Man Fatally Injured At New Bridge Site
Ralph Gordon aged 27 of 2106 Arlington Ave was fatally injured at 10 30 am today at the new West Middletown bridge site. He died on arrival at Middletown Hospital after being pinned by a clam shell bucket during ground work at Pier No 4. Gordon a member of the American Legion VFW Cooties Eagles and Orioles organizations leaves a wife and three children. Burial plans are being made with Baker Funeral Home. His death is the first major accident linked to the bridge project.
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Ralph Gordon
Arlington Ave
New West Middletown
Middletown
J. S. Rafferty
Visintine and Company
Columbus Bridge Builders
Gordon
Pier No. 4
American Legion
VFW
Eagles
Orioles
Baker Funeral Home
H.G. Gordon
Sutphin St
Kenneth Robert
Carol Lee
Susan Elizabeth
Helen Williams
Redondo Beach
Calif
Elizabeth Wermuth
Louisville, Ky
Larla Jean Dempsey
Phoenix
Ariz
Edwin
Norris
Louisville
Robert E
Charleston
Ind
Bus Lines Tweak Tentative Schedules in Lebanon
Greyhound routes from Lebanon to Dayton Cincinnati and Columbus issued tentative daily schedules. From Dayton to Cincinnati depart Lebanon at multiple times including 12 55 am and 12 noon with extensive afternoon runs. Sunday Dayton to Cincinnati options listed. Columbus bound buses depart Lebanon via Xenia Cedarville and London at 5 15 am and 6 20 pm daily. Sunday and holiday service noted.
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Lebanon
Greyhound
Dayton
Cincinnati
Columbus
Walter Stubbs
Xenia
Cedarville
London
Warren County Hopefuls Busy Filing Petitions
As the May 4 primary deadline nears, Warren County election officials report a busy race with eight candidates filed for county commissioner. Clayton Clark withdrew after filing. other filed names include John J Barr Mason Walter Hines Franklin Township Scott McClure Lebanon Corwin Nixon Lebanon Albert Allum Lebanon Frank Wilkins Deerfield Township and Robert Furnas Waynesville. In Republican contests Carl Abeancher and Marvin Young filed for Prosecuting Attorney and Harold V Martz and Fred J Hagemeyer filed for state representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
H. C. Stiles
Board of Elections
Rts
Ben County
Warren County
Clayton Clark
John J. Barr
Mason
Walter
Drive Launched To Assure Housewives Pure Hamburger
Ohio state campaign targets pure hamburger for housewives. Four men charged with mixing sulfite into ground meat to alter appearance. Frank Farnsworth says health and welfare of citizens at stake. division vows full enforcement of pure food laws. Names Niks, McCauley, Joe Minnozzi, and Robert B. Jackson linked to the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, O
State Department of Agriculture
Frank Farnsworth
Division of Foods and Dairies
Minnozzi
Te Ideal Provision Company
Martins Ferry
Robert B. Jackson
Martine Ferry
Homer Johnson
Plan Celebration For Maine Sinking Event Tonight
At a meeting last night Spanish American War Veterans outlined plans to commemorate the February 15 1898 sinking of the battleship Maine, an act signaling the start of the Spanish American War. Invitations went to several out of town guests for the February 14 home celebration. Maine event details remain unannounced.
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Maine
Air Services Consolidation Under Kuter Chief of MATS
Secretary Forrestal announced the consolidation of the Air Transport Command and Naval Air Transport Service into the Military Air Transport Service with Maj. Gen. Lawrence S. Kuter as chief and Rear Adm. John P. Whitney as deputy. MATS will operate most scheduled armed forces air transport and much non scheduled transport while the Navy retains tonnage for essential naval operations.
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Washington
Air Transport Command
Naval Air Transport Service
Laurence S. Kuter
Secretary of
Defense Forrestal
John P. Whitney
Kuter
Air Force
Civil Aeronautics Board
Senate
Military Air Transport Service
United States Air Force
MATS
Armed Forces
Forrestal
Navy
Bar Examinations Delayed By Snow
Snow delayed the Ohio state bar exams with two Dayton committee members reaching Springfield by phone after a 25 mile trip were unable to complete the journey. The examinations proceeded without them.
