Armco Official Reports Off The Record Defense Talk
Armco board chairman Charles R. Hook spoke to hundreds of Armco supervisors and Middletown leaders in Washington about the international and national security situation. The session, arranged by National Security Resources Board chair W. Stuart Symington, featured remarks from Defense Secretary Marshall, Deputy Secretary Lovett, and General Omar Bradley. Hook summarized the military and economic factors shaping policy for local leaders.
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Charles R. Hook
Armco Board
Armco
Middletown
Hook
Washington
W. Stuart Symington
National Security Resources Board
Defense Marshall
Lovett
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Symington
Miss Barnitz Condition Unchanged Amid Illness in Atlantic City
Friends report 68 year old Miss FE K Barnitz of 68 South Main St remains seriously ill after a cerebral hemorrhage in Atlantic City. Russell Weatherwax, Oaklesby Barnitz Bank president, left for the city while Miss Barnitz, a founding Ozles family member, was hospitalized. she had contributed land for a stadium and an entranceway in memory of her late brother W. W. Barnitz.
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FE. K
Nell) Barnitz
South Main St
Atlantic City
Russell Weatherwax
Oglesby-Barnitz Bank
Just Company
WA Telegram
Miss Barnitz
Fiddletown
Ozles- Barnitz Bank
Walter Fall
Barnitz
W. W.barnitz
Police Briefs Report Multiple Arrests and Incidents
Two men, George Short and Amos Hamp ton, were arrested in the 1900 block of Central Ave on disorderly conduct charges. Short bonded at 50 dollars. William Hawthorne said a dog bit him Wednesday and the animal was confined for observation. Detectives recovered a car near Peasttown, stolen from Franklin day, and released it to owner Jep Howard. John Y P White was charged with assault and battery under a warrant from Mrs Leona White and released on 300 dollar bond to appear in Municipal Court.
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Qesey
Central Ave
George Short
Ilwood St
Amos B. Hampton
Short
William Hawthorne
West Middletown
John Fitzgerald
Paul Fouts
Peasttown
Franklin Day
Jep Howard
Franklin
John Y P. White
Eighth Ave
Leona White
Apar
Pleven Aims for Washington Visit Amid West German Armament Talks
Pleven contemplates joining Attlee and other leaders in Washington as discussions on German armament pace and methods unfold. Attlee plans to depart for Washington tonight with talks focusing on East West relations amid the current crisis.
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United States
Attlee
Washington
Court Clerk Brooks Johnson of Miami County dies
Brooks J. Johnson, 72, longtime clerk of the Miami County Court of Common Pleas, died yesterday at Stouder Memorial Hospital after years of poor health. He served in the role for more than 37 years and was recognized for his dedicated service to the county judiciary.
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Troy
Brooks J. Johnson
Miami County
At The Movies Friday and Saturday Showings
Paramount presents Sundowners with Robert Preston and Robert Sterling at 1:15 4:05 7:05 and 10 p.m. Jackie Robinson Story follows at 2:45 5:40 and 8:35 p.m. Sunday West Point Story with James Cagney Virginia Mayo at 1:15 3:15 5:29 7:30 and 9:40 p.m. Strand offers Mysterious Desperadoes with Tim Holt at 2:25 p.m. Bowery to Broadway with Ann Blyth Jack Oakie at 3:40 p.m. Jamboree stage shows at 7 and 9 p.m. Buffalo Stampede screens Sunday at 2:25 4:45 7:04 and 9:23 p.m. Hellstown shown at 1:15 3:35 5:53 8:12 and 11 p.m. Colonial features American Guerrilla in the Philippines at 1:15 3:15 6:20 7:20 and 9:25 p.m.
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Paramount
Robert Preston
Robert Sterling
Jackie Robinson
James Cagney
Virginia Mayo
Tim Holt
Bowery
Broadway
Ann Blyth
Jack Oakie
Buffalo
Hellstown
Philippines
Trenton Church Plans Programs Next Sunday Services
The Trenton Presbyterian church schedules two services. At 10:30 a.m. The Caravaners, a Miami University student male quartet, sponsored by the Supper Club of the Oxford United Presbyterian Church, will lead the morning worship. At 7:30 p.m. the Young Club features Paul Bell, Trenton Schools music director, St Paul Evang elical organist and choir director, with a new piano organ attachment to simulate an organ.
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Trenton Presbyterian Church
Supper Club
United Presbyterian Church
Oxford
Miami University
Trenton Church
Paul Bell
Trenton
St.Paul Evangelical and Reformed Church
Middletown
Bell
Byrd urges selective wage price controls in coming steps
Senator Byrd of Virginia urged quick use of selective wage and price controls for scarce materials and commodities while opposing an immediate nationwide OPA type system. He noted officials in charge of Stabilization would decide, as Senate Banking Committee hearings on Valentine and DiSalle proceed next week with testifying schedules.
