Allotment To City Schools Falls To 309521.11
Butler County second half 1951 personal property tax distribution reported by county auditor R. H. Smith totals 1,569,847.53. Schools receive 941,356.10 with Hamilton 358,827.16 and Middletown 309,521.11. village and township shares listed, plus library funding of 39,250 to Lane Public Library and 22,000 to Middletown Library.
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Butler County
R. H. Smith
Hamilton
Middletown
Fairfield
Hanover
LAMON
St. Clair
Oxford
Seven Mile
Somerville
Trenton
Lane Public Library
Chiefs Plea for Greater Courtesy on Roads
Police Chief Joseph Blackmore urged motorists and pedestrians to show courtesy to reduce traffic tolls. He warned reckless acts endanger the weak, stressing brakes and patience over honks and chip on the shoulder attitudes to prevent tragic deaths.
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Joseph Blackmore
Chief Blackmore
Middletown Driver Fined and Rights Suspended
Charles Holland, 27, of 1802 Meadow St., faced drunken driving and license charges after running a traffic light at Lafayette Ave. and Yankee Rd. He was fined $232 and had his driving rights suspended for six months in Municipal Court Friday.
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Middletown
Lafayette Ave
Yankee Rd
Charles Holland
Meadow St
Electrician Sprains Ankle After Ladder Fall at Mill
Franklin Lee Young of 11 South Main Street, an electrician for Logan Long Company, fell from a ladder Wednesday at the mill. He was treated at Middletown Hospital and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin — Lee Young
South Main St
Logan-Long Company
Middletown
At The Movies Showings at Paramount and Strand Theatres
Paramount offers Flame of Araby Treasure Of Lost Canyon and Pandora and The Flying Dutchman with listed showtimes Saturday and Sunday. Strand screens Challenge To Las sie Snake River Despera Bushwackers Jungle Jim Forbidden Land with separate weekend times.
What God Told Us Apostles Creed and Catholic Faith
The essay argues belief in God rests on revealed truths not opinion. It explains the Apostles Creed as a summary of certainties about God the Father Jesus Christ the Son the Holy Spirit and life everlasting. Belief is presented as knowledge, not vague belief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Father
Jesus Christ
Lord
Mary
Christ
Holy Catholic Church
Communion of Saints
Patrol Car Hit By Driver Under Arrest
A State Highway Patrol car driven by Patrolman Warren Rivers was struck on Central Ave at Main St while Landis, under arrest for speeding, followed to court. Landis fined $10 plus costs. no charges from the crash. Also charged Singleton, held for fleeing and reckless driving after a Route 4 crash. Barnes avoided a collision but hit a parked car. Pense cited for improper parking.
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Warren Rivers
Middletown
Central Ave
Main St
George FE. Landis
Second Ave
Rivers
Landis
Squire Lammie Bailey
Eugene A. Singleton
Singleton
Gray
D. Eldon Barnes
Trenton
Barnes
William White
Linden St
White
Chester Pense
Smoke Delays Fire Crews at Apartments and Shops
Fire units responded to 900 South Main Street after smoke filled a three story building due to insulation burning in a defective refrigerator in Kenneth Lewis’s apartment. Damage to the refrigerator was estimated at 25 dollars. Later, smoke at Harley-Davidson at 1813 Clayton Street and Armco’s East Works prompted investigations with no fires found.
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South Main St
Kenneth Lewis
Harley-Davison Motor Cycle Service and Sales
Clayton St
Armco
East Works
Aluminum Output Reported Enough to Ease Controls
The Senate Small Business Committee heard that U S aluminum supply is large enough to relax civilian-use controls. Major producers and small users testified optimism follows a prior NPA briefing. Reynolds Metals’ David P Reynolds cited capacity rising from 1 5 billion pounds at the start of Korea fighting to double by next year, with production gains expected to continue.
