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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1948
Page
2
City officials plan a 1 p.m. meeting with the Transportation Development Committee as 2000 bus riders sign petitions urging a rate increase for Ortman Stewart Transit. The commission weighs a 3 cent fare hike to 10 cents and a book fare reduction.
Two Middletown youths were sentenced by Probate Judge Oscar Leiser on charges of contributing to the delinquency of minors. William S. Taylor, 19, of 607 Malvern St., received an indeterminate term at Mensfield Reformatory, while Richard Day, 18, of 1010 Sheridan Ave., drew one year at the Cincinnati Warehouse on the same charge. The pair allegedly aided two teen girls to Detroit for more than a week.
AFL President William Green said the AFL will try to unseat Congressman-At-Large George H. Bender of Ohio and other Taft-Hartley supporters in a pre-election drive. Addressing the 39th convention, Green announced the League for Political Education would campaign in Ohio this fall. He faulted Bender for failing liberal opponents by backing the act.
The New York Star reports that the House Committee on Un American Activities will scrutinize college teachers and magazine staffs this fall and winter. It will examine Communist influence on eastern U.S. campuses and probe left wing magazine staffs.
Industrial Rayon Corporation announced a 59 percent average rise on rayon and rayon products in Cleveland. Textile yarn prices are effective immediately, while yarn materials rise September 1. The hikes affect yarn cord and cord fabric by two to three cents per pound, the first since February 1947.
More than 100 workers from the Jackson Tube Company of Piqua visited Armco Steel facilities in Middletown and the Armco Research Laboratory as the firm prepares to join Armco on September 1. W W Sebald, Charles R Hook, and F E Vigor spoke at the Manchester Hotel. Samuel E Jackson will head Armco Tubing Division.
Two Middletown babies captured first and second prizes in the Miami Valley Food Show baby contest at Le Sourdsville Lake with a Hamilton baby taking third. First prize went to 23 month old Robert Beckett, second to 14 week old Marijane Burnett, and third to 18 month old Julie Anne True. Judging followed U S Public Health standards under Dr. H A Moore with 49 entries. more than 100 entries are expected for today’s two to five year old contest. Hamilton Day is planned for Wednesday with events including a cooking school, radio program, and prizes such as an electric water heater and a Zenith radio-phonograph.
Four community leaders will lead the Charles R Hook Day preparations on September 26. Russel Weatherwax will head the committee, with Ben Bender, George E. Denny, and L. J. Long as assistants. C. W. Denny Jr. announced Middletown Chamber of Commerce sponsorship and said full committee lists would follow after meetings.
Paramount shows Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein at 1 15 3 25 5 35 9 55 p m with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. Also Another Part of the Forest with Frederic March and Dan Duryea at 1 15 4 45 8 15 p m. Strand presents The Hunted with Belita and Preston Foster at 2 49 5 53 8 57 p m and Panhandle with Downs at 1 15 4 19 7 23 10 22 p m. Jungle Woman with Acquanetta at 1 29 3 59 6 32 9 14 p m and Stage Struck with Kane Richmond and Audrey Long at 2 3 5 11 7 44 10 26 p m. Dixie Cruise-In lists Lost Honeymoon with Richards at 8 23 and 10 45 p m.
Samuel Willis Rushmore 77, millionaire industrial engineer inventor and manufacturer, born in Philadelphia. Dr James Allen Graham 68, past president of the National Association of Denture Prosthetics, born in Burlington, Iowa.
Lebanon report says twenty more jurors were ordered to report at 9 30 a m Tuesday to complete a jury pool for the armed robbery retrial of Lige Stamper and Hent Smith both of Miamisburg. They face charges for the December 22 holdup of the Alex Jackson Service Station near Franklin and the Ben Suttman Clothing Store in Miamisburg with almost 300 dollars taken. Jurors called this morning were excused or not accepted. trial to proceed if 13 jurors are secured.
Woodrow Centers aged 25 of 616 Richmond St was fined 15 dollars and given a 30 day suspended jail term for intoxication and resisting arrest. Charles Noble 24 of Plum St was fined 100 dollars for physical control of a car while intoxicated. William A Short 30 from Louisa Kentucky received a 10 day suspended sentence for cadging. Kash Whitt 48 of South Broad St faced assault with intent to kill charges continued to August 30 after a fight on Wall St with Frank Craft 43 of Carey.
