Great Miami Floods Germantown Road Near Poastitown Bridge
Heavy rains push the Great Miami River to 15.1 feet at the Poasttown area causing six inches of water on Germantown Road near the airport and Poasttown Bridge. Street Supt. Shawhan says sandbag plans and patching crews are on standby as water may threaten airport hangars. Damage to Middletown streets estimated at $5,000 with extensive patching underway.
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Miami
Germantown Road
Poasttown Bridge
William H. Shawhan
Shawhan
Middletown
Smith Farm
Conservancy
Dayton
Bonds Set for Middletown Youths in Grand Jury Probe
Judge Harry Walsh set bonds totaling 54500 in Municipal Court for three Middletown youths held for grand jury investigation. Herschel Arrogood and Edgar Lykins each bond 18500, Ronald Lawson 17500. All faces five counts of breaking and entering. Arrogood and Lykins also charged with carrying concealed weapons. Police found a blackjack and loot in the car after arrest early January 10. Two juvenile girls with them were turned over to authorities. Further questioning cleared several break-ins in the area.
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Hamilton
Harry Walsh
Middletown
Herschel T. Arrogood
Malvern St
Edgar Lykins
Reynolds Ave
Ronald Lawson
Lawson
Tytus Ave
Mack Hunley
Hamilton, Mindegg
Butler County
YMCA board names six new members to at large
Ralph C. Knight announces six new at large directors for the YMCA board William Brooks C W Denny Jr Robert Gruver Rev John I Parr M P Schrock and Mrs W D Walker. A 12 45 pm Wednesday reorganizat ion meeting will be held in the directors room to discuss proposed personnel policy revisions and an annual report with 1950 suggestions.
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YMCA
Ralph C. Knight
William Brooks
C. W. Denny
Robert Gruver
John I. Parr
M. P. Schrock
W. D. Walker
Association
Methodist Pastor Is Convalescing After Surgery
The Rev Kenneth S Learey pastor of the First Methodist Church has returned from Cincinnati Bethesda Hospital after surgery and will be confined at home for a week to rest and convalesce.
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Kenneth S. Learey
Astor
First Methodist Arch
Cincinnati Bethesda Hospital
Karl B Pauly Named Editor for Middletown Post
Karl B Pauly, former resident of Middletown and chief editorial writer of the Ohio State Journal at Columbus, has been named associate editor, announced today. He is a brother of Frank Pauly, former Middletown postmaster and head of the Middletown Civic Association, a figure known to older residents.
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Karl B. Pauly
Middletown
Ohio State Journal
Columbus
Pauly
Frank Pauly
Middletown Civic Association
Butler Countian Paroled From Mansfield Reformatory
Charles Davenport of Butler County, jailed for assault to kill robbery and auto theft, is among 63 inmates granted parole by the Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission. Parole takes effect April 12. local police report no record of Davenport.
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Butler County
Mansfield Reformatory
Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission
Charles Davenport
Davenport
Flag and Bible Presentation At Monroe School Tonight
A flag and Bible ceremony will be held at Monroe School today at 8 p.m. Alpha Council Jr. OUAM and the Daughters of America present. Clinton Boyd will present the flag for the council and Mrs Edith Gerard the Bible for the D of A. The event occurs between the junior and varsity basketball games.
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Monroe School
Alpha Council
Jr. Ouam
The
Daughters of America
Clinton Boyd
Edith Gerard
D. of A
Train hits car at crossing injures teen in Hamilton
William Riley, 18, escaped with minor injuries after a freight locomotive struck his automobile at a Hamilton crossing. He was dragged for about 75 feet along the track.
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Hamilton, O
William Riely
Journal Subscribers Urged to Pay Subscriptions Properly
Journal subscribers were cautioned to pay bills only to their regular carriers or properly identified substitutes. Two cases have been reported of youths collecting on routes and subscribers discovering later payments went to the wrong boy.
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Journal
Gasoline Dealers Protest Price Cut in Middletown
Middletown independent gas station operators protested a mandated half cent drop in retail gasoline price. They formed a Gasoline Dealers Association led by Cecil Runyan and Robert Sharkey to seek public support, claiming costs and wholesale prices justify resisting the cut. They plan a meeting and aim to enlist more independent dealers in Hamilton.
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Middletown
Civic Association
New Association
Cecil Runyan
Robert Sharkey
Hamilton
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At the Movies Paramount and Strand Showings
Local listings include Pinky with Jeanne Crain and William Lundigan at 1 15 3 16 7 22 9 34 p m Paramount Strand shows Task Force with Gary Cooper Jane Wyatt at 7 05 5 55 9 45 p m Don Juan Adventures with Fred Flynn Viveca Lindfors at 12 15 4 05 7 55 p m Rio with Basil Rathbone Victor McLaglen at 1 30 4 20 7 10 10 p m Zanzi bar with Lola Lane James Craig at 3 05 5 55 8 45 p m Also note grain loss from pests in U S annual totals.
