Fire Guts Lebanon House Amid Ongoing County Arson Pattern
A vacant seven room two story house on Ohio 123 near Crpers ss eeesol was found burning by neighbor Marvin Bausmith at 10:30 p.m. Firefighters limited by nearby buildings. Owners Rezin Meloy estimate loss at 5000 dollars. Officials call origin unknown after ruling out short circuit with no power in the house. Similar fires have plagued Warren County recently targeting homes and barns.
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Lebanon
Ohio 123
Crpers
Eeesol Byore
Marvin Bausmith
Rezin Meloy
Meloy
Warren County
Franklin Police Exam Dates Set for Patrolman
Franklin civil service announces exam for patrolman on February 12 at 7 p.m. in the council room of the municipal building. Eligibility requires 21 to 31 years old, 5 feet 6 inches or taller, high school graduate, and passing a physical. Lawrence Shawhan chairs the civil service commission.
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Franklin
Mu- Police
Frank Harbaughnicipal
Civil Service Commission
Lawrence Shawhan
Hamilton Man Bound Over In Slaying
John L. Jones, 37, of 605 Wittman Ave, was bound over to the grand jury on a second degree murder charge in the fatal shooting of Mrs. Alice Berry, 49, at her Hamilton home. Det. Phil Baker filed the charge after Berry died from a bullet wound in the groin at Mercy Hospital. Police say Jones, intoxicated, and others were drinking when the revolver discharged in the Berry kitchen.
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Jones
Berry
Schools Topic Of Talk Tonight
Prof. Lowry W. Harding of Ohio State University, part of the team that mapped the Middle town School System, will speak at a joint meeting of the Lincoln and Wilson school associations tonight at 8 p.m. in the Roosevelt Junior High auditorium. He will discuss "The Ideal School" and the public is invited.
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Lowry W. Harding
Ohio State University
Middletown
Lincoln
Wilson
Roosevelt Junior High
Harding
Eagles Resolution Seeks Chaplains Day Memorial
Middletown Aerie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles passes a resolution urging Congress to declare a yearly Chaplains Day on the Sunday preceding Feb 3 to honor the four chaplains who died aboard the Dorchester in 1943. The measure highlights interfaith unity and calls for copies to be sent to Ohio senators Lausche Bricker and Rep Schenck.
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Congress
Middletown Aerie
Order of
Les
S. S
Dorchester
North Atlantic
Clark V. Poling
George L. Fox
John P. Washington
Alexander L. Goode
S. S. Dorchester
U. S
Frank J. Lausche
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Paul Schenck
Robert E. Brown
Aerie
Roy Stutz Re elected Head Of Two by Four Dance Club
Roy Stutz, operator of Stutz Cigar and News Stand, was re elected president of the Two by Four Square Dance Club which has led activities since its organization last year. Newly elected officers include James Chambers as vice president Mrs Audrey Moore as treasurer and Mrs W R Palmer as secretary. The club hosted 12 dances last year with an average attendance of about 50 per event. Last week’s dance marked the club’s first anniversary and was held on February 9 at the YMCA.
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Roy Stutz
Stutz!Cigar & News Stand
James Chambers
Audrey Moore
W. R. Palmer
YMCA
Franklin Theft Nets Cash Loot at Party Service Store
Police estimate a Sunday night break-in at Party Service Store on Canal Street. Thieves shattered the front glass door and took $24 in cash, $116 in merchandise, plus cigarettes and drinks. Robbery found at 4 10 a m by Officers Harbach and Flinspach.
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Franklin
Canal Street
Frank Harbaugh
Charles Harbach
John Flinspach
Lebanon Man Still Critical After Bed Fire Injury
R. W. Gilchrist, 77, former Lebanon councilman, remained in critical condition at Middletown Hospital. He suffered severe second and third degree burns to his arms legs head and abdomen when his bedding ignited after he fell asleep while smoking in bed in his VFW apartment in Lebanon early Friday morning.
