Man Hurt In Plunge Down Elevator Shaft At Theater Building
Vernon Whitt 26 of 1903 Central Ave was removed from an abandoned shaft at the Sorg Theater on S Main St after plunging from the fourth floor onto the elevator top. He suffered fractures to his left leg and arm with cuts to the head and chest and told investigators he was pushed. Detectives Davis and Fitzgerald examined the scene as officers chased a reported suspect seen leaving the building. Whitt remained in Middletown Hospital in stable condition and declined to provide further information.
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Sorg
S. Main St
James H. Davis
John Fitzgerald
Vernon Whitt
Central Ave
Middletown Hospital
Whitt
Single Physical Standard Urged For All Forces
Washington AP reports a push for a unified physical standard across Army Navy and Air Force. A Munitions Board committee reviews sharing recruiting facilities and resources to speed up manpower intake. Gen Leroy Lutes says ongoing unification could yield tens of millions in savings annually and next year.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Air Force
Munitions Board
Leroy Lutes
Secretary of Defense
Forrestal
Lutese
When My Baby Smiles at Me Opens at Paramount
At the Paramount theater on Monday and Tuesday the film When My Baby Smiles at Me stars Betty Grable and Dan Dailey with showings at 1:15 3:15 5:20 7:25 and 9:30 p.m. A Finnish government note from Helsinki says currency exchange rules for travel abroad are yet to be established.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
Betty Grable
Dan Dailey
Finnish Exchange
Helsinki
Finland
Annual Chamber Meeting Planned For Thursday
The Middletown Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual Board of Directors meeting at 12 noon in the Manchester Hotel. Five new board members elected last week will join 12 existing members to elect officers for the coming year and hear the annual report by Roy L. Patterson, secretary treasurer. Senior officers to be elected include president first vice president second vice president and secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Former Resident Dies In Fire At Hamilton
William Earl Wilson 32, a former Middletown resident, died in a Hamilton house fire shortly before 9 p.m. Saturday when investigators believe a kerosene stove exploded. Wilson, a World War II veteran, enlisted in 1943 and served with the Quartermaster Corps in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. He worked at Duff's baking mix plant at the time of death. Police held two intoxication suspects. a Middletown party said Wilson apparently had not been drinking. Surviving: his parents, a son, and a sister. Fire damage estimated at 200 dollars. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
William Earl Wilson
Hamilton
Wilson
Maple St
Army
Fort Thomas
Quartermaster Corps
Sorg Paper Company
Duff's
Troy Wilson
Robert Gene
Holiday Traffic Accidents Light: Two Suffer Injuries
Traffic over the holiday weekend was light with only two minor injuries reported on highways. Coleman Young, 19, Franklin, faces a hit-skip charge after a sideswipe on Ohio 4 near Excelle and being picked up by Hamilton police. Donald Noble, 26, Sharonville, had minor injuries when his car overturned on Route 25 north of West Chester.
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Coleman Young
Franklin
Middletown
Hamilton
Young
Ohio 4
Excelle
Art Siebert
North Grimes St
Donald Noble
Sharonville
West Chester
Noble
Paul L. Kollstedt
James W. Lewis
Bellomonte St
Thomas Linn
Monroe
Reservists to Hear Cincinnati Captain
Members of the Organized Reserve Corps will hear Capt. John D. Bushby of Cincinnati discuss reservist problems at 8 p.m. at the Aeronca plant. He will cover pay for inactive duty training administrative pay and retirement benefits. Prehistoric man in northern Europe enjoyed oysters as shown by oyster shell mounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Organized Reserve Corps
John D. Bushby
Cincinnati
Aeronca
Bushby
Europe
Liquor permit suspensions issued by state board
The Ohio State Board of Liquor Control suspended eight liquor permits for 60 days or less. Hargis Langdon of Hamilton received 60 days for Sunday sales at two establishments, with beer wine and whisky permits. A. B. Langdon, Right Spot Cafe, Hamilton, also 60 days for Sunday sales. Other actions included C. Austin Frederick Bloomingburg 20 days for carry-out and gambling devices, Frank M. Stroud Alpine Tavern Canton 60 days for Sunday sales, Gertrude Miller Thimmel Don's Cafe Lancaster 30 days for disorderly unsanitary operation.
