Prominent Scouting Leader Dies Suddenly
Charles Roy Adams 63 a Middletown scout leader for 31 years died at Middletown Hospital from an unexpected heart condition after a week of illness. He held the Silver Beaver and scout master training awards and served as scoutmaster merit badge councilor and neighborhood councilor. Survived by wife Lora four daughters a sister and two brothers. Funeral service Monday 2 p m at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with Rev Reuben Pieters officiating. visitation Saturday 7 10 p m Sunday 2 5 and 7 10 p m. Lodge will assemble at the funeral home for services.
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Adams
Grand Ave
Armco
Lora
Jacqueline
Nellie Walker
Velina Voegele
Middletown
Levene Corp
Centralia
Wash
Clifford Cramer
Blanchester
Hary
Herbert
McCoy- Leffler
Reuben F. Pieters
Hall William Thomas Hall obituary in Mt. Vernon
William T. Hall 72 retired Armco foreman died at a Mt. Vernon hospital. He lived at 2303 Christel Ave and worked 47 years before retiring in 1934. He supplied Eagles membership and is survived by two brothers John and Picton, a sister Carrie, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services are set for 9 a.m. Saturday at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home with burial at Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call Friday 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. at the funeral home.
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William Thomas Hall
Armco
Mt. Vernon
Hall
Christel Ave
Eagles Go
John
Middletown
Picton
Fresno
Calif
Carrie
San Gabriel
McCoy-Leffler
H. H. Jung
Woodside Cemetery
The
Eagles
Death of Mrs Clarence Smith at Lytle after car crash
Mrs Clarence Smith 69 of Lytle died at home Wednesday night from a heart ailment. Doctors linked a recent automobile accident to aggravate the condition. She and husband Clarence ran Genntown Grocery on Route 42 near Lebanon for 10 years. Survived by husband, son Allen of Dayton, and two granddaughters. Services set for 2 pm Saturday at Stubbs Funeral Home Waynesville. Burial in Miami Cemetery Corwin.
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Lebanon
Clarence Smith
Lytle
Clarence
Genntown
Route 42
Warren County
Allen
Dayton
Stubbs
Waynesville
Miami Cemetery
Corwin
Cincinnati Man Killed By Auto
Cincinnati resident Joseph nose was struck and killed in the Westwood section. The driver, Carl Schindler, 25, was charged with reckless driving by Patrolman Morris Black.
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Cincinnati
Joseph No
Westwood
Carl Schindler
Morris Black
At the Movies Paramount and Strand Showings
Paramount presents Adventures of Robin Hood starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland at 1 15, 3 20, 5 35 p.m. Thursday. Friday shows Lady from Shanghai with Rita Hayworth and Orson Welles at 1 25, 3 25, 5 30, 7 35, 9 40 p.m. Strand presents Western Union starring Randolph Scott and Robert Young at 3 02, 6 29, 9 55 p.m. Thursday and Friday. Also Dangerous Years with Ann Todd and William Halop at 1 56, 5 23, 8 50 p.m.
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Paramount
Errol Flynn
Olivia de Havilland
Shanghai
Rita Hayworth
Orson Welles
Western Union
Rondolph Scott
Robert Young
Ann Todd
William Halop
Navy appropriation bill passed by House for new fiscal year
The House approved a 3.686 billion Navy appropriation bill for the new fiscal year beginning July 1, raising total defense funding in a 24 hour period to about 10.197 billion. The measure funds a 65,000 ton super carrier project, boosts personnel to 552,000, and follows edits by the Provisions Committee reducing armed service budgets.
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Washington
House
Senate
Defense
Congress
Army
Navy
Protessions Committee
Naval
Marine Corps
Massive B 29 mock air raid staged at Selfridge Field
AP reports a large scale mock bombing raid over Selfridge Field near Detroit with 200 B 29 bombers and 150 escort planes. Air Force officials awaited photographs to verify the simulated attack while crews defended the base against the largest peacetime aerial assault staged to date.
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Detroit
Voene
Selfridge Field
Air Force
Michigan
Jay
Selfridge Air Base
Taft And Bricker Vote For DP Bill
Washington AP report says Ohio Senators Robert A. Taft and John W. Bricker joined the majority to back a bill authorizing the admission of up to 200000 displaced persons over the next two years beginning July 1.
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Washington
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
John W. Bricker
Merchandiser Vining to Keynote Retail Dinner in Middletown
Vernon E. Vining, a noted merchandising expert with Westinghouse, will speak at the Retail Merchants Association dinner. Ballots have been counted for officers and directors, with results to be announced by Albert Edmundson. The event, at the Manchester Hotel’s new cafetorium, could set a record crowd. Ticket sales are brisk through the Chamber of Commerce. Vining is known for testing clerks by acting as a customer.
