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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1948
Page
11
New York AP report says American Woolen Company raised prices 8 to 12 percent on men's worsted suiting fabrics for next fall. Clothing manufacturers expect wholesale suit prices to rise an additional 1.50 to 2 dollars, lifting overall prices about 4 dollars above the fall 1947 level.
A stream of filings covers divorces including Mae Pickering and numerous Booths, with multiple probate inventories and administrator filings. Marriage licenses list several couples in Franklin and Mason, while real estate transfers include several two acre parcels in Frankin Mason and Lebanon.
Military services planned for Darrell James Stacey. Transfers list property deeds: Viola Cole 181 sq. rds in Clearcreek two. D. R. and Lucile Salisbury to John and Frances Mercer two lots in Waynesville. Mildred June Smith to Arthur Smith lot in Franklin. Adria Braddock to Lawrence Furnas acre in Waynesville. L. M. and Blanche Moler to Alma Watford two lots in Lebanon. Marion and Charlotte Snyder to L. M. and Blanche Moler lot in Lebanon. Al and Anna Countryman to Byron and Doris Lee Countryman two lots in Franklin.
Property deeds list multiple transfers including Davis Baker to Daniel Baker for two lots in Loveland Park. Hazelwood to Templetons for a Lebanon lot. Thompson to Copenhaver for 0.25 acres in Franklin two. Emma Paul to Robert and Henderson for two Lebanon lots. Fitts to Gibson for two Franklin lots. Franklin Board and Paper Co to Stone Container Corp for an Ada lot. Puckett to Monds for two South Lebanon lots. Blankenship to Christen for a Pleasant Plain lot. Ebert to Roberts for 0.22 acres in Lytle. Floyd Turner to Lansaw for 3.34 acres in Clear Creek two. Lansaw to Grays for 3.34 acres in Clearcreek two. Grays to Lansaw for a Franklin lot. Kahn to Romohr for 0.19 acres in Lebanon.
AP reports Scioto County confirms the death of Amanda Wiseman, age 102, the area’s oldest resident, who passed away yesterday at her home in Portsmouth. Her longtime neighbors recall a life marked by community service and family.
In Washington the White House stated that Margaret Truman is not engaged to be married. Presidential Press Secretary Charles G. Ross denied the report linking Frank Handy of Ypsilanti to an engagement. Mrs. Truman's secretary also called the rumor untrue. Handy had no comment.
Handy said he would need to verify facts and make a few long distance calls before commenting. His mother, in Ypsilanti, stated that any statement must come from Frank.
Bellevue Ohio fire chief Myron J. Moyer aged 30 who has headed the department since 1945 died yesterday after a several weeks illness.
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