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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1950
Page
19
Partial OCR text discusses buds forming on trees across seasons and mentions spring and summer tasks. The fragmentary lines reference buds and growth processes with no clear event or identifiable persons, places, or organizations.
The church in the United States claims about 80 million members with 1948 gains of 2.19 million and population growth of 1.7 percent. Protestant and Catholic groups drive the surge while overall religious influence rises alongside higher church contributions and improved clergy salaries.
A survey notes 222 Protestant denominations with 29 mergers since 1800 creating 13 groups and 76 new splinters. Clergy shortages and fierce competition arise even as experts urge further mergers. Church use of films rises from 8,000 to about 50,000 churches employing audiovisual aids and 40 films yearly.
A 726 page State Department volume reveals early postwar planning from 1939 to 1946, assuming Western Russia cooperation and UN charter drafts. It notes some papers considered a possible clash but work stayed at the working level, with figures like Leo Pasvolsky and Alger Hiss named in the records.
An Army reserve officer from Fremont died after a three car crash southeast of Elyria on State Route 16. James Fischer, 32, died at Elyria Memorial Hospital from a skull fracture. Two other Army officers in his vehicle were seriously injured. Norman Kaufman, 32, of Fremont, injured with a broken leg and broken ribs, and Harold Eckelberry, 27, of Clyde, in the hospital with cuts and shock. Frank Nagyvathy, 34, of Oberlin, in serious condition. Tractor trailer driver John P. Stacey of Toledo was jailed for failing to yield.
The Citizens Committee for the Hoover Report criticizes a Senate committee for inaction on a bill to strip politics from postmaster appointments. The measure, shelved by the Civil Service Committee despite a favorable subcommittee report, would curb Senate prerogatives in choosing postmasters. No comment was offered by committee members.
A 12 year old girl and her father were thrown clear of their burning car after a collision with another vehicle near Cincinnati. Nel lie Roslow and Chris Roslow were treated for head and leg injuries along with Darnell Baird who was also thrown clear. Chief Earl Konrad of Milford identified the involved parties and said the car caught fire.
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