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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1954
Page
8
How plastic film overlays give a hospital whiteness a warm wood or marble look. Over two dozen designs mimic mahogany walnut pine limed oak and leather in roll form with adhesive. It is applied by water activation and cement bonding then smoothed with a squeegee.
In The House column the rise of odorless paints is examined. A1 speaker notes wide availability across finishes and key tips for use, including thinning with approved odorless thinner and thorough ventilation. Dr Roy B Davis explains residual odor during drying and the history of odorless solvents from DuPont.
Real estate transfers include Middletown Architectural Developers to Elizabeth Shearsley for lot 9448 at 13.20 and multiple to Middletown Federal for various lots and parcels with prices listed. Cancellations show deeds to Middletown Federal for numerous lots and parcels, amounts ranging from 550 to 12,800, including Charlie Westfall and Ames Gardner transactions and related properties in Middletown, Union, Pisgah, and Madison areas.
AP News describes a house designed by Carl Donald Russell of Lyndon Kentucky in partnership with General Electric engineers. The residence emphasizes a large family room on the garden side with secluded sleeping quarters and a convenient kitchen near the front door and carport service entrance. The plan can omit the family room and tool wing to reduce size to about 1800 square feet plus carport and terrace.
Washington reflects on the pre 16th Amendment era as the income tax begins to dominate. The piece traces Civil War levies and 1894 attempts, noting the Supreme Court challenge and the 1914 shift to a permanent tax system with bands up to higher rates. It laments the modern tax burden versus past simplicity.
Mitchell Spencer and others sell to Midd Fed Oneida parcel pt lot 133 for 3500 dollars. James Garrett and others sell to Midd Fed Maple Park parcels pt lots 80-1 for 2500 dollars. Fed and Mayfield transfer includes pt lot 56 for 4900 dollars.
The excerpt explains historical tax changes including a 7 percent peak on high incomes, a personal exemption of 3000 dollars (4000 with a spouse), and fluctuating wartime scales. It notes 1953 forms show a 22 percent bottom rate and 92 percent for the 200,000-and-up bracket, with exemptions down to 600 dollars, then ponders the year 1912.
Acting Indonesian high commissioner Susato Tirtoprodjo said Jakarta seeks liquidation of the four year-old Dutch-Indonesian union. He returned from the Southeast Asian republic with an official note to be delivered to The Hague within days.
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