Fire destroys Oneida double frame house and displaces two families
A fire at 3012 Navaho St Oneida gutted a double frame home, with the Monroe Volunteer Fire Department arriving at 11:40 a.m. to save only the exterior walls and roof. The Millard Flemings and four Paytons lost furniture and clothes, estimated at about $9,000 total. Families seek items via Salvation Army and Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navaho St
Oneida
Millard Fleming
Bernard Payton
Monroe
Earl Hieshue
Fleming
Salvation Army
Red Cross
Payton
Thekna Sorrell
Wayne Ave
Flemings
Aaron Field
Weekend Forecast Promises Colder Return With Snow Flurries
The region faces showers tonight and a low around 35 ahead of a cloudy colder weekend. Saturday may be windy and warmer before a drop in temperatures, with snow flurries possible in northern Ohio Sunday. yesterday ranged 32 to 43 degrees, today opened at 32.
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Ohio
Police Briefs Compiled From Local Arrests And Incidents
Police reported multiple arrests last night on disorderly conduct in the North Clinton area with John Simpson 65 Pearl Simpson 55 both of 3124 Ohio Ave taken into custody. Cecil Walters 29 of 803 Maple St charged with operating a motor vehicle when intoxicated at First Ave and Water St. James De Board 28 of 1406 Winona Dr and Omer Swope 38 of West Middletown Route 2 charged with disorderly conduct after arrests at Central Ave and Clinton St. Claude Horn 19 of 202 North Sutphin St treated for a cut lip and hand injuries after an altercation on Central Ave. Vernon C. Martin charged with physical control of a motor vehicle at Clinton St and Vail Ave.
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John Simpson
Ohio Ave
Pearl Simpson
North Clinton St
Cecil Walters
Maple St
First Ave
Water St
James DeBoard
Winona Dr
Omer Swope
West Middletown
Central Ave
Clinton St
Claude Horn
Sutphin St
James Howerton
Horn
Middletown Hospital
Vernon C. Martin
Vail Ave
Columbia Ave
Lester R. Baldwin
Hamilton St
Dayton
Earl Hightower
Don H. Gibson
Mohawk St
Gibson
Mabel G. Long
Edward G. Hale
Highland St
James Highley
Superior Ave
Man cashes bounced check for 65 dollars
Earnest DiLorenzo of 1600 Baltimore St. told police he cashed a December 28 check that was marked no account. He said the check was drawn on an East St. Louis bank and was for 65 dollars.
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Earnest DiLorenzo
Baltimore St
East St. Louis
Woman Charged With Theft Returned Here
Sally Sparkman, identified as the suspect, was returned from Mt. Sterling Kentucky by detectives John Fitzgerald and Sam Moore. She faces a charge of stealing clothing valued at 160 dollars on July 6 including blouses skirts suits and other women’s wear.
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Mt. Sterling
John Fitzgerald
Sam Moore
Sally Sparkman
Irene Walker
Creek Dragging Fails to Find Bodies in Dec 26 Crash
Hamilton search efforts for Four Mile Creek again yield no trace of missing young wife Loretta Marum Gordon 16 and Cpl John Little 22 after their car wrecked into a tree near the creek. Box 21 volunteers and Dayton responders aided by Sheriff Walke note shallow waters hindered recovery.
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Hamilton
Four Mile Creek
Box 21
Dayton
Charles B. Walke
Loretta Mar@um Gordon
South Eleventh St
Cpl
John Little
Somerville
At The Movies Show Schedule Highlights
Paramount and Strand theatres present a slate of films this weekend. Calloway Went Thataway, The Unknown Man, Westward The Woman, Triple Cross, Frisco Tornado, Fight To Mars and Unknown World appear with multiple daily showings across Saturday and Sunday at 1:20, 4:20, 7:15, 10:10 p.m. and various afternoon and evening times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
Calloway
Main Street Closure For Weekend Sewer Pipe Install
Main Street at Eleventh Avenue is closed this weekend for sewer work by Burch-Haddad Construction laying 102 inch pipe. The project is the first upgrade to the Ninth Avenue sewer district with detours via Eleventh Avenue Minnesota Fourth and back to Main. Police Chief Joseph Black reported detour signs and a Monday reopening likely.
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Main St
Eleventh Ave
Burch-Haddad Construction Company
Ninth Ave
Minnesota
Fourteenth Ave
Joseph Blackmore
Six Accidents Investigated Here Three Drivers Arrested
Police investigated six city accidents yesterday and early today with no injuries or major damage. Three people were arrested for intoxicated driving and related offenses after incidents on Clinton Street, Canal and First Avenues, and Central Avenue. Damages ranged from fifty to two hundred dollars in several wrecks.
Tax Chief In Oregon Sued For 150000 Dollars
Portland Oregon July 1950 Oregon's collector of internal revenue Hugh H Earle is named defendant in a civil suit for 150000 dollars filed by Daisy Taylor an insurance agent. She claims Earle beat her in a Portland restaurant. Earle denies the charges saying the suit stems from a loan dispute and media criticism of the internal revenue bureau with no Portland office irregularities reported.
