State to Plan Safety Drive in Ohio
Mounting automobile accidents in Ohio push the State Highway Department to a road safety campaign. Division engineers met with State Highway Director Earl L. Reed to discuss cooperating with local communities to reduce traffic fatalities and coordinate safety activities. Reed said communities will receive guidance and help to inaugurate stronger accident-prevention programs.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Highway Department
Earl L. Reed
Reed
Two Middletown Men Fined for Rock Fishing Charge
Rallie Van Cleve aged 50 and Harve Haddix 36 were each fined 100 dollars and costs by Squire J G Howell on a rock fishing charge. They were spotted by Warren county game warden Harold Brant at Caesar Creek reportedly taking fish from spawning beds.
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Lebanon
Middletown
Squire J. G. Howell
Rallie van Cleve
Harve Haddix
Harold Brant
Warren County
Caesar Creek
Holy Water as Sacramental Blessing in Catholic Practice
The article explains holy water as a sacramental blessed by a priest to aid interior purity. It traces Jewish washings, notes Blessing rituals on Holy Saturday, exorcism of water and salt, prayers for protection, and the mixing of water and salt in the name of the Holy Trinity to become a grace-filled source of sanctification.
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Satan
Infallibility Versus Freedom of Thought Ad in Catholic Context
A paid advertisement argues that true freedom lies in accepting infallibility as God’s Voice through the Church. It claims independent thought without divine guidance leads to error and labels dissent as mental defect. The message cites Saint Paul and invites contact with the Legion of Mary in Middletown, Ohio.
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God
Paul
Christ
The
Legion of Mary, P. O
Middletown
Ohio
Taft urges immediate adjournment amid Truman attack
Senator Robert A. Taft, speaking in Philadelphia, accuses President Truman of blackguarding Congress at Western whistle stops and calls for Congress to adjourn and let voters decide in November. He warns Truman's attacks aid fascists and totalitarians and stresses the need for a lawful, just administration.
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Philadelphia
Robert A. Taft
Truman
Congress
West
Ohio Republican
GOP
Taft
Union League
Chamber of Commerce
Saturday and Sunday Movie Showings At Paramount and Strand
The listings detail Paramount showings for Saturday and Sunday including Mr Reckless with William Eythe Barbara Britton and If You Knew Susie with Eddie Cantor Joan Davis plus Fort Apache with John Wayne Henry Fonda. Strand features Dead Dont Dream Hopalong Cassidy and My Dog Rusty with Team Donaldson, then Tobacco Road with Gene Tierney Dana Andrews and Grapes of Wrath with Henry Fonda Jane Darwell.
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Mr. Reckless
William Eythe
Barbara Britton
Susie
Eddie Cantor
Joan Davis
Fort Apache
John Wayne
Henry Fonda
William Boyd
Hopalong Cassidy
Andy Clyde
Dog Rusty
Team Donaldson
Tobacco Road
Gene Tierney
Dana P. m. Andrews
Jane Darwell
Weekend Weather Forecast: Clouds and Showers Likely
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy conditions with showers and scattered thunderstorms tonight and Sunday. Temperatures range from about 62 to 93 degrees with morning lows around 68 and midday highs near 79 to 93.
Funeral services for Charles Gillham in Latonia Ky
Charles Gillham 62 former Middletonian died suddenly of a heart attack Wednesday Funeral services held this afternoon at his Latonia home Surviving are his widow Fern a son Charles two sisters Mrs Walter Plummer and Mrs Arthur Creain and a brother Alfred R Gillham Burial in Highlands Cemetery Ft Mitchell Ky
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Charles Gillham
Debra Joan Robinson Dies at 10 Months
Debra Joan Robinson age ten months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ossie Robinson, died at 2 30 p m Friday at 1224 Sycamore Street. She is survived by her parents two sisters Paula and Lana one brother Ronald four aunts and an uncle. Funeral arrangements are at Maxberry Funeral Home.
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Debra Joan Robinson
Ossie Robinson
Sycamore St
Paula
Lana
Ronald
Maxberry Funeral Home
Rose E Keenan Funeral Arrangements Details
Pallbearers for Miss Rose E. Keenan who died Thursday at 300 Baltimore St were Harry Andres Huey Stein John Cummings James Cummings John Dalton and Ralph Ritter. Requiem high mass was sung at 10:30 a.m. in Holy Trinity Church. Burial took place at Woodside Cemetery.