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Washington
Senate Small Business Committee
Senate Banking Committee
Manly Fleischmann
National Production Authority
David P. Reynolds
Reynolds Metals Co
Duty of Victim’s Kin in Ancient Greek Justice
Britannica notes that among early Greeks the murderer’s punishment fell to the victim’s relatives, a DUTY and privilege tied to family honor and collective retribution within the community.
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Encyclopedia
Britannica
Miss Clara Gruver 57 Dies After Heart Attack at Ice Show
Miss Clara Jean Gruver 57, secretary of Citizens Building Loan and Savings, died Friday night from a coronary occlusion after suffering a heart attack at the Cincinnati Garden parking lot. She had planned to attend an ice show with friends. funeral services are set for Tuesday at McCoy Leffier Funeral Home with burial at Woodside Cemetery.
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Clara Jean Gruver
North Ave
Citizens Building, Loan and Savings Company
Merle McGlynn
Gladys Griss
Helen Griss
Richard Lovelace
Grover
Reading
More Weather Ahead For Middletown Ohio Weekend
Weather outlook remains mostly unchanged with partly cloudy skies and cold temperatures. Snow is possible in northern parts but not in Middletown area. tonight and Sunday expect mostly cloudy skies with light snow in the north. Highs today expected in the 30s to mid 40s in this area, with prior day low around 25 and a 41 degree high later afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Ohio
Infant Son of Thomas Family Laid to Rest
Graveside services held at 10 a m for the infant son of Mr and Mrs Stewart Thomas of 70144 South Main St. Burial at Woodyside Cemetery. The child died shortly after birth at Middletown Hospital. Survivors include four brothers Craig Stewart Jr William Alphonso and Stewart III, two sisters Bettie Jo and Barbara Ann, parents at home, grandparents Charity Thomas of Georgetown Ky and Nannie Fields of Hillsboro. Maxberry Funeral Home in charge.
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Stewart Thomas
South Main St
Woodyside Cemetery
Middletown Hospital
Craig
Stewart, Jr
William
Alphonso
Bettie Jo
Barbara Ann
Charity Thomas
Georgetown
Nannie Fields
Hillsboro
Maxberry Funeral Home
Funeral services announced for Charles Vest 54 Franklin Route 2
Charles Vest of Franklin Route 2 a Middletown Journal distributor died Friday morning at Avalon Sanitarium Mount Vernon Ohio He will be buried at his rural home area Funeral services set for 2 p m Monday at Joseph R Baker and Sons Funeral Home officiated by Dr R C Caudill Friends may call after 6 p m today Requiem high mass for Marie Velde 84 at St John Church burial Calvary Cemetery Mrs Velde died Friday at St Francis Hospital Cincinnati where she had been confined since August 1947 Schramm Funeral Home schedule 3 5 and 7 10 p m Sunday and 7 10 p m Monday
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Charles Vest
Franklin Route 2
Joseph R. Baker and Sons
R. C. Caudill
Woodside Cemetery
Vest
Middletown Journal
Avalon Sanitarium
Mount Vernon
Marie Velde
St. John Church
Calvary Cemetery
Velde
St. Francis Hospital
Cincinnati
Baltimore
Graveside rites for infant son of Carlisle couple
Infant Smith died at birth at Middletown Hospital Friday at 3 p.m. Graveside services scheduled 3:30 p.m. today at Woodhill Cemetery with Rev. William Meyer of New Jersey Presbyterian Church officiating. Survived by parents Nathan and Mrs Smith three brothers James Philip Allen Thomas Robert and sister Sue Ellen grandparents Alex Smith of Hamilton and Mr and Mrs James Mc Coy of North Excelle. Robert Eaton Funeral Home in charge.
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Franklin
Nathan Smith
Carlisle
Woodhill Cemetery
William Meyer
New Jersey Presbyterian Church of
Middletown Hospital
James
Philip Allen
Thomas Robert
Sue Ellen
Alex Smith
Hamilton
James McCoy
North Excelle
Robert Eaton Funeral Home
Clinton A. Clark Dies at 69 in Waynesville
Clinton A. Clark, 69, a retired railroad worker, died in Waynesville. Funeral arrangements are pending as the community mourns the loss of a longtime local.
