Commission To Receive Petition For Half Mill Park Levy
City Commission to consider petitions at its August 25 session seeking a one half mill tax levy for a parks program. Meeting sponsored by Fraternal Order of Eagles aims to remedy Park Board finances and boost enlarged parks and playgrounds. Cecil W. Dane authorized to appoint petition circulation committee. petitions due by August 25.
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Commission
City Commission
Order of Eagles
Park Board
Cecil W. Dane
The
Eagles
Butler County Board of Elections
Dane
Lodge
Goldman Park
Douglas Park
Sycamore Douglas
Rathman and
Gardner Parks
Sunset
Yankee Rd
Douglas Parks
National Recreational Association
Middletown
American Legion Nominates Full World War II Vet Slate
Hamilton post lists Cecil Runyan and Howard Wilson as leaders of a veteran slate for 1949 American Legion offices. The group includes three vice commanders and an executive panel, all WWII veterans, with election by mail before next month’s meeting. Judge Leiser plans to attend Friday’s election board session over challenges to his independent candidacy.
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American Legion Post
Hamilton
Oscar R. Leiser
Butler County Election Board
Edward Gardner
Democratic Executive Committee
Leiser
Gardner
Harry F. Walsh
Cecil Runyan
Yankee Rd
Howard A. Wilson
South Main St
American Legion
Runyan
Wilson
William J Niblock
Legion Auditorium
Arthur Albaugh
Edward Alhmn
Sam McAdow
Joseph Flanagan
Elmer Schneider
William Verity
Thomas Regensburg
William Withey
Joseph McDermott
Kenneth Leary
Ray Brown
W. W. Bowman
John Weber
Arthur Moon
Paul Foehl
John Hupka
Calvin Lloyd
Victor Mackall
Paul Habig
E. B. Sickle
William Carson
Early Swedish unions and the 1898 Federation of Labor
The first Swedish trade unions formed in the 1870s and a national body named the Federation of Labor was organized in 1898. This marks the shift from local groups to a centralized labor federation in Sweden.
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The
Federation of Labor
Cottage On Route 73 Destroyed By Fire
A six room cottage on Route 73 in North Middletown burned to the ground when a kerosene stove ignited a bonfire. Sixteen North Middletown volunteers fought the blaze from 6:45 to 8:45 am hampered by limited water supply. The Tusing family occupied the home valued at 3500 for the building and 1000 for contents with no insurance. Furniture was saved.
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North Middletown
North
Nein
William Long
Ralph Williams
State Highway
Fire Chief warns residents to secure water supply for firefighting
Fire Chief William Long of the North Middletown Fire Department urged urban and rural residents to ensure adequate water sources to support firefighting. A six room dwelling on state owned property south of State Route 73 burned after the department had to shuttle water supplies, allowing the fire to spread.
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William Long
North Middletown Fire Department
Long
Fires Drain Resources as Water Supply Hinders Crews
Route 73 home 2000 feet from water main. Nein reported. Firemen dump 250 gallons destroyed by fire on Route 73 this year. Loss Zenoba Lampart home $2500. Monroe Lumber Co. damage $40000. North Middletown and Monroe Fire Depts answered call. Largest fire this year was Konrad Heinkal home on Marshall Rd loss $18000. One fireman injured as deck damage near $500.
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Nein
Zenoba Lampart
Monroe Lumber Co
North Middletown
Monroe
Kon
Rad Heinkal
Marshall Rd
Record Vote Forecast For Butler County Election
Butler County expects the largest vote in its history this November due to heavy registrations. Deputy clerk Mose Kahn noted past highs of 55,170 in 1940 and about 50,000 in 1944, with ongoing registration in Middletown and Hamilton.
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Butler County
Mose Kahn
Board of Elections
Roosevelt
Dewey
Truman
Hamilton
Edward Beckett
Kahn
Middletown
Transportation Committee advocates depot relocation near First Avenue
The committee backed moving the New York Central passenger station to a site between Woodlawn and First Avenues to ease traffic on First Central and Manchester Avenues. NYC officials in Chicago opposed relocation, while local officials pressed safety ideas at Wilwood Road and explored bond timetable changes for Neibar Street underpass.
