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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 20, 1949

Page

9

Supersonic Flight Inches Toward Sustained Use

Cleveland AP reports government and military aviation leaders see imminent sustained supersonic travel. The X-1 and X-11 programs show speeds above sound with rockets burning fuel at high rates, while jet fighters like the F-86 Sabre have surpassed sonic speed at altitude and near the ground.

Cleveland Military Aviation National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics NACA Defense Department

Hutton Returns Home Feeling Badly for Medical Checkup

Heiress Barbara Hutton Trobetzkoy arrives in New York aboard the Queen Elizabeth seeking medical care. The 36 year old, once famed for a tennis swing, says she weighs 92 pounds after surgeries for kidney and intestinal issues. She will stay at the Hotel Pierre and expects her fourth husband to join her in the U.S. soon.

New York Babs’’ Hutton Barbara Hutton Trobetzkoy Woolworth Five United States Pierre Prince’ Igor Troubetzkoy Princess Barbara Europe

Co-Ops To Hear Edward H. Dell

Former municipal judge Edward H. Dell will speak on Japan and the International War Crimes Tribunal at the Middletown Cooperative Club meeting at the Manchester Hotel tonight. Dell served as legal adviser to the International Tribunal judges during the Japanese war crimes trials.

Edward H. Dell Japan Middletown

City Briefs Tuesday and Wednesday Meetings

Local groups announce meetings across Middletown including VFW Eagles Fire Association Co operative Club American Legion Ahepa Chauffeurs Teamsters and Helpers Local 836 and post office clerks. Meetings occur at VFW hall Manchester Hotel YMCA and other venues with times from 6 30 p m to 8 p m.

House Committee Blythe- Williams Post American Legion Chauffeurs, Teamsters and Helpers Trades and Labor Council

Man Loses Fight On Extradition

Charles E. Hunter 35 failed to halt his extradition to Ohio for holdups in Lima and Piqua. Gov Gordon Browning signed the order after a three hour hearing. A habeas corpus hearing in Nashville was postponed. Hunter is charged with shooting to kill in a Piqua robbery that wounded two officers.

Nashville Ten Charles E. Hunter Lima Piqua Ohio Earle David Bircham Gordon Browning

Butler County Courts Hear Divorces and Custody Rulings

In Butler County Common Pleas Court Judge P. P. Boli denied a writ of habeas corpus for Wilson Gunnoe of Hamilton, reduced bail from 2000 to 1000, and kept custody of two children with Clarence Miller in Opal Miller vs Whitmore case. Temporary alimony set at 30 dollars weekly with rental responsibility assigned. Probate notes name William H. Brooks as executor for Minnie E. Brooks estate in Middletown.

P. P. Boli Common Pleas Court Gunnoe Hamilton Clarence Miller Hamilton Opal Miller Katherine Whitmore Wace Whitmore William H. Brooks Minnie E. Brooks Middletown

Sheriff Probes Market Robbery at Eaton Superintendent

Sheriff Floyd E. Spitler investigates burglary at Lawson's Supermarket in Eaton. Thieves damaged a store safe and stole cash ham cigarets candy and other groceries. A cash box was torn from the register and found behind the market while eight were taken through a skylight entry. Ladders were found in a rear field and workers left late Saturday. few clues remained.

EATON Floyd E. Spitler Lawson Spitler Robert Lawson

Council To Hear Local NEPH Plans

Ben Kitchen and the Rev. Richard Moore will outline NEPH Week plans for October 28 at the Middletown Industrial Council luncheon. They were named to speak on NEPH before civic groups as the local committee coordinates a window display and publicity for the national effort to employ handicapped workers.

Ben Kitchen National Richard Moore Middletown

Preble Welfare Officials Quit After Six-Year Tenure

Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm H. Clear resign as superintendent and matron of the Preble County Childrens Home effective October 15. They have served six years and no successor is named. A board meeting is set for Wednesday night. The couple offered no specific reasons and said their future plans are not definitive.

Eaton Malcolm H. Clear Preble County Clear

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