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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1952
Page
9
The Red Cross launches its 1952 fund drive with an $85,000,000 goal to sustain armed forces services blood programs disaster relief and other activities. Donors who answer the call provide blood aid for wounded soldiers childbirth mothers and injured workers and support servicemen families and veterans with hope and comfort.
A neighbor recalls a farmer Hiram choosing hay work over church to save $200, arguing it harms his soul and sets a bad example for Tom and other youths. The piece links Sabbath-keeping to social erosion, urging prayer, ethics, and continued religious devotion as vital to community health.
Middletown’s 1952 Red Cross Fund Campaign targets $31,815 with $22,270 earmarked for local use by the Middletown Industrial Council. The drive runs March 1 to 15, driven by higher local demand and depleted reserve funds, while keeping most funds for Middletown needs. Key leaders include R O Brosius and Robert Q Millan, with Ames Gardner calling for broad local support.
Senator Humphrey says tax loopholes cost the government over 44 percent of a billion dollars yearly and benefit high incomes, while a 25 percent peace time tax ceiling could shift the burden to the poor. He cites income splitting and depletion allowances as major, costly loopholes. House and Senate committee staffs found conclusions adverse to the plan.
In Jena Louisiana two men Martin Jackson and Luther Pearson shot state trooper Alis Floyd through the heart after being warned about drinking and driving. Floyd’s son Donald, age 24, was killed when he ran for the gun. The suspects were wounded and captured in a field near the trooper’s home awaiting Pearson’s condition.
A two car collision on Route 32 east of Coshocton Saturday caused the death of 22 year old Miss Delores McClary of West Lafayette. She died at Coshocton City Hospital from injuries sustained in the accident.
Senator Capehart warned he will block a Senate vote on Harry A. McDonald to head the Reconstruction Finance Corporation unless two RFC related bills are called up. He favors a choice between abolition by Byrd and reform legislation by Fulbright, while the first U.S. bank dates to 1781, per Britannica.
Kentucky mine operators seek contempt citations against 32 United Mine Workers as a March 10 hearing looms over alleged violations of court orders. Union strikes and picket lines surround the New Hyden and Cita tion Mines in Hyden Kentucky as operators aim to force UMW recognition for 120 workers. An attack on mine superintendent Estill Deaton left him with a broken jaw. organizers Charles Baker Charles Vermillion and Bill Perkins were arrested.
Vital statistics list multiple births: Jess Jemison of 1308 Baltimore St. welcomed a boy on Saturday, Paul Hammond of West Ninth Ave. a girl, Emil Allen of Franklin a girl, Paul Stephens of Springboro a girl, Paul Hannah of Monroe a boy on Sunday, William Hardwick of Morrow a boy, William Berry of Middletown Route 1 a boy, Willie Vires of South Lebanon a girl today. Robert Emery (Mary Clark) of Wilmington welcomed a girl at Clinton Memorial Hospital on Thursday. Paternal grandparents are Emery of Waynesville and maternal grandparents Alvin Clark of Greentree Rd.
In The Hospital Linda Cotton daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Cotton of Minnesota Street medical oo Young of Franklin surgical Miss Ida Teater of Taylor Ave medical Mrs Glen Taylor of Garfield Ky medical Carlene Ennis daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Ennis Trenton Adam Fink of Middletown Route 1 surgical Mrs L V Kindred of Young Street Leonard Adams of Queen Avenue Forrest Hopple son of Mr and Mrs Edward Hopple of Franklin Street medical Mrs Liberty Spencer of Yankee Road medical Marsha Britton daughter of Mr and Mrs Howard Britton of Yankee Road medical Miss Donna Dennis of Fourteenth Avenue surgical Mrs Ruby Grubbs of Logan Avenue surgical Stanley Lawson of Sycamore Street surgical Mrs Anna Gross of Auburn Street surgical Mrs Lonnie Hatfield of Franklin surgical Walter Williams of North Verity Parkway medical Janice Boxwell daughter of Mr and Mrs Raymond Boxwell of Jefferson Street surgical Cathy Little daughter of Mr and Mrs Kent Little of Grand
Marshal C. Smith of Elsmere and Earl Rosser of South Main Street are tied to Mercy Hospital and Christ Hospital respectively, with Mrs. George Conrad of McKinley Street linked to Hamilton Mercy Hospital in a miscellaneous health notices snippet.
John Wells of Meadow Ave Talmadge Arnold son of Mr and Mrs Slone Arnold of Sycamore St John Hornaday son of Mr and Mrs Carl Hornaday of Armco Dr Mrs Frank Holpuch of Elwood St Garvey Hughes son of Mr and Edison Hughes of Crawford Mrs Agnes McGraw of Yankee Mrs Daisy Smith of West Middletown Route 1 Herman Blair of Miamisburg Route 3 Mrs Jerome Cottle of Wilson St Patrick Enright son of Mr and Mrs Richard Enright of Middletown Route 2 Paul Korenat of Highland St Miss Edna Murray of North Main St
The Japanese government today cleared 290 wartime leaders of responsibility, including some deceased. Among the purgees is Admiral Kantarō Suzuki, the wartime premier who steered Japan toward surrender in August 1945, though five purgees may seek public office.
In a tense hospital dispute at Angels University Hospital, Dr. Logan defends Peter Surinov amid a loyalty oath controversy while his wife Jennet provides a $1200 check to support the scientist. Maxwell Cota accuses Logan of disloyalty as a heated Medical Executive Committee wrangles over Surinov’s role and the fate of slum-clearance funding. The scene ends with Logan collapsing from stress as Pelletier aids him.
Rolland F. Moots enrollment secretary of the Hospital Care Corporation will discuss hospital surgical and medical care features at a Monroe Lions Club meeting at 6 p.m. in the Odd Fellows building. Lions will then consider offering this coverage to the rest of the village on a group basis.
The text covers two items: a sheriff sale of chattel property including a 148 Ford Super DeLuxe Station Wagon and a public sale to be conducted by Sheriff Charles B. Walker on March 7, 1952 in Middletown Ohio, and a 1952 city commission resolution authorizing the High View Road improvement from Central Ave to Grand Ave by storm sewer installation with assessments, bonds and terms set by the City Commission of Middletown Butler County Ohio.
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