Night Watchman Shoots Burglary Suspect in Hamilton
A night watchman at the American Sanitary Laundry shot a burglar suspect Sunday night as he entered the office. The wounded man, William Theodore De Long, died on arrival at Mercy Hospital. The watchman David Adams, 23, told police he fired after fearing for his life.
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Hamilton
American Sanitary Laundry
Mercy Hospital
William Theodore DeLong
Princeton PLC
David Ad
Adams
DeLong
Colligan Funeral Home
Jam 66
S. Monument Ate
New Miami Police Chief Assaulted in Custody Break Attempt
Deer Park youths David Sharp and Robert Criswell, both 18, broke from New Miami police escort early yesterday. Chief J. R. Cain fought to keep Criswell and recapture Sharp, who was later apprehended by Hamilton police. The pair are jailed on intoxication, assaulting an officer and resisting arrest. Also, Floyd Halsey reported a car break in on Fleming Road with $65 in gifts and $27 stolen from a purse near the Dude Ranch Cafe.
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Hamilton
Deer Park
New Miami
J. R. Cain
David Sharp
Linden Sr
Robert Criswell
Blue Ash
Cain
Criswell
Sharp
Floyd R. Halsey
Fleming Rd
Middletown
Halsey
U. S. 127
Suspect Escapes In High Speed County Chase
A burglary suspect fled in a car at 100 mph along Route 126 toward Shandon in Butler County. Deputy Elmer Grabel fired six shots into a field near Venice before the driver vanished into woods. The abandoned auto contained tires and a chain hoist from the Okeana Motor Co. Morgan Township. Frank Tomkins identified the items as taken from the garage. Dep. Sheriff A N Peters aided in the chase and search.
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Hamilton
Butler County Sheriff's Deputies
Rt. 126
Shandon
Elmer Grabel
Venice
Okeana Motor Co
Morgan Township
Frank Tomkins
Grabel
A. N. Peters
Youth hurt as car overturns near LeSourdseville Lake
A 21 year old boy was admitted to Middletown Hospital after a car overturned on route 4 near LeSourdseville Lake. He suffered a puncture wound in the right leg and possible rib fracture while pinned inside a moderately damaged vehicle. A West Middletown man also injured when his car left the road at a curve on route 122 four miles northwest of Gratis.
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Middletown Hospital
Im 4
LeSourdseville Lake
Dorsey Center Jr
Rock
West Middletown
Jon Rt. 122
Gratis
Leo Bronnenberg
West Middletown Rt. 2
Bronnenberg
Middletown
New Pay Contract Signed With Coca Cola Employees
A new two year contract announced by Jim Finley manager of the Middletown Coca Cola Bottling Plant grants wage increases for 24 employees. The agreement covers the Gen Support and production departments, with periodic raises totaling cents per hour over the next year.
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Coca-Cola
Jim Finley
Middletown
Coca Cola
Gen Surari Department
Middletown Man Stabbed Following Car Dispute
A Middletown man was stabbed in the chest after two men attempted to force his car on Hamilton Road between Trenton and Williamsdale. Clifford Elam was injured and treated at Mercy Hospital in Hamilton. Sheriff’s deputies investigated the incident and questioned witnesses.
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Middletown
Hamilton Road
Trenton
Williamsdale
Clifford Elam
LaFayette St
Butler County
Andy Guenther
Nee Fee Sahel
Woman reports assault attempt on Baltimore Avenue
A 41 year old woman told police she was grabbed by a tan man in the 500 block of Baltimore Avenue. She screamed and he fled south on Baltimore and up Woodlawn Avenue. She described the assailant as about six feet tall and 125 to 130 pounds and of the negro race.
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Tan
Baltimor Avenue
Baltimore
Woodlawn Avenue
Christmas Eve Service Planned by St Pauls Church
Christmas Eve services begin at 11 o'clock tonight at St Pauls Evangelical and Reformed Church. The Rev H C Grunewald will speak on The Cross in the Cradle. Soloist Henri Schnabl and church choirs will lead the service with carols and lighted processions.
