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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1952
Page
10
EBANON-S. W. Losh announced that 11 township committees elected delegates and alternates to represent the Warren County Production and Marketing Administration. The list includes chairmen, vice chairs, members, and alternates for each township with delegates to county committee elections forthcoming.
Madison Township organized an Improvement Association at West Middletown School on Tuesday night with temporary officers. A second meeting for all residents is scheduled at the same school on Monday, September 29 at 8 p.m. to elect permanent officers and consider by laws. Temporary Chair Martin Littman outlined aims including planning, schools, fire protection, waste disposal, safety, and community appearance. Temporary secretary Mrs. Robert Conarroe and publicity chair Mrs. Robert Laubach were named, while Jim Vanetta heads the by law committee with assistants Robert Laubach Vernon Casperson and W. Augspurger. committee to meet next Monday.
Franklin city council on Monday discussed adopting an enforceable local building code while awaiting county action. Councilmen noted Warren County studies a countywide code, but Franklin should tailor rules. Police salary funding remains tight. a three-mill levy in November could fund raises as resignations mount. Mayor announced two sergeants appointed after exams. a three-person committee will try to halt further resignations and negotiate with the police.
Harold Gasaway of Morrow Route 2 pleaded guilty to a drunken driving charge before Mayor William Fraser. He was fined 100 dollars plus costs and sentenced to 30 days in jail, with the jail term suspended.
Three men fitting the bank robber profile escaped from Lewisburg prison and were reportedly trapped in a wooded area north of Wilmington after a milk truck hold up in Lower Chichester Township. They wore masks as they fled across the Pennsylvania Delaware border with police in pursuit, and were cornered near Shipley Road beside Route 202.
John P. Erb of 609 Yankee Rd Middletown is among Ohioans aboard the Navy transport Gen H B Freeman scheduled to arrive in Seattle today. Two Hamilton soldiers were due on the West Coast from the Far East Pfc John C Vail of 314 Charles St Hamilton was due at Seattle aboard Gen R L Howze and Pfc Thomas Gill of 141 Belle Ave was in transit in San Francisco aboard Gen W F ASE.
The Middletown Safety Council industrial division meeting, set to start at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Gardner Board and Carton Company, is postponed to Friday due to Fire Prevention Day activities. The plant inspection starts at 10 a.m., with a business session at 11 a.m. Lunch for division members follows at noon in the Gardner cafeteria.
Paul Cain chief industrial engineer at Armco was appointed to lead a convention conference on Wage Incentives a Method of Increasing the Will to Work. The National Association of Foremen opened its 29th national convention in Cleveland expecting about 2000 management attendees.
Middletown Legion to hold an 8 p.m. business meeting followed by a talk on U S Air Power 1952 by Colonel W F Greenwood at Wright-Patterson Field Dayton The TV fight Chuck Davey versus Rocky Graziano airs at 9 p.m. and may draw away members Commander Walter H Spindler hopes attendance remains high urging members to attend and noting the meeting will run short to fit both events
Sen Wayne Morse of Oregon forecast Eisenhower would win the presidential election though Morse and other independents keep away from campaigning. He cited Eisenhower's AFL speech in New York as a potential vote influencer. Morse accepted a belated invitation to address the AFL after a recent harmony meeting between Eisenhower and Sen Robert A Taft.
Noah Powers, 55, of Middletown Route 2, charged with operating a vehicle under influence after early arrest at Woodoe Ave and Sutphin St. Donald Morrison, 20, released on 300 bond to answer assault and battery warrant. Dorothy Combs, 25, released on menace and threat charge and to appear in court. Ten juveniles ordered before Juvenile Court after a shed arrest at Waite St block 600 where a craps game was in session. Herbert Roe, 43, arrested on Sherman Ave on a warrant filed by Lillian Roe for failure to provide. Marie Downey, 26, arrested on assault and battery warrant filed by Rena Gunckle. released on 300 bond to appear. Ova Gilbert, 26, arrested for careless driving last night.
Gen. Lemuel C. Shepherd Jr., commandant of the U S Marine Corps, arrived in Seoul for a six day inspection tour of Marine air and ground units in Korea.
Texas Democrats form a state group to back Eisenhower but a judge bars using the Democratic label on the November ballot. Judge Jack Roberts in Austin prohibited any Democratic label variation for Eisenhower and blocked certification by the secretary of state.
Pope Pius XII tells 300 brain and nerve surgeons that medical research must respect patient, community, and science before testing new treatments on living persons. He cites animal testing when possible, notes exceptions where risks may justify a procedure with patient consent, and warns doctors cannot override patient consent or impose dangerous experiments.
Martin Thomas of the Butler County Auto Club urges drivers to take extra care near schools where children frequently cross busy intersections. He stresses predictable behavior from motorists as children roam near roads and playgrounds, noting the need for parents pupils and drivers to share responsibility for safety.
