Prowler Tries To Choke Woman On Sixteenth Ave
A prowler reached through a bedroom window and choked a woman at 819 Sixteenth Ave based on her description of a tall Negro in a dark suit and red necktie. Police noted multiple prowler reports overnight with screen removals and disturbances on Meadow Avenue Logan Avenue Curtis Street Fifteenth Avenue and Sixteenth Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prowler
Woman
Sixteenth Ave
William
Wardlow
Meadow Ave
Logan Ave
Curtis St
Fifteenth Ave
Franklin Fog Spray Is Used Friday Night
Franklin led by a city police car four Dayton firms last night conducted Franklin's second fogging of the summer. Insecticide sprayed from a tank truck aimed at preventing flies and mosquitos. funds raised by Franklin women led by Mrs. Robert Miller covered three $150 sprayings with $66 banked for next summer. The first fogging occurred Thursday night July 31 and the final spraying is planned for September with date to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Dayton
Anklin
Robert Miller
Park Ave
Thieves Break Into Harrison Grocery for Small Penny Haul
Deputy Sheriff Emanuel Schultheise reported Friday that two intruders broke a glass north door at 3308 Jewel St Dixie Heights Middletown to enter Harrison grocery and stole about $3 in pennies from the cash register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
Jewel St
Dixie Heights
Middletown
Emanuel Schultheise
No One Injured In Truck Crash
Two truck collision on State Route 4 near the Elks Country Club left both vehicles operable. Hazel Lykins 44 and passengers Clay Lykins 46 and Juanita Lykins 3 were uninjured after a panel truck driven by Francis Varga 28 rear ended the Lykins pickup as it braked to avoid an auto swerving ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Elks Country Club
Andy Guenther
al Mahatha
Hazel Lykins
Columbia Ave
Francis D. Varga
Keenan Ave
Dayton
Lykins
Clay Lykins
Juanita Lykins
Ginny Simms Escapes Contempt Charge By Ex
SANTA MONICA Calif A legal technicality frees Ginny Simms from a contempt of court action brought by former husband Hyatt R Dehn an industrial engineer Dehn contended she ignored his six weeks summer custody demands for their children David 6 and Conrad 2 as provided in the 1951 divorce Superior Judge Stanley Mosk noted Dehn filed his demands August 18 the six week period would end September 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Monica
Calif
Ginny Simms
Hyatt R. Dehn
Dehn
David
Conrad
Stanley Mosk
Benefactor Fleece by Hitchhiker in Uniontown Park
Regis C McDonaugh of Uniontown Pa recounts picking up a hitchhiker who he fed and clothed. They stopped in Middletown at a park on South Verity Pike to eat and the man fled with $10. The hitchhiker is allegedly wanted in South Carolina for theft. Frank Sweeney of Uniontown accompanied McDonaugh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regis C. McDonaugh
Uniontown
Middletown
South Verity
Regis
McDonaugh
South Carolina
Frank Sweeney
Nam protests new incidents in POW camps
Nam I a senior Red ar mistice negotiator protested to the United Nations the death of one Communist and injury to 26 others in U N prison camps since Sunday. The letter accusing the W a N of mistreating captured Reds was delivered to Panmunjom for forwarding. The U S Eighth Army reported that the death and one injury occurred Sunday when falling rocks set off a dynamite charge at a work site near Masan. Twenty five prisoners were injured in brief clashes with U N guards. The truce talks remain deadlocked and recessed until Thursday.
