Three Suffer Injuries In Traffic Accidents
Police report three persons injured in two crashes before noon today. Arthur Ward, 46, of 1500 Church St., received cuts to the right eye and cheek and head bruises after stepping into a truck at Central Ave and Verity Pkwy. Ward was treated at Middletown Hospital and held for observation. In the second crash at Grand Ave and Wicoff St, Melvin Pelfrey, 37, of Trenton Route 1, suffered head lacerations and was treated at the hospital after a collision between a car driven by Bowen Rose, 63, of 2609 Elmo Place, and a truck driven by Lloyd Davis, 30, of New Lebanon Route 1. Rose sustained hand and eye injuries, and a warrant for careless driving was filed against Rose.
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Arthur Ward
Church St
Central Ave
Verity Pkwy
Ed Poling
Robert Walker
Connersville
Ind
Ward
Middletown Hospital
Middletown
Toayo
Grand Ave
Wicoff St
Melvin Pelfrey
Trenton
James Combs
Pelfrey
Bowen Rose
Elmo Place
Lloyd Davis
New Lebanon
Wicorf St
Rose
Davis
Combs
Seal Chairman Seeks Final Christmas Seal Gifts
Mrs. H. Spindler, Middletown chairman for the Butler County Tuberculosis and Health Association, says reminder letters are being mailed to about 100 people who forgot to contribute. The group needs roughly $700 to finish this year’s budget for chest X ray and educational programs, with a final report to be issued after collections close.
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H. Spindler
Middletown
Butler County Tuberculosis and Health Association
City Briefs Wednesday Meetings and Speakers
Moose Club meets at 8 p.m. and Blythe Williams Post 231 executive board at 7:30 p.m. Sam Selby, ex OSU head freshman coach, speaks to Lincoln School Association. Armco Steel chair Charles R. Hook speaks to Legionnaires at 8 p.m. Wednesday events include Odd Fellows at 7:30, Disaster Unit at 7, Kiwanis noon at Manchester Hotel, Auxiliary at Silver Leaf, Armco Employees Federation at 7 at AEIF, VFW Dance Club at 7:30, Alpha Council Jr OUAM at 8, Lions Club noon at Manchester Hotel.
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Sam Selby
Ohio State University
Lincoln School Association
Decision Given To Fighter In Bout With Wife
22 year old boxer Frazier Moore of 807 Eighteenth Ave wins another decision as a municipal court dismisses assault charge filed by his 87 pound wife. Wife admitted she once bounced a rock off his head and has blocked his eye. Moore arrested yesterday, released on 300 dollar bond to appear today. Wife shows swollen eye and leg burn from a bout four years of trouble. Moore was Ohio AAU light heavyweight champ last year and 1947 Golden Gloves champion at Dayton. He fought first pro bout at Armco field. Judge Combs said both want to reconcile and that less court interference helps their chances.
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Frazier Moore
Eighteenth Ave
Alton H. Combs
Moore
Ohio
Middletown Young Republicans elect new officers
At a Silver Leaf Social Club meeting 35 members elected Allie Morgan Jr president for year two and named Vernon Seener vice president, George Hood treasurer, Horace Miller secretary, with eight others joining the board. Delegates Hood Turner Higgens Miller were chosen for the Ohio Young Republican Club convention at the Neil House in Columbus February 25 26 27. The group outlined a large membership drive and plans for the upcoming campaign.
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Ohio
Middletown
George Hood
Leonard Turner
Joseph Higgens
Horace Miller
Ohio Young Republican Club
Neil House
Columbus
United States seeks clear pledge on wartime support in NATO draft
The draft language for the North Atlantic treaty would commit all member nations to respond to any armed attack on one member as an attack on all. Connally proposes wording to avoid explicit military threat while ensuring collective security. Secretary Acheson indicated peace depends on clear advance assurance of overwhelming force in defense of national security. The draft is still secret but reportedly includes mutual defense principles.
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United States
Connally
State Department
Acheson
Moffett Wins Suit Over Oil Concessions Influence
James A. Moffett prevailed in a New York federal suit claiming he used influence with top U. S. government officials to protect foreign oil concessions of the Arabian American Oil Company. He was awarded 1,150,000 dollars.
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New York
James A. Moffett
U. S
Arabian American Oil Company
Brother in Truck Collision Reveals Sibling Moment
Middleville Michigan incident ends with Harry Willyard ready to speak but discovers the truck driver is his brother Milo Willyard. Unspoken words die at the moment of revelation.
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Middleville
Mich
Harry Willyard
Willyard
Milo Willyard
Snyder urges dropping loan clause in ARP plan
Washington AP Secretary of the Treasury Snyder urged Congress to renew the European Recovery Program without a loan requirement. He proposed total aid as an appropriation and left loan decisions to the ECA with NAC advice. The ECA seeks 4.48 billion for second Marshall installment, despite lawmakers’ calls to cut.
