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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 09, 1948

Page

3

Summer Camp For Local Guardsmen To Be Tame After Duty

Middletown National Guardsmen return from four days of strike duty at Dayton’s Univision plant. Two week training at Camp Atterbury Indiana begins July 28 for 141 officers and men of Company F 147th Infantry. Employers expected to pay wage differentials. Armco Steel reports paying the gap for Dayton service. General Goble announces 11,000 CNG in summer training at two camps with units traveling by train and on own equipment.

Middletown National Guardsmen Dayton Univisions Company Camp Atterbury Ind Donald E. Howard 147Th Infantry Ohio Adjutant General Chester W. Goble Howard National Guard Armco Steel Corporation Goble CNG 37Th Infantry Division 166Th 107Th Armored Group Camp Pendleton Ohio

Second Polio Case Confirmed in County

Middletown records its second polio case of the year with confirmatory spinal fluid tests at Mercy Hospital Hamilton. Patricia Goforth, 15, of Rolling Mill Park, was admitted Friday, while Ruth Zimmer, 21, a Mercy Hospital student nurse, was admitted Saturday in serious condition. Two county patients remain in the polio ward. the first two cases, James Deaton, 2, and a 19-year-old Bethany youth, have recovered.

Middletown Otter County Mercy Hospital Hamilton Patricia Goforth George Goforth Glenn Ave Rolling Mill Park Ruth Zimmer Norwood Zimmer James Deaton Garfield St Bethany

Injured Soldiers Remain In Hospital in Sidney

Three soldiers hurt Saturday in an accident remained in Wilson Memorial Hospital. The crash killed three others including Charles Ross 25 Edward Thorne 18 and Raymond Dubois 23. Privates Billy Cansler 18 Arlington Edwards 18 and Michael Bann 18 suffered brain concussions and a dislocated hip respectively.

Sidney Wilson Memorial Hospital Charles Ross Edward Thorne Lansing Mich Raymond Dubois Ypsilanti Billy Cansler Detroit Arlington Edwards Whitmore

FALSE TEETH Rock Slide or Slip

FASTEETH an improved powder to sprinkle on upper or lower plates holds teeth firmly in place Do not slide slip or rock No gummy looey pasty taste or feeling FAS Fret is alkaline non acid Does not sour Checks plate odor denture breath Get FAS at any drug store Adv

Hamilton Track Issue May Go To Butler Court

Hamilton officials face a possible court ruling over whether running races at the fairgrounds can proceed. Health officials ban all activity unless unsanitary conditions are fixed, while track operators push ahead with plans for an August 16 meet. Maurice Murray and H R Sullivan defend sanitation efforts and budget limits. County health and city health commissioners threaten eviction orders if trailers remain, with police cooperation promised to enforce any edict.

Hamilton Fairgrounds Maurice Murray Butler County Agricultural Association Murray H. R. Sullivan South Pacific H. A. Moore A. M. Clarke Mark Thomas Frank Rosendall

Cloudy Skies Forecast for Middletown and Vicinity

Cloudy skies predicted with little temperature change for Middletown and area on Tuesday. After a mild Sunday and scattered showers in the east and south today, August remains the most pleasant month of summer. Yesterday's high reached 84 degrees at 4 pm with a 64 degree low at 7 am. by 6 am Monday the mercury was 64 and at 9 30 am it rose to 76.

Middletown

Romania to vote on joining Reds considered in plebiscite

Romanian refugee sources say Romania will decide in a plebiscite on August 23 whether to join the Soviet Union. Reports note arrests of opposition, widespread takeovers of Bucharest cinemas as prisons, and four Russian divisions surrounding Bucharest with strengthened garrisons in other cities.

Istanbul Turkey Romania Soviet Union Cumhuriyet Bucharest

Commissioners designate Brown Road a county road in Oxford Township

The Butler County Commissioners, meeting in the courthouse, voted to designate Brown Road as a county road and assume full maintenance. The action ends past confusion over maintenance since part of the thoroughfare had been a township road and part a county road.

Butler County Brown Rd Oxford Township

Balloon airmail First Flight Across Indiana

The first official airmail flight occurred on August 16 1859 via balloon from Lafayette to Crawfordsville Indiana, marking an early milestone in aerial postal service.

Lafayette Crawfordsville Ind

Youth Wounded In Franklin By Unloaded Rifle Incident

Six year old John Berger held a disassembled .22 rifle when it discharged at a creekside site in Franklin injuring 16 year old John Hipsher. Hipsher, son of Carmack and wife of 804 Harrison St., is in critical condition at Middletown Hospital. The weapon’s barrel had been removed to prevent firing, according to Hipsher, while Berger’s act occurred as Mrs Berger accompanied two boys on bicycles.

Franklin John Hipsher Carmack Hipsher Harrison St Middletown Hospital John David Berger John Berger Clark St Hipsher John

UN Mediator Warns of Impending Coups in Palestine

UN mediator Count Folke Bernadotte cites rumors of irregular elements plotting coups in Palestine and urges demilitarization of Jerusalem. He cites Irgun Zvai Leumi as the suspected force, though he names no group. He notes Irgun’s clashes with Haganah and their demand for all of trans-Jordan and Palestine for Jews. US crude oil reserves in 1948 reach over 21 billion barrels.

Rhodes Folke Bernadotte Palestine United Nations Jerusalem Irgun Zvai Leumi Irgun Haganah trans-Jordan U. S

AYDS Vitamin Candy Promises Fast Weight Loss Plan

An ad explains AYDS Vitamin Candy as a way to curb appetite and lose weight quickly under medical supervision. It claims over 100 people lost 14 to 15 pounds in weeks, offers a 35 day supply for $2.89 and a money back guarantee if you fail to lose weight.

Stay-At-Home Spouse Sought By Divorcee in Camden

A 30 year old divorcee Annetta Newman seeks a husband with children and a home. She received three offers via editor and reporter, including a Rahway printer with an eight week old baby and another from a Fort Dix sergeant. She prefers a widowed man with children and says she can cook, sew, and crochet. The final call to the third suitor was not made.

Camden N. J Annetta Newman St. Louis Fort Dix Rahway

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