Ohio State Fair Sets Aug 28 Start Date
Ohio State Fair officials announced the 1947 event will run August 28 to September 3. Fair manager Edwin J. Bath reported a profit of 1,871.41 dollars, saying the fair’s aim is not profit. The 1948 fair profit expectations and prize money increases were outlined with major stakes unchanged.
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Columbus
Edwin J. Bath
Bath
State Board of Agriculture
Hiefer
Fair Manager's
Directors’ of Agriculture
Middle Band to Stage Three Concerts This Season
The Middle band under H. Vincent Carter will present three concerts at Middletown High School auditorium. The first on Tuesday Jan 27 at 8 p m, then April 4 at 3 p m and May 16 at 3 p m. Guest conductors will appear each concert. Season tickets at $1 cover all three. Proceeds may fund band equipment.
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H. Vincent Carter
Middletown High School
Sars N A Equipme
Ex-convicts face unarmed robbery charges in mansion
In Columbus an ex convict governor chauffeur James Roberts and a prison trusty Robert Smith, a laundryman in the executive mansion, were charged with unarmed robbery for alleged theft of 48 dollars from Another Georgan early Sunday. Pat Bolger and Miss Elizabeth Bolar also face charges. Roberts, alias William Barrow, was released from state prison in 1947 after 25 years of a life sentence for murder. Smith began serving a life term for murder in 1930.
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Columbus
Thomas d. Herbert
Executive Mansion
James Roberts
Robert Smith
Alo
Roberts
William Barrow
Smith
Bank Officers Reelectled at Oglesby Bernitz Bank Meeting
All officers and directors of the Oglesby Bernitz Bank and Trust Company were re elected at the annual stockholders meeting. R S Weatherwax was reelected president and trust officer Melvin Kelso vice president Robert Q Millan assistant vice president C R Tieman cashier Douglas W Lewis assistant cashier William W Raines assistant cashier and Erna Kaser assistant secretary. Directors are Weatherwax George E Denny J L Glass D E Harlan L E Howe W W Sebald and Mark A Thomas. Weatherwax cited deposits up over 10 percent to 9 695 829 at year end 1946 from 10 755 967. Earnings rose about 15 percent and loans increased nearly 30 percent from 1946.
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Oglesby-Bernitz Bank & Trust Company
R. S. Weatherwax
Melvin Kelso
Robert Q. Millan
C. R. Tieman
Douglas W. Lewis
William W. Raines
Erna Kaser
Weatherwax
George E. Denny
Ten Plead Guilty In Hamilton Court
Thirty seven defendants faced Judge P P Boll in Butler County Common Pleas Court after indictments by the county grand jury Ten pleaded guilty to varied charges including arson auto theft larceny and robbery Names include Lemond Rowland James Spivey James Wolfe Oscar Skelton Don David Jr Barnel Miller William J Ruhl Rena Gentry Elsie Manley Jefferson Slusher Otis Nickell Carl Page Fred Lawson Haydon Trenton Bell Russey Woodard Homer Filis Elba Young Robert Snabota Paul Belz Travis Covey and three Middlesex defendants failed to appear Names of absentees James Thienemann Albert Walters Robert Owen Brewer were listed
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P. P. Boll
Common Pleas Court
Butler County Grand Jury
Lemond Rowland
Fairfield Two
James Spivey
Union Twp
James Wolfe
Hamilton
Oscar Skelton
Don David, Jr
Barnel Miller
St. Clair
U Ting Auto
William J. Ruhl
Rena Gentry
Elsie Manley
Jefferson Slusher
Lemon
H. Watson
Clifford Wilson
Maud Station
Otis Nickell
Carl Page
Fred Lawson Haydon
Trenton G. Bell
Middletown
Russey Woodard
Homer Filis
Elba Young
Lemon Two
Robert Snabota
Paul A. Belz
Travis Covey
James Thienemann
Albert Walters
Robert Owen Brewer
Electrician’s helper confesses in beach murder case
Bible, Cassidy and Baltimore arrest reveal background links to Sheila Ann’s killer. Bible and Cassidy tipped Deputy Inspector Blackwell after Beach failed to appear for a bowling night. Beach was seized Monday in Baltimore during a visit to his mother.
