Supermarket Strike Stalls in Los Angeles Lockout
In a 1-day-old Los Angeles strike, about 1000 markets that handle most county food sales are closed. Small neighborhood shops work overtime to cover shortages as state conciliators shuttle between Read Food Clerks and Food Employers Council. Clerks demand a 62.5 cent hourly raise over five years. employers offer 50 cents. Clerks earn 92 dollars weekly.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Los Angeles County
Read Food Clerks and Food Employers Council
Squirrel Escapes After Hiding in Car Heater
In Columbus Ohio a injured squirrel found on the road revived in Mrs Kitty Burneys car and hid in the heater under the dashboard. After the Humane Society failed to free it she baited the shelter with peanuts and the animal exited through an open door.
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Columbus, Ohio
Kitty Burney
Murder verdict in Dayton bootleg case cold case
A Montgomery County Common Pleas jury found Washington Hayes, 48, Dayton, guilty of second degree murder in the fatal July 20 shooting of Austin Winton, 62, a Dayton bootleg kingpin. Sentencing was withheld pending appeal. Hayes said he acted in self defense over a pint price.
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Dayton
Ohio
Common Pleas
Washington Hayes
Austin Winston
Hayes
Winton
William Thompson 88 Dies Retired Mail Carrier
William K Thompson known as Billy and a lifelong Middletown resident died at Middletown Hospital at 9 13 am. He served as a mail carrier from 1901 to 1936 and was a charter member of Eagles Lodge 528. Surviving are three daughters four grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Requiem High Mass is set for Holy Trinity Church with burial in Calvary Cemetery. The Eagles Lodge and Holy Trinity parish members plan services at the funeral home Friday night and Rosary tomorrow.
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William K
Billy) Thompson
1St Ave
Middletown Hospital
James and
Mary Thompson
Monroe
Middletown
Billy
Eagles Lodge
Thompson
Holy Trinity Church
Holy Name Society
Ida
Ruth Skinner
Jeanette Thompson
Marie Newton
Los Angeles
Calvary Cemetery
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
Mrs. Hannah Booth 92 Dies in Hillsboro
Mrs. Hannah Elizabeth Booth 92 a former Middletown resident of Hillsboro died at Highlands Community Hospital where she had been a patient since Jan 7. She was born in Greensburg Ind and belonged to the American War Mothers and the EUB Church. Surviving are her son R J Booth and sister Mrs Nate Long Sr. Services will be at 2 pm Friday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with Rev Clifford D Stearns officiating. Burial in Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Hannah Elizabeth Booth
Hillsboro
Middletown
Highlands Comunity Hospital
Booth
Greensburg
Ind
American War Mothers
EUB
R. J. Booth
Nate Long Sr
McCoy-Leffler
Clifford D. Stearns
Woodside Cemetery
Obituary for Mrs George Lesher of Somerville
Mrs George Lesher aged 73 died early this morning at her home on West Middletown Route 2. Arrangements are incomplete at Inman Funeral Home in Somerville.
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George Lesher
West Middletown
Rt. 2
Inman
Somerville
Obituaries list for Middletown area residents
Mrs Lucy Long 76 of 1804 Henry Ave died 10 30 am at Middletown Hospital after a heart attack admitted 8 am services incomplete at Joseph R Baker & Sons Funeral Home. Mrs Eliza Bryant 74 1781 Lee Ave Hamilton services 10 am tomorrow Webb Funeral Home. Mrs Anna K Bell 92 Hamilton services 1 30 pm tomorrow Seven Mile Methodist Church. Mrs Charlotte Chrisman 9 3133 Hamilton Scipio Rd services 10 am Friday Webb Funeral
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Lucy Long
Henry Ave
Middletown Hospital
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
Eliza Bryant
Lee Ave
Hamilton
Webb Funeral Home
Anna K. Bell
Seven Mile Methodist Church
Charlotte Chrisman
Hamilton-Scipio Rd
Notable deaths across states report AP listings
AP report notes the deaths of prominent figures including Dr. Edwin G. Zabriskie a 84 year old New York neuropsychiatrist former president of the American Neurological Association and the Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Disease William S Rupe 72 longtime Ames Tribune publisher and former Kansas school superintendent Walter J Moxom 73 Weather Bureau veteran who led the northeastern district and served in St Louis and Dayton Albert H Gravenhurst 76 John Boos Co board chairman maker of butcher blocks with offices in several western and coastal cities
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Associated Press
NEW York
Edwin G. Zabriskie
American Neurological Assn
The
Assn
Ames
Iowa
William S. Rupe
Ames Tribune
Kansas
Woolford
Walter J. Moxom
U.S. Weather Bureau
St. Louis
Dayton
Ohio
Springfield
Effingham, Il
Albert H. Gravenhurst
John Boos Co
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Seattle
Portland
Ore
Jacksonville
Fila
Best Buy In New Car Includes Savings On Loan
An advertising feature from The First National Bank argues car buyers can save by arranging their own auto financing. It discourages focusing on monthly payments and urges comparison of total loan costs, noting banks can cover extra items like power steering through loan terms.
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Paul Curry
First National Bank
Savings Bank
ADV
Car Rams Bus. Two Die in Colorado Collision
In Gunnison Colorado a car struck a Continental Trailways bus killing Army Pvt. Heinz H. Wiesmann 20 and his wife Helga 20. Their 14 month old daughter Carmen suffered a fractured elbow and head cuts. one bus passenger Arvo Martin 51 from Telluride was hospitalized. Fourteen bus riders were injured. all but one released after treatment.
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Gunnison
Colo
Continental Trailways
Colorado
Army
Heinz H. Wiesmann
Helga
Carmen
Arvo Martin
Telluride Colp
Englewood mother slashes children then wounds self
Englewood housewife Opal Wax, 28, told hospital officers she struck her three children with an iron bar and slashed their throats with a razor before turning the blade on herself. The family said to hospital for treatment, with Marjorie, 9, having a fractured skull from a hitch on a trailer. Police note she was despondent over her husband’s long unemployment after losing a leg two years ago.
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Englewood
Cole
Opal Wax
Marjorie
Glenn Benson
Driver Indicted In Traffic Death
Floyd Francis 38 of Williamsport Pickaway County indicted by a Columbus grand jury on a second degree manslaughter charge in the December 16 collision that killed 52 year old Esther M. Doughty of Columbus. He faced accusations of drunk driving reckless operation and driving left of center.
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Columbus, Ohio
Floyd Francis
Williamsport
Pickaway County
Esther M. Doughty
Village Incorporation Near Lorain Clears Most Votes
In Sheffield Township near Lorain Ohio residents approved incorporating as Clearview Village by a 605 to 460 vote. The effort, backed by the Civic Improvement Committee, aimed to prevent piecemeal annexation by Lorain while opponents warned of higher taxes.
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Lorain
Ohio
Sheffield Two
Clearview Village
Sheffield
Civic Improvement Committee
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Aig
Riggs Funeral Home, Inc
N. Broad ST
Fourth and Elm Streets
TK Ya
Verity Pkwy
Lith
William Thompson
Neral
Hannah E. Booth
Ross’ Sportswear
Mrs. Lucy Long
Butler County
FIRST
Mr. and
Mrs. Brown
Financ
First National Banks
F.D.L.C
Pia A
Central
Sutphin
Armco
Trenton
Middletown Shopping Center
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