Polio fund drive totals show progress but short of goal
Polio contributions still coming in after the January drive. Final tallies include Coffee Day events totaling $1,022.87 and a polio booth takings of $4,066.16 at Broad Street and Central Avenue. Other receipts from the Colony restaurant are incomplete though the polio auction yielded $741.75 and a prize drawing added $349.50. Future income will come from a Feb 15 roller skating show at Midway Roller Rink and a new book club at Sear Roebuck Co. proceeds. City drive trails the 1954 goal of $27,600. donors urged to mail gifts to County Chapter, Box 350, Middletown.
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Gene Goecke
Charles Reuthe
Butler County
Broad Street
Central Avenue
Plete
Colony
Reuthe
John Fitzgerald
City Drive
Midway Roller Rink
Sear Roebuck & Co
Middletown
Prank Call Implicates Practical Joker in Middletown Incident
A Middletown woman reported a caller from 2007 South Ave. requested she contact officers about a murder at 607 Wayne Ave. Police checked the area and found nothing suspicious, attributing the call to a practical joker.
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Middletown
South Ave
Wayne Ave
Hatton Brothers Sign 1954 Pacts
Infielder Grady Hatton and cousin Gene Hatton have signed 1954 contracts with the Cincinnati Redlegs. Ker fe Wehmeier and third baseman Krebnick also agreed, boosting Redlegs contract total to nine for Hatton. Gene, 23, played for Columbia of the South Atlantic League last year.
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Cincinnati
Grady Hatton
Gene Hatton
Cincinnati Redlegs
Ker Fe Wehmeier
Mayaques
Hatton
Gene
Columbia
Smith elected chairman of Cincinnati baseball writers group
Lou Smith, sports editor of The Cincinnati Enquirer, was elected chairman of the Cincinnati chapter of the National Baseball Writers' Association last night. He is a former president of the national group.
Fisherman Sails From Sailfish Accident on Buccaneer Trail
In Fernandina Beach Florida a tarpon leaped from the water and landed in another fisherman's small boat during a Buccaneer Trail incident. The man whose name was not recorded surrendered the boat to the fish and left. W J Richards of Jacksonville retained the 85 pound silver king tarpon.
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Fernandina Beach
Fila
Florida
W. J. Richards
Jacksonville
Richards
State Fair Board No‑Show Halts Coliseum Bids
In Albuquerque the State Fair Board failed to attend a meeting to open bids for a new coliseum and no bids were received. Board members indicated they are not inclined to proceed with the coliseum project at this time.
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Albuquerque
N. M
State Fair Board
State Fair Manager
City plans rejected for county waste contract in Cool Towne
City officials voiced doubt about contracting with Butler County to dispose of rural area garbage. County commissioners plan to approach Middletown Hamilton and Oxford to join a county wide waste system. City leaders said current facilities and ordinances are inadequate for county waste. No agenda items on tonight's meeting address this proposal.
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Butler County
Middletown
Hamilton
Oxford
Francis Larmony
Board of City Commissioners
Howard Kramer
Carmody
VA receives mysterious gifts from Columbus man
Veterans Administration officials in Indianapolis face a puzzling routine of weekly mailings containing $10 or $20 bills from Otto Paul of Columbus Indiana. Paul has not explained the purpose of the payments and VA staff have not located him.
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Indianapolis
Veterans Administration
Otto Paul
Columbus
Ind
Paul
Extras for Prisoners In Jail Banned
Police Chief Joseph Blackmore issued a new order banning outside extras for prisoners in the city jail to prevent injuries and damage to the jail. The rule also prohibits furnishing tobacco or matches to juveniles held for juvenile court, citing wasteful extra food and routine searches of prisoners before confinement.
