Improved Housing Conditions Urged In Health Report
Middletown Health Department issues its 17 page annual report urging four broad measures. Housing improvement is the new third recommendation, calling for a Metropolitan Housing Commission to study local needs and noting veterans housing could be affected if Veterans Village closes. It also highlights TB control, school dental health, and diabetes awareness.
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Middletown
Middletown Health Department
Metropolitan Housing Commission
Veterans Village
Youths Set Fire In Jail Group Moved
Several juveniles were moved from the detention room to the women's jail after a youth apparently tried to ignite a fire. Patrolman Ralph Trimble found a rolled blanket set alight near lanterns in the squad room during a routine check at 4 30 p m. The inmates were relocated to the better guarded vacant women's jail as a precaution.
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Ralph Trimble
Spring Brings Cloudy Cold Weather Outlook
The forecast notes spring officially arrives at 11 14 a m tomorrow with colder conditions to follow Thursday. Tonight will be partly cloudy with a low of 26 to 32 degrees, and tomorrow remains mostly cloudy with scattered showers and a high near 50. Yesterday’s temps ranged from 40 to 50 with a 46 degree low at 7 a m and about a half inch of rain.
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Middletown
20 From County Called For Draft
A quota of 20 men from Butler County was included in the April draft call issued today from State Selective Service headquarters in Columbus. The quota calls for induction of 9 percent Chioans. That number is 100 fewer than were called for March quotas. Of the 20 Butler Countians to be eased during April, 11 will be from Middletown, according to J. Wiley Mitchell, chairman of local Selective Service Board 10.
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Butler County
State Selective Service
Columbus
Butler
Steel Town Okinawa and Harem Girl at The Movies
Paramount shows Steel Town at 3:35 5:35 7:35 9:35 Wednesday. Okinawa and Harem Girl screen Thursday with multiple late shows. Strand features Swamp Fire and Caged Fury on Wednesday and Thursday with varied start times.
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Paramount
Steel Town
Dayton chapter NAAC holds seventh technical session
Middletown accountants and mentors of the Dayton chapter of the National Association of Cost Accountants attended a seventh technical session last night at the Dayton Engineers Club. CPA J. Gustafson of Chicago spoke on Rudimentary Cost Accounting for Small Manufacturers.
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Middletown
Dayton
National Association of Cost Accountants
Dayton Engineers Club
J. §. Gustafson
CPA
Chicago
Middletown Health District Reports 1951 Mortality
The Middletown Health District bulletin shows 1951 deaths at 259 with 846 births. Heart disease remained leading killer at 91. cancer caused 40 deaths including seven lung cancers. cerebral hemorrhage 40. prematurity 31. accidents 11. a meningitis, leukemia, suffocation, and diabetes also noted. No maternal deaths occurred in three years amidst 2,450 births. Infant mortality declined and no residents aged 10 to 20 died.
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Middletown City
Health notes show progress and goals for Ohio programs
The report records the first canine rabies case in five years that did not spread, three TB recoveries, polio down to five cases, and high praise for the milk sanitation program. It also notes ongoing rodent control, food and meat inspection, and restaurant checks, with a plea to support Easter Seals March 13 to April 13.
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Bureau of Public Health Nursing
The
Ohio Society For Crippled Children
Miss Powell topresent traveling program at Poasttown PTA
Miss Florence Powell director of speech Middletown High School will present the traveling program at the Poasttown PTA meeting Thursday at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium.
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Florence Powell
Middletown High School
Middletown Middies Hit Columbus For Big Week Schedule
Middletown High School aims for a state run as the Middies travel to Columbus for a pivotal game that could shape the town’s events. Banquets by Sorg Paper and the Elks clash with the ride of the team as concerts by violinist Rubinoff loom if the game delays return.
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Middletown
Middletown High School
Columbus
Sorg Paper Company
Elks Lodge
Middie
Sertoma Club
Rubinoff
Sertomans
Middies
Taxi Meter Inspection Begins On South Main Street
Police and taxi officials oversee meter checks as new meters set to operate April 1 and cabs are inspected for mechanical defects. Licenses requiring photographs and fingerprints are issued at headquarters amid plans for more cabs. Four companies may run up to 64 cabs citywide. Also announced are school zone warning signs on Grand and Central Avenues and new one way alley signs marked do not enter.
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South Main St
Herbert Fawley
Joseph, Blackmore
Yellow Cab Company
Myers Brothers
Grand Ave
Central Ave
Central
Reynolds Ave
Blaze Damages Garage and Tools in Franklin
Franklin firefighters responded to two Tuesday fires. At 11:45 p.m. Paris Coins’s forest avenue residence sustained a garage fire with $500 total loss to building and tools following a clock installation on the wall. Earlier at 3:30 p.m. Lawrence Shephard’s apartment on Anderson Street saw damage limited to a faulty gas stove connection.
