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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1950
Page
5
Warren County Selective Service Board chairwoman Marjorie Revaugh reports a manpower survey finds only six men ready for immediate induction. About 203 are I A but awaiting physicals. The county’s total manpower pool reaches 2 975 with ages 18 to 24 among registrants.
August 11 through September 18, Warren County notes draft classifications for men reaching 18 and beyond. The board lists A available for service, 1-A conscientious objectors, 1-B deferred by law, 4-D ministers or divinity students, 4-F physically unfit, and other categories including aliens and overage. Selective Service offices in Town Hall operate Thursday mornings and Friday mornings for registrations.
Information Chief Washington reports the Navy has named its third Information Chief since the Korean War outbreak. Rear Adm. Robert F. Hickey is named Acting Chief of Information in place. Rear Adm. Hugh W. his returns to the Navy General Board on assignment duties.
Robert McDede Mitchelon director of Junior Achievement arrived back at his Middletown office tired after a week of discussions and policy planning at the JA Staff Conference held at Princeton University New Jersey. He joined four other achievement directors from across the United States to share experiences and map future policies for their companies. The Middletown director led a discussion on gig manning.
City briefs list multiple meetings including Fraternal Order of Faces at the hall, Cancer Clinic at Middletown Hospital, North Middletown Fire Association at the fire house, Sertoma at the Manchester Hotel, Company F infantry at the American Legion, American Season Band rehearsal at the Legion, Mapfield Fire Department training on Sheffield Street, SPER monthly meeting at Middletown Women’s Republican Club, YMCA board and Ahepa and Knights of Columbus sessions, all with specified times and locations in Middletown.
In a fairly sound economy the hoarders possess excess money and can buy more than needed. The piece argues they profit by hoarding and selling unfairly, endangering overall prosperity. The urban street vendor is not immune to these tensions shaping welfare and future prosperity.
A controversial reminiscence piece recounts makeup artist anecdotes from Broadway to Hollywood. It details aging techniques for stars like Ming Jones and Paulette Goddard, impersonations of Rudolf Valentino, and a humorous tale of a Willkie campaign cameo.
U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that federal action to compel coal miners to join the union must await a lawful election by the National Labor Board. The decision voided forced unionization orders affecting 18 leading mining firms and upheld the need for proper process before enforcing union membership across the coal industry.
SOUTH HAVEN Mich AP Prosecutor John Verdent said Joseph Jolivette a farmhand about 50 confessed to bludgeoning his employer Mrs Ada Theus during a wage dispute. The confession came today after police found the woman’s body Saturday buried in a shallow grave near her rural home. Jolivette allegedly struck Theus with a stick of stovewood in an argument over pay.
Middletown and Franklin Girl Scouts departed Sunday by special buses to Camp Molly Lauren the only established overnight scout camp in the area. The group will attend Portsmouth Camp during the summer, with fifteen girls already having visited Camp Lauman from Chillicothe Pomeroy and Hillsboro among past attendees.
Cincinnati news recounts two lawsuits totaling $20,900 related to a Baltimore and Ohio incident, following a fatality in an October event. The suits name Ada Morgen and Mrs Mary McKie as heirs of the estate of Confer Morgen.
Residents in Meigs County Ohio River towns reported seeing up to three objects in the Mason County hills of West Virginia Sunday night. Described as round with a yellowish white light, the moving objects were sighted for over two hours from 7:50 p.m. to around 11 p.m., with no clear claim of what they were.
AP reports Thomes Wilson, 31, a former first degree murder convict from Cuyahoga County, stabbed in a kitchen dispute with fellow helper Johnny Parker, 4, at the London Prison Farm. Wilson, hospitalized in good condition, was serving a 1938 Ohio Penitentiary sentence. The note adds Britannica states Sahara Desert equals Europe in expanse excluding Scandinavia.
Legible fragments describe a person named James Me Kaerr and an event involving a railroad and alleged lence. The text is garbled, but hints at charges and a notable figure connected to the Britannica. Other details are unreadable or contradictory.
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