Building Permits Top $200000 In January
January building permits in Middletown soared above two hundred thousand dollars, reports building commissioner Orville Rson. Notable permits include an $82,500 project for United Welding Company on Lafayette Street and a $70,000 apartment building for Dave Finkelman on Grand Avenue, with smaller follow ups. The city also sees a landmark shift as a two story brick dwelling at Central and Baltimore is removed for a three business building. Mrs Bertha Bramble recalls her father William Smith who built many local landmarks and brick houses using bricks made in his yard, noting how the area has changed since the early days.
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Orvillerson
Cor
United Welding Company
Lafayette St
Dave Finkelman
Grand Ave
Finkelman
C. G. Barton
Central Ave
Baltimore St
Bertha Bramble
Middletown
William Smith
Clark St
Calvary Cemetery
Sorg Opera House
Sorg Paper Company
P. Lorillard Tobacco Company
West Middletown
Bramble
Lebanon Canal
Philadelphia Ave
Reynolds Ave
Miami Erie Canal
Smiths
Third St
New 1040A Tax Form Announced For Low Incomes
Collector William Doench announces the new optional Form 1040A for wage earners with incomes under 5000. The form, printed separately for more space and multi employer writes, replaces the back of withholding slips and requires attaching each employee’s original withholding statement to the return. Employers must furnish 1948 withholding statements by January 31 unless extended by the Collector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Doench
Internal Revenue
Middletown
Small Auto Engines Here To Stay Claim
TOLEDO AP James D Mooney president of Willys and Overland Motors says the four cylinder engine has a permanent place in the auto market The economy size engine will gain importance as competition increases and buyers seek best value in upkeep operating expense and price
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo, C
James D. Mooney
Willys and Overland Motors, Inc
Lemon Trustees Seek To Reopen Mayfield Ditch
Lemon Township trustees surveyed Fernwood Street after two days of heavy rain and decided to secure owner consent to reopen the ditch on the east side to drain the flooded area as development filled the block.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lemon Trustees
Mayfield Ditch
Lemon Township
Fernwood St
Mayfield
Fernwood Street
Township plans dig to drain street into Jefferson Road
Officials seek owner consent to dig a ditch on the east side of the street to channel flood water to Jefferson Road. Trustees approve undertaking the work to fix the flooded condition after heavy rains. Crab apples are cited as ancestors of all apple varieties.
Radio singer John C. Turner dies at KOA in Denver
John C. Happy Jack Turner fifty, a KOA radio singer, died yesterday from a brain hemorrhage station manager Lloyd Yoder announced. All foliage and fruit of the coconut tree come from one bud.
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Denver
John C
Happy Jack) Turner
KOA
Sta
Rail Line Planned Linking Cadiz to New Plant
Wheeling and Lake Erie plans a 3.7 mile industrial track from Georgetown to a new coal cleaning plant two and a half miles south of Cadiz in Harrison County Ohio. Stockholders vote February 8 to authorize establishment and construction of the line connecting Adena Cadiz and New Athens branch to the plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Company
Adena, Cadiz
New Athens
Harrison County
Georgetown
Cadiz
Akron man jailed for stealing letter with $2
Charles R. Wilson, 44, of Akron received a 90 day federal sentence after pleading guilty to stealing a letter that contained $2. The case was prosecuted in federal court and noted by AP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland (Ap
Charles R. Wilson
Akron
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Chicago
South Broad Street
Chuck Roast
Choice
Wilson
Pudong
Great Northern
Delrigh
Numaid
Jefferson Road
Rogers
A Pia Paar
Tion
Lloyd Yoder
Wilbraham RD
BABY
Wilson’s
Boudoir
WPFB-910
George S. May Company
Alas Vantee
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