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R. W. Gil
Lebanon
Rag Bundle Fools Everyone at Downtown Building
SHoppers in Hamilton watched as sirens and crews converged on the Rentschler building after reports of a body hanging from the eighth floor. Police learned a custodian dropped a bundle of rags to scare off starlings, not a person.
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Hamilton
Rentschler Putene
Sicily Island in the Mediter ranean with 9,927 square miles
A note identifies the island Sicily in the Mediterranean as covering 9,927 square miles, highlighting its size and location.
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Mediterranean
Sicily
St Marys Drive Reaches 90000 In Memorial Gifts
In under a week since opening, the St Marys building fund campaign has reached 90000 in memorial pledges and contributions. C J Tranter memorial gifts chairman calls the result a very good showing though notes a 100000 goal is a minimum and hopes to surpass it by a good amount. A second memorial gifts report is set for 8 p.m. in the school meeting room.
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St. Mary's Building Fund
Campaign Workers
C. J. Tranter
Memorial Gifts
Germantown Student Scholarship Awards at Miami University
Seven Spann of Germantown to win new or uncommitted scholarships for the second semester, including the J. W. McMillan Scholarship in Education and Delta Kappa Epsilon Award. Recipients include Beverly Ann Jones in Education, Josephrederick Tinney in Arts and Sciences, Patricia Ann Bulow in Education, Beverly Kay Glass, and Sharon Shea among others from Columbus, Cincinnati, Waynesville, and Hamilton.
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Oxford
Miami University
James Frank Thorpe
Ashtabula
J. W. McMillan
Arthur Hale Dodds Jr
W. Center St. Germantown
School of Administration
Delta Kappa Epsilon
Beverly Ann Jones
Cincinnati
School of Education
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
Josephrederick Tinney
Waynesville
College of Arts & Science
Patricia Ann Bulow
Hamilton-Cleves Rd
Hamilton
Champion Paper Co
Beverly Kay Glass
Columbus
Sharon N Shea
Cleveland
Mead Paper Co
Icy Walks Send 21 To Hospital In Middletown
Twenty one victims of icy streets and sidewalks were hospitalized with varied injuries. At least six sustained broken bones. Notable victims include Garfield School teacher Alma Kennett and several residents from Franklin and Lebanon areas, with wrist fractures, shoulder injuries, and cuts among the reported harms.
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Middletown Hospital
Garfield
Alma Kennett
McKinley St
Mary Jo Satterfield
Charles
Satterfield
Lebanon Rt
Bertha
West
Monroe
Mary Buriney
Maple Ave
Franklin
Dora Foster
Springboro Rd
Val Akers
Garden Ave
John Hunt
William Hunt
West Middletown
Heating License Forms Available At City Building
Application forms for new heating licenses are available in the City Building. Commissioner of Inspection Frank Ludewig said forms for Class A masters and Class B journeymen licenses have been received. Applicants must file by February 1. Office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The license is required by the newly adopted heating ordinance.
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Frank Ludewig
Local Man Sent To Workhouse
Edward Deaton 27 of Earle Hotel was ordered by Common Pleas Judge Fred B. Cramer to serve three months of a suspended sentence in the Cincinnati Workhouse for violation of probation. Robert Cooper 21 of Hamilton was sent for 60 days observation at Lima State Hospital after pleading guilty to rape and taking indecent liberties. Ronald Long 39 of 2013 Erie Ave was fined 300 dollars and given 90 days in jail for petit larceny with the fine suspended. Russell Wysong 51 of Germantown was placed on three years probation and ordered to pay 35 dollars weekly support for two children.
