Fire Chief Warns on Aging Equipment After Truck Breaks Down
Middletown faced 26 minutes without fire protection when a No. 2 truck broke down while responding to two minor blazes. Fire at 2313 Grand Ave caused $25 damage. Sorg Paper Co. fire extinguished after crew loaded replacement gear. Chief Fishbaugh cites 21 and 24 year old trucks as obsolete and urges prompt replacement.
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Middletown
Grand Ave
Sorg Paper Co
Sorg
Crawford St
Howard Margerum
Fishbaugh
No. 2
Fish
Thaugh
Hospital Hill
Grand
Chester Traylor
Talent Scouts Mobilize for Our American Heritage Show
More than 75 representatives from civic, fraternal, social and industrial groups gathered last night as talent scouts for the Our American Heritage spectacle signed on. Donald F. Perry announced a May 18 19 performance at Barnitz Stadium and outlined a detailed rehearsal schedule at Kessler Auditorium and the Armco Office auditorium beginning Monday with specific groups slotted for 3:30 to 8:30 pm.
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Donald F. Perry
Barnitz Stadium
Perry
Kessler Auditorium
South Main St
Armco
American Ballet
Miss Columbia
Junior Achievers Tour Local Plant in Middletown
More than 130 Junior Achievers yesterday toured offices and plants of 12 Middletown industries. They met senior counterparts from presidents to assembly line workers and left reportedly awed by big business. The annual Achiever Day in Industry was initiated by the local JA organization and has been adopted by JA groups in other cities.
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Middletown
Mason Man Killed as Car Hits Telephone Pole on Greentree Road
A Mason man, John Varel Edwards, 30, died after a tire blew on Greentree Road near Route 25 and the car struck a pole. Two others, Fred Forkner, 20, and Donald Ferguson, 22, were injured. Forkner suffered a leg fracture and head injuries, Ferguson had a minor leg injury. Patrolman Bearl Joyce cited high speed before the crash. Funeral arrangements are through Oswald Funeral Home in Lebanon. survivors include Edwards wife and father.
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Greentree Rd
Route 25
John Varel Edwards
Mason Route 1
Fred Forkner
Lebanon
The
Air
Wright Field
Wood Hospital
Dayton
Donald Ferguson
Oswald
Edwards
John W. Edwards
Bill Weith
Middletown Corporal Wounded Second Time In Korean Action
Corporal Roy W Crout son of Middletown detective and Excello resident was wounded again in Korea while with Company C 89th Medium Tank Battalion. He had been in Korea since last year and previously suffered burns and a broken nose when a mortar shell hit his tank. He expects to return to action in a week or two and says he is bruised but okay.
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Korea
Roy W. Crout
Roy Crout
Middletown
Crout
89Th Medium Tank Battalion
Japan
Lawrence Crout
MHS Students See MacArthur Speak on TV
Middle town high school hosted a television assembly to broadcast General Douglas MacArthur’s congressional talk. Four 20 inch sets loaned by Sears and Roebuck were placed around the auditorium to seat 1200 pupils as Principal D R Baker and Superintendent Wade Miller praised TV as a new milestone in education.
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Douglas MacArthur
Congress
Sears and Roebuck
D. R. Baker
Wade Miller
Baker
Middletown
Carmody Files Petitions to Seek Re Election
Francis Carmody chairman of the City Commission filed petitions to run again. Clerk Frank Dobrozsi notes Carmody is the first to petition with others, including C B Stiles and Dr Ross A Hill, likely to follow. The 1949 race drew seven candidates for two four year posts and the charter change created a city manager.
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Francis Carmody
City Commission
Frank Dobrozsi
Board of Elections
C. B. Stiles
Ross A. Hill
Carmody
Middletown
Gardner Board and Carton Company
H. W. Starick
Harold Goetz
Lloyd Miller
Stiles
Clarence Carmody
A. K. Lewis
Armco reports first quarter earnings at $2.09 a share
Armco Steel Corporation earned 10,445,239 in the first quarter of 1951, or 2.09 a share after preferred dividends. Chairman Charles R. Hook told stockholders the year ago quarter yielded 11,894,129 or 2.99 a share, noting higher postwar taxes. Armco plans defense output growing toward 30 percent of total production by June, with plants at capacity and an expansion program on schedule. several defense products may exceed 30 percent. Board members reelected were William C. Breed, E. A. Deeds, William H. Mitchell, and Charles S. Payson.
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Armco Steel Corporation
Charles R. Hook
Armco
Hook
Armeco
Boy Struck by Bakery Truck While Playing On Drive
Two year old Jay Moorhead of 1103 Ellen Drive was treated for cuts and bruises after a bakery truck backed out and struck him at 11 24 a m today, police said. The child was playing on the driveway when the accident occurred.
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Jay Moorhead
Ellen
At the Movies Paramount and Strand listings
Paramount shows Captive Girl with showtimes 1 15 3 40 6 20 and 9 pm Cry Danger at 2 20 5 00 7 40 and 10 10 pm Strand presents Unmasked at 1 15 3 25 5 40 8 10 and 10 40 pm Bandits of El Dorado at 2 5 7 05 and 9 35 pm Saturday Unmasked at 2 00 4 55 7 50 and 10 20 pm Bandits of El Dorado at 3 20 6 20 and 9 15 pm
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Bandits of el Dorado
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William Fishbaugh
Ahrens-Fox
No. 2 Station
Cincinnati
Pany
Junior Achievers
Mason
Greentree Road
Cpl, Roy Crout
Pusan Harbor
Rocky Mountain
Lakeside Inn
MHS
MacArthur
Eeman’s
Central Ave
Sd Calbaas
Junior
New
Wilson Ambulance Service
Filon
Filson’s
Children’s Toppers
William C. Breed
E. A. Deeds
William H. Mitchell
Charles S. Payson
Paramount
Howard
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