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Joseph Blackmore
Blackmore
Court Cases Cut Charity Rolls
Sioux City Iowa Woodbury County trims old age assistance costs by 70000 this year by threatening court refusals to support aged and indigent parents. In one action a woman was ordered to give 16 weekly to her mother and her sister 8.66 weekly. Threats have allowed elimination of 50 cases and reductions in 200 more.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Woodbury County
Forger pleads guilty in bad check case in Montana
A 31 year old man in Great Falls Montana told the court he did not remember forging checks and pleaded guilty to issuing a bad check. He asked the judge to rely on law enforcement but the judge sentenced him to five years in prison.
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Great Falls
Mont. P
Nwn
Fire A Minor Matter At Vacant Lot On Euclid Street
The fire department reported a minor fire yesterday at a vacant lot located at 143 Euclid Street. No property damage occurred and crews contained the blaze without injuries.
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Euclid St
Dounreay Plant Seen as Turning Point for Scotland
A rural Scottish village of Dounreay near Thurso could host Britain’s first commercial atomic power plant. Locals welcome the project, hoping for jobs and industrial revival, while experts cite obstacles and costs. Government planners see a potential economic turning point amid depopulation and rising demand for power.
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Dounreay
Scotland
Great Britain
Whitehall
Highlands
Thurso
London
England
Britain
Fishermen Recover Part Of Store Loot
Two Middletown men found two guns and two holsters stolen in a break in at East End Cycle Shop on January 11. Police say the loot valued at 27 dollars included a shotgun a revolver holsters and ammunition. Officers continue to search for more stolen property in Twin Creek near Franklin.
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Middletown
East End
1St Ave
Twin Creek
Franklin
Walter
Edwin Crout
Beech St
Lso
Cherokee Reserve in Great Smokies Hosts 3000 Members
More than 3000 members of the tribe occupy the 63000 acres of the Cherokee Indian reservation in the Great Smokies, reflecting a sizable community within the protected region.
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Great Smokies
School Superintendents To Discuss Consolidation With State Official
Middle town and Lemon Township school superintendents meet with state official Earle Leidner and C W Young to discuss a potential merged district. They will confer with state education director de Hissong and county auditor R H Smith, while Armco official D E Reichelderfer leads a citizens committee on finance.
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Middletown
Lemon Township
Earle R. Leidner
C. W. Young
de Hissong
Columbus
R. H. Smith
Butler County
D. E. Reichelderfer
Armco Steel Corp
Truck Firm Here Reported Looted During Weekend
Jiles Hunter of Steele Transportation Co reports a break in during the weekend. The intruders opened a peanut and candy machine but did not enter the main office. several trucks in an adjacent lot were looted. Damage and loss could not be estimated.
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Jiles Hunter
Hughes St
Steele Transportation Co
Tytus Ave
At The Movies Listings for Paramount and Strand
Paramount presents Trent's Last Case at 1 15, 4 00, 6 55 and 9 45 p m Sea Around Us at 3 00, 5 50 and 8 40 p m Strand shows I Was a Male War Bride at 1 30, 4 05 and 8 10 p m Call of the Wild at 3 25, 6 45 and 10 05 p m
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Paramount
Trent
Call of the Wild
Minister Dies After Four Car Collision Injury
The Rev. Dr. Preston S. Hyde age 79 associate minister at First Methodist Church Warren Ohio died in a hospital last night from injuries suffered Saturday in a four car crash police said the accident occurred near downtown Warren and involved multiple vehicles future church services would be announced by the congregation
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Warren
Ohio
Preston S. Hyde
First Methodist Church
Islands in Congo River Exceed Four Thousand, Britannica Says
Britannica reports the Congo River hosts more than 4000 islands. The encyclopedia notes the archipelago spans a wide section of the river, highlighting geographic complexity and riverine biodiversity.
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Congo River
Encyclopedia Britannica
Boy Wanders Four Days In City After Running Away
An 11 year old Middletown boy who ran away Saturday spent four days sleeping in theaters and living on candy. He was found by police at a downtown department store yesterday morning and brought to the juvenile office before being returned to his temporary boarding home. The youth has no relatives in the city and has wandered off before, often following other children and lingering around stores but not stealing.
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Middletown
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