Damrosch Dies At 88 World Famed Conductor
New York AP reports Walter Damrosch, famed conductor and composer, died at age 88 from a heart attack. He led the New York Symphony Orchestra, directed Carnegie Hall ventures, and served in World War I aiding Army bandmasters. He toured Europe and remained a calm stage presence known for his playful quip "Now, wasn't that a honey?" He was born in Germany and cherished Wagnerian classics.
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NEW York
Walter Damrosch
Metropolitan Opera
Carnegie Hall
Damrosch
New York Symphony
France
Pershing
Germany
Cars and Garage Damaged In Five Mishaps
Police report five separate traffic incidents with damages totaling multiple locations including Tytus Ave Clark St and Grove St. Notable events involve Clayton Mullins and Frank Cags in a two car collision and Norbert Schunk versus George Reeves at Clark St. Forest Gaul faces DUI charge after a separate front street crash. Curtis Blossom and Clara Gary also tied to garage and driveway damage on Grove St. No injuries reported.
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Clayton Mullins
Howard Ave
Frank Cags
Oberon Dr
Mullins
Tytus Ave
Cass
Clark St
Norbert L. Schunk
Minnesota St
George A. Reeves
Middletown
Schunk
Reeves
Clara Gary
Calumet Ave
Grove St
Curtis Blossom
B Blossom
Gary
Two Injured In Route 4 Highway Collision Near Middletown
At 1 35 a m on Route 4 north of Route 62 a two vehicle crash injured Robert Stamver 18 and Theodore Moore 18 both of Middletown area Stamver had lip and facial abrasions while Moore suffered severe head face scalp and ear lacerations They were hospitalized at Middletown Hospital in the McCoy Leffler ambulance The patrol noted Stamper rear ended a car driven by Steve Axiotes 24 of Smith Street and said the investigation is ongoing
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Middletown Area
McCoy- Leffler
Stamper
Steve Axiotes
Smith St
Municipal Court Fines and Suspended Sentences Shaped by Disturbance Incidents
Clarence A Wing 20 of West kton fined 10 dollars and costs for disorderly conduct after an arrest near Central Ave and Main St. Judge Alton H presided. Merrill Lewellen 56 of Earle Ho-1 ordered to pay 6 dollars and costs with a suspended 30 year sentence if he leaves the city. charged with intoxication and resisting at Central Ave and Main St. Matt Combs 36 at large assessed 6 dollars court costs and 30 days in jail suspended on condition he leaves town.
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Clarence A. Wing
West Kton
Ared
Alton H
Wing
Central Ve
Main St
Merrill Lewellen
Earle Ho
Central Ave
Ain St
Matt Combs
At the Movies Sunday Showings
Paramount shows Mr Saturday and Music at 1 15 3 15 5 20 7 30 and 9 45 p.m. Strand presents Blues Buster at 1 15 3 30 5 45 8 10 and 10 35 p.m. Also North of the Great Divide at 2 30 4 40 6 55 and 9 20 p.m.
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Paramountunday
Colosal Schedule of Two Saturday and Sunda Weeks
The notice lists showings at 1:58, 3:48, 5:59, 7:58 and 9:58 p.m. across the weekend. The entry implies a recurring event with multiple daily start times.
Service record of Chester A. Nelson Jr aboard hospital ship
Chester A. Nelson Jr 22 son of Mr and Mrs Chester Nelson West Middletown serves as engineman on the U S S Widbey hospital ship in the Carolina Islands. He graduated Navy School in October 1949 and worked for Armco Steel before enlisting two years ago. He is a Middletown High School graduate.
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Chester A. Nelson, Jr
Chester Nelson
West Middletown
U. S. S. Widbey
Carolina Islands
Nelson
Navy School
Armco Steel Corporation
Middletown High School
Police Briefs Include DUI Charge and Speeding
Eugene Rice aged 18 of 2105 Woodlawn Ave was charged with physical control of a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and posted a $300 bond to appear in Municipal Court. He was taken into custody at 7 30 p m yesterday at Woodlawn Ave and Richmond St. Leonard Wells 26 of Trenton Route 1 was charged with speeding after being taken into custody early this morning.