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Rose E. Keenan
Baltimore St
Harry Andres
Huey Stein
John Cummings
James Cummings
John Dalton
Ralph Ritter
Holy Trinity Church
Woodside Cemetery
Death of William D. Emrick in Louisville
William D. Emrick 47 of West Liberty Ky died Friday night of a heart attack in Louisville He was proprietor of a restaurant and bus station in West Liberty Survived by wife Rosiland two daughters and four brothers Ronald and Benjamin Germantown Joseph Dayton and Lamar Middletown The obituary notes his parents the late Mr and Mrs A E Emrick of Germantown with the phrase complete includes all listed kin
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Germantown
William D. Emrick
West Liberty
A. E. Emrick
Louisville
Emrick
Rosiland
Ronald
Benjamin
Joseph
Dayton
Lamar
Middletown
Lawrence H. Fearnley Dies in Cincinnati at 64
Lawrence H. Fearnley 64 died at his Cincinnati home after months of illness. A Leba frequent visitor, he is survived by two sisters Harriet Fearnley of Cincinnati and Mrs. N C Dodds of Los Angeles and a niece Mrs. John Kindred of Lebanon. The body lies at Oswald Funeral Home with burial planned in Lebanon Cemetery.
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Lebanon
Lawrence H. Fearnley
Cincinnati
Fearnley
Leba
Harriet Fearnley
N. C. Dodds
Los Angeles
Cal
John Kindred
Oswald Funeral Home
Lebanon Cemetery
Hamilton Plant to Suspend Week of Production
Fisher Body division at General Motors Hamilton plant halted operations for a week. Resident manager S J Sabourin said the plant stopped at 12 30 a m and production is to resume Monday June 21. Over 1000 workers affected by the shutdown blamed on steel shortage from the coal strike. Ford plants nationwide not affected. Hamilton Ford expected normal operation with 20 percent shutdown for retooling.
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Hamilton
Fisher Body
General Motors Corporation
S. J. Sabourin
Ford Motor Company
Ford
United States
Unable To Pay Fine, Sentenced To Jail
Hobart Creech of 2830 Plymouth Street faced assault and battery on his wife Hazel and drunkenness charges. He was fined $25 and costs for the first offense and $10 and costs for the second. Unable to pay, he was remanded to the county jail.
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Hobart Creech
Plymouth St
Hazel
Squire Lammie Bailey
American dies in Jerusalem Israeli commander Marcus killed
Col. David Marcus American World War II hero and supreme commander of Israeli forces on the Jerusalem front was killed in the Holy Land. The 47 year old West Point graduate and former New York official earned the Distinguished Service Medal and Bronze Star and helped draft surrender terms in Europe. He parachuted into Normandy and witnessed Dachau’s liberation. Born in Brooklyn and educated at West Point, his death came just before a Palestine cease fire.
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New York
David Marcus
Jerusalem
Holy Land
West Point
Palestine
New York City
United States
Marcus
France
Normandy
U. S
Dachau
Brooklyn
Infantry
Summer Classes Open At Middletown High School
Forty students registered for summer school at Middletown High. Miss Bess Hoover will teach junior English. Miss Ellen Stahl will handle eighth and ninth grade English. W. C. Neel directs a typing class. Principal D. R. Baker noted interest across subjects but classes require at least 12 students. First session runs 9 to 11 a. m. Monday for six weeks, weekdays.
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Middletown High School
Bess Hoover
Ellen Stahl
McKinley
W. C. Neel
D. R. Baker
Re-elected Officers of K P Lodge No. 37
Lafayette Lodge No. 37 Knights of Pythias re elected all officers for another term at the membership meeting. The roster includes Elza Abraham as chancellor commander J H Brooks as vice chancellor Virgil Webster as prelate Noah Lambert as master of arms Woodrow Wilkinson as master of work John Jay as inner guard and William Augspurger as outer guard A local delegation will attend initiation ceremonies at the Miamisburg lodge with Frank Wood grand chancellor as speaker The Past Chancellors Organization of Butler County meets in Middletown next Friday with Grand Prelate Hess as speaker Refreshments and TV followed the session.
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Lafayette Lodge No. 37
Knights of Pythias
Elza Abraham
J. H. Brooks
Virgil Webster
Noah Lambert
Woodrow Wilkinson
John Jay
William Augspurger
Miamisburg
Frank Wood
Butler County
Middletown
Prelate Hess
Springfield Knights of Pythias
Studio Looted of Cash and Stamps
A thief robbed Parker's Studio on Central Ave last night taking only loose change and postage stamps totaling about 150 dollars. Police say the culprit may have hidden inside the studio when Grace Parker locked up yesterday. Dimes quarters and half dollars plus stamps were stolen.
