Real estate tax rise seen as likely for Middletown
Ohio proposes a 15 percent tax increase by revaluing property to 50 percent of 1946 1948 sale values. R H Smith, county auditor, awaits state order before acting. Middletown totals could rise from 17.10 to 21.62 per thousand with bond issues added. future votes may lift further.
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Middletown
Butler County
Owever
R. H. Smith
Ohio Department of Taxation
Hamilton County
Montgomery
Smith
Ohio
Carl Wedekind
Wedekini
Rain Delays Storm Sewers On E Central
Construction on storm sewers along Central Ave in Eldorado is delayed by heavy rain. First digging shifts will start on Glenmore Dr and Magnolia Dr once weather allows. Contractors are connecting houses to sewer and water on Central Ave. Open traffic is to be maintained unless essential dirt work requires partial closure. If weather holds, project may finish by fall though blacktop may push to spring.
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Central Ave
C. A. Boeke
Public Orvices
Eldorado
Glenmore Dr
Magnolia Dr
Boeke
PAL Youth To See Reds Game On Bus Trip
PAL youth leaders plan a trip to the Cincinnati Reds versus Boston game for 40 to 50 boys. Lawson says boys must attend PAL session next Tuesday to receive parent permission letters and will be transported by bus with Reds management providing admission.
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Police Athletic Association
Iy Et Cn
Lawson
Cincinnati Reds
Boston
Parke
Reds
Municipal Court deals with rape charge and fines in Butler County
Clarence Mackory also known as Clarence Frazier aged 33 was held for action of the Butler County Grand Jury on a rape charge after arraignment before Judge Alton H. Combs. He pleaded not guilty and surrendered at police. Several others faced lesser penalties including fines for intoxicated driving and unlicensed operation. A workhouse sentence for assault and battery was suspended on good behavior. A miscellaneous note reports half the world’s people still use amulets for protection.
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Clarence Mackory
Clarence Frazier
Baltimore St
Butler County Grand Jury
Alton H. Combs
Mackory
Middletown Hospital
Jesse Rose
South Main St
Cincinnati
Margaret Rose Rose
Canadian Bay County records 12th polio patient
Butler County reports its 12th polio case of the year a three year old Canadian boy son of John James of Manitoba diagnosed with Infantile paralysis. The child, visiting at R A Hefner’s home in Oxford, was admitted to Mercy Hospital after prior treatment at Fort Hamilton Hospital. His condition is not listed as serious per National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis state chairman Charles Reuthe.
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Butler County
Oxford
Hamilton
Mercy
Billy James
John James
Manitoba
Canada
James
R. A. Hefner
East Chestnut St
Mercy Hospital
Fort Hamilton Hospital
Charles Reuthe
National Foundation For Infantle Paralysis
Heat and Rain Bring Storms to Middletown Area
The Middletown vicinity received over 3 inches of rain this morning, with forecasts predicting humid conditions and scattered thunderstorms tonight and tomorrow. Yesterday's high reached 92 at 5 p.m. and 60 at 6 a.m. today. Temperatures climbed nationwide as Texas logged a 13th straight day above 100, while the Pacific Northwest stayed comparatively cool. Tornadoes damaged farms, homes, and buildings in Nebraska, injuring at least six people.
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Middletown
Texas
Pacific Northwest
Nebraska
Thirteen Drivers Fined by Authorities for Traffic Violations
Thirteen drivers were fined in this area for traffic violations by state patrol and local officials. Names include Virginia Short, Hugh W Short, Mildred Campbell, Glenn Sebach, Floyd Lowe, Louis McCohne, David Justice, Emerson Sh, Luther Vaden, Walter Bake, Stanley H Carnes, and others with fines ranging from 10 to 25 dollars plus costs.
