Morgan Is Low Bidder on Army's New Home
B D Morgan and Co awarded the Salvation Army headquaters contract for the 100 block Clinton St at 71 573 dollars after board approval. The project includes three Clinton St lots, no gym initially but potential later, funded by civic and army allocations.
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Morgan
Army
Salvation Army
North
Clinton St
B. D. Morgan and Co
Harold A. Zealley
Cincinnati
New York
Dazey
The
Civic Association
Comaco
Citadel
Auto-Truck Crash Causes $450 Damage on Baltimore Street
A truck driven by Orville Reed aged 59 from 715 Chestnut Street collided with an eastbound car on Baltimore Street at Jacoby Street. Both vehicles sustained $450 damage. Barnet, 26 from Camden Ohio, was treated at Middletown Hospital for a cut above the right eye. His wife Betty and son Lynn suffered minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore St
Jacoby St
Orville Reed
Chestnut St
Baltimore
Joseph Barnet
Camden
Jacoby
Barnet
Middletown Hospital
Betty
Lynn
Staton Sentenced for Vagrancy by Cincinnati Court
Melvin Staton age 45 with no address was sentenced to 30 days in the Cincinnati Workhouse by Judge Alton B. Combs yesterday on a vagrancy charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Staton
Cincinnati
Alton B. Combs
Fort Wayne Driver Fined for Careless Driving
Raymond C. Brewer, 25, from Fort Wayne Indiana, paid a $25 fine for careless driving after being arrested at Finley and Meadow Streets Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne, Ind
Raymond C. Brewer
Finley and Meadow Sts
Swordsman and Mary Lou Showings At Paramount
Paramount shows Swordsman with Larry Parks and Filene Drew at 2 25, 5, 7 40 and 10 05 pm Also Mary Lou with Frankie Carle orchestra and Robert Lowery at 1 15, 3 50, 6 25 and 9 pm Sunday Cass Timberlane with Lana Turner and Spencer Tracy at 1 45, 4 20, 6 55 and 9 30 pm Stran Road to Rio with Bing Crosby and Bob Hope at 3 10, 7 05 and 10 25 pm Also Black Hill with Faide Dean and Roscoe Ates at 2 05, 6 and 9 25 pm Sunday Guadalcanal Diary with Preston Foster and Lloyd Nolan at 2 59, 6 35 and 10 06 pm Also Purple Heart with Dana Andrews and Richard Conte at 1 15, 4 51 and 8 27 pm
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swordsman
Larry Parks
Filen
Mary Lou
Frankie Carle
Robert Lowery
Cass Timberlane
Lana Turner
Spencer Tracy
Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
Faidie Dean
Roscoe Ates
Preston Foster
Lloyd Nolan
Dana Andrews
Richard Conte
Cooties Plan Social To Buy Book Projector
At a Friday evening meeting of the Cooties honor degree of the V F W the group voted to hold a social to raise funds for a ceiling projector and a library for the Veterans Hospital in Daytona They pledged clothing and education for Kenneth Gordon son of Ralph Gordon a former club official killed recently while working on the West Middletown bridge Plans were made for a midsummer picnic for the South western Ohio Cooties and a banquet for all Ohio Cooties The next Dayton Veterans Hospital visit is Sunday March 31 The next club meeting is Friday April 9
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Veterans Hospital
Daytona
Kenneth Gordon
Ralph Gordon
West Middletown
Southwestern
Ohio
State of
Dayton Veterans Hospital
Woman Awarded 5000 in Damage Claim After 1946 Crash
Vera Mae Ewing of Somerville won a 5000 damage verdict from Butler County Common Pleas jurors against Joseph P. Mokry Sr of Middletown. She sought 75000 for injuries from a December 11 1946 three car collision involving Mokry's son Joseph 17 and a parked car. Ten jurors deliberated two hours.
