Commission to Study Planning Program at Tonight’s Session
City Commission may approve a long range planning program and a zoning extension before tonight’s meeting. The Middleton Real Estate Board urges expansion to Warren County line and Route 25, with a 89000 cost estimate for planning work led by L Segoe and G W Breiel.
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Middleton Real Estate Board
Marvin D. Clark
Clark
L. Segoe
Cincinnati
Breiel
Segoe
City Planning Commission
Real Estate Board
Fred J. Schatzmann
Warren County
Oxford State Rd
Warren Farm Values High in Warren County Report
A new Bureau of the Census based report shows Warren county farm property valued at over 21 million dollars and rural homes statewide in exceptionally good condition. The study finds over 86 percent of farm dwellings in Ohio and the North Central states in excellent condition or needing only minor maintenance, compared with 69.9 percent in 1940.
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Lebanon
Warren County
Ohio
North Central States
Bureau of the Census
Middletown Area Social Notes and Health Updates
Mrs. Ralph Bowling remains seriously ill at Middletown Hospital with a kidney ailment while her baby son Jr. has been hospitalized since Christmas night and was discharged home Monday. Several local residents visit, move, or host guests in Middletown and nearby towns, including Cincinnati and Detroit, with illnesses improving and travel planned.
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Franklin
Ralph Bowling
Alyce Eisenmenger
Middletown
Irene Meyers
Ronnie
Clarence Taylor
Fred Primrose
Plattsburg
Elbert Stanton
Cincinnati
Charles Creighton
Berger
Main St
Fred Byers
Lake Ave
Thomas Fry
Robert Berger
Germantown
R. C. Berger
H. J. Corwin
Middletown Hospital
A. D. Eldridge
Lillian
Dayton
Floyd Gebhart
East Sixth St
Ralph Brewer
Verna Bunn
William DeWeese
Clyde DeWeese
Miamisburg
Jones and Long Lead In Louisiana Governor Race
Unofficial returns from 596 of 1,878 precincts show Earl K. Long and Sam H. Jones in front in the Democratic gubernatorial primary with a runoff likely on February 24. James Morrison and Robert F. Kennon trail as the slow-count continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louisiana
Earl K. Long
Sam H. Jones
Jones
Huey P. Long
Earl Long
Huey
Jimmie H. Davis
Long
Huey Long
U. S
James H. Morrison
Robert F. Kennon
Kennon
Man Sentenced to Penitentiary in Ohio Case
Everett Collins of near Franklin pleaded guilty to driving a motor vehicle without the owner's consent and was sentenced to the Ohio State Penitentiary for one to five years. Sheriff Couden planned to take him to Columbus, after 30 days at Lima State Hospital where he was declared sane.
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Lebanon
Alton F. Brown
Everett Collins
Franklin
William Henderson
Ohio State Penitentiary
Gerald W. Couden
Collins
Columbus
Lima State Hospital
Fellowship Class of Monroe Meets at Monroe Methodist
The Monroe Methodist Church fellowship class gathered in the social room with Mrs. Eula Harmon presiding. They planned a fish fry for February 20 and appointed committees for the next three months including Rena Owen, Beatrice Hiteshue, Helen Garver, and Tom Linn. Present were the Rev. Stafford and numerous Garvers, Linns, Jones, Harmon, Atchley, and Shirley family members.
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Monroe — Good Fellowship
Monroe Methodist Church
Eula Harmon
Rena Owen
Beatrice Hiteshue
Helen Garver
Tom Linn
Stafford
William Garver
Joel Jones
Robert Garver
David Harmon
Elmer Atchley
Rena Owen Shirley
Jane
Robert
Donald Garver
Earl Jones
Camden Company Wins Preble County Gasoline Bid
The Wood Oil Company of Camden was named the successful bidder to supply 10 000 gallons of gasoline for Preble County. County commissioners reported three bids were received and Wood's bid at 19 cents per gallon was the lowest.
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Camden
Wood Oil Company
Preble County
Orville Wood
Wood Company
Gephart Undergoes Surgery in Dayton Hospital
Gentown report notes Louis C Gephart is confined to Miami Valley hospital Dayton after an operation. Mr and Mrs Paul Bell spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Walter Paine in Miamisburg. Ger mantown High School senior class had pictures taken in Dayton for their coming graduation Monday.
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Germantown
Louis C. Gephart
Miami Valley Hospital
Dayton
Paul Bell
Walter Paine
Miamisburg
Germantown High School
Sailor Ernest Honeycutt Rejoins USS Rupertus in Pacific Tour
Seaman first class Ernest E Honeycutt son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Honeycutt Pleasant Plain Route 1 has returned to Taingtao China aboard the destroyer USS Rupertus after visiting many major Western Pacific ports.
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Lebanon
Ernest E Honeycutt
USN
Ernest Honeycutt
Pleasant Plain
Taingtao
China
Rupertus
Pacific
Forest land ownership in the United States today
The United States holds about 462 million acres of commercial forest land, with roughly 74 percent under private ownership. The share of publicly owned forests remains a minority part of the total, shaping management and conservation dynamics across sectors.
