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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1949
Page
3
Swiss hotelkeepers tried a dry ice snow shower to please Alpine guests. Three attempts failed due to missing clouds. On the fourth try a cloud formed but the snow drifted north over Davos rather than St Moritz.
Butler County Ohio invites sealed proposals for a complete public water supply distribution system in Dixie Heights Sewer District. Bidder contracts require 5 percent bond, payment of labor and materials, with drawings and specs on file at Hamilton court house. Proposals due April 1, 1949 at 11:00 A M EST. county reserves right to reject all bids. Thomas Feltz, Clerk. March 15-22.
Lawrence H. Lund vice president and treasurer of Westinghouse Electric Corp died yesterday of a heart attack at his office. A Brooklyn, New York native born to an accounting background Lund began at Westinghouse in 1921 as a $25 weekly clerk and rose to become a top official. He previously worked as an accountant for Paramount Pictures and briefly for Triangle Film Company.
Pennsylvania lawmaker Miles Lederer urged $50,000 for restoring Penn Treaty Park in Philadelphia after the William Penn treaty monument and the park itself were described as dilapidated. The article notes walks broken grass trampling, missing fountain and restrooms, boarded benches, and damage to the Delaware River fence.
A cryptic word puzzle lists clues including music themed entries and celestial references. The list mixes numbers and lettered hints for words like Peer Gynt and samarium symbol, challenging solvers with cross clues across subjects.
A reader lists numbered clues and their solutions for a puzzle. The entries include answers like golf devices and sea bird, mapping to terms such as clubs and tern, while others refer to deities and states of possession. The note catalogs a mix of classic riddle answers and cross reference hints.
PARIS AP The American Legion marks 30 years since its 1919 Paris founding when about 1000 World War One soldiers met in the city circus to form the group now with over 4 million members. Paris Post Commander C Denby Wilkes, a Navy veteran of both world wars, will place a wreath at the former circus site. The name was adopted on a motion by Maj. Maurice K Gordon.
Local Legionnaires plan a mixed stag party and fish fry at 6 30 p m at the Legion home on South Main Street to mark an anniversary details note the Spector General of the 36th Division and a former officer now practicing law.
A history teacher from Bluffton College, Larry Gara, 27, was convicted in federal court of counseling a student to refuse draft registration under the 1948 selective service act. The defense plans to seek a new trial, with Judge Frank L. Kloeb deferring sentencing pending that motion. Gara, a Quaker, has spent three years in prison for draft-refusal.
AP report from Columbus states a special sale of 39,006 cases of assorted liquor will occur in April. Col. Frank A. Hunter, assistant liquor department director, said 113 brands are offered from last year’s sales. no start date set but will run until sold. Prices mirror wholesale and retail. limited stock means not all stores carry every brand. Allocation system in use. sale includes 87 cordials brands, nine brandies, eight rums, four cocktails, three whiskies, and one gin.
Carl Bake of State Route 127, about one and a half miles south of Seven Mile, reported four windows broken late Saturday night while his family was away. A pipe wrench was found under a chair, suggesting tool use. Deputies Louis Fritz and A. N. Peters investigated. no entry was reported. Birmingham, Alabama, has a waterway to Mobile.
Pittsburgh AP reports three year-old Evelyn Stypula, born with a condition, may soon join other children in play as doctors implement new treatments and therapy plans aiming to normalize her development.
A blonde child in the neighbor hood is expected to be fitted with artificial limbs after doctors removed her right leg on February 15 at Mercy Hospital and her left leg on March 3. The left arm stump will be amputated soon, the right hand is deformed with a missing index finger. Parents call the operations heartbreaking but hope she may walk with artificial limbs.
Sealed bids due by 12 o clock March 24 1949 at the Village Clerk in Springboro for a tractor and trailer for the Street Department. Each bid must include full name and address and a $50 certified check. bids may be rejected or the lowest or best bid accepted by Council. specifications available at the Clerk's office. Signed Carl C. Barnhart Clerk dated March 3 1949.
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