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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1948
Page
2
Firemen ran the March of Dimes booth from 10 a m to 6 p m and reported strong results. The Junior Chamber of Commerce will staff the booth today as committee members praised the first day.
Philip Rhoads, 76, died Friday at his Hillsboro home after a yearlong decline in health. A former Middletown resident and retired Armco veteran, he is survived by his wife Isa Rhodes a son Charles of Hillsboro a daughter Mrs Homer Cox of Middletown three brothers and two sisters. Services Monday at 2 p.m. from the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Logan Street Burial in Middletown Cemetery.
A 15 year old typewriter was taken from the Parrott Coal Company 321 Verity Pkwy when Jeves entered last night by removing a window on the west side Detectives reported Elsewhere in the city police investigated an attempted break in at the home of Mrs Ben Hurwitz 223 South Broad St but found a bushel of rotten oranges and debris on the front porch One orange was thrown through the window Officers said This morning detectives were called to the M and O Feed Store 809 West Central Ave where marks on the door indicate an attempted entry.
Paramount presents Gone With The Wind starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh at 12 15, 4 10 and 8 10 p m Saturday. Sunday features Green Dolphin Street with Lana Turner and Van Heflin at 1 15, 3 55, 6 35 and 9 15 p m. Strand screens Crime Doctor Gamble with Warner Baxter at 1 15, 4 55, 8 16 and 10 55 p m plus Bockaroo From Powder River with Charles Starrett and Smiley Burnette at 2 55, 7 10 and 9 55 p m. Sunday Variety Girl with Bing Crosby and Rob Hope at 1 15, 4 10 and 10 10 p m and Devil Ship with Richard Lane and Louise Campbell at 3 05, 6 05 and 9 95 p m.
Pressley Durham aged 18 of 219 Linden Street was sentenced by Municipal Judge Harry F. Walsh to three months in the county jail and fined 200 dollars plus costs for tampering with an automobile. Sentences were suspended on condition he leaves Hamilton within six hours.
Cleveland AP reports a 41 year old Negev man held on Thursday questioning in the death of eight year old Sheila Ann Tuley shows signs of wavering in his story. Two witnesses place him near the Tuley home near her disappearance on New Year’s night as detectives label his alibi full of lies. After a four hour search the girl’s body with seven stab like wounds was found on a neighbor’s porch.
House Speaker Joseph Martin dismissed President Truman’s tax plan as plain buncombe. Speaking via surrogate in Newark before the New Jersey Taxpayers Association, he pledged a bill to relieve small income groups, while noting his illness confines him to bed in Washington.
Stock prices and listing notes from New York exchanges show varied performance for Allied Stores American Can and others. Major names include Bendix Aviation Curtis Wright Douglas Aircraft General Electric General Motors Goodyear Hiram Walker Motors Kennecott Copper Pan American Airways Phillips Petroleum Procter & Gamble Southern Pacific United Airlines U.S. Steel Westinghouse Electric and more, reflecting broad industrial and transportation sectors.
Josephus Daniels, 85 year old editor and former Secretary of the Navy and ambassador, lay near death at his Raleigh home as family said little hope remained for his recovery.
Hamilton solicitors report contributions totaling $7,044.50 at the first meeting of the YMCA financial canvass. Receipts exceed the 1947 drive date by $88. Officials set a $25,000 goal and say the campaign ends next Friday.
Catholic Information presents the Bible as the history of Jesus Christ drawn from seventy two books written over sixteen hundred years by about fifty authors. It claims a single divine authorship by the Holy Spirit and a golden thread linking Old and New Testaments from prophecy to fulfillment.
A Catholic viewpoint argues that the soul is a direct creation of God while the body may have evolved from animals. The Church does not condemn evolution of the body, but maintains human dignity refutes kinship with apes. Readers are invited to request Catholic Information from the Legion of Navy in Middle Town, Ohio.
Sunday afternoon Youth Fellowship meets at Calvary Methodist Church to hear Cleveland conference reports. Rev. Harley Martin directs a 3 30 p m recreation hour then a 5 p m banquet with Miss Marjorie Brewer presiding. Speakers include Anne Calvert Ralph Ramsey Neva Sawyer Stanley Kolb Ronald Logan Ruth Bartlett Jane Vandervort. Announcements cover the Mid Winter Institute on January 24 in Dayton with musical selections.
Three people were injured early today in a three vehicle crash on Route 25 near Miamisburg. Edward Templeton, 29, of Terre Haute Ind drove a car into the rear of a truck driven by Claude Jackson 21 of 702 South Main St. The truck then struck Cleveland Raney 19 of Miamisburg Route 1. Passenger Gladys Giddens of Miamisburg suffered a leg injury. Haney received minor head lacerations and Dallas Alcon 17 of Franklin Route 2 had minor head injuries. All were treated by a Miamisburg physician. The cars were heavily damaged.
Maj. Jacques Vergotti, aide to ex King Mihai of Romania, said there will be no wedding for Mihai and Princess Anne Bourbon-Parma for now. He noted advisers oppose the match and a romance could be seen as abdication by Romanian authorities. Anne Bourbon-Parma travels toward Luxembourg for a rest, delaying plans to join Mihai in Switzerland.
The 1948 milestone celebrates New York City as a five-borough municipal entity. Plans for a municipal mobilization parade, an international air exposition, educational and cultural expositions, and a global fashion and arts festival aim to boost business and pride amid a profile of rapid growth since consolidation in 1898.
In Dillingham Alaska Mrs Avis K Griffen recovers from severe beating after New Year's Eve killings of her husband Harold K Griffen trading post manager and Martin Ernestus in the Ernestus home. FBI awaiting Washington tests on vital organs and interview plans with Mrs Griffen as conditions allow.