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Transportation Development Committee
New York Central
Woodlawn Ave
First Ave
Francis Carmody
City Commission
Fred Schatzmann
NYC
Chicago
City Planning Commission
Central Ave
Manchester Ave
North Ave
Schatzmann
Chicago Nyc
Wilwood Rd
The
Safety Council
Board of Education
Cleveland
Neibar St
Nelbar
Shafer Sts
Paramount This Week Shows Two Films At The Theater
At the movies Paramount presents Another Part Of The Forrest starring Fredric March and Van Wurgen with showtimes 1 15 4 45 and 8 15 p m Also Up In Central Park starring Deanna Durbin and Dick Haymes at 3 05 6 35 and 10 05 p m Friday All My Sons with Edward G Robinson and Burt Lancaster at 1 25 4 50 and 8 20 p m Casbah with Yvonne DeCarlo and Tony Martin at 3 6 3 and 9 55 p m
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Paramount
Forrest
Fredric March
van Wurgen
Central Park
Deanna Durbin
Dick Haymes
Edward G. Robinson
Burt Lancaster
Yvonne DeCarlo
Tony Martin
Strand Schedule Shows Jungle Woman and Stage Struck
On Thursday the Strand presents Jungle Woman starring Acquanetta and Evelyn Ankers at 1 29, 3 59, 6 32 and 9 14 p m also Stage Struck with Kane Richmond and Audrey Long at 2 38, 5 11, 7 44 and 10 26 p m Friday shows Lightning In The Forest with Lynn Roberts and Warren Douglas at 1 49, 4 21, 7 02 and 9 29 p m and Bandits Of Wark Canyon with Allan Lane and Bob Steele at 2 52, 5 24, 8 05 and 10 32 p m.
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Acquanetta
Evelyn Ankers
Kane Richmond
Audrey Long
Dixie Cruise In Show Opens With Roy Rogers
Dixie Cruise In presents Springtime In The Sierras with Roy Rogers and Andy Devine performing at 8 20 and 10 50 p m on Thursday and Friday night in the cinema program for this week with western musical action and familiar cowboy duo drawing crowds to the theater.
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The
Sierras
Roy Rogers
Andy Devine
Lutes Held on Heavy Bond in Auto Theft Case
Breck Lutes a 48 year old Middletown Ohio man was held in Lexington on a $3000 bond on a federal charge of transporting a stolen car across a state line He faces an examining trial August 28 before U S Commissioner J J Bradley The arrest followed police reports that the car stolen from Cincinnati resident Mrs Elias Marks carried ownership papers in the name of George Lutes Dodson Lutes claimed a Cincinnati murder conviction with life imprisonment later commuted in 1947
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Lexington
Breck Lutes
Middletown
Fred Haliford
FBI
Louisville
Lutes
U. S
J. J. Bradley
Hallford
Elias
Hamilton Child Fatally Struck by Car
A six year old girl, Gloria Jean Sexton, was killed after darting into a car and suffering a skull fracture. She died at Mercy Hospital. The incident marks Butler County's 31st traffic fatality of the year and the fourth in 11 days. the driver was Mrs. M. Smith.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Gloria Jean Sexton
Hanover St
M. Smith
Eastle
Garret J. Boone
Mercy Hospital
Leslie Sexton
Catherine Taylor
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South Main’ St
Wate
Transportation Committee
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Neibar «- Shafer Sts
Mittee
Carmody
A. K. Lewis
Kent Little
L. T. Kenney
David T. Selvar
G. W. Breiel
Hale Dodds
L. J. Long
Jd. Beck
Roy A. Pochel
Gray
Castell Bidg
Armstrong
Butler Tile & Flooring CO
Central
Ildren
ETON
Starlight
Ake
Cho,o
Fuamrmne
Rose
Alice Blue
Grey
Kelly Green
Flame
S. Broad ST
Vradelis
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