Kiddies' Matinee to Aid Clean-Up Drive Saturday
Plans for a Kiddies tin can matinee are set for Saturday at the Armory of the American Legion with about 300 seats. Admission: a 12 tin cans presented to the ticket taker, cans hauled to the dump after the show. The event ties to Clean-Up Paint-Up Week sponsored by Middletown Junior Chamber of Commerce with M. S. Black as general chairman.
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Robert Myers
Myers
Alamo
Armory
The
American Legion
Middletown
Block
Middletown Service Company
Oakland Area
Central Ave
Hydraulic
Big Four
Yankee Rd
Calumet Ave
Pharmacy Week Honors Cancer Control Effort
Local pharmacists observe National Pharmacy Week April 24 30 in line with the American Cancer Society 1949 fund drive. Pharmacies will display cancer education posters and hand out literature urging early medical advice and cancer awareness. The campaign emphasizes that cancer is not fate and early detection can save lives with funds supporting 1950 efforts. Fred Danford chairs the local drive and reports participation from every drugstore as Middletown Cancer Society workers coordinate outreach.
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American Cancer Society
American Pharmaceutical Association
Fred Danford
Cancer Control
Danford
Middletown Cancer Society
Probe Planned On Charges At Fawick Plant
The National Labor Relations Board will have a field examiner investigate unfair labor practice charges at the Fawick Airflex Company in Cleveland. Albert Kelps and Morris Stamm allege firing for union activity and claim collusion with the AFL United Automobile Workers to influence union choice, while Clarence Nelson and five UE members allege conspiracy with the AFL auto workers against the UE. The UE strike followed the plant withdrawing recognition on March 7.
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Cleveland
National Labor Relations Board
Fawick Airflex
Albert Kelps
Morris Stamm
CIO
United Electrical Workers Union
AFL
United Automobile Workers
Fawick
Clarence Nelson
AFL Auto Workers
Nelson
City Briefs outline weekly club and meeting notices
Community groups schedule upcoming meetings across venues including post office, YMCA, Blythe Williams Post 231 hall, Moose Club, Y board, city building, Lincoln School, Jefferson School PTA, Kiwanis Manchester Hotel, Lions Club, Disaster Unit Legion, Blythe Williams Auxiliary, VFW Dance Club, Armco Employes Federation, Odd Fellows hall, Jr OUAM, Toastmasters Middletown 32 Club, Scottish Rite Masons at Manchester Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blythe- Williams Post
Silver Leaf Social Club
Middletown
Manchester
Police Briefs: Licenses and a Minor Collision
William Jolliff, 24, of West Middletown Route 1, was arrested on Verity Parkway at 10:40 p.m. yesterday for driving without a license and insufficient lighting. He posted a $25 bond to appear in Municipal Court at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow. A collision at Tytus Ave and Charles St left about $45 in damage to William H. Ellis’s 24 year old Cincinnati mobile car when a truck driven by Harry Duckett, 31, College Corner, rear ended it at 3:55 p.m. Tuesday, police said.
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William Jolliff
West Middletown
Verity Pkvy
Jolliff
William H. Ellis
Cincinnati
Harry Duckett
College Corner
Tytus Ave
Charles St
Weather outlook shows mild period with showers
A forecast predicts mild periods with showers. Tonight will be increasingly cloudy and not very cold with Thursday bringing more warmth before afternoon showers. Historical temperatures ranged from a 58 degree high at 6 p.m. to a 38 degree low at 3 a.m.. current readings show 32 degrees at 6 a.m. and 66 degrees at 10:30 p.m.
Welfare Board Seeks Home For Small Girl
Butler County officials seek a caring boarding home for a nine year old girl unable to walk since birth due to bone softening. The child has suffered over 100 fractures but has shown improvement recently. She cannot attend school, a tutor is provided, and she lives with ailing grandmother who can no longer care for her.
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Butler County
Ervin A. Kuhlmann
Department of Public Welfare
Kuhlmann
Secretary Group Studying Exams at Middle Town Chapter
CPS Certified Professional Secretary group meeting of Middle Town Chapter examining membership eligibility. First exam planned for November. Next meeting May 11 will provide full explanation of requirements. Dinner program discussed with Marilyn Allen as program chair. no speaker scheduled.
