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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 24, 1948

Page

2

Greater Gas Flow Planned By Texas Eastern Lines

Texas Eastern Transmission filed with the Federal Power Commission to raise daily gas delivery capacity by 235,010,010 cubic feet along the Big and Little Inch lines from Excello, Pennsylvania, toward Ohio and West Virginia. Cost is estimated at 24.05 million dollars. The expansion supports供应 to East Ohio Gas, Ohio Fuel Gas, and Manufacturers Light and Heat, with deliveries to Middletown and Cincinnati utilities. Plans include 178 miles of 26-inch pipe, 15,001 horsepower, and completion by November 1, 1949 to reach 740 million cubic feet daily.

Middletown Ohio West Virginia Pennsylvania Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation Shreveport Federal Power Commission Associated Press Washbee Ok Wee Angoon Inch Excello Windbridge FPC Texas Gas Transmission Corporation Tri-State East Ohio Gas Company Ohio Fuel Gas Company Manufacturers Light and Heat Company Texas Eastern Middletown Gas and Electric Service Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company Texas Gas East Ohio Ohio Fuel and Manufacturers Lebanon East Texas Carthage The Power Commission Texas Gas Transmission Corp

At the Movies Weekend Showings and Big Bridge Fact

The listing promotes Pat Mont and River Lady film showings with multiple nightly showtimes. It also notes a dine cruise and a small cast lineup for Saturday. A factual aside mentions Paris's Pont Alexandre III bridge over the Seine.

Pat Mount Philip Reed Hillary Brooke Yvonne DeCarlo Dan Duryea Dine Cruise Colorado Eddie Dean Beverely Simmons Paris Seine

Wallace Wallace Taylor Ticket Aims For Peace Platform

Wallace names Sen Glen Taylor Idaho Democrat as running mate for the Progressive party with Elmer Benson to head a national committee. Delegates in Philadelphia rally with Wallace Taylor banners as they push a peace platform urging good faith talks with the Soviet Union. Both deny Communist ties as potatoes are noted to contain about eight tenths water.

Glen Taylor Idaho Taylor Truman Wallace Fred Stover Farmers Union Iowa Larkin Marshall Georgia Wallace - Taylor United States Soviet Union

Poems Bloom With Love For Slain Farmer's Wife

Poems from Cyril Gordon to Mrs Marie Abbott Conn were released to the press and may be admitted as evidence in the Common Pleas Court trial of Gordon for the slaying of Morris Abbott. The letters found after an Abbott farm auction include lines about loving and ideal men. Hamilton jurors heard testimony from Abbott's parents the coroner and a physician as the case builds toward a peak next week.

Abbott Cyril “Scotty” Gordon Marie Abbott Conn Common Pleas Fred B. Cramer Hamilton Abbott Farm Morris Abbott Gordon

Barbed Wire Rivalry Turns to Southwest Wealth

Port Arthur News recounts how Isaac Elwood and salesman John W Gates sparked barbed wire’s spread in the Southwest. Gates parried injunctions by crossing state lines and even shipping from a river barge, then the rivals merged, turning both into multi millionaires.

Port Arthur Tex Great Southwest John W. Gates San Antonio Southwest Gates Issac Elwood Illinois Elwood

Buried Here Tuesday for Irene Brooks Crash Victim

Plans are set for the funeral of Irene Brooks 20 daughter of Mr and Mrs Howard S Brooks Birmingham England. She died in a head on collision on Route 4 north of Hamilton with Harry Sizemore Walter Brown and William Porter. Visitation at McCoy Lefller Funeral Home and services will be held Tuesday at 2 pm with burial in Woodside Cemetery.

