New Gas and Electric Rates Approved by Middletown City Commission
City Commissioners passed a broad rate package affecting gas and electric charges, with electricity for residential use rising rates for some blocks and gas costs increasing modestly. The ordinance also sets salaries through March 31 and outlines major appropriations for Police, Fire, Water Works, and Street Departments, plus a Water Works project funding plan.
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Middletown
Health Department
Dewitt
Circus Day In May Approved For May 2 Showing
Commissioners grant Mills Bros circus for May 2 under Sertoma Club sponsorship. Funds raised will aid under privileged children. Carl Rossfeld of the club requested the permit.
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Mills Bros. Circus
Sertoma Club
Carl Rossfeld
Cigaret Cargo Stolen From Truck in Cleveland
The FBI joins Cleveland police to recover $60,840 worth of cigarettes stolen from a truck driven by Edward Brewer of Peoria. After leaving the ignition on while sleeping in a hotel, Brewer returns to find 24 of 700 cases missing and the vehicle abandoned.
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Cleveland
FBI
Edward Brewer
Peoria
Brewer
Louisville
Armco Chief Sees War Conversion Not Changing Products
Armco Steel president W W Sebald told 650 employees at the Hotel Manchester that war production is unlikely to change the steel products made in Middletown. He warned that labor supply will be the limiting factor, not production, in any war program. Apprentices totaling 18 earned four year certificates at graduation exercises with remarks from Reinartz and Sebald praising training and wife support.
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Armco
W. W. Sebald
Armco Steel Ag
Manchester
Armco Pp
Middletown
East Side
Hamilton
Ll. F. Reinartz
Oeer Eians
Reivarts
J. Baker
A. Slamka
Capozzi
French
J. Dishun
E. Hydier
J. Boehm
D. Howard
L. Hutchinson
H. Tewell
C. Lawson
D. Blankenship
D. Keith
C. Hayes
R. Chamberlain
N. Bach
C. Rosefeld
F. Ferber
Blast blamed on unused exhaust in Cincinnati plant
Cincinnati officials reported that the exhaust system was not operating when an explosion hit the American Water Works plant in December. Five workers were killed and the facility wrecked. Authorities cited testimony suggesting possible flammable vapor ignition and careless handling or cleaning of equipment.
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Cincinnati
American Water
F. F. McMinn
W. F. Kellogg
Barney J. Houston
Downtown Polio Drive To Be Started Friday
The kickoff for the downtown polio relief drive opens Friday at the Broad and Central March of Dimes booth with Kiwanis Club members staffing. Linda Shackelford, age seven, known as the Fighting Lady, inaugurated the drive at a Kiwanis luncheon at the Manchester Hotel, with Dr. Robert J. Neville present. A fund for Linda supports her ongoing recovery and will feed into the broader campaign. contributions may be mailed to The Fighting Lady, Box 350, Middletown.
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al Foe
Broad and Central
Kiwanis Club
Linda Shackleford
Butler County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Manchestr Hotel
Linda
Robert J. Neville
National
Middletown
Schatzmann Memorial Award Established by Phi Beta Psi
The Phi Beta Psi Sorority established the Helen Schatzmann Memorial Award to be presented each June to a Middletown High School graduating girl entering elementary education. The $25 annual prize honors Mrs. Schatzmann who died December 30 after surgery.
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Phi Beta Psi Sorority
Helen Schatzmann
Middletown High School
Schattmann
The
Contract Set For Remodeling Of CGE Quarters In Franklin
A Cincinnati Gas and Electric Co contract to remodel its Franklin 40 Main St. office (Hamilton Building) was awarded to Morgan and Company of Middletown. The project costs between 5000 and 6000 dollars and adds a 20 by 20 foot glass showroom with acoustical ceiling and fluorescent lighting. Construction starts immediately under manager Scott Foster.
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Franklin
Cincinnati Gas and Electric Comppany
Main St
Hamilton Building
Morgan and Company
Middletown
George J. Kuehnie, Jr
Northern
Kuehnie
Kuehnle
Scott Foster
Burnett Case Seeks Second Continuance in North Broad Street Fracas
Harry Burnett, 38, of 1215 Grove Street, faces disorderly conduct and resisting arrest charges after a scuffle at Godwin's Restaurant on North Broad Street. Burnett seeks a second continuance as his Cincinnati attorney cannot attend the Municipal Court hearing. The incident left Burnett with head and hand injuries and officer Wendell Cox reports Burnett used profane language and struck him.
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Harry Burnett
Grove St
Burnett
Cincinnati
Burnet
Wendell Cox
Godwin
North Broad St
Dayton Y Official To Speak At Dinner
Maurice F. Gogie, secretary of the Dayton CA, will be principal for the dinner honoring 100-point YMCA members. Ninety four persons will attend the January 23 event in the Y auditorium. Toastmaster will be Dale Constiner, chairman of the 1950 membership enrollment committee.
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Maurice F. Gogie
Dayton CA
Dale Constiner
Driver suffers possible broken nose in two-vehicle crash
Cincinnati youth Joseph McGowan, 20, may have a broken nose after his truck collided with a 73 year old driver William Taylor of German Town Route 1. McGowan received a citation for failure to stop as both vehicles were damaged.
