Middletown Airport expansion gains CAA approval
The Civil Aeronautics Authority granted final approval for Middletown Municipal Airport expansion linking $90,000 in federal aid with a city match. Plans include a levee, runway grading, and three extended runways enabling broader aircraft use and potential feeder service to Dayton or Cincinnati. Bids expected around February 1 after final spec adjustments. project completion 6 to 9 months after work begins.
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Middletown
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Columbus
Fred J. Schatzmann
Hugh C. Card
CAA
Schatzmann
Chicago
Ned
R. A. Pochel
Pochel
Dayton
Cincinnati
Calvin Verity Resigns From Armco Posts
Calvin W. Verity announced his resignation as director and chairman of the Armco Finance Committee and said he will serve as general consultant. He has a long Armco tenure from 1911 to 1948, rising to executive vice president and then Finance Committee chairman. Verity holds multiple directorships and will base his office at First National Bank.
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Calvin W. Verity
Armco Steel Corporation
Verity
Armco
Cornell University
East Side
First National Bank
Wrenn Paper Company
Clayton and Lambert Company
Louisville
Magazines of Industry
New York
Electromaster, Inc
Philco Corporation
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Middletown Chamber of Commerce
Employment Office Closes Friday Noon for Christmas
The Middletown office of the United States Employment Service on Central Ave will close at noon Friday for the Christmas holiday, announced manager P. F. Johnson. The office will resume regular hours Monday.
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Middletown
United States Employment Servvice
Central Ave
P. F. Johnson
Johnson
City to award new garbage contract Friday
City Commissioners plan a 1 p.m. special meeting at the City Building to award a revised garbage collection contract. Bids close Friday at noon as a new 40 gallon standard service unit and weekly residential pickups aim to replace the old independent system with exclusive city hauling.
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Commission
Middletown Service Company
30 Stops Scheduled On Route Of Carolers Santa Tonight
The Fire Station No 1 departure at 7 30 p m launches a caravan of carolers from SPEBSQSA to visit 55 in valids and shut ins. They will stop at Garfield Street 107 first then cover East End North End Central and South City with 11 stops in the north and visits for ages 11 to 92. Transport provided by Ortman Stewart Bus Company.
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Santa
Serenaders
Spebsqsa
Garfield St
Ortman-Stewart
Businesses and Agencies Wind Up Work Before Holiday Weekend
Merchants urge shoppers to check Christmas lists as stores close Friday at 5 30 p m and reopen Monday. Post office and city offices also shut Friday. many services resume Monday with limited weekend closures noted. Wide schedule adjustments for Christmas and New Year periods described.
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Don Folger
Retail Merchant Association
Folger
Hilbert H. Martin
City Building
Civic Association
Chamber of Commerce
Service Center
American Legion Office
Red Cross
Draft Board
Legion
S. Main St
Middletown Gas and Electric Service
East Side
Armco Steel Corporation
Fabricating
Services Planned At St. Mary Church
Three Christmas services are scheduled at St Marys Catholic Church with a midnight mass on Friday preceded by carols and a crib visit. A men’s carol group performs Saturday at 8 30 a.m. and the final mass is at 10 a.m. Sunday masses follow at 8 30 and 11 30 a.m. NAMED TO POST WASHINGTON AP William Lavelle, secretary treasurer of the Ohio CIO Industrial Union Council, was appointed an assistant in the CIOs legislative department.
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St. Mary's Catholic Church
Post Washington
William Lavelle
Ohio Cio Industrial Union Council
CIO
Community Sing Planned Friday In Front Of Y
Middletown joins national wave of Christmas Eve community carol sings. Salvation Army Women's Auxiliary invites residents to join Friday after stores close. YMCA block roped off for singers. Salvation Army Band plays 20 minutes of carols. National reach grows from 30 cities in 1918 to over 4,000 planned this year. Positive effort by both auxiliaries to establish a yearly joyous event.
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Middletown
Women’s Auxiliary
Salvation Army
YMCA
National Bureau of Advancement of Music
At the Movies Paramount and Strand Showings Schedule
Paramount offers Stations West with Dick Powell and Jane Greer at 1:30 3:30 5:30 7:35 9:30 p.m. Strand presents Thunder in the Valley with Edmund Gwynn Peggy Ann Gardner at 1:15 5:42 9:59 p.m. Also Captain from Castile with Tyrone Power Jean Peters at 3:03 and 7:30 p.m. Friday morning Henry Aldrich Boy Scout at 10 a.m. Eight Colored car toons at 11:05 a.m. Canyon Passage with Dana Andrews Susan Hayward at 1:15 4:55 8:35 p.m. Frontier Gal with Rod Cameron Yvonne De Carlo at 2:52 6:32 10:12 p.m.
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Paramount
West
Dick Powell
Jane Greer
Edmund Gwynn
Peggy Ann Gardner
Castile
Tyronne Power
Jean Peters
Henry Aldrich
Boy Scout
Dana Andrews
Susan Hayward
Rod Cameron
Yvonne de Carlo
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Calvin Verity
FORD
The
Howe Motor CO
Herb Spade & His Orchestra
Ass’t
East End
CANDY
St. Mary Church
Roa
Baker
Bry
Community Sing
ROSS
Wiess
Bremen
SIRES
Bombo the Monkey
Rodeo Joe
Sala Anette
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