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Columbus
Dayton
Albert Schafer
Nicholas Nolan
Supreme Court
Springfield
Jury awards $22,500 in auto crash damage case
Miss Margaret Johnston of Arlington New Jersey won $22,500 after a jury found for her in a Madison air force officer candidate school case. She claimed two prospective officers staged a wreck to avoid being washed out. the incident occurred near Rosewell New Mexico on March 27 1943.
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Cleveland
Magaret Johnston
Arlington
N. J
Air Force
John A. Fox
Los Angeles
Miss Johnston
Fox
Rosewell
N. M
Palatial Gym Boat Breaks Mooring On Ohio River
In Cincinnati the Cincinnati Gym Boat Club broke from its moorings five miles above Coney Island. It drifted into an ice gorge and grounded. Caretaker Peck Jordan reported capstans ripped from mooring lines and a torn deck catwalk, estimating damage as impossible to gauge. In Washington a U.S. note accused Romania of plans to crush democratic opposition, delivered to Premier Groza by Minister Rudolf E. Schoenfeld in Bucharest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Gym Boat Club
Ohio River
Coney Island
Peck Jordan
Washington
United States
Romania
Petru Groza
Rudolf E. Schoenfeld
Bucharest
Suspect in Rice Slaying Hospitalized for Observation
The leading suspect in the Elmo C. Rice killing, arrested for purchasing cars with worthless checks, is now in a Huntington hospital for men tal observation. Detective Chief Glenn Hoffman said the man is a former Columbus bartender.
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Columbus, O
Elmo C. Rice
Huntington
W. Va
Glenn Hoffman
Hoffman
Columbus
Extradition Ordered in Nielson Case to Ohio Penitentiary
AP reports Governor Sigler approved returning Arthur G. Nielson to Ohio State Penitentiary after his 1942 escape. Nielson, also using George McBride, led a quiet life in Detroit until arrest on December 20 last year. He married in 1946 and worked as a plumber for five years. In Columbus, the State Supreme Court ruled life insurance installments are not annuities and thus not subject to Ohio state income tax. The decision involved Adelbert E Bronson Jr of Shaker Heights and his father Adelbert Sr, who died in 1938 with policies paying monthly for life.
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Lansing
Sigler
Arthur G. Nielson
Ohio State Penitentiary
Nielson
Ohio Institution
George McBride
Detroit
Adelbert E. Bronson, Jr
Shaker Heights
Adelbert E. Bronson, Sr
Tennee Berry Convicted in Tax Evasion Case
RARENGAS Tennee George Berry, head of the International Pressmen's Union, was found guilty in federal court of income tax evasion. He received a $10,000 fine and a suspended prison sentence of one year and one day from Federal Judge Elmer D. Davies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rarengas
Tennee George Berry
International Pressmen’s Union
AFL
Elmer D. Davies
U. S
Tennessee
AAF Group Hosts Cross Roads Film at Legion Home
The Middletown Army Air Force Association sponsored a showing of Operation Cross Roads last night at the American Legion Home. About 75 people attended the film. The next meeting of the group is scheduled for March 2.
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AAF
Middletown
County Schools Set Program For Year 1948-49
Hamilton—The Butler county schools adopt a 1948-49 calendar with September 7 start and May 26, 1949 close. Christmas break Dec 22 to Jan 3, with September 20 and other key dates. Transportation rules discussed, and a countywide minimum testing plan approved. Senior scholarship tests planned for Hamilton and Middletown. Future Teachers of America event Feb 13 at Trenton. Board and teachers meeting set for March 15 at New Miami.