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Columbus
State Board of Liquor Control
Hargis Langdon
Hamilton
Langdon
A. B. Langdon
Right Spot
C. Austin Frederick
Bloomingburg
Fayette County
Frank M. Stroud
Alpine Tavern
Canton
Gertrude Miller Thimmel
Don's Cafe
Lancaster
Police briefs report dog raid kills rabbits and injuries
Five stray dogs raided John Bray's rabbit hutches at 2000 Erie Ave and killed 19 rabbits before he could stop them. Two Middleton residents were treated at Middletown Hospital for injuries. Sel don Mullins 21 sustained head cuts from a beer can blow and Le Roy Hughes 50 suffered a head gash after a fall at Eagles Lodge Central Ave. Additional items include a Middletown man’s arrest in Richmond Ind for reckless driving, Robert Lee Patrick 54 charged with carrying an open knife, Leslie Williams 24 charged with assault, losses of a red tricycle 30 dollars and a bowling ball, Armco paycheck 73 dollars, and Jane Harris 12 bitten by a dog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bray
Erie Ave
Bray
Middletonians
Middletown Hospital
Seldon Mullins
Navaho St
Leroy Hughes
N. Broad St
Eagles Lodge
Central Ave
Robert Lee Patrick
Curtis St
Broad St
John Bors
D. O. Fisher
Superior Ave
Robert Wallace
Grand Ave
Armco
Joseph Boudinet 76 Dies after illness in Middletown
Joseph M. Boudinet a well known Middletown salesman 76 died last night at Middletown Hospital after an illness of more than a month a cerebral hemorrhage on November 17 led to his death at 11 50 p m Widely known as a furniture salesman with Con Roy Levey for 25 years he joined Middletown Federal Savings and Loan in 1943 after his wife Lottie died He had previously worked with Jones Grocery and Hartley’s Confectionery Survived by son Gordon J Boudinet Sr sister Clara Brentlinger Dayton and two grandchildren Funeral service 2 30 p m Wednesday Riggs Funeral Home with Rev H H June officiating Interment Woodside Cemetery Friends may call after 2 p m Tuesday at the Riggs home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph M. Boudinet
Middletown
Boudinet
Middleton
Conroy-Levey Company
Middletown Federal Savings and Loan Association
Lottie
Jones Grocery
Hartley
Gordon J. Boudinet, Sr
Clara Brentlinger
Dayton
Riggs Funeral
H. H
Riggs
Woodside Cemetry
County Board Reorganization Elects Augspurger Chair
Hamilton officials report the county board held a reorganization meeting this morning. Gordon Augspurger was named chairman, reelected in September, with Arthur Reiff as vice chairman replacing James Shollenberger. Thomas H. Feltz became clerk, succeeding P. G. Banker. Walter D. Ralston was absent due to illness.
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Hamilton
Gordon Augspurger
Septemer
Arthur Reiff
James Shollenberger
N En
Milford Township
Thomas H. Feltz
P. G. Banker
Middletown
Walter D. Ralston
Funeral for Ethel LaVon North Held at 823 Eighteenth Ave
Ethel LaVon North three months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Emmitt North died January 1 after a two week illness. Friends may call at Riley Russell Sr home after 6 p m Tuesday. Services will be held Wednesday at 2 p m at 823 Eighteenth Ave with Rev S C Richards officiating. Interment Woodside Cemetery. Surviving: parents a brother Emmitt Jr a sister Gloria Louise maternal grandparents Riley Russell Sr Middletown paternal grandparents Hayward North Newnan Ga great grandmother Martha Smith Atlanta Ga eight uncles seven aunts. Maxberry Funeral Home in charge.
