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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1951
Page
6
A study of 122 leading companies shows higher costs and price freezes squeezing profits in many sectors while record midyear sales lift earnings above first half results. The mixed economy trend emerges as firms report six month earnings.
A broad summary shows total 122 corporations earning 1.835 billion this year, up 35.77 million from last year. Airlines, aircraft, container and packaging makers led gains while retail, paper, mining, oil, and heavy machinery also posted strong results, though tax and price ceiling factors cloud the picture.
A review of 122 companies shows 86 increasing earnings while 36 lagged behind year-ago profits. Major declines came from Du Pont General Motors IBM General Electric Bethlehem Steel and Liggett Myers. Only three of ten steel firms fell short and Bethlehem Steel dragged the sector down. In foods five of nine firms rose but four did not, tempering overall gains.
A detailed Saturday schedule lists WLW channel 4 programs from 7:25 morning till 12:30 a.m. next day including Telenews Wake Up and Live News Morning Matinee Desert Drama Paul Cowley Show Haystack Hullabaloo film wrestling and sports events. WKPC channel 11 offers test pattern program previews Western Theatre Circle 11 Ranch It’s Up To You and various features. WCPO channel 7 presents cartoons quizzes dramas and sports coverage including Reds vs Dodgers and Go Hollywood along with news and stage programs throughout the day.
A fragmented list presents clues and definitions for a crossword style puzzle. Entries include terms like island in New York bay and goddess of infatuation with various numbered across clues and abbreviations. The text reads like a glossary of short word answers.
A list of crossword clues with answers ranging from petty quarrel to Brazilian macaw and musical note. Includes unoccupied and symbol for erbium, offering a snapshot of common puzzle entries and their terse definitions across 26 to 52 across.
The report notes coal companies overall gained while two lagged behind. Three electric and home appliance firms failed to match last year's profits, yet the two that exceeded their prior year profits outweighed the weaker performers.
A new attempt to settle the seven day old strike by the Utility Workers of America against three Ohio Power Company plants is planned for Tuesday in Wheeling West Virginia. The U S Conciliation Service set a 10 30 a m meeting at the Windsor Hotel with 880 striking workers and company representatives. The company agreed to attend but union officials were not available to confirm the union's participation. The strike began after wage talks broke down but supervisory personnel have kept operations running.
Pvt. Richard D. Sandlin son of Jerry Sandlin of New Carlisle Route 1 has an overseas assignment at Travis Air Force Base California with the 1704th Air Traffic Squadron Mili Air Transport Service. Vernon E Lakes of Lebanon Route 1 has returned to inactive duty after a year on active duty with the Marines and faces about 12 months remaining in his current tour.
Ohio tops the United States in the share of graduates earning doctorates in science. A Journal of Higher Education study by Harry F. Lewis shows six Ohio colleges among the 30 best for science doctorates, led by Oberlin with 10.4 percent. Others include Antioch, Harm, Wooster, Marietta, and Mount Union, with Ohio State, Miami, Oberlin, and Wooster also high per Trytten data. Case Institute of Technology ranks high among technical schools.
In Ohio a looming strike by inter city truckers prompts sessions between AFL Ohio Teamsters Council and the Ohio Over the Road Employers Association. 4,000 Local 407 drivers already walked out, with plants reporting material shortages and production slowdowns.
General Clark praised the 37th Infantry Division of the Ohio National Guard for its battle experience leadership and enthusiasm. He said the Buckeye Division would likely produce another 37th Division worthy of its Pacific glory as it breaks camp at CAMP McCOY. Kreber noted high camp attendance and strong Ohio business support enabling Guardsmen to train.
Gorter Nailin's Rhymetime sings how tending a garden eases troubles and focuses the mind. Cultivating roses and nurturing a sapling show the soil's healing power, offering courage and contentment as the future seems less daunting.
Police reports show Thomas Jr 22 of 16 Fifth St Franklin arrested for operating without a license by Patrolman White. Dorothy Stacy 21 of German Town Route 1 charged with assault and battery by Patrolman Wallace and Profitt under a warrant signed by Beulah Jolliff. Charles Williams 14 Franklin St reports his bicycle stolen from Sunset Park near 4 30 p m. Robert Salley 20 of 610 Richmond St arrested for driving without license by Patrolmen Trimble and Thomas. The Eiffel Tower in Paris contains 7000 tons of iron.
Springfield hosts 100 Civil Air Patrol planes and 300 to 500 CAP pilots for statewide maneuvers dubbed Operation Sareap The exercise tests sea air rescue and air ground rescue methods with a wrecked ship planted within 150 miles of Springfield and crews housed at the city auditorium.
A stream of names and program tags appears from WKRC and various clubs and gigs. Items include figures like Johnny Reznor Waltz Time Vaughn Monroe and topics such as Sports Digest Comedy of Errors and The Bandstand Jamboree.
Sandra Lee Kingsley, 24, faces trial Monday in the necktie killing of George Le Masters in December. Russell G. Muskus, 30, was convicted by a jury that did not recommend mercy, making a death sentence mandatory. Le Masters, of New Philadelphia, was found dead in a local hotel, choked with a necktie. Prosecutors say Kingsley lured him to her room and Muskus demanded money. Kingsley testified she supported Muskus with her earnings as a prostitute.
Sardinia coal dealer John Fist Sr described a wrens family that rode in a coal truck and hatched under the truck bed. The mother bird rode along to feed the hatchlings with each load and waited for the truck’s return from deliveries. A later note mentions English carriages in Queen Elizabeth era as “whirlicotes.”
A jumble of classified items shows residents seeking rides jobs and services. Messages include a mother thanking locals for support for her son Rudolph in a National Speak Ride Contest and multiple ads for lifts, work, babysitting, roofing, painting, and trucking with phone numbers and addresses mixed with general notices.
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