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Franklin
Carl Morgan
Forest Ave
Paris
Hastie
Morgan
Collins
Lawrence Shepherd
Anderson St
Farm Head Denies Brannan's Charge
Allan B. Kline leader of the American Farm Bureau Federation says Brannan's accusation that he promised the farm vote to Sen. Robert A. Taft in 1952 is false. The denial was sent to Jackson Spain of Bozeman Montana and labeled a complete falsehood.
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Bozeman
Mont
Allan B. Kline
American Farm Bureau Federation
Robert A. Taft
R-obio
Charles F. Brannan
National Farmers Union
Dallas
Clarkson Spain
Montana
Farm Bureau Federation
Clinton, la
Brannan
Wonnell Endorsed as Bar President
The Butler County Bar Association unanimously endorses Hamilton attorney Harry S. Wonnell for president of the Ohio State Bar Association. Election occurs at the annual meetings in Cleveland May 15 to 17. Wonnell currently serves as state bar vice president and was on its executive committee for three years.
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Butler County Bar Association
Harry S. Wonnell
Hamilton
Ohio State Bar Association
Cleveland
Wonnell
The
State Bar Association
Middletown Tea Party Mass Meeting Tonight
A nonpartisan Middletown Tea Party group holds a mass meeting at 8 pm in the Gas and Electric Company auditorium on Mary-Etta Street. Clayton Huber leads the program with John J. M. Larsen as moderator and includes a Q and A on the group and its aims. Membership requires pledging to write a letter to Washington protesting government waste.
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Middletown
Gas and Electric Company
Mary-Etta Street
Boston
England
Clayton Huber
John J. M. Larsen
George Holtz
Walter Reichter
William Lickert
J.T. Mcintosh
William Withey
Enos Marshall
Fred Winslow
Washington
Larsen
Two Cars Hit Pedestrian in Hamilton Killing 54-Year-Old
Hamilton special report says 54-year-old H F Casebolt of Ann Arbor died at Mercy Hospital from chest and head injuries after being struck at Hanover Owen streets. He was walking west when first hit by Eugene Neeley and then run over by Clarence Kollstedt in the rain. Police await coroner Dr. Boone’s report before filing charges.
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Hamilton
Garret J. Boone
Butler County
H. F. Casebolt
Ann Arbor
Mich
Atomic Energy Commission
Fernald
Mercy Hospital
Casebolt
Central
Thespians Hear NTS Official At Initiation Ceremony
Lece C. Mier NTS executive secretary spoke at Middletown High School as 30 students were inducted into the National Thespians Society chapter. Miller described the society as a national high school theater group with 1,202 chapters and UNESCO inviting a delegate to Paris to promote youth through arts. Nancy Berkey and Kenneth Bigant gave dramatic readings after the induction program led by Bill Lane and Jim Frisby.
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Lece C. Mier
Nascrai Thespias Soiety
Speae Inst
Ign
Middletown
Middletown High Senor
Miller Wit
Sapter
Westghwatre
National Thespian Society
United States
Miller
Unesco
Paris
Bill Lane
Jim Frisby
Nancy Berkey
Kenneth Bigant
North Middletown Firemen Maintain Training Amid Quiet Period
North Middletown firemen have had little actual fire experience with only one call in 78 days and none in 47, yet Chief William Long keeps up weekly skull practice and equipment checks. The department will honor newcomer R E Helsinger with a stag party hosted by Robert Bell and plan a July festival.
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North Middletown Fire Department
William Long
R. E. Helsinger
Robert Bell
Oxford St
Visiting Day for Area Rent Agent in Middletown
Thomas Hynes, area rent agent, meets the public each Tuesday from 9 a.m. to noon in the City Building auditorium. Workers report many inquiries about the rent agent and availability in the city.
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Thomas Hynes
Middletown
Paroled Ohio inmate from Mansfield list includes Brown
Franklin J. Brown of Middletown is among 71 inmates at the Ohio State Reformatory Mansfield granted paroles effective April 30. He was serving a term for breaking and entering after detectives linked him to two Meadows Restaurant burglaries on Yankee Road and additional break ins at Stamper's Grocery and Oakland Cleaners.
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Middletown
Ohio State Reformatory
Mansfield
Franklin J. Brown
Brown
Meadows
Yankee Rd
Stamper's Grocery
Oakland Cleaners
New Type Council To Be Discussed By Girl Scout Committee
The Middletown Council of Girl Scouts steering committee will meet at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Civic Association to discuss converting from a traditional type council to an association type council. Chairwoman Mrs Wade says the meeting will cover neighborhood level effects and possible reorganization of the council island neighborhood system.
