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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 10, 1951

Page

8

New Music Teacher Opens Ambitious Lemon Monroe Program

Tom Giles of Giles and Link Music Shop begins duties as vocal music instructor at Lemon Monroe High School replacing Earl Schmogrow ill health. Giles leads boys and girls glee clubs mixed choir and three other groups, joining full schedules with Herman Slayman. A busy calendar includes assemblies Franklin High School Monroe PTO meetings and a spring festival May 4.

Monroe Tom Giles Giles Link Music Shop Middletown Lemon - Monroe High School Township School Board Earl Schmogrow Scioto County E. C Davis Boys Glee Club Clyde Bartlett Alden Blair Robert T Mmons Herman Slayman Franklin High School Butler County Schoolmasters Club Peasttown

Badman Bill Stall On Loose

Albuquerque, N M AP reports the hunt for Bill Cook the elusive badman suspected of killing eight persons centered in New Mexico today. Officers admit efforts are no more productive than in other areas where the 24 year old ex convict has been sighted. An intensive Albuquerque search followed a grocery store sighting matching Cook description including tattoo marks on one hand. The manhunt began after the disappearance of five Mosser family members from Atwood Illinois en route to Albuquerque. Three other slayings are attributed to the desperado.

Albuquerque N. M Bill Cook Badman New Mexico Cook Carl Mosser Atwood Ill Desperado

Guard Company D Plans Meeting at Armory Garage

Company D of the 107th Armored Cavalry Regiment will move back to the Armory garage at 2100 S Main St for its meetings. Lt. Leroy Thompson announces heating equipment installation is complete and invites interested veterans to attend. Sgt. Sheets can be contacted at 31640 for NCOs to assist in training.

107Th Armored Cavalry Regiment Leroy Thompson Thompson Cincinnat S. Main St Veteran's Village Sgt. Sheets

Community Club Activities Highlight Local Meetings

The Tally O Bridge Club held at the Saunders home awarded prizes to Lee Pearson Geneva Hunter and Letha Childs. The next meeting is at the Pearson residence. The Friendship Baptist Church observes its third anniversary with Rev. Louis Smith as speaker and includes Mrs. Chester Baker Ercel Bennett and Letha Childs on the program. The Variety Club plans a 8:30 p m gathering at Sally Lattimore’s home on Sixth Ave. The Violet Art Club met at Calvin Didlick's 840 Ninth Ave with officers elected and a program by Washington Didlick and Hart. Next meeting set for February 13 at Bessie Ferguson’s 17th Ave residence.

Tally-O Bridge Club James W. Saunders Lee Pearson Geneva Hunter Letha Childs Louis Smith Friendship Baptist Church Chester Baker Ercel Bennett Violet Art Club Calvin Didlick Ninth Ave R. E. Taylor Charles Wilson C. L. Maxberry Didlick Bessie Ferguson Washington Buford Hart

Congress Gets Kickback Bill Introduced in House

Representative Burdick of North Dakota introduced a bill making it a felony for members of Congress to accept kickbacks from their employer. The measure would require sworn statements to the Clerk within ten days after each session, affirming no part of federal salary was taken. A false affidavit would trigger fine and removal from Congress.

Washington Representative Burdick R-Nd Congress House Senate Burdick

Civilian Defense Meeting Planned for Thursday

Civil Defense committee will outline plans at 4 p.m. Thursday at the Civic Association building. W. J. Becker says the meeting follows talks with Gen. Lester T. Miller in Dayton about adopting Dayton civil defense practices in Ohio cities.

Civilian Defense Meeting Civil Defense Committee Oean Morrow Ivic Association W. J. Beck Dayton Lester T. Miller Ohio

Judgment Sought in Butler County Court Case

Ethel Seigel of Hamilton seeks $5 287 plus $2 213 99 interest in common pleas court against Kathryn A Hill administrator for the estate of Elmo H Hill 220 Progressive The suit stems from a December 2 1935 juvenile court order requiring $7 weekly support for children Only $12 has been paid since January 11 1936 per the petition.

Ethel Seigel Hamilton Fie Common Pleas Kathryn A. Hill Elmo H. Hill

Local Divorces and Custody Petitions Filed in Hamilton County

Several petitions allege neglect cruelty desertion and family disputes. Parties include Celeste Bennington Middletown versus Philip Bennington Connersville Indiana Geneva Parsons Hamilton versus John Parsons Helen Argo Middletown versus Maynard Argo London Ohio Pleatory Jenkins Middletown versus Wille Jenkins Calumet Street Eva King Hamilton versus Lafe King Sophie Schuler Hamilton versus Paul H Schuler and Nora Dawes Beetles Hamilton from James Beales unknown address cited for neglect.

Celeste Bennington Sherman Ave Middletown Philip L. Bennington Connersville Ind Geneva Parsons Hamilton John Parsons Helen Argo Yankee Rd Maynard Argo London Pleatory Jenkins Garfield St Wille Jenkins Calumet St Eva King Lafe King Josophie Schuler Paul H. Schuler Nora Dawes Beetles James Beales

SINGLAIR Journ in Florence Dies After Heart Collapse

Florence writer Singlair Journ and his secretary Alexander Manson were linked to a planned book titled Courage which remained unwritten beyond an outline, his death announced due to a heart collapse. Born February 7 1885 in Sauk Center Minnesota he studied at Yale and became a noted social historian and novelist.

