Somerville Man Robbed Of Car And Money At Rifle Point
Luther Arnold, 42, of Somerville, was robbed of 46 dollars and his 1951 Pontiac on Greenbush Road near Ohio 122 by three or four men early today. One carried a rifle. Arnold was blindfolded and tied before the thieves fled into a field. Arnold walked to West Elkton to report the crime after the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerville
Greenbush Road
Ohio 122
Preble County
Luther Arnold
Arnold
West Elkton
Hamiltonian Stabbed in Oxford Fracas
Sel Gibson, 24, of 211 N Poplar St Oxford, was listed in critical condition at Mercy Hospital after being stabbed in the left chest and throat during a Friday night quarrel in front of Hawkin's Cafe. Deputy Grabel said he was found seated in a car bleeding profusely and could not identify an assailant. Gibson worked as a chipper at the Black Clawson plant in Hamilton.
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Hamilton
Ansel Gibson
N. Poplar St
Oxford
Mercy Hospital
Hawkin's
Elmer Grabel
Black Clawson
Firefighters Contain Grass Fire at Woodside Cemetery
Firemen from Company 3 battled a grass fire in a field at Woodside Cemetery for four hours. No damage occurred. An employee reportedly started rubbish fires and sparks blew toward the B and O railroad tracks near the site. The call came in at 2 05 p.m. and crews stayed until 6 41 p.m.
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Company 3
Woodside Cemetery
Baltimore & Ohio
Firemren
Jury group picks officers in Butler County
Clem Imfeld Jr. Hamilton attorney was elected president of the Butler County Jury Association. Other officers are David Jacot Middletown vice president, Mrs. Robert Kimball Okene treasurer, and Raymond Nardine Hamilton secretary. New executive members include Lloyd McLay Fairfield Township James Worsham and Mrs. W. C. Neal both of Middletown.
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Clem Imfeld Jr
Hamilton
Butler County Jury Association
David Jacot
Middletown
Robert Kimball
Okeana
Raymond Nardine
Lloyd McLay
Fairfield Township
James Worsham
W. C. Neal
Crash Victims Still In Comas Near Middletown
Two Dayton men Walter Warlick and Wilbur Stephens remained in comas after an Ohio 4 crash north of Middletown. Warlick, 36, and Stephens, 35, were listed in fairly good condition with head injuries. Walter White, 43, also from Dayton, was moved to Dayton Veterans Hospital.
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Dayton
Ohio 4
Middletown
Walter Warlick
Wilbur Stephens
Walter White
Dayton Veterans Hospital
Taylor man fined and jailed for drunken dis orderly conduct
Bruce Hatton 48 of Taylor Avenue was fined 20 dollars plus costs for being drunk and dis orderly before Acting Judge J T Lamb. He was jailed after failing to pay. James Davis 20 of 832 18th Avenue received 12 dollars in costs and 30 days in jail on a warrant for assault and battery, suspended if he stays away from Ruth Davis the complainant.
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Bruce Hatton
Taylor Avenue
J. T. Lamb
Hatton
James Davis
18Th Ave
Ruth Davis
Young Former Resident Hurt In Car Crash
Miss Marilyn Geyer daughter of Mr and Mrs Earl Geyer of 2810 Inland Dr resided in Pensacola Fla the past two years was critically injured in a mobile accident there on Dec 2 She is confined in Baptist Hospital Pensacola with a broken pelvis wrenched legs and fractured hands Miss Geyer a Lemon Monroe High School graduate class of 1947 has worked with the Fisher and Hepner law firm at Pensacola for two years
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilyn Geyer
Earl Geyer
Pensacola
Fla
Miss Geyer
Baptist Hospital
Lemon - Monroe High School
Fisher and Hepner Law
Deepest California oil well breaks records at Coles Levee
Richfield Oil Corp. reports a producer at 17,500 to 17,895 feet at Coles Levee, making California home to the deepest producing well and the deepest hole drilled. The prior deepest producing well was Shell at Weeks Island Louisiana, with production from 17,300 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
California
Richfield Oil Corp
Coles Levee
Ohio Oil Co
Kern County
Calif
Shell Oil Co
Weeks Island
Reckless Driver Fined in Franklin Court
Franklin Judge J T Riley fined Leon Barnes 50 dollars for reckless driving. Other drivers were fined for left of center 25 dollars Elmer Riley age 28 of Middletown yellow line 20 bond forfeited James Collins 18 Day ton insufficient headlights 15 bond forfeited all state patrol. Sheriff cases include Bennie Abney non support 100 dollars and 30 days jail Bob Moore 18 Oxford State Road theft of license plate 50 dollars and costs Moore bound to Warren County grand jury under 2000 dollars bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Leon Barnes
Cincinnati
J. T. Riley
Elmer Riley
Middletown
Richard Gross
James Collins
Dayton
Bennie Abney
Bob Moore
Oxford State Road
Moore
Warren County Grand Jury
Japan Increases Trade With Reds