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Munsan
Korea
Nam I
Red
United Nations
U. N
WA. N
Panmunjom
Tokyo
U. S.eighth Army
Masan
Air Force Gives Scorpion Jets Rocket Armament
Washington reports the Air Force will arm the F89D Scorpion jet interceptor with rockets instead of 20 millimeter cannons. The Scorpion, flying over 600 miles per hour, marks the third jet fighter type to drop standard guns for rockets, increasing striking power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Air Force
Franklin Police Seek Gas Station Burglar
Franklin police search for a burglar who broke into the R D Ayes Shell station on South Main Street. Entry was through a rear window and cigars and about $5 in change were stolen between closing time Thursday night and Friday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin — City
R. Dayes
South Main St
C. E. Chamberlain
Evangelist Rev Ralph Starr to Speak at Mayfield Church
The Rev Ralph Starr son of Mr and Mrs W H Starr of Hamilton Middletown Rd will be guest speaker at Church At Mayfield during the 10:30 am and 7:30 pm services on Sunday Starr a world traveler and evangelist has recently resided in Oregon after conducting services in Miami Florida
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Starr
W. H. Starr
Hamilton Middletown Rd
Mayfield
Starr
Oregon
Miami
Fila
Gondoliers threaten strike over motorboat competition
Venice gondoliers threaten to strike unless the City Council grants protection against motorboat traffic. Spokesman Angelo Maddaleno, a 40 year representative, says gondoliers are going broke as motorboats win customers and wakes ruin the romance of rides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice
Italy
Angelo Maddaleno
Colored News and Church Events This Sunday
Mrs Surriffa Edwards of Bay Minette Alabama visits sister Mrs Evelyn Wards Grove Ave. Elder H C Taylor to speak at Church of God Seventh Ave and Lincoln Sts 730 pm Sunday. A program for Building Fund at 3 pm at Church of God Eleventh Ave and Lincoln Sts features many participants. Rev H Hart to speak 11 am at Tabernacle Baptist Church Lincoln Heights Cincinnati under Pastor Roy Vinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surriffa Edwards
Bay Minnette
Ala
Evelyn Wards
Grove Ave
H. C. Taylor
Church of God
Seventh Ave
Lincoln Sts
Eleventh Ave
Building Fund
Jodie Childs
Gertrude Wills
M. R. Reed
Ann Taylor
Ruthie Allen
Elsie Moore
Rachel Crane
Elizabeth Henderson
Holy City Travelers Quartet
Sallie Latimore
Mose Roberts
Hiram Harwell
Arch Cottrell
Frazier Pollard
Clara Lillard
Benny Haywood
Susie Herring
Mary Belle Garrett
Wanda Russell
Evelyn Williams
Susie Morgan
Sadie Glass
H. Hart
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Lincoln Heights
Cincinnati
Roy Vinson
Worker Suffers Deep Cut at Crystal Tissue Plant
Martin Armstrong aged 35 of 3115 Harrison St Excello suffered a deep cut to the left arm while at work at Crystal Tissue Company. He was treated at Middletown Hospital at 9 p m and released. Armstrong reportedly injured his arm on a roll bearing.
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Martin Armstrong
Harrison St
Excello
The
Crystal Tissue Company
Middletown Hospital
Armstrong
Miami Graduates 223 at Summer Commencement
223 graduates received degrees at Miami University summer commencement. Honorary doctor of laws were awarded to Judge Edward B. Matthias of the Ohio Supreme Court and Dr. Claude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Oxford, D
Miami University
Edward B. Matthias
Ohio Supreme Court
Claude
Girl Succumbs Suddenly at Germantown Hospital
Norma Jean Knore 15, daughter of Mr and Mrs George Knore of Mudlick near Germantown, died at Middletown Hospital at 3 am after admission Thursday afternoon. An autopsy will determine cause. She was a Germantown High School sophomore. funeral arrangements are with John Arpp Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germantown
Norma Jean Knore
George Knore
Mudlick
Middletown Hospital
Germantown High School
John Arpp
Snyder to lead U S delegation to world bank IMF meet
Secretary of the Treasury Snyder will head the U S group at the 7th annual World Bank and IMF gathering starting Sept 2 in Mexico City. He praised both organizations for aiding world resource development and trade and easing currency issues. He noted the U S gold position remains unchanged at 35 dollars per ounce despite calls from some gold producers to raise the price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Snyder
U. S
World Bank and
International Monetary Fund
Mexico City
Damage Is Slight In Two Crashes
Two minor accidents occurred with slight damage and no injuries. Lloyd Abner 29 of Wilson Dr Franklin sideswiped a parked truck in the rear of 500 block South Main St damaging Harry Andres 45 of 305 Baltimore St truck about $25. Donald Stevens 26 of 1 First Ave opened his car door and was struck by Robert F McGehan 29 of West Middletown in front of 116 South Main St causing about $15 damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Abner
Wilson Dr
Franklin
South Main St
Harry Andres
Baltimore St
Andres
Donald Stevens
First Ave
Robert F. McGehan
West Middletown
Municipal Court Fines For Careless Driving and Disorderly Conduct
Richard E. Seibt, 22, of 2520 East 91st Street Chicago, fined 25 dollars for careless driving after being arrested at Enoch Drive and Tytus Avenue. Robert Sabota, 1614 Glenn Avenue, fined 10 dollars and costs and suspended on condition to stay out of the 14 Club after disorderly conduct charges. Assault and battery charges filed by Sabota against Barrett McGill, 56, of 14 Clark Street, were dismissed. No Municipal Court session until Tuesday. Monday cases will be docketed then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard E. Seibt
