Overtime Pay Ordinance Drafted for City Engineering Staff
The City Commission may act tonight on an emergency ordinance to provide overtime pay for Engineering Department personnel due to severe staff shortages. The policy would pay hourly rates for work beyond 40 hours weekly, replacing time off in lieu. The move may prompt requests from Fire and Police departments to reduce work hours or adjust holiday pay.
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Commission
H. W. Starick
Starick
Fire and Police Departments
Ddd
Auto Train Victims Sue For 40427 In Butler Co
Three Middletown residents filed suits in Butler County Common Pleas Court seeking 40 427 29 dollars total for injuries from a July 6 accident in St Bernard Hamilton County. Plaintiffs name C C C and St L Railroad and New York Central Railroad as defendants alleging failure to warn at the crossing. Lassie Napier James Napier and Frances Howard seek damages for permanent injuries, loss of wages and related losses stemming from the alleged negligence.
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Middletown
Butler County Common Pleas Court
St. Bernard
Hamilton County
C. C. C. and
St. L
New York Central Railroad
Vines St
Lassie Napier
Moore St
James Napier
Frances Howard
Defendants Deny Guilt In Buckeye Meat Case
Nine defendants, including Joseph Kirchner operator of Buckeye Packing Co, plead innocent as Hancock County Common Pleas Judge Chester Pendleton sets April 14 for the first trial. Karg, the bribery and perjury target, is dismissed from state service after the inquiry. Other Buckeye employees face charges of perjury or related offenses. one man indicted remains at large.
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Findlay,.o
Buckeye Packing Co
Hancock County Common Pleas
Chester Pendleton
Joseph Kirchner
Buckeye
Ugene Kirchner
Frank O'Meara
Virgil McGarity
Alvin Tesnow
Harold
Worker Hurts Arm At Plant In Miami Cabinet Division
Joseph Haker a 33 year old resident of 1339 Woldman Ave sustained lacerations to his right arm in an accident at 7 15 am while employed at the Miami Cabinet Division of the Philip Carey Corp He was treated and released Gene Gillespie nine released after emergency room treatment for an infected cheek from a dog bite Monday at Middletown Hospital
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Middletown Hospital
Joseph Haker
Woodlawn Ave
Miami
Philip Carey Corporation
Haker
Gene Gillespie
Clyde Gillespie
Jewell Sr
Emerg
Ten Farmers Awarded S611 Animal Claims Totals
County commissioners grant $611.75 in animal claims to ten Butler County farmers. Payments include Charles Barrowcliffe 40 dollars for two owes, Emma G Sloneker 87.75 for one heifer calf, Fred F Hawkes 132 for twenty turkeys, Mrs Arnold Hill 12 dollars for six chickens, John S Koehner 120 for four ewes, Gordon Davis 20 for one lamb, Al Seevers 50 for two ewes and one lamb, Franklin White 90 for three sheep, Warren Beiser 30 for one ewe, and Mrs T E Hughes 30 for one ewe.
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Butler County
Charles Barrowcliffe
Hamilton
Emma G
Sloneker
Fred F. Hawkes
Sharonville
Arnold Hill
John S. Koehner
West Chester
Gordon Davis
al Seevers
M. R
Franklin White
Middletown
Warren Beiser
T. E. Hughes
Two Drivers Arrested Fined After Highway Accidents
Five people injured as two drivers face fines after early morning crashes on routes near Germantown and Oxford. Robert Easley 29 Cincinnati fined 150 dollars for intoxication and license failures after a Route 725 crash that injured three passengers and himself. Also injured were Robert Logan Dorothy Henson and Joann Buford. Easley appeared before Squire Guy Studebaker. William Powe 24 Troy fined 50 dollars after failing to stop at Route 73 Route 177 crash with Harold Waugh. Powe sustained a left foot injury.
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Robert Easley
Linn St
Cincinnati
Easley
Germantown
Robert Logan
Faulkner St
Dorothy Hedson
Clark St
Joann Bu
William C. Powe
Ridge Ave
Troy
M. D. Worley
Oxford
Powe
Harold E. Waugh
Hamilton
Small Registration Expected Before Deadline On March 26
Butler County election officials expect only a small registration of voters before the March 26 deadline for the May primary. Registrations have not been checked to remove names of nonvoters in the last two elections, leaving many registrations valid.