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Washington
Byrd
D-Va
Virginian
Capitol
Senate Banking Committee
Truman
Alan Valentine
Michael V. DiSalle
Toledo
Senate
Valentine
DiSalle
Hamilton To Pick New City Manager From 26 Names
The Hamilton City Council will choose from 26 applicants for the vacant city manager post created by the death of Mark C. Thomas. The filing deadline has passed, and the names will be delivered to the council next Monday with the list kept confidential. Charles Schwalm serves as acting city manager.
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Hamilton
Hamilton, O
Mark C. Thomas
Charles Schwalm
TV Beauties Win! Elderly Men At Home Granted Later Hours
Hamilton report says Butler County Home for the Aged will allow late TV viewing. Gordon Augspurger announces that residents may sit up late to watch shows. The home has two sets, funded by a police donation and firemen fundraising, with the second added for summer ball games and women’s programs.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Gordon Augspurger
Augspurger
Heavy Local Demand For Workers Continues At Employment Center
The November report from the Ohio State Employment Center shows 433 people found work, down from 474 in October, with 93 women and 116 male veterans placed. Industry hired 129, railroads 90, wholesale and retail 76, and construction 45, while over 500 new applicants and about 1,000 registered workers sustain heavy demand and seasonal hiring.
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Ohio State Employment Center
Middletown
Lebanon
Gardner Workers Receive New Group Insurance Certificates
Gardner Board and Carton Company employees received certificates under a liberalized group insurance plan. In the four months since July 15 the plan paid employees 42,947.62 with 99 percent of workers enrolled. The plan covers life, weekly sickness and accident benefits, hospital and surgical costs for employees and dependents, and now extends coverage for dependents up to age 22 if fully student. Dependent children under 19 were previously covered. The Middletown Hospital Association received 10,304.71 and Cincinnati area hospitals 8,733.18 in the same period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner Board and Carton Company
Cooperative Group
Gardner
Middletown Hospital Association
Billfold Stolen From Mayfield Bank Desk
Orville Duff of 3100 Ceres Street Mayfield reported his billfold containing $100 was taken yesterday after he left it on a desk at the First National bank and stepped to the teller window to cash a check. He returned within minutes but the billfold was missing, police were told.
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Orville Duff
Mayfield
Yesteray
Duff
First National Bank
Drinks charge follows pedestrian auto incident in Middletown
Robert Wilson, 22, of 1707 York Ave., was treated for minor injuries after stepping into the path of a car driven by Ray Hawkins, 44, at Yankee Rd and Young Sr. Wilson was taken to Middletown Hospital and jailed for intoxication. Separate incidents include Leo Sprinkles, 32, charged with physical control after a Verity Pkwy collision, and Earl Kindrick’s pickup damaging Ernest Stamper’s car on Yankee Rd. A minor alley accident in North Wall involved Samuel War mouth, Jr., 23, as a Miamisburg driver sideswiped a parked taxi truck.
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Robert Wilson
York Ave
Ray Hawkins
Central Ave
Yankee Rd
Young Sr
Wilson
Middletown
Hawkins
Leo Sprinkles
Granada Ave
Verity Pkwy
Sprinkles
Lloyd Whitham
Forest Ave
Rising Sun
Ind
Fourteenth Ave
Earl Kindrick
North Wall Alley
Samuel C. Warmouth, Jr
Miamisburg
Sherrill Urges Deep Conviction for Stronger Church
Delegates at the constituting convention of the National Council of Churches of Christ head home with a call from Rt. Rev. Henry Sherrill for a church of deep conviction and spiritual experience. He warned that internal spiritual life determines church strength and urged a church extended to every facet of life including international relations and peace. The council unites 31 million Protestants and Orthodox in 150,000 churches, with a first year budget of 2,604,682 dollars, lower than last year’s.
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Cleveland
National Council of Churches of Christ
Henry Sherrill
Greenwich
Conn
Protestant Episcopal Church
Sherrill
National Council
Truman To See Army Navy Game In Philadelphia
President Truman will attend the Army Navy football game in Philadelphia after a day away from international affairs. His daughter Margaret has another engagement.
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Washington
Truman
Philadelphia
Margaret
Extreme Siberian Temps Dip Below North Pole Levels
Report notes that temperatures in certain Siberian regions plummet to values even lower than those measured at the North Pole, highlighting the region's extreme cold. The findings suggest unusual cold snaps impacting local environments and communities.
