Postal Service Cutback Orders Reach Middletown
Middletown's post office faces economy-driven cutbacks affecting 11 regular carriers and 10 substitutes plus clerical staff. Home delivery drops to one daily, morning street box collection ends before 9 30 a m, directory service for misaddressed mail ends, and most routes will be reduced or redirected. Hours shift to 8 a m to 6 p m for stamps and parcels, with money orders unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Post Office Department
Hilbert H. Martin
Washington
Martin
Legion Names Nominating Committees for Post 218
A nominating committee led by Harold W. Goetz and an advisory board were named by Paul Long, commander of Post 218. Committees report at the May meeting and elections occur in June with officers taking office in July due to by law changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Long
Post 218
American Legion
Harold W. Goetz
Joseph Rapp
E. A. Lampe
J. T. Lamb
Joseph Canter
Glenn Perry
John Helsinger
Paul Galeese
William T. Thorn
Carl Hi. Martin
Roy Newlin
Robert Minor
Ed Schmid
John Weber
Quinton Reeder
Robert T. Vorhis
J. W. Pratt
Jack Ashman
Charles Merchant
W. H. Spindler
William F. Johnston
George E. Denny
Sam J. McAdow
Dave Regan
Arthur Moon
Don Frisby
Harold Walters
Roger Cotter
Max D. Long
Mary Delp
Legion Poppy Day
Paul R. Long
Charles Pigman
Gratis Couple Hurt In Crash Near Gratis
Two elderly Gratis residents Stamper and his wife Catherine were injured when a Middletown driver Jerry Stamper collided on Route 122. Stamper's head laceration and rib fractures were treated at Middletown Hospital. Johnson was uninjured. The truck, owned by Cohen Brothers, sustained extensive damage. Sheriff Spitler and State Patrolman Naas investigated.
At the Movies Strand Showings For Thursday and Friday
Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend starring Betty Grable and Cesar Romero plays at 1 15 4 45 and 8 15 p m Also Battling Hoofer featuring James Cagney and Mona Barrie screens at 2 35 6 05 and 9 10 p m
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Beautiful Blonde
Betty Grable
Cesar Romero
Battling Hoofer
James Cagney
Mona Barrie
Ebright Denies Involvement as Elam Forms Clubs
Elam, a Republican candidate for Central Committeeman in Lemon Township, says he was authorized to form Ebright For Governor Clubs in Butler County, sparking a factional fight. Ebright, from Cleveland, insists he aims to stay out of the quarrel and to build a strong party after the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orman Elam
Lemon Township
Ebright For Governor Club
Butler County
Ebright
Columbus
Elam
Don Ebright
Journal
Cleveland
Orman
Republican Central Committee
Martin Coyle
Hamilton
School Girl Hit by Car On Route 35 Near West Alexandria
An 11 year old girl, Barbara Denius, was seriously injured this morning while waiting for the school bus on Route 35. She suffered a broken leg, skull fracture and a broken arm after being struck by a car driven by Herbert Melton, 44, of West Alexandria Route 1. The driver says the girl ran into the road. She is at Good Samaritan Hospital, Dayton. No charges have been filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faton
West Alexandria
Barbara Denius
Roy Denius
Evelyn Denius
Columbus
Herbert Melton
Good Samaritan Hospital
Dayton
Paperworkers Union Wins Lorillard Vote at Plant
Local 55-A United Paper Workers of America won 429 of 519 votes conducted by the NLRB at Lorillard to decide the bargaining agent for about 550 workers. The FTA Local 55 received 43 votes with 29 ballots for neither group. Watchmen votes were challenged. the result follows a long bargaining rights dispute tied to the FTA and CIO alignment efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Paper Workers of America, Cio
National Labor Relations Board
P. Lorillard Company
W. E. Riegle
Cincinnati
NLRB
Riegie
Robert Dell
Paperworkers
Local 55
Food, Tobacco, Agricultural and Allied Workers Union of America
Cal
Cleveland
ZJO
National Union
FTA
Middletown
CIO
Paperworker Union
Common Pleas
Paperworker
Lorillard
Finnish Girl In Federation Care After Custody Hearing
A 17 year old Finnish girl, Kaarina Vanninen, has been placed in the custody of the Save the Children Federation by Butler County Common Pleas Judge Fred B. Cramer after a habeas corpus hearing. She expressed unhappiness at the Marshall home in Oxford and did not wish to return there. Police report Warren County school burglaries netted over 100 dollars, with cash taken from Mason Maineville Waynesville and South Lebanon schools. The girl arrived on a four year school visa after a year of welcome events in New York Washington Cincinnati. Her father was killed in the war and the family has faced moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaarina Vanninen
Save the Children Federation
Fred B. Cramer
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Estil Marshall
Jon
Oxford State Rd
Cramer
Esther Lietala
New York
Federation
Washington
Sen. Robert Taft
Cincinnati
Marshall Home
Katrina
Executive Dies in Cleveland at 71
George Alfred Yost former president of Lucas Machine Tool Company died at his Cleveland Heights home. He led the firm from 1942 until its sale to a New Britain Connecticut company in 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
George Alfred Yost
Lucas Machine Tool Company
New Britain, Conn
Cleveland Heights
Emergency Corps Registrations Still Open for Scout Unit
Registrations remain open for the Boy Scout Emergency Corps with a second meeting set for 7 p m Friday at the Civic Association auditorium. All Explorer Scouts aged 14 and older may attend. The evening will cover physical fitness first aid rope work and field signals with instruction on personal health and condition ing activities and a class in common sense first aid and artificial respiration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout Emergency Corps
Civic Association
Ted Martin
Fimner Barker
Fire causes minor damage at Ninth Ave residence
A two story frame house at 918 Ninth Ave sustained minor damage in an early morning fire. The owner is California Dix of 609 Seventeenth Ave. Fire officials did not state a cause. Damage was pegged at $5. Company 3 answered the alarm at 1 12 a m and released the scene at 1 32 a m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninth Ave
California Dix
Seventeenth Ave
Company 3
City to be named for resident at Buckeye Boys State
Buckeye Boys State will name a city after a local resident. Coffey is named for Martin V. Coffey, with Eaton and Kitchen also chosen for the 1950 program at Camp Perry June 10 to 19. The 26 cities will each house 50 boys, across four counties Galbraith Elden McQuigg and Cole, with about 1009 expected this year, a record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckeye Boys’ State
American Legion
Middletown
State Legion
Columbus
Denny
George ©. Denny
Coffey
Martin V. Coffey
Camp Perry
Eaton
Harry A. Eaton
Ashland
Kitchen
Karl K. Kitchen
Cleveland
BBS Trustees
Galbraith
Elden
McQuigg
Cole
Ohio Legion
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Postal Service
Gratis
Children’s Shop
Main ST
M's
Robret H. Hoffman
Ebright For
Jewelry
Central Ave
Paperworkers Union
Warren County
Lebanon
Gerald W. Couden
Mason and
Maineville
Mason
Waynesville
South Lebanon
Philco
Vradel
Ing
South Broad Street
Chicago
Veal
Kingan
Chuck Roast
Ste
Enuine
Bologna
Franks
Sfolger’s Coffee
Nu-Maid
Lake Erie
Delaware
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