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Forest Gaul
Somerville
South Main St
Gaul
Henry Caffie
Eighth Ave
Main St
Eugene Rice
Woodlawn Ave
Rice
Richmond St
Leonard Wells
Trenton
No services tonight as Bertha Perkins calls off
Mrs. Bertha Perkins announced that the special Saturday night services are canceled this week. The next service is scheduled for December 30 at 7 30 p m at the home of Mrs. Mamie Jackson 1208 Elm St.
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Bertha Perkins
Mamie Jackson
Elm St
Home for Christmas Jam Crams Ohio Terminals
Ohio holiday travel begins with crowded terminals and heavy traffic as buses trains and airlines add coaches and flights. Officials warn of slick roads and limited reservations while many rush to reach home for the season.
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Columbus
Ohio
Woman Pedestrian Struck. Driver Held on Careless Operation
A pedestrian, Mrs Etheline Fletcher 30 of 703 Twentieth Ave, was hit by an auto at Verity Parkway and Central Ave at 9 20 am. She suffered head and leg injuries and was taken to Middletown Hospital for X rays. Driver Delbert Barker 18 of 925 Beech St was held on a charge of careless operation. Witnesses say Fletcher and her 32 year old daughter Marjorie paused on the curb then crossed as cars waited to turn left from the parkway onto Central Ave the accident occurred about ten feet from the curb. The daughter was uninjured. Patrolmen Harold Gray John Combs Wendell Cox and Leonard McFeeters investigated.
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Verity Pkvy
Central Ave
Etheline Fletcher
Twentieth Ave
Middletown Hospital
Delbert Barker
Beech St
Western senators clash over Korea policy and aid
In the last session before Christmas, Senators Malone Kilgore McMahon and Watkins sparred over Korea and the Atlantic Pact. Malone alleged American troops were abandoned in Korea and blamed the President for sending them into a war with China. Kilgore demanded accountability while McMahon criticized Hoover's foreign policy speech as echoing 1946 debates. Watkins defended Hoover's stance on military aid and allied unity.
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Congress
Senator Malone
R-New
Senate
Douglas MacArthur
Kilgore
D-Wva
Washington
Malone
United States
Korea
McMahon
D-Conn
Senate House Atomic Committee
Hoover
Henry A. Wallace
Watkins
Utah
Chinese Forces Move Into Korea Along with Air Battle
MacArthur reports four more Chinese Army Corps crossing from Manchuria into Korea amid growing patrol reports of substantial Chinese forces near Kuhwa Kumchon Sibyon and Yondon. In air combat Lt Col John C Meyer adds another jet to his WWII ace tally as B 29s fend off Mig 5s, driving enemy losses on the Manchurian border.
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MacAthur
Manchuria
Korea
Kuhwa
ROK
Kuwha
Kumchon-Sibyon
Parallel 38
Yondon
U.S
Sinuiju
John C. Meyer
Forest Hills
N.Y
Washington, D. C
Manchurian
Moonshiner's Christmas Moon Seized in Hamilton
Federal agents seized Woodrow C Mullens moonshine supply after trailing him to a Fisher plant and raiding his car and home. Mullens 38 of New Miami was charged with illegal possession and transportation of liquor and placed in custody in Cincinnati.
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Hamilton
Woodrow C. Mullens
Retta Ave
New Miami
Fisher
Mullens
Cincinnati
Body of jail inmate dies by own action claimed by widow
FRANKLIN The body of Herbert Joseph Dearing 25 of 4347 Eastern Ave Cincinnati who hanged himself Thursday evening in the Franklin jail was taken to Cincinnati for services yesterday afternoon by his widow. Police chief O E Chamberlain said Dearing was intoxicated when arrested Thursday about 8 30 p m on investigation He was on a five year probation on an armed robbery charge in Cincinnati He was married and had three children His companion George Latham 31 of 221 Worth St Cincinnati was released yesterday Latham an auto mechanic said Dearing asked him to ride to detect motor trouble They were separated in Franklin Dearing then asked firms for money to buy Christmas presents for his children.