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United States
Pollution bills advance in Congress on river cleanup
Representative George H. Bender predicts House passage of a Senate bill to remove pollution from streams. The measure offers loans up to 100 million dollars per year to states and municipalities covering one third of project costs, with Ohio basin concerns shaping its scope.
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Washington
George H. Bender
Ohio
House
Senate
House Public Works Committee
Bender
Taft
Barkley
Elston
Elston (R
Spence
D-Ky
Mundt
R-Sd
Ashtabula Water System Clears Shortage
Water flowed normally through the Ashtabula Water Works intake pipe in Lake Erie today ending a water shortage caused by needle ice at the intake mouth. The shortage had closed schools and many businesses and plants until a temperature rise broke up the slush ice.
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Shtabula, O. (Ap
Ashtabula Water Works Co
Lake Erie
Carmody Seeks Democratic Nomination for Congress
Phil M. Carmody a 37 year old lawyer and city councilman in Painesville says he will seek the Democratic nomination for representative to Congress from Ohio's 22nd district in the May 4 primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Painesville
Phillip M. Carmody
Congress
Rexford Riggs Dies in Auto-Tractor Crash Near Portsmouth
Rexford Riggs, 38, died yesterday when his car collided with a tractor-trailer near Portsmouth. The accident occurred on a local highway, authorities said, with responders pronouncing him dead at the scene.
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Portsmouth
Rexford Riggs
Here
Retired Ohio Legislator Thomas H. Clark Dies
Thomas H. Clark, 79, a former Ohio legislator, Columbus attorney, and city council member, died yesterday in Panama City Florida.
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Columbus, D
Thomas H. Clark
Columbus
Ohio
Panama City
Fla
Brakeman Fatally Injured In Yard Collision
Eugene B Koske 27 a New York Central brakeman was fatally injured when a Baltimore and Ohio freight train struck him in Elyria Ohio yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria, O
Eugene B Koske
New York Central Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio
Commissioner Burns Dies After Five-Week Illness
Dr. William H. Burns 67 health commissioner under three mayors and longtime local practitioner died after a five week illness. The report notes he was associated with the ruffled grouse known as partridge.
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Alliance, O
William H. Burns
Prosecutor Forfeited Claims To Job in Ohio Ruling
Ohio Supreme Court rules Welmer Welty forfeited right to the Logan County prosecuting attorney post by joining the Army before qualifying. Welty entered service November 12, 1940, qualified January 1, 1941, reelected in 1944, resigned 1947, discharged August 12, 1947. He sued for back salary totaling 8291 dollars. court says he was never legally qualified and not entitled to the salary.
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Columbus
Welmer Welty
Logan County
Ohio Supreme Court
Welty
Stark County
Cobbey, Shirley and Co
Canton
William B. Quinn
Quinn
John G. Rummel
Rummel
State Board of Tax Appeals
State Conservation Department
Piqua
J. Gunther
Gunther
Hunger strikes sweep Nazi Germany as food shortages bite
About 200000 workers walked out in Nuernberg and Cologne protests across Allied zones. Demonstrators crowded Adolf Hitlerplatz in Nuernberg chanting We want a United Germany and Death to Black Marketeers while condemning British American and German authorities. In Cologne up to 120000 workers left, halting steel metal chemical and building trades and closing municipal offices. Cologne streetcars stopped. only the cathedral interior work continued.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Nuernberg
Cologne
Adolf Hitlerplatz
Death Penalty Paid By Youth Simons Hanged in Canada
Edgar James Simons, 19, a North Woods guide and caretaker at Pancake Bay lodge, was hanged for the April 19 murder of Catherine Rupert and her two year old son during an alleged rape attempt. Rupert had moved with her family from Altoona, Pennsylvania to the lodge area two years earlier. Simons spent his last hours singing hymns before execution in Sault Ste. Marie Ontario.
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Sault ST
Marie
Ont
Edgar James Simons
North Woods
Catharine Rupert
Pancake Bay
Simons
Rupert
Altoona
Batdorf Elected President of Temperance League of America
Dr. G. D. Batdorf of Dayton Ohio, a retired bishop of the Evangelical United Brethren Church, was elected president of the Temperance League of America, the newly adopted title of the Anti Saloon League. Maj. Clayton M. Wallace of Indianapolis was named general superintendent.
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Pittsburgh
G. D. Batdorf
Dayton
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Temperance League of America
Anti- Saloon League
Clayton M. Wallace
Indianapolis
Dance Planned by Monroe High School Parents Club
The Monroe High School Parents Club will sponsor a 50 50 dance Friday at 8 p m in the high school gym. Music by Ben Hochman and caller Jack Selby. Refreshments will be available under supervision of Mrs Frank Stewart and Mrs John Adams.
