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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1950
Page
24
Babson Park Florida speech argues the next year hinges on replacing fear in labor management with cooperation. He cites a 160 percent production gain from a labor cost sharing plan and warns against political labor peace schemes. The speaker recounts a worker who learned plant realities to expose inefficiencies and advocates worker entrepreneurship with management.
New claimants in the Midditown area for the week ending February 18 dropped to 100, a 13 decline from the prior week and below the five week average. Unemployed claimants for one week or more fell to 1,166, the lowest in five weeks, with total state figures showing 13,821 new claims and 150,178 continuing claims for the five week period, both below prior week levels.
The White House News Photographers Association held its annual photo exhibit and dinner with Truman as guest of honor. Aaron Muller of the Washington Daily News won the grand prize for the top feature shot. First prizes went to Herbert K. White, Stanley Tretick, Gene Jones, Paul Semick, William Chapis, Joseph Roberts, and others for categories in personalities spot news scenic sports and color. A stray note mentions swine feed heat energy up to 30 percent.
Stock market notes Packard Motor on ticker tape at four with a half point loss after directors did not vote a dividend. Chesapeake and Ohio shows smaller impact at four and a fraction, while the rest of the list mostly moves in fractional changes. Several firms rise including Caterpillar, Boeing, Zenith and United Air Lines, while GM, Chrysler, Montgomery Ward and US Gypsum fall.
Grain prices moved slowly then turned firm as December wheat and July and January soybeans posted new seasonal highs. Traders cited dry winter weather in the plains and expected export demand next week with Italy Portugal and Great Britain named as potential buyers. Corn oats and cottonseed futures also rose while hogs and cattle held about steady in a light trading session.
The board of directors announces a 30 cent per share cash dividend with a record date of March 8 and payment date of April 1. The move follows routine corporate earnings and governance timing.
A Benton Harbor man 44 year old Lyn Conklin was charged with first degree murder after his mother Jennie Conrad 78 died and arsenic was found in her remains. He told police he poisoned her soup to stop being bossed around and doing chores. The body was exhumed and analyzed by the state Health Department. The incident stems from a report when Conklin walked into a Battle Creek jail seeking shelter last January.
A new square dancing club is being organized at the YMCA with urban enthusiasm. Larry Nelson announces the group has 24 prospective members and a 50 cent token fee plus 25 cent per dance dues to fund refreshments and possible exhibitions for disabled soldiers at Dayton hospital.
National Chairman Guy G Gabrielson and state chair Ray Bliss will address Recruitment Day sessions at Ohio Wesleyan University. Democrats signed up about 100 volunteers last week and similar drives will enlist students to work for parties during vacations. The University Institute of Practical Politics also sponsors sessions. The National Geographic Society notes John Colter first sighted the Teton range in 1807.
Ohio's State Highway Patrol reported in 1949 its cars and motorcycles logged 8,757,627 miles. Col George Mingle noted 21 accidents investigated, 40,331 misdemeanor and 551 felony arrests, 306,930 written warnings, 2,848 miscellaneous cases, 476 stolen or recovered autos, 6,408 school buses inspected, 281,198 drivers tested, 53,029 rejected. Patrol issued 727,477 in fines, gave 3,206 safety lectures to 162,123 people, and 91 airplane accidents yielded convictions for two pilots. Average manpower stood at 337.
Ohio crop values fell about 11 percent and livestock receded 12 percent in January figures from the Ohio Cooperative Crop Reporting Service. The 1949 chief crops were valued at 547 million dollars, down from 617 million in 1943, with wheat record and corn near all time highs offset by declines in several major crops.
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