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Paramount
Pinky
Jeanne Crain
William Lundigan
Gary Cooper
Jane Wyatt
Fred Flynn
Viveca Lindfors
Basil Rathbone
Victor McLaglen
Zanzibar
Lola Lane
James Craig
Water Works Project To Begin Tomorrow
City engineer R A Pochel says a 1 500 000 water works upgrade will start tomorrow with The Fisher Company building primary feeder mains. Work now on south Garfield Street for telephone lines precedes the city job near the reservoir at the Columbia Avenue pumping station. Project to finish in about 270 days with Waiton Voorheis Company from Upper Sandusky set to begin by February 15.
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R. A. Pochel
Fisher Company
Columbus
Garfield St
Pochel
Columbia Ave
Waiton Voorheis Com
Auto stocks lead early New York market gains
Auto mobile shares opened higher with a generally upward trend. General Motors and Chrysler rose about a point while Studebaker gained a small fraction. General Motors climbed 1% to 71, with other gainers including Du Pont, American Telephone, Chesapeake and Ohio, Consolidated Edison, Southern Railway, General Electric, U. S. Rubber and United Aircraft. Santa Fe, Anaconda Copper and Texas Co also fell.
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NEW York
General Motors
Chrysler
Studebaker
du Pont
American Telephone
Chesapeake and Ohio
Consolidated Edison
Southern Railway
General Electric
V. J. Case
Sinclair Oil
Allied Chemical
U. S. Rubber
United Aircraft Santa Fe
Anaconda Copper and Texas Co
Allied Stores
Stan
San
Armco Steel Corp
Armco
Baltimore
Ohio
Ramnedaly
Bethlehem Steel
Boeing Airplane
Briers
Buddie
Canadian Pacific
Chrysler Corp
Columbia Gas and Electric Commonwealth Edison
Edison Container Corp
Sis Continental Raking Co
Crucible Steel
Curtis Wright
Curtis One
Deere & Douglas Aircraft
DuPont & Co
Sean Flectric Atomite
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
General Flectric
Great Northern Greyhound
Montgomery Ward
Nash Kelvinator
Oss
National Cash Register
Newport Incives
New York Central Aor
Northern Pacific
R. R Cheeses
U. S. Steel
Westinghouse Electric
White Motors Peery
F. W. Woolworth
Ohte
Packard Motors
Youngstown
Zenith Radio
Hiram Walker
Hudson Motors Inspiration
Cooper
Tel
Kennecott Copper
Kroger Grocery P Lorillard
Marshal Field Mead Corp
Pan Amer, Airways
Paramount Pictures
Pennsylvania
R. R. Phelps Dodge
Phillips Petroleum
Procter & Gamble
Pullman
Inege
Radio Corp
Republic Steel Schenley Server Inc
Sinclair O
Southern Pacific
Southern Rails
Sperry Car
Standard Oil of
N. J. Studebaker Corp, Texas Corp
Itas
United Aircraft
United Airlines
New York Stocks 145 PM Quotations From Several Firms
Stocks and bonds listed from Allied Stores to United Airlines show widespread movement. Cincinnati livestock and produce data follow with hogs noted as slow, with prices dropping up to 50 cents, cattle and calves mixed, and sheep receipts limited.
Dog Tag Sale Slow With Friday Deadline
In Middletown only 800 dog tags have been sold this year though Friday is the deadline. Deputy Butler County Treasurer Carl Wedekind said a $1 penalty will be charged for unlicensed pets. The city has 2,000 tags and licenses are available on the second floor of the City Building.
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Middletown
Carl Wedekind
Butler County
Wedekind
Midway
Thomas
Veterans of Foreign Wars Organization
March of Dimes
Colored Infantile Paralysis Committee
Becih
Martin
Police Briefs Report Arrests for Disorderly Conduct and DUI
Harry Long, 39, of 67 South Main, arrested on disorderly conduct and carrying concealed weapons charges after a hunting knife was found during custody. John Zierkie, 44, of 403 The Alameda, charged with being in physical control of a vehicle while intoxicated. minor vehicle damage reported at Woodlawn and Garfield involving Margaret Miller, 51, and Leon Burnett, 42.
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Harry Long
South Main St
Louis H. Radus
Crawford St
John Zierkie
Alameda
Margaret Miller
Baltimore St
Leon Burnett
Lowell St
Woodlawn Ave
Garfield St
Miller
Burnett
March of Dimes Drive Reaches $1000 Mark In City
Downtown shoppers contributed $288 at the Broad Street Central Avenue booth yesterday. The drive’s three day total reached $1014.35, up from $460.22 for the same period in 1949.