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Monroe
Monroe High School
Ben Hochman
Jack Selby
Frank Stewart
John Adams
Wylie Mitchell Reelected YMCA Board Head
Wylie Mitchell was reelected president of the YMCA Board of Directors at a noon meeting at the Manchester Hotel for a one year term. Kirk Strodtbeck W. Denny Jr Elmer Barker were reelected vice-presidents Harold Jones became secretary succeeding Rev Reuben Pieters. The board accepted the general secretary Ralph Knight's yearly report and the resignation of George McGuire as Boys' Work Secretary with A C Keister serving temporarily as replacement.
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Wylie Mitchell
Ymca Board of Directors
Manchester
Kirk Strodtbeck
George McGuire
A. C Keister
Arabs Launch Second Attack On Yehiam Settlement
Arab fighters renewed their assault on Yehiam, a Jewish settlement near Acre, killing 16 in a day-long battle. Jewish sources report about 500 uniformed attackers with steel helmets under Iraqi and German trained officers fired from trenches.
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Jerusalem
Yehiam
Acre
Haifa
Jewish Agency
British
Galilee
Syria
England
Katamon
Governor Herbert and bride return to Columbus
Governor Thomas J. Herbert carried his bride into the Ohio Governor's Mansion after their trip from Washington and Florida. The new first lady looked surprised as he lifted her across the threshold. The couple, joined by GOP Chairman Fred H. Johnson, described their Florida honeymoon as fine despite poor Miami weather. Herbert attended a dinner for retiring highway director Murray D. Shaffer and planned to return to work.
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Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
Executive
Ohio
Herbert
Washington
Florida
GOP
Fred H. Johnson
Miami
Murray D. Shaffer
Mellon Creates Richard King Mellon Foundation
Pittsburgh AP reports a 6.4 million dollar foundation established by Richard K Mellon for charitable religious and scientific purposes. The Richard King Mellon Foundation will be the seventh Mellon family foundation and receives 100000 Gulf Oil shares valued at 6.4 million dollars.
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Pittsburgh
Richard K. Mellon
Mellon
Richard King Mellon
Gulf Oil
Seven Chinese Die as Plane Crashes Near Shanghat
A transport plane carrying 54 Chinese civilians, including many children, crashed near Shanghat during a heavy snowstorm. Seven passengers were killed and 30 injured, with evacuations underway from Mukden amid the escalating Communist threat.
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Shanghat
Mukden
Belle Center man dies in corn picker accident
Robert Connole, 35, of Belle Center, died from a broken neck and crushed chest after his clothing became entangled in a corn picker he was operating last night.
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Bellefontaine
Robert Connole
Belle Center
Tito claims Yugoslavia possesses atomic bombs
A pro Italian paper stampa La Voca Libera reports Marshal Tito’s secret speech from Zagreb dated November 18 1947 asserting Yugoslavia has 150 divisions atomic bombs and jet powered planes for the final annihilation of reaction The tabloid says it held the text a month awaiting authenticity and cites a French dissident outlet as confirmation
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trieste
Free Territory
la Voca Libera
Emier Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Tito
Zagreb
Trade Probers To Scrutinize Pauley Deals
Senate investigators weigh Edwin W. Pauley trading gains totaling 932703 over three years. The California oilman and Army aide says post September 3 deals include a 50000 bushel wheat purchase as a bonus, pre September 3 orders executed later, and technical transactions to liquidate holdings.
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Washington
Edwin W. Pauley
California
Royall
Pauley
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
Army Department
1,753 American Dead Arrive From Europe
The Army Transport Eric G. Gibson arrived in New York with 1,753 American service members bodies from Europe and anchored off Staten Island.
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Europe
New York
Army Transport Corp
Eric G. Gibson
Staten Island
Hartley Assails Justice Dept lax in Petrillo case
Rep Hartley charges the Justice Department was exceedingly lax in preparing the Sea Act case against AFL CMU chief James Petrillo who was acquitted in Chicago. He questioned the case's handling and pressed Petrillo on ties to London gramophone interests and Decca involvement.
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Justice Department
Lax
Hartley
Washington
Abp
R-Nj
House Labor Committee
James C. Petrillo
AFL
Petrillo
Chicago
Lea
United States
Milton Diamond
London
Gramophone Company
Diamond
Decca
Seaborne Forces Attack Peiping Railway Route
Pro government dispatches say Shantung seaborne troops rushed toward Peiping to seize the railway north of the Great Wall. The reports claim more than 10,000 Communists were repelled at Liaoyang on the Mukden Dairen line about 50 miles south of Mukden.
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Peiping
Shantung Province
Peiping-Mukden
Liaoyaing
Mukden-Dairen
Mukden
Russian Ousts Two Argentines from Embassy
Moscow reports two Argentine embassy officers Alfredo Antonio Bazan and Pedro Conde Magdaleno left the Soviet Union at the suggestion of the foreign affairs ministry. They were accused of aiding the smuggling of two Spaniards out of Russia in trunks on January 2.
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Moscow
Russia
Soviet Union
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Alfredo Antonio Bazan
Pedro Conde Magdaleno
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