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Sheila Ann
Bible
Beach
Cassidy
Michael J. Blackwell
Baltimore
English Group Entertained By Ohio Rotarians
Cambridge Ohio Rotarians hosted a luncheon for visiting English Rotarians from Cambridge England. A combined meal from both clubs featured sugar cured ham peas hot rolls muffins and fruit cake with a 13 minute joint audio call linking the two cities. Arthur Emburey and A Russell Hartill praised the event as beneficial to international relations.
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Cambridge
Eng
Rotary Club of
Ohio Club
Berwick
Ohio
Dorothy Cafe
Arthur George Emburey
A. Russell Hartill
Four Injured In Car Wreck In Ohio Suburb
Four Cincinnati men were injured when a car driven by William Austin 42 left Route 25 near Milliken Road at 1055 this morning. James Foster suffered severe head injuries, Napoleon Driver 31 possible skull fracture and leg injuries, Robert McMurray 21 chest injuries and possible broken ankle, and Austin had glass in his right eye and facial lacerations. Passenger Robert J Evans was not injured. Injured were treated at Middletown Hospital.
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Cincinnati
William Austin
Wellstad Ave
Milliken Rd
James Foster
Napoleon Driver
Tastee “St
Robert McMurray
West Fifth St
Austin
U S defense questioned as not a threat to nations
Senator Ball predicts a sizable cut in the 6.8 billion requested for the Marshall Plan first 15 months, arguing defense and aid must avoid threatening any nation. He criticizes overconfidence in officials and urges concrete projects to boost Europe’s coal steel food and transport production. State Department witnesses awaited before Senate and House committees as Royall and Forrestal were slated to testify.
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Forrestal
Ball
R-Minn
Congress
Secretary of State
Marshall
Senate Appropriations Committee
Yalta Teheran
Potsdam
Europe
State Department
Senate Committee
House Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Army
Royall
Germany
Defense Forrestal
House Committee
Dance To Be Held After Franklin Game
Following the Franklin Wildcats game against Springboro, a high school dance will be held in Franklin. Music will be provided by the Swingsters.
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Franklin
Franklin Wildcats
Springboro Cagers
First Woman Elected to YMCA Board in Ballot
Three current directors were reelected and three new members chosen for three-year terms at the YMCA balloting. Mrs. Joseph Ayres the only woman elected, the first woman to serve on the board. Final six members will be announced later today and a 1-year term board will be appointed. An organizational meeting is set for January 21. Ralph Knight noted the Ayres election advances women and girls programs.
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YMCA
Joseph Ayres
F. E. Grant
Wade Miller
Harold O. Sebald
Tom Wilson
Ralph Knight
Knight
Ayres
Plan to Sell Folansbee Steel Stock Investigated
New York attorney general says the State Bureau of Securities will probe a reported 9.15 million dollar deal involving Folansbee Steel stock. Three men were summoned for questioning, including a broker, as the sale was reportedly called off amid questions about legitimacy.
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NEW York
Nathaniel Goldstein
State Bureau of Securities
Follawsbee Steel Corporation
Goldstein
Bureau
Follawsbee Steel
New York Stock Exchange
Securities Bureau
6265 Associates, Inc
Alan Adams Haye
A . Brooks
Dr. Louisen
A. Terry Fahye
Pittsburgh
Lauson Stone
Follansbee Steel
Arabs Plan Patrol of All Palestine
Cairo AP Assad her chief of the Arab League press office said the league has recommended Arab nations occupy all of Palestine with armies after British troops depart. Britain plans to end the mandate May 15 with troop evacuation by August 1. Assad said the recommendation is not binding on any single state.
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Cairo
Assad
Sec
Arab League
League
Palestine
Britain
Slashing Slot Machines Targeted by Local Patrols
Local patrolmen, acting on orders from Municipal Judge Frank P. Anzellotti, were to smash three slot machines seized in a New Year raid on a South Side club. The judge sought to undercut gambling gains as some machines resurfaced after earlier confiscations.
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Youngstown
Frank P. Anzellotti
South Side
Speers
Macchines
Snow swallowed by cold air mass explains snowfall disappearance
Meteorologist J Cecil Alter notes the snow vanished not by melting but by being absorbed into a dry cold air mass that swept across inner Canada. The forecast calls for windy warmer days with light snow and snow squalls, temps rising from 8 to 21 degrees as of 11 a.m. today.