Engineers and constructors in the Middletown area may enroll in a University of Cincinnati Evening College course in soil mechanics this fall. The program, led by Prof. Cornelius Wandmacher, covers foundations dams retaining walls highways railways and air soil mechanics. Registration begins the week of September 22 with one weekly evening session including lecture laboratory and problem work.
A 26 year old father Homer Anderson and his two young children Bobby Lee 2 and Catherine two months were killed when their truck collided with a New York Central railroad train in Mansfield Ohio Tuesday night. The mother was injured all were from Willard.
The Republican National Committee announced Sen. Robert A. Taft will deliver his opening campaign speech televised by NBC at 9 p.m. EST. The broadcast is expected to include WLW and WLWT stations as Taft speaks on behalf of the Republican ticket from Springfield.
In Richmond Virginia C G Winston helped catch a holdup man at Highs ice cream store 221 days ago. The company pledged a year of free ice cream for Winston s three sons Kenneth Stephen and C G Jr totaling 2197 cones so far. They live 92 paces away. The free ice cream cost the company 203 dollars and the thief would have gotten 40 dollars.
An accident yesterday at Webster Street and Trinity Place caused $75 in damage. Drivers Claven Wooldridge, 43, of 904 Ninth Avenue, and Clarence McConaughey, 46, of 1312 Germantown Road, were involved. Wooldridge’s car sustained $25 damage and the other $50.
Elder William Reynolds announces a lawn fete at the Church of God located at Eleventh Ave and Lincoln St. on September 27. Serving runs from 4 to 10 Be. Tickets are available at 911 Garden Ave.
Middles town executor H L Dell transfers lots 1044-5 to William Mack and others for 9.35. Edgar Reynolds transfers Hanover tract to Kenneth Reynolds with no tax. Ralph Nunley sells Home Acres lot 26 for 0.55 to William McClain and others. Walter Brown sells Millville partial lot 91 with no tax and later partial lots 91-2 for 3.30. Lottie McIntosh sells St Clair 1.25 acres for 10.45 to Paul Corrill and others. Various cancellations show deeds to American Building and Loan, Madison Bank, and Western and Southern Life for multiple lots and acres with prices ranging from 900 to 13 500. Other transfers list Madison, Mayfield, Eldorado, Monroe, St Clair, and Millville properties with prices and acreages.
Mrs Mary Lloyd Lane manager of the Hamilton Social Security Office will be the guest speaker at the first fall meeting of the Middletown Association of Life Underwriters Thursday noon at Manchester Hotel. She will explain recent changes in the social security law and clarify what present legislation covers. A question period will follow. Lane will discuss special problems life underwriters should be aware of in arranging life insurance programs. Committees for the coming year will be appointed. Meetings are held the third one of each month September through June. Speakers for October and November meetings will be announced later.
San Francisco January event shows John Foster Dulles calling for a top level bipartisan council to keep the free world on a stable and consistent course. He warns the United States faces deadly peril and criticizes current administration for zig zag policies. Dulles, former Republican foreign policy adviser, urges united leadership others can follow.
The first autumn meeting of the YMCA yerial committee is set for 7 tonight in Room K at the Y. Chairman Jack Baltzell outlines a recap of the physical department’s summer program with record youth participation and plans for fall and winter activities and nearby future options.
Clarke Beach Washington notes the modest 11 dollar price for U S citizenship with 3 dollars due at first papers and 8 at naturalization. Despite 2.25 million aliens here and 250,000 yearly arrivals only 8,393 were naturalized last fiscal year. War brides and lengthy residence figures are detailed as the immigration service questions how to urge naturalization without urging acceptance.
Wanda White and Cpl. William K. Oliver faced conspiracy to murder charges over a plan to kill 41 year old William White so they could wed. Oliver, 24, and White, thrice married at 20, were arrested after tips from Army friends aided investigators. White said she spends time in jail reading love stories.
AFL members in 11 unions at American Shipbuilding Co yards in Lorain Ohio enters the third day of a walkout that has left about 1400 workers idle and stopped work on two Great Lakes freighters. The unions rejected a company contract offer that topped at 2.07 dollars an hour with raises of 11 to 14 cents.
A Democratic trio of Gov. Frank J. Lausche Lt. Gov. George D. Nye and Michael V. DiSalle will tour Ohio campaign kicking off with Franklin County Democrats. They plan to campaign from corner to corner before the November 4 election.
In Dayton Ohio a French war bride said she had been in the city only months and relied on her husband to open a checking account. Merchants were charmed by her accent but five checks totaling 166 dollars bounced. Detective Sergeant G A Young traced the suspect to Marie Ann de Debareaux named Ilda Pearl Mole, 20, of Fairborn yesterday.
Myrtle Wellenberg of Cleveland Ohio touts Rennel Concentrate as a home remedy that helped her shed 25 pounds and remove bloating and cravings. She endorses mixing liquid Rennel with grapefruit juice and taking two tablespoonfuls twice daily with a money back guarantee if results don’t appear.
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