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Franklin
Cincinnati
O. E. Chamberlain
Dearing
Chamberlain
George Latham
Worth St
Latham
Requiem High Mass for Mrs Katherine Oshust
Mrs. Katherine Oshust aged 77 of 1523 Lafayette Street died yesterday. A Requiem High Mass will be held at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. John’s Church with burial in Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call Schramm Funeral Home Sunday and Monday 2-5 and 7-10 p.m. The Catholic Sacres of Columbia meet at 4 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home for Rosary recitation.
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Katherine Oshust
Lafayette St
St. John’s Church
Calvary Cemetery
Schramm Funeral
Catholic Sacres of Columbia
Thh Funeral
Mrs Doris Lansaw Dies After 10 Weeks Ill In Oxford Area
Mrs Doris E Lansaw 29 of 2005 Ben Harrison St died at 1 25 a m at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Fred McCray on Oxford State Road after a 10 week illness. Survivors include her husband Charles L, her parents, one son Robert Lee, four brothers Homer Ralph Howard and Wilbur. Funeral Tuesday at 2 p m at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with Rev A M Wilson officiating. Burial in Mound Cemetery Monroe. Friends may call Sunday 7 10 and Monday
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Doris E. Lansaw
Ben Harrison
Fred McCray
Oxford State Road
Lansaw
Charles L
Robert Lee
Homer
St. Louis
Ralph
Somerville
Howard
This City
Wilbur
West Middletown
McCoy‘Leffler
A. M. Wilson
Mound Cemetery
Monroe
Walker praised as brilliant military leader and hero
General MacArthur lauds Lt Gen Walton Walker as a brilliant leader whose gallantry inspired troops. MacArthur announces Lt Gen Matthew Ridgway as new Eighth Army commander. Walker’s widow notified in Yokohama before death announced. Walker famed for Ghost Corps in Patton’s Third Army and actions in France 1944 cited by Churchill.
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Walker
MacArthur
Korean
U. S. Army
Matthew B. Ridgway
Eighth Army
Carolline Emerson Walker
Yokohama
Japan
Patton
Third Army
France
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
American War Department
Belton
Tex
West Point
Military Academy
Danube
20Th Armored
Saar River
Trier
Siegfried Line
Kassel
Army of Occupation
Germany
Death of Ida Brunk former Middletown resident
Mrs Ida Brunk 73 of New town Ohio died yesterday. She lived in Middletown about two years in the 1930s. Survived by daughter Mrs Elsie Plank two sons Joseph Amelia George serving in Illinois three sisters and four grandchildren seven great grandchildren. Funeral services Tuesday 11 a.m. at Newtown Baptist Church with burial in Newtown cemetery. Friends may call Monroe Funeral Home Milford after noon Sunday.
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Ida Brunk
Newtown
Middletown
Brunk
Elsie Plank
Joseph
Amelia
George
Illinois
Chester Nelson
West Middletown
Andrew Holder
Batavia
Eva Schwartz
Cincinnati
Newtown Baptist Church
Newtown Cemetery
Monroe Funeral Home
Milford
Otho Snider Ends Life at Home Near Harveysburg
Otho Snider 71 retired farm worker ended his life at his home near Harveysburg at 2 a m with a shotgun. He leaves widow Mary two daughters Mrs Marjorie Price of Xeia and Mrs Virginia McCoy of Waynesville and son Martin at home. Ducted Tuesday at 2 pm at Stubbs Funeral Home Waynesville. Burial in Mi ami Cemetery at Corwin.
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Lebanon
Otho Snider
Harveysburg
Snider
Mary
Marjorie Price
Xeia
Virginia McCoy
Waynesville
Martin
Stubbs
Miami Cemetery
Corwin
Memorial for John W. Cox in Somerville services scheduled
John W. Cox 80 of 329 Ludlow St Hamilton retired carpenter died at Mercy Hospital Friday at 3 30 p m A West Elkton native he lived most of his life in Butler County Survivors include four sons Willard Marion Kenneth and Victor two daughters Mrs G D Gray and Mrs Walter Wates a brother Eldridge ten grandchildren and three great grandchildren Funeral services set for Sunday at 2 p m at Inman Funeral Home Somerville with the Rev Harley J Martin officiating
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Somerville
John W. Cox
Ludlow St
Hamilton
Carpenter
Mercy Hospital
West Elkton
Butler County
Willard
Marion
Seven Mile
Kenneth
Victor
G. D. Gray
Walter Wates
Eldridge
Dayton
Inman Funeral Home
Harley J. Martin
Offici
Atlant an Named Washington Federal Defense Power Administrator
Washington AP report states Clif ford D. McManus of Atlanta, an industrialist, has been appointed Federal Defense Power Administrator.
