Salvation Army Annual Report Presents To Director Board
Captain Kenneth Sharp presented the Salvation Army annual report to the Board of Directors detailing 1948 dividends and 1949 investments. Highlights include increased Sunday school attendance, new choir members, ground breaking for a Citadel, park playgrounds and lights, a 650 member women’s auxiliary, junior and senior auxiliaries, and progress toward a full four-center schedule with planned evangelistic efforts and leadership training programs.
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Salvation Army
Kenneth Sharp
Citadel
Rolling Mill Park
Garfield Mission
Sharp
Training College
New York City
New Omen’s Auxiliary
Citadel Sunday School
Ohio
Kentucky
Salvationists
Miltonville
Brengle Institute
the Haven
Clinton St
Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Pattern Promotion
Old Brooklyn advertisement offering Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Catalog and pattern 555 with embroidery and crochet motifs. Includes requests for twenty cents pattern fee and fifteen cents for illustrated catalog, plus a free scrap quilt pattern and transfer images. Pattern related to bed linens and towels and crochet edge designs.
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Laura Wheeler
Middletown Journal
Needlecraft Dept
P. O
Flatbush Station
Laura Wheeler Needlecraft
Middletown Gets $90,000 For Airport
The Civil Aeronautics Administration announced 34 grant offers totaling 1,858,802 for airport development between November 15 and December 31, 1948. Middletown Municipal received 90,000 and New Philadelphia Municipal 104,750 as part of the period grants.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
Ohio
Middletown
New Philadelphia
Timken Estate May Be Used For College
Canton would use the Timken estate as the nucleus for a four year college. W Robert Timken chairman of the Timken Foundation said he was willing for the 52 acre site and 40 room mansion to be used for that purpose. Cantons only college is a two year Kent State branch. The foundation was formed to fund civic projects in Ohio cities.
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Canton
Timken
W. Robert Timken
Timken Foundation
Kent Staite
Henry Timken
Timken Roller Bearing Company
Ohio
Firm Reorganization Hearing Set For March Sixteen
CINCINNATI RP The S R Jones Company of Hamilton a meat processing and jobbing firm will remain under present management until March 16 per US District Judge John H Druffel who ordered officers to continue in charge after the firm filed for authority to reorganize Judge Druffel fixed March 16 for hearing the petition Sidney R Jones of Dayton president said assets totaled 109 416 48 and debts 83 709 33
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Cincinnati
S. R. Jones Company
Hamilton
U. S
John H. Druffel
Druffel
Sidney R. Jones
Dayton
Mae West Improves in Baltimore After Illness
Mae West, in Baltimore with her Diamond Lil show, is very much improved after an acute appendix condition. Dr W H Townshend said she may be able to get up in a few days and hopes to leave for New York around Thursday.
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Baltimore
Mae West
W. H. Townshend
Diamond Lil
Miss West
New York
Pyramid Club Gambling Busted by Los Angeles Police
Police cracked a Pyramid Friendship Club scam in LA and Long Beach arresting 19 people. Members paid 50 cents to join, then 1 to 2 dollars to recruit two more, forming a pyramid with top paid from new entrants. Officers seized 10 dollars in small bills and charts, deeming the operation illegal under city and state law and federal mail fraud statutes.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Area
Long Beach
William R. Stroud
Drunks In Columbus To Be Hospitalized
Columbus police open five beds at University Hospital to observe suspected drunks. A city funded nurse and two OSU interns will cover Friday and Saturday nights as part of a program to prevent deaths after arrests.
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Columbus
Actress Martha Vickers Engaged to Mickey Rooney
Hollywood reports Martha Vickers 23 says she is engaged to Mickey Rooney 29 with no definite wedding plans. Rooney's divorce from Betty Jane Rose finalizes in May and Vickers divorce from A. C. Lyles won’t be final until September. Rooney's first wife was Ava Gardner.
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Hollywood (Ap
Martha Vickers
Mickey Rooney
Rooney
Betty Jane Rose
Birmingham
Ala
Miss Vickers
A. C. Lyles
Ava Gardner
Love Expert to Tell All Before Court
Claude Marsan a self styled French expert on wooing women and his red haired assistant Barbara Weir 24 stand trial in Los Angeles Municipal Court for conducting a lewd show in a bar last Nov 19 Marsan claims it was an educational lecture A dozen college boys reportedly attended and a contest to kiss Miss Weir was described by Vice Squad Officer C O Smith who testified Weir wore a sheer negligee and Marsan demonstrated lovemaking techniques during the act
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Los Angeles
Claude Marsan
Barkley Talks in Cincinnati
Vice President-elect Alben W. Barkley told the National Institute of Scrap Iron and Steel Dealers that the Truman administration seeks cooperation from business, labor, and agriculture for four years. He urged partnership of business and politics to maintain living standards, homes, food, education, and environment for the nation. He emphasized that agriculture cannot prosper unless labor and business prosper.
