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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1950
Page
6
Tokyo AP reports that Japanese schoolchildren show marked health gains after the postwar period. Among over 16 million children surveyed, averages rise by one third inch in height and one to two pounds in weight since two years ago. Tooth decay falls 20 percent and near sightedness drops 10 percent, with overseas food imports credited to improved nutrition funded by American taxpayers through occupation aid.
New York reports fire losses in 1949 fell 6.1 percent from the 1948 peak of 711 million dollars. The National Board of Fire Underwriters credits newspapers nationwide for educating the public to prevent fires support modern fire departments and push stronger fire prevention laws.
Fred B. Brown has watched clocks for 50 years and will soon complete a half century teaching repair of clocks and watches at Bradley University's school of horology.
A state attorney general investigator recounts receiving four $1000 bills by anonymous mail over consecutive days. He battles bribe temptations while questioning the donor’s motives and the source of the sudden windfall. The mystery lingers as he contemplates the next move and the sine qua non expected of him.
An investigator contemplates a four thousand dollar bribery plot tied to Hon. Burton H. Keever and a capital county company, weighing motives and the risk of exposure. He suspects a concealed donor aims to manipulate an official inquiry while fearing exposure and retaliation.
In a tense noir moment a federal judge's associate contemplates a blackmail plot. The narrator suspects a rival seeks ruin through bribes, hints at a final thousand-dollar payment, and exits to answer a cryptic early call as Miss Croft hints at unseen intrigue.
Salem Massachusetts earned the nickname pepper port due to heavy pepper imports through the harbor, marking a distinctive aspect of its mercantile past and regional trade significance.
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