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Washington
Snyder
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State and Commerce
Federal Reserve Board and Export Import Bank
ECA
Sanitation Hearing Opens Over River Sewage in Cincinnati Pool
A hearing before the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission starts to decide the level of sewage treatment for the Cincinnati pool of the Ohio River. The 22.3 mile river stretch runs from Dam 36 at Coney Island to Dam 37 at Fernbank. Commission members include Kenneth M. Lloyd of Youngstown, executive secretary of the Mahoning Valley Industrial Council.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission
Coney Island
Fernbank
Ohio River Valley Sanitation Compact
Kenneth M. Lloyd
Youngstown, C
Mahoning Valley Industrial Council
GOP Attacks TVA Expansion Amid Big Budget Proposals
Republicans warn that TVA expansion could trigger subsidized competition with private industry and possible nationalization, while Democrats say it prevents power shortages. GOP opposes provisions to hire from construction funds and back salaries at the Reclamation Bureau. Major line items include funding for multiple federal agencies and a pay raise for President Truman through June 30.
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TVA
GOP
Reclamation Bureau
Congress
Federal Security Agency
Veterans Administration
Agriculture Department
Commerce Department
Interior Department
Army Engineers
Post Office Department
Treasury Department
Truman
Condolences Sent To Pope Over Mindszenty Sentence
Diplomats from 33 nations expressed to Pope Pius XII their condolences on the life imprisonment sentence of Hungary's Josef Cardinal Mindszenty. The pope called the mass audience unique in Holy See diplomacy and spoke of a future of nations working together to heal a humanity torn by hatreds.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
Holy Sees
Cincinnati Youth Crushed To Death
Cincinnati AP reports Ronald Jeffers a 15 year old was crushed to death late yesterday when he stepped from a streetcar and was struck by a tractor trailer truck in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Ronald Jeffers
Employees Buy Stock In Firm In Cleveland
In Cleveland 450 workers at the Wagner Owning Company, the world’s latest canvas factory, became part owners. About 100 employees bought common stock for sums between 50 and 500 dollars each, with more stock opportunities to follow. J Roy Fink, new firm president, announced the ownership change at a banquet.
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Cleveland
Usde
Wagner
J. Roy Fink
Youngstown
C. R. Forward
Scranton Road
Forward
Fink
Two Accused In Meat Case
Lancaster Court heard witnesses linking John L. Johnson, Lancaster Chamber of Commerce president and restaurant owner, to buying stolen meat from a Columbus packing house. Fred O. Snyder, a meat cutter for Johnson, faces charges of paying 420 dollars for stolen meat. David Halderman and Joseph Burke testified they sold meat to Johnson, detailing dates and amounts. Additional state witnesses are expected to testify.
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Lancaster, C
Common Pleas
John L. Johnson
Lancaster Chamber of Commerce
Columbus
Johnson
Lancaster
Fred O. Snyder
Snyder
David Halderman
Joseph Burke
Franklin County
Swift and Company
Auto and Rubber Workers Idle Over Parts Shortage
In Detroit a parts shortage and strike idled 17,600 auto and rubber workers. Hudson Motor Car Company sent home 12,000 workers but expected to recall them tomorrow, while 16,000 Hudson workers were unaffected. After a 300-trucker strike, U S Rubber laid off 6,000 workers. The strike involved production standards and CIO United Rubber workers indicated an early settlement could be expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Hudson Motor Car Company
Hudson
U.S. Rubber Company
Cio-United Rubber Workers
Warmer Thursday Predicted Despite Cold Night
The weatherman forecast a milder Thursday with clearer skies after a cold night. Yesterday’s temperatures ranged from a high of 65 degrees around 12:45 a.m. to a low near 35 degrees at midnight, while today’s low was 31 degrees at 6 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. reached 40 degrees.
Payments Increase On Death Benefits
Ohio families received $96,519,000 in life insurance death benefits in 1948, up from $85,889,000 in 1947 and $81,651,000 in 1946, according to the Institute of Life Insurance in New York. The increase over 1947 totaled $10,630,000.
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Columbus, O
Ohio
Institute of Life Insurance
New York
Union revival at Holiness Tabernacle led by Bishop Early
The Holiness Tabernacle at 1200 Garfield St hosts a two week revival with Bishop E. B. Early of Cincinnati as speaker. Rev. H. K. Kilgore pastors the Tabernacle. Jolly Matrons group hosted by Mrs. Inca Watkins after five hundred games awarded prizes to Rosella Harper Mattie Patterson Cleo Cain. Mrs. Mary Francis Childs to host club March 1.