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Cincinnati
McGee Ave
Joseph McGowan
William Taylor
Germantown
McGowan
Car Collision Questioned By Minor Night Incident
A car driven by Glenn Gustafeon aged 26 backed from a driveway on Verity Parkway and struck the front of a car driven by Charles Myers aged 18. Minor damage was reported with an estimated cost of 10.
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Henry Pemberton
Hoeven Ave
Hamil
Pemberton
Mary Etta St
Glenn Gustafeon
Sutphin St
Verity Pkwy
Charles Myers
West Middletown
Monroe Bank Re Names Officers Directors
Monroe National Bank reelected all officers and directors. Board members include W. M. Stewart C. E. Yost Beulah M. Smith Robert Mitzel M. A. Boyd John O Mehi and Walter R. Bender. Officers reelected are Stewart president Yost vice president Beulah M Smith vice president and Mitzel cashier.
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Monroe National Bank
W. M. Stewart
C. E. Yost
Beulah M. Smith
Robert Mitzel
M. A. Boyd
John O Mehi
Walter R. Bender
Stewart
Yost
Mitzel
Battery B To Resume Weekly Meetings
Regular meetings of Battery B 323rd Field Artillery Battalion will resume Monday at 8 15 p.m. at the American Legion home on South Main Street announced Capt Andrew Dobrozsi.
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323Rd "Field Artillery
Andrew Dobrozsi
American Legion
South Main St
Fritz Howell to speak at Jaycees Bosses Night dinner
Ohio sports editor Fritz Howell of the Associated Press will be the principal speaker at the Junior Chamber of Commerce Bosses Night dinner on February 21 at the Manchester Hotel. Knight Goodman leads the planning committee with a Wednesday night date set.
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Fritz Howell
Ohio
Associated Press
Knight Goodman
Manchester
Howell
High Schoose
Paul Brown
Cleveland
Armco
Jaycees Ey Ae
Blair
Homer Boxwell
Eugene Danner
Glenn Brandenburg
Paul Foehl
Lievd Miller
Robert McDade
Harold Calvin
Obert Whitaker
Movie Showings At Paramount Strand And Colonial
Theaters schedule multiple films with listed times: Paramount features Sleeping City Mystery Submarine and Wyoming Mail along with Snow Dog and Fast on the Draw. Strand shows Saddle Tramp and Wyoming Mail with listed showtimes. Colonial presents For Heaven's Sake across several daily showings.
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Wyoming Mail
Dayton Civil Defense Plans Revealed to Middletown Group
Maj. Gen. Lester T. Miller presented a Bird's eye view of Dayton Montgomery County Civil Defense Corps to Middletown leaders yesterday. He outlined recruiting 25 000 volunteers and the division duties under his command as Dayton accepts the defense unit as a municipal government. Delegation from Middletown included W J Beck William Johnston Dr L C Neer Paul Wilson Roy Patterson T C Venable George Kenhale and Knight Goodman.
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Dayton and
Montgomery County Civil Defense Corps
Middletown
Esterday
Lester T. Miller
William Johnston
Dr. L. C. Neer
Paul Wilson
Roy Patterson
T. C. Venable
George Kenhale
Knight Goodman
Weigh Train Cut-Off Shows Pending PUC Decision
The Ohio Public Utilities Commission will decide in 30 to 60 days whether to allow the Pennsylvania Railroad to discontinue two Mansfield to Toledo trains. The railroad and affected parties filed testimony yesterday, arguing the trains are unprofitable.
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Columbus
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Pennsyylvania Railroad
Mansfield
Toledo
Sses Color Variants Mentioned in Text
The note lists possible Sses colors including yellow blue lilac white and oat salle. It mentions no specific events people places or dates and reads as a fragmented color reference.
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Harry E. Newlin
Ohio Association of Cities
Fisher Company
Mancini, Miller, Thompson
Broughton Construction Company
Ninth Ave
Howard Nevwcomb
City
H. W. Starick
Lloyd Miller
Harlan Park
C. B. Stiles
Aberdeen
Starick
Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority
Auricular Foundation
Fred J. Schatzmann
Lakeside Inn
Tytus
Dia
Dobrozsi
Garfield
Huck
S. Good
Fryer
Frost
Idaho
Sebald
G. D. Tranter
East Works
Charles Stutenroth
R Young
Henry Woods
R Adair
Ervin Rogers
W. J. Beck
Orley Moses
Charles Smith
Nae Mathis
AEIF
Ora Clark
C. M. Allen
Elmer Barker
Episcopal Church
S. C. Richards
New Hope Baptist Church
Polio
Dayton
Filson
Walker Shoe Store
Central Ave
William Kerry
Monroe Bank
Jaycees
Jowell
Nap
Sro
Ey University
Paramount
Hell Ne
Marie Lanse
Sleigh Ride
Serenata
Boston Pops
Orch
You Guy Mitchell
Don Cornell
Oh Babe
Kay Starr
Hillbilly
Walking
the Lord
J. BE. Manners
Mountaineers
Melissa Monroe
Uncle Pen
Bill Monroe
Stanley Bros
Jimmy
Music Store
Eugene Goldflies
Prop
Worthmore Clothes Shop
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