Manslaughter Warrant Filed In Traffic Death
Hamilton County authorities filed a first degree manslaughter warrant for James Trent 26 of 1686 Central Ave following a Route 4 crash that killed 24 year old Anita Harris of Cleves and injured others. Tesmer 38 of Hamilton drove the other car. Trent to be served after release from Mercy Hospital. Preliminary hearing set in New Miami.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cinnati
James Trent
Hamilton
Central Ave
Anita Harris
Cleves
Trent
Carl Tesmer
East Ave
Mercy Hospital
Squire Louis Bolser
New Miami
Seniors Take Ohio Senior Scholarship Tests Friday
Middletown High School and area seniors from Monroe Trenton and Jacksonburg took the annual Ohio Senior Scholarship tests yesterday at their local school. Ninety three students were in the upper 40 percent of their classes. Tests covered English history mathematics science and reading. Results come in under two weeks. Awards will include certificates for top scorers at county district and state levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown High School
Monroe
Trenton
Jacksonburg
Ohio
BR. R. Baker
Trusty Charged With Smuggling Wine Into Jail
A Butler County jail trusty, D. McVey 29 of New Miami, was sentenced to an indeterminate term at the Mansfield Reformatory for violating probation after allegedly smuggling two pints of wine into the jail. Deputy Sheriff Louis Fritz filed the complaint. McVey had five months of a six month assault sentence, with probation on an assault with intent to wound charge. A store clerk recognized him as a prisoner when he bought two bottles of wine Tuesday night.
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Butler County
Mansfield Reformatory
Fred. B. Cramer
D. McVer
New Miami
McVey
Louis Fritz
Fritz
Mtc ¥Ey
January vehicle sales total 489 in Butter County
Butter County dealers moved 489 vehicles in January 439 passenger cars and 60 trucks. Top makes listed include Chevrolet 102 Ford 61 Fillmouth 35 Pontiac 33 Buick 33 Oldsmobile 30 Studebaker 23 Chrysler 22 Mercury 13 Dodge 19 Packard 11 Nash 9 DeSoto 4 Hudson 4 Cadillac 4 Willys 3 Lincoln 2 Croste y Kaiser one each. Trucks led by Ford 24 Chevrolet 12 G M C 5 International 3 Willys 7 Dodge White Mack Red one each.
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Butter County
Dleck of Courts
Passender
Chrevolet
Ford
Fillmouth
Pontiac
Buick
Oldsmobile
Studebaker
Chrysler
Mercury
Dodge
Packard
Nash
DeSota
Hudson
Cadillac
Willys
Lincoln
Crostey and
Kaiser
Chevrolet
G.mc
International
Mack
Fire response to stove incident at 1st Avenue location
Fire Company No. 2 answered an 11 p m alarm Friday at 1 10 First Ave where a salamander stove tipped over. No damage reported at the Diver Coal and Feed Company property. Executors named in Elizabeth Pressler estate Bernard A. Smith and Clarence F. Smith of Rhiddietown Ohio. Creditors must file claims within four months or be barred. Probate Judge Oscar R. Leiser dated January 11 1858. Elliott D. Levey attorney notice Jan 21-28 Feb 4.
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First Ave
Diver Coal and Feed Company
Elizabeth Pressler
Bernard A. Smith
Clarence F. Smith
Rhiddietown
Ohio
Butler County
Ome
Oscar R. Leiser
Said
Elliott D. Levey
Butler County Court Actions Highlight Local Neglect and Damages
Multiple court items feature neglect and cruelty cases in Middletown Hamilton and Oxford.案件 include Mary Dyehouse’s $19,000 Yellow Cab damage suit against Pearl Anderson doing business as Yellow Cab Company over injuries to Mary Louise Trimble from a November crash. Hazel W Cross seeks administration with $38,000 bond on Martha Wear estate valued at $25,000. Final account filed by Marc Schelter for George J Schelter estate.