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CPS
Middletown
National Secretaries’ Association
Chamber of Commerce
Patricia Knapp
Miss Knapp
Marilyn Allen
Kirk Is Selected Envoy To Moscow
Vice Admiral Alan G. Kirk was named ambassador to Moscow by President Truman. He moves from the Belgium ambassadorship and has served as minister to Luxembourg. Kirk will replace Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith, who leaves Moscow to command the First Army in New York.
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Washington
Alan G. Kirk
Moscow
Kirk
Belgium
Luxembourg
Walter Bedell Smith
First Army
New York
White House
Truman
Rabbi Stephen Wise remembered for lifelong public service
Rabbi Stephen Wise, a key figure in Jewish organizations and a promoter of interfaith respect, died after a life of leadership. He founded the Free Synagogue in New York in 1907, helped found the American Jewish Congress, led the World Jewish Congress, and supported Zionist and religious education efforts. His family mourned his loss at his bedside.
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Wise
West 68Th St
Temple Emanu-el
New York
Temple
American Jewish Congress
World Jewish Congress
World Group
Zionist Organization of America
Institute of Religion
Budapest
Hungary
New York City
City College of New York
Columbia University
Syracuse University
University of Oregon
Louise Waterman Wise
James Waterman Wise
Justine Wise Polier
Ella Fish
Water System Survey Underway By Engineers
Floyd Browne and Associates of Marion begin a water system survey for Middletown with E Beatty, water works superintendent, examining current plant, expansion plans, operations, and finances to set water rates. The contract, approved at the latest City Commission meeting, also covers plans for a new reservoir at Columbia Ave pumping station and a $750000 system improvement. The system last saw major work in the mid 1930s with East End reservoir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Floyd Browne and Associates
Marion, Co
E. Beatty
Columbia Ave
East End
Leaders Conference Opens In Manchester Hotel
The two day Industrial Leaders Conference began this morning at the Manchester Hotel with about sixty industrial executives from Middletown and Hamilton in attendance. Sponsored by the Industrial Councils, the program includes talks on Selling Your Community Planning Sales Talks and The Inflation Story plus an employee relations panel. Reuben Robertson Jr. of Champion Paper and Fibre Co. will speak, and the sessions conclude at 3 p.m. with his address. Thursday's session opens at 10 a.m. featuring Charles R. Hook of Armco as speaker.
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Manchester Hotel
Middletown
Hamilton
Hugh Wright
Armco Steel Corporation
Earl Thompson
H. P. Deuscher Company
Reuben Robertson, Jr
Champion Paper and Fibre Company of
William K. Reed
Russell C. Ross
Reed
Ross
Charles R. Hook
Armco
Twenty One Charter Members Of Co-Op Honored At Banquet
Fourteen of the twenty one men who signed the Middletown Co-Operative Club charter in 1935 were honored at an old timers banquet at the Manchester Hotel. About 50 gathered as Paul Stoutenborough introduced the honorees and Louis Brown acted as toastmaster. Dayton attorney Herbert Eichenbary spoke on Europe, the Marshall Plan and the Rhine frontier, noting only five prosperous countries and urging continued U.S. aid. The club charter with the original names was presented to Arthur Frey by Chester Skillman, with several old timers named among the attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Ireland
Belgium
Sweden
Switzerland
United States
Europe
Firefighters Hold Drill Practice and Festival Plans
North Middletown volunteer firemen held a drill with equipment led by Lyman Nein, reporting on Summer Festival arrangements. New gear orders and the automatic fire alarm installation could not be completed. Plans for weekly calisthenics and volleyball were set, with a monthly meeting scheduled for next Tuesday.
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North Middletown Fire Department
Lyman Nein
Nein
Juke Box Tax Lifted in Cuyahoga Falls
Akron AP report says a $25 yearly juke box tax in Cuyahoga Falls was lifted pending court action. Judge Frank H. Harvey granted a temporary restraining order against tax collection until a suit claiming unconstitutionality is heard.
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Akron
Cuyahoga Falls
Common Pleas
Frank H. Harvey
British warship Amethyst described as light destroyer
The Amethyst carried eight officers and 140 men and displaced about 2000 tons. A British boat involved in operations under radio contact reported difficulties from fire and possible antenna damage. Shore fire may have prevented repairs, leaving radio silence after a transmission about fire.