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Portland
Ore
Hugh H. Earle
Oregon
Internal Revenue
Daisy Taylor
Earle
Taylor
Internal Revenue Bureau
Butler County Probate Filings Name Executors
The estate of William Reynolds of Hamilton is probated with Effie named executrix and the widow to receive the estate per the April 1 1944 will. William Reynolds died January 10. Anna Marie Lotz of Hamilton dies January 6 with a probate filing. Money on deposit is to be divided among a daughter and three sons. the rest goes to Carl W Lotz and the Sept. 5, 1947 will.
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William Reynolds
Hamilton
Effie
Anna Marie Lotz
Carl W. Lotz
Middletown Man Sentenced 10 to 25 Years for Armed Robbery
Ballard Gayhart Jr., 28, pleaded guilty in Lima Common Pleas Court to armed robbery for the Pioneer Market holdup on December 26. He received a 10 to 25 year sentence after being arrested 20 minutes later at a Lima hotel room and linked to prior bad-check charges in Middletown and Eaton. He claimed hunger drove the crime. Judge Moran B. Jenkins imposed the sentence.
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Middletown
Common Pleas
Lima
Ballard Gayhart, Jr
Pioneer Market
Gayhart
Reeves Jewelry
Eaton
Moran B. Jenkins
Anti U S Feeling Grows In Europe Red Press Claims
The Soviet press says Western Europe grows anti American toward U S efforts to block Eastern Europe and force nations to participate. Izvestia cites anger at economic policy while Pravda claims Britons reject pro American policy and misread U S control of government apparatus.
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U. S
Europe
Red Press
Moscow
Izvestia
U.S
Pravda
United States
Probate notes outline Hamilton and Middletown estates
The notes record Elizabeth Schwarz and Max Schneider estates with assets 20448.91 and 44466.83 including realty. Executors and admins are named, with inheritance tax figures, specific distributions to Mae Levey Rose Goldzwig and others, and a injury claim settlement for Carl Stotts involving Paul J Banks at Central and South Avenues in Hamilton.
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Elizabeth Schwarz
Hamilton
Christ W. Schwarz
Max Schneider
Middletown
Celia Schneider
Mae Levey
Rose Goldzwig
Anthony Soltysik
Edward S. Soltysik
Soltysik
Ada Mann
Catherine Knapp
Carl Stotts
Lester W. Koehler
Stotts
Paul J. Banks
Central and
South Aves
Divorce Suits Filed In Hamilton Court
Elizabeth Hoskins of Hamilton sues Delbert Hoskins for neglect and cruelty. Jane Hudson of Hamilton sues Elmer Hudson for neglect and cruelty. Pinkie Rawlins of Hamilton sues David Rawlins for neglect and cruelty. Clara Betty Combs of Hamilton sues Harlan Combs for neglect and cruelty. Sidney E. Staples of Hamilton sues Stella Mae Staples, minor, Williamsdale, for neglect and cruelty.
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Elizabeth Hoskins
Hamilton
Delbert Hoskins
Jane Hudson
Elmer Hudson
Pinkie Rawlins
David Rawlins
Clara Betty Combs
Harlan Combs
Sidney E. Staples
Stella Mae Staples
Minor
Williamsdale
Maple Park Scouts Plan Skating Party
Maple Park Girl Scout leaders met at Mrs. Stanley Frisby’s home on Bryant Street to plan a skating party in early February. The annual Mother and Daughter Dinner is set for February 28 at Maple Park School, with the next meeting scheduled for February 20 at Mrs. Edward Schiller’s home on Jewell Avenue.
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Maple Park
Stanley Frisby
Bryant St
Maple Park School
Edward Schiller
Jewell Ave
Woman's Arm Burned as Oven Explodes
Two people were treated in Middletown Hospital yesterday. Mrs. Mary McGonigle of 2812 Armco Dr. suffered burns to her right arm when an oven at her home exploded and was released after treatment. Paul Dickey of the YMCA received chest cuts and knee injuries when a saw blade struck him at Lebanon yesterday afternoon.
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Middletown Hospital
Mary McGonigle
Armco
Paul Dickey
YMCA
Lebanon
Inmate Paroled From Mansfield Reform School
Lenville Jackson, a former Middletown man serving a forgery sentence, is among inmates granted parole at the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield. The parole becomes effective February 27 after police connected him to an arrest on a warrant from Butler County Sheriff's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Ohio State Reformatory
Mansfield
Lenville Jackson
Jackson
Butler County Sheriff's Office
Case Dismissal for Robert V. Moore in Municipal Court
The case of Robert V. Moore aged 23 of 1514 Plum Street was dismissed yesterday before Judge Alton H. Combs in Municipal Court.
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Robert V. Moore
Plum St
Moore
Alton H. Combs
Deacon Installations Set at First Presbyterian Church
The Rev. Russell W. Galloway announced installation services for newly elected deacons at 9 30 a m tomorrow during the First Presbyterian Church service. Trustees and elders will be installed at the 11 a m service.
