Resident Captured After Escape From Mansfield Reformatory
William Hutchins 22 formerly of 1200 Garfield St escaped Mansfield Reformatory after assaulting Middletown schoolteacher Miss Mollie Howland and binding guard wife Mrs Willia Harris. He was captured near Spring Mills about 7:30 p.m. Hutchins had been sentenced for assault with intent to rob and had a prior link to the Niebel family killings case. the report notes Harris was not seriously injured and Hutchins confessed to additional window peeping and other minor offenses.
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William
Billy Bush’' Hutchins
Garfield St
Hutchins
Mansfield Reformatory
Middletown
Mollie Howland
George J. Allarding
Hutchine
Willia Harris
Red" Harris
Allarding
Reformatory
Morris
Spring Mills
Mansfield
Ohio
John C. West
West Virginia
van Wert
Daniels
John Niebel
Phyllis
At the Movies Paramount and Strand Listings
Paramount shows Stella with Ann Sheridan and Victor Mature at 1 30 3 19 6 05 7 55 9 45 p m Tuesday Wednesday The Damned Dont Cry with Joan Crawford David Brian at 1 15 3 20 5 30 7 40 9 45 p m Strand presents Renegade of the Sage with Charles Starrett Smiley Burnett at 1 40 4 10 6 40 9 05 p m Mark of the Gorilla with Johnny Weismuller Trody Marshall at 2 45 5 10 7 40 10 05 p m Tuesday Wednesday Letter to Three Wives with Jeanne Crain Linda Darnell Ann Southern Kirk Douglas at 1 15 4 45 8 15 Canan City with Scott Brady Jeff Corey at 3 00 6 30 10 00 p m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella
Ann Sheridan
Victor Madure
Joan Crawford
David Brian
Charlies Starrett
Smiley Burnett
Mark of the Gorilla
Johnny Weismuller
Trody Marshall
Jeanne Crain
Linda Darnell
Ann Southern
Kirk Douglas
Canan City
Scott Brady
Jeff Corey
Gardner and Union Reach Broad Contract Benefits
Gardner Board and Carton Company officials and union representatives signed a new labor contract effective July 31, detailing a two to seven cent hourly raise, two percent vacation pay plus two weeks vacation for three year employees and three weeks for 25 year veterans, holiday pay at two and a half times hourly rate, a job evaluation plan, and broader insurance with hospitalization at lower employee cost. The two and a half year agreement was negotiated by Miller and a bargaining team including Cassidy and Levey, with Siegel Gardner II and Hadley handling company negotiations.
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Gardner Board and
Carton Company
Carton Independent Union
Robert Miller
Miller
Miller, Chelmers ‘Cassidy
Velma Tusing
Eddie Payne
Reuben Doty
Clayton Brelsford
Esther Fuller
Hazell Pate
Elliott D
Middle Band Director Takes Lead At Wilmington College
H Vincent Carter former head of the Middletown Senior High School music department resigns after four years to head the music department at Wilmington College. He will oversee music education and fine arts with possible indirect college band involvement, starting at the September term. Carter, a Navy veteran and Miami University alum, led vibrant high school ensembles and directed summer camp programs before moving to college life. He and his family reside on Franklin Route One.
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H. Vincent Carter
Middletown Senior High School
Wilmington College
Carter
Middletown
Middletown High School
Watertown
N. Y
Miami University
University of Cincinnati
Centerville
Tuscarawas County
Dennison, C
Navy
Franklin Route One
College
Army calls for company grade reserve officers
The Army issued a call for reserve officers of company grade to volunteer for service in 16 categories with a priority for lieutenants and captains in Medical and Dental Corps Engineers and Infantry. It seeks experienced officers in Chaplains Corps Ordnance Signals Finance Chemical Warfare Armored Force Field Coast Artillery Army Nurse and Women's Medical Specialist Corps. Applicants must meet age and physical requirements and follow special submission rules via regular channels or state adjutants general. beware delaying personal affairs until orders are received.
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Washington
Army
Medical and Dental Corps
Engineers
Infantry
Chaplains Corps, Ordnance, Signals, Finance
Chemical Warfare
Armored Force Field and Coast Artillery
Army Nurse and
Women's Medical Specialist Corps
Regular Army
National Guard
Adjutants General
Postmaster Nominee Ed Imber for Delphos Indiana
AP report says President Truman nominated Edmund H. Imber for postmaster of Delphos in Allen County. Nomination awaits Senate confirmation to succeed retired A. J. Shenk.
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Washingon
Truman
Edmund H. Imber
Delphos
Allen County
Imber
Senate
A. J. Shenk
Music With Surgery Helps Reduce Tension
Chicago reports on the University of Chicago Medical Clinics music for surgery program named Music for Surgery. Dr Lester Dragstedt leads the effort begun in 1947 to ease patient tension during major operations using patient chosen music broadcast in the operating room. Joel Willard engineered the system with two channels of magnetic tape and four hour loops. The program expands with Nathan Goldblatt Memorial Hospital opening on campus, featuring six operating rooms and music dispensers to aid anesthesia and surgeon focus.
