Red Cross campaign boosted to meet tornado relief need
Middletown is asked to raise an extra 1700 dollars to reach a 31800 quota for Red Cross relief after weekend tornadoes in Arkansas Tennessee Mississippi and Missouri left hundreds dead and thousands homeless. National officials warn the emergency may require millions and urge combined fundraising with the annual drive.
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Middletown
Red Cross Fund
Arkansas
Tennessee
Mississippi
Missouri
Red Cross
Kansas City
Ames Gardner
National Red Cross Organization
E. R. Harriman
National Red Cross
Gardner
Redross
Middletown Rotary to Host High School Basketball Team
Middletown High School, Class A Ohio champions, will replace Roger Sherwood as guest speaker at the Middletown Rotary Club luncheon. The Tuesday noon event in the Manchester Hotel junior ballroom will feature the team members.
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Harry Hadley
Middletown
Two AWOL Air Force Men Arrested in Somerville Theft Case
Police jailed two servicemen from Lackland Air Base after a late Saturday auto theft arrest in Somerville. Eugene Schmidt age 19 of Dayton and Robert Hart age 18 of Battlecreek Michigan, reportedly stole a 195 Packard in Texas. They are held in Middletown jail awaiting Army authorities.
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Texas Air Force Base
Somerville
Eugene Schmidt
East Second St
Dayton
Robert Hart
Battlecreek
Mich
Texas
Lackland Air Base
Middletown
Two City Patrolmen Face Hospital Operations
Two Middletown city police officers may undergo surgery at Middletown Hospital. Sgt Edward Poling is treated for a gall bladder ailment and Patrolman Ralph Trimble may have a spinal cyst operation. The department has suffered illness layoffs amid flu season.
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Middletown Hospital
Edward Poling
Ralph Trimble
Police Chief Warns to Observe School Bus Laws
Police Chief Joseph Blackmore warns motorists to stop for school buses per city ordinance adopted October 18 1950 and state law. Fines up to 100 or 30 days jail or both may be imposed. Buses must be halted at least 10 feet from the front or rear while loading and unloading.
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Joseph Blackmore
Blackmore
Accident Ruled In Man's Death
Hamilton coroner ruled Cyrus L. Sewell's death an accidental drowning. Sewell, 65, of Clarksville, was found on a sandbar in the Great Miami River a week earlier. He had been missing since March 13 after returning from Kentucky with two companions who were drinking. no violence indicated.
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Hamilton
Cyrus L. Sewell
Carksville
Butter County
Garret J. Boone
Great Miami River
Sewell
Clarksville
Kentucky
Boone
Driver Falls Asleep Triggers Middletown Crash Report
Two people suffered minor injuries when a driver asleep at the wheel crashed into a parked truck on Verity Parkway. The driver, Guy Wilson, 40, was treated for a cut lip. Ruby Wilson, 40, received forehead bruises and a knee scratch. DeWitt Payne, 52, was arrested for physical control of a motor vehicle under alcohol influence after colliding with a parked car on Grove Street. Another accident on Verity Parkway at 10:05 p.m. injured no one in a single-vehicle tire blowout that struck a parked car as Robert Fultz, 18, spun into the curb.
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Middletown
Guy Wilson
Wilbraham Rd
Ruby Wilson
Wilson
Verity Pkwy
DeWitt Payne
Young St
Payne
Grove St
Richard Schockley
Carolina St
Shockley
Verity Pkvy
Seventeenth Ave
Robert Fultz
State St
Ludric Phillips
Three Treated At Hospital In Emergency Cases
William Updike age 60 of 322 Clark St. admitted to Middletown Hospital after a heart attack at his home. Marjorie Lawson age 23 of 2220 South Main St. fractured right wrist while skating and was treated then released. Harold Farmer age 25 of Somerville Route 1bitten on the upper lip by a dog and released.
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William Updike
Clark St
Middletown Hospital
Marjorie Lawson
South Main St
Harold Farmer
Somerville
Six Are Fined In Franklin On Patrol Charges
Six cases heard in Municipal Court before Acting Judge Warren Young. State Highway Patrol arrests included Robert E. Potter for speeding and Effie Smith for following too close. Dorothy Gray fined for permitting an unlicensed driver. Bonds forfeited for Willard R. Bryant and Roy Studebaker for no show and for driving left of center.
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Franklin
Warren Young
State Highway Patrol
Robert E. Potter
Dayton
Effie Smith
Lebanon
Tenn
Dorothy Gray
Sycamore St
Willard R. Bryant
Lewisburg
Roy Studebaker
Tipp City
At The Movies Showings And Times
Paramount presents Hello Of New York and At War With The Army with showings Monday and Tuesday at 1 45 3 45 5 45 and 9 45. Strand shows At War With The Army at 1 95 4 05 7 10 and 9 00 pm. Passage West lists 2 45 5 40 and 4 84 0 pm.