Barbara Ford, daughter of director John Ford, announced she planned to file suit for divorce from actor Robert Walker after returning from a vacation. The second marriage of Walker is scheduled to proceed to the divorce court.
A $20,000 blaze in a Broadway Pontiac service garage destroyed 14 autos, including 12 new models. Firemen said a spark from a metal pan ignited gasoline fumes, starting the fire.
Charles Rhodus of this city is among men to be granted paroles effective September 16 from the Ohio Penitentiary, announced today by the pardon and parole commission. Rhodus has a long police record including burglary and shooting to kill, a 1936 burglary at a filling station, and past sentences at Mansfield Reformatory.
John A. Schwalm of Hamilton and well known in Middletown will enter a Cincinnati hospital soon for an eye operation to restore failing eyesight. He is a theater owner active in Democratic circles and has served on the Hamilton City Council and as chairman of the Butler County Democratic Executive Committee. He underwent an operation two years ago.
Police say three Cincinnati women Dorothy Gray 24 Joan Moye 19 and Vicky Hudson 19 were arrested for shoplifting dresses downtown and will appear in Municipal Court Wednesday. Lawrence Stamper reported the theft of his car license 0 3 1777 from 15 S Main St yesterday. Garnet Carpenter 19 was arrested near Verity Parkway and Vail Street for driving without a license and released on a $50 bond for traffic court Thursday.
Champion Paper and Fiber Company and related firms report two months ending June 30 net income of 2,120,815 after preferred dividends. After allocations for potential losses and costs, the balance stands at 1,770,815 or 1.54 a common share.
Bodies of Ernest Jerome Moorehead and Charles Clifton Fought from South Parkersburg were found in a car over an embankment about a mile from Belpre following a Saturday night traffic accident. Ohio Highway Patrol identified the victims.
Elliott D. Levey, chairman of the Charter Revision Committee, said the group is ready to act once the City Commission officially notifies them of desired charter changes. The commission previously referred revisions back for further edits, with debates over city manager powers, a safety director, civil service for city workers, and library board and health department appointments. Election certification hinges on timely referral to the election board by August 25 and September 1 deadlines.
Alfred Nolan Jr. of West Middletown suffered multiple abrasions and facial lacerations after he ran into the path of Jeff B. Howard, also of West Middletown Route 1, on Route 122 just west of the city. Howard’s eastbound car was involved. state patrolmen reported.
Three Oneida youths were arrested after detectives recovered a stolen pair of shoes at a home linked to several break ins. The trio confessed to burglaries at Goodyear Shoe Repair Murphy Service Station Pat's Market and Dairy Queen Bar, plus two county entries, with proceeds including cash and cigars. Authorities plan to hand the case to juvenile officials.
Franklin officials in regular session approved creating a village street superintendent post with salary set between three and four thousand dollars annually by the mayor. The appointee will oversee all streets within Franklin. The council also authorized bids for a new police cruiser and discussed but did not act on filling a ditch along Anderson Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues to reduce hazard from heavy traffic.
Hamilton plans to name a new city manager around October 1 as Mayor Edward Beckett indicated. Only a handful of applications have arrived though more are expected before the September 15 deadline. Acting finance director Mark Thomas is said to be willing to take the post, which would be the fifth manager since the form was adopted twenty years ago.
Longview Social Service League members named Mrs. Ora Ward and Mrs. John Pendleton to the board during a meeting at Miss Mary Strodtbeck s home. Ward brought in 26 new members, boosting total to 12, while 28 new members and 45 in donations were reported from recent outreach. Miss Strodtbeck becomes secretary treasurer, and Harlan Hessel is named chairman for the hospital party sponsored by The Ascension Episcopal Church Women s Guild.
In Columbus Ohio five furniture stores reached a settlement with AFL Local 413 after a two week walkout. Drivers accepted a 15 cent per hour raise while the union had initially demanded a penny higher wage.
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