Hospital Ends Tonsil Operations As Polio Increases In County
Ohio reports 21 new polio cases raising the statewide total to 173 with Darke, Cuyahoga, Hamilton counties among those affected. Doctors pause routine tonsil surgeries in polio season while warning open throat forms may be most serious. Local officials note statewide vigilance as cases spread across multiple counties.
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Butler County
J. Canon
Columbus
Ohio
Darke County
Uyahoga
Hamilton
Cuyahoga
Miami
Ross, Putnam, Auglaize
Marion
Belmont
Butler
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Construction activity falls in July after lively June
July construction in the city dropped after a brisk June, with total costs $129,321 and 52 permits issued including seven new homes. June totals were $267,137 from 62 permits, 16 of them dwellings, while July 1948 figures showed $298,690 from 62 permits.
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Orville Carson
Memorial Chapel Drawing Displayed At Woodside Cemetery
Carl H. Martin, architect, has visualized a proposed memorial chapel for Middletown’s Little Arlington at Woodside Cemetery. His pastel drawing is exhibited on an easel in the lobby of the First National Bank, placed this morning for public viewing.
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Middletown
Little
Arlington
Carl H. Martin
Woodside Cemetery
First National Bank
Victim of Blow on Head Serious
Mose Nixon age 53 of 1610 Garfield St was listed in fair condition at Middletown Hospital after police found him in bed paralyzed from injuries suffered Saturday night when he was struck on the head near his Garfield Street home A neighbor said both she and Nixon were knocked from the rear porch and named the assailant in a police report noting a possible bee concussion.
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Mose Nixon
Garfield St
Middletown
Nixon
Deaths of Miss Meehan and Frank Duby
Vital statistics obituary notes Miss Mary L. Meehan 77 of 1507 First Ave and Frank Duby 76 of Lebanon.
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Mary L. Meehan
First Ave
Frank Duby
Lebanon
Local Families Welcome Newborn Girls and Boys
A sequence of birth announcements lists couples and addresses from Middletown, Somerville, and nearby areas noting the addition of daughters and sons on Saturday and Sunday and into Monday. Names include Sullivan, Dobzynicki, O Neil, Fullen, Bailey, Brandenburg, Ezra Louis, Leroy South, Weath erwax Jr, Samp son, Nichol, and Pendergrass with varied street addresses.
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Jerry Sullivan
Ohio Ave
Walter Dobzynecki
Veterans’ Village
William O'Neil
N. Clinton Sr
Homer Fullen
Am Girard Ave
Harold Bailey
Middletown
Earl Brandenburg
West Middletown
Ezra _ Louis
South Lebanon
Leroy South
Baltimore St
Russell Weatherwax
Queen Ave
Luster
Sampson Middletown
Thomas Nichol
Linden Ave
Marion Pendergrass
Somerville
MarriAGe Licenses in Middletown and Nearby Areas
Several marriage licenses issued in 2012 list pairs including Louis Ralph Horner a 26 dry cleaning operator and Lucy Jane Rothgeb a 20 secretary of 2012 Erie Ave Middletown. Perry Delorenzo 26 clerk and Margaret Sapp 21 of Hamilton. Wilburn L. Koenig 21 truck driver of LaGrange Tex and Bernice E. Schovassa 21 Blue Ball. William S. Purvis 23 assembler Middletown Route 2 and Alline Montgomery 18 office worker 1813 Carroll Ave Middletown. Paul A. Slezak 23 research worker 1702 Yankee Rd and Edna Marie Dishon 20 stenographer 3423 Vannest St both of Middletown.
