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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1949
Page
4
Butler County authorities disclosed scant clues in a blast at John S Williams residence north of Pisgah. Sheriff Charles B. Walke said a homemade bomb theoretical cause blew out fourteen window panes and cracked two more while the Williams family slept at 3 30 in the morning.
A 29 year old man, Dave Bullock of 03 Van derveer Street, fell about 15 feet from the West Middletown bridge rail near the east end onto concrete slabs. He suffered a broken right leg and internal injuries and was taken to Middletown Hospital by Riggs ambulance.
In Cincinnati an injunction petition to stop mass picketing at Cooperative Mills in Reading was to be resumed before Judge Louis Schneider. Two meetings yesterday between company attorney James Coates and union attorney J W Brown failed to produce a strike settlement.
City commissioners are expected to pass a ordinance raising water rates to fund a 1.5 million dollar improvement program at tomorrow night’s meeting. The vote follows two prior readings with Commissioner Carmody opposing. replacement for J B Beatty may be discussed. charter revision drafting may be sent to an outside authority for review. consideration of federal housing aid and routine contracts for coal and gasoline plus June reports are on the agenda.
Middletown welcomes a Polish displaced family as M. McGraw furnishes a new home on his Sleebig farm. Dobrozsi credits the effort for placing the Waiciech family, with work ahead, as the father plans a 30 by 30 foot home and the mother coordinates. Donations of furniture are urged to help furnish the farm residence.
Franklin village council votes to oppose American Bus Lines Incorporated application to operate in Franklin. A representative will attend an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing. The board cites congested traffic as reason to block the bus line.
A gas pump at the Lebanon plant of Cincinnati Gas and Electric Co failed for about three hours. The breakdown disrupted daily routines for three hours as residents queued for fuel and hot water for Monday wash days. Repairs ended around 12:30 p.m. with the plant recently under Cincinnati Gas and Electric management.
Cincinnati man John F. Dietz, 30, was released on a 25 dollar bond to appear in traffic court for speeding on South Main Street. Police reported Mrs. Noble Hoover said her Malvern Street home was entered and set ablaze Sunday between 5 and 10 PM, with a burning davenport and heavy smoke filling the house.
George Schmidt, Chicago Riverview Park owner and past NAAPPB president, toured LeSourdville Lakes facilities Monday with Paul H. Hudepohl. They praised cleanliness. Don Carey was reelected national director of the park association at Chicago meeting.
The article notes 27 Middletown servicemen remain for burial at Woodside Cemetery and family plots, with 77 of 166 county deaths already repatriated. It cites Army figures that about 10,000 identified national cases await shipment, part of more than 150,000 returned since the program began, and Ohio totals: 827000 served, 20000+ war dead, with Preble 31, Warren 36, Montgomery 271 repatriated.
Three youths are in custody in Armington Missouri on theft charges filed by a parent for one boy. Bonds totaling 2500 dollars, including 1775 in a car, were linked to the arrests with other stolen items from Indiana and Ohio. Suspects Joseph Singhoffer Travis Ball and Stanley Holaday are named, with Holaday on parole from Mansfield reform school.
At the movies Paramount presents Neptune's Daughter starring Red Skelton and Esther Williams with showings at 1 30 3 40 5 40 7 49 and 9 40 p m Tuesday. Wednesday screens The Bride with Robert Taylor and Ava Gardner at 1 15 3 25 5 35 7 45 and 9 55 p m.
Tuesday screenings feature Disaster with Richard Bending and Trudy Marshall at 1 40 4 20 7 00 and 10 20 p m and Suganna Pass with Roy Rogers and Dale Evans at 2 55 5 35 and 9 05 p m Wednesday offers SOS Sub Marine at 2 30 5 05 7 40 and 10 10 p m alongside Rose of the Yukon with Steve Brodie and Myrna Dell at 1 25 4 00 6 35 and 9 05 p m.
The weatherman predicts partly cloudy skies and a few scattered thunder showers with a dip in temperatures on Wednesday. Early today the temperature rose from a 68 degree low at 3 a.m. to 91 degrees by 4 p.m. and a 74 degree low was recorded overnight with 78 degrees by 10 a.m.
Frank Rosendahl of 1047 Hayes Ave. today became the first incumbent council member to file petitions with the election board for the forthcoming council election. The Independent winner two years ago plans to organize his own ticket. Filing deadline is September 29.
The first polio cases of the year were reported yesterday in Columbus Ohio. The victims include two women aged 22 and 24 and a five year old boy.
Middletown will get $20,000 this year from a state Legislature boost adding six million dollars to local subdivisions. City attorney Fred J. Schatzmann said the aid helps cover rising costs and should support payrolls and operations, with total state influenced revenue approximating $130,000.
At the Lions International 32nd convention, Eugene S. Briggs announced board approval to purchase land on the Lincoln Highway south of Chicago for Lions City. The project grows from Melvin Jones’s idea and aims to provide buildings for Lions International use near Illinois Central and Michigan Central Railways.
Mrs. Myrtle R. Taylor, 73, of 119 Manhattan St is one entry with other obituaries including Elmer Stock, 51 of Trenton Roy R. May of Winchester John L. Walker, 57 of Mason and J. Stauder, 214 Harrison Se in Columbus Ohio correspondence.
Mr and Mrs Leonard Wells 3001 Ottawa St welcome a girl Monday. Mr and Mrs Jesse Lyons 1707 Highland St greet a girl Monday. Mr and Mrs Gerald Hawkins Franklin report a boy Monday. Mr and Mrs John Hartbarger 313 Gideon Rd announce a girl Monday.
A compiled list shows individuals by care type and home streets. Entries include several in Lafayette Street and Plum Street with medical or surgical statuses, plus others on Sixteenth Avenue Vander Veer Street and Highland Street. Out of town mentions note Dayton and Birmingham connections and former residents of Pontiac and Hamilton areas.
Construction started in Marion Ohio on a 3.5 million dollar Motor Products Corporation factory. The 236000 square foot facility will produce automobile parts and refrigeration equipment for Detroit based company.
Three year old Thomas Lee Duston, son of Mr and Mrs C W Duston of Cincinnati, died after a skull fracture from a fall from his father's car on the CCC highway near Lebanon. He was taken to Our Lady of Mercy Hospital in Mariemont and pronounced dead on arrival. The car door unlocked as the family headed home to Cincinnati, the boy fell onto the highway about two miles south of Morrow. The father is a supervisor at Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company.
William Curtis, 20, of Cincinnati, Ohio, drowned near Dayton while wading at a beach after stepping into a deep hole in the Ohio River. authorities investigated the incident.
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