Plans Formed for Middletown Adult Retailing Classes
Dr William B Logan of Ohio State led 14 Middletown merchants in an initial meeting at the high school to explore adult education for retailing. The plan envisions three courses on human relations management instruction methods and selling techniques, with nominal $1 per student fees and instructors supplied by the state department. Sessions would be open to all mercantile employees regardless of association membership.
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William B. Logan
Ohio State University
C. N. Gingerich
Dis
Gingerich
State Department of Education
Logan
The
Merchants Association
Eisenhower to Fly to Augusta After Masters
President Eisenhower will travel to Augusta for a few days of relaxation at the National Golf Club after the Masters Tournament, Hagerty announced. The plan calls for a Tuesday or Wednesday departure following the golf event.
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Washington
James C. Hagerty
Eisenhower
Augusta
National Golf Club
Demo Offers To Trade With Reds
A Democratic congressman from North Carolina proposed trading a young pedigreed bull and four pedigreed heifers for sable skins to make five fur capes. Rep Thurmond Chatham sent the offer in a letter to Soviet Ambassador Georgi Zabur in. International trade as a path to peace framed the note.
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Washington
North Carolina
Russia
Thurmond Chatham
George N. Zarubin
Soldier AWOL 17 Years Ends Flight in Arizona
Pfc. John R. Steahwein, 40, who walked away from Ft. Riley Kansas 17 years ago, surrendered to police in Phoenix. He said he was tired of running and was turned over to Air Force police, with the Army to decide his fate.
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Phoenix
Ariz
John R. Steahwein
Ft. Riley
Kan
Arkansas
Steahwein
Air Force Police
AEC Names Assistant General Manager for R and ID
The Atomic Energy Commission announced the appointment of an assistant general manager for research and industrial development as it moves toward expanding private industry involvement in peaceful nuclear energy.
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Washington
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Inn To Be Torn Down In Oberlin For Hotel Plan
Oberlin Inn, an 87-year-old landmark at Oberlin College, will be torn down and replaced by a 48‑room hotel by early next year. The inn currently has 24 bedrooms and stands on campus.
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Oberlin, Ohio
Oberlin Inn
Oberlin College
Storms Raise Tornado Risk Across Midwest Region
Stormy weather swept the Midwest with cooler air forecast to follow. The Weather Bureau warned of isolated tornado activity in Kansas Iowa and Missouri with a thunderstorm potential extending 30 miles west of Waterloo Iowa to 60 miles east of a line from Waterloo to Wausau Wisconsin.
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Mid-Continent
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Midwest
Waterloo
Iowa
Wausau
Wis
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Minesota
Dakotas
Appalachians
New England
Michigan
Old Eve Glasses Donation Helps Prison Patients
In 1948 Mrs. Bertha Perkins of 701 18th Ave appealed for discarded eyeglasses for Ohio State Penitentiary Hospital. Reliably, 900 spectacles were sent in 1948 and 1949, with 1200 donated in 1953. Prison officials reported 12 men received glasses after the first contributions. Mrs. Perkins asks for discarded glasses, lenses, frames or parts at local stations and organizations to forward to the penitentiary.
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Bertha Perkins
18Th Ave
Ohio State Penitentiary Hospital
Real Estate Transfers and Cancellations in Middletown Area
A long list of deed transfers and cancellations across Middletown and surrounding towns. Transactions involve Roger Wells to I A Caspar pt lots 938-9 for 1.10, various parties including Reiner, Howard, McMonigle, Burdge, Foxbower, and others. prices range from no tax to 18.25 with multiple lot numbers and parcels. Also noted are numerous cancellations with Prattial Bank and American B&L involving large sums and multiple lots in Middletown, Oneida, and surrounding locales. Names include Melvin Cottmeyer, Lillian Cottmeyer, Warren Howard, Ida Reiner, Susie Moore, George Elliott, Helen Gorman, Edward Stamper, and many others. Locations feature Middletown, Trenton, Oneida, Madison, Oxford, and Evelyn Fris.
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Middletown
Roger Wells
I. A. Casper
Melvin Cottmeyer
Lillian Cottmeyer
Robert Reiner
Warren Howard
Midd
la. Co
Clyde Foxbower
George Elliott
Susie Moore
Henry Fitch
Helen Fitch
Mattie Barbee
Damon Realty
Ruthie Yoho
Richard Rybolt
Lloyd Miller
Rey McMonigle
Ray McMonigle
Harold Hileman
Earl Geyer
Julius Marschman
Mullins
Thomas Barnett
Germain Braun
Robert Wilkinson
Wilbur Stoufe
Amanda
Thomas Bell Jr
Herbert Wolf
Trenton
H. O. Finkelman
Rader Brown
Daman Pk
Russell Moore
John Flick
New Miami
Harold Shellhouse
Ernest Myers
Oxford
Richard Gorman
Helen Gorman
Wayne
Homer Dietz
Corbett Shrout
Oneida
Harry Finkelman
Dixie Hgts
Ora Burdge
Troy Eversole
Pa Johnson
Catherine Selby
Harold Fitzpatrick
Edward Stamper
Leon
Newton Sued By Movie Company
Los Angeles British actor Robert Newton is sued for 301000 by Renown Pictures of America Inc for walking off a film in Europe and flying to the United States. Newton, signed last February to play Svengali in Trilby, was to receive 40000 but reportedly left March 31, according to the complaint.
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Los Angeles
Robert Newton
Europe
United States
Renown Pictures of America, Inc
Newton
Svengali
George du Maurier
Holds Police At Bay With Shotgun
In Youngstown Ohio Frank Taylor 29 held 16 patrolmen at bay with a shotgun for over an hour at his home Police used tear gas to force him out Monday night His wife blamed a tavern brawl injury for the incident
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Youngstown
Ohio
Woodside
Frank Taylor
Rose La Rose Speaks On Burlesque Club Luncheon
In Cincinnati the Civic Club filled its downtown hotel luncheon with triple the usual attendance. Rose La Rose, a burlesque performer, spoke on the artistic principles embodied in a wife lesque show, keeping her audience engaged with provocative yet tasteful commentary.
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Cincinnati
Civic Club
Akron OKs Tallmadge Water Sale Plan
Akron city councils approved selling Tallmadge three million gallons of water daily for 275000 dollars yearly. Tallmadge has no local water supply and relies on import from nearby sources.
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Akron
Ohio
Tallmadge
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