Bethel AME Plans Founders Day Observance
A Bethel AME church program honoring Armco founder George M. Verity is set for Wednesday at 7 30 p m. Coretta Scott senior at Antioch College Yellow Springs Ohio will perform recitals with other participants including Rev. Lewis Gehron pastor of Mayfield Cumberland Presbyterian Church Lillian and Elmer Jones Rev Ova Wright Bert Perkins DeRuffa Brage Leatha Childs and the Jubilee Chorus The program opens with the National Negro Anthem led by Mrs Eleanor Henderson.
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Armco Steel Corporation
George M. Verity
Bethel Ame
Coretta Scott
Antioch College
Yellow Springs
Miss Scott
Heiberger
Ala
Dayton
Marion
Lewis Gehron
Cumberland — Presbyterian Church
Mayfield
Lillian
Elmer Jones
Ova Wright
Hamilton
Bert Perkins
Walnut Hills
DeRuffa Brage
Miami University
Leatha Childs
Eleanor Henderson
Citizen's Club Donates Books to Public Library
The American Citizens Club donated a set of children's books on international goodwill to Middletown Library in memory of the late George M. Verity. Frank Dobrozsi, club president, announced the gift as part of Founder's Day observances honoring Armco Steel founder. The club, co sponsoring with the Legion Post, outlined plans for American Day and an upcoming annual picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
American Citizens Club
George M. Verity
Frank Dobrozsi
Armco Steel Corporation
Legion
The
Legion Post
Trains Strikes Auto. One Man Killed Near Bettsville
Fremont dispatch reports a Detroit-bound Pennsylvania passenger train hit an automobile at Millersville last night. Walter A. Hill, 27, of near Bettsville Ohio, the auto’s occupant, was killed.
Play Feature Of Award Night By Local Girl Scouts
An award night program by Middletown Girl Scout Troop 84 highlighted a dramatized playlet Story Book Dolls Versus Kathy Ann. Brownies performed in storybook doll costumes as 16,776 boxes were sold in this year’s cookie drive, with a five cent per box troop profit and nearly $1,700 overall for the Council. High sellers and individual prizewinners from various troops received recognition for strong cookie sales and contributions to the council’s dues.
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Kathy Ann
Brownies
Middletown
Girl Scout Council
Garnet L. Church
Robert Cook
St. John's School
Jefferson School
Sherman School
South School
Mayfield School
Franklin
Central School
Costs Topic Before 350 Accountants Costs Topic Before 350 Accountants
Myron W. Krueger treasurer of Raymond Concrete Pile Company told 350 Dayton Chapter of the National Association of Cost Accountants attendees that the breakeven point measures survival as fixed and overhead costs rise. Industrial management is seeking new techniques to reduce overhead and avoid excess capital expansion to keep American industry healthy. Carl A. Arend led the discussion. Lurton E. Gifford won a team prize for March. Don D. Battelle, CPA, to speak at the May 17 technical meeting. Members from Middletown attended, including Geral E. Humphrey and others.
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Myron W. Krueger
Raymond Concrete Pile Company
New York City
Dayton
National Association of Cost Accountants
Dayton Engineers Club
Krueger
Carl A. Arend
Armco “Steel Corporation
Lurton E. Gifford
Gerald £. Humphrey
Don D. Battelle
CPA
Middletown
Geral E. Humphrey
Leonard Barker
Homer C. Getz
E. F. Jackson
David G. Horn
Frank Wilson
Rodney Michael
A. J. Kerschbaum
Walter R. Howell
Albert H. Ericson
Donald J. Sheppard
John A. Jennens
Bob Feller Out For Week
Cleveland star pitcher Bob Feller will be sidelined for at least a week after pulling a shoulder muscle. Dr. Robert Hyland diagnosed a back of shoulder strain and recommended absolute rest, with possible x rays after the rest period to check for recurrence.
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ST. Louis
Bob Feller
Robert F. Hyland
Feller
Hyland
St. Louis Cardinals
Browns
Indians
Senate debate on arms program hearings delay
Senators clash over how to handle a State Department arms program. Critics accuse the administration of using propaganda to push the plan. Supporters push for quick Senate review and early hearings as Connally signals next steps for public release and committee decisions.
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George
D-Ga
Taft
R-Ohio
Wherry
R-Neb
Senate
Connally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
Safety Deposit Boxes of Convicted Draft Dodger Yield Cash
Two safety deposit boxes of Serge Rubinstein, convicted draft dodger, yielded 350000 dollars in U S treasury certificates, 10000 shares of stock, and promissory notes. Federal officials opened the boxes in New York as part of tax liens totaling 1300000 dollars against Rubinstein and his companies. A separate 775000 dollar tax lien targets Rubinstein and his wife. Rubinstein, who has served two years of a sentence for draft evasion, faces release April 25 and later a stock fraud indictment for sales in 1945 and 1946 of Panhandle Refining and Producing Company stock.