Journ Florence Rome Alexander Manson Sauk Center Minn Lewis Yale

Doomsday Cultists Leave Cot Cottage After False End

Members of the Children of Light cult in Keremoes British Columbia prepared to quit their self imposed exile after the predicted doomsday failed. The group had spent 15 days confined to a shuttered cottage at the town edge awaiting the world’s end and liquidated worldly property in anticipation.

Keremoes B. Co Children of Light British Columbia

New Middletown Camera Club Elects Leaders and Plans Color Focus

Dave Heckard becomes president of the Middletown Camera Club at the January meeting with Leo Profitt as vice president and Charles Perrine as recording secretary. Joe Delaney is secretary treasurer. The club approves a color photography focus with monthly second meetings devoted to color work and outlines committees. Herb Schwartz wins top print honors with Profitt and Perrine tying for third and a three way tie for fourth and fifth.

Dave Heckard Middletown Camera Club Leo Profitt Charles Perrine Joe Delaney Heckard Don Olford Leo House Jack Ashman Jim Brate Bob Weatherby Bob Davidson Herb Schwartz Profitt Schwartz Perrine

Taft warns against panic while urging rapid mobilization

Taft counters Dewey on defense of Europe and warns against sensational war fears. He doubts Russia is ready for all out aggression, supports Chiang Kai shek Nationalists, and calls for a 10 percent living standard cut, possible two year drafts for ages 18 to 21, and price wage controls with real freedoms sacrificed.

Truman Europe Taft New York Thomas E. Dewey Chiang Kaieshek Russia

Key Stone Class Plans Sunday Meeting at Erwins

The Key Stone class will meet at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Erwin Sunday with a social hour after the business meeting. The tour of the Champion Paper Mill has been postponed.

West Elkton James Erwin

Sertoma Hears Development Of Amphibious War

Lt Cmdr George Howe U S Navy spoke at Middletown Sertoma about U S government tests starting in 1936 that shaped amphibious warfare. He noted 30 operations in World War II, all successful, and cited President Roosevelt praising the tactics. Howe served 19 years and spent seven with the Pacific Amphibious Force.

Cmdr George Howe U. S. Navy Middletown Sertoma Club Commander Howe Miami University United States Roosevelt Pacific Amphibious Force

Allied patrol fails to flank UN forces near Wonju clash

In heavy snow the Second Division drives toward Wonju while Red counter-attacks falter near the town. Allied artillery pounds the valley as forces brace for a wider offensive along a 70 mile front Osan to Wonju with 280000 troops in reserve.

Wonju William Barnard Korea Taejon-Taegu Eighth Army Pusan MacArthur Osan Osan- Wonju

Meat Industry Proposes Stabilized Prices Without Controls

The Livestock and Meat Industry Conference group urged no price controls and rationing, offering a plan to raise meat production 12 percent in two years and 25 to 30 percent in three to five years to keep prices steady. They cited limited income growth and favored monetary policy limits.

Washington Agriculture Department Livestock and Meat Industry Nator Aiken Senate Senate Agriculture Committee Valentine Dworshak Ridaho DiSalle Department

Second worst polio year hits 33,344 cases nationwide

New York AP reports last year saw 33,344 polio cases, the second highest toll in the nation, according to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.

New York National Foundation For

Atom Expert Dies

TOKYO AP reports Dr. Yoshio Nishina died at 60 of liver cancer. He was a leading figure in Japan’s atomic energy program and a renowned physicist.

Tokyo Yoshio Nishina Japan

Byers And Eisenmenger Named To Head Franklin School Board

Franklin Fred Byers was named president and Carl Eisenmenger was named vice president of the Franklin Board of Education at the first meeting of the new year Monday evening. They replaced A. T. Easton and Howard Larick who served as president and vice president during the past year.

Franklin Fred Byers Carl Eisenmenger Franklin Board of Education A. T. Easton Howard Larick R. E. Augspurger

Post holiday rush swamps Ohio recruiters in January

Army and Air Force recruiting offices across Ohio report an unprecedented surge with Athens seeing 93 January recruits in nine days, far above the 15 monthly average. Cleveland officers run long shifts and impose daily quotas as youths rush to join, with Air Force leading enlistments nine to one in Portsmouth.

Columbus Army and Air Force Ohio Athens Cleveland A. A. Forbes Portsmouth Kentucky Navy Marine Corps Walter E. Flagg Cincinnati

MacArthur Denies Urging Korea Withdrawal Report

Tokyo AP reports General MacArthur's spokesman denies any claim that he urged withdrawal of all United Nations forces from Korea. The denial targets a Chicago Daily News story by Keyes Beech claiming MacArthur was understood to recommend withdrawal. Beech cites authoritative sources. Pentagon in Washington says no such recommendation was received.

Tokyo MacArthur United States United Nations Korea Keyes Beech Chicago Daily News Washington Beech

Dun and Bradstreet Price Index Near-Record High

The Dun and Bradstreet wholesale price index for a pound of 31 commonly used foods rose to 7.02 dollars, up nine cents from last week and the highest since mid August 1948. The index is about 22 percent above a year ago and near the wartime peak. Flour wheat corn and other listed items rose while oats and eggs fell.

New York Dun & Bradstreet

Defense Dept denies MacArthur Korea withdrawal recommendation

The Defense Department says it has not received any withdrawal recommendation from General MacArthur, countering a Chicago Daily News syndicate report about his views on Korea.

Defense Department Chicago Ily News Korea General MacArthur

NYC Transportation Network Covers 1472 Miles

The city's total municipal and private transit routes span 1,472 miles, illustrating the breadth of New York's integrated transportation system. This figure aggregates all public and privately operated lines within the five boroughs.

New York City

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