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Louis Ralph Horner
Lucy Jane Rothgeb
Erie Ave
Middletown
Perry Delorenzo
Margaret Sapp
Hamilton
Wilburn L. Koenig
LaGrange
Tex
Bernice E. Schovassa
Blue Ball
William S. Purvis
Alline Montgomery
Carroll Ave
Paul A. Slezak
Yankee Rd
Edna Marie Dishon
Vannest St
Hospital Admissions and Discharges Report
In The Hospital Kelso Nickell Moore St surgical Mrs Pearl Taylor Central Ave surgical Mrs Samuel Smith Route 2 surgical Mrs Dillard Oldfield Fernwood St surgical Mrs Emma Lakoff Ardmore Dr surgical William Newbraunder Harrison St medical Glenn Brown Moore St medical Mrs Berdette Fultz Leibee St medical Donald Stamper son of Mr and Mrs Garrett Stamper Glenn Ave surgical Mrs Catherine Thier Kunz Jesse M Long Waynesville DISMISSED Harry A Montgomery Eleventh Ave Mrs Rebecca Adams Franklin Mrs Russell Lowe Lawn
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Kelso Nickell
Moore St
Pearl Taylor
Central Ave
Samuel Smith
Route 2
Dillard Oldfield
Fernwood St
Emma Lakoff
Ardmore Dr
William Newbraunder
Harrison St
Glenn Brown
Berdette Fultz
Leibee St
Donald Stamper
Stadium Site Improvements To Be Started
Preliminary work on the Board of Education stadium site at Barnitz Field will begin this week. Middletown Sand and Gravel Co. won a $10,500 contract for grading and installing sewer water and electrical outlets south of town. Underground work will be funded from the athletic fund aided by years of football and basketball receipts. ground may be ready for seeding by October. The stadium requires a two and a half million dollar school expansion bond this fall.
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Board of Education
Barnitz Field
Ross H. Snyder
Middletown Sand and Gravel Company
Snyder
Price of Milk Raised Here and in Lebanon
Dairymen disclosed a one cent rise per quart for milk and related dairy products, now at 19 cents per quart. The increase, first in over a year after four prior cuts, follows higher producer allowances of 45 cents per 100 pounds of milk, with 100 pounds equaling 45 quarts, benefiting producers. The price hike also applies in Lebanon.
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Lebanon
Charge Mayor With Bribery in Hobbs New Mexico
Hobbs New Mexico mayor J Paul Heard is charged with accepting a $1000 bribe to shield a Negro labor club from raids. He posted 5000 bond after arrest Saturday night. Grand jury convenes August 11 to probe his administration. Witness L S Booker alleges payment of ten $100 bills after June 20 for club gambling operatio n.
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Hobbs
N. M
J. Paul Heard
Negro Labor Club
Eee E
State
Young Democrats
Agnes Castner
Hobbs Flare
J. D. Heath
Heard
Sherif Horace Owens
L. S. Booker
Labor Club
Booker
Fire Damages Car in Sunday Morning Blaze
A burning cigarette was determined to be the cause of a fire Sunday morning in an automobile owned by Venus Maupin of 225 Vanderveer Street. Fire Company No. 1 responded to the alarm at 6 05 a m and extinguished the blaze causing an estimated 25 dollars damage.
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Venus Maupin
Vanderveer St
Middletown Grocers Meet Tuesday Night
A meeting of the Middletown Retail Grocers and Meat Dealers Association is called for Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Civic Association library. Delegates include Steve D Varga president and members from Germantown Sherman Ave Maud O. Henry G. Childers South Main St. and others.
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Middletown Retail Grocers and Meat Dealers Association
Steve D’varga
Library of the Civic Association
Wendell Salzer
Germantown
Jean Ann Young
Sherman Ave
Robert P. Swig
Trenton
Paul Igo
Maud
Henry G. Childers
South Main
Joan Veldt
Central Ave
Ben Riley
Hamilton
Charles Grist
Garfield St
James Murphy
Fifteenth Ave
Russell Branch
Columbus
Out of Town Notice for Mrs. Dewey Wood
Mrs Dewey Wood of 701 Elwood Avenue is listed as receiving medical care at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati in this out of town notice.
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Dewey Wood
Elwood
Christ Hospital
Cincinnati
Medical
Thieves Take $2000 In Jewels From Home
Jewelry valued at more than $2,000 was stolen from the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Rupp at 104 South Broad Street. A jewel box containing a diamond and platinum wrist watch worth $1,000 a cameo ring $500 and other rings and pins disappeared while the family were in the kitchen. The veneer box and a purse on top of the chest were also noted with little else taken. The Rupps were away from 3 am to noon Sunday and found the house locked upon returning.