East
91St St
Chicago
Alton H. Combs
Seibt
Enoch Dr
Tytus Ave
Robert Sabota
Glenn Ave
Sabota
Barrett McGill
Clark St
McGill
Combs
Police Briefs Highlight Local Incidents and Arrests
Willard Ferguson, 25, of 2007 Crescent Blvd, arrested at Grimes St and Central Ave on a disorderly conduct charge. Police responded to Veter an's Village after windows were broken. village children were blamed and parents warned. Lester Cole, Excello, seized at First Ave and Main St on a parole violation and released to the county sheriff. Esther Williams, 37, 220 Lylburn Rd, arrested rear of Main St for permitting an unlicensed driver. bond set at 50 dollars with traffic court Sept 4. a 14-year-old was ordered to Juvenile Authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Ferguson
Crescent Blvd
Grimes St
Central Ave
Veteran’s Village
Lester Cole
Excello
First Ave
Main St
Butler County Sheriff's Department
Esther Williams
Lylburn Rd
Williams
Car Looted In City Report Details Theft Incident
Ben McNabb of Monroe reported a car break in at the Shuttle lot on Clark Street. Thieves took two pairs of roller skates and two cameras valued at 78 dollars after forcing entry through a broken wing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben McNabb
Monroe
Box
Clark St
McNabb
Earl Hollon Death Notice and Funeral Details
Funeral services for Earl Hollon aged 25 of 335 South Main Street will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Robert Eaton Funeral Home with burial in Woodhill Cemetery. He died at 9 30 p.m. Thursday at Middletown Hospital after a lengthy illness. Friends may call at the parents home 208 Roberts Street instead of 335 South Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Earl Hollon
South Main St
Robert Eaton
Woodhill Cemetery
Hollon
Middletown Hospital
John Holton
Roberts St
Franklin-Frank Smith Dies After Brief Illness at 82
Frank Smith 82 of Franklin Route 1 died Friday at Middletown Hospital after a brief illness. Born March 20 1870 in Jamestown Ohio, he lived in Hamilton 46 years and was known as manager of Starr Piano Company later running a hatchery. Since 1939, after his wife Ada died, he lived with Mrs Cassie Brininger. Survived by daughter Mrs Ben Ansley Akron and sisters Mrs Arthur Leonard Wilmington and Mrs Harry Stilwell Los Angeles. Funeral arrangements are with Powers Funeral Home Jamestown.
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Franklin — Frank Smith
Franklin Route 1
Middletown Hospital
Jamestown
Hamilton
Starr Piano Company
Ada
Cassie Brininger
Ben Ansley
Akron
Arthur Leonard
Wilmington
Harry Stilwell
Los Angeles
Powers Funeral Home
Edwin M. Rupp 53 Dies in Florida After Illness
Edwin M Rupp 53 died at 6 re in Lake Wales Florida after weeks of illness. A Columbus native he studied at Holy Trinity Middletown High School and Ohio State University ceramics. He was president of Flamingo Tile Corp in Lake Wales and is survived by widow Elizabeth Cole Ruppsons Richard in Germany Robert at home daughter Margaret and his father Edward C Rupp. Mass at Immaculate Conception Columbus 9 30 a m Monday. Burial Woodside Cemetery after services. Friends may call McNamara Funeral Home Columbus after 2 p m Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin M. Rupp
Wales
Fla
Holy Trinity
Middletown
Ohio State
Columbus
Lake Wales
Flamingo Tile Corporation
Elizabeth Cole Rupp
Richard
Armored Tank Division
Germany
Robert
Margaret
Edward C. Rupp
Msgr
Fagan
Immaculate Conception
Woodside Cemetery
McNamara Funeral Home
East Third St
Death notice for Frank Matthers at Middletown Hospital
Frank Matthers, 63, of 805 Seventeenth Ave, died at 3:05 a.m. today at Middletown Hospital after becoming ill Friday while working at Henderson farm. He was a shoe cobbler and carpenter for 30 years, born in Barnesville. Survived by wife Evelyn. four daughters Mrs. Willie Lumpkin, Mrs. Norvel Stone, Mrs. Edell Marsh of Youngstown, Inez Matthews. three sons Frank Jr, Harold, James. seven grandchildren. a half brother John D. Morris of Madison, Wis. Funeral arrangements incomplete at Riggs Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Matthers
Seventeenth Ave
Middletown Hospital
Matthers
Henderson Farm
Kalbfleisch Rd
Barnesville
Evelyn
Willie Lumpkin
Norvel Stone
Edell Marsh
Youngstown
Inez Matthews
Frank Jr
Harold
James
John D. Morris
Madison, Wis
Riggs Funeral Home
Funeral services for Hiram E. Ross set for Tuesday
Funeral services for Hiram Emerson Ross 89 will be held at 10 a m Tuesday at Webb Funeral Home here. Mr. Ross died Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Hiram Emerson Ross
Webb Funeral Home
Ross
At The Movies Listings for Paramount and Strand
Paramount shows Brave Warrior at 1 15 3 45 6 25 and 9 p m Thief of Damascus at 2 30 5 00 7 45 and 16 00 p m Sunday Lovely To Look At at 1 30 3 30 5 30 7 30 and 9 30 p m Strand screens Assassin For Hire at 1 40 4 35 7 35 and 10 30 p m Utah Wagon Train at 3 00 5 55 and 8 50 p m Sunday Red Planet Mars at 1 15 4 15 7 15 and 10 10 p m Strange World at 2 40 5 40 and 18 45 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Mars
Intruder Accosted Middletown Woman. Home Entered
A Middletown Route 2 resident, Mrs. Peg Cottle, told Deputy Sheriffs that an unidentified man accosted her in the driveway early Friday and later entered the home by breaking a window pane. Blood was found on the curtain and floor of a rear room. the intruder escaped through the kitchen door. Deputies continued the search. Mrs. Cottle was unharmed.