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Ohio
Butler County
Butler County Board of Elections
Middletown
World Day of Prayer Sets Attendance Record at Middle Town
Mrs J H Stalker president of the Council of Church Women announced that World Day of Prayer drew 3 523 attendees across 28 churches. The event included 16 children meetings three youth sessions and one adult meeting with a $250 offering the largest in May Fellowship Day.
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Middletown
J. H. Stalker
Council of Church Women
YMCA
Bus Turnover Injures Ohio Travelers Near Nevada Border
A Burling ton Trailways bus carrying 435 passengers east from Oakland overturned on icy Highway 40 a mile west of the California Nevada line. Julia Abrams of Wadsworth Ohio suffered broken ribs and a head wound. Edwin Corrigan and Paul Corrigan of Springfield were among the other injured.
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Reno
Nev
Burlington Trailways
Oakland
Julia Abrams
Wadsworth
Ohio
Sergeant Roy Johnson Promoted. Stationed at Fort Benjamin Harrison
Mrs. Bessie Johnson of 2004 Brentwood St reports her husband Roy Johnson has been promoted to sergeant. He is now stationed at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind after returning from Korea in July. Johnson enlisted in 1948 and previously served with Japanese occupation forces. he is son of Elihu Johnson of Ninth Ave.
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Bessie Johnson
Brentwood St
Roy Johnson
Sergeant Johnson
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Korea
Johnson
Elihu Johnson
Ninth Ave
SPEBSQSA Sets May 17 For Harmony Show Boat
The SPEBSQSA chooses May 17 for its Harmony Show Boat at Middle town High School auditorium. The society also hosts March 15 at the American Legion birthday party and March 28 a PTA sponsored benefit with The Closeaires The Mid-Chords and Ballad-Aires featuring Indiana quartet.
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Spebsqsa
Middletown High School
American Legion
Trenton P.T.A
Closeaires
Mid-Chords
Indiana
Decision Held in DuPont Suit by Federal Judge
Federal Judge Walter J. LaBay held without decision as briefs were filed in the government civil anti-trust case against E I Du Pont de Nemours Co. Oral arguments included the government’s bid to name 186 Du Pont relatives as defendants, including 96 minors. The 1949 suit charges rebates and market sharing with General Motors and U S Rubber to curb competition.
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Chicago
Walter J. LaBay
DuPont Industrial Empire
du Pont
John Harlan
New York City
du Ponts
Airmen Down Five MiGs Near Yalu River
American warplanes in Korea surprised a flight of 70 MIGs near the Yalu river and shot down at least five jets in a 20 minute battle. One more MIG was listed as probably destroyed as air combat continued amid artillery and mortar fire nearby.
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Seoul
Korea
Yalu River
Winter Cold Grips Much of Nation With Subzero Readings
A mid winter chill spread across the eastern two thirds of the United States. Subzero temperatures were reported in Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa Illinois and North Dakota while the south felt the cold as far as northern states with readings in the 40s and 50s in northern Florida and well below freezing in Memphis and northern Mississippi Georgia and Alabama. Grantsburg Wisconsin recorded 21 below zero and Duluth Minnesota 7 below. Chicago and Kansas City endured nine above while light snow fell in the Great Lakes and Appalachians toward Northern New England.
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Midwest
North Central
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Ilinois
North Dakota
Southland
Salt States
U.S. Weather Bureau
Florida
Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi
Georgia
Alabama
Grantsburg
Wis
Fargo
N. D
Duluth
Minn
Chicago
Kansas City
Great Lakes
Appalachians
New England
Woman Attacks Daughters With Hammer in Canton Home
In Canton two young girls Joyce eight and Mary Margaret six were attacked by their mother Catharine Laughery twenty eight with a claw hammer. Joyce suffered a fractured skull and severe burns while Mary Margaret faced serious injuries. The mother, after committing the act, was confined to Massillon State Hospital for a sanity test at the request of her husband Wilfred Diebold worker.