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Edward Deaton
Earle Hotel
Common Pleas
Fred B. Cramer
Cincinnati
Deaton
Robert Cooper
Hamilton
Lima State Hospital
Cooper
Ronald Long
Erie Ave
Russell Wysong
E. Market St
Germantown
Police Briefs On Theft And Disturbances In City
A candy machine from Tower Oil Service at 139 North Verity Parkway was recovered in an alley between Clark and Webster Streets. Damages about 150 dollars to a 200 dollar machine. Arthur Hitch, 37, of Excello, was arrested on concealed weapon and intoxication charges after pulling a knife on Officer Stephens during a call for a patrol wagon. Hitch was taken into custody in the 900 block of Central Avenue. Police also found vandals slash four tires on a car at 1306 Grove Street. A 1955 model car owned by Jackson Creech of 1715 Meadow Avenue was reported stolen from the rear of that address. plate 290MX.
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Tower Oil Service
N. Verity Pkvy
Clark and
Webster Streets
Arthur Hitch
State St
Excello
Hitch
Andrew Stephens
Central Ave
Grove St
Robert Washington
Jackson Creech
Meadow Ave
Officer arrests Perry Wallace on permit an unlicensed driver charge
Yesterday officers arrested Perry Wallace aged 38 of 509 Curtis Street on a warrant charging him with permitting an unlicensed driver to operate a motor vehicle.
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Perry Wallace
Curtis St
Ranfts Promotes Best for Less Home Furnishings
A short ad urges shoppers to visit Ranfts to compare prices on fine home furnishings. It proclaims customers get the best for less at Ranft's and invites inquiry before purchasing elsewhere.
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Ranfts
Ranft’s
Local Church Plans Studies on Israel for Old Testament
Elder John F. Davidson of the Seventh Day Adventist Church will host the first of 35 studies tonight at 7 30 at the church. The open lecture discusses similarities and differences between the Old and New Testaments and their teachings.
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John F. Davidson
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Israel
Army Plans Solar Furnace at Natick Center
The Army will build a giant solar furnace at the Natick Mass quartermaster research and engineering center. A 40 by 36 foot flat mirror will collect sun rays and reflect them 96 feet to 180 curved mirrors 23.2 inches in diameter, producing temperatures like an atomic explosion.
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Washington
Army
Tthe Quartermaster Research and Engineering Center
Natick
Mass
Thieves Hit Waynesville Gas Station
In last nights dense fog thieves burglarized the Sinclair service station at the corner of routes 48 and 73 operated by Robert Berry. They entered by breaking a large roll-up door, stole cigarette lighter and cigarette items, forced the cash box, opened the register, and took 25 cents in pennies plus two one-dollar bills. Chief Deputy Ralph Palmer noted prior burglary at the new station.
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Waynesville
Sinclair
Robert Berry
Purse Snatch Suspected by Two Boys on Elwood Street
Mrs. Marion Murphy of German Town Rt. 1 told police last night that two boys near a gas station grabbed her purse in front of 1005 Elwood St. The theft on Elwood Street involved $23, a driver’s license, and a bank book. One suspect was tall and the other short.
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Elwood Street
Marion Murphy
Germantown
Cub Awards Presented at First Methodist Church
Cub Pack 6 honors night awarded Webelos to Johnny Conarroe and Danny Tutt. Eighteen scouts and three den mothers earned bear wolf and lion badges, gold and silver arrows, plus service pins. Key recipients included Michael Calvert Tim Fawns Keith Johnston Sam Sato Ricky Adams and Bobby Stallsmith.
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First Methodist
Johnny Conarroe
Danny Tutt
Kenny Amburgy
Danny Combs
Klamo
Larry Debolt
David Hudson
Roger Lambert
David Lambert
Phillip Shank
George Stultz
David Brown
Civic and Community Groups Meet Tuesday
Readout of Tuesday meetings includes Civic Boys Choir at 6 30 p m YMCA Sertoma at 6 30 p m Manchester Hotel South Middletown Fire Department at 6 30 p m 1108 Forrer Street Civic Chorus at 7 30 p m Middletown High School Mayfield Fire Department at 7 30 p m Sheffield Street Fire House Battery A 180 AAA Gun Battalion at 7 45 p m Armory Miami Ledge 100F at 8 p m Monroe 100F Hall FOE at 8 p m Legion Taft School Assn at 8 p m school auditorium Lincoln and Wilson School Assns at 8 p m Roosevelt Junior High Tuesday entries also note Wednesday Golden Age Club 1 30 p m Civic Association National Guard Company D 107th Armored Cavalry at 7 30 p m Armory.