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Middletown
Underwriters Meet Set at Manchester Hotel With Speaker
Middletown Life Underwriters' Association schedules Thursday noon gathering at the Manchester Hotel. Kent Little, president, announces guest speaker Bill Jackson of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company will discuss Experiences in Selling.
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Middletown Life Underwriters’ Association
Manchester
Kent Little
Bill Jackson
Massachusets Mutual Life Insurance Company
Wolpert Firm May Get Job on Valve Map
City Commissioners tonight may approve a contract with the L. Wolpert Company of Dayton for engineering service to map the water works valve system. The firm will produce a complete and accurate set of maps the city has not had.
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L. Wolpert Company
Dayton
H. W. Starick
Wolpert Company
Washington D. H. Armco plant rejects UAW CIO bid
Workers at the Washington Court House Armco Drainage and Metal Products plant voted 75 to 63 against the United Auto Workers CIO to be the bargaining agent in an NLRB election. The vote was overseen by Joseph Smolen of the Cincinnati NLRB office after a February 26 date set by the NLRB. Willard Dobbs CIO organizer directed the campaign.
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Washington Court House
Armco Drainage and Metal Products, Inc
Armco Steel
United Auto Workers, Cio
National
National Labor Relations Board
Uaw-Cio
Joseph Smolen
Cincinnati
NLRB
Willard Dobbs Cio
Sewer Break on Grand Ave Forces City Repairs
City crews tackle a 12 inch tile sewer break on Grand Ave after back up into a south side home. Quick sand shifted beneath foundations causing the pipe to crack and clogging with dirt and gravel. Replacement of a section of the combined sanitary and storm sewer is required.
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Grand Ave
H. W. Starick
R. A. Pochel
Starick
Family Law Institute Slated In Cincinnati
Judges and lawyers from Butler, Warren, Clermont and Hamilton counties will attend the Ohio State Bar Association event in Cincinnati. The Cincinnati Bar Association hosts a 10 a.m. meeting at the Linton Hotel with topics on Separation Agreements Between Husband and Wife and The Contractual and Tortious Liability of Infants.
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Butler, Warren
Clermont
Hamilton Counties
Ohio State Bar Association
Fami Law Institute
Cincinnati
Marc
Cincinnati Bar Association
Linton Hotel
Age Old Formula for Longevity Observed in Decatur
Ed Harris born into slavery in Georgia claims a 114th birthday today and says his no work formula keeps him young. Harris has lived in Decatur 79 years, worked only two days since arriving, lives alone, and receives state aid.
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Decatur
Ed Harris
Harris
Georgia
Sale Of License Plate Stickers Still Lagging
Deputy Registrar Thomas Galeese said license sticker sales remain slow at the Automobile License Agency on Central Ave. Ten days remain to purchase the 1952 stickers, with March 31 deadline for those holding 1951 registration cards and title proof.
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Automobile License Agency
Central Ave
Thomas Galeese
Galeese
State Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Jobless Pay Applications In Middletown Fall Week Ending March 15
Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation in Columbus reports 653 Middletown residents filed for unemployment benefits for the week ending March 15. This is 29 fewer than the prior week and 59 fewer than the week ending March 1, with the bulletin noting new claimants for the week ending March 15.
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Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Columbus
Middletown
Police Briefs Report Garbled Scene And Arrests
Police said Gilbert Paynter was damaged when another vehicle backed into his car on North Broad. Officers continuing checks. Jack Cox of 2002 Tytus Ave. arrested at Manchester Ave. and Sutphin Sr. on intoxication and carrying concealed weapons after earlier nose injury treated by a doctor.
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Gilbert Paynter
North Broad
Paynter
Jack Cox
Tytus Ave
Manchester Ave
Sutphin Sr
Driver Arrested on DWI Charge in Franklin
Riley Hillard, 41, of Miamisburg Route 1, is held in Franklin city jail on a $125 bond for driving while intoxicated. State Highway Patrolmen arrested Hillard at 11:10 p.m. Tuesday on Route 25. he faces Franklin Municipal Court next Monday.
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Franklin
Riley Hillard
Miamisburg
Franklin City
Hillard
Franklin Municipal
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Okinawa
John Dobrozsi, Jr
East End
Dial
Mayfield Fire Association
Mayfield
SORG
James Garfield Stewart
Ohio Supreme Court
Elks
Michael V. DiSalle
Office of Price Stabilization
Cleveland St. Ignatius
John Hasselbach
Old Town
Blaze
Farm Head
Gem City
FUDGE
Opreme
Amala Ly
Warren
Prebie
North Middletown
Underwriters Meeting
Jewelers
Wolpert
Valve
City Commission
Fred J. Schatzmann
Lylburn Rd
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Arlington Knolls
Shafer-Nelbar
Miami Conservancy
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Family Law Institute
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