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Canton
Massillon State Hospital
Catherine Laughery
Joyce
Mary Margaret
Mercy Hospital
Wilfred
Diebold Co
Laughery
Thedren
William D. Harison
Truck Driver Dies Of Burns In Chicago Crash
Hamilton man John Armstrong thirty five a driver for King Brothers Trucking Co died in Mercy Hospital Chicago from burns after his motor tractor crashed into a railroad viaduct at 31st Street and Stewart Avenue He was pulled from the burning vehicle about six hours earlier by a father and son who operated a nearby machine shop Armstrong had been riding in the tractor while the truck portion awaited loading and suffered burns over most of his body.
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Hamilton
John Armstrong
Chicago
Mercy Hospital
Armstrong
31St St
Stewart Ave
King Brothers Trucking Co
Hamiltton
Tasmanian tiger among the rarest living animals
The Tasmanian tiger also known as the thylacine, a marsupial wolf, remains one of the world's rarest living species. Its elusive status and uncertain survival continue to intrigue researchers and conservationists.
Plumber Freed After Judge Says He Earned 20000 From Wealthy Wife
In Miami a 28 year old plumber Kenneth R. Desmond was found to have earned twenty thousand dollars from Frieda Scheinbaum a 58 year old widow. The trial judge said the case did not belong in criminal court and Desmond walked free after testifying about hardships and alleged affection. Scheinbaum testified she and Desmond had married last spring and later annulled before resuming contact this winter. She said she signed a blank check to him in November to cover supposed piano debts.
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Miami
Fla
Criminal Court
Ben C. Willard
Kenneth R. Desmond
Frieda Schienbaum
Scheinbaum
Desmond
El Paso plumber, 72, marries 17th wife with 31 children
Bruce Steele, 72, of El Paso says Estell Lloyd is his 17th wife, married last month in Deming, New Mexico. He lists 31 children, 24 boys and seven girls, from successive marriages dating to 1911, and jokes about using charm to find a woman's weakness.
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EL Paso
Tex
Paso
Bruce Steele
Estell Lloyd
Deming
N. M
Estell
Steele
Mary
Ruth
Catherine
Rose
Peggy
Goldie
Annie
Nellie
Fannie
Frances
Salt Flat
Nelle
Romeo
Waist shows American men eat too much
The New York Custom Tailors Designers Club says American men are the fattest and laziest in US history due to excess sleep and meals. It notes men are better dressed despite clothing sizes rising from 32 to 40, and names ten best dressed figures including Warren Austin Ray Robinson Arthur Murray Gregory Peck Bob Hope and others.
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New York
Charles Munn Sr
Freddy Martin
Rober Montgomery
Roducer
Richard Odgers
Bob Hope
George K. Funston
New York Stock Exchange
Boiler Explosion Kills Three In Indiana Plant
Three men were killed when a boiler exploded at Indiana Die Casting Co in Elwood Ind. A fourth man died later in hospital and a fifth man, city councilman Robert Fortson, was nearby but unharmed. Victims included William Hamilton 28 and Arthur Gerth 45 of Chicago and Kenneth Deemer 24 of Orestes Ind. George Lovell 43 of near Tipton died in hospital. The blast occurred as workers attached the boiler from outside the main building.
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Elwood Ind
Indiana Die Casting Co
William Hamilton
Arthur Gerth
Chicago
Kenneth Deemer
Orestes
Ind
George Lovell
Tipton
Elwood
Robert Fortson
Two Women Die In Montreal Theater Building Fire
A fire destroyed a Montreal repertory theater building killing two women. One body, Mrs. George Perkins aged 30, was found at the stairs exit and another victim was recovered in the rubble. Seven residents escaped from 12 or more residents above the theater as flames spread to an adjoining block. Several apartments burned or damaged and many families were left homeless.
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Montreal
Montreal Repertory Theater
George Perkins
Covington Hotel Fire Displaces Twenty Guests in KY
In Covington, Kentucky, a blaze at the Riverview Hotel forced twenty guests from their rooms. Damage was placed at 4000 dollars. Joshua Davis, 42, faced breach of the peace charges for a alleged careless smoking incident. he suffered second degree burns and was treated at Booth Hospital before jail on 250 dollar bond. The fire began in the third floor room he occupied.