Akron forecasts 23 quatrillion 800 trillion rubber bands will be produced in the United States this year, totaling about 1,750 tons of raw rubber. Each pound of rubber yields 6,800 bands as the industry rebounds from wartime lows. Local Lisbon residents speculate on Phoenician ancestry.
A fresh mass of cold air moved into the midwest driving temps down to 24 below in parts of North Dakota's Red River Valley. Forecasters said temperatures would edge higher toward the Atlantic coast as the cold front moves southeast.
Canton City bus strike enters week seven as 150 drivers and garagemen press for a 20 cent hourly raise. Max Phillips of the AFL Local announces a meeting with AFL-CIO committee to obtain financial aid to sustain the 43 day walkout while the company counters with a 15 cent raise tied to fare increases approved by the City Council.
Philadelphia AP Jess M. White, 64, designer of the Triplex which set a world speed record of 207.55 mph at Daytona Beach on April 22, 1928, died at his Merion home. A Live Oak, Florida native, he led J. M. White, Inc. and helped advance automotive electrical equipment. He moved to Philadelphia in 1901 and started his business in 1914, building the Triplex in 1927.
In Huron South Dakota Reverend Charles Bullock a Sioux Falls Methodist minister won a liar's contest after claiming to have survived several dreaths. He said he drilled a well through a wringer to obtain drinking water during one drought. The note adds that the Union of South Africa retains four provincial governments and legislatures.
Oscar Day, 54, former lice chief of Yellow Springs, Ohio, pleaded innocent to charges of embezzling municipal funds. No trial date has been set.
In Dorset yesterday an automobile collision near Ashtabula, Ohio, fatally injured Earl Walker, 61, a farmer from Lennox. The crash prompted authorities to investigate the circumstances surrounding the accident.
An employee vote at Youngstown Foundry and Machine Company approved requiring AFL International Moulders and Foundry Workers union membership as a condition of continued employment by 122 to one. The result underscores labor union influence in the plant.
The Rev Ralph Lee Collins of Hamilton Ohio is to be installed as pastor of the South Brooklyn Church of God tomorrow. After graduating from Anderson College and Theological Seminary in 1943 he served in Ports mouth Ohio then went to missionary work in Panama in 1946. Chief Justice Weygandt named two judges to help form the Maumee Valley Water Conservancy District in Defiance Monday.
Capt. Richard P. McDermott of the Wellington National Guard announced a complete investigation into Tuesday night’s incident in which four youths allegedly ripped insignia and buttons off uniforms belonging to two Air Force soldiers on leave from San Antonio, Texas, at their Wellington homes.
Officials of Evans Brick Company at Midvale and representatives of 80 united brick and clay workers ended 10 days of negotiations after failing to settle a wage increase dispute. The walkout began last week, halting production and prompting union leaders to vow further action if demands are not met.
Warren and Salem payrolls paid to employees in 1947 totaled 10,600,000, according to company President George E. Whitlock. The figure surpasses 1946 by 3,500,000, reflecting a strong year for Mullins Manufacturing Corporation in Warren and Salem.
Common Pleas Judge Moran B. Jenkins sentenced 45-year-old Lester Nichol of Silverlake Indiana to die in the electric chair for killing the Rev. Lewis Whittaker, his 76 year old father in law, at West Newton Ohio last May 6. Officials at Lima State Hospital for the criminal insane said Nichol was legally sane.
Mrs Caroline Fritesch aged 78 died at Good Samaritan Hospital two hours after visiting her former husband. She was struck by a automobile while crossing the street in front of the hospital.
AP report from Salem Oregon states Fred Linder a Pennsylvania Railroad freight conductor from Leetonia Pennsylvania was killed last night when he fell from a box car during work. The incident highlights line safety as investigators review the facts surrounding the death.
Ear B Purcell 32 of Monroe was treated at Middletown Hospital for cuts after a fight last night. Police say Purcell had just returned from overseas duty and was celebrating.
About 155 Catholic students at Baldwin Wallace College face decision after eight undergraduates resign over a required religion course and chapel attendance. President Wright defends academic freedom while Msgr Balmat condemns the course as teaching error and undermining Catholic doctrine. The college says it remains open to Catholics and sees no chapel discrimination.
Five members of Branch 188 National Association of Letter Carriers left today to attend a conference in Washington DC They are James Layer Chester E Hollenbaugh LaVerne J Knox Ermal R and Harry Carter Five hundred delegates are expected at the two day session called by William C Doherty national president of the N A L C The session will end Tuesday evening
Firefighters were called out three times yesterday causing total damage of 60 dollars. A car driven by Kelly Roe Jr at 612 Moore Street burned due to defective wiring causing 50 dollars damage. Myers Brothers taxicab at 916 Garden Street sustained 5 dollars damage from a fire. A mattress fire at Willie Conyer’s home 1308 Garfield Street caused additional damage estimates.
Miss Mary A. Lloyd of the Hamilton Social Security Administration urges awareness of the social security card as an insurance policy. She notes survivors may receive monthly benefits and that workers reaching 65 should verify status. She cites 4051 duplicate card requests in 1947 and urges care with cards to avoid cost and inconvenience. The Hamilton office, in the Federal Building, operates 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays.
The Miami Hi Y club sponsored the event at the YMCA last evening starting at 9 p m. Seated chaperones were Mr and Mrs C A McCutcheon and Mr and Mrs B D Morgan while Herb Spade's orchestra played until midnight with 263 youths in attendance.
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