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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1953
Page
8
Nationwide system of economic spotters will report early signs of a downturn. They will monitor shifts like shorter work weeks to flag a possible slump while industry reports show high current activity. Investors grow wary noting potential slowdowns ahead even as profits rise.
Advertises iron on designs and crochet patterns from Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Book. Lists Pattern 686 with 12 washable designs and multiple image sizes. Requests 25 cents per pattern plus 5 cents extra for first class mail from News Journal Middletown Ohio.
Bernice Dare, a Butler County real estate broker from Hamilton, sues William Rose of 968 Timberman Ave. in Common Pleas for 1647.50. She says Rose gave her exclusive right to list and sell new homes he built for a 5 percent commission and she sold four homes but was not paid.
Advertises Marian Martin sewing pattern 9271 for misses sizes 12 to 20 with a deep yoke and paneled hipline. Notes fabric needs 3% yards of 39 inch material for size 16 and includes a complete illustrated Sew Chart. Price thirty five cents. add five cents for mailing.
In Los Angeles a city chemist Eugene M. Diskant age 1? was found dead in his laboratory at the Department of Water and Power after sealing himself in a cabinet and mixing chemicals to produce carbon monoxide. Police say he left a letter to his employer describing himself as a misfit and tired of the daily struggle.
Petitions filed listing parties: Ruby Neal at 2601 Fleming Rd against Frank Neal. Katherine Marshall of Hamilton vs George Marshall in Manchester Ga. Martha Melton 1709 Lawn Ave against Herbert Melton City Hotel. Annette Little minor of Hamilton vs Leroy Little. Joan Hynes Hamilton vs Edward Hynes. Nira Jones 907 Ninth Ave against Paul Jones 1906 Minnesota St for neglect and cruelty.
The article lists individuals from Somerville and Hamilton connected to neglect and cruelty cases cited by Acting Judge John M. Kiracofe. British officials report that 1939 copper economics allowed exporting a ton of copper for 16 sewing machines, while 1952 required 21 machines.
Republicans accelerate their 1954 congressional bid with a 1500-member Midwest and Southern women leaders meeting in Chicago expanded to 18 states, while Democrats prep a September Chicago rally led by Adlai Stevenson. Postmaster General Summerfield and GOP leaders plan key speeches on September 18 with Kohler Stratton and Dirksen among speakers. States represented include Arkansas Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Nebraska Ohio Oklahoma South Dakota Tennessee Texas Wisconsin.
Montgomery Alabama rail worker Bar num E Medlock, 62, lost both legs in a Western of Alabama freight accident yesterday. He remained conscious and told his wife he would retire to pursue serious angling, after one leg was severed under the wheels and the other amputated at the hospital. He has forty years in railroading and plans to fish despite injuries.
Mrs Mildred L Hutchison of Hyattsville Md asked the North Carolina Motor Vehicles Dept if driving barefoot in North Carolina is illegal. The department replied highway patrolmen would likely take no action beyond a possible grin.
Miami University will award two honorary degrees at summer graduation in Benton Auditorium. Dr. Lynn Hamilton Rumbaugh, a 1928 Miami graduate and physicist, will receive the doctor of science degree. Dean Francis M. Rogers of Harvard’s graduate school will receive the honorary doctor of laws degree for his leadership in college administration and Romatic linguistics research. The ceremony marks Miami’s 25th anniversary of its graduate school with 57 candidates for master’s degrees and 484 current graduate enrollments. other graduates and attendees include numerous local residents listed in the report.
Middletown resident Thomas E. Allen of 337 North Main is listed as earning a bachelor of science in secretarial studies. The notice includes his formal name and hometown details in a brief educational achievement item.
Thomas ton Maine Edward Graffam 77, Maine State Prison inmate for 52 years, was freed under a new law allowing parole for lifers after 30 years. Convicted of murder during a robbery he continues to deny, Graffam will work as a cook for two prison guards in bachelor quarters.
Names and degrees appear for graduates including McIntire Jr of West Alexandria earning a master of education, Kenneth J. Stryker of West Manchester earning a master of education, and Hildred E. Sparklin of Eaton earning a bachelor of science in education.
Waldwick Borough Council bans all public gatherings for two weeks due to polio emergency. Mayor Nelson J. Lumley says parents should keep children indoors after an emergency meeting with the Council and Board of Health. Seven polio cases since May, six in a 600 foot area.
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