Kyodo reported a surge in trade with China in November. Japan exported 1,596,000 dollars of goods to China and imported 1,324,400 dollars, nine times the five month average. Last year the two nations did little business. US classifies China shipments as non strategic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KYO
Japan
China
Kyodo
United States
Out Of Service Cops Nab Thief After Flat Tire
Dallas police patrolmen Eugene Sipe and F M Rose halted a thief after their car tire blew. The duo chased the suspect from a grocery, recovered the loot, and detained him two blocks away until backup arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Eugene Sipe
F. M. Rose
Motorist Rescues Hanging 10-Year-Old in Oklahoma City
An unidentified motorist rescued Merlin Lee Haines after he was found hanging from a second story window. The man cut the rope and the boy, who appeared to have accidentally hanged himself while playing with the rope, sustained only slight neck injuries per police and doctors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Merlin Lee Haines
Farmer Captures 6-Point Deer Alive in Fence Corner
Charles Wilson, a Cleveland area farmer, bagged a six point deer on a West Virginia trip but captured it alive in a fence corner. He loaded the animal into his car with plans to tame it as a pet. The piece notes U.S. gasoline use in 1952 exceeded 40 billion gallons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Charles Wilson
West Virginia
Employers Labor Relations Information Committee Formed
A new Employers Labor Relations Information Committee Inc was announced in Hamilton Ohio led by Reuben B Robertson Jr of Champion Paper and Fibre Co It aims to study discuss and promote harmonious and equitable labor management relations without lobbying or representing any company The board includes Collyer Cordiner Cox Fairless Ferger Gardner Hanes Ingersoll and Page from various cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Ohio
Employers’ Committee
Employers Labor Relations Information Committee, Inc
Reuben B. Robertson Jr
Cincinnati
Champion Paper and Fibre Co
Robertson
John L. Collyer
Akron
Ralph J. Cordiner
Stamford
Do More Juvenile Work Urged by County Committee
A 62 member Butler County Juvenile Detention Committee urged police agencies to devote staff to juvenile issues. Sherwood Norman of the National Probation and Parole Association outlined that Hamilton and Middletown police focus on juveniles only after crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County Juvenile Detention Committee
Hamilton
Middletown
Sherwood Norman
National Probation and Parole Association
Norman
Harry F. Walsh
Walsh
Susted
Injunction Hearing Set Over Christmas Tree Sales
A temporary injunction hearing is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Monday in Butler County Common Pleas Court before Judge Fred Cramer. The city seeks to stop Herman and Olive Bohne and Henry F. Bohne from selling Christmas trees at their Grand Avenue greenhouse without proper zoning permits or approvals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Schatzmann
Law
Bohnes
Zoning Board of Appeals
Henry Bohne
Bohne
Grand Avenue
Kensington Street
Aged Hamilton Resident Dies in Yard Fire
Mrs. Mary Grebel, 85, burned to death when her clothing caught fire while she burned rubbish in her yard on 635 N. D St. Neighbors saw flames on her rear steps around 3:25 p.m. High winds spread sparks. the fire dept responded. Grebel lived with daughter Grace Grebel. daughter was away.
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Hamilton
Mary Grebel
N. D St
Harvard Clark
Garret J. Boone
Bater County
Grebel
Clark
Sparks
Greble
Grace Greble
Sorg Papers Downgraded by Dividend Directors
Sorg Paper Co. directors at yesterday's quarterly meeting approved two stock dividends. A $1.37 per share dividend on 5 percent cumulative preferred stock payable Jan 1 to holders of record Dec 15. A 25 cent per share dividend on $10 par common stock payable Dec 22 to holders of record Dec 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sorg Paper Co
Fellowship Meeting Led by Rev Huston Kilgore at Holiness Tabernacle
A fellowship meeting led by Rev Huston Kilgore will be held at the Holiness Tab ernacle of the Universe 1200 Garfield St at 2 p.m. Sunday. Guests include the congregation of three churches and a band from Richmond Ind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huston Kilgore
Holiness Tabernacle of the Universe
Garfield St
Richmond
Ind
Two City Accidents Leave Woman and Boy Slightly Injured
Police reported three traffic incidents yesterday. Edna Gentry 18 suffered bruises when a car driven by her husband Russell Gentry collided with Tim McLaughlin’s auto. Gentry was arrested for failure to yield. Eight year old Thomas Kieswetter cut his ankle and lip after darting into a car operated by Elsie Turvey. Robert Watkins was struck on 8th Avenue by a non stopping vehicle but escaped injury.