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Hamilton
Butler
C. H. Williams
County Teachers Association
C. R. Dockum
Carrie DuErmit
Mabel Hanley
D. Russel Lee
Edgar Woolley
Hamilton and Middletown
Babeck Unit
The
Future Teachers of America
Trenton School
Boards of Education
New Miami School
Veterans to Get Higher Living Allowances in School Programs
Washington AP A $10 to $30 monthly rise in living allowances is set for about 2 million veterans in school or on the job training. The House passed bills granting increased subsistence with reforms for on the job training, pending Senate action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Senate House
Rep
Rogers
R-Mass
House Veterans Committee
Rent controls debate as rents could surge 50 percent
Washington AP says housing expert Tighe Woods told the House Banking Committee that rents could rise about 50 percent if rent controls end February 28. A landlord warned of hikes from 42.50 to 75 dollars, highlighting pressures as Congress weighs extending controls amid Truman anti inflation plans.
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Washington
Tighe E. Woods
Woods
House Banking Committee
Congress
House Committee
Truman
D-Ala
Indiana Man Hurt In Crash On Route 4 Near LeSourdsville
An Indiana man, Ray M. Summers 23 of Richmond, was treated for head lacerations after the car he rode in struck an oil truck on Route 4 near LeSourdsville. The car, driven by Julian D. Reinhart of Richmond Route 3, hit a guard rail then the Standard Oil truck driven by Othel B. Wells of Cincinnati. The truck went off the road. Reinhart could not stop. No injuries to the truck driver or others reported.
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Indiana
LeSourdsville
Ray M. Summers
Richmond
Middletown Hospital
Summers
Julian D. Reinhart
Othel B. Wells
Cincinnati
Reinhart
Mayor Charles Henderson elected president of Mahoning Valley McKinley Club
Charles P Henderson was chosen president of the Mahoning Valley McKinley Club during the group's annual banquet in Youngstown. The election followed the town’s mayoral term and reflects local alignment with party leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niles
Youngstown
Charles P. Henderson
Mahoning Valley McKinley Club
Worker Hurt In Explosion At East Side Works
Raymond Winglewich twenty one, a co worker, lit a cigarette last night causing a gas filled locker room blast at the East Side Works ae mill department. Firemen battled a blaze after 9 35 p m with operations suspended for three hours. Winglewich rushed from the room ablaze and was taken to Middletown Hospital in fair condition. Fire Chief Fishbaugh said safety measures slowed efforts and mains and electricity delayed firefighting in the 100 foot metal building. Damages estimated at 1000 dollars, lighter found outside the locker room.
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Raymond Winglewich
Armco
East Side
Middletown
Winglewich
Siremen
William Fishbaugh
Wescome Ee Aemains
Coul
Fishbaugh
Iit
Ciggas
A. Me. Siete
Attlee to Call for Freeze on Pay Profits
London sources say Prime Minister Attlee will urge workers and employers to accept a voluntary wage and profit freeze to ease the economic plight. The plan, decided at a cabinet meeting, marks the first wages policy since 1945 and follows rising living costs after the subsidy freeze last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Attlee
Britain
Key
Lebanon Mayor Fines Man for DUI Guilty Plea
Kirk Herrington of near Lebanon was fined 150 dollars and costs by Mayor Clyde Collins yesterday and sentenced to 10 days in Warren county jail after pleading guilty to operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol.
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Lebanon
Kirk Herrington
Clyde C. Collins
Warren County
Franklin Man Suffers Heart Attack at Work
Clarence Bell of High St Franklin suffered a severe heart attack Tuesday at Stone Container Corp. He was taken to Middletown Hospital. Bell is a member of the Franklin Fire Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Clarence Bell
High St
Stone Container Corp
Middletown
Bell
Franklin Fire Department
Youth Admits Four Burglaries in Hamilton Case
Alvin Drury Jr. 33 South B St. confesses to four Hamilton burglaries. He was taken after a Norris Cafe break in on Dixie Highway netting $100 in cash and 37 cartons. Alleged breaks include Crystal Bar on Dixie Highway November 6, MacGregors in Lindenwald January 1, and Weaver residence 610 Hayes Ave January 27. Police recovered $65 at his home.