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U. S
J. Cecil Alter
Canada
Mercury
March of Dimes totals 1331 in Butler County drive
Veterans of Foreign Wars collected 79 dollars at the March of Dimes booth, raising the Middletown total to 1331 despite wintry weather. Charlies Reuthe, chairman of the Butler County Infantile Paralysis Foundation, reports progress on all fronts with envelopes issued citywide and pickup planned beginning January 22. Several events are slated for later in the week as campaigns spread to outlying Butler County districts and Hamilton.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
March of Dimes Booth Pone
Middletown
Charlies Reuthe
Butler County Infantile Paralysis Foundation
Woman's Committee
Butler County
Hamilton
Infant and mother die at hospital in Franklin
James McCorkle infant son of Mr and Mrs Alex McCorkle of Franklin died at birth yesterday at Middletown Hospital. The mother Mrs Laverne McCorkle 20 died last night. Surviving husband are another son Paul and grandparents Mr and Mrs Irby of Franklin. Funeral arrangements incomplete at Eaton Funeral Home.
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Franklin
James McCorkle
Alex McCorkle
Middletown Hospital
Laverne McCorkle
Paul
Irby
Eaton Funeral Home
Fire damages hotel in Massillon O Hck
AP reports a fire damaged six rooms at a Massillon hotel late yesterday with no injuries. Firemen fought the blaze for about two hours and officials cited a defective switch as the probable cause.
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Massillon
Hck
Unsolved Deaths In Alaska Baffle FBI Team
In Anchorage the FBI reports rechecking the deaths of Harold W. Griffen a Bristol Bay area trading post manager and Martin Ernestus a 42 year old fisherman and cannery worker. Interviews with Griffen’s widow and Mrs Maxine Harris yielded little light. Authorities suspect exposure as a possible cause after a New Year’s Eve fire went out and temperatures plunged to about 10 below zero. An FBI toxicology report from Washington is awaited. Griffen was a former University of Iowa grid star and Midwest pro football player.
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Anchorage
Alaska
FBI
Dillingham
Bristol Bay
Harold W. Griffen
Trading Post
Martin Ernestus
Clinton Stein
Griffen
University of Iowa Grid
Midwest
Briefs from Cincinnati to Tokyo in AP dispatches
AP reports unanimous Methodist group backing Baldwin Wallace over religious instruction issue at the Berea college. In Greenfield, Ervin White, 29, charged with first degree murder after a holdup netting four cents. widow Eva Caplinger identifies victim Homer Caplinger. President Truman expected to order strict fuel oil and gasoline conservation across government agencies as shortages persist. Worcester, McCann, 41, East Chicago man gets concurrent three month terms for two counts of larceny by use of worthless checks. Tokyo reports a Japanese officer alleging two Russian patrol vessels fired on non Soviet rescue craft aiding the Dvina. no Navy or Army confirmation in Tokyo.
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Cincinnati
The
Association of Schools and Colleges of the Methodist Episcopal Church Today
Baldwin-Wallace College of
Berea
Catholic Church
Washington
Truman
Max W. Ball
Interior Department
Oil and Gas Division
Beall
Worcester
Mac
Mowell Francis McCann
Chicago
Ind
Tokyo
Kushiro
Hokkaido
United States Navy
Tragic Train Collision Kills Ten in Archbold Area
Coroner H Milton Warner ruled accidental deaths for ten children from three Archbold families after a speeding passenger train struck a tractor drawn bobsled on January 4. An inquest heard witnesses not hearing the whistle until near impact while train engineer D Sherer testified he had blown the whistle longer than required.
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Wauseon, CO
H. Milton Warner
Warner
D. ©. Sherer
Additional Men File For Warren Offices
Seventeen candidates seek nomination in Warren county May primary. Republicans filed early with Dr H M Williams seeking re election as coroner and five county commissioner hopefuls John J Barr Scott McClure Corwin Nixon Albert Allum ank Wilkins. Marvin E Young challenges prosecutor Carl Abaecherli. Fred J Hagemeyer aims for state representative against Harold V Martz. Other posts include Common Pleas Judge Alton F Brown Probate Judge Ralph H Carey Sheriff Gerald W Couden Treasurer George H Johnson Clerk of Courts Cliff C Beckett and Recorder Pearl Graham. Filing deadline February 4 looms with petitions already circulated for central committee posts.
