Parkway To Be Site Of Police Patrol July Traffic Check
Verity Pkwy near Fourteenth Ave will host the 1928 Middletown automobile checking program, Police Chief Thomas Carmody announced. State Highway Patrol Corporal Dan Mahoney said tests will run during July with two full days in the first week. The effort, ongoing since 1945, will use a “Today’s Inspection is Tomorrow’s Protection” slogan and place windshield stickers on passing cars.
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Verity Pkwy
Fourteenth Ave
Middletown
Thomas Carmody
Dan Mahoney
State Highway Patrol
Patrol
Ohio Police
Carmody
Highway Patrol
Mahoney
Photographers win top honors from Cleveland news group
Photographers Herman Seid of the Cleveland Press Julian C Wilson of the Associated Press and Vernon Cady of the Cleveland Plain Dealer win top news photo awards from the Cleveland Newspaper and Newsreel Cameramen's Association for photos taken in the last year. The monocle became fashion able in England in Queen Annes time. ass
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Cleveland (Ap
Herman Seid
The
Cleveland Press
Julian C. Wilson
Associated Press
Vernon Cady
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cleveland Newspaper and Newsreel Cameramen’s Association
Local Pilot Finishes Second in Air Race at Lunken
Middletown aviator Homer Leffler placed second in the First Annual Air Efficiency Races at Lunken Airport Cincinnati Sponsored by the Greater Cincinnati Airmen Club Leffler led by time but consumed more fuel than the winner Arthur Hogan Hamilton earned first place on fuel efficiency Leffler’s navigator was Hubert Arthur both pilots flew Aeronca Chiefs owned by the Middletown Aviation Club Forty one ships competed including Cessnas Aeroncas Taylorcraft and Ercoupes
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Middletown
Lunken
Cincinnati
Greater
Cessnas
Aeroncas
Taylorcraft
Ercoupes
Camping Leaders to Meet Tuesday for Scout Camp Prep
In preparation for the 1948 Boy Scout Camp opening next Sunday, the camp committee and staff meet at Camp Hook mess hall Tuesday at 1 p.m. to review activities for the extended camp from June 2 to August 31. Sixty three are registered for the first week. Dick Claes is camp director and Evan Hamilton chairs the committee with district representatives.
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Camp Hook Messall
Dick Claes
Evan Hamilton
Cub Pack Six Holds Outing at Camp Hook
An overnight outing at Camp Hook for Pack 6 drew 75 parents and Cubs. The event featured swimming, a supper, a business meeting led by cubmaster Wal lace Frayer, a Bobcat pin for Robert Caldwell, and two bear silver arrows for Bert Sheard. Evening films followed. Pack committee planned summer activities and announced plans for Cubs to swim at Yankee Road pool at 10 a.m. during summer months.
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Camp Hook
Wallace Frayer
Robert Caldwell
Den 4
Bert Sheard
Gilbert Sheard
Joseph Caldwell
Earl Thomas
Arthur Draut
Perry Hoffpauer
Aaron Steinmetz
Hale Dodds
Joseph Heffner
Yankee Road
Pythians Schedule Memorial Services
A joint memorial service for Lafayette Lodge No. 37 Knights of Pythias will be held Thursday at 7 30 p m in Castle Hall conducted by the Knights and Lafayette Temple of Pythian Sisters. Rev H H Jung pastor of St Pauls Evangelical and Reformed Church will speak with officers of both lodges directing the service. Relatives of members who died in the last two years will be special guests. Mrs Russell Cunningham and Virgil Webster directing the program.
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Lafayette Lodge No. 37
Knights of Pythias
Castle Hall
Knights
Lafayette Temple of Pythian Sisters
H. H. Jung
St. Paul’s Evangelical
Bakers School Sessions Post Here and in Cincinnati
Divided into two sections, the first of the sessions of a bakers' school for this district will be held Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at the Miami Hotel, Dayton. Taking advantage of instruction under George Thoma, nationally known in his line, will be several from Hotel Manchester. W. H. Pohlkotte, steward, will attend one day, and Mrs. Mattie Miller, food controller, other sessions. The local hotel also is included in the school to be held in Cincinnati July 13, 14 and 15.
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Miami
Dayton
George Thoma
Manchester
W. H. Pohlkotte
Mattie Miller
Cincinnati
Capital Flood Out Of China Described As Flight Of Wealth
AP reporter notes a wholesale flight of capital from China, with wealth traveling illegally to Hong Kong and abroad. The exodus includes individuals and factories moving south to Shanghai and Hong Kong, seeking sound money, with estimates of large sums and industrial capital relocating to Hong Kong and beyond.
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Fred Hampson
Shanghai
China
North
United States
Canton
Hong Kong
Yangtze Valley
U. S
Russia
Reds
Middletown native promoted to corporal in Far East Air Force
Charles L. Merrill, formerly of Middletown, has been promoted to corporal and serves as a supply clerk with the Japan Air Materiel Area in Tachikawa, near Tokyo. He is the son of Wesley Merrill of Winchester and is connected to JAMA, a key depot for aircraft in Japan and Korea. Also noted are 1947 year end totals of 21,590,000 customers served by U.S. gas utilities.
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Air Force
Charles L. Merrill
Middletown
Far East Air Force
Japan
Merrill
Wilbon Merrill
Winchester
JAMA
Japan Air Materiel Area Air Force Base
Tachikawa
Tokyo
Korea
Middletown Safety Contest Promotes Better Plant Records
Safety bulletins will be posted in Middletown’s large industries from July 1 to December 31. The contest, run by the Industrial Division of the Middletown Safety Council and supported by the Industrial Commission of Ohio, gains unanimous approval and aims to raise safety percentages. Bulletins announce awards for top plants and urge workers to avoid injuries, stressing personal responsibility.
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Middletown
Middletown Safety Council
Dustrial Commission of
Ohio
Bronx officers nab patrol wagon mystery sighting
Two Bronx policemen on their boat spotted a patrol wagon marked as the New Rochelle New York police department. Curious about the missing driver, they investigated the scene.
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New York
Bronx
New Rochelle, N. Y
New Roo Police Report Stolen Item Recovered by Sheepish Detectives
Police in New Roo reported a theft incident with an unusual recovery when two sheepish detectives arrived to take the stolen item home. The quirky scene drew attention as officers confirmed the theft and arranged return.
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