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Civic Boys
YMCA
Sertoma Civic
Manchester
South Middletown
Forrer St. Civic Chorus
Middletown
Mayfield Fire Department
Sheffield Street
Armory
Miami Ledge
Monroe
FOE
Legion. Taft School
Assn
Lincoln and Wilson School
Assns
Roosevelt Junior
Slightly Injured In $1,100 Accident
Four Middletonians were slightly injured in a two car collision at S Broad Street and Yankee Road at 1 45 pm yesterday. The Hartman car struck Mrs Cass car then rammed a tree. Police charged Cecil Hartman with driving while intoxicated. Damages were 350 to Cass car and 750 to Hartman vehicle.
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S. Broad Street
Yankee Road
Middletown Hospital
Mary Jane Cass
Cass
Broad Street
Girard Avenue
Hartman
Youths In Theft Spree On Probation
Two Hamilton juveniles who conducted a spree of thrill thefts across four cities last month were given three years probation by District Court Judge John H. Druffel in Cincinnati. The youths, sons of well to do Hamilton families, stole an automobile in Middletown, seven cases of liquor, $18 cash, and two handguns from Newport and other sites on Dec. 22-23, were caught when an off duty patrolman spotted liquor in their car. Federal probation officer Raymond Clark recommended probation, and one youth's attorney noted a potential military school placement.
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Hamilton
Petony John H. Druffel
Cincinnati
Middletown
Newport
Raymond Clark
William Stitsinger
FBWI to Unite British Indies Named for Caribbean Federation
Kingston Jamaica The Federation of the British West Indies will be the name for the island grouping to become a sovereign part of the British Commonwealth about March 1958. The federation will unite Trinidad Jamaica Barbados and the Windward and Leeward Islands. Members of the British Caribbean Federation Standing Committee voted unanimously to call the area the FBWI.
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Kingston
Jamaica
British West Indies
British Commonwealth
Trinidad
Barbados
Windward and
Leeward Islands
British Caribbean Federation
FBWI
City Commission Meeting Rescheduled to 2 P.M.
The City Commission will convene at 2 p.m. tomorrow instead of 7:45 p.m. due to prior engagements risking a quorum. Agenda had not been finalized earlier today.
Man Sentenced To Nine Day Term In Municipal Court
Franklin Special docket saw Judge Riley hear nine cases. William White, former resident, got 90 days in Warren County jail on child support charges. White linked to Southend Restaurant shooting last year and had served months on the earlier charge. Lester Powell, 34, Franklin Rt. 2, fined 25 dollars plus costs for reckless operation, driving rights suspended for one year. Bond forfeitures: Paul Caldwell, Waynesville Rt. 2, speeding. James Butcher, Dayton, reckless operation. James H. Haynes, Franklin Rt. 2, 20 dollars. Armard Abrams, Chautauqua, reckless operation.
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Franklin
J. T. Riley
William White
Warren County
White
Lester Powell
Franklin Rt.2
Paul Caldwell
Waynesville Rt
James Butcher
Dayton
James H. Haynes
Armard Abrams
Chautauqua
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Columbia Ave
Lester Brown
Shartz Ave
James Sparks
Crescent Blvd
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National Guard
107Th Armored Cavalry
McCoy-Leffler
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Homer D. Leffler
Stoad Statist Ave
Earl Henry
Shafer
N. Main
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Henry
Robert Burton
Sheffield Sr
Frank Sampson
Michigan Ave
Robert Zuehlke
Wilmore Dr
Curis Street
Leroy Hardeman
Louis Pl
Robert King
Keister Road
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City Commission
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