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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 05, 1948

Page

3

Columbus ChiefStudies Ordinance on floating bookies

Columbus Ohio AP reports Police Chief Charles Berry study of a proposed city ordinance to crack down on floating horse race bookies. Lieut Lester Bauman drafted the measure after a man charged with operating a bookie was acquitted due to lack of proof of a room or building. Current law requires a room or office for prosecution. fines under the revised law would be set by Safety Director C C Cole and likely range from 100 to 500 dollars.

Columbus Charles Berry Lester Bauman Equad C. C. Cole

Fichter Named President of Ohio Mental Hygiene Association

Joseph Fichter of Oxford Ohio is elected president of the Ohio Mental Hygiene Association at its annual meeting succeeding Dr D R Sharpe who resigned citing a drift from grassroots roots The organization also retools with a liberalized constitution giving county chapters state-wide participation and automatic state membership for county members The officers elected include Paul T Klapp and Mrs C J Goldthorpe with a large slate of directors and a Montgomery County chapter gift of 1000 to the state association

Fichter Ohio Mental Association Columbus, O Joseph Fichter Oxford, O The Ohio Mental Hygiene Association D. R. Sharpe Cleveland Lloyd W. Howard Columbus A. R. Mengus Klapp Goldthorpe Howard Mangus Dorothy Pasch Toledo Harry Culberth Orville Jones Herschel Nisonger Ohio State University Cloyd Steinmetz Newark State Association Montgomery Council Dr. Sharpe Ohio H. W. Nisonger Bureau of Special and Association Sharpe J. D. Horsfall Avon Lake Gordon Humber Lima Albert Murphy Edna R. Oswalt Kent Thomas EF. Schaffer Arthur L. Smith Louis B. Seltzer Lakewood Alberta Turner J. Maynard Dickerson Youngstown Howard H. Ingling Clyde Simson Dayton Phil Hanna Rabbi Goodman Robert Powell Alliance Ross Wright Athens Frank Barbee Akron Bleecker

Rainfall Tops Two Inch Mark In Wet August

A very wet stretch continues as rainfall totals exceed two inches in the past two days. Lonnie Gibson of the Mi ami Conservancy reports 2.1 inches since yesterday morning, with 1.81 inches between 8 a.m. yesterday and 8 a.m. today. the forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with occasional rain in the southeast today, then fair and warmer by Friday afternoon. Morning temperatures fell from 66 to 63 by late afternoon, with 57 at 7 a.m. today rising to 60 by 9:30 a.m. Brown University is noted as the oldest college in Rhode Island and seventh oldest in the United States.

Lonnie Gibson Miami Conservancy Mercury

Rambier Sinks Off Beaver Island In Lake Michigan

The Rambier of St. Ignace Michigan sank off Beaver Island after Coast Guard crews removed five men. The SS B F Affleck crew did not tow the vessel as it went down near Charlevoix Michigan with no further rescue attempts.

Chicago Rambier St. Ignace Mich Beaver Island Lake Michigan Coast Guard B. F. Affleck Charlevoix

Pilots Plan Goodwill Tour to Defiance Ohio

Scores of pilots from Michigan Indiana and Ohio are expected to land at the Defiance Bryan airport near here Sunday morning on a goodwill tour. They will be breakfast guests of the Defiance Flying Club.

Defiance, O Michigan Indiana Ohio Defiance-Bryan Here Defiance Flying Club

War Veterans Lead Enrollment At OSU Summer Quarter

About 57 percent of OSU summer quarter enrollment of 10,685 students are war veterans. The figure contrasts with 12,531 enrollees in the 1947 summer quarter. An alarm thermostat for refrigerated food cabinets aims to prevent losses from mechanical or power failures.

OSU Columbus Ohio State University

False Teeth: Stay Firm With Simple Powder Aid

An advertisement touts FAS alkaline powder to secure denture plates, reducing wobble and embarrassment. Claims improve fit and comfort, with a breath-freshening benefit. Available at drug stores.

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