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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1949
Page
2
Tampa AP reports optometrist T. D. Murroughs says some cross eyed people can look two ways at once. He cites cases of a bus driver and a florist benefiting from the skill, though he notes drawbacks in sustained close up work.
Mary E Frazier transfers 80 square rods in Harlan to Herbert C Blackman. James E Grays and Josephine M Grays convey 3.34 acres in Clear Creek Two to James D Cassidy and Mary J Cassidy. William Lovely transfers one jot in Franklin Two to Bruce and Cora Lawson. Laura B Cunningham transfers one lot in Lebanon to Ethel G Miller. Alexander McMillan transfers 0.75 acres in Hampton Two to Ronald McMillan. Floyd Bays transfers 0.24 acres to Russell and Phyllis Nieley. Cassidy Grays transfer two lots in Franklin to James E Grays and Josephine Grays.
A correction to a January report clarifies Mildred Melampy versus Raymond Melampy divorce filing. Other actions include Clarence A. Hagg suing for $5,063 over a April collision on State Route 127 with Virgil Garland as defendant. Carl J. Mueller's will probate favors widow Susan J. Mueller as executrix. Inheritance tax details list the Jotters, Ehresmans, Heber Bickford and Geimer in varying amounts. Theodore Hahn named executrix for William A. Hahn estate with valued personal property and real estate totals.
Estate filings include Esther F Hamiin named administratrix for William L Hollenbaugh of Lemon Township with $2 5 thousand personal property and $5 thousand realty. Finkbone seeks administrator roles for Martha Swearingen Middletown with $600 personal property and $5 thousand realty and for J D Swearingen who died Nov 26 1934 with $8 thousand realty. Royal N Gates estate valued at $7 316 60 with $4 500 realty. Marie E Gates executrix. Dora Lee Lowe estate in Oxford valued at $2 500 in realty with Bessie Pauline Wolfe named administrator. First National Bank of Middletown appointed executor for A K Lewis estate valued at $41 thousand personal property and $5 thousand realty. Judge Bollin grants divorce to Anna Creech from Ben Creech with $900 support and transfer of half Madison Township acreage. Edward Antrim and James F Clawson reappointed jury commissioners at $180 each. Bart Flint seeks divorce from Sylvia S Flint alleging neglect. married May 6 1942 in Dayton with one child. Rufus Roberts sues Butler County Canning Co for $1 317 24 for yellow corn. contract at $24 per ton.
Jean Riley through her mother Mary Rankin seeks a divorce from Manford Riley in Common Pleas Court alleging neglect. She asks alimony and custody of their child. The couple married September 28 1946 in Covington Kentucky.
A set of paired individuals with ages and occupations listed for residents of Middletown and Trenton. Names include Edwin L Hatfield and Stella Long, Homer C Murphy and Mary E Benton, Bill Deaton and Gladys Helen Ash, George A Douglas and Marilyn E Cummings, with addresses such as 1508 Plum St Middletown and 210 South First St Trenton.
In Fort Worth Texas a 67 year old man named BE A Swift was first hit by a car and then run over by a truck. He suffered minor cuts to his hands and face.
AP reports the Agriculture Department warns grasshoppers may reach billion-scale swarms this year across eastern Montana Wyoming Colorado western Nebraska Kansas Texas and many western states west of the Mississippi excluding the far northwest. Egg beds cover over 100000 acres in northwestern Nevada and nearby Oregon California with hope for hatch disruption if weather turns unfavorable.
Government likely to act within days to avert a strike on 15 western railroads. Francis A. O'Neill of the National Mediation Board said the board will take steps to prevent disruption as the deadline approaches.
Period next spring may see natural control factors defending crops and grasslands against parasites disease and predators. If these natural methods fail every available weapon will be used to protect agriculture and ecosystems as farmers prepare for the season.
A report notes President Truman is urged to appoint an emergency fact-finding panel to resolve a dispute over demands for a second engineer on diesel locomotives. The move aims to examine safety, operations, and staffing questions affecting railroad work crews.
In Mt Angel Oregon a town under two thousand people boasted of having more cheese per person than any other U.S. town. The storage plant held about 540000 pounds of cheese.
The excerpt notes production at six thousand pounds per day in Mt Angel and states whale oil is valued for glycerine soaps and creams, indicating industrial uses and market demand for the commodity in that period.
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