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State Highway Patrol
Virginia Short
Lockland
Thomas Linn
Monroe
Hugh W. Short
Linn
Mildred Campbell
Franklin
Glenn Sebach
Lima
Lin
Luther Vaden
Granada St
Middletown
Squire Lammie Bailey
Walter Bake
Squire Bailey
Stanley H. Carnes
Cincinnati
Here Linn
Wange
Yton
Mayor Linn
Police chase ends with gunfire in Woodlawn area
Police shot at Paul Duncan during a 3 am escape from Homan Beverages as residents along Woodlawn Ave and Curtis St reported wild gunfire. Duncan, 25, was wounded in the right shoulder and hospitalized at Middletown, with charges for concealed weapons due. Nearby residents described frightened scenes as bullets damaged homes and knocked out telephone lines.
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Nabbing
Woodlawn
Curtis St
Paul Duncan
Fourth Ave
Homan Beverages, Inc
Duncan
Middletown
Woodlawn-Curtis Area
Merdia Brewer
Beatrice
Tony
Schenck Questions Launch Local Citizens Conference
Congressman Paul F. Schenck arrived at the City Building for a citizen confab in Middletown. City Manager H. W. Starick led questions on immigration tax matters rent decontrol and the Korean war as Schenck met locals in the Law Library and planned further sessions.
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Paul F. Schenck
Ohio
Citizer
H. W. Starick
Schenck
Dayton
Hamilton
Law Library
Starick
Middletown
Congress
Three Middletown Attorneys Named to State Bar Committees
Three Middletown lawyers J A Casper George H Elliott Maxwell Finkelman were named to Ohio State Bar Association committees. Also from Butler County Hamilton John D Andrews Jackson Bosch Andrew W Cherney John B Connaughton John C Egbert Marc A Fiehrer Clem Pater Jr Frederick Reister and Oxford R Fred Woodruff are listed for various sections.
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Middletown
Ohio State Bar Association
J. A. Casper
George H. Elliott
Maxwell Finkelman
Butler County
Hamilton
John D. Andrews
Jackson Bosch
Andrew W. Cherney
John B. Connaughton
John C. Egbert
Marc A Fiehrer
Clem Pater, Jr
Frederick Reister
Probrte and Trust Law
Oxford
R. Fred Woodruff
Ohio Practicing Law Institute
Kitchen Slated For Smoke Post in Middletown
Ben Kitchen, Middletown attorney, is to be named permanent chairman of the Smoke Abatement Committee, a unit of the Industrial Council. The appointment was expected at a 4 p.m. council meeting at the Manchester Hotel with co chair Jack Linzie announcing. Confirmation was anticipated from Linzie by Friday after council approval, and the group’s formation and future plans were outlined.
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Ben Kitchen
Middletown
Industrial Council
Kitchen
Manchester Hotel
Jack Linzie
Linzie
Pupil transfer decision due from School Board today
The Sherman to Wilson school transfer request for 56 South Highlands students is to be decided by the Board of Education this afternoon at 1 p.m. The meeting will cover bills and payrolls as Superintendent Wade E. Miller stated. Parents gathered signatures urging redrawing districts, citing Sherman crowding and Wilson having empty rooms.
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South Highlands
Sherman
Wilson School
Board of Education
Wade E. Miller
City Commission
Commission
Sherman School
Wilson
Netos Butler
Commissioners Discuss Smith Farm As Recreation Site
City Commissioners met briefly to discuss developing part of Smith Farm adjacent to the airport into a park with ball diamonds and a recreation area around the existing lake. The plan would be reviewed in a National Recreation Association survey, with 10 of 20 acres possibly made available.
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Smith Farm
Lloyd Miller
Harold Goetz
National Recreation Association
H. W. Starick
Miller
Ross A. Hill
Goetz
Chamber of Commerce Board Meets Today
Middletown Chamber of Commerce board members scheduled to gather at noon today for a routine business session in the chamber offices at the Manchester Hotel. President Calvin Verity stated the meeting plans.
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Middletown Chamber of Commerce
Manchester
Calvin Verity
Eight million wives work outside home in United States
About eight million married women hold jobs away from home, constituting nearly a quarter of all married women. Of these working wives, approximately half are mothers.
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United States
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