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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1952
Page
12
Middletown High School seeks to enlarge the manual training complex as part of a 2.5 million school improvement program. The tentative plan, pending Building Commissioner Orville Carson’s review, would add 185 by 110 feet, a band room, music library, and new kindergarten space at Central School.
Edna Gibson of Franklin sues Dr. Kenneth M. Smith for negligence in two leg operations on December 19 and 24, 1950. She alleges severe swelling and varicose eczema after surgery and an undetected gauze sponge remained under her left leg incision. The suit seeks $10,000 in Butler County Common Pleas Court.
Washington reports Rep. Steed says the Defense Department studies two options to expand wartime casualty notices. One would send a follow up telegram once injury details are known, the other would replace telegrams with an airmail service giving full injury and condition details. He calls it a humanitarian move to ease family shock.
GRANBY Quebec George Du Bois 26 earned the title millionaire of Granby by throwing lavish parties and tipping generously. Police allege his high living was funded by fleecing 87150 from Adeodat Marquette a 55 year old farmer. Marquette believed the funds supported US car imports and a legal fight in the United States.
The first cable car climbed San Francisco's Clay Street hill in 1873 marking the start of a transit era. Over time several steep sections were replaced by electric trackless trolleys and other electric lines.
Quick coverall or spring sundress pattern 9106 by Marian Martin offers THREF pieces, pockets, straps, and a full Sew Chart. Denim chambray gingham or cotton print fabric required. size 16 uses about 4 yards of 35 inch fabric. Send thirty cents to News Journal Middletown Ohio with name address size and style number.
Ruth Millett argues that praise from family is often rare yet a mother still senses respect through daily trust. A husband who seeks his wife's financial input shows faith in her ability, while a teenage daughter weighs a mother against others in quiet comparison.
French planters in Indochina maintain rubber exports while fighting Vietminh. In 1951 they produced 50,000 tons, run by private militias on fortified plantations from Cochin China to Cambodia. Vietminh raids target warehouses and convoys as planters defend with armored patrols and air links.
DETROIT A 70 year old recluse Adam Kujak has lived in a packing box shelter on the outskirts of Detroit for two years. He dug a shallow trench, sleeps on rags, and keeps a fire alight for warmth. When asked why he stays, he replies in monosyllables that war and bombs frighten him and he feels safer there.
After seven break-ins in Eaton, two 15 year old boys and one 16 year old suspect were arrested by Patrolman Kenneth Wehrley. They were caught entering Eaton Builders' Supply Company after burglary at a school, residence, furniture store, dry cleaning shop, and fire shop. An automatic revolver stolen from a store was recovered.
The magnetic North Pole, long depicted on maps near Boothia peninsula for over a century, is now placed roughly 200 miles north and west, in McClintock Sound, affecting geographic knowledge and navigation.
Otler County auditor R. H. Smith announced that delinquent real estate tax and assessment payers will again see their names in a public list published as legal advertising. Those who pay within 48 hours before publication are removed. The list this year is smaller, with delinquent totals under $200,000, down from $1.75 million previously. Treasurer Wend’s campaign to curb delinquencies includes an installment plan, noted for aiding a widow who paid 25 cents weekly.
Philadelphia's new police commissioner, Thomas J. Gibbons, overturned a 19th century rule forcing 43 police captains and inspectors to sleep in station houses between midnight and 8 a.m. Beds were removed from stations, ending the archaic practice and allowing commanders to rest at home.
Columbus report says Willard C. Campbell of Cambridge, head of the Ohio Bureau of Code Revision, announced his candidacy Tuesday for the Republican nomination for the Ohio Supreme Court term beginning next Jan. 1. Incumbent Judge Charles B. Zimmerman of Shinefield seeks the Democratic nomination.
A family realizes the strain of leaving Mom by herself for a week, a situation that opens eyes to how they take her care for granted. The narrative centers on the unexpected adjustments and renewed appreciation within the household.
L John W Wendel Treasurer of Butler County Ohio issues notice detailing the 1951 tax year mills per dollar for county levies. General Fund 1.92, B Levy 0.65, Conservancy 0.05, Total County Levy 2.62 with miscellaneous figures and codes appearing in the document.
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