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Vera Mae Ewing
Route One
Somerville
Butler County Common Pleas
Joseph P. Mokry
Middletown
Mise Ewing
Mokry
Joseph
David Caldwell
Obituary of Harry Connell Camden resident dies at 57
Harry Connell 57 of 1001 N Maple St Eaton died at Good Samaritan Hospital in Dayton Friday. A Preble County native and Eaton High School graduate, he worked at Eaton Tire Service Co starting 1923 and became a partner two years ago. He belonged to Eaton Aerie No 2202 Fraternal Order of Eagles. Survived by two brothers Charlies Eaton and Dennis Sugar Valley. Services 4 p m Monday Camden Methodist Church Rev Norman Sweat. burial Fairmount Cemetery Camden. Friends may call Girton Funeral Home after 6 p.m. today.
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Camden
Harry Connell
Maple St
Eaton
Good Samaritan Hospital
Dayton
Preble County
Eaton High School
Miami University
Eaton Tire Service Co
Eaton Aerie
Charlies
Dennis
Sugar Valley
Camden Methodist Church
Norman Sweat
Fairmount Cemetery
Girton Funeral Home
Widow Carrie Watson dies in Cincinnati at 86
Mrs. Carrie Watson 86 widow of William Watson formerly of Middletown died Friday evening in Cincinnati after a lingering illness. She lived with her daughter Mrs. Al Dorenbusch at 2584 Madison Rd. in Cincinnati. The body was taken to Felicity for services and burial. Arrangements are incomplete.
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Cincinnati
Carrie Watson
William Watson
Middletown
al Dorenbusch
Madison Rd
Felicity, C
Auto Damage Report After Verity Parkway Incident
A. Roberts of 18 Hudson & J Franklin told police someone rammed the fenders of his parked car on Verity Parkway Friday night. Police estimated damage at $25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Roberts
Hudson &J
Franklin
Verity Parkway
Catholic Information on Images and Fatherhood in Faith
A Catholic explainer defends reverence for religious images and calls priests Father, arguing kneeling before a crucifix is adoration of Christ not worship, and that the term Father reflects scriptural and community roles within proper context. It cites Saint Paul and Jesus to address common objections and invites readers to request more Catholic Information from the Legion of Mary in Middletown, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Abraham Lincoln
Washington
Lincoln
St. Paul
Timothy
Jesus
God
Legion of Mary
P. O. Box
Middletown
Ohio
Winners Named in Third Annual Speech Contest
Francis Koertavich won first prize and $10 for the speech What The Modern World Owes To Ancient Greece. George Skillman took second with $5 and Jeanne third with $3. Contest is part of a national oratorical event by the Supreme Lodge with finals in Milwaukee next summer. Local lodge to sponsor Foundation of Public Speaking I and II at Middletown High School this year.