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Riley Russell
18Th Ave
Eighteenth Ave
Rev
S. C. Richards
Woodside Cemetery
Emmitt Jr
Gloria Louise
Middletown
Hayward
Newnan
Martha Smith
Atlanta, Ga
Maxberry Funeral Home
Mrs Amanda Edmunds Dies After Long Illness In Hamilton
Mrs Amanda Edmunds aged 78 of 915 Ninth Ave Midland town for 35 years died yesterday at 11 30 p m at Smith Rest Home Hamilton C after a four year illness She was a member of Second Baptist Church Surviving are a daughter Mrs Loutilla Perry seven grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren Arrangements are incomplete at Maxberry Funeral Home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amanda Edmunds
Ninth Ave
Middletown
Smith Rest Home
Hamilton
Second Baptist Church
Loutilla Perry
Maxberry Funeral Home
Mrs Della Hancock Dies After Illness at 75
Mrs Della America Hancock 75 died yesterday at 7 50 p m at her daughter’s home in Excello after illness since August A resident of the community for 50 years she was a member of the Mormon Church of Hamilton Surviving are two daughters Mrs Pearl Carrington and Mrs Lucille Seale two sons Charles and Willard four sisters and four brothers six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren Friends may call at Joseph R Baker and Son Funeral Home after 7 p m today Services will be held Wednesday at 2 p m at the funeral home with interment in Woodside Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Della America Hancock
Pearl Carrington
Excello
Mormon Church of
Hamilton
Pearl
Lucille Seale
Ludlow
Charles
Middletown
Willard
Hattie Vanderminter
Bethel
Clara Wilcox
May Studer
Laura Hirsch
Cincinnati
Ruben Parker
William Parker
George Parker
Charles Barker
Chillicothe
Joseph R. Baker and Son
Woodside Cemetery
Infant son of Mr and Mrs Charles R Alexander dies in Middletown
Infant son of Mr and Mrs Charles R Alexander of 316 Garfield Street died Friday at 8 40 pm at Middletown Hospital Graveside services were held today at 2 pm at Woodside Cemetery Rev E R Turner officiated Steph R Baker and Sons Funeral Home handled arrangements
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Charles R. Alexander
Garfield St
Middletown Hospital
Woodside Cemetery
E. R. Turner
Steph R. Baker
Mrs Martha Swearingen Dies At 91 In Middletown
Mrs Martha J. Swearingen, 91, died yesterday at 3 40 p m at the Middletown Rest Home where she had resided since July. A longtime Middletown resident, she had lived in the area for many years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha J. Swearingen
Middletown Rest Home
Middletown
Animal Ordered Confined for 14 Day Period
The animal was ordered confined for the usual 14 day period. The directive specifies detention for the standard two weeks to complete the stipulated quarantine.
Grand Jury Session Opens in Common Pleas Court
Judge Fred B. Cramer charged the new grand jury of 15 members this morning. The panel includes four Middletown residents and one Monroe woman, namely Curtis Walters Mary E. Martin Pearl Sullivan and William Huff with Upton Moorehead serving as foreman. Two jurors were excused. fifty nine cases have been certified for hearing.
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Hamilton
Fred B. Cramer
Common Peas Court
Middletown
Monroe
Curtis Walters
Grand Ave
Mary E. Martin
Columbia Ave
Pearl Sullivan
Verity Pkvy
William Huff
Manchester Ave
Upton Moorehead
Okeana
Earth magnetic poles misaligned by 750 miles from center
The magnetic poles of the earth are not directly opposite each other. A line running from one to the other would miss the center of the earth by about 750 miles.
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Earth
Obituary fragment for Middletown resident listed with survivors
A memorial notice notes extended illness over a year and a half, living with daughter Mrs. P. P. Finkbone in Middletown. She was a 20 year member of First Presbyterian Church. Surviving are two daughters Mrs. Finkbone and Mrs. Naomi Pond of Bethany Ohio, five grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Funeral complete at Joseph R. Baker Funeral Home.
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P. P. Finkbone
Middletown
First Presbyterian Church
Finkbone
Naomi Pond
Bethany
Joseph R. Baker Funeral Home
Death of Ida Marie Jeffrey Former Warren County Resident
Ida Marie Jeffrey 43 formerly of Warren County died at her Chicago home on Thursday December 31. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Oswald Funeral Home with burial in Mainville Cemetery. She is survived by husband Charles of Kago and her mother Mrs Otto Hutchinson of near Lebanon.
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Lebanon
Ida Marie Jeffrey
Warren County
Chicago
Oswald
Furial
Mainville
Charles
Kago
Otto Hutchinson
Services for Emma Ludington in Lebanon at Oswald
Emma Ludington, 78, died at home yesterday in Lebanon. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Oswald Funeral Home with burial in Lebanon Cemetery. She is survived by two sons and three daughters.
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Lebanon
Emma Ludington
Oswald
Mrs Anna Nixon 89 dies. services set
Mrs Anna E Nixon 89 widow of Lewis Nixon died Sunday afternoon at Shady Lawn nursing home Middletown. Services will be held at 2 p m Wednesday at Oswald Funeral Home with burial in Wilmington Cemetery.
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Lebanon
Anna E. Nixon
Lewis Nixon
Shady Lawn
Middletown
Oswald
Wilmington
Middletown Preps First Lustron Home Arrival
Middletown moves to the forefront of pre fab housing as a Lustron four five room home arrives at 506 Aberdeen Dr. Workmen unload all metal sections while a poured concrete foundation awaits a rapid build. Officials note the steel porcelain enamel structure is claimed fireproof verminproof and low maintenance.
