City Commission Defers Zoning Vote After Lengthy Debate
Grand Ave residents clash with city over a nine family apartment plan as a two hour meeting ends without a final ordinance. Officials weigh zoning lines and annexation, while evi dence of confusion spreads and next week’s vote is anticipated.
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Grand Ave
City Commission
Walter Beatty
Marvin D. Clark
Fred J. Schatzmann
Carmody
A. K. Lewis
Clark
Schatzmann
Planning Commission
Dave Finkelman
Beatty
Tom Lowrey
Get Well Card Ends In Death In Detroit
Twelve year old Clara Ann Jodoin went to a drug store to buy a get well card for a relative. On her way home she was struck and killed by an automobile.
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Detroit
Clara Ann Jodoin
Christmas Seal Sale Falls Short of County Goal
The 1948 Christmas seal drive for Butler County and Middletown TB and Health Association has raised $22,549.61 by January 5, short of the $24,600 goal. Officials credit late mail contributions and ongoing year round fundraising. The group reports 88 cents of each dollar supports programs including an X-ray initiative in Middletown schools and chest clinics in Middletown and Hamilton.
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Stuart Fitton
Butler County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Lillian D. Sebald
W. H. Spindler
Iddletown
Vernon Roden
Hamilton
J. Paul Albert
Tuberculosis Association
Middletown
Butler County
Final Rites For Sergeant Set Friday
The body of Sgt Warren H Pierce 23 son of Mr and Mrs Euclid J Pierce 2212 Highland Ave who was killed in World War II has been returned to Middletown for final funeral services Friday After Monroe High School he worked at Armco Steel until entering the Marine Corps in 1942 Trained at Parris Island New River Camp Pendleton Cal he earned sharpshooter expert rifleman and bayonet medals He fought in Saipan Tinian the Marshalls and the Mariannas He was killed February 19 1945 on Iwo Jima Surviving are his widow Mrs Sarah Perce Moore three sisters Mrs Mary Hurley Mrs Lillian Jackson and Miss Patricia Pierce and two brothers Euclid Pierce Jr Robert Pierce Funeral home calls Thursday graveside by Veterans of Foreign Wars Miami Valley Post and Riggs Funeral Home in charge
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Warren H. Pierce
Euclid J. Pierce
Highland Ave
Middletown
Monroe High School
Sergeant Pierce
Armco Steel Corporation
Marine Corps
Parris Island
New River
Camp Pendleton
Cal
Saipan
Tinian
Marshalls
Mariannas
South Pacific
Iwo Jima
Pierce
Sarah Perce Moore
Mary Hurley
Lillian Jackson
Patricia Pierce
Euclid Pierce, Jr
Robert Pierce
Riggs
Howard Sears
Grace Baptist Church
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Miami Valley Post
Woodside Memorial
Riggs Funeral Home
Truman Reframes New Deal as Ongoing Task in Congress
President Truman’s message to Congress reasserts the New Deal roots dating to Roosevelt era, outlining items such as medical insurance, social security expansion, low rent housing, civil rights measures, and TVA style river projects. The article notes Truman adds new items including government authority to build steel mills and a large tax increase, marking a distinct shift from Roosevelt-era policy.
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Hoover
Wagner
New York
Roosevelt
Fair Employment Practices Committee
FEPC
Congress
St. Lawrence Seaway
Department of Labor
Democratic
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Truman
River Cleanup Drive Set Up
Cincinnati AP report states the Ohio River cleanup moves to action with cities to implement sanitation programs under the water sanitation compact. Hudson Biery says eight states share roughly 100000 dollars yearly, with 60 firms already sent preliminary notices, and Edward J. Cleary named executive director and chief engineer of the commission.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Hudson Biery
Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission
Ohio River Basin
Biery
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Illinois
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Virginia
New York
Ohio Valley
Edward J. Cleary
New York City
Smart Sleepwalker Keeps Quiet Wakeful Bed
Mrs. Jones reports her husband sleepwalks and fixes himself a bowl of hot Grape-Nuts Wheat-Meal before returning to bed. The doctor says a person this smart should not be awakened. Grape-Nuts Wheat-Meal promotes nourishment and cooks in 344 minutes.
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Mrs. Jones
Mr. Jones
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Schatemann
Mayfield
Lewis
Max Finkelman
Claude Barker
Busses
Ben Bender
Central
Clinton St
Reynolds Ave
Ter-City
Bender
Verity Parkway
Broad St
First Ave
Parkway
Central Ave
Dixie News
Ortman-Stewart Bus Company
Jess Dennis
New City
Porter Poster Company
South Main St
Buena Vista
County Commission
Hamilton-Middletown Rd
Oxford State Rd
Locust, Staton and
Hickory Sts
County Board
Ashworth Coal Company
L. A. Waldner
Campbell's
Ted Milk
Crisco
Merrit
Cherries Eavey
PEAS
Parkerhouse Rolls, Pkg
Reedy’s Foods
SOT
W. H. Pierce
FDR
James Marlow Washington
President Truman
Mr. Truman
Mr. Roosevelt
George S. May Company Engineering Une
Spencer
Exqui- Service
Tennet
Spencer's
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