Bomb impact study chills Middletown residents
Dr. L C Neer deputy rector of health reports Middletown would face 15000 deaths and 20000 injuries if an A bomb struck the Crawford Street Logan Avenue center. He maps a teardrop pattern with 90 percent dead within a half mile and outlines 50 first aid stations and four collecting centers to handle 20000 casualties.
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Middletown
L. C. Neer
Civil Defense Committee
Crawford St
Loan Ave
Neer
Crawford St.Logan Ave
Neers
Said
Middletown High School
Roosevelt Junior High School
McKinley Junior High School
Manchester Hotel
Panic Control Best Weapon in Civil Defense Says Wilson
Paul Wilson assistant executive director of the Civil Defense Committee urged panic control as the main defense. He cited L C Neer's A bomb damage study and noted England's WWII survival relied on bombing preparedness. He urged every home to have a flashlight and portable first aid kit for safety and readiness.
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Paul Wilson
Civil Defense Committee
L. C. Neer
England
Wilson
Middletown
Reorganization Of City Departments Approved By Commission
City Commissioners authorize a departmental city government setup under a 1949 charter amendment. New divisions include Water and Sewage Disposal with a Director of Public Utilities and a Bureau of Water Works Collection in Finance, effective February 1.
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Division of Accounts
Department of Finance
H. W. Starick
Bureau of Water Collection
Starick
Harry E. Newlin
W. H. Shawhan
Floyd G. Browne
Ortman-Stewart Bus Company
Bismarck
George Beckman
Craige Adams
West Central Ave
John A. Gibbs
Arpo Plumbing Company
Gibbs
Bigger payroll checks issued in Hamilton courthouse 1951
Hamilton Ohio Special report notes H R Smith, Butler County auditor, distributed semi monthly payroll checks on the first pay day for 1951. Officials fixed most scales with a $25 monthly raise, minor adjustments by department heads, and the county commissioners approved a planning to raise salaries by $25 monthly on the 1951 appropriation. Earlier estimates set annual pay advance at $42,000.
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Hamilton
H. R Smith
Butler County
Warren records first 1951 traffic fatality Quinley
Charles F. Quinley, 66, Warren, died from injuries suffered January 4 after being struck by an automobile. The fatality occurred Wednesday night, marking Warren's first traffic death of 1951.
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IST
Warren
Charles F. Quinley
Judge Cites Boys' Parents In Robberies
In Hamilton special report, four boys accused of burglaries had their parents cited for contributing to juvenile delinquency by Judge Oscar R. Leiser. Parents face possible sentences and fines from a year in the Cincinnati Workhouse to $1,000 and costs. Two youths, ages 15 and 16, were sent to the Boys Industrial School. The other two boys’ case is pending, as police link the burglaries to a pony keg business and confirm 12 additional break ins.
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Hamilton
Oscar R. Leiser
Cincinnati
Ruby Winn
Film feature offered to groups on Americanism
Ray Sloan of the American Legion committee on Americanism announces a colored slide feature titled Lane of the Free. The program contrasts Communism and socialism with American democracy and has already been shown to 19 Middletown groups. Organizers should contact Sloan to arrange showings.
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Ray Sloan
American Legion Committee On
Lane
America
Sloan
Middletown
Movie Listings for Paramount Strand and Colonial
Paramount shows White Tower at 1 15 p m 3 20 5 25 7 30 and 9 40 p m Thursday Al Jennings of Oklahoma at 1 30 4 20 7 10 and 10 50 p m Also Hes a Cockeyed Wonder at 3 00 5 50 and 8 40 p m Strand presents Alcatraz Island at 1 30 3 55 6 25 and 10 10 p m Thursday San Quentin at 2 40 5 10 7 40 and 10 10 p m Friday Return Of Frontiersman at 2 15 4 45 7 35 and 10 25 p m Also Holiday Rhythm at 1 15 3 45 6 25 and 9 15 p m Colonial shows Miniver Story at 1 20 3 25 5 25 and 7 30 p m Thursday.
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Paramount
White Tower
al Jennings
Oklahoma
Alcatrazs Island
San Quentin
Draft Board Delays Word on Extending Draft Age
J Wylie Mitchell chairman said no official word yet on drafting men born after April 1 1930. The February call will include 20 year olds born January 1 to March 29 1930, and if permission is not granted to draft more 20 year olds they will seek alternatives.
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Draft Board 10
J. Wylie Mitchell
Mitchell
Law Intercepts Honeymoon For Lebanon Couple
Cleves Williams 27 of Lebanon and his bride were stopped at Cincinnati Greyhound Terminal on their way to Kentucky for their honeymoon. Williams faced a Lebanon false check charge. Warren County sheriff planned arraignment as the couple remained jailed awaiting deputies. The new Mrs Williams expressed steadfast support.
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Lebanon
Cleves Williams
Greyhound
Cincinnati
Kentucky
George Ebbers
Gerald Couden
Warren County
Williams
Couden
BPW Aids Red Cross In Drive Packaging
The Business and Professional Women's Club assisted the Grey Ladies in packaging material for the annual Red Cross fund campaign in March. The volunteers sent 20,000 Red Cross badges to organizations and industrial plants across the city.
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Grey Ladies
Red Cross Fund
Red Cross
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