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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1953
Page
9
Elliott Lewis extols radio drama as elastic and imaginative. He discusses two new programs Crime Classics and Cathy and Elliott Lewis Onstage, praising audience response and the creative freedom of sound only storytelling. He notes radio’s enduring appeal amid TV growth and previews NBC sneak peeks shaping the upcoming season.
Ronnie Milligan, age four, is chewing spinach with a set of false teeth made by an Ottawa dentist after his baby teeth decayed. The permanent teeth expected to replace the false choppers should be normal.
WPFB presents Milwaukee at Cincinnati baseball at 8 p.m. Pam and Jerry North confront a wanted gangster at 8 30. Forty youngsters receive awards at the Craftsman Guild Dinner at 9 30. Louella Parsons features excerpts from the soundtrack of Latin Lovers at 10 p.m.
Tomorrow at 2 pm WPFB carries Milwaukee at Cincinnati. TV at 7 pm WLW D and WLW T present The Party adaptation from F Scott Fitzgerald. 8 30 pm telecast honors from the Craftsman's Guild Dinner. 9 pm Fred Allen debuts a new panel show replacing Herb Shriner. 11 15 WHIO screens Hitler Dead or Alive with Ward Bond.
Sgt. Robert E. Moats of Morgantown West Virginia, a week out of Red captivity, remains in Tokyo to search for Noriko Hamatsu the purported girl who waved goodbye as his unit was shipped to Korea three years ago. He last saw her July 4 1950 and says he will marry her after leaving hospital.
A 1882 invention described in the Encyclopedia Britannica devised a special match to extinguish the flame at the sprint halfway point, aimed at keeping drinkers from burning their fingers.
Floral Park police hunt for two armed men who abducted assistant cashier Eric Gronewall 44 and forced him to open the Franklin National Bank vault in Floral Park Long Island. They fled with 160000 after driving to Bellerose Queens and dumping Gronewall. A 1947 Ford with two men is sought.
An Ohio dairy operator Temple McAllister of Warren opened a Meadville store and sold milk for 17 cents a quart, below the 24 cent minimum. The Pennsylvania Milk Control Commission obtained a Dauphin County court injunction to stop licensing, pricing, and health permit violations. McAllister vows to fight, calling the laws unlawful and constitutional overreach. Joab Mahood of the milk commission says the action restrains unlicensed sale and underprice milk.
A Cambridge State Hospital attendant, Elsie Garen, was discharged for unsatisfactory performance and disloyalty after accusations of mistreating patients and disturbing mentally ill patients. Dr. Arthur T. Hopwood notified the state civil service commission the firing would take effect Aug. 20 while the attendant remains under suspension. A Senate inquiry and welfare investigations had reviewed conditions at the hospital.
McCarthy pressed the loyalty inquiry as Neil Sillers refused to state if he was a Communist. Witnesses name former printer Irving Studenberg and Bertha Lomax among alleged party members while noting others, including Irving Kornfield, still employed despite COI findings. Former undercover agent Mary Markward testified about connections to the plant.
Sixteen coal cars, thirteen loaded, escaped from the Delaware and Hudson Carbondale yards in the early hours, rolling through multiple grade crossings to a stop at Yatesville after reaching speeds over 60 mph. No injuries or damage were reported, officials said.
The government filed a $42,658 tax lien against Dement Dawson described by Cleveland police as a former numbers racketeer. The internal revenue bureau says Dawson avoided income tax payments for 1948 1949 and 1950.
The FBI in Knoxville reports the arrest of Eu gene Marvin Gilleo and Roberta Mackey Gilleo, a Royal Oak couple sought in the slaying of Detroit restaurant operator John Caruso. A murder charge is filed in Lucas County Ohio. Caruso’s body was found near Toledo on August 3.
Lancaster Ohio sheriff reports Gail Rhodeback 32 father of Byron Rhodeback 5 held without charge as his wife Eliza beth Rhodeback 27 is jailed on second degree murder charges. The mother allegedly killed Byron August 7 claiming he died from injuries from a maddened heifer.
Soviet delegate Vishinsky urged broader participation for the upcoming Korean peace conference including Red China and North Korea amid U.N. debates. US and Australian delegates opposed Peiping's inclusion citing armistice terms.
A 38 year old Clarksburg grocer, Ronald E. Ross, is held in Orangeburg County jail as police investigate the nude death of Kathryn A. Cloud. Ross says he spent Friday and Saturday with the body and feared calling authorities. An inquest will follow autopsy results. foul play not yet proven.
Morning incidents kept Company 2 busy with two runs. A grass fire at 3014 Fleming Rd caused no damage. A bed smoking mattress fire at 2409 Crystal Ave. drew a still alarm at 10:02 a.m. No damage estimate given.
John D. Currie, Akron finance director since 1944, will resign Sept. 2 to serve as assistant to federal housing commissioner Charles E. Slusser, who left the Akron mayoralty June 30 after five terms to take the federal post.
Ray Sommers, 47, of 850 Sixth Ave., suffered a deep cut to the left hand at Ross Motors this morning. He was treated at Middletown Hospital at 11:45 a.m. and discharged.
Akron Ohio a 24 year old schoolteacher convicted of manslaughter in the drowning of her newborn daughter in a downtown theater restroom was placed on probation for five years Judge Stephen C Colopy imposed the sentence after a doctor reported she had a predisposition to a mental collapse The case centers on Beverly Cornett as the defendant and the verdict and probation follow the regional court proceedings
In EAST LIVERPOOL OHIO and near Midland Pennsylvania a Midland patrolman Ely Branch 29 was treated for a chest wound at Rochester general hospital. His Ambe PA counterpart George Modovich 30 was jailed on aggravated assault with intent to kill charges after a reportedly accidental discharge while he spun his pistol.
Edward J. Flynn, longtime Democratic National Committeeman and Bronx leader, died in a Dublin hospital after sailing from New York in July. He helped secure Roosevelt’s 1932 nomination and served as Democratic National Chairman from 1940, guiding the president through a successful third term bid.
Alderman Henry H. Noel 71, a Massachusetts Republican figure, was shot at his Holyoke home by a masked intruder. Mrs. Noel described him grabbing a rifle at the stairs before the killer fired a fatal shot. Police suspect a burglary motive.
Former Notre Dame Law School dean Clarence E. Manion was named by President Eisenhower as chairman of a new commission to study federal and state problems in areas like taxation and road construction. The panel, created at the President's request, will include 14 more appointees, with five senators and five House members already named.
Three young children died in Ohio accidents. Annette Debord two wandered onto railroad tracks near London while her mother collected coal. Tommy Spreng two was killed by a car in Donville Belleville. Frank Brady five perished in Coshocton auto crash. Charles seven’s body was recovered from the Ohio River near Hanging Rock.
The Lake vessels have hauled 58,492,322 tons of iron ore this season, down from a year with a steelworkers strike. The Lake Superior Iron Ore Association reported 3,409,820 tons moved in the last week.
About 51 400 employees at the General Motors Ternstedt plant in Columbus Ohio returned to work after a one day shutdown blamed on missing parts. Officials tied the pause to a 35 million dollar fire last Wednesday at GM's Transmission and Instrument plant in Livonia Michigan causing the supply shortage.
British officials state World War II began with assets totaling 10 billion dollars and concluded with liabilities of 7 billion. The figures reflect wartime borrowing and postwar debt management by the United Kingdom.
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