Blizzard Storm Hits Midwest With Snow Drifts
A fierce blizzard storms through the northern Midwest leaving up to 19 inches of new snow and 45 mph winds. Highways blocked, planes grounded, and trains stalled, with isolated Western Minnesota farm families marooned and a major rail collision injuring three crewmen near Carroll. Civil Air Patrol flew dozens of missions from Weathon to deliver provisions and evacuate the ill.
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Minnesota
South Dakota
Iowa
Civil Air Patrol
Wehaton
Minn
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Northwest Airlines
Portlama
Ore
Wold Chamberlain Field
Illinois Central Railroad
Carnarvon
Carroll
Armco Men Leave for South Africa Project
Two Armco employees Ralph Shane of Central Ave and Paul Wikoff of Yankee Rd depart for Johannesburg South Africa to work on a new Armco sponsored steel mill. They left Saturday from New York and will stay three to six months for technical duties.
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Armco
Johannesburg
South Africa
Ralph Shane
Central Ave
Paul Wikoff
Yankee Rd
New York
Middle Band and Monroe Chorus Shine at Regional Music Festival
Middle Band under Joe B. Franklin and Lemon Monroe High School band impressed at the Southwestern Ohio District Music Festival at Miami University Oxford. Wyoming High swept Class I with boys and girls choruses and mixed chorus while Cincinnati With row earned a Class I rating in mixed chorus for Class A schools. Judges praised musical feeling, tone, and intonation across the ensembles.
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Middletown High
Lemon - Monroe
Miami University
Oxford
Wyoming High
Cincinnati Withrow
Eugene Weigel
Ohio State
Maurice Reichard
Dayton
Charles Thompson
Ohio Wesleyan
Joe B. Franklin
Lemon-Monroe High School
Middletown marksman tops Tri-State shoot field
Thirty nine shooters from the Middletown Sportsmen's Club area competed in the first good weather shoot of the year. Roy Davidson won the 50 target handicap with 48, edging Al Rees of Dayton. E H Coblentz Ed Ryan and Boyd Lamberson tied for 16 yard honors. Bailey Gary of Columbus claimed high overall with 94 of 100 targets.
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Middletown Sportsmen’s Club
Tri-State
Roy Davidson
Davidson
al Rees
Dayton
Kees
E. H. Coblentz
New Madison
Ed Ryan
Maysville
Boyd Lamberson
Hagerstown
Ind
Bailey Gary
Columbus
Eighteen Panes Broken In Weekend Vandalism
Police report 18 windows broken at Buckeye Body Shop on Manhattan St and three panes damaged at 1123 Central Ave. A witness saw a youth try entering Commercial Printing at 20 North Wall St at 7 p.m. Sunday with no disturbance. Vandals suspected.
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Buckeye Body
Manhattan St
Central Ave
Joy Shop
Commercial Printing
North Wall St
Muntz TV Expands with Middletown and Dayton Stores
Muntz TV, Inc will open new sales outlets in Middletown and Dayton next week. The outlets will be branches of the Cincinnati division under manager George W. Kohler, with Elton F. Carr named store manager for the Middletown location at 1410 Central Ave. Muntz TV sells direct manufacture-to-consumer goods and originated on the west coast by Earl Madman Muntz.
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Muntz Tv, Inc
Ohio
Cleveland
Columbus
Cincinnati
Middletown
Dayton
George W. Kohler
Chicago
Elton F. Carr
Central Ave
West
Earl “Madman” Muntz
Muntz TV
Fortune Found In Hotel Room Of Dead Woman
Hamilton detectives report the death of 84 year old Alvina Roegge of the Hamilton Hotel from natural causes. In her room officers found stocks and bonds described as a fortune and three keys to lockboxes. Her prior address was 633 Dayton Street and investigators estimate the fortune at over $100 000.
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Hamilton
Adrian Barber
Roy Shantz
Alvina Roegge
Hamilton Hotel
Garrett Boone
Butler County
Miss Roegge
Lorillard Plans $15 Million Debenture Issue
The P Lorillard Company plans a $15 000 000 bond issue in new debentures likely to be marketed Thursday through Lehman Brothers and Smith Barney. The issue will include 249 600 additional common shares offered to stockholders in a 1 to 9 ratio.