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Edna Gentry
Dayton
Russell Gentry
Tim McLaughlin
Coles Rd
Manchester Avenue
Leibee Street
Gentry
Thomas Kieswetter
Askew
Elsie M. Turvey
S. Broad St
Broad Street
Robert Watkins
Mc Curry Ave
8Th Avenue
Drivers Escape Serious Injury In Four Crashes
Four highway accidents investigated by state patrol yesterday left no injuries or arrests. Homer Atchley 60 of Monroe swerved to avoid a motorcycle driven by Charles Elk ins 20 of Cincinnati and overturned in a ditch on US 25 south of Monroe. William White 51 of Hamilton failed to turn on Ohio 744 and overturned north of Jacksonburg. A school bus driven by Earl Smith 65 of Germantown and a truck driven by Pressley Boggs 27 of Middletown collided on a narrow bridge on Ohio 4 near Middletown. Paul Crawford 19 of Cincinnati and Carl Bertsche 25 of Dayton Ky collided on Ohio 122 southwest of Ohio 48.
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Homer Atchley
Monroe
Charles W. Elkins
Cincinnati
U. S. 25
William White
Hamilton
Ohio
Jacksonburg
Earl Smith
Germantown Rt. 1
Pressley Boggs
Pershing Ave
Ohio 4
Middletown
Paul H. Crawford
Carl Bertsche
Dayton
Ohio 122
Ohio 48
Hamilton Youth Rescues Guinea Pig as House Burns
Sixteen year-old Tom Anders saved his guinea pig when he tossed a burning box from his farm house. Dry grass ignited and flames spread 500 feet to a neighboring home, causing an estimated $3,500 in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Ohio
Tom Anders
al Mahatha
Anders
Tom
Navy Lt Richard A Griest Returns From Caribbean Cruise
Navy Lt Richard A Griest, son of Mr and Mrs W W Griest of 2322 Sutphin Street Boston, Mass, returned last month after extensive training in the Caribbean aboard heavy cruiser USS Columbus. Also Pvt Nevin N Weidle, husband of Mrs Louise V Weidle of 15 Columbus Ave Lebanon, graduated from the Ammunition Supply Specialist School at Aberdeen Proving Ground Maryland, entering the Army last June 25.
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Navy
Richard A. Griest
W. W. Griest
Sutphin St
Boston
Mass
Caribbean
USS
Columbus
Panama
Trinidad
Cuba
Nevin N. Weidle
Louise V. Weidle
Columbus Ave
Lebanon
Ordnance Replacement Training Center
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Pvt
Weidle
Army
McKeever Elected Chairman of Lemon Township Farm Bureau
David McKeever was elected chair man of the Lemon Township Farm Bureau Federation marking his third county post. Robert Matson was named vice chair man and Mrs William Hofman secretary treasurer. The meeting at Monroe Presbyterian Church included 4-H Achievement Night awards to members and club leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David McKeever
Farm Bureau
Lemon Township Farm Bureau Federation
McKeever
Pomona Grange
All County Granges
Peasttown Grange
Manchester Road
Robert Matson
Albert Theobald
Richard Essig
Hinseh
Franklin White
Robert Line
Carl Follmer
Robert Mitzell
County toll on highways reaches 54
The death of Cincinnati woman Chelsie Black 28 at Hamilton Mercy Hospital raises Butler County’s fatal auto toll for the year to 54 from 30. She died of internal injuries from a Route 4 crash near Mulhauser Road Nov. 1 as a passenger in Delbert Apple’s car. Apple 25 sustained a fractured left arm and was released from hospital Nov. 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Butler County
Chelsie Black
Hamilton Mercy Hospital
Mulhauser Road
Garrett J. Boone
Apple
Covered Bridge Repairs Planned by County Officials
Butler County Commissioners will repair the Oxford area covered bridge next week to prepare for winter. County engineer Jesse Pochard will send a crew to inspect the roof and perform other maintenance. The bridge, once on Ohio 732, was returned to the county after a new road and bridge were built.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Butler County
Jesse Pochard
Oxford Museum Association
Ohio
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Firemen
Central Church of Christ
Bible School
Howard Sears
Jerome Cassner
Philippines
Grace Baptist Church
Wilbraham and
Wilmore
WPFB
Farmer
Sorg
Philco
Admiral
Vradel
Broad ST
Colored News
Vance Russello
Termite Service
R. Minge
Tytus Ave
Dohn Hardware
GEM City
Poinsettia
Red
Santa Claus
Zenith
Wowey
Lewis di
Tugss Inc
Sanitary
Park Ave
Central Ave
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