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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1948
Page
5
New York report from the AP notes the postwar entertainment slump may rival the prewar decline. Film box office down 7 to 12 percent. record and sheet music sales fall. many clubs close. Broadway shows fade. radio stars face cuts while television grows. Brock Pemberton calls the slump the worst since prewar mood.
A robin nest on a water pipe in a building under construction in Memphis remains undisturbed by carpenters plumbers and other workers as B C Joyner’s crew notes the bird’s quiet residency. In Ohio notices, executrix appointed and four month claims period set in estates of Bernard L Ware and Alma E McFeeters with local attorneys named and dates in July 1948.
Columbus Ohio officials deny a polio plague in the state noting 101 reported cases and explaining an epidemic would require one in 10 000 residents. They cite last year s peak of 1480 cases but stress hygiene and prompt treatment of colds and garbage removal as prevention.
The Ohio Supreme Court affirmed the 1st degree murder conviction of Donald J. Frohner 16 of Youngstown and set August 20 for his execution in the electric chair. Frohner and Arthur Chapman were 11th grade students at South High School and faced charges for the January 1947 killing of William C. Spieth on Route 62 near Youngstown during an attempted car theft.
About 300 production employees are recalled to work at the Tucker Corporation Chicago plant after a three week shutdown. Preston Tucker, the company president, closed the plant during an SEC investigation into company operations.
In 1947 the United States shipped more than 19 million tons of food abroad, signaling a year of substantial agricultural exports and strong demand for U.S. produced staples.
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