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Clinton A. Clark
Waynesville
Local Resident Dies After Prolonged Illness
At 1 10 a m Friday at his home after a lengthy illness the death of a Clarksville man is announced. Surviving are his widow Callie, two daughters Mrs Audrey Conrad of Wilmington and Mrs Delores McRoberts of Dayton, two sons Norman of Xenia and Ronald in the U S Army in Germany, two sisters Mrs William Myers and Mrs Forest Rager both of Clarksville, three brothers William of Germantown Garland of Clarksville and Thomas of Columbus, and five grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are in complete.
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Callie
Audrey Conrad
Wilmington
Delores McRoberts
Dayton
Norman
Xenia
Ronald
U.S. Army
Germany
William Myers
Forest Rager
Clarksville
William
Germantown
Garland
Thomas
Columbus
Widow Lucy M. Good 83 dies at Good Samaritan Hospital
Mrs. Lucy M. Good of Germantown and Pyrmont area dies at 83 after 10 weeks in Good Samaritan Hospital. Survived by widower Clayton four daughters Mrs. Fryman Cincinnati Mrs. Oswald Brookville Mrs. Delp Dayton Mrs. Porter Germantown Farmersville Pike four sons David Brookville Rev John West Alexandria Earl New Lebanon George Germantown. She had lived with Mrs. Porter the past year.
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Brookville
Lucy M. Good
Good Samaritan Hospital
Germantown
Pyrmont
Clayton
Charlies Fryman
Cincinnati
Sheridan Oswald
Walter Delp
Dayton
Cletus Porter
Farmersville Pike
David
John Good
West Alexandria
Earl
New Lebanon
George
Good
Porter
Mrs Hattie Graham Dies At 68 In West Carrollton
Mrs Hattie Graham aged 68 died at 11 55 a m Friday at her home 135 West Pease Ave following a two year illness She lived in West Carrollton for 50 years Survived by husband Frank B Graham two sons Alfred and Clare of West Carrollton three sisters Mrs Alice Miller Mrs Nell Earnhart and Mrs Jane Ailes three grandchildren and one great grandchild Memorial Methodist Church member Funeral services set for 11 am Monday at Sewart Funeral Home Burial at Evergreen Visitation after 2 p m Sunday at the funeral home
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West Carrollton
Hattie Graham
West Pease Ave
Frank B. Graham
Alfred
Clare
Alice Miller
Nell Earnhart
Middletown
Jane Ailes
Tonawanda
N. Y
Graham
Memorial Methodist Church
Sewart Funeral Home
Evergreen
Funeral
Thomas F McGuinn 88 dies at home near Harveysburg
Thomas F McGuinn 88 retired farmer dies at his Harveysburg area home at 6 15 am Friday Survivors include son Howard at home and sister Mrs Rose Taylor of Wilmington Services set for 9 30 am Monday at St Augustine Catholic Church Burial in Miami Cemetery Rosary recitation at 8 pm Sunday at Stubbs Funeral Home
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Waynesville
Thomas F McGuinn
Harveysburg
Howard
Rose Taylor
Wilmington
St. Augustine Catholic Church
Miami Cemetery
Stubbs
More Germans Jailed For Selling Secrets
Five more Germans were arrested in a Bonn roundup of suspects accused of selling Ruhr industrial secrets and patents to two Western powers. Police said the cases involve illegal sales to foreign buyers and note that Communists were not involved, unlike Wednesday’s seizures of five Ruhr industrialists tied to East Germany.
