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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1949
Page
6
An article describes warming a sun porch in winter by circulating warm air into a plenum chamber under the floor and up into side walls, then releasing through baseboard slots to heat floors and walls for uniform comfort. It promotes the method for playrooms and notes personal anecdotes and a home plan tied to the number 13.
A period note details kitchen wiring efficiency tips and a sequence of legal and municipal notices from Middletown Ohio. Items include a divorce filing involving Corporal Daniel Ritzie, an emergency pay ordinance for city workers, and sealed bids for uniforms and city supplies.
A new device captures heat from a smoke pipe to heat bathroom kitchen and laundry water. A cast iron or aluminum jacket around the pipe heats cold water in a storage tank from 48 to about 130 degrees. Continuous circulation uses otherwise wasted heat.
Insulating material provides resistance to cold and heat, helps retain furnace warmth, and slows fire spread through hollow walls. It is cheaper to install during construction, but retrofits for existing homes can be affordable. Experts such as architects or engineers should select the right insulation from available residential options.
The article praises updated closet design as a key home feature. It notes that former cramped wardrobes gave way to efficient linen and clothing spaces with shelves, drawers, light, and dedicated sections for day and evening wear. Masters of storage emphasize built in shoe racks, hat compartments and accessible top shelves.
FHA officials say designs labeled freakish or hybrid raise mortgage risk. High market appeal relies on good taste and utility, with simple proportion and durable character valued. Elaborate motifs, unnecessary material variety, and false effects can lower rating.
A historical note advises suspending a new brush in raw linseed oil for a few hours to ease future cleaning and seal bristles against moisture and thinners. The oil-resinated bristles become firmer, but the brush must be thoroughly cleaned before using with non oil based finishing materials.
Hamilton police chief John A. Bippus suspended Henry Masana John Loftus Dillard Jones Frank Williams and Chester Sapson after a Cincinnati Federal Court testimony by a woman who said she paid officers for protection while working at a house of prostitution. She described weekly payments and brokering by one officer with others assisting.
Judge Alton H. Combs dismissed disorderly conduct charges for Marilyn Dixon and Anthony Italiana who were found innocent in Municipal Court. Deloris and William McKee paid $15 fines. Sherman Fleetwood received a $25 fine for careless driving. Deward Hall’s harboring a vicious dog charge was dismissed. warrant signed November 30 by Walter L. James.
The Union Chorus of Hamilton Ohio will present a program at Friendship Baptist Church Sunday at 7 30 p m sponsored by The Victory Club. The public is invited and Mrs Margaret Watts hosted the Los Amigos Club with prize winners announced and the next meeting planned at Mrs Ardella Conley’s home.
A sudden storm on the Korean east coast last Sunday caused heavy losses to fishing boats. Officials cited incomplete reports with fatalities possibly reaching six hundred and at least one hundred small boats lost as medical teams were sent from Seoul. Most vessels were about 20 miles off the coast opposite Seoul when the 1 am storm struck. Cuttlefish are caught at night.
Willia Neisman a 73 year old retired carpenter was freed after a felony court dismissed the murder charge in the fatal beating of his son Joseph 38. A coroner jury had ruled the slaying justifiable homicide with witnesses saying Joseph abused his father and mother Elizabeth 72. Neisman testified the son attacked him drunk in the family home and he acted with a club to defend himself.
In Tampa Florida AP story farmer W C Peters of Istacatta is credited with saving the Atlantic Coast Line Southland passenger train by flagging it down just before a log on a parallel track could derail it. A train crew member said the collision would have scattered the Southland through the woods. Peters saw the log roll from a timber train and rushed to warn the approaching train.
A long array of companies trades listed with quotes at 11:00 including Allied Stores American Can Amer. Rad. Stan. Armco Steel Chrysler General Electric General Motors Goodyear U. S. Steel Westinghouse Electric and others. The market shows varied activity with numerous price fractions and notable names across industries.
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