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Edward
Kitch Chicago
University of Chicago
Nathan Goldblatt Memorial Hospital
Beethoven
Victor Herbert
Perry Como
Joel Willard
Chicago
Egypt
Three Middletown Naval Reserve Men Among First Called
Three Middletown enlisted members of the Hamilton Organized Naval Reserve Unit are among the first local reservists to be recalled for active duty. Lt Commander W J Truss said names will be released after mail notification. Rear Admiral Roscoe F Schuirman issued orders from the Fourth Naval District in Philadelphia. About 70 Middleton men, out of 194, are in the unit and most rated enlisted men are expected to be called within 12 1/2 days. A substantial number of seamen and firemen not rated are also to be called. reserve officers have not yet been instructed.
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Middletown
Hamilton Organized Naval Reserve
Hamilton
W. J. Truss
Roscoe F Schuirman
Fourth Naval District
Philadelphia
Middletonand
Tross
Naval Reserve
Franklin to vote on storm sewer bond issue this November
Franklin residents will vote in November on a bond issue tentatively set at 300000 to fund storm sewers citywide. City council ordered drafting of ballot legislation after a report by John Fischer of Peck Shaffer Williams. Officials note past flood drains and postwar costs affected prior sidewalk funds and that current funds may be exhausted.
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Franklin
John Fischer
Cincinnati Bonding House
Peck
Shaffer
Williams
Fischer
Fied
Warren County Man Believed Drowned During Ocean Swim
Coastal rescue teams searched for Paul Turner Johns 27 a Warren County man and ROTC cadet believed drowned after an ocean swim off Buckrae Beach Virginia An un der tow pulled him away from a dive platform 100 yards from shore Johns trained at Langley Field and was a World War I veteran He leaves a sister Mrs Vivien Routsong and his mother Mrs Margie Johns.
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Warren County
Buckrae Beach
Ach
Paul Turner Johns
Officer Training Corps
Lytle, O
Lebanon
Associated Press
Johns
Langley Field Air Base
Buckrae
Langley Field
Waynesville High School
University of Cincinnati
Vivien Routsong
Yellow — 3. O
Rs. Margie Johns
Cincinnati
Youth Burned In Gasoline Blast At Home
Henry Woods II, 19, of Thorn Hill Lane, suffered minor facial and hand burns when gasoline exploded this morning while he used it to burn off brush. He was admitted to Middletown Hospital at 7:45 a.m. with non life threatening injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Woods, II
Thorn Hill Lane
Young Woods
Middletown Hospital
Music in medieval healing and modern operating rooms
The text notes that medieval groups of singers were employed to soothe the ill during epidemics and reports on the use of phonographs and radio in surgery. It cites a study at the University of Chicago Medical Clinics where about 100 patients heard the Surgical Sonatas. Anesthetists observed less emotional disturbance and reduced anesthetic use. It also defines siderosis as a lung disease affecting workers exposed to metal dust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Chicago
Middletown Man Given Sentence in Assault Case
Donald Wells of Middletown was found guilty of assault and battery after a July grand jury indictment for cutting Carl Little with intent to kill. Judge Fred B. Cramer sentenced Wells to six months in county jail and a $100 fine, with half suspended. Also filed yesterday: trustees of the First Presbyterian Church seek authority to sell their corner lot at First Ave. and Main St. for $45,000.
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Donald Wells
Middletown
Butler County Grand Jury
Carl Little
Fred B. Cramer
Common Pleas
Rey
Cramer
Butler County
First Prsbyterian Church of
First Ave
Main St
Extra Rent in Singapore Based on Lunar Calendar
A local note claims tenants living in homes of Chinese or Arab landlords in Singapore must pay 37 months rent every three years. The rule supposedly arises because those calendars add nine days each year, creating an extra month on the three year cycle.
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Singapore
Shakespeare Shrine Drives Record Stratford Tourism
Shakespeare's town of Stratford upon Avon sees its best tourist trade in years as visitors flood in by train plane bus and car. Americans and others tour Shakespeare's birthplace museum and Memorial Theatre where four plays rotate including Measure for Measure Henry VIII Julius Caesar and Much Ado About Nothing with King Lear added this week. John Gielgud leads a cast praised as Britain’s finest Shakespeareans and eyes a fall return to America with Christopher Fry's The Lady.
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Stratford -Upon -Avon
Eng
Shakespeare's Town
Ward’s
Avon
Shakespeare Museum
Memorial Theater
Shakespear
Shakespeare
Memorial Theater Company
Henry VIII
Julius Caesar
John Gielgud
Stratford
Benedict
Peggy Ashcroft
Beatrice
Hamie
Bri
Gielgud
Jimmy Gleason Begins 64th Year as Actor in Jackpot
Hollywood veteran Jimmy Gleason marks 64 years in acting with a new role in Jackpot. Born as an infant on stage, he debuted at two months and starred at five in Stricken Blind, a play that toured much of New York and earned him more applause than later roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Jimmy Gleason
Jimmy
New York
Reagan’s Leg Healed Near Normal After Six Fractures
It marks a year since Ronald Reagan broke his leg in six places at a charity baseball game. He continues treatments but his leg is within ten percent of normal now.
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Hollywood
NBA
Ronald Reagan
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Charles Dial
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Seckman & Dickerson Distributing Co
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