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Pearl Anderson
Middletown
Yellow Cab Company
Common Pleas Court
Mary Louise Trimble
Leroy Bewley
Crawford St
Hazel W. Cross
Martha J. Wear
Oxford
Corporal Promotion for Serviceman Robert Hedges
Robert Hedges is promoted to corporal in the 48th Anti Aircraft artillery Battalion. He enlisted in August 1947 and has served overseas since June 1948. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Crist Hedges of 1301 Manchester Ave.
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Robert Hedges
Cpl. Hedges
48Th Anti Aircraft Artillery Battalion
Corporal Hedges
Crist Hedges
Manchester Ave
Musicians Union to Meet Sunday at Trades and Labor
The American Federation of Musicians Union Local 321 AFL will hold a February business meeting Sunday at 11 a.m. at the Trades and Labor Council. Earl Mendenhaim is listed as union president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Federation of Musicians Union
Local 321
AFL
Trades and Labor Council
Earl Mendenhaim
Pres
Three Plaintiffs Ordered To Fix Building Code Violations
Three local property owners Naiden Elieff Emma Seeger and Bocho Elieff were cited for noncompliance with city building regulations. Each has 30 days to comply with orders issued by Building Commissioner Orville Carson after inspection found unpermitted wiring plumbing and use of garages for residential purposes. If not followed prosecutions may follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Corson
Naiden Elieff
Lafayette St
Emma Seeger
Taylor Ave
Bocho Elieff
Carson
Corson
Corson Essimed
Bodio Elieff
Department
Woman Injured In Three Car Mishap Friday
Police report two traffic mishaps in the city one on First Ave and Clinton St at 5 10 pm involved three vehicles. Grace Cooper 38 sustained minor injuries and a possible left shoulder fracture as a passenger in Richard Cooper’s car. Damages were listed at about 100 to the Carlton car 500 to the Cooper car and 100 to the taxi.
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First Ave
Clinton St
C. F. Carlton
Bellomonte St
Clinton
Richard Cooper
Harlan St
First
Jack M. Mannon
Yankees Rd
Mannon
61 Cab Company
Grace Cooper
Cooper
Carlton
Abbott's Sevy Evidence advances in murder trial
Prosecution and defense argued Friday as 14 state witnesses testified with several cross examinations. Marie Abbott showed emotion as her mother testified, while new witnesses described the aftermath and items found near the crime scene along the Indiana line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul A. Badeh
William F. Hopkins
Edith Abbott
Morris Abbott
Mark Duerr
Baden
Marie
Scotty
Carl Abbott
Louis Fritz
Garret Boone
Kurt Landi
Thurman Conn
Jacksonburg Rd
Abbott
Grace Conn
Hopkins
Metamora
Ind
Dbuerr
Collier
Pythians Name New Committees at Lafayette Lodge
Standing committees were appointed at the weekly meeting of LaFayette Lodge No. 37 Knights of Pythias. Entertainment directors are Marvin Holliday Tom Coddington and Gordon Schealey with auditing by Max Wise Clarence Harris and Virgil Webster.
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LaFayette Lodge No
Knights of Pythias
Marvin Holliday
Tom Coddington
Gordon Schealey
Max Wise
Clarence Harris
Virgil Webster
Howard Knepshield
Holliday
W. Gray
Elza Abraham
Grover Hess
Truman peace plan and Briggs shutdown cited
President Truman proposed a 70 day truce for a fact finding review and a path to new contract talks, while another scheme called for resumed normal production and direct negotiations. Briggs Manufacturing in Youngstown Ohio laid off 300 workers due to a strike against Chrysler, leaving 25 on skeleton staff for essential business discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Truman
White House
Youngstown
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Chrysler Corporation
Briggs
Navy planes sweep for suspected German sub off California
Navy aircraft searched waters off northern California for a foreign submarine after reports of a U boat near Eureka. Fishing boat captains and a private pilot had reported sightings, but Navy spokesmen questioned the accuracy of Ray Mason of Eureka who claimed a sub surfaced near Humbold Bay lifeboat station 314 miles from his location.