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Middletown
Route 2
Sheriff's
Peg Cottle
Blue Ball PLC
Richard Schultheiss
Emanuel Schultheiss
Motorist Crashes Into Truck In Ohio Causing Injuries
Oscar Damron, 26, of Wheeling West Virginia, hospitalized with spine head and chest injuries after his car smashed under a parked truck on the Hamilton Middletown Pike near Greenlawn Road. The truck driver Herman Adams Johns Town Ohio, 30, reported four red fuses burning. the truck was loaded with ammunition and en route to Jefferson Proving Grounds Madison Indiana. A female passenger suffered shock but disappeared from treatment. identity not learned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Oscar Damron
Wheeling
W. Va
Mercy Hospital
Iures
Hamilton-Middletown Pike
Ohio 4
Greenlawn Road
Elmer Grabel
Butler
Herman Adams
Johnstown
Ohio
Damron
Jefferson Proving Grounds
Madison
Ind
Grabel
Norman couple seeks bankruptcy in Cincinnati court
William M. Norman and Eva Norman of Mill Road Seven Mile formerly of Hamilton filed a bankruptcy petition in Cincinnati District Court listing debts of 2126 and assets including 600 in household goods claimed as exempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M
Eva Norman
Mill Road
Seven Mile
Hamilton
Cincinnati
Two Raids In Warren County End Arrests
Sheriff Gerald W Couden Deputy Ralph Palmer and Charles Martz led two Lebannon raids. Mrs Lockie Diller 41 Avalon Heights near State Rd 48 faced liquor without permit charges with fines and jail time. A gambling operation at Roy Francis Avalon Heights produced arrests for John Hawkins Garland Williams and Joseph Mills with fines and jail terms. Mills previously faced a tavern license issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Gerald W Couden
Ralph Palmer
Charles Martz
Cincinnati
State Ee Board
Lockie Diller
Avalon
Heights
Leba
State Rd
Clarence F. Banker
Warren County
Roy Francis
Avalon Heights
John C. Hawkins
Garland Williams
Squire Banker
Joseph “Beebe” Mills
Mills
Couden
Avalon Tavern
Local Resident To Get Parole
Thomas Hall, a Middletown man serving a manslaughter term, is among 57 inmates at London Prison Farm to receive paroles per the State Pardon and Parole Commission. He was arrested here in December 1949 after a cafe and street fight that fatally injured Alva Colwell, 48, of 1321 Reynolds Ave. Hall, then 31, lived at 909 Wilson St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
London
State Pardon and Parole Commission
Thomas Hall
Alva Colwell
Reynolds Ave
Hall
Wilson St
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DIAL
DRY Cleaners
Clinton ST
Castle Farm
Summit & Reading
3 Suns
Charlie Kehrer
Freddie Shaffer
Ohio News & Restaurant
Ohio Bus Lines
Clinton and
Veil
Opacco
Midnight Shop
Shapiro
OF God
Grace Baptist Church
Wilbraham and
Wilmore
WPFR
Nam
Colored News
V. Courter
I.e
Frank Smith
Hiram Ross
Paramount
Kees
Ony
G. P. Lewis
N. Main ST
Yankee RD
U.S
Union Sami Middletown
Park and
2Nd Avenue
Central Avenue
Vance Russello
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