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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 09, 1950

Page

3

Average Tourist Pays for Rome Holy Year Prices Rise

Rome faces higher costs as Holy Year visitors strain budgets. Hotels peg 2500 lire daily, about 4 dollars, rising to 200 dollars a month with extras. Guests face forced meal plans, limited stays, and inflated restaurant prices while pilgrims seek modest lodging and free sacred sites.

Vatican Rome

Men Ordered To Grow Beard For Town Anniversary

EAST LIVERPOOL Ohio AP Men in Wellsville must grow beards for the community 155th anniversary celebration set for June 28 to July 4. The Festival Committee plans a beard contest beginning May 1 and has asked the council to impose a 1 dollar fine and stockade imprisonment for men who do not start growing a beard by then.

East Liverpool Wellsville

Salem to Boost Rates on Water Expansion

Salem increases industrial and domestic water rates by about 47 percent starting April 1 to fund a 1.35 million dollar water expansion. The ordinance aims to raise roughly 56 thousand dollars annually as the city builds an artificial lake south of Salem with engineers estimating a 300 million gallon daily capacity. Coeducation in universities was virtually unknown in Japan before the war.

Salem, O Salem Japan

Doan's Pills Offer Relief for Backache and Kidney Strain

As people age stress and strain can slow kidney function causing nagging backache loss of energy headaches and dizziness. Night urination and frequent urges may stem from minor bladder irritation. If these symptoms fit the causes try Doan's Pills a mild diuretic used successfully for over 50 years.

Dean Doan

Cat Survives 900 Degree Kiln Heat At Ohio Tile Plant

In Minerva Ohio a cat belonging to plant workers endured a 36 hour heat treatment in a tile kiln. Sealed kiln reached 900 degrees Fahrenheit before the animal was discovered, yet the cat recovered after treatment and returned to beg for lunch. Plant officials say escape was impossible after sealing. no loss of lives confirmed.

Minerva Joe Bucola

Virginia Hill Webs Absent At Interview

Chicago report indicates Virginia Hill Webs and her new husband Hermann Hauser avoided press at Ambassador East Hotel. Hauser said she was shopping for dresses and confirmed the couple wed February 24 in Elko Nevada. She has a history tied to Ben Siegel and feared gangland retaliation, prompting a long European trip.

Chicago Virginia Hill Hermann Johann Hans) Hauser Sun Valley Ida Aspen Colo Ambassador East Sun-Times Herald-American Virginia Hauser Beverly Hills Cal Benjamin (Bugsy) Siegel Miss Hill The Elko Nev Herald- American Siegel United States

City Briefs: Local Organization Meetings This Week

A roundup of upcoming meetings across Middletown and area groups. Kiwanis, School Board, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Odd Fellows, Armco Employes Independent Federation, American Legion auxiliaries, Moose Lodge, Toastmasters, Jr OUAM, National Association of Letter Carriers, Optimist Club, Alcoholics Anonymous, Knights of Pythias, and the City Review Board of Appeals announce schedules at various venues including the Journal Building, high school, temples, lodges, and hotels.

Canton Youth Pleads Guilty to Assaults

William D. McCoy, 22, of Canton pleaded guilty to two counts of criminal assault and received concurrent 1 to 15 year sentences. A parole violator from Mansfield Reformatory, he faced seven molesting cases and nine criminal assault charges around Massillon and Wayne County.

Canton William D. McCoy Ohio Penitentiary Mansfield Reformatory Massillon Wayne County

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