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San Francisco
California
Twelfth Naval District
Eureka
Cal
Navy
Ray Mason
Humboldt Bay
Mason
Optimists Hear Harold Brooks Talk on Youth Attitudes
McKinley Junior High School teacher Harold Brooks spoke before the Optimist Club on moral and social attitudes of today’s youth. He described two paths for boys the White Team leading to positive activities and the Red Team toward criminal careers, noting Middletown houses both groups. He urged the audience to see the local relevance to their own children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Brooks
McKinley
Brooks
Middletown
Optimist Club
Manchester
Franklin Man Faces Charge
Franklin police arrested Wendell Johnson 29 of Anderson St Friday on burglary charges. He is to face Lebanon authorities for a break in at the Goodyear Household Appliance Store in Lebanon. A Franklin break in at Joseph Feders’ supply company saw a safe jimmied and missing items including a flashlight, magnifier, expensive hog cutter, and a Stokal thermostat control.
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Franklin
Wendell Johnson
Anderson St
Johnson
Lebanon
Goodyear
Joseph Feders
Municipal Court Dismissals And Status Of Local Cases
Failure of complainant to appear led to dismissal of a non support case against Francis Sargent of 718 Granada Ave. Sargent was arrested on an arrest warrant signed by his wife. Also, Bill West was given 10 days jail for loitering after arraignment before Judge Alton H. Combs. The Engle assault case was dismissed at complainant’s request. A list of medical dismissals and names appears for hospital notices.
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Francis Sargent
Granada Ave
Sargent
Bill West
West Alley
Central Ave
Alton H. Combs
Jean Engle
Church St
Shirley Engle
New York Stocks at 10 00 A M Quotations
Stocks listed include Allied Stores American Can American Radiator Armco Phelps Dodge DuPont General Electric General Motors etc trading conditions at 10 00 A M with many major names such as Bethlehem Steel Boeing and United Aircraft active in a broad market display.
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New York
Greene & Brock
Allied Stores
American Can
Amer
Armco Sleet Corp
Armco
Amer. Tel. & Tel
Angconda Copper
Baltimore & Ohio
Barnadall Oil
Bendix Aviation
Bethlehem Steel
Boeing Airplane
Briggs Mig
Budd Mig
Chrysler
Columbia Gas & Electric
Commonwealth Edison
Cons. Edison
Continental Ba
Crucible Steel
Curtis Wright
Deer & Co
Douglas Aircraft
Ara DuPonté
Firestone Tire & Rubber
General Electric
General Motorset
Great Northern
Greyhound Goodrich
Goodyear
Hiram Walker
Hudson Motors Pnempstion
Sopper
Tel
Kennecott Copper Kroger
Lorillard
Marshal Field
Mead
Montgomery Ward
Nash Kelyindtor
National Cash Register
Newport Inc
New York Central RR
Northern Pacific RR
Ohio
Packard
Pan Amer
Airways Paramount
Pennsylvania
Phelps Dade
Philips Petroleum
Procter & Gamble
Police Campaign Raises Funds for Polio Drive
Police fund collection at the March of Dimes booth totaled 435.80 bringing the grand booth total to 4 385 00. Lafayette Lodge Knights of Pythias donated 100.00 with members assisting Thursday. Middle Band and Y Teens promote metal tag sales downtown for polio relief. Jamboree at Senior High School tonight at 7. Bowling exhibition tomorrow at Bowl Mar. Final benefit show February 11 at the senior high gym.
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Polic Fund
Martin Thomas
Butler County
Lafayette Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Thomas
Bowl- Mar
Local Vital Statistics and Birth Announcements
Deaths include Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Steig 64 of Hamilton Route 4 and Mrs. Rachel Davis 63 of 2002 Erie Ave. Births list several families with addresses and newborns including a girl for Clifford McGuire and a boy for Carl Reffitt. Out of town birth notes mention J D McBride in Grandview Hospital Caxton and Robert MacDonald in Indian Lake with Bellefontaine hospital.
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Sarah Elizabeth Steig
Hamilton
Rachel Davis
Erie Ave
Clifford McGuire
Baltimore St
Ernest Gentry
Forrest Ave
Carl Reffitt
West Middletown
Clifford Clifton
Navaho St
J. D. McBride
Central Ave
Grandview Hospital
Caxton
Robert MacDonald
Indian Lake
O. Doy
Bellefountaine
O. Hospital
Earl Bennington
Wst
Marriage Licenses for Eck and Ash. Gilliland and Thomas
Two marriage licenses issued for Mark Richard Eck 24 farmer of Seven Mile to Myrtle Ash 20 of West Chester Route 1. Phillip Gilliland 20 laborer of Hamilton to Edna Thomas 18 of Hamilton.