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Paul Rupp
South Broad St
Rupps
Drowned Girl Near City While Swimming At Dam
A 14 year old Mendon girl Phyllis Suhr daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Suhr Mendon Route 1 drowned yesterday afternoon after slipping from the apron of the Chautauqua dam into the Great Miami River at 1 23 p m The body was recovered over two hours later by Franklin Fire Department and the Miamisburg Volunteer Life Squad She was a member of a high school band and was en route to an appearance at the Miami Valley Chautauqua.
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Mendon, O
Chautauqua Dam
Great Miami River
Phyllis Suhr
Edward Suhr
Mendon
Franklin Fire Department
Miamisburg
Obituary for Roy W. Scofield longtime police officer
Services will be held here tomorrow afternoon for Roy W. Scofield 59 former secretary of the Toledo Police Department and police chief in Middletown Ohio from 1932 to 1940 who died Saturday after a yearlong illness. Appointed Toledo police secretary in 1915 he left the post in 1916 to enter military service and spent over three years on the Mexican border and in France. He returned to the Police Department in 1919 and served as secretary until the post was abolished in 1932. After eight years as Middletown police chief he returned to Toledo and went into real estate.
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Roy W. Scofield
Toledo
Middletown
Miss Mary L. Meehan Dies at 77 in Middletown
Miss Mary Lucille Meehan aged 77 died yesterday at 12 10 at home 1507 First Avenue after illness since December and ailing since March She was born in Franklin and lived most of her life in Middletown Survived by sister Miss Lillie Meehan two brothers William and Clarence a nephew Gerald Meehan of Middletown and a niece Mrs Gretchen Burns of Hamilton Services Wednesday at 9 30 am Holy Trinity Church burial Elk Creek Cemetery calling hours after 2 pm Tuesday at the residence
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Mary Lucille Meehan
1St Ave
Franklin
Middletown
Lillie Meehan
William
Clarence
Gerald Meehan
Gretchen Burns
Hamilton
Holy Trinity Church
Elk Creek Cemetery
Funeral services set for Frank Duby in Union Cemetery
Frank Duby, 76, longtime Warren County Home resident, died Friday at Miami Valley Hospital Dayton. Services planned for 10 a.m. Tuesday at Union Cemetery Highland County. He worked for King Powder Company for many years and is survived by two children.
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Lebanon
Frank Duby
Warren County
Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton
Union Cemetery
Highland County
King Powder Company
Dr Archie Worthing, Pitt Physics Professor, Dies
Associated Press reports Dr Archie Garfield Worthing, 68, professor of physics at the University of Pittsburgh and author of physics textbooks, has passed away.
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Pittsburgh
Archie Garfield Worthing
University of Pittsburgh
Notable deaths listed from four cities
DEATHS SUNDAY STOURBRIDGE England Viscount Cobham 67 parliamentary undersecretary of state for war in 1939 40 TERRE HAUTE Ind Robert F Nitsche 77 former national treasurer of Exchange Clubs BRYN MAWR Pa Donald J Riddle 47 eastern district superintendent of the Federal Machine and Welder Company and a former University of Minnesota football star RALEIGH N C J C Ehringhaus 67 governor of North Carolina from 1933 to 1937
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Sunday Stourbridge
Eng
Viscount Cobham
Terre Haute
Ind
Robert F. Nitsche
Exchange Clubs
Bryn Mawr
Donald J. Riddle
The
Federal Machine and Welder Company
University of Minnesota
Raleigh
N. C
J. C. Ehringhaus
North Carolina
Look for the Silver Lining at Paramount weekly shows
Paramount presents Look for the Silver Lining starring June Haver and Ray Bolger on Monday and Tuesday with showings at 1 15, 3 25, 5 35, 7 45 and 9 55 p m. The engagement runs across two days.
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June Haver
Ray Bolger
Tall in the Saddle and Pride of the Yankees at Strand
John Wayne and Ella Raines star in Tall in the Saddle with showings Monday at 3 50 7 50 p m and Tuesday at 3 30 7 10 p m. Gary Cooper and Teresa Wright lead Pride of the Yankees with screenings Monday at 1 56 5 30 9 30 p m and Tuesday at 1 15 5 0 9 30 p m.