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Cincinnati
Truman
Alben W. Barkley
National Institute of Scrap Iron and Steel Dealers
Kentucky
Ohioan Demands Final Push in Spy Hunt
Rep. John McSweeney of Ohio joins the new House Un American Activities Committee urging a logical conclusion to the 1948 Communist spy hunt. He vows cooperation with colleagues while protecting innocent people from unfounded accusations. McSweeney, a World War II veteran, warns that enemies working in secrecy pose greater threats than visible armies.
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Washington
John McSweeney
Ohio
New
House UN- American Activities Committee
McSweeney
Barbiturates Cause Of Doctor's Death
Cincinnati AP report states accidental barbiturate poisoning caused the death of Dr. Lacey Shuler a 55 year old orthopedic surgeon from Indianapolis. He died in an ambulance en route from his home to Cincinnati after collapsing Saturday. Coroner Herbert P Lyle announced the finding.
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Cincinnati
Lacey Shuler
Indianpolis
Herbert P. Lyle
Shuler
Actress Joanne Dru seeks divorce from Dick Haymes
Los Angeles AP Actress Joanne Dru 26 asks superior court for divorce from Dick Haymes 32 and custody of their three children along with 5000 monthly support and 25000 attorneys fees Alleging cruelty she calls herself a dutiful loving wife Dru estimates Haymes 1948 income at 200000 and seeks 3000 monthly for herself and 2000 for the children
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Joanne Dru
Superior Court
Dick Haymes
Miss Dru
Haymes
Selznick Revamps But Will Not Sell Out Film Property
HOLLYWOOD AP The Da vid O Selznick Enterprises is reorganizing its releasing company but is not up for sale, says a spokesman. Daniel T O'Shea president of Vanguard Films denies reports of a big sale with Warner Brothers and says Selznick is negotiating loanouts of its stars and planning productions in England Italy and Sweden under Western Hemisphere rights.
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Hollywood
David O. Selznick Enterprises
Daniel T. O'Shea
Vanguard Films
Selznick
Warner Brothers
Warners
England
Italy
Sweden
Four In One Family Dead After Blaze
Four members of a seven person family died in a Windber area one room home fire in Somerset County. Two others were badly burned while an 18 month old boy survived uninjured. Parents Anna Ross Snyder and Nancy Janet Snyder perished, as did Elizabeth and Charlotte. Gertrude Snyder and Lawrence Snyder were hospitalized with serious injuries. Neighbors Michael Pysnik and his wife found the infant outside after raising the alarm. The circumstances of the infant’s escape remain unclear.
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Windber, Pa
Cairnbrook
Somerset County
Lawrence Snyder
Gertrude
Windber
Anna Ross Snyder
Nancy Janet
Elizabeth Jane
Charlotte
Fiery Cross Burned Near Athens Ohio
A white mob burned a five foot cross in the yard of a Black family of eight on Route 7 near Coolville and Tuppers Plains in Athens County. Sheriff Bateman said a carload of men shouted, set the cross alight, and ordered residents to leave as the attack occurred.
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Athens O
Athens County
George Bateman
Reynolds
Route 7
Coolville
Tuppers Plains
Athens
Bateman
Transportation Group to Meet for Monthly Committee Session
The Transportation Development Committee will meet at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the City Building with Francis Carmody as chairman. At the previous session the panel invited a New York Central Railroad representative to discuss relocating the passenger depot and the hazardous Wildwood crossing. No reply has been received yet.
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Transportation Development Committee
Cityuilding
Francis Carmody
New York Central Railroad
New York Central
Wildwood Crossing
Highland County man indicted for first degree murder
Hillsboro Ohio AP report says Mahlon Wisecup aged 49 was indicted by the Highland County grand jury on a charge of first degree murder in the death of 72 year old Grant Nichols.
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Hillsboro, O
Highland County Grand Jury
Mahlon Wisecup
Grant Nichols
Pigeon On The Hoof
A peregrine falcon perched atop the Buckeye State Building and Loan Building near the Statehouse is feeding on Columbus pigeons. The bird's meals include donations of peanuts and popcorn from Daily Ohioans, making the predator a de facto state-supported consumer of poultry.
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Columbus
Ohio
Buckeye State Building and Loan
Statehouse
Bevin Refuses Talk on Middle East Policy
London AP reports Foreign Secretary Bevin told the House of Commons Britain has no obligation or intention to take offensive action in the Palestine war. He urged against a full debate, fearing it could jeopardize Jewish Egyptian peace talks on Rhodes and disrupt progress in the Middle East discussions.
