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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1949
Page
2
Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus is overcrowded with 4200 inmates in a facility built for 2700. Judges urge replacement with new modern buildings as debates cite tuberculosis, idleness, and mixed inmate types hindering rehabilitation. Warden Alvis notes 27 active TB cases, all hospitalized, out of 4200 inmates.
Judge Connell derides the Ohio penitentiary calling it a fortress where inmates get only one shower per week. State Welfare Director John H. Lamneck echoes the harsh assessment describing the prison as a medieval dungeon and notes doubts about reform and tuberculosis concerns.
The note emphasizes that speech is crucial for compounding prescriptions and assures customers they will not be kept waiting longer than necessary despite staffing shortages. It acknowledges the common issue of being short-handed and thanks customers for their patience.
Warden Alvis is praised for his energy in reducing the so called I wont work cell block within weeks of taking over. Rumors linger of his efforts to curb traffic in hope inside the prison though welfare authorities have not confirmed them. Alvis aims to build a model prison with limited funds and resources while L Glattke, his boss and former Mansfield Reformatory superintendent, now heads the Welfare Department Corrections. The facility boasts a growing medical service and a longstanding Tuberculosis care program sending arrested cases to the London Prison Farm for fresh air and recuperation.
Commissioner H Clyde Reeves in Frankfort produced a film explaining how to pay state income tax. The movie was shown in all motion picture houses across Kentucky to help taxpayers.
With housing tight during the war, Mr and Mrs Roberts host a paying guest named Roger the Lodger. He dominates, drives the family car, invites officers to dinner, and befriends many, prompting tension as the narrator contemplates final decisions and social circles.
Roger presses for a Yellowstone excursion with Major Drummond and his wife. Rob resists while the narrator contemplates leaving duties behind. Tensions over opportunity and affection rise as schedules collide, and a note about a barn owl ends the fragment.
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