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Covington
Riverview
Walter B. Salyers
Joshua Davis
Davis
Booth Hospital
Wholesale Food Index Dips to 15 Month Low
New York reports the Dun and Bradstreet wholesale food index fell to $6.56 this week, the lowest since November 1950, down from $6.58 last week and 98 percent below $7.27 a year ago. The level compares with $5.96 at the start of the Korean War in June 1950, with a record high of $7.36 reached on July 13, 1948.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
AEC Outlines New Nuclear Tests at Nevada and Eniwetok
AEC official Thomas E. Murray said the commission plans more nuclear tests using existing Nevada proving grounds each spring and an extended schedule for tests at Eniwetok Island. The statements indicate continued testing at Frenchmans Flat in Nevada and at Eniwetok.
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Los Angeles
Aton Energy Commission
Frenchman's Flat
Nevada
Eniwetok Island
AEC
Thomas E. Murray
Proving Grounds
Eniwetok
Dinner caps regional safety parley with 450 attendees
Four hundred fifty safety experts from Middletown Hamilton Cincinnati and surrounding areas attended the seventh annual Butler County Regional Safety Conference at the Moose Lodge in Hamilton Tuesday evening. Speakers included Robert R Snodgrass Atlas Auto Finance Company and National Safety Council official and Col Roscoe Turner WWI air ace who spoke at a luncheon earlier.
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Middletown
Hamilton
Cincinnati
Butler County
Moose Lodge
Robert R. Snodgrass
Atlanta
Atlas Auto Finance Company
National Safety Council
Col
Roscoe Turner
Youth Dies Twice While Awaiting Test
In New York at the Army Pre-Induction Center Franklin James Morrison a 20 year old from Bellerose N Y appeared to die while awaiting weighing procedures. He revived after 30 hours of artificial respiration and oxygen and was placed in an iron lung but died 40 minutes later at Beekman Downtown Hospital. An autopsy is planned.
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New York
Army
Franklin James Morrison
Morrison
Bellerose
N. Y
Beekman- Downtown Hospital
State Court Considering Murder Appeal
The Ohio Supreme Court weighed whether to allow an appeal from the first degree murder conviction of James C. Edwards 29 Canton convicted Nov 6 1950 of killing Helena Tona Canton and sentenced to die in the electric chair Gov Lausche granted a reprieve pending a claim by Emile Reiss Columbus attorney that police forced Edwards confession Reiss testified before a Stark County grand jury and sought an appeal four months after the deadline The court will rule on whether the appellate court erred in denying the request no decision date was given.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
James C. Edwards
Canton
Edwards
Helena Tona
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Emile Reiss
Reiss
Stark County
Supreme Court
Tax ruling classifies director fees as earnings for self employment
An Internal Revenue opinion from Cincinnati holds director fees and other remuneration for service as earnings from self employment. Directors must file business schedules if self employment income plus other earnings reaches $400 in 1951, per Thomas A. Gallagher.
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Internal Revenue Department
Internal Revenue Office
Cincinnati
Thomas A. Gallagher
Internal Revenue
First District of
Ohio
Trans Atlantic Wedding Moves to For Us Mother
In WEST CAMPTON a 20 year old London born bride to be Miss Dora Giun arrives to wed Air Force Pvt Richard Viner 19 after meeting in England last year. The ceremony is moved to accommodate Viner's ailing mother Gertrude with plans altered from a prior London wedding.
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West Campton
H.P
England
Dora Giun
London
Air Force Pvt
Richard Viner
Viner
Gertrude
Five Kalamazoo youths earn Army thanks for enlistment hopes
In Kalamazoo Michigan five volunteers including 12 year old Mike Brown 11 year old Mike Daugherty and Robert Blick 16 year old David Owel and Kenneth Hale 16 sought to enlist in the Army. Although not accepted they received personal letters of thanks from Maj Gen George F E Armstrong surgeon general confirming the Army’s appreciation.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Mike Brown
Mike
Daugherty
Robert Blick
David Owel
Kenneth Hale
George FE. Armstrong
Local Birth Notices Roundup Shows Nine Newborns
Vital statistics report births from families in West Middletown Franklin Lebanon and out of town. Children include two boys and two girls born yesterday and today at Mercy Hospital Hamilton. Names include Mr and Mrs Goebel Gentry Mr and Mrs Robert Carter Mr Hurt Garrett Hawkins and Seaman and Mrs Marshall D Meni among others.
