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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1950
Page
2
The Crusade for Freedom opened in Middletown at Broad Street and Central Avenue with City Commissioners and four elementary students as the first signers. Greek pupils and local leaders attended as booths run by Lions Club volunteers welcomed participants and outlined daily hours through the week.
Nineteen men were sent to Cincinnati for induction by Middletown Local Draft Board Number 10, bringing the total inducted to 66. The October call lists 23 drafted but several were dropped due to classifications and postponements. the board awaits further orders on professional registrations under a Truman-era priority plan. Inductees include Ralph Stratton Jones and John Walter Sebastian among others listed by street and town.
Seven workmen were injured in a scaffolding accident during the White House restoration. They were taken to emergency hospital in non critical condition as crews continue a $5.4 million repair and remodeling project replacing interiors and underpinnings with new steel work and poured cement floors.
Vital statistics bulletin lists eight families welcoming newborns. Bufo rd Haney, Fox, Lavy, Harris, Whitman, Apgar, Henderson, Danby, Burns, and Huntsberger report boys or girls born Saturday or Sunday at homes and Fort Hamilton Hospital.
John Oscar Case, 28, machinist, 1207 Yankee Rd, and Doris Louise Mendenhall, 28, of 706 Fourteenth Ave, both of Middletown. Charles Edward Roe, 22, bag company employee, 516 Baltimore St, and Lois Ann Stahley, 20, of 2210 Queen St, both of Middletown. Edward W. Scalf, 20, railroad employee, and Dolores C. Fletcher, 16, sales clerk, both of Hamilton.
The report catalogs numerous hospital entries with patients listed by name and address, noting medical or surgical status. Several individuals are marked as discharged, including Lacy Sparks Ronald C Long Glen Bachett and others from Franklin Cleveland St John Manhattan St Eldora Dr Mid dletown and Cincinnati areas.
A Chicago scientist unveils a miraculous electronic ear that conceals deafness and transmits whispers clearly. It promises freedom from visible buttons and wires and claims to outdate old hearing aids, with a booklet available free by mail from the Electronic Research Director in Chicago.
Gov. Frank Laushe delivers the principal speech for reelection at the Democratic party dinner October 18 in the Manchester Hotel Middletown. U S Senator candidate Joseph Ferguson and party leaders Howard Faught and Charles Sweeppy joined by state officials and candidates.
Scott Jones, former Secret Service employee and South Dakota sci fi author, will be guest speaker at a Boy Scout Troop meeting sponsored by the Middletown Sportsmen's Club. Parents of Scouts are invited to attend tonight at the clubhouse.
In Rio de Janeiro Brazil former dictator Getulio Vargas led the presidential race with about one million more votes than his nearest rival Lt. Gen. Eduardo Gomes a little over two to one.
Violent quakes and a huge tidal wave hit Amboina island prompting an appeal for Red Cross assistance. Reports say waves reached 200 meters and heavy casualties are feared in coastal districts Galala and Halong, amid ongoing South Moluccan fighting with Indonesian government troops.
Police log 17 accidents since late Saturday linked to unlit street excavations. Waterworks contractors scrambled to relight torches after heavy rain as barricades went up. By 8 p.m. at least a dozen cars had fallen into ditches, with two requiring wreckers. Names and addresses of drivers involved are listed in the incident report.
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