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Siberia
North Pole
Hamilton Firm To Do Part Of Chute Project
Fashion Frocks Inc will handle harness and pack work for a 1.65 million dollar military parachute order in Cincinnati The nylon canopy assembly and inspection will occur in Hamilton Ohio where a factory addition opens January 11 The firm plans to hire about 125 more workers in Hamilton
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Cincinnati
Fashion Frocks, Inc
Hamilton
UN Beats Back Chinese Push in Korea Frontlines
UN commander says overwhelming enemy numbers threaten ground forces near Manchurian border while Allied strength around 200,000 in Korea remains undisclosed. MacArthur says Chinese lack UN firepower but compensate with organization. Air crews claim 3,800 enemy kills as MiG-15s engage B 29s near Sinuiju. US Marines and Seventh Division troops attempt to break Changjin reservoir traps.
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Korea
MacArthur
Fire Marshal urges store fires safety during Christmas season
State Fire Marshal Harry J Callan appealed to all store owners to guard against fires during the Christmas shopping season. He cautioned against overloading electrical circuits smoking in stores unworkable fire extinguishers and waste paper piles.
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Columbus
Harry J.callan
Ohio State Journal photographer wounded in Korea
Charles B. Wilson, a photographer for the Ohio State Journal, was wounded in Korea while serving with the Marine Corps. He suffered gunshot wounds to the stomach. The Defense Department telegram to his family gave no update on his condition.
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Columbus
Ohio State Journal
Korea
Marine Corps
Charles B.wilson
Defense Department
Neighbor saves four Bordner children from burning home
TIFFIN AP Four Bordner children were saved by neighbor Ray Hicks as their home collapsed shortly after a fire started. The four boys Tommy 8 Leonard 7 James 5 and Bobby 4 were outside because their parents were away when the blaze began and Hicks carried them to safety.
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Tiffin
Ray Hicks
Ralph Bordner
Tommy
Leonard
James
Bobby
Death ruled by own action in downtown fall
Coroner David A. Belinky ruled the death of 15 year old Hazel Brown a death by her own action after she fell from the ninth floor of a downtown building. Police said she suffered epileptic seizures and was being treated for a nervous disorder.
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Youngstown
David A. Belinky
Hazel Brown
Obituary of Dr Wallace Johnson Die Friday at 82
Funeral services for Dr. Wallace Johnson 82 of 10 Aberdeen Dr retired physician who died Thursday will be held Monday at 3 30 p m at Wilson Funeral Home Rev Russell Galloway officiating with burial in Woodside Cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home Sunday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p m
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Wallace Johnson
Aberdeen
Wilson Funeral Home
Russell Galloway
Woodside
Infant Staggs Dies. Twin Brother Follows Soon
Infant son of Mr. and Mrs Stanley Staggs of 40 South Broad St died this morning at Middletown Hospital. Born November 30 as a twin, the first twin died yesterday at 4 12 a.m. Survivors include two brothers, a sister, and grandfather Charles Staggs. Graveside rites set for Monday at 10 a.m. at Woodside Cemetery with Rev. D. A. Biggs officiating. McCoy Leffler Funeral Home in charge.
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Stanley Staggs
South Broad St
Middletown Hospital
Donald Ray
Kenneth
Shirley
Charles Staggs
Woodside Cemetery
D. A. Biggs
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Miss Clara Curran Dies at 83 in Hamilton
Miss Clara L Curran longtime First National Bank bookkeeper age 83 died at 5 p.m. yesterday at Sunny Breeze Rest Home in Hamilton. Native of the city she was a Holy Trinity Church member and Immaculate Mary Sodality. Survived by three nephews and three nieces. Requiem High Mass Monday 9 30 a.m. at Holy Trinity Church burial Calvary Cemetery. Visitation Sunday 2 5 and 7 10 p.m. at Mc Coy Leffler Funeral Home Immaculate Mary Sodality to meet Sunday 8 p.m. at the funeral home for Rosary.
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Clara IL. Curran
Clark St
First National Bank
Sunny Breeze
Hamilton
Miss Curran
Holy Trinity Church
The
Immaculate Mary’s Sodality
Charles Sullivan
Paul Sullivan
Charles O'Conner
Middletown
Mary O'Conner
Ralph Forney
Mary Alice Sullivan
Calvary Cemetery
McCoy-Leffler
Immaculate Mary's Sodality
Charles Sheets Dies at 68 Former OSU Liquor Store Manager
Charles Sheets 68 former manager of the Ohio State Liquor Store here and former restaurant operator died this morning in Middletown Hospital after a long illness. He was born and raised in Lebanon and is survived by one sister Mrs John Stibbs of Lebanon. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Johnson Funeral Home in Lebanon with burial in Lebanon cemetery.