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Washington
Clifford D. McManus
Atlanta
Burial in Somerville Cemetery and Home Visit
Short obituary note stating a burial at Somerville Cemetery and a home visitation time from 7 to 10 p m on Saturday.
Wayne G Brobeck Rites Held in Ashland
Wayne G Brobeck 82 retired Armco Steel Transportation and Labour superintendent Ashland division died Thursday. Funeral services were conducted at 10 a m today Calvary Episcopal Church Ashland. He was born in Circleville and became Armco superintendent in 1923 retiring in 1941. He leaves a widow a son and three daughters.
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Ashland
Wayne G. Brobeck
Armco Steel Corporation
Calvary Episcopal Church
Brobeck
Circleville
Armco
Local Birth Announcements From City Addresses
Vital Statistics lists births: Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Short announce a boy yesterday at 1824 Sherman Ave. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Taylor report a boy on Forest Ave Franklin. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Holt announce a boy today at 1606 Columbia Ave. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thomas report a girl today at 13815 S Main St. Out of town notes: James F Barrett and wife of 35 Jast Weber Rd Columbus welcome a boy. Paternal grandmother Stella Barrett of Central Ave Middletown noted.
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Gilbert Short
Sherman Ave
Leo Taylor
Forest Ave
Franklin
Ralph Holt
Columbia Ave
Robert Thomas
S. Main St
James F. Barrett
Jast Weber Rd
Columbus
Stella Barrett
Central Ave
Middletown
Hospital Discharges List Names and Addresses
A discharge compilation lists multiple patients and follow up details. Names include Mrs Maude Wittlinger Diana Powell Wanda Gay Lewis Mrs Lois Leonard and others with street addresses in Middletown Dayton Brentwood Arlington and Trenton. Some lines note surgical or medical status while others appear as dismissed or awaiting care.
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Maude Wittlinger
Fairmount St
Billy Ruth Ingram
Charles Ingram
Eaton Ave
Lois Leonard
Garfield St
John Simpson
Tytus Ave
Diana Powell
Elbert Powell
Trenton
Liberty Spencer
Middletown
Fred Olinger
St. Mary's Mass Schedule Announced for Christmas
Rev. Sylvester Huser of St. Marys Church announced Christmas Masses with High Mass at midnight preceded by carols and Crib visit. A second Mass at 8 30 a.m. and a third at 10 a.m. on Christmas Day with Benediction after the last. Regular Sunday Masses will be at 8 30 a.m. and 11 30 a.m. on December 31.
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Sylvester Huser
St. Mary’s Church
Father Huser
VFW Kiddies Party Set For Tonight
The annual Kiddies Christmas party for Veterans of Foreign Wars children begins at 7 p.m. at the hall with Santa Claus handing out candy fruit and nuts. Dwarf fruit trees grow in popularity for small spaces and easier fruit gathering.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Frank Wolner
Santa Claus
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Robert Beachler
Auburn St
Curtis
Police Briffs
JamCrams Ohio Terminals
Moon
Herbert Joseph Dearing
Eastern Ave
Youngstown, O
Joseph Kostrzewa
Youngstown
Mrs
Sesion Freclinia
Frank Berry
Brentwood
Janet Seaman
Arlingtone
Gordon Dodds
Nue
Anna Zurmahr
Fleming
Earl Gross
Artie McClain
Crawford St
George Holtz
Manchester Rd
George Likiarthis
North Broad
Hassel Adkins
Meadow Ave
Jo Ann Farmer
Joseph Farmer
Henry Barker
Brentwood St
R. E. Morrison
Grandview Hospital
St. Mary’s
VFW Kiddies
Matt
Bethlehem
First Church OF God
Meadowlawn Church OF God
Smiths&t
Francis B. Cummins
Yankee RD
Church OF God
C. T. Walters
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