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Francis Koertavich
Knights of Pythias
Kartavich
Darktown
Greece
George Skillman
Jeanne
Supreme Lodge
Milwaukee
Wis
Foundation of Public Speaking
Middletown High School
Red Cross Aids Armed Forces Workers Worldwide
A recent count shows 3 460 American Red Cross workers serving with the armed forces. They assist service members and families at home and abroad with counsel, emergency financial aid, leave verification, and recreation, and seek support for the 1948 Red Cross Fund to sustain this work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Red Cross Fund
Electrical Workers Wage Talks Delayed
General Electric and the CIO United Electrical Workers recessed wage talks until March 23 after a week of inconclusive sessions. A GE statement cited no meeting of minds over union demands for a substantial wage increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
General Electric Company
CIO
United Electrical Workers
McKinley Junior High Honor Roll List Released
The McKinley Junior High School honor roll for the fourth grading period includes 7th graders Peter Carreuthers Clarence Cook Peggy Cox Tom Dillman Robert Edwards Mary Ewing Betty Frisby Richard Jones Carol Maier Gordon Moffitt Gloria Orvath Dorothy Potter Gerald Ragland William Reynolds Gail Rusche Barbara Scott Doris Scroggins Marvin Spencer Brandon Williams Patricia Tinley Amanda Baker 8th graders Marilyn Allen Alfred Cofer Donna Dennis Vera Denniston Viola Eschliman Bobby Gates Janet Hon Deborah Ingwersen Harold Jackson Tim McCoy Mary Ann Pieters Bertha Profitt Gloria Richards Joan Ross Nancy Sherman Beulah Squires Ernest Teets Jack Whitehead Adele Woods Jim Young 9th graders Geraldyne Baker Betty Bratcher Elmira Crawford James Davis Greta Eschman Mary Greathouse Gerald Green Phoebe Henry Geraldyne Hillenbrand Jackie Lester Eva Oates Constance Perkins Harold Richardson Paul Riddle Carl Robinson John Schraffenberger Nira Turner Ramona Webb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Cook
Peggy Cox
Tom Dillman
Robert Edwards
Mary Ewing
Betty Frisby
Richard Jones
Carol Maier
Gordon Moffitt
Gloria Orvath
Dorothy Potter
Gerald Ragland
William Reynolds
Gail Rusche
Barbara Scott
Doris Scroggins
Marvin Spencer
Brandon Williams
Patricia Tinley
Amanda Baker
Marilyn Allen
Alfred Cofer
Donna Dennis
Vera Denniston
Viola Eschliman
Bobby Gates
Janet Hon
Deborah Ingwersen
Harold Jackson
Tim
Butler County Grand Jury Resumes Criminal Case Review
The Butler County grand jury reopened Friday with a list of 30 criminal cases after a recall on Thursday to clear a backlog. Three term members were replaced in January with George Grathwohl Elmer Byerline and Nettie Whiteside joining, along with continuing members including Homer Schul as foreman and Henry Weber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County Grand Jury
William Wick
Tom Bateman
Harry Desmond
George Grathwohl
Elmer Byerline
Nettie Whiteside
Homer Schul
Henry Weber
George Kolb
Ervin Bowman
Freda Mueller
Clovis Kolbfleisch
Clarence Lindley
Roy Kettman
C. G. Crist
Hilda Shifler
Roy Hine
Lillian Becker
Gardner Named to Board of Folding Paper Box Association
Colin Gardner Sr vice president in charge of sales for Gardner Richardson Company was elected to the Board of Directors of the Folding Paper Box Association of America at the annual meeting in Chicago. The firm also won first prize in the packaging contest for carton construction and earned honorable mention for other entries. Production of boxes set an all time record in 1947 with new markets expected in 1948, including fresh fruit and vegetables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colin Gardner, Sr
Gardner - Richardson Company
Folding Paper Box Association of America
Chicago
Carton Construction
Walter Sooy
Colin Gardner
III
Ames Gardner
Carton
R. B. Gardner
W. E. Gardner
Donald P. Snyder
Taft Defends Peace Faith Opposes War Measures
Taft rejects Truman's peace doubt and warns recovery aid harms stability. He says four years of aid are contemplated, no binding future obligation, and objects to partners’ imposed terms while Vandenberg argues for mutual two way cooperation.
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Truman
Taft
Ohioan
Vandenberg
Michigan
Congress
Hamilton Pastor Is Sunday Speaker Here
The Rev. R. M. Smith of Hamilton will be guest speaker at the Sunday evening service at 7 30 at Friendship Baptist Church. The Jubilee Quartet will present several musical selections.
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R. M. Smith
Hamilton
Friendship Baptist Church
Jubilee Quartet
Dayton child pianist helps at Phillips Chapel event
A four year old propiey from Dayton Ohio who plays piano sings and composes music will perform at Phillips Chapel C M E Church Sunday March 13 at 3 30 p m. The public is invited. A chicken dinner will be served in the dining room Sunday noon for 85 cents.
