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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1949
Page
7
The article extols the modern home freezer as essential for busy households. It highlights faster meal prep, reduced fatigue, and thrift, citing International Harvester models with large capacities and "Freeze Area" features. Freezers promise year round access to out of season foods, less waste, and more leisure for the family.
A motorboat capsized on the Ohio River near Pomeroy as a steamboat towed four coal barges upstream. Duane Davis, about 30, an electrician of Pomeroy, is missing. Alphonse Shorn, a barber, and Gerald Wise, about 45, a railroad employee, were aboard. Shorn was rescued and Wise swam to the West Virginia shore.
Col. Conrad P. Hardy, deputy chief of U S Army Engineers in Europe, is named chief of the Pittsburgh District Army engineering office. He will assume duties September 15, succeeding Col. Francis H. Falkner, who has held the post two years.
The bill for a poll tax passed the House by 273 votes to 116. Democrats voting for included Breen Burke Crosser Feighan Hays Huber Kirwan McSweeney Polk Sec rest Wagner Young. Republicans for Bolton Brehm Brown Jenkins Mc Culloch Vorys Weichel. Republicans paired for Mce Gregor and against Smith. Absent or not voting Cleven ger Elston.
Stock Exchange trading opened with prices rising to higher ground. Gains were fractional but spread across many issues. U S Steel opened unchanged at 23 and 4000 shares changed hands as dividend and earnings news from yesterday boosted sentiment. Commonwealth and Southern led early gains while several other names advanced. American Telephone slipped along with Union Pacific Studebaker Woolworth and Texas Company.
A home freezer is advertised as a money saving appliance with tips to freeze leftovers, bake extra dishes and preserve dough and bread. The ad notes seasonal foods, time and energy savings, and lists varied prices for cattle, calves, and farm products alongside regional market quotes. It also reports Cincinnati produce data and announces David F. Young’s biology appointment at Marietta College.
Mrs. Charles Bleringer a 55 year old West Bradenton resident sustained hip and back injuries after her car collided with a vehicle driven by Gus Valen 50 of 210 Linden Ave Police took her to Middletown Hospital for treatment The accident happened at Franklin Street and Manchester Avenue Another crash at Cherry Street and Lawn Avenue involved Marion Centers 27 of 2137 Winton Street and Elwood Dennis 22 of 1601 Meadow Avenue Both vehicles damaged A separate collision at Crawford Street and Grand Avenue involved Paul Bennett 28 of 1327 Campbell Avenue Hamilton and Ralph Fitewater 43 of 1203 Central Avenue both cars damaged</S:
University of Georgia Food Technology students show that a well built freezer cabinet can keep food below freezing for two to five days after power failure if not opened often. They teach that rapid freezing preserves quality and slows chemical and microbial spoilage from harvest to table.
In Toledo, three year old Rex Miller of Glen Ellyn Illinois survived after firefighters revived him with oxygen yesterday. The child was found hanging from a looped venetian blind cord by a grandparent relative while his mother Mrs Leroy Miller was out for a nap at the grandparents' home.
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