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P. Lorillard Company
Wall Street Journal
Lehman Brothers and Smith, Barney and Company and Associates
Lorillard
Police Briefs Include Careless Driving Arrests in Franklin Area
Early today two men were arrested on careless driving charges. Ralph S. Hall Jr. 23 of 513 Spring Ave Franklin and Alfred Eugene Sears 18 Pennyroyal Hill Franklin Route 2 were taken into custody on Tytus Ave and Manchester Rd Hall posted a 109 dollar bond and both await court. Embry Hardeman reported tire and headlight damage to his motorcycle while John Zirkle 48 was charged with disorderly conduct and George Cox 29 faced a charge of operating under the influence on Tytus Ave and South Clinton St. Geraldine Bryant 22 was charged with disorderly conduct in Yankee Rd area. An abandoned car found on Hanover St was returned to Winfred C. Phillips who said it was stolen from Ninth and Yankee Rd and was in running condition.
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Ralph S. Hall, Jr
Spring Ave
Franklin
Alfred Eugene Sears
Pennyroyal Hill
Franklin Route 2
Tytus Ave
Manchester Rd
Hall
John Zirkle
The
Alameda
South Clinton St
George Cox
Forest Ave
Geraldine Bryant
Wilbraham ,Rd
Yankee Rd
Hanover St
Winfred C. Phillips
Charles St
Ninth
Enlists In Marines David C Wright Joins Marine Corps
David Chalmer Wright son of Mrs. Minnie Lou Wright of 2303 Oneka Street has enlisted in the U S Marine Corps for three years. Recruit training will be at Parris Island South Carolina. He will receive a 10 day leave after training per recruiter T Sergeant A A Hanger at 116 Main Street.
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David Chalmer Wright
Minnie Lou Wright
Oneka St
U. S. Marine Corps
A. A. Hanger
S. Main St
Wright
Parris Island
S C
Hanger
Souvenir Hunt Arrests Three Youths After Night Club Incident
Three youths from Middletown and Dayton were jailed on charges of petit larceny and destruction of property after allegedly ripping a wall lamp and wires from a Dade Ranch Night Club in New Miami while drunk. Joseph Grass 21 of 1603 Manchester Ave Donald Maxwell 18 of 1316 Reynolds Ave and Arthur Theodore 19 of Dayton were held on $500 bonds awaiting hearings before Squire Lewis Boiser.
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Middletown
Dayton
Butler County
Joseph Grass
Manchester Ave
Donald Maxwell
Reynolds Ave
Arthur Theodore
Dade Ranch
New Miami
Squire Lewis Boiser
Parents Plan PTA For New Woodrow Wilson School
Parents of children who will attend the new Woodrow Wilson school plan to form a Parent Teacher Association. They will meet 7 30 p m Thursday at Sherman School to name officers and discuss equipment playground safety and access. The Highview Road building is near completion and will open in the fall term.
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Woodrow Wilson
Sherman School
Highview Rd
Peiping Listed as One of World’s Oldest Cities
The National Geographic Society cites Peiping, China, as among the oldest living cities in the world, highlighting its ancient history and long urban continuity.
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The
National Geographic Society
Peiping
China
Mayfield Cub Scouts Minstrel Show Set at School
The Mayfield Cub Scouts will present a minstrel show on Thursday March 29 at 7 30 p m in Mayfield School. Their regular meeting is moved to the same time and parents and friends are invited to attend.
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Mayfield Cub Scouts
Mayfield
Bell Receives First Telephone Patent in 1876
The historic patent for the telephone, granted in 1876, marks a milestone for Alexander Graham Bell. This award solidified Bell's work as a foundational achievement in telecommunications and spurred rapid development in global communications.
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Alexander Graham Bell
FAS TEETH Improves Grip of Dental Plates
An alkaline powder named FAS TEETH is advertised to hold upper or lower dentures firmly in place. It claims to prevent sliding or rocking without a gummy taste and to eliminate plate odor while avoiding sourness. Sold as PASTEETH at drug stores.
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Cadifacion Pucrerde
SEARS
South Main St
Monroe
Lydia Pinkham
Amagi
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Aero-Mayflower
Park ST
DIAL
Alaska
ARGO
Albers
Newfoundland
Sanger
Oceanside
Florida
Rome
California
Phe
Swift
Celle
Oscar Mayer
Atty Wallpap
Cheaner
Austrian Empire
St. Stephen’s
Vienna
Embry Hardeman
Eighteenth Ave
George S. May Company
Wann Central Division
Ill
PTA
Williamson
Williamson-Ziegler Furnace Co
N. Broad St
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