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Parker
Central Ave
Miss Grace Parker
Interference Charge Reversed By Court
The Second District Court of Appeals ruled Robert A. Anderson of Lancaster did not interfere when he followed an arresting officer to police headquarters and criticized him in a report. Patrolman Henry V. Thomas had accused Anderson of interfering in last July’s motorist arrest. The court set aside a $10 police court fine.
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Columbus
Second District Court of Appeals
Robert A. Anderson
Lancaster
Henry V. Thomas
Anderson
Truman vetoes Bulwinkle bill on rail rate immunity
President Truman vetoed the Bulwinkle bill aiming to exempt railroad rate agreements from anti-trust prosecutions if ICC approved. He said the move would grant immunity to a key economic sector without adequate public safeguards, and noted current antitrust cases involving covered activities.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Russians Own Speedy Jets Report
The Daily Mail reports Russia has an experimental jet plane nearing 760 mph, just under the speed of sound at sea level. Intelligence notes claim Russia’s jet warplanes number in the hundreds and production is increasing.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Lewis Lends Support To Mine Workers Leader
Beckley West Virginia AP Gov Clarence Meadows told coal mine operators that John L Lewis head of United Mine Workers has done a mighty lot for the people he represents He noted mines cannot be run as they were 20 years ago miners face reduced wages fewer vacations welfare gaps and tougher conditions regardless of private views Meadows stressed Lewis helped miners even if opinions about him vary
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Lewis
Meadows
Reds Blocking Steelworkers Leader Claims
Canton Ohio AP Secretary Treasurer David J. McDonald of the United Steelworkers CIO says Communist leaders are trying to block the union drive to sign 928000 checkoff cards at a CIO rally. He alleges William Z Foster ordered members not to sign due to a Boston convention vote banning Communists from office. He warned the union will resist attempts to stop them.
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Canton, O
David J. McDonald
United Steelworkers of America
CIO
William Z. Foster
American Communist Party
Boston
McDonald
McNally Seeks Restraining Order in Butler County
John F. McNally filed in Butler County Common Pleas seeking a restraining order against Butler County Commissioners and the county engineer to stop them from ordering removal of a fence at his Hanover township farm. He says the fence blocks Vizedom Road and prompted complaints.
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John F. McNally
Butler County Common Pleas
Butler County
Hanover Township
Vizedom Road
Suspend Term After Youth Pleads Guilty
James Singler 21 pleads guilty to manslaughter in a dormitory window shooting on March 17 at Bowling Green State University. He receives a five year suspended sentence to Mansfield Reformatory and five year probation with ban from Bowling Green and Wood County. Victim Charles Wenzel 18 of Centerburg, Ohio died two hours after the window bullet struck.
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Bowling Green, O
James Singler
Bowling Green State University
Singler
Common Pleas
E. K. Solether
Mansfield Reformatory
Howling Green
Wood County
Sandusky
Charles Wenzel
Centerbury
Worker’s Condition Shows Improvement
The condition of Lin Young, 21, is slightly improved this morning. Young was admitted to Middletown Hospital Wednesday with fractures of the skull, jaw, shoulder and ribs after being caught by rollers at the Stone Container Corporation in Franklin.
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Lin Young
Young
Middletown Hospital
Stone Container Corporation
Franklin
Judge Cramer Sends Man to Ohio Penitentiary
Judge Fred B. Cramer of Butler County on Pleas Court yesterday sentenced Robert McCarty of Hamilton to the Ohio Penitentiary on an indeterminate term after the defendant pleaded guilty to an indictment charging forging and entering.
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Fred B. Cramer
Butler
Robert McCarty
Hamilton
Ohio Penitentia
Passenger Hurt In Auto Collision At City Intersection
A collision between cars driven by Witmer Harris and Kenner Miller at the Eleventh Ave and Minnesota St intersection caused $300 damage. Passenger H Fry, 79, sustained forehead cuts from a severed artery but was released after treatment at Mide Deltown Hospital. Harris’s car went over a curb into a vacant lot. Miller’s car spun around. Kathleen Miller and Fry were in Miller’s car. Fry was taken to the hospital by Robert Mauck.
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Eleventh Ave
Minnesota St
H. Fry
South Main
Fry
Midedletown Hospital
Witmer Harris
Ninth Ave
Kenner Miller
Main St
Harris
Miller
Kathleen Miller
Robert Mauck
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