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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1948
Page
12
Robert Jones, 28, of 1801 Oberon Dr., was fined $100 for physical control of a motor vehicle when he appeared yesterday in municipal court.
A man was arrested in a car on Eighteenth Ave and Main St in an intoxicated condition. A judge in Municipal Court addressed the case the day before acting. Dorothy Hatton had filed to have charges dropped. Two people were fined $10 and $25 for intoxication and another forfeit a $25 bond for failure to appear.
Luther Hatton of 4301 Warren Rd had charges of non support dismissed but ordered to pay $5 in court costs. The case details indicate a disposition without conviction and a minimal financial penalty.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa now leans more than 16 feet from vertical, marking a significant shift in its historic tilt. Engineers monitor the structure as crews assess stability and potential restoration plans.
A small feature describes a daily message puzzle ERE by William J. Miller. Players count letters in their name, adjust by simple rules to get a key number, then scan a grid left to right reading letters under checked figures to reveal the fortune message. Copyright 1948 distributed by King Features Inc. 7-22.
Two persons were treated in the emergency room at Middleton Hospital last night. Police officer George Jeffries of Franklin received knee lacerations after a motorcycle crash on River Rd. Marjorie Downing, 17, of Oneida, suffered knee and elbow cuts from a bicycle fall. Both were released.
The CIO United Steelworkers and Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company signed an agreement giving workers an average 13 cent per hour wage increase for 21 000 employees retroactive to July 16. The contract covers Youngstown and Chicago plants and runs until April 30, 1950. The article notes that on June 1, 1948 there were 11 287 000 people employed on farms in the United States.
Red Cross volunteers plan cookies and punch for nearly 200 patients at the U S Veterans Hospital in Dayton. Under chairwomen Mrs G W Breiel and Mrs Robert Gibbs the camp and hospital committee organized the refreshments and future dinners for soldiers, with plans to serve in Middletown on their return from a Cincinnati game.
Armco Steel Corporation received the Highest Merit Award for its 1947 Annual Report to Shareholders in a Financial World contest surveying over 2000 reports. The award keeps Armco eligible for a Best of Industry honor, previously won in 1944 and 1945, highlighting clear communication to employees and shareholders in modern content and typography.
The National Labor Relations Board announced August 17 as the date for a bargaining unit election at the Hoover Company in Canton. About 2,200 Hoover production workers are eligible to vote in the election.
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