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First Presbyterian Church
Russell W. Galloway
MacArthur Urges Republicans to Unite for Nomination
The article notes General MacArthur’s claim he would be the man and urges conservative Republicans to back his nomination. The National Committee plans an April 1 meeting of its executive committee to choose a keynote speaker for the July convention. It states the convention will have 1,205 votes, so the nominee needs 603 votes to win.
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National Committee
Carrie A Snyder 84 Funeral Services Held
Funeral services for Carrie A Snyder 84 former West Alexandria resident were set for 2:30 p m at Zimmerman Funeral Home with Rev John Good officiating Burial followed at Sugar Grove Cemetery She died Thursday at James Rest Home Dayton Survivors include sisters Lula Swartzel Germantown and Mabel Goodwin Eaton.
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West Alexandria
Carrie A. Snyder
Here
Zimmerman
John Good
Sugar Grove
Snyder
James Rest Home
Dayton
Lula Swartzel
Germantown
Mabel Goodwin
Eaton
Deaths Elsewhere AP report notes three notable passings
France Archduke Maximilian of Austria 56 uncle of Otto of Hapsburg pretender to the Austrian throne dies Thursday in Nice. Ottawa George Clifford Bennett 50 former airman who claimed a world parachuting record 1319 jumps dies Thursday. Los Angeles Jerome Howard 46 one of the Three Stooges known as Curly dies Friday.
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Nice
France
Archduke Maximillian of
Austria
Otto of Hapsburg
Francis Joseph
Ottawa
George Clifford Bennett
Thurly
Los Angeles
Jerome Howard
Curly
Five Traffic Deaths Alarm Hamilton Officials in 1952
Hamilton County officials warned of an upward trend after five traffic deaths in January 1952, nearly two months ahead of the 1951 pace. Corporal Jack B. McDaniel, 25, died in a grade crossing crash in Williamsdale, the second fatality of the week, as a cab driver and others were injured in a Route 127 collision involving five Hamilton residents. Military rites set for McDaniel at Rose Hill Memorial Park.
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Hamilton
Butler
Jack B. McDaniel
Marine Corps
Army
Corporal McDaniel
Trenton Rd
Williamsdale
Raymond Simpson
Pennsylvania
Rose Hill Memorial Park
George McDaniel
Bonacker Ave
New Continuance Given Tyng Case
Reckless driving charge against Arthur S. Tyng, a construction engineer of 2912 Armco Dr., was continued to February 19 in Chillicothe Municipal Court. Tyng's eastbound car collided with Dudley M. Lontz’s westbound vehicle near Chillicothe on November 17. Tyng's wife Caroline, 34, died, and Lontz and his family escaped with minor injuries. Tyng pleaded innocent at arraignment.
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Arthur S. Tyng
Armco Dr
Chillicothe Municipal
Tyng
Chillicothe
Caroline
Thefts Probed By Police Across City
Cash and articles valued at over 200 were stolen yesterday. Pansy Hooks reports missing gold and engagement rings valued at 120. Sterling Harrison found 90 stolen from his car wallet. Gordon Pieratt says auto wheel and tire worth 25 taken from his trunk. George Evanovich reports car damage including broken windshield and fender skirts.
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Pansy Hooks
Eighteenth Ave
Gordon Pieratt
South
Sutphin St
George Evanovich
South Clinton St
Cribbs Leaves Hospital After Train Collision Injuries
Vance Cribbs 59 of Route 25, assistant to Armco Steel personal relations director, was discharged from Middletown Hospital yesterday. He was injured January 2 when his car was struck by a Pennsylvania train engine at the Girard Ave crossing, suffering rib fractures and head injuries.
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Vance Cribbs
Route 25
Armco Steel
Middletown Hospital
Cribbs
Pennsylvania
Girard Ave
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U.S.A
Maude B. Thatcher
Shafer
Middletown, Hic
Howard Sears
Christ
ANCE
Glenn Wilkinson
Grace Baptist Church
Abraham and Wilmore
WPFB
Canal
Floyd B. Oaks
Paynter Ave
James Robert Carson
Rufus St
William Leroy Winkle
Forrest Ave
Charles C. Pigman
Ardmore Dr
Pigman
Grimes St
Betty Jo Howard
Lamberton St
Verity Pkvy
Howard
Butler County Courts
MacArthur
B.P.O.E. NO
Associated Press
Route 127
Charles Logan
Virginia
Ronnell Logan
Carl Smith
Raymond Bennett
Logan
Nilles
Bennett
Auto Cas
Sterling Harrison
Young St
R News
Broad ST
Marvin McQuinn
Dr. Boyce W. Blackwelder
Connersville, Ind
First Church of God
River St
Franklin, Ohio
Emmit E. Caldwell
R. C. Caudill
Spotters” of
Union Sanitary Are
Union Sanitary
Park
Union S Middletown
Park and
2Nd Avenue
Central Avenue
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