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Mark Richard Eck
Seven Mile
Myrtle Ash
West Chester
Phillip Gilliland
Hamilton
Edna Thomas
Break-In At Chap's Cafe Distracts Police
Police officers Delman Whitt and George Profitt found a break-in at Chap's Cafe on Yankee Rd early Friday. Entrance gained through a broken transom. two March of Dimes boxes with about 64 dollars missing, per owner Ed Chupka. A tire and wheel were stolen from a Quality Laundry truck sometime Thursday night behind 1211 First Ave.
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Delman Whittl
George Profitt
Chap
Yankee Rd
Alwest
Ed Chupka
First Ave
Chinese Reds Seize Fenghu Isle Near Swatow
Nationalist defense ministry says a small Communist force from Swatow captured Fenghu Island, west of Namoa, a larger island used to hinder Red operations. Fenghu lies near Swatow, the central China coast port opposite Formosa.
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Fenghu
Taipei
Formosa
China
Swatow
Namoa
Attorneys Of Four Counties Hold Sessions In Hamilton
District 1 Ohio Bar meeting brings judges and lawyers from Butler Clermont Hamilton and Warren to Hamilton. Attor neys G W A Wilmer Marc Fiehrer J D Andrews lead discussions at Anthony Wayne Hotel luncheon 12 30 p m. Harry Wonnell presides with speakers Reister Hengst Day including Elwyn Davies Arthur Sebastian and Willard Campbell.
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Hamilton
G. W. A. Wilmer
Ohio
Butler
Clermont
Warren
Marc A. Fiehrer
J. D. Andrews
Thony Wayne Hotel
Harry S. Wonnell
Ohio State Bar Executive Committees
Frederick A. Reister
Butler County Bar Association
State Bar
James M. Hengst
Columbus
Luther Day
Cleveland
Elwyn G. Davies
Ohio State University College of Law
Arthur M. Sebastian
Willard D. Campbell
Ohio Bureau of Code Revision
Groundhog Predicts Early Spring Weather
Temperatures are rising with a low of 17 and high of 33 yesterday. The 7 am low was 24 with 9 30 am reading at 26. Tonight may dip to 25 to 30 with Sunday forecast for fair skies and a little warmer conditions.
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Groundhog
Two Accidents Reported by State Patrol Last Night
State Highway Patrolmen investigated two crashes near Middletown. Etta Shearer, 29, suffered a sprained ankle but was treated at Middletown Hospital after a rear end collision on Route 73 with Theodore Howard 20 of Dayton. Howard faces unsafe operation charges at 5 p.m. February 13. A second mishap on Yankee Road involved Richard Combs 19 of Sheridan Avenue after a taxi rear ended him. minor property damage reported to 27 Cab Company taxi.
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Etta Shearer
Gideon Rd
Shearer
Middletown
Theodore Howard
Dayton
Howard
Squire
E. Jackson
Yankee Rd
Richard Combs
Sheridan Ave
Gene Henderson
27 Cab Company
Death Notices The Ward family mourns Mrs. Rachel Davis
Mrs. Rachel Davis 63 of 2002 Erie Ave died at a Knoxville Tennessee hospital today after a year of illness and three months in hospital. Survived by husband Albert a son Lt Col Albert Davis at Mitchell Air Force Base New York formerly of Middletown and a daughter Mrs Helen King of Atlanta Services and burial set for Monday in Knoxville.
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Ward
Rachel Davis
Erie Ave
Knoxville
Services for Mrs Norma L White Planned in Camden
Mrs Norma L White 23 of Camden Route 3 died yesterday at Christ Hospital Cincinnati after an operation. Services set for Monday at 2 30 p m at R C Nein and Son Funeral Home Camden with burial at Fairmont Cemetery. Friends may call Sunday 4 24 and 7 9 p m.