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NEW York
Serge Rubinstein
U.S. Treasury
Rubinstein
Laurette Rubinstein
Las Vegas
Nev
Lewisburg
Irving H. Saypol
U. S
U. S. District Court
Panhandle Refining and Producing Company
Saypol
Manufacturers Trust Company
Man in Cincinnati Confesses Holdups With Stepfather
Albert Smith, 23, told police that his stepfather Edward J. Mischler, 42, is involved in January holdups of two Norwood Building and Loan Associations, while he named Walter Maley, 45, Walter Zeniski, 40, as not involved. Smith and Mischler allegedly robbed Norwood Im proved Building and Loan and Madison Road branch, with $1,900 and $400 taken. All three with Mischler were held in Columbus. Blalock and Smith were arrested with Mischler in a stolen car.
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Cincinnati
Albert Smith
Edward J. Mischler
Columbus
Norwood, O
Clem Merz
Walter R. Maley
Dayton
Francis J. Zeniski
Ripley
Building and Loan Association
Wilmington
Smith
Howard Blalock
Merz
Mischler
North Hyde Park
Norwood Improved Building and Loan Company
Madison Road Building and Loan Company
Blalock
Former Ohio U coach Robert S. Wood dies at 62
Robert S. Wood, former Ohio University football coach, died in Columbus at 62. He led Ohio University's first Ohio Conference team in 1909 and 1910 and later served as mayor of Athens for two terms starting in 1930. He was found at his sister-in-law Loretta Scanlon's home, likely from a heart attack.
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Athnes, C
Robert S. Wood
Ohio University
Columbus
State Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Wood
Loretta Scanlon
Ohio
Athens
Justice Upholds Bishop's Right To Oust Pastor
New York AP reports a state supreme court justice upheld the Episcopal bishop’s power to remove Rev. Dr. John Howard Melish from Holy Trinity Church in Brooklyn after the rector challenged the bishop’s authority. Melish, 74, supported his son Rev. William Howard Melish, former chairman of a Soviet friendship group deemed subversive by the attorney general.
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New York
Supreme Court
John Howard Melish
Meier Steinbrink
Holy Trinity Episcope Church
Brooklyn
Melish
William Howard Melish
National Council of American-Soviet Friendship
Tom Clark
James P.de Wolfe
Long Island
7000 Workers Out On Strike In Indiana Bendix Plant
About 7,500 UAW members at the Bendix Aviation Corporation Plant in South Bend walked out after a ballot vote. The union demanded higher takehome pay in Brake Shoe Dept, reinstatement with full pay for 47 discharged workers, and dismissal of a Bendix lawsuit alleging unauthorized work stoppage.
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South Bend
Ind
Clio-United Auto
Bendix Aviation Corporation
Bendix
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Middletown Safety Council
Lincoln School Association
PTA
Kiwanis Club
Lions Club
the Legion
Dance Club of
VFW
Armco Employes Independent Federation
AEIF
Odd Fellows Lodge
Alpha Council
No. 326, Jr. Ouam
North Broad St
Toastmasters Club
Hermitage
Jayne Co
Welfare Board
Rabbi Stephen
Co-Op
Rhine Valley
Eichenburg
U.S. Navy
University of Dayton
Arthur Frey
Chester Skillman
O. J. Hileman
Hayden Tobias
Clyde Hackney
L. T. Parrott
J. K. Morgan
Stoutenborough
Ralph E. Pearson
W. B. Ligett
James Buchanan
R. E. Mack
Charles D. Graff, Jr
Collier Powell
D. F. Peterson
T. P. Dawson
Detown Plating Co
Citizen’s Club
Rosemary Fay
Carol Sue Spade
Doris Jean Hackman
Armethia Johnson
Faith Hidy
Jeannette Williams
Mary Doughman
Claudia Carr
Beatrice Gary
Dorothy Moss
Wandalee Mitchell
Thelma South
Janice Foxbower
Zello Belt
Nancy Kilburn
Becky Yarber
Sue Ann Wagner
State Department
G. P. Lewis
Mgr
Maley
Zeniski
Ferguson
Ferg
Sorrell Tractor Sales & Service
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