Rumor Barkley May Enter Race At Democratic Banquet
Vice President Alben W. Barkley may announce his candidacy at the Jefferson Day dinner in Middletown as about 1,000 people pack the Manchester Hotel. Gov. Lausche will speak as Barkley’s address is broadcast by WPFB amid an oversold crowd and high party anticipation.
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Veep
Alben W. Barkley
Middletown
Manchester
Butler County
Paducah
Frank Dobrozsi
Jackson Bosch
Barkley
Democratic Party
W. Averill Harriman
New York
The
Mutual Security Agency
Harriman
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Robert Kerr
Oklahoma
Richard Russell
Georgia
Frank Jusche
Lausche
Greg Holbrook
Butler County Democratic Executive Committee
WPFB
Middletown Women Voters Name Chairmen for Year
The Middletown League of Women Voters elected and appointed committee chairs for the coming year at a session of the retiring and newly elected boards. Appointed chairs include Mrs Welsh B Nixon publications Mrs Robert Rich ardson voters service Mrs Vincent A Sisson membership Mrs Donald Driscoll finance Mrs Ross A Hill unit meetings and Mrs Howard Hoff man public relations.
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Middletown League of Women Voters
Welsh B. Nixon
Robert Richardson
Voters’ Service
Vincent A. Sisson
Donald Driscoll
Ross A. Hill
Howard Hoffman
J. L. Glass
Dean Phillips
G. W. Breiel
Robert L. Holly
E. Cal Grier
Cecil Kindred
Kindred
Middletown
National League
Fred Winslow
League
Breiel
Gordon Pflanzer
Cincinnati
Central PTO Elects Saylor as President at Meeting
Central P T O elected Millard Saylor president at a school meeting. Robert Fiscus became vice president. Mrs Hailey secretary. Mrs Harry Davis corresponding secretary. Rev Jer ome C Schulz spoke on Religion in the Public Schools of Middletown. Patrol gifts were given and plans made for the May 23 lawn fete with Mrs Millard Saylor as general chair.
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Central P.T.O
Millard Saylor
Robert Fiscus
Hailey
Harry Davis
Middletown
Jerome C. Schulz
Middletown High School
Joseph Blackmore
P.T.O
Robert Newlin
Crash Victim Is Arrested After Route 4 Collision
Dayton man Fred Rudolph, injured in a two car crash at Route 4 and Liberty Fairfield Rd south of Middletown, was arrested by the State Highway Patrol for following too closely. He suffered fractured ribs and knee injuries. Fred Newman of Trenton was not injured.
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Dayton
Middletown
State Highway Patrol
Fred Rudolph
Salem Ave
Liberty-Fairfield Rd
Fred Newman
Trenton
Newman
Movie listings and showtimes for Paramount Strand Colonial Dixte
At The Movies listings show Paramount Ww and Thursday with Greatest Show On Earth at 1 15 4 00 6 40 9 25 pm Strand midweek Girls of the Underworld at 1 30 3 45 6 00 8 15 10 30 pm Probation at 2 35 4 50 7 05 9 20 pm Colonial midweek African Queen at 1 35 3 30 5 30 7 30 9 20 pm Hy Bid n Take at 9 pm African Queen at 1 15 3 10 5 10 7 05 10 45 pm Sneak preview at 8 50 pm Dix te Cruise In Thursday Johnny Holiday at 8 13 11 08 pm Rex King of Wild Horses at 9 45 pm Snake free lands noted including New Zealand in closing line.
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Paramount
Dixte Cruise
Johnny Holiday
Rex
Locust swarms threaten Iran and Iraqi plains
Sharply increasing swarms of locusts threaten crops across Iran and Iraq's Tigris and Euphrates valleys and other areas in the Middle East, according to the Iranian minister of agriculture.
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Baghdad
Iraq
Iran
Tigris
Euphrates
Middle East
Middle town High spelling contest challenges seniors
Richard Mather, an honor student who recently ranked third in Ohio general scholarship tests, won the Ranch Spelling Contest at Middle town High. He misfired on four of 100 words, including Pentateuch, while runner up Jack Whitehead missed five. prize money totaled 10 dollars for first place with near-winners listed and test held last Friday.
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Middletown Hight
Ranch
Richard Mather
Ohio
Young Mather
D. R. Baker
Mather
Jack Whitehead
Martha Myers
Sylvia Alexander
Nancy Sherman
Carol Chaney
Jim Young
Marcella Collins
Laura Corwin
Youth 15 Held Here In Mysterious Shooting
A 15 year old youth is held in a strange shooting at the My Market Drive-In route 73. Robert Anders 41 of 2401 Browning Street Dixie Heights was shot in the forehead and moved to Miami Valley Hospital Dayton for brain specialist care. The assailant demanded a stick up and fled after firing what may have been a toy pistol. Deputies continue investigation with juvenile officer J F Seibold saying the boy still denies involvement. Two teenagers were detained then released to their parents.
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Robert Anders
Browning St
Dixie Heights
Middletown Hospital
Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton
Anders
My- Market
J. F. Seibold
Loren Gustin
Richard
Emanuel Schultheiss
Gustin
Paul Fouts
Roy Crout
Safety Award Travels To Local Industry Displays
The 1951 All-Ohio Safety Congress prize plaque awarded to the Middle Town Safety Council will tour city sites. It is to be displayed at Manchester Hotel on Monday, then at Armco East Works Thursday, with 30 days at each location before retirement to the Civic Association lobby.
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Middletown Safety Council
Cincinnati
Industrial Council
Manchester Hotel
Industrial Division
The
Safety Council
Armco East Works
Civic Association
Laque
East Works
George Bryan
Meat-Eating Thieves Hit Hampton Store
Scotland Yard reports thieves raided a U S military store at Hampton on London's outskirts. The haul included 30 cases of chickens 2750 pounds of smoked hams 540 pounds of frankfurters 1140 pounds of pork sausages and several rolls of beef.
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London
Scotland Yard
U. S
Hampton
Commission Hears Taxi Firm Return Hope At City Hall
City commissioners met to discuss seven items including a possible restart of Myers Brothers taxi service under a 60 to 90 day open franchise. A new company formation is on file as the city limits taxis to four firms. Also on the agenda a dental health program with equipment distribution and funds for a hygienist, plus Central Ave land status and McGee Ave improvements.
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Manchester
Myers Brothers Cab Company
L. C. Neer
H. W. Starick
Central Ave
McGee Ave
Normal Weather Due Tomorrow Showers Likely
The Middletown area faces cooler conditions with showers likely tonight through Thursday. Tonight's low should be 45 to 50 degrees, and skies are cloudy with cool temperatures. Yesterday reached 88 during the day with a 62 low. rainfall totaled just over half an inch.
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Clouer
Lions Club to Host Middletown Tea Party Speaker
Middletown Lions Club noon meeting at the Manchester Hotel will feature John Larsen, chairman of the Middletown Tea Party, reporting on extravagance and waste in government. Larsen will be introduced by George Holtz after lunch, with nominations for 1952-53 officers and directors announced by Sam J. Tutt.
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John Larsen
Middletown
Sam J. Tutt
Middletown Lions Club
Joe Riley
L. H. Bremer
Roy Granger
Jim Finley
Ralph Parmenter
Russ Stabler
Robert Nisbet
Jack Meeker
I Am an American Day Celebration Postponed
The I Am an American Day event scheduled for May 18 is postponed to this summer. Russell Stevens Jr co chairs the American Day committee says the holiday is no longer official, Citizenship Day in September replaces it. The 25th anniversary of Middletown will be largely marked.
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Russell Stevens, Jr
Congress
Middletown
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