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Paramount
Hello of
New York
Police Hold Seven Juveniles In Wave Of Car Thefts
Seven teenagers were arrested last week in a car theft wave and later questioned leading to the clearing of several thefts. Three more juveniles were jailed after trying to pass articles to the earlier group inside a jail window. A 10 year old was released to parents. Four youths are on probation and to be sent to Boys Industrial School. three face Juvenile Court this week.
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Pau Fouts
Roy Crout
J. F. Seibold, Jr
Seibold
Sebald Warns Wage Hike Threatens Nation Security
W. W. Sebald president of Armco Steel argues the Wage Stabilization Board recommendations would raise costs by over 65 cents per hour, spark inflation, hurt fixed incomes, and threaten national defense by driving up prices for planes and guns. He decries forced union membership and warns of political bargaining and job losses if inflation worsens.
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W. W. Sebald
Armco Steel Corporation
WSB
Middletown
Hamilton Armco
Mr. Sebald
Middletown Band Narrowly Misses State Finals Visit
Middletown High School band members hoped to reach Columbus to see their team in the Class A state finals. At the Southwestern Ohio District Music Festival at Miami University they earned two II ratings and one I vote, just shy of a superior rating that would earned a trip to Springfield on April 26. They asked to move up their 3:15 p.m. audition to travel to the Middletown-Steubenville game.
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Oxford
Columbus
Middletown High School
Miami University
Springfield
Middletown-Steubenville
Thieves Crack Safe At Market Here
Thieves who broke into Reedy's Market on South Broad St took about $4000 in payroll checks from the weekend receipts. Police said entry was gained through a rear window and the safe was hauled to the produce cooler where it was pried open. Detectives sought lists of cashed payroll checks and issuing companies from customers.
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Reedy’s
Hamilton
Middletown
Reedy's Market
South Broad St
Leonard Reedy
Luther
Ralph Bauer
Reedy
Cohen Auto Parts
First Ave
Marevin Amburgey
Bob Walton
Bauer
Juvenile Held In Auto Theft After Chase
A 17 year old driver from Stolen car was arrested after a chase on Route 25. The youth lost control near Oakland Station and wrecked in a ditch. uninjured. Car owned by Herman Fogel of Cincinnati. Truck recovered on Union Rd abandoned in center of road. Owner Sandee Mindlin of Franklin. A third stolen truck crashed into a pole on Route 741 and the driver fled. Investigation ongoing.
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John Booth
Oakland Station
Herman Fogel
Westminister Ave
Cincinnati
Booth
Middletown
Union Rd
Franklin Stone Container Corporation
Anderson St
Sandee Mindlin
Tibball St
Franklin
Otterbein
Three More Enlist In Army Air Force
One man joined the Army after acceptance last week while two entered the Air Force. Dale Barnhart of 1705 Winona Drive will begin basic at Fort Meade Maryland. Richard Marshall of 630 Spring Avenue Franklin and George Younkers of Trenton Route 1 start training at Lackland Air Base Texas.
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Army
Air Force
Luther Gregory
Dale Barnhart
Winona Dr
Richard Marshall
Spring Ave
Franklin
George Younkers
Trenton
Barnhart
Ft. Meade
Lackland Air Base
Tex
Director Joe B Franklin Arranges Afternoon Switch
Director Joe B Franklin arranged the switch with the band playing earlier in the afternoon.
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Joe B. Franklin
Long-Service Emploees Honored At Shartle Recognition
Shartle Brothers Machine Company honored 300 employees with five or more years of service at a recognition meeting held at the Manchester Hotel. W. Hein noted the firm’s growth since 1892 and cited benefits for employees including free group insurance and a profit sharing plan begun in 1950. Loyalty pins were awarded with 53 year veteran Martindale receiving a 50 year pin.
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Shartle
Shartle Brothers Machine Company
Manchester
W. Hein
Shartle Division
Hein
Shattle
Water St
Clark St
Black-Clawson Company
Hamilton
Black Clawson
Homer D. Martindale
CR. Crawford
Sharte
Shortie
Martindale
Shartles
Snyder
Ernest Post
A. E. Bridge Crawford
C. H. Pippett
F. M. Crawford
Roy Reed
G. B. Pulse
D. H. Montvilee
M. Wells
A. Krause
B. W. Tucker
J. A. Hamm
L. M. Utter
Weitth's Photos Snare Honors In AP Contest
Middletown Journal photographer Bill Weith won first prize in spot news photos for Unhap py Gondolier showing an Aeronca worker rowing a boat during a flood. He also earned third in feature pictures for Field Trial Champ and honorable mention for Bull Session at Butler County Fair.
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Weith
Aeronca
Butler County
Associated Press Society of Ohio
James Pollard
Ohio State University
Clarence D. Steffy
Alliance
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Mexico City
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First National Bank
Main
Centre
Sebald
Loren Pratt
Luther Reedy
Chase
A. G. Snyder
Jos.r. Baker & Sons Simultome
Manchester Ave
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Bill Weith
Middletown Journal
Ohio Associated Press
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Cleveland
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