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Middletown
Vernon E. Vining
Retail Merchants Association
Roy L. Patterson
Chamber of Commerce
Patterson
Albert Edmundson
Charles Alexander
Glenn Dougherty
Manchester
Vining
Westinghouse Electric
No Special Session To View Tax Laws, Herbert Declares
Governor Herbert told a nine man committee he does not plan to call a special session to revise tax laws after the Roseville pottery decision. Tax rules may need county auditors to classify tunnel kilns as personal property, while broader changes await a regular session.
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Columbus
State Supreme Court
Roseville Pottery
Thomas J. Herbert
Herbert
Roseville Pottery Company
Board of Tax Appeals
William G. Wickens
Lorain County
Glander
Wickens
Attorney General's Office
Bodies of missing fliers are found near Lake Erie
At Grosse Ile Naval Air Base the Navy reported the recovery of two missing fliers from Lake Erie. One is Robert D. Gate, 24, of Owosso Michigan, an aviation machinist’s mate. The other, Gute, 25, of Saginaw, Michigan, was flying with Ensign Frank A Schaeffer. The dive bomber crashed near Pelee Island on May 15. Lower bodies were found northeast of Kelley’s Island about a mile apart. locals saw them afloat. Coast guardsmen at Marblehead, Ohio recovered the remains. Identification of the second body was pending return to the base.
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Detroit
Grosse Ne
Honesty Pays Junior Officer Reward for Honesty
George Jones Jr aged 12 from 1124 Young Street turned in a purse found at Armco Ball Park containing 100.75 dollars. Police said the owner will make a special trip to thank him. United States produces ninety percent of the world’s molybdenum output.
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George Jones, Jr
Young St
Armco Ball Park
Ce Ramey Connect
GE Employees Seek Pay Hike Across Nation
The CIO United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers asked General Electric for an 11 to 13 cent hourly wage increase for 125,000 GE employees nationwide. The offer ties 11 cents to the living cost index with changes, or a flat 13 cent raise without automatic index adjustments. The request marks the first concrete proposal since negotiations began March 2, and includes a possible additional raise for skilled trades.
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New York
CIO
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
General Electric Company
Labor Department
G. E
Prio Elected Cuba’s President for October Inauguration
Havana Cuba AP Carlos Prio Socarras 44 government candidate and anti communist is officially declared president elect. He will take office October 10. The victory was declared by the superior electoral tribunal. Rival Dr Ricardo Nunez Portuondo conceded the result.
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Havana
Cuba
Carlos Prio Socarras
Superior Electoral Tribunal
Pino
Ricardo Nunez Portuondo
Co-Owner of Dixie News Agency Dies
Roy B. Ware 71 co-owned the Dixie News Stand in Middletown for 25 years and died at 3 20 a m at his home. He helped operate the stand since 1923, it served as a ticket agency and bus line representative, and after a 1946 fire moved to the Milner Hotel lobby. A devout Holy Trinity member, he leaves widow Bertha Fitzgerald Ware a daughter Susan two sons Thomas and Mark and a sister Miss Mabel Ware Requiem High Mass will be sung at 10 am Monday in Holy Trinity Church
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Roy B. Ware
Middletown
South Main St
Dixie News Stand
Mr. Ware
Marvin R. Clark
City Commission
Dixie News
North Main St
Central Ave
Main
Milner Hotel
Ware
Central
Holy Trinity
Holy Ame Society
Bertha Fitzgerald Ware
Susan
Thomas
Mark Ware
Miss Mabel Ware
Scout Camporee Opens Friday at Warren County Woods
More than 200 Boy Scouts attend the Mound Builders Area Council three day Camporee in Shaker Woods. Scouts stake sites, set up camps, and compete for awards in organization neatness cooking and other skills while earning proficiency badges under leaders C E Beatty Robert Townsley Wallace Sloane and O M Carter with James Martin directing the final campfire and program.
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Shaker Woods
Warren County
Mound Builders Area Council
Wetzel-Gilmore
C. E. Beatty
Robert Townsley
Wallace Sloane
O. M. Carter
Compass
James Martin
Trinity Church Death Notices at Woodside Cemetery
Burial will be in Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call after 6 p.m. Friday at the residence. Members of the Holy Name Society will assemble at 8 p.m. Sunday at the residence for recitation of the Rosary.
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Charles Roy Adams
Lodge
Funeral Home
Charles R. Adams
William T. Hall
DRY Cleaners
Taft
Bricker
Central -Ave
Jarden Push
Sunkist
Per Doz
Cash
Reedy’s Foods
Middlstouris Corgast
Indapendat Mertt
South Broad ST
White House
Decker
Birdseye
United States
Prio
Dixie News Agency
Qray
Official Watch Inspector
Castell Bidg
Eagle Temple
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Tom Selby
Worthy Pres
Cecil Butts
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