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Goebel Gentry
West Middletown
Robert Carter
Logan Ave
James Hurt
Roberts Ave
Franklin
Carl Garrett
Fernwood St
John Hawkins
Lebanon
Seaman
Marshall’ D. Meni
Mary Louise Boggess
Monroe
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Marriage Licenses Rounded Up In Regional Records
Alexander W Reid 22 U S Army Dayton and Dorothy Davis 17 1419 Young St Middletown. Cecil Byron Cameron Jr 4% Eaton Route 3 and Alyce Jo Craig 21 Hamilton Route 3. Virgil Rose 35 1116 Garfield Sr laborer and Martha Johnson 29 domestic 2140 Highland Ave. Thomas L Bastian 28 and Eve M Hammerly 28 Hamilton. Kimble S Sanger 22 Springdale and Georgetta Noble 24 Douglas Mickelson 34 artist and Mary Louise Miller 36 teacher, both Oxford. Parker Wilson 46 and Frances Wilson 40 Hamilton. Donald H Bowling 18 and Florence E Wertz Hamilton.
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Alexander W. Reid
U. S. Army
Dayton
Dorothy Davis
Young St
Cecil Byron Cameron, Jr
Eaton
Alyce Jo Craig
Hamilton
Virgil Rose
Garfield Sr
Martha Johnson
Domestic
Highland Ave
Thomas L. Bastian
Eve M. Hammerly
Kimble S. Sanger
Springdale
Georgetta Noble
Douglas Mickelson
Mary Louise Miller
Oxford
Parker Wilson
Frances Wilson
Donald H. Bowling
Florence E. Wertz
Community Health Notices From Mercy Hospital List
A compact notice lists multiple patients and guardians connected to Mercy Hospital Hamilton and Dayton Ciandines Hospital. Names include Judith Ann Wills Arthur Imme Agnes McGraw Brenda Walters and others with medical or surgical statuses. Locations span Flem ing Road Germantown Yankee Road Lafayette Street and North Broad Street among others.
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Judith Ann Wills
Ernest Wills
Fleming Rd
Arthur Imme
Germantown
Agnes McGraw
Yankee Rd
Elmer Triplett
Lafayette St
Reason Zbacnik
Middletown
Brenda Walters
Harold Walters
1Xteenth Ave
Warren Stallworth
Minnesota St
George Strodtbeck
North Broad St
Everett McGilll
Trenton Reute 1
David Hounshell
Maggie McNabb
First Ave., Surgical
Roger Deaton
Leonard Deaton
Highland St. Surgical
Local Notables Gathered for Community Notices
Robert Young son of Mr and Mrs William Young of ?eified Street Mrs Donald Venneman of Hill Avenue Charles Thompson of Garden Avenue Mrs Randolph Mockbee of West Middletown Route 1 Mrs Gilbert Lafayette of Mid way Street.
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Robert Young
William Young
West Middletown PTA Plans Covered Dish
West Middletown PTA members will meet at the school at 6 15 p m Thursday for a covered dish dinner. The main dish will be provided by the committee. A panel on Current Problems in Education with Mark Blakely, principal, as leader, will follow.
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West Middletown
P.T.A
Mark Blakely
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West Central Ave
Mid
Dletown Hydraulic Company
South School
S. O. Danner
Harold Flagg
McKinley St
Hilbert Martin
Earl Henry
Henry
Shafer-Neibar
Floyd G. Browne
North Middletown
Ford
Hopkins St
Squire Guy Studebaker
DuPont
Journal
Ria
Milo Farnets
Nation
The
Associated Press
Burns
Arrow
Carew Tower
Robert M. Jones
RESU
Moose, Eagles and Elk Lodges
George W. Bryan
L. R. Brice
Middetown
Paul Wilson
W. Russell Hicks
Hamilton Safety Council
Louis R. Morony
Uniform Laws Division
Automobile Safety Foundation
Morony
Machine Tool, Metals and Foundry
Pulp and Paper
Robert Kehoe
Kettering Laboratory
University of Cincinnati
D. E. Mumford
George MacDonald
L. P. Dunman
Mengel Company
A. J. Frey
Culligan Water Softening Service
Tom A. Burke
George Neal
Waneta St. Mercy Hospital
William QC. Baird
Middletown-Franklin Rd
Dayton Ciandines Hospital
PTA
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