Howard S. Brooks Birmingham England Irene Brooks Route 4 Hamilton Miss Brooks Harry Sizemore Garfield St Walter Brown Franklin Brown William Porter South Broad St Sizemore Middletown S. Hughes Garvin Episcopal Church of Ascension Woodside Porter

Electrician killed by shock at Adanson Plant East Liverpool

Lloyd Crowell a 46 year old electrician was killed by an electric shock while working at the Adanson Manufacturing Company plant yesterday in East Liverpool. Burial will be at Woodside. The widow is Mrs. Clarice Porter and he leaves a son, a daughter, three sisters and three brothers. Friends may pay respects at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home Saturday and Sunday with viewing times listed. Clergymen Rev Forrest Ashcraft and Rev A L Forrest noted in report.

East Liverpool Lloyd Crowell Adamson Manufacturing Company First Church of God Crawford St Forrest Ashcraft A. Leland Forrest Woodside McCoy-Leffler Clarice Porter

Comfortable Week End Seen Middleton Enjoys Sunny Start

Middleton residents greeted a pleasant weekend with clear skies and mild air. After a high of 82 on Friday, temperatures eased to 64 by midnight and 59 by 6 a.m. Saturday as predicted, with mostly sunny, less humid conditions and a cooler east portion. Sunday looked fair and warmer.

Mercury

Paint fumes blamed for $200 house fire

Damage estimated at 200 dollars occurred at the residence of Harry C. Zapp on 1718 Columbia Ave at 3 06 p m yesterday. Firemen reported fumes from paint supplies in the basement ignited by the hot water heater. Company No 1 used 100 feet of booster line to extinguish the blaze.

Harry C. Zapp Columbia Ave Company No. 1

Obituary of Patricia Ann Hughes

Patricia Ann Hughes six daughter of former Middletown resident died instantly after being struck by a coal truck in Magnolia Ohio She was the daughter of Rev and Mrs John W Hughes pastor of Magnolia First Church of God Her mother was Omar Ingram and her father William J Ingram survived by brother Donald Dayton sister Geneva Dayton and four brothers at home John Jr Wilbur Daniel and Kenneth Funeral 2:30 p m Sunday Magnolia First Church of God Burial Monday 1:30 p m Woodside Cemetery

Patricia Ann Hughes Middletown Magnolia John W. Hughes First Church of God John, Jr Wilbur Daniel Kenneth Magnolia First Church of God Woodside Cemetery

Negroes Guarded By Posse In Dentville Area

Chief Deputy E L Bishop said Black residents were taken to jail for questioning and safekeeping to keep them away from a mob near Dentville a town of about 50 people west of Hazelhurst Mississippi. State Patrol cars swarmed the area as a posse hunted two Negroes near Turkey Creek and Abe Fulg ham’s home was surrounded as daylight approached.

State Highway Patrol Abe Fulgham Davis

Cut By Glass Pilot Dies In Fremont Collision

Flying glass cut the jugular vein of Robert Kizer, 24, of Tiffin, in an automobile collision in Fremont early today. he died en route to a hospital. The flicker woodpecker is noted as a game bird in parts of the United States.

Fremont, O Robert Kizer Tiffin United States

Local Middletown man sought to sell and supervise

A local Middletown resident is needed to lead sales and supervise staff. Starting pay is $75.00 per week with substantial bonus. Car required. Write stating qualifications. All inquiries confidential. Journal Box 14.

Middletown

Witnesses clash as state may and courtroom tension rise

The report notes Mrs Conn’s composed testimony on the stand while spectators dwindled in the third floor courtroom of Judge Cramer. A Monday recess followed a Friday afternoon break, with the trial expected to resume to continue for several days as court staff, counsel, and jurors prepare for further proceedings.

Cramer Mildred Kreiling Baden Jackson Bosch Conrad C. Stroh Charles B

Personal God in Catholic Thought and Sign of the Cross

Catholic Information extols God as a personal being and stresses the personal relationship with the Creator. It notes many outside the Church misunderstand God and highlights the Sign of the Cross as both prayer and public profession of faith, inviting readers to contact the Legion of Mary for more details.

God Prince of Denmark Christ St. Paul Lord Jesus Christ The Legion of Mary, P. O Middletown Ohio

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