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Mondy
Tall In the Saddle
John Wayne
Ella Raines
Pride of the Yankees
Gary Cooper
Teresa Wright
Driver Flees Patrolman But Lands In Jail
Calvin Howard, 23, of Miamisburg Route 2, treated at Middletown Hospital for minor injuries after slipping away from state patrolmen in front of a physician's home. He was charged with intoxication by Franklin police after crashing on Route 25 into a fence at John Stanfder residence. Howard was later found asleep in a Franklin park. Four patrolmen noted two to three car accidents over the weekend.
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Calvin Howard
Miamisburo
Middletown Hospital
Franklin
Howard
John Standafer
Robert Kehr
David Meadows
Wyoming St
Dayton
John Bronson
Bruin St
Della C. Walden
Bellview St
Detroit
Meadows
Bronson
Condemned Slayer Baptized in Bear Creek at Execution Watch
In Columbia Tennessee AP report, 44 year old Arthur L Bass condemned to die in the electric chair was baptized in Bear Creek as about 2000 spectators observed in silence. Bass, a former steelworker, was to be executed for killing his cousin Ranier L Bass during an April card game dispute. He wore no manacles. officials stood nearby during the Assembly of God baptism.
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Columbia, Tenn
Bear Creek
Bass
Assembly of God Faith
Ranier L. Bass
Armco Expansion Boosts Middletown Retail Trade
Don B. Folger president of the Middletown Retail Merchants Association reports increased business among local merchants after Armco announced a 12 million dollar steel plant. He says the expansion gave residents confidence, expects steady fall trade, and notes prices appear stabilized. He warns wage cuts would lower purchasing power.
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Armco
Don B. Folger
Middletown Retail Merchants Association
Folger
Middletown
Elks to Aid Cerebral Palsy Children in Ohio
John K. Maurer state president of the Ohio Elks Association announced a training and treatment program for cerebral palsy victims as the fraternal body's major health welfare project. A seven member statewide committee chaired by Norman Parr will oversee the effort with George Kingdom and Marsh Shere as members and Dr. Judson Wilson as medical consultant.
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John K. Maurer
Arlington Ave
Ohio Elks Association
Maurer
E. J. McCormick
Toledo
the Elks
George Kingdom
Conneaut
Walter Penry
Delaware
Ed Wight
Troy
Marsh Sherer
Bowling Green
Judson Wilson
Columbus
Police Briefs A trio facing varied charges at city intersections
Geraldine Igo, 19, of 1619 Glenn Ave, charged with loitering after arrest at Central Ave and Clinton St. Paul Holliday, 31, of 6950 Ashland Ave, Chicago, charged with intoxication after his car breached warehouse grounds gates on Bellmonte St and Elmo Pl and struck a switch train. Holliday believed to be speeding. Lucius Baker, 49, and Clarence Sims, 19, both of 1318 Young St, arrested Saturday night on disorderly conduct charges at their Young St residence.
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Geraldine Igo
Glenn Ave
Central Ave
Clinton St
Paul F. Holliday
Ashland Ave
Chicago
Bellmonte St
Elmo Pl
Holliday
Lucius Baker
Clarence Sims
Young St
Woman Collapses at Home. Taken to City Hospital
Mrs. Clara Baker of 1307 Rolds Ave was removed to Iddietown Hospital late this morning after collapsing at her home. The Fire Department emergency squad answered the call and gave oxygen until an ambulance arrived.
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Clara Baker
Rolds Ave
Iddietown Hospital
Fire Department
Tragic weekend crash claims three lives in Cannons Mills area
Carter's body remained in the water 24 hours before discovery. Jake Lee Guildoo, 21, of Wells ville, died from a fractured skull after his car plunged into a ravine near Cannons Mills on Saturday. Mrs. Clemmer Greenisen, 52, was crushed when a car rolled from a parking spot and pinned her against a Salem wall. her father Els worth Kile, 85, suffered a broken arm and head injuries.