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Middletown
Housng
Aberdeen Dr
Luston
Dixie News Agency Terminal Moves to Clinton Street
The Dixie News Agency plans to relocate its inter city bus terminal to a building at Clinton Street and Reynolds Avenue by February 1, with remodeling to include larger restrooms new doors and ground level entrances. The Ohio Bus Lines Oxford Coach Lines and Beel Transportation will use the terminal now leased from Speros Hagins. The Milner Hotel lobby had housed the station for three years after a 1946 fire damaged the Dixie News Agency on Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie News Agency
Middletown
Cincinnati Enquirer
Clinton St
Reynolds Ave
Marvin D. Clark
Clark
Speros ©. Hagins
Ohio Bus Lines
Oxford Coach Lines
Beel Transportation Company
Milner
South Main St
14 Club
Enquirer Bureau
Main St
Central Ave
The
Enquirer
Registrants Report for Pre-Induction Exams
Thirty six registrants of Middletown Draft Board No 10 will gather at 7 30 a m Thursday for pre induction physicals after notices mailed last week Wylie Mitchell chairman said They will depart for Cincinnati by bus at 8 a m Most were due to take exams December 20 but were reprieved by a yuletide suspension from Secretary of the Army Kenneth Royall covering December 15 to 26 Another 21 draftees have notices for exams on January 14 Nine board members have been inducted to date five in November and four in December Board 10 has not yet received its January quota from the Columbus office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Mitchell
Middletown Board
Board 10
Columbus
Woman Found Dying in Cleveland Rooming House
Euclid police found Opal Wright, 29, dying of shotgun wounds in a Cleveland rooming house last night. Her husband Homer, 49, was present with a shotgun nearby and was held for questioning. Wright was unemployed and had previously worked at a bloom factory that burned weeks earlier.
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Cleveland
Euclid
Opal Wright
Pat Leone
Homer
Wright
Easing Pressure On Steel Supply Seen Late In 49
Cleveland AP reports steel production and reduced backlogs may ease pressure on suppliers in late 1949. Large consuming sectors will use remaining metal, defense demand may rise, while ongoing voluntary allocations extend beyond February. Ingot output nears peacetime records with 92 million tons expected in 1949, barring labor disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Steel Magazine
National Metalworking Weekly
Steel Sai
Yale Holiday Ends Pupils Back In School
Yale public and Holy Trinity school pupils returned to classes after Christmas break. Middletown public schools opened at 8 30 a m with a morning surge of students. St John School received an extra two day vacation due to unfinished repairs and lighting. Sister Superior Madeleine announced classes resume Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Holy Trinity School
St. John School
Michael+ine
Ohio sheriffs to meet for 13th annual gathering
About 250 Ohio sheriffs and deputies from all 388 counties will convene for the 13th annual Buckeye State Sheriff's Association meeting in Columbus. The two day session begins Wednesday with FBI agents and State Bureau of Criminal Investigation attending to discuss crime prevention and identification techniques amid rising felony figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, CO
Ohio
FBI
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification
William McElroy
Buckeye State Sheriff's Association
Cold remedies and advice from VapoRub ad campaign
A public health note urges normal routines, rest, and avoiding crowds as colds spread in neighborhoods. It promotes Vicks VapoRub as an instant home remedy for throat chest and back relief, touting penetrating vapors and long lasting comfort for children and families.
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McCoy-Leffler
Household Finance
Weetalion
First National Bank
Mais St
Middletown Loans
Trafe
Pearl Ferris
Frank E. Ferris
Walter Schupp
Oxford
Schupp
Maud-Mason Rd
Squire’s Court
Maud
Woodrow Burton
Franklin Route 2
Fourteenth Ave
Verity Pkwy
Harold W. Jones
Middletown, Ohio
Richmond
Ind
Charles H. Rodgers
Leslie Williams
Park St
Mollie Williams
Girard Ave
Jane Harris
Joseph Boudinet
Ethel North
Ethel LaVon North
Emmitt North
Minnesota Ave
Mrs
Della Hancock
Alexander
Martha Swearingen
Dept
N. Ludlow St
Ida M. Jeffrey
Anna Nixon
Ice
Buiend Home, Inc
North Broad Street
F. H. McGraw
Comany
Leion Organization
McGraw
Veterans Group
Lustron
Inter-City Bus Line
Clinton Street
National Advisory Committee On
81St
Congress
Truman
Yale
Vicki VapoRub
VapoRub
Guathes Tentinai
Vicks VapoRub
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