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St Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church
H. C. Grunewald
Henri Schnabl
Correction of Bucyrus accident report near Rev Miller vehicle
A corrected report states Rev J D Miller owned car left Bucyrus Ohio was parked at 1008 Neibar Street and not in operation when a Nickell car crashed into it from the rear. Damage to the Miller auto was estimated at 100 dollars and 200 dollars to the Nickell car.
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J.D. Miller
Lef Bucyrus
Ohio
Neibar St
Nickell
No Paper Tomorrow for Christmas Day Journal Suspends
The Middle town Journal will not publish on Christmas Day. The holiday gives employees time with families and the paper will suspend twice a year on Christmas and the Fourth of July. More than 125 staff wish subscribers a happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year.
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Middletown Journal
Coffee Pot Boils Trigger Fire Alarm at Finley Street
A coffee pot boiled dry and filled a room with smoke prompting Fire Department companies one three and sixty six to respond to 2109 Finley St. In a two story building occupant Herman Combs reported smoke from Whortley Jones’s apartment. No damage to the apartment was reported.
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Fire Department
Finley St
Herman Combs
Whortley Jones
Well To Do Boys Held For Thefts
Two 17 year old Hamilton youths from well to do families were arrested in Cincinnati after an off duty officer spotted a car with eight liquor cases in the back. They admitted a spree across Cincinnati Covington Newport including a burglary in Hamilton and five auto thefts begun two weeks ago. Their father is a factory supervisor and the mother runs a Hamilton laundry.
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Hamilton
Cincinnati
Middletown
Covington
Newport
William Reece
Yankee Rd
Liberty
Parkway Auto Watch
Central Parkway
Fire causes damage at Broad Street home
A short in a TV set caused $25 damage at 22 S Broad St yesterday. Four companies 1 3 5 and 66 responded to the two story brick house owned by Charles Zapp of 404 Highview Rd. Dew formed when farm air met cooler vegetation and condensed.
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S. Broad St
Charles Zapp
Highview Rd
Fire Eater Receives Gasoline Ration For Circus Act
London circus performer Priscilla Birt, 18, was granted four gallons of gasoline over four months after officials classified her act as horse power. She previously faced doubts over whether her act qualified under rationing rules.
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London
Britain
Priscilla Birt
Te Fuel Ministry
Miss Birtag
Coca Cola Price Increase Set for January First
Coca Cola will raise prices starting Jan 1 1937 with a six bottle regular carton at 28 cents and a king size six bottle at 39 cents. Twenty four bottle cases will cost 112 cents regular and 156 cents king size. Middletown Coca Cola Bottling Co manager Jim Finley cites rising material labor and production costs.
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Coca-Cola
Jim Finley
Middletown
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
Deacon Shemi Browne Earned Title as America’s First Professional Artist
Boston artist Deacon Shemi Browne becomes recognized as the first professional artist in the United States, marking a notable development in early American art history.
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America
Deacon Shemi Browne
Boston
Two Drivers Held After Accidents Involving $735 Damage
Two drivers were arrested on driving while intoxicated charges after yesterday’s crashes. Donald D. Newton 22 of 1203 Shaker Rd caused a Garfield School yard crash on Yankee Rd totaling 660 car damage plus 200 property damage. Richard Gordon 22 of 424 N Broad collided with Newton’s car. Augustus Wheeler 28 of 2811 10th Ave faced same charge after hitting a boxcar on Water Street. One 1948 car wrecked after striking a pole guide wire. No injuries reported.
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Donald D. Newton
Shaker Rd
Garfield
Yankee Road
Newton
Yankee
Richard Gordon
Broad
Augustus Wheeler
10Th Ave
Water Street
New York Central
Grover Ashley
Trenton Rt. 1
Cherry Street
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N.Y.C.R.R. Dial
Carole Marshall
Pamela
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Glenn Ellican
Wilson School
Marcus Marshall
Kensington St
Journal
Asher
And
First National Bank
Banks —Saver
Sutphin
Armco East
Gore
Monroe
Don Davies
Thornhill Lane
John GB. Cooper
E. Withrow
Oxford
Robert Wells
N. Leibeen
Coope
Central Avenue
Baltimore Street
United States
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U.S. GA
West Central Avenue
Central
Broad & Verity
Union Sunday
Trust
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