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Holiness Tavernacle
E. B. Early
Cincinnati
Tabernacle
Garfield St
H. K. Kilgore
Inca Watkins
Rosella Harper
Mattie Patterson
Cleo Cain
Mary Francis Childs
Stay Granted for Toledo Slayer Berry in Execution Appeal
Columbus AP reports definite stay of execution granted by the state supreme court to condemned killer Drew Berry who filed an appeal. Berry was to be electrocuted Monday night for the slaying of Samuel E. Watkins.
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Columbus
Andrew Berry
Toledo
State Supreme Court
Tribune
Berry
Samuel E. Watkins
Three City Boy Scouts Sit In With Officials Here Wednesday
Three City Boy Scouts visit city officials on a Wednesday session. Chief Carmody and Ray Root arrive early for the police department, while Judge Combs welcomes Paul Wolfe to the bench. A new patrol wagon is due for delivery the same day. The third Scout joins tonight for the commission session with City Attorney Schatzmann.
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Thomas D. Carmody
Police Department
Ray Root
Root
Alton H. Combs
Paul Wolfe
Wolfe
Carmody
Fred J. Schatzmann
Schatzmann
Barking Dog Alerts Family From Gas Fumes
In Cincinnati AP report four month old dog Pansy woke Mrs. Albert H. Vordenberg after three family members fell ill from gas fumes. Dr. Albert H. Vordenberg chiropractor, son Richard 18, daughter Penny 7 were also affected. Richard called a life saving squad. The dog was given to the SPCA to assess if it will be destroyed due to fumes. Defective furnace caused the fumes, per county police.
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Cincinnati
Pansy
Albert H. Vordenberg
Richard
Penny
Workers Become Ill At Tool Steel Gear Plant
In Cincinnati thirty employees at the Tool Steel Gear and Pinion Company fell ill with possible food poisoning from the company cafeteria. One worker was hospitalized. Company officials are investigating, and Dr. J. P. Owens of the Hamilton County Board of Health ordered an inquiry.
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Cincinnati
Tool Steel Gear and Pinion Company
Thomas Fitzpatrick
Elmwood Place
J. P. Owens
Hamilton County Board of Health
Men Questioned In Burglaries In Springfield Area
Springfield police questioned two men after finding a suitcase loaded with dynamite along a creek bank. Police Chief Walter Sweet said Richard Nichols, 35, is being held, already charged with armed robbery, and his brother James, 26, is also involved. The elder Nichols is accused of a February 5 grocery-store holdup.
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Springfield
Walter Sweet
Richard Nichols
James
Firemen Plan Festival and Concessions Contract
North Middletown Fire Association capped its July festival planning at last night’s meeting. A contract with Lee Becht Shows of Mt. Healthy was signed to provide festival concessions, and a final date for installing the long-awaited automatic fire alarm system will be decided next Tuesday. Four visiting Overpeck volunteer firefighters attended, and a training film scheduled for next week will be shown.
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North Middletown Fire Association
Lyman Nein
Lee Becht
Mt. Healthy
Nein
Overpeck
Musical visit to Annie Oakley grave by traveling company
The cast of Annie Get Your Gun will visit Annie Oakley’s grave in Greenville Ohio on March 8 to place a wreath. The company performed in Dayton earlier that day after traveling from nearby. Annie Oakley, noted Darke County sharpshooter, is the musical’s life subject.
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Greenville, O
Annie Oakley
Darke County
Dayton
Middletown Chamber Secretary to Attend FEPC Hearings
Roy L. Patterson secretary of the Middletown Chamber of Commerce travels to Columbus for the first hearings before the House Industry and Labor Committee of the Fair Employment Practice Commission. In a recent Industrial Council meeting Patterson was designated to attend the FEPC hearings Tuesday night. The Parisian Eiffel Tower was completed in 1889.
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Roy L. Patterson
Middletown Chamber of Commerce
Columbus
House Industry and Labor Committee
Fair Employment Practice Commission
Industrial Council
Patterson
FEPC
Workers Suffer Electrical Burns in Substation Incident
LORAIN Ohio AP three National Tube Company workers received electrical burns when exposed to a 6600 volt line at the plant substation during voltage testing on a 220 volt line. George Zakutny 44 and Steve Zamanek 19 in serious condition, Joseph Trhian 26 in poor condition, all at St Joseph's hospital.
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Lorain, O
National Tube Company
George J. Zakutny
Steve J. Zamanek
Joseph Jd. Trhian
St. Joseph's Hospital
Man Bound To Jury On Slaying Charge
Fremont AP Arthur F. Benner Jr 21 of Detroit bound over to grand jury on a first degree murder charge after pleading innocent at a preliminary hearing. He is accused of fatally striking patrolman George Joe Biggs by driving a stolen car into a truck as Biggs tried to stop him. Benner was picked up in Sarasota Florida.