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Carter
Jake Lee Guildoo
Wellsville
Cannons Mills
Clemmer Greenisen
Salem
Elsworth Kile
Execution date pending ruling on new trial motion
A defendant's execution date has not been set as the court awaits a ruling on a motion for a new trial. The outcome could alter potential sentencing and case timelines.
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Fense
Middletown Postwar Horse Show At Brown's Run Club
Sixty eight horses entertained more than 800 spectators as Brown's Run Riding Club hosted Middletown's first postwar horse show. Winners included Ralph Whitehead on Sweet Sue for over 18 horsemanship and Dr Azel Ames with Charming Jean in three and paired with Missy Green for first in the pair class.
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Brown’s Run
Middletown
Butler County Saddle Horse Association
Raith Whitehead
Hamilton
Sweet Sue
Azel Ames
Charming Jean
Missy Green
Frank McClung
Cora
Tennessee Walkers
Miss Joy Clapp
Grey Dawn
George M. Verity
Brown’s Run Club
T. E. Barnhart
Franklin
Paul V. Connell
Forrestville
Earl Keezer
Harold Vaughn
Kentucky
Charlie
Herman Moore
Raymond McCracken
Sweetheart
Lee Jones
Maud
Dewey Maddox
Gloria Maddox
Prince
C. J. Hughes
Ginger
Betty Jo Maddox
Henry Maddox
Red
Jean Maddox
Smoky
Ronnie Vaughn
Patsy
Sallie Ann Zellner
Ralph Whitehead
Cecil Webb
E. J. Hathorn
Howard Kuykendell
Jimmie
Harold South
Babe
Rex Smith
Ronnie Sprinkles
Tommy
Bob Durbin
Lady
Ronnie Crisman
Ceci Webb
Navajo
Betty Wise
Grew Dawn
Joy Clapp
Steve Allen
Arlie McCracken
Maudine
Joe G. Wilson
John Davis
Gypsie Queen
Bonnie Davis
Truman Davis
Sandra Hughes
Juanita Allen
Safety lanes check shows 4546 autos with 544 fixes
Middletown police report 4456 vehicles checked over four weeks in a statewide traffic check program. Corrections ordered totaled 544, with 270 completed. Chief Carmody called it a success due to public cooperation. Defective brake and stop lights topped the list. Patrols ran Tuesdays to Thursdays, 10 am to 6 pm, on Verity Pkwy. and Fourteenth Ave. The slogan was Check Up Fix Up Before You Smash Up, with sponsorship by the Ohio Chiefs of Police and the State Highway Patrol.
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Middletown
Bacheletta Wilhide
Thomas Carmody
Verity Pkwy
Fourteenth Ave
Ohio Chiefs of Police
State Highway Patrol
Town and horses show headline list riders and clubs
A fragment listing riders and horses from various towns including Navajo Hamilton Middletown Shawnee and Cheero kee with riders Sandra Hughes Ruth Marie Statenroth Rex Smith and Juanita Allen among others, noting associations such as Brown's Run Club and Mrs Azel Ames.
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Janez
Megien
New Middletown
Pennsylvania
Youngstown
Bessemer
Janet
Steve Lettich
Yugoslavia
Msgrred J. ¢Inrich
Lawrence Jereb
Lettich
Fish
Harry A. Montgomery
Eleventh Ave
Rebecca Adams
Russell Lowe
Lawn
Illiamson Triplife
Williamson-Ziegler Furnace Co
N. Broad St
Dial
Grocers
Bass Brandenburg
Hanover St
Paul Kinzer
Colburn Kinzer
Floyd Curtis
Logan Ave
Jacob Stine
Camden, O
Edward Mittenholzer
Sherman St
Ethyl Bowman
Yankee
Omar Leslie
Associated Press
Paramount
Middletown Gas & Electric Service
John Combs
Hunt St
Charles Bowman
Hamilton Route 1
Brady Spence
Russell Ridenour
Galloway St
Ridenour
Orville Wright
Rosedale St
Charles M Sharits
Kentucky Ave
St. Cloud
Fila
John W. Kinkley
S. Beech St
St. Marys
Sharits
Lanky
Arthur L. Bass
Griffin Black
Armco’s
ELKS
Jsewelers
Pick UP & Delivery Service
Buenab Gbae
Freddie
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