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Bonn
Germany
Ruhr
East Germany
Retail Prices Drop In Grocery Goods
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a two tenths of one percent decline in grocery store prices for the 10 days ended February 25. The food price index stands at 227 compared to 1926 levels, 2.3 percent below January 15 but 8 percent above June 15, 1950, just before the Korean War outbreak.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Need a Fall Guy
An exploration of how some primitive societies interpret unexplained deaths as sorcery or evil spirit activity. It notes African belief systems that attribute so called natural deaths to magicians or hostile neighbors and rely on diviners or coerced confessions to establish guilt.
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Africa
Amazon Main River Navigable to Iquitos Distances Noted
The Amazon Main River is navigable for ocean steamers to Iquitos, 2,300 miles from the sea, and 486 miles farther upriver for vessels drawing 14 feet of water.
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Amazon
Iquitos
Judge Rules Wilgus Heir Keeps Park
A court in Bellefontaine Ohio ruled that Mrs Wilgus inherits the lease to the amusement area at Russell Point on Indian Lake. Judge Jacob Koenig granted a permanent injunction upholding the Wilgus investment in buildings and improvements with state knowledge and consent.
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Charles F. Horvath
Cleveland
Wilgus
Koenig
Horvath
U S Broadcasts Pierce Curtain Through Soviet Jamming
Dr. Wilson Compton head of the International Information Administration says about one fourth of Voice of America programs reach Moscow and Leningrad despite Soviet jamming. He notes Voa broadcasts reach up to 75 percent in other Russian areas as he spoke at Masaryk birthday service.
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New York
Voice of America
Moscow
Leningrad
Wilson Compton
International Information Administration
Voice
Compton
Thomas G. Masaryk
Czechoslovak Republic
Jaycees Set April 28 to May 10 Clean-Up Campaign Dates
Junior Chamber of Commerce announces a two week Clean-Up Pain-Up Fix-Up campaign from April 28 to May 10 with Bob Nerenberg as chairman. Vice chairman Paul Deger secret ary Robert Oakley and heads Jack Sheehan John Rolfes Hody Anness Paul Wilson lead the drive to boost neighborhood and business district appearance. Don McKillop Jaycee President John Weber and VP Robert Lubberger will advise.
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Chamber of Commerce
Bob Nersenberg
Jaycee
Nerenberg
Paul Deger
Robert Oakley
Jack Sheehan
John Rolfes
Hody Anness
Paul Wilson
Don McKillop
John Weber
Robert Lubberger
Jaycees
Two Vehicle Crashes Reported In City Morning Accidents
Damages totaling 65 dollars occurred in two separate accidents. Benjamin F. Jolly 46 of 33 North Clinton Street and Gilbert W. Willis 29 of 605 Sixteenth Ave collided at Young Street and Calumet Avenue shortly before 8:30 a.m. Friday. Jolly driving a car owned by O. L. Lanson on Young Street and Willis traveling west on Calumet collided with 15 dollars damage to Jolly's car and 50 dollars to Willis's. In a second incident James Hines 42 of West Middletown reported his car was backed into by an unknown driver at First Avenue and South Main Street around 10 p.m. Friday, with 5 dollars damage.
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Benjamin F. Jolly
Clinton ‘St
Gilbert W. Willis
Sixteenth Ave
Young St
Calumet Ave
Jolly
O.L. Lanson
Young
Willis
Calumet
James Hines
West Middletown
First Ave
South Main St
Hines
Gas-Sensitive Carnation Detects Gas Presence
A carnation plant acts as a sensitive gas detector, its leaves closing when a trace of gas appears in a room. This plant responds to one part gas per million parts air, signaling danger more readily than typical laboratory apparatus.
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Carnation Plant
Two Drivers Arrested in Franklin for Licenses and Reckless Driving
Franklin police arrested Carl Bowles, 32, of 519 Anderson Street, Friday night for driving without a license. Russell Dale Robinson, 18, of Park Avenue, faced charges of reckless driving. Both are to appear in municipal court on March 14.
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Franklin
Carl Bowles
Anderson St
Poice
Russell Dale Robinson
Park Ave
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