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Camden
Norma L. White
Christ Hospital
Cincinnati
Frank Ferguson
Fairmont
Funeral Services for Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Steig
Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Steig 64 of Hamilton Route 4 was found dead in a barn on Ohio 28 near Venice. Funeral services set for 2 p m Tuesday at Campbell Funeral Home Hamilton. She leaves two sons Walter and James, both of Hamilton. Coroner Dr Garrett Boone says death resulted from a heart attack.
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Hamilton
Sarah Elizabeth Steig
Ohio
Venice
Campbell
Walter
James
Garrett Boone
Holiday Inn and Trail of the Lone Pine at Paramount
At Paramount Saturday showings feature Holiday Inn with Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire at 1 27, 4 52, 8 17 p m and Trail of the Lone Pine with Fred MacMurray and Sylvia Sidney at 2 58, 6 23, 9 48 p m Sunday On the Town with Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra at 3 34, 3 35, 5 36, 1 37, 9 38 p m STRAND Saturday Boys of Boom Town with Rod Cameron and Fuzzy Koichi at 1 15, 3 55, 6 35, 9 15 p m Angels in Disguise with Leo Gorcey at 2 15, 4 55, 7 35, 10 30 p m Sunday Mule Train with Gene Autry and Sheila Ryan at 12 15, 2 4, 5 20, 8 and 10 30 p m Down Dakota Way with Kor Rogers and Dale Evans at 1 30, 4 10, 6 59, 9 15 p m
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Paramount
Bing Crosby
Fred Astaire
Fred MacMurray
Sylvia Sidney
Gene Kelly
Frank Sinatra
Rod Cameron
Fuzzy Koichi
Leo Gorcey
Gene Autry
Sheila Ryan
Down Dakota Way
Kor Rogers
Dale Evans
Church events and community notices in Phillips Chapel area
Rev Louis Smith to preach at Phillips Chapel CMS Church Sunday 11 am. BYPA of Second Baptist Church hosts program Sunday 7 30 pm with Dorothea Jones Ellen McCarty and others. Katherine Jenne Clark’s nursing school graduation noted. Golden Link Sewing Club meets Monday at Mrs Cora Pleasant’s home. Local residents Daisy Kenner and others travels to Richmond Indiana on business.
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Louis Smith
Phillips Chapel
CMS
Oasis Williams
Benny Haywood
Wiliam Briggs Sr
Pringle Quartet
Golden Link Sewing Club
Cora Pleasent
Eighth Ave
Daisy Kenner
Western Europe Sees Communist Tactics Spread
A tense report notes red sabotage impacting production and a shift to guerrilla forms of pressure in western Europe. Berlin endures traffic slowdowns amid serious assessments from an American source, while East Germany presses for a United Fatherland under Communist control and Italy faces land reform riots exploited by Communists to claim worker support amid a fragile recovery.
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Europa
Berlin
East Germany
Italy
Qauick
Bradley and aides tour Japan meet officers and visit souvenir spots
General Omar Bradley chairman of the Joint Chiefs, with Air Force Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg and Adm. Forrest Sherman, conducted talks with stationed officers and did souvenir hunting during a stay in Japan. They are set to depart for Okinawa Monday to survey the big American air base there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joint Chiefs
Omar N. Bradley
Air
Hoyt Vandenberg
Forrest P. Sherman
Naval
Japan
Okinawa
Fuchs Case Sparks Senate Alarm Over Russian Nuclear Gains
British arrested Fuchs after he passed crucial atomic data. Senators said Hoover warned that Fuchs shared information allowing Russia to advance its atomic program by at least a year. Lawmakers, stunned, speculated the hydrogen bomb theory could soon become practice. Hoover sought funds for 700 more employees including 300 FBI agents to bolster security.
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Fuchs
Hoover
Fitch
Jon
FBI
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Kent
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Ohio Pythian Home Hospital
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Geneva Cable
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Stanley Harris
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Highland St
Susan Davidson
Franklin, QC
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Oodlawn
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Thomas Coyle
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Sarah Steig
Colored News
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Lincoln School of Nursing
Robert Sloan
Bobbie Rachel
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Dean Pottinger & His Orchestra
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