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Broad St
Central Ave
Martin Thames
Butler County
Order of Eagles
Thomas
Masonic Services Set for Gus Hill Jr at New Era Church
Obituary notes Gus Hill Jr died Sunday. Masonic services are planned Wednesday at 8 p.m. at New Era Baptist Church, with funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. Friends may visit after 6 p.m. Wednesday. Maxberry Funeral Home handles arrangements.
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Gus Hill, Jr
New Era Baptist Church
Maxberry Funeral Home
Death Notice for Robin Hall Wright of Middletown
Robin Hall Wright six year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Ewell Wright of 3900 Jewell Ave Middletown died yesterday at 3 pm at Middletown Hospital after three weeks illness She is survived by three brothers Donald Ronald Joseph and four sisters Jo Anne Carolyn Margaret and Mary The grandparents Mr and Mrs Stanley Hall and Mrs Earl Wright also survive Services will be held Thursday at 2 pm at the Wilson Funeral Home with Dr R C Caudill officiating Burial will be in Woodside Cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home Wednesday from 2 5 and 7 10 pm
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Robin Hall Wright
Ewell Wright
Jewell Ave
Middletown Hospital
Maple Park School
Donald
Ronald
Joseph
Joanne
Carolyn
Margaret
Mary
Stanley Hall
Earl Wright
Middletown
Wilson Funeral Home
R. C. Caudill
Woodside Cemetery
Funeral
Mrs Minnie Hastings Dies At 78 In Lebanon
Mrs Minnie B Hastings, 78, died this morning at her Mulberry Street home after a long illness. She is survived by three sons Harry and Charles of Lebanon and Lyle of Middletown, a daughter Mrs Harold Sweny of Lebanon, a grandson and a great grandson. The body is at Vale Funeral Home in Morrow. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Lebanon
Minnie B Hastings
Mulberry St
Harry
Charles
Lyle
Middletown
Harold Sweny
Vale Funeral
Morrow
Frank Duke 8 4 retired farmer dies in Spring Valley
Frank Duke a longtime farmer and Lytle native died at his Spring Valley home yesterday. The funeral was held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at McClure Funeral Home in Waynesville with burial in Miami Cemetery at Corwin. Survived by two sons William of Dayton and Stanley of Hamilton and three daughters.
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Lfbanon
Frank Duke
Lytle
Spring Valley
McClure Funeral Home
Waynesville
Miami Cemetery
Corwin
Willian
Dayton
Stanley
Hamilton
Twelve Defendants Plead Guilty in Hamilton Jury Case
In Common Pleas Court Judge P. P. Boli arraigned 28 of 30 indicted defendants as 12 entered guilty pleas. Not guilty pleas came from two Middletown men, Hall and Hutchens, while James Smartt Jr pleaded guilty to second degree murder. Remaining defendants faced burglary, neglect, assault, or other charges with varied outcomes.
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Hamilton
Common Pleas Court
P. P. Boli
Colwell
Billy Bush Hutchens
Garfield St
Middletown
Hutchens
James Smartt, Jr
Louis Edward Sudberry
Harold Burton
Lebanon
Eugene Rich
Daniel Lariochulta
Francis Cox
Paul Davis
William Tirey
Raymond Johnson
William E. Bamber
Monroe
Don Morrison
Clare
Woolridge
Arthur Lankford
Post Office Flag Flies at Half Staff for Arnold
The Middletown Post Office flag is at half mast by order of Walter Myers and Postmaster Hilbert H. Martin. The tribute lasts until General Hap Arnold’s funeral at Arlington National Cemetery, with services set for 3 p.m. Thursday.
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Middletown
Walter Myers
Washington, D. C
Hilbert H. Martin
H. H
Hap) Arnold
Martin
Arlington National Cemetery
Dayton and Los Angeles women named in brief notice
Mrs Elizabeth Finke and Miss Mary Duke of Dayton and Mrs Anna Graham of Los Angeles Calif are listed in a short society notice noting their names and locations. The brief item records their involvement or association without further detail.
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Elizabeth Finke
Mary Duke
Dayton
Anna Graham
Los Angeles
Calif
Mrs Everett Gustin Dies at 52 in Waynesville
Funeral services for Mrs Everett Gustin of Waynesville, 52, will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Oswald Funeral Home in Lebanon. Burial will be in Lebanon Cemetery. Besides her husband, she leaves two daughters, three sisters and three brothers.
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Lebanon
Everett Gustin
Waynesville
Oswald
Lebanon Cemetery
Student Wayne Vaughan Dies After Car Crash
Wayne Vaughan 18, of Everett near Akron, was fatally injured yesterday in Richfield Summit County when he lost control of his car. He was a student at Western Reserve University.
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Akron
Wayne Vaughan
Everett
Richfield
Summit County
Western Reserve University
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