with roadside signs. The speaker contrasts the joy of new roads and natural beauty with the clutter of signs that mar the landscape and distract travelers. The piece questions the trade off between infrastructure and pastoral scenery.

Playground For Korean Youth Built By Hamilton Captain

Captain Harry McKensie of Hamilton Ohio built a playground for Korean youths called Harry’s Happy Haven with help from Lance Corporal Bill Schull of Kingston Ontario and funds from the 54th Transport Company Workshop Platoon. He distributes candy at designated hours and teaches the children to care for the park as teeter totters swings and a merry go round stand ready plus plans for a slide sandpile and swimming hole.

Korea Harry McKensie Hamilton Ohio Harry Happy Haven Bill Schull Kingston Ontario McKensie Captain McKensie

Madeira teacher dies after gulping poison in front of fiancee

Herbert A. Stoughton a chemical instructor at Madeira High School drank poison in the Madeira home yesterday night in the presence of his fiancee Luellyn Pyles a Winchester Kentucky teacher at Indian Hill School. Despondency followed postponement of their marriage plans according to Madeira Police Chief Fred Doerr.

Cincinnati Herbert A. Stoughton Madeira High School Madeira Fred Doerr Luellyn Pyles Winchester Indian Hill School

Lightning Kills Boy at Camp Arrowhead in Jackson

Gwynne Parry, 15, son of Dr and Mrs G W Parry of Jackson, was killed by a lightning bolt at Camp Arrowhead five miles northwest of here. Companion Tom Jamison, 16, of Ironton, sought shelter under an overhang and was stunned but uninjured.

Jackson Gwynne Parry G. W. Parry Camp Arrowhead Here Tom Jamison Ironton

Piquans Buy BVD Interests From Piqua Firm

Sol Kittay and Paul D. Gelles owners of Onyx Superior Mills in Piqua have purchased B V D industries, the longtime maker of men s underwear since 1898, it was announced yesterday by the new owners.

PIQUA B.V.D. Industries, Inc Sol Kittay Paul D. Gelles Onyx Superior Mills, Inc

Hamilton Baby Suffocated During Sleep

A five month old baby suffocated while sleeping face downward on a pillow. The incident occurred in Hamilton while staying at the grandparents home. Dr. Garrett J. Boone Butler County Coroner investigated and filed the report.

Hamilton Michael Cole Lee Cole William Motzer Garrett J. Boone Butler County

Gospel Tent Meeting Underway Near State Route 73

Gospel Tent Meeting and Old Fashioned Revival is in progress and runs through August 30. The event on State Route 73, south of the New York Central Railroad underpass features Rev. Norman C. Fitzgerald of Cincinnati leading services with local workers Maud, Hamilton and Cincinnati. Preaching each evening at 7 45 and Sundays at 2 30, with special music. Interdenominational.

New York Central Railroad Norman C. Fitzgerald Cincinnati Maud Hamilton

Boy Steals Purse From Central Store

Evelyn Zimerman a clerk at the Central Store said a boy about 15 took her purse containing 26 dollars from a shelf in the rear of the store and fled through a side door. The youth wore a light polo shirt and dungarees and was seen yesterday afternoon.

Evelyn Zimmerman Burbank St

Hudson Bay Company Builds Pacific Northwest Settlement in 1670

A historic note records the first settlement in the Pacific Northwest established by the Hudson Bay Company in 1670, marking an early foothold for fur trade and exploration in the region.

Pacific Northwest The Hudson Bay Company

Drowning Scare Ends As 2 Lorain Boys Found Safe

Two piles of boys clothes triggered a coast guard search at Harmon's Beach in Lorain. Police recovered clothing believed lost at sea before learning it belonged to nine year olds Tommy Bloom and Joel Hartley, who were safely at home.

Lorain Coast Guard Lake Erie Harmon's Beach Tommy Bloom Joel Hartely Bryce Bloom Tommy Joe Malcolm Hartley Lorain Journal

Tiffin Agrees To Stop River Sewage Dumping

Ohio Health Director says Tiffin plans a sewage disposal plant and will stop dumping refuse in the Sandusky River. He notes the state may refrain from prosecuting the city as stream pollution is the priority. The item includes a 1951 Butler County public water system resolution and district boundaries.

Tiffin Columbus Ohio Sandusky River John D. Porterfield E. Tse Blue Ball Lemon Township Butler County Harry J. Duane Board of County Commissioners Blue Ball Pike Wells Road Midlothian Farms Leiferson Road Midlothian Arms Lefferson Road Blueall County Commissioners Butler County Court House Hamilton Augspurger Reiff van Gordon Thos. H Feltz

Precision Landing Contest Sponsored by Middletown Aviation Clubs

About 30 light plane pilots will race to a mock fence in a 2 p.m. precision landing contest sponsored by the Middletown Aviation Clubs. Entrants pay $1, with cash prizes 30 percent for first, 20 percent for second, 15 percent for third. MAC takes 25 percent for its building fund. Each pilot lands three times. the closest to a cloth strip wins. Judging is final.

Middletown Aviation Clubs MAC Wetzel

Ohio to Expand High School Driver Education

Ohio will expand driver education with about 400 schools participating next fall. More than one third of the state's high schools will join, adding roughly 30,000 educated drivers. The Education Department trained 97 teachers in Dayton last June to insure proper training.

Columbus State Department of Education Ohio Education Department Dayton

Cleveland Worker Total May Surpass Wartime Record

Ohio State Employment Service analyst Emden C. Schulze forecasts Cleveland employment will exceed the 1944 wartime peak of 640,000 by mid November based on a survey of 287 firms showing over 6,000 new hires needed by September 15, bringing total to about 637,000 and likely surpassing the record. Taurus the Bull is noted as the first sign of the Zodiac.

Cleveland Emden C. Schulze Ohio State Employment Service Schulze

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