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Zanesville
Albert
Spooky) Ferrell
Nellie Ferrell
Dresden
Former News Editor Dies In Michigan
DETROIT AP Jackson D Haag 81 a Napoleon Ohio native and 26 year Detroit News editor died in Wixom Michigan yesterday He retired in 1945 after starting as reporter then worked for Pittsburgh Post and Toledo Commercial before joining Detroit News
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Detroit
Jackson D. Haag
Napoleon, C
Detroit News
Wixom
Mich
Pittsburgh Post
Toledo Commercial
Middletown Retail Merchants Set Thursday Meeting
Final plans for the Clover Days sale and the annual meeting will be outlined at a Middletown Retail Merchants Association gathering at 12 noon Thursday in the Manchester Hotel. Don Folger, the president, announced the meeting.
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Middletown Retail Merchants Association
Manchester
Don Folger
Food Index Rises After Eight Week Dip
New York AP reports the Dun and Bradstreet wholesale food index advanced this week for the first time in eight weeks. It stands at 5.76, up 18 percent from last week’s 28 month low, yet 14.8 percent below the 6.76 level a year ago. The index measures total wholesale cost for a pound of 31 generally used foods.
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New York
Schools Closed in Lebanon and Waynesville Area
Warren County schools remained closed today per Superintendent R F Hatfield due to high water. closures affect Lebanon and Waynesville districts with Tuesday status noted.
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Lebanon
Waynesville
R. F. Hatfield
Warren County
Middletownian Held to Jury on Grand Larceny
Ernest Kidd, 26, of 1701 Meadow Ave, Middletown, bound to the Grand Jury under $500 bond on a grand larceny charge. Police report he was arrested after $139.30 was taken from a Shell service station register at Front and High streets. 45 minutes after discovery, Kidd was caught with a similar amount in his possession.
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Ernest Kidd
Meadow Ave
Middletown
Hamilton
Kidd
Shell
Front
High Streets
John Ballinger
Explosion wrecks lobby of Indianola Theater
Columbus AP reports a boiler explosion wrecked the lobby of the Indianola Theater last night two hours before the movie opened. No injuries were reported.
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Columbus
Indianola Theater
Cincinnati Streetcar Fares Rise to 13 Cents
Cincinnati Street Railway Company announces fare increases effective March 1 raising streetcar and bus cash fares to 13 cents and ticket fares to 12 1/2 cents due to higher operating costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Street Railway Company
Suit over downtown office space dismissed in Cleveland
Cleveland AP reports a suit by Attorney General Herbert S Duffy over downtown office space was dismissed in common pleas court yesterday as three former assistant attorneys general agreed to move. Outgoing AG Hugh S Jenkins failed to renew the lease and his aides took over, leading Duffy to seek space for his own staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Herbert S Duffy
Common Pleas Court
Hugh S. Jenkins
Duffy
Sailor witnesses Greek royal visit aboard Columbus
Peter P. Martinek gunner’s mate first class USN son of Mrs. Charlotte Martinek 303 Monroe St witnessed King Paul and Queen Frederika of Greece aboard the heavy cruiser Columbus, flagship of the Commander Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Forces, while serving with the Columbus crew.
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Peter P. Martinek
USN
Charlotte Martinek
Monroe St
King Paul
Queen Frederika
Greece
Columbus
Mediterranean
Salvation Army collects waste in Middletown drive
The Dayton Salvation Army Men's Department truck canvasses Middletown week long. Capt. Kenneth Sharp says volunteers collect furniture clothing rage fever and magazines. The charity fills requests year round and aided nine to ten families last year after fires, including a family receiving seven rooms of furniture. The truck covers Buena Vista Meadowlawn Thursday and Friday, North Middletown next week. Donations can contact local headquarters at 2-1712.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Salvation Army Men's Department
Middletown
Kenneth Sharp
Salvation Army
Sharp
Buena Vista
Meadowlawn
Reward Offered For Arrest In Robbery
In Cleveland the Gent Machine Company safes yielded 6000 dollars in cash and 17000 in war bonds after a burglary. Company officials announced a 2000 dollar reward for the arrest and conviction of the burglar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland (Ap
Gent Machine Company
Donaldson resigns from Alliance to join Steel Foundries Society
F. K. Donaldson, president of the Machine1ed Steel Casting Company, resigned yesterday to become executive vice president of the Steel Foundries Society of Cleveland. He had served Alliance for 30 years.
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NEW Post Alliance, O. (Ap
F. K. Donaldson
Machined Steel Casting Company
Steel Foundries Society of
Cleveland
Alliance
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