Year End Construction In Sport With Permits Topping $100,000
An AWOL soldier, once away 1,036 days, was jailed in Middletown on intoxication charges after papers dated December 23 were found on him. He left the army from Greensboro in 1946 and was court-martialed in 1948. Police arrested him at First Ave and Main St. Building permits in Middletown year end reached over $100,000, says building commissioner Orville Carson.
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Middletown City
Stockport
Greensboro
N. C
First Ave
Main St
City earns orders for 35 men to report for physicals
Draft Board No 10 ordered 35 men to report January 6 in Cincinnati for pre induction physicals. Columbus also told Board 10 to notify 21 more men to report January 14. Notices for the 35 will likely be mailed December 27 with names released in the Journal Tuesday. Largest permit: Armco Steel remodeling at Forrest Ave with estimated 60000 for offices drafting room and air conditioning. Additional permits: God's Community Church Grand Ave 30000 for basement services until church completion and New York Central Railroad yard office Fleming Rd 12000. City construction active but expected downturn next year due to high material costs.
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Draft Board No. 10
Cincinnati
Wylie Mitchell
Columbus
Board 10
Mitchell
Armco Steel Corporation
Forrest Ave
McGraw Construction Company
Carson
Armco Engineering Department
God's Community Church
Grand Ave
Albert Creekbaum
New York Central Railroad Company
Fleming Rd
Post Office Handles Record Flow Of Mail This Season
Postmaster Hilbert H. Martin thanked the public for cooperation in an era of record mail volume. The office moved 55,000 more pieces than 1947, with 177,177 items processed on December 20. Regular carriers worked four hours. overtime will earn compensatory time. No mail delivery on Christmas Day or Sunday.
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Hilbert H. Martin
Martin
Thest
Chanukah Program Set by Beth Sholom School Sunday
Chanukah opens Sunday evening with the lighting of the menorah at home. Beth Sholom Sunday School will hold a program Sunday morning from 10 to 12 at Beth Sholom Synagogue featuring a candle light ceremony “Chanukah Candles Grow,” a Hebrew choir, a gift exchange, and a Biblical film “The Life of Moses.” Afterward the Sisterhood will give each child a Chanukah top and refreshments.
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Beth Sholom Sun Gay School
Beth Sholom
Nandor Marton
Heber
Moses
Sisterhood
Holy City
Mettathias
Maccabees
Euthanes
Syria
Merit Badges Awarded Cubs at Christmas Party
Five cub Scouts of Pack 1 received merit badges at their annual Christmas party at the Church of Ascension. Bear badges went to Colin Garner Douglas McKnight Billy Cole and Joe Bolle Jr with Joe Bolle earning a gold and silver arrow and Wayne Hyde a gold arrow. The event featured a trumpet duet by Terry Sams and David Parker films by Max Bursk and Howard White and a Kiwanis Club Barbershop Quartet. Toys and candy were donated to the Garfield mission and a father son handmade gift exchange was held with Clarence Dieterich as packmaster in charge.
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Pack 1
Church of Ascension
Colin Garner
Douglas McKnight
Billy Cole
Joe Bolle, Jr
Wayne Hyde
Terry Sams
David Parker
Max Bursk
Howard White
Kiwanis Club
Bill Saunders
Dick Morrison
Headhunters Revolt in Was Province Burma
The Nation reports Was headhunters near Burma's eastern border with China have revolted against the government. Burmese troops are sent to meet the rebels who threaten military police posts. The Was, Burma's most primitive tribe, inhabit wild ungoverned territory and last year staged an abortive rebellion.
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Rangoon
Burma
Nation
Was
Yunnan
China
Grace Bryant Franklin obituary notes church ties and family
Grace Bryant, 65, died yesterday at Middletown Hospital after months of illness. Widow of Arthur Bryant, she was a First Methodist Church member active in its groups. Survived by daughter Florence, son Dudley of Franklin, one grandson, sisters Mrs. Earl Basore and Mrs. C. L. Berger, and brother Paul Brehm, all of Franklin. Visitation at Robert Eaton Funeral Home after noon Sunday. Services Monday at 2 p.m. at the funeral home with Rev. J R Stanforth officiating. Interment in Woodhill Cemetery.