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Propiey
Dayton, O
Phillips Chapel
C. M. FE
Middletown Students Vie For Honors In Music Tests
Twenty two Middletown High Schools in southwestern Ohio compete today at Miami University Oxford in the Southwestern Ohio District Music Festival. Soprano Sally Pomeroy and other contestants vie for district honors with winners advancing to the state contests in Columbus next May.
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Middletown
Southwestern Ohio
Louis Driever
Edwin Bloedow
Joan Heyer
Tom Geran
Jean Carter
al Nori
George Shackleford
Robert Frisch
Paul Moyer
Dorothy Pomeroy
Miriam Melampy
Robert Franz
Robert Robinson
Valda Wilkerson
Columbus
Tragic Pedestrian Fatally Struck by Truck Near Akron
Akon AP reports Violet Mault, 39, was killed when a truck struck her near her Stow area home late last night. The driver remained at the scene and police are investigating.
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Akron
Violet Mault
Stow
Hamilton City Manager Fight Moves Toward High Court
About 500 citizens formed the Hamilton Citizens Association to seek a writ of mandamus from the Ohio Supreme Court. They aim to force petitions recall four council members who suspended City Manager Frank R. Buechner on February 18. Buechner also announced he will attend the next City Council meeting for a hearing.
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Hamilton
Frank R. Buechner
Charles Schwalm
Ohio Supreme Court
Buechner
Supreme Court
Schwalm
High Tribunal
James Black
Hamilton Citizens Association
Citizens Steering Committee
Sichwalm
Adele Edmonds
Edward Beckett
Frank Rosendahl
Vincent Emminger
Andrew Bruck
Pastor Speaks on Communism at Middletown Club Dinner
Rev. C. E. Baumann of Forest Ave. Presbyterian Dayton spoke on Communism at the Manchester Hotel dinner meeting of Middletown 32 Club Scottish Rite Masons. The program included a motion picture of the 1947-48 Middle Basketball Team and a brief business session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
C. E. Baumann
Forest Ave
Dayton
Manchester
Flasher signals delayed for Oxford rail crossing
Shortage of materials may hold up installation of flasher signals at the South College Avenue crossing of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. Village officials have been advised. The equipment will cost the state 5000 dollars but the work will be done by a railroad crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
South College Avenue
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Council hearing for Buechner rescheduled after notice
Five separate charges have been filed against Buechner with more to come. The allegations center on generally unsatisfactory work and the hearing was moved to next Wednesday after notice of his appearance was given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buechner
Warmer Weekend Predicted By Weatherman
The forecast calls for continued fair and warmer weather with increasing clouds. Temperatures climbed from a 7 degree low to 26 by 4 p.m. A today low was 18 with the thermometer at 22 degrees at 9 30 this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercury
Weekend Weather Outlook Across the Nation
Fair conditions and rising temperatures are forecast nationwide as Pacific air moves into the central states and spreads eastward. Cold pockets linger in the Midwest and along parts of the South with subzero readings in several midwestern towns and freezing temps near the Gulf Coast.
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Chicago
Pacific
Texas
Gulf Coast
Louisiana
Mississippi
Midwest
Atlantic
Ground broken in Elyria for new Catholic high school
Ground will be broken March 21 in Elyria for a new 450000 dollar Catholic high school to educate about 300 students. Msgr. William L. Newton pastor of St. Marys Church and Catholic dean of Lorain County announced the plan today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria, O
Msgr
William L. Newton
St. Mary’s Church
Lorain County
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Kenneth Sharp
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Peter Carreuthers
Colored News
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Dial
Moncrief & Victor
H. E. Nanamaker & Son
Wilbraham Rd
Masslay Factory
Melampy
Central Ave
Sanitone
Gough-Lamb Cleaners
Church OF the Nazarene
Trenton
With
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Harry
Darling's
Welling Food Market
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Manchester RD
Dixie Heights
John Welling
Chuck Roast
Wisconsin
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