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London
Bevin
Britain
Middle East
Palestine
House of Commons
Rhodes
House
German plant battle looms over reparations plan
Washington officials brace for a clash with Britain and France as a plan to allow Germany to keep about 150 plants used for reparations moves forward. The Hoffman recommendations seek to cut delivery pace to speed European recovery. The plan faces objections from sixteen former wartime adversaries. Hoffman's five man advisory group, led by George M. Humphrey, issued the proposal, which the State Department supports.
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Washington
Germany
Paul G. Hoffman
Britain
France
Hoffman
State Department
George M. Humphrey
Cleveland
Suspect Held In Death Of Beauty Pupil
In Tacoma Washington a man is held in connection with the death of 17 year old beauty student Noreen McNicholas. Her nude body was found under moss in Spanaway Park after she disappeared November 5. Authorities say strangulation and rape were suspected, with autopsy results pending. The suspect is not yet named and is kept incommunicado on an open charge.
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Tacoma
Wash
Noreen McNicholas
John Kendersi
Charles P.larson
Spanaway Park
Here
Auto Dealer and Banker Admit Taking Funds in Indiana
A joint FBI and state bank official report says Joseph Lee Bogel and William Ray Beiswanger admitted taking 5100,000 from Kouts State Bank over six months. Beiswanger, a Tefft used car dealer, drew checks for autos when funds were insufficient. Bogel admitted altering bank records to cover withdrawals.
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Indianapolis
H. G. Foster
FBI
Francis J. Moore
Indiana State Bank and Trust Company Division
Kouts State Bank
Porter County
Joseph Lee Bogel
Kouts
William Ray Beiswanger
Tefft
Foster
Beiswanger
Wheatfield
Bogel
Lutherans Name Vestry After 95th Annual Session
Newly elected vestry members for Bethlehem Lutheran Church are Leo F. Reinartz Louis Selby and Chester F. Wendt Joining the 95th annual congregation meeting on Sunday at South Broad Street the church heard J Hugo G Schmidt report progress and finances after repairs and redecorating A brief program of music followed with Ada Louise Weichaard singing The meeting concluded with group singing and slides of Christmas scenes shown by Walter Spindler There are no native mammals except bats in New Zealand.
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Bethlehem
Lutheran Church
Leo F. Reinartz
Louis Selby
Chester
F. Wendt
Church of
South Broad St
J. Hugo G. Schmidt
R. Carl Bogan
Arthur Sixt
Helen Blossom
Fresh Air Camp
Louise Behrens
Ladies Society
Clarence E. Popp
Women’s Missionary Society
Carl E. Holschuh
Sewing Circle
H. G. Schmidt
P. Moyer
Edith McFeeters
Luther League
Alan Spindler
Luther Society
Arthur Sixt, Jr
Brotherhood
En Avant
Eleanor Hausisen
M. S. Mills
Ronald Hals
Ada Louise Weichaard
Ruth Rempe
Richard Jones
Robert Jones
Robert McFeeters
Jack Golbert
Carol Banzhaf
Judy Fabing
Linda Elsner
Barbara O'Conner
Sue George
Ruth Roess
Charlotte Horn
Walter Spindler
George E. Fahrenholz
Prince Aly Khan to Wed Rita Hayworth
Prince Aly Khan, son of the Aga Khan, announced plans to marry actress Rita Hayworth after divorcing his English wife. His secretary Emrys Williams said the union would break many hearts and described Hayworth as a lovely simple girl who avoids excess.
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Cannes
Aly Khan
Aly
Aga Khan
Rita Hayworth
Emrys Williams
Williams
Rita
Prince's Villa
Grippe
Needham Band Donates Found Money to 2011 Jubilee
An organization dormant since 1917 contributed 500 dollars to Needham’s 300th anniversary fund. The money, unclaimed in a local bank, was approved by seven of the bank’s 28 charter members to support the town celebration planned for 2011.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Needham, Mass
Needham
Am I Married Woman Seeks Court Ruling on Status
In Cleveland a 75 year old divorce plaintiff Mrs May Esenwein seeks a declaratory judgment from Common Pleas Court to decide if she remains married to William Esenwein despite his 1941 Las Vegas divorce. The case traces 1899 marriage, repeated lawsuits, and alimony orders in Pennsylvania, with Nevada proceedings challenged and no served papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Common Pleas Court
May EE. Esenwein
William F. Esenwein
Esenwein
Las Vegas
Nev
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Allegheny County
Pennsylvania
U. S. Supreme Court
Nevada
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