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Charles Sheets
Ohio State Liquor
Middletown
Mr. Sheets
Lebanon
John Stibbs
Johnson Funeral Home
Mrs Jennie Jackson Dies Aged 89 Former Middletown Teacher
Mrs Jennie Jackson 89 former Middletown public schools teacher died early today at Shady Lawn Convalescent Home where she had been a patient for a year. She previously lived with her sister-in-law Mrs Mary Harlan at 2315 Erie Ave. She taught locally about 1895. Body to Lorain via Riggs Funeral Home. Services Monday at 2 PM at J Ford Thompson Funeral Home with burial at Ridge Hill Memorial Park.
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Jennie Jackson
Middletown
Shady Lawn
Mary Harlan
Erie Ave
J. Ford Thompson
Lorain
Riggs Funeral Home
Thompson Funeral Home
Ridge Hill Memorial Park
Britain’s Rear Adm Isham Wresley Gibson Dies at 68
Lymington England Associated Press reports Rear Adm Isham Wresley Gibson formerly a senior British naval officer has died at age 68. The obituary notes his prominence in naval service and ties his career to Britain’s maritime history.
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Associated Press
Lymington
England
Isham Wresley Gibson
Britain
Asphyxiation ruling in Eaton deaths shocks family
Preble County coroner Dr. G W Flory ruled accidental asphyxiation in the deaths of Wells Marshall and his wife Mary Elizabeth at their Eaton home 327 E Manforth St The two daughters who found the bodies dispute the verdict saying the mother died naturally and the father a heart attack after finding her The gas heater would have had to burn about ten hours to cause the alleged death Marshall a former prominent Preble County farmer now lived in Eaton ten years The couple also leaves another daughter Alma Sittleh and a sister Mrs Edwin Miltenberger
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Eaton
G. W. Flory
Preble County
E. Manforth St
Wells Marshall
Mary Elizabeth
Flory
Hugh Christman
Clifford Lincoln
Christman
Marshall
Alma Sittleh
Lewisburg
Edwin Miltenberger
Receiver Named For Dixie News
The Dixie News, a longtime Cincinnati business, was placed in receivership by Butler County Common Pleas Court at stockholders request after a dissolution agreement. Marvin D. Clark filed suit and Fred J. Schatzmann was named receiver. Henderson Estes represents the receiver. The paper served as an intercity bus terminal until Ohio Bus Lines opened a new terminal. The newsstand moved from the Central Ave and Main St building to the Earle Hotel lobby, and now sits at Clinton St and Reynolds Ave.
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Dixie News
Butler County Common Pleas Court
Marvin D. Clark
Fifteenth Ave
Fred J. Schatzmann
Henderson Estes
Ohio Bus Lines
Central Ave
Main St
Earle Hotel
Clinton St
Reynolds Ave
Servicemen News: Wolf and Erb in Navy Duty
Charles R. Wolf seaman USN son of Mr and Mrs Clark H Wolf of 920 Catalpa Dr serves aboard destroyer USS Taussig which has taken part in every amphibious landing during the Korean War William H Erb seaman USN of 1416 Winona Dr reported to U S Fleet Activities Yokosuka Japan for duty Erb graduated Middletown High School in 1947
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Charles R. Wolf
USN
Clark H. Wolf
Catalpa Dr
William H. Erb
Winona Dr
U. S. Fleet Activities
Yokosuka
Japan
Erb
Middletown High School
Notable Aviation Executive and Actors Equity Founding Member
John Douglas MacGregor 74, retired Pan American-Grace Airways VP, died in New York. Howard Kyle 89, longtime stage actor of over five decades before retiring in 1940, and a founder of Actors Equity Association, also listed.
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John Douglas MacGregor
Pan American-Grace Airways
New York
Howard Kyle
Actors Equity Association
Patterson, 86, granddaughter of George M Dallas
Mrs. Charlotte Dallas Patterson, aged 86, is identified as a granddaughter of George M. Dallas who served as vice president under James Polk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Charlotte Dallas Patterson
George M. Dallas
James Polk
William C Taylor 72 retired Allis-Chalmers official
Urbana Iowa reports retirements and obituaries for William C Taylor 72 former export division manager of Allis-Chalmers Corporation Milwaukee.
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Urbana
William C. Taylor
Allis-Chalmers Corporation
Milwaukee
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Infant Staggs
Clara L. Curran
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General Insurance
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