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Franklin
Grace Bryant
Middletown Hospital
First Methodist Church
Arthur Bryant
Florence
Dudley
Earl Basore
C. L. Berger
Paul Brehm
Robert Eaton
J R. Stanforth
Woodhill Cemetery
Deaths Last Night By Associated Press
Langhorne Pa Mrs Carola Spaeth Hauschka 65 pianist and painter a native of Philadelphia died last night in Langhorne PA Her artistic career spanned music and visual art with ties to the city of Philadelphia.
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Associated Press
Langhorne
Carola Spaeth Hauschka
Philadelphia
Wyoming State Senator Bat Morris Passes at 55
Cheyenne Wyoming state senator W A Bat Morris a Wyoming businessman died at age 55 He was born in North Platte Nebraska.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
W. A
Bat) Morris
Wyoming
North Platte, Neb
City Jail Empty for Day as Inmates Set to Be Released
City jail expected to be empty this afternoon for the first time in months. Desk Sgt. Joe Blackmore said the jail will be empty by 1 30 p.m. if nothing unforeseen happens as the last inmates are released.
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Joe Blackmore
Salvation Army Kettle Total Nears Four Thousand
Downtown shoppers contributed 330.65 to the Salvation Army kettle, bringing the sum to within 1,014.99 of the 5,000 goal for Christmas projects. A $50 anonymous gift was found in a kettle run by the Women’s and Junior Auxiliaries. Kettle location at John Ross Store corner raised the auxiliaries’ total to 1,338.84 as baskets for about 385 needy families were prepared. Franklin Police distributed baskets. 400 applications were filed, 18 rejected, and about 340 requests are being served by the Army or partner groups.
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Salvation Army
Kennet Sharp
Captain Sharp
John Ross
Kiwanis Club
Franklin Police Department
Franklin
Sharp
Army
Holiday Travel Surges as Midwest Braces for Snow
Holiday travelers jam trains buses and cars as Middleton and millions nationwide begin an extended break. Official estimates forecast 265 traffic deaths by Monday while snow inches 4 to 6 in the Miami Valley with continued cold. Travel agents report volumes exceed 1948 as last minute shoppers flood downtown and city offices prepare for a quiet, crime-light Christmas.
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National Safety Council
Midwest
Zink
Clark
Central Ave
Fred J. Schatzmann
Orville Corson
OS Department
Miami Valley
Youth Shock After Auto Strikes Train At Central Ave Crossing
A 17 year old, Roscoe L Creekbaum of 2035 Woodlawn Ave, was hospitalized with severe shock after his eastbound car collided with the third car of a freight train heading toward Cincinnati at the Central Ave crossing. Time of crash 1 34 a m. He was taken to Middletown Hospital by Riggs ambulance. Train engineer Carl Shannon and conductor Charles Deneene were on duty.
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Central Ave
Middletown Hospital
Roscoe L. Creekbaum
Woodlawn Ave
Creekbaum
Cincinnati
Riggs
Carl
Stations West Canyon Passage Frontier Gal at Strand
At the movies on Friday and Saturday Stations West stars Dick Powell and Jane Greer with showings at 1 30 3 30 5 30 7 35 and 9 35 p m Canyon Passage features Dana Andrews and Jean Peters at 1 15 4 55 and 8 35 p m Frontier Gal stars Rod Cameron and Yvonne DeCarlo at 2 52 6 30 and 10 18 p m Also half inflated plane tires reduce ground roll due to shock absorption properties
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Dick Powell
Jane Greer
Dana Andrews
Jean Peters
Frontier Gal
Rod Cameron
Yonne DeCarlo
Ancient Babylon seal hints at seed sowing machine
An old Babylonian seal depicts a seed sowing device with a hopper to receive and dispense seed. The fragmentary artifact suggests early knowledge of mechanical planting aids predating modern seeders.
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Babylon
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Orville Carson
Middletown Paint & Glass CO
Dial
Mrs
Melampy
Loyal Order OF
MOOSE
John W. Bullock
Secy
Leroy Diver
Central
Curtis
Merry Christmas
Inerita
Perera
Grey's Watch Repair Official Watch Inspector N. ¥. C. Railroad Room
Castell Bidg
Freeman
Rex Sublett
Olga Fletcher
Clyde Snell
Walker Hollan
AS Bolling, PrOp
Santa Claus
Aval
George Adams
Wiedemann
Heineken’s
Holland
England
LaBatt
Cenede -Squors
Steakhouse
Crawford
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