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Hamilton
Stanley Werlein
Alvin Drury, Jr
South B St
Werlein
Dixie Highway
Walter Reimann
William Garrett
Drury
John A. Bippus
Crystal Bar
MacGregors
Lindenwald
Weaver
Hayes Ave
Bippus
Norris Cafe
Three Years Added To Prison Sentence
AP report from Columbus notes U S Rev Melj J Underwood died after an added three year term. Earnest Steele faced federal charges and had been agitive since September. Indiana District Court sentenced Steele to three years on a white slave charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U. S
Melj J. Underwood
Earnest Steel
Steelean
Indiana
Four Cars Derailed Near ADA Ohio Train Incident
An AP report states four cars of a Pennsylvania railroad train derailed west of ADA Ohio early today. All cars sustained slight damage, traffic rerouted over Erie tracks for about two hours until the Pennsylvania tracks were cleared and the cars resumed on the rails.
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ADA, O
Pennsylvania Railroad
Here
Erie
Baltimore and Ohio
Trinidad Island Compared to Delaware in Size
The island of Trinidad in the West Indies is described as a little smaller than the state of Delaware, offering a simple geographic size comparison for readers.
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Trinidad
The
West Indies
Delaware
U S Willing To Sell Reds Ships In Lend Lease Deal
The United States reportedly would sell to Russia seven of the 95 ships handed to the Soviets under wartime lend lease. State Dept says only eight ships have been offered back, while 87 ships including 47 prewar cargo vessels 36 liberty ships two war tugs one prewar tug and one 1921 tanker would be settled in final lend-lease terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Russia
State Department
U. S
Opera star punched in Broadway theater incident
Mme Teresa Gerson of the New York opera company was punched in the nose by a man during a Broadway movie outing with a female companion. James K. Haber of Cleveland claimed women talking loudly blocked his path and said he pushed someone. both left without pressing charges after reporting to police.
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NEW York (Ap
Mme
Teresa Gerson
New York Opera Company
Gime
Gerson
James K. Haber
Cleveland
Damage suit filed over plane crash in Detroit area
Dr. Carl J. Goebel of Fort Wayne Indiana filed a 100000 dollar federal court damage suit alleging his wife was killed and he and his two sons were injured when a plane piloted by Norman J. Fox supposedly fell asleep before crashing near Center South Dakota on October 28 1946. The defendants named are Norman J. Fox William Kemp both of Battle Creek Michigan and Peter W. Klaassen of Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Carl J. Goebel
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Norman J. Fox
William Kemp
Battle Creek
Mich
Peter W. Klaassen
Ralph J. Se
Kalamazoo
Harold Goebel
Fox
AWOL Army recruit arrested after surrender claim
Jack Helmus O'Hara 26 of Middletown Route 2 was apprehended at police headquarters at noon by Sgt. Herbert Frazier. O'Hara, who has been AWOL since September 4, 1945, said he could not find a job and his wife was ill, and he decided to turn himself in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Helmus O'Hara
Middletown
Herbert Frazier
Frazier
O'Hara
Hamilton Board Votes Repeal of Bond Rule
Hamilton board unani mously backs proposal to repeal state law requiring 65 percent bond votes. They may back a bill for repeal, with some members preferring only partial changes. President Skillman to handle further details as district seeks a successor to Wickman Heidelberg College president. Maintenance workers seek $30 monthly raise. Schools rated outstanding for pupil aptitude per state supervisor report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Hamilton Board of Education
Washington Township
Lucas County
State Assembly
Butler County
Calvin Skillman
Hamilton Board
Skillman
Terry Wickman
Heidelberg College
L. L. Louthian
Ti Ced
Hamilton High
Scout Leaders Plan Training in Middletown
Sixteen registered students will begin a 16hour leadership training Thursday morning to lead Middletown's Girl Scout program serving 1486 girls in 88 troops. Mrs. Garnet L. Church invites others to join at 9:30 a.m. at Scout headquarters in the Civic Association building as four weeks of morning and afternoon sessions complete the course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Ben Aes
Garnet L. Church
Scout
Civic Association
Adv. sells Middletown home goods store chain
Sold in Middletown by Castell and Gallaher Stores the local home town retailer changes hands as new owners acquire the storefronts and assume operations. The transaction raises questions about future branding and community continuity for area shoppers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Castell and Gallaher
Adv
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