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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1952
Page
9
The Netherlands correspondent for Tass was arrested in The Hague on suspicion of spying. The Foreign Office said Lev Constantinovitch Pissarev, 37, had secret documents in his possession when detained by police.
A cassowary catches fish by sitting in water and shaking them loose on land. Archeologists estimate Joshua destroyed Jericho around 1200 B C per the National Geographic Society.
About 450 residents gathered at the American Legion auditor ium for the Salvation Army Community Christmas Party. An hour of entertainment preceded a department store setup where children received toys and parents took home gift baskets. Don Carey presided, Rev. Galloway gave the invocation, Capt. Prescott spoke, and performances by Gene and Bob Young with Nancy Reed, plus magic by Bill Hilz, entertained. Santa arrived as the program ended and all families received tickets for toys, ice cream, candy, and Christmas baskets.
Immigration officials identified three individuals among the group as automatically inadmissible including a Communist and a theft convict in France. Forty-three were found with tampered identification documents, 28 had defective papers possibly fixable in New York, and violators of shore leave would be picked up and sent back to the ship. Biochemists classify water as a food, though it provides no energy.
Vital statistics note multiple births this week including Clarence Blount at 216 State St a boy William Seegar at 2109 Finley St a boy Corba Haven at 2315 Sutonin St a girl Gene Deaton Middletown Route 3 a boy and an out of town birth Philip Hegner Maud Cincinnati Christ Hospital a boy on December 19 Paternal grandparents listed for several entries John Arthur born in Barnsville CO December 13 and family ties noted for Dayton Maud Bethany Ithaca and Middletown locations
In The Hospital Victor Wilson of Shafer Street is listed for surgical. James Schreiber son of Mr and Mrs James Schreiber Sr of Highview Road listed for medical. Mrs Daniel Gross of Franklin medical. Mrs Roxie Hollis of Cooper Street Beverly Sue Carpenter daughter of Mr and Mrs Samuel Carpenter of Franklin medical. John Ross of Franklin medical. Mrs Orian Penrod of Miamisburg surgical. Patricia Diane Cole daughter of Mr and Mrs Leslie Cole of Garfield Street medical. Kenneth Craig son of Mr and Mrs Carl McIntosh of Curtis Street surgical. Nathaniel Smith son of Mrs Bessie May Smith of Eighth Avenue. Marx Shapiro son of Mr and Mrs Isador Shapiro of Wilbraham Road surgical. DISMISSED Mrs Joe Stalls of Yankee Road. Mrs Chester Stacy of Waite Street. Bruce Skeens of Auburn Street. George Recher of Miamisburg. James Mullins son of Mr and Mrs Fred Mullins of Morgan Street. Leonard Mullen son of Mr and Mrs Leonard Mullen of Woodlawn Avenue. Mrs Paul Maier of Logan Avenue. George Leighton of Eaton Drive. Mrs Roscoe Evans of Trenton. Mrs Harry Clendening of Franklin. Green Caudill of Bexley Drive. Scott Carpenter son of Mr and William Carpenter of Franklin. Donald Ray Bush son of Mr and Mrs Reynold Bush of Casper Street. Mrs Arthur Brewer of Sutphin Street. Darlene Biskop daughter of Mr and Mrs Alfred Biskop of Beech Avenue.
Charles F Isaacs 22 of Waynesville remained in critical condition at Middletown Hospital after a Sunday night crash on Route 73 east of Route 48. His car plunged through a guard rail down a 15 foot embankment after colliding with a car driven by William E Holaday 36 of Wilmington. Jack L Thomas 63 of Miamisburg was in fairly good condition after a Saturday night accident on Route 73 near the Butler Warren line, suffering a fractured right knee, fractured finger and severe forehead laceration.
Two dolls in Japanese costumes bound for Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Churchill were detained at London Airport aboard a BOAC Comet. Japanese Students Union sent the gifts, but customs said someone must pay the duty, with no immediate determination who would be liable.
Balloons sent aloft to study cosmic rays reach up to 100000 feet, earning the nickname flying saucers in reports.
A 22 year old polio patient Doris Whittaker unable to write cards will record holiday messages in Atlanta. Amateur radio operators will relay them by ham network to Somerset Kentucky where Iva Kelley’s W4TUT station will pick up greetings. Friends will answer by radio and voices reach her by phone. She has been in Grady Hospital since summer after traveling here for work.
A new laboratory for studying coal chemicals and coke processes has been opened in Pittsburgh, aiming to advance understanding and efficiency in coal processing and related chemical research.
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