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Lebanon
Prt
Warren County
H. M. Williams
H. C. Stiles
H. C. Stiles, Clerk of the Board. Dr. Williams
John J. Barr
Mason
Scott McClure
Corwin Nixon
Albert Allum
Ank Wilkins
Near Mason
Carl Abaecherli
Marvin E. Young
Fred J. Hagemeyer
Harold V. Martz
Franklin
Common Pleas
Alton F. Brown
Ralph H. Carey
Gerald W. Couden
George H. Johnson
Cliff C. Beckett
Pearl Graham
Central Committee
Stiles
Local Man Chosen To Pythian Office
COLUMBUS AP Lyle L. Ligell of Cincinnati was declared elected grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias Ohio after mail ballots from over 300 lodges were tallied. Other officers elected include Kenneth Hess Kenmore grand vice chancellor Davis Lemasters Mount Vernon grand prelate Evan M Owens New Philadelphia land master at arms Leo Schenck Cleveland grand inner guard Mark L Beal Shelby treasurer C W Davis Middletown grand trustee George H Thompson Columbus grand outer guard M E Hall Airsville Howard Langstaff Findlay and Carl F Kocs Parma representatives of the supreme domain.
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Middletown
Grand
George H. Thompson
Columbus
Grand Outer Guard
M. E. Hall
St.airsville
Howard Langstaff
Findlay
Carl F. Kocs
Parma
Supreme Domain
Canton Clerk Seeks Salary From City Auditor
Canton city clerk James Roberts asked the Ohio Supreme Court to compel City Auditor T Frank Snyder to pay his salary. He earns 2500 dollars per year, with 104 16 due, and Snyder has refused without explanation. The court set February 14 for Snyder to answer or pay.
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Columbus
James Roberts
Canton
Ohio Supreme Court
T. Frank Snyder
Roberts
Snyder
Medical Director Appointed For VA
Dr. Paul R. Magnuson aged 63 was appointed medical director of the Veterans Administration by Administrator Carl R. Gray Jr Magnuson had led VA professional services under predecessor Dr Paul R semee who resigned December 31 The directorship pays twelve thousand dollars per year
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Washington
Paul R. Magnuson
The
Veterans Administration
Carl R. Gray, Jr
Magnuson
Paul R. Semee
Board Hires Woman at Franklin West School Cafeteria
The Franklin Board of Education hires Mrs. LaVern Barnhart as a part time cafeteria helper at West School to replace Mrs. Margaret Lackens who resigned.
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BOARD
Franklin
LaVern Barnhart
Franklin Board of Education
West School
Margaret Lackens
Tennessee Man Bound to Jury in Grand Larceny Case
Toy Curtis of Bristol Tennessee was ordered held for the Butler County Grand Jury on grand larceny charges after arraignment before Judge Alton H. Combs in Municipal Court. Curtis also received 30 days in Butler County jail for intoxication. Warrants filed by Roy Lacy allege Curtis stole clothing. both were arrested during a fight. Lacy faces concealed weapons and disorderly conduct charges and appears in court tomorrow.
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Toy Curtis
Bristol
Tenn
Butler County
Alton H. Combs
Curtis
Roy Lacy
Manchester Ave
Lacy
Missionaries Evacuated From Chengchow China Amid War
Civil war battles near Chengchow force mission planes to fly out of the city with Americans and foreigners in danger. Four missionaries killed or mortally wounded in recent days as anti foreign sentiment rises. Mission leaders say more than 500 are in danger zones across the country.
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Chengchow
China
Laohokow
Gandhi In Third Day Of His Fast
Mahatma Gandhi, on the third day of a fast for communal peace in India, is too weak to attend prayers as doctors report weight loss and increasing weakness. He was carried to the bath room in an arm chair and voiced deep concern over a massacre in Pakistan.
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New Delhi
Mahades K. Gandhi
India
Snire Ituainey
Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi
Pakistan
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