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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1949
Page
7
A man forced his way into Bernice Griffin's South Philadelphia apartment last night. Griffin, 38, leaped two stories to the sidewalk to escape and was admitted to Graduate Hospital with a possible left-foot fracture. Neighbors saw a man flee the building with a pan of hot food from Griffin's kitchen.
Farmers in Starr County near Rio Grande City Texas battle rats eating tomatoes and peppers. Agricultural agent J B Taleo says 4000 to 5000 acres along the Rio Grande bottoms are plagued with rats. Over 1000 pounds of strychnine poisoned grain have been distributed to deter the pest.
Los Angeles AP reports Richard E. Darnell and George Taylor claim a giant slab between the Panamint mountains and Death Valley contains pitchblende assayed at 16000 to 17000 dollars per ton. An AEC spokesman said a substantiated find could mark California’s first major pitchblende strike and would place uranium under AEC guardianship.
The will of Nicholas BE. Decke bach of Union Township directs his estate to the widow Alice who is named executrix. The will dated July 19 1944 was signed with Peter J M McCarthy and Peter J M McCarthy Jr as witnesses. The testator died October 21. The estate of William Carl Schafer of Middletown is appraised at 2572.50 with Viola Schafer as administratrix and Arthur Jacoby named executor for the estate of P Mauck of Middletown who died October 21.
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