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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 01, 1948

Page

2

Lorillard Workers Gain Nine Cents Hourly Raise

Local 55 CIO Food and Tobacco Workers ratified a contract adding nine cents per hour for about 700 Lorillard and Company plant workers. The raise is retroactive to after March 7 and runs until May 1, 49, with hospital and medical premium checkoff provisions financed by monthly payroll deductions. Union officers Oscar Riley Charles Byrd Arthur Augspurger Kelly Sorrell John Sexton Arlie Adkins and Lee Carter served on the bargaining committee.

CIO Food and Tobacco Workers Union P. Lorillard and Company CIO Oscar Riley Charles Byrd Arthur Augspurger Kelly Sorrell John Sexton Arlie Adkins Lee Carter

Cadging charge nets 30 day Cincinnati sentence

Frank Coburn aged 40 of Cincinnati was ordered to spend 30 days in the Cincinnati Workhouse for cadging. He appeared before Judge Alton H. Combs in Municipal Court yesterday. Coburn had a suspended sentence on a similar charge previously set aside on a second court appearance.

Frank Coburn Cincinnati Alton H. Combs Coburn

Fremont Mayor Creates Five Member Rent Control Committee

Fremont mayor Harold Whitcomb announced the appointment of a five member rent control committee to supervise housing rentals in the city. The panel will oversee enforcement and policy for Fremont rentals.

Fremont, O Harold Whitcomb Fremont

Cloudy And Cooler Sunday Weather Outlook

The forecast calls for occasional rain and scattered thunderstorms tonight, followed by a partly cloudy and cooler Sunday. Friday morning low was 38, with a day high of 69 at 5 30 pm. the temperature dipped to 50 by 6 am and stood at 52 degrees at 9 30 am.

Optimist Club Mock Trial Ends With Fine Payment

William Hobbs played the defendant in a noon mock trial at the Manchester Hotel during an Optimist Club meeting. Jack Casper prosecuted while Dr. L. C. Neer defended. Hobbs was found guilty and fined 20 cents, suspended if he grows a mustache by next week, which he chose to pay. A film titled Shortest Way Home followed court adjournment.

William Hobbs Optimist Club Manchester Jack Casper L. C. Neer Hobbs United States

Obituary Mrs Bertha Schafer 81 Trenton

Mrs Bertha May Schafer 81 died at her son Carl's home in Trenton at 8:30 p m Friday Born in Baltimore June 25 1866 to Ludwig and Eva Uttrich educated in Hamilton schools married William E Schafer a Hamilton merchant for 25 years on March 4 1885 Her husband died April 9 1946 She was the last of 13 children Survived by son Carl daughter Eva Uttrich Dayton three grandchildren and one great grandchild Friends receive at Webb Funeral Home Hamilton after 4 p m Monday Services from the funeral home at 2:30 p m Tuesday Rev J E Amstutz officiating Burial Greenwood Cemetery Hamilton

Trenton Bertha May Schafer Carl Baltimore Ludwig Eva Uttrich Schafer Hamilton William E. Schafer Greenwood Cemetery

Kidnapped Man Robbed In Downtown Incident

Hamilton residents report a man was kidnapped and forced to drive his own car before the thief fled with his wallet and $57. The incident followed two purse snatchings in the city, including a bottle assault on Pearl Boyd and a grand larceny charge against Lester Davis for a purse theft.

Hamilton James Brehem S. Eighth St Brehem Lester Davis Central Ave Alberta Webb Pearl Boyd Owen St

Bonds Reduced by Hamilton Judge

Judge Harry F. Walsh ordered reductions in bonds for release of persons on minor charges. Intoxication bonds dropped from 100 to 25, traffic light violations from 100 to 15, loitering and related offenses from 100 to 50, breach of peace from 100 to 15, and miscellaneous traffic violations from 100 to 25. Felony bonds remained 500 to 2500.

Hamilton Harry F. Walsh Walsh

Strand Scene Of Tonight s Vocal Battle At Strand Theater

A vocal battle at the Strand Theater features 21 barber shop quartets for SPEBSQSA honors this evening at 8. Local groups include the Melody Men Staircase Four and the Close Fires with entrants from Pittsburgh. The winner advances to the national competition later this year.

Strand Theater Spebsqsa Melody Men Staircase Four Close Fires Pittsburgh Frank H. Thorne Chicago John M. Blaudin Pontiac Mich Robert T. Ising Louisville, Ky al Strahle Geneva Ill W. A. Diekema Holland Manchester Hotel

Four Win Ratings For Fire Vacancy

Gerald Horn and Edward Dineen topped seven local firefighters in the lieutenant exam. Civic Service Board chair Joseph Baker announced Horn Dineen along with Jess Borders and Howard Gaul for submission to City Commissioners for two lieutenant posts. Scores: Horn 87.39 Dineen 86.79 Borders 86.47 Gaul 84.64.

Gerald Horn Edward Dineen Joseph Baker Civic Service Board Jess Borders Howard Gaul Horn Dineen Borders Gaul

At the Movies Paramount Saturday and Sunday Lineup

Paramount screens multiple films across two days. Saturday shows Alias The Gentlemen and Roses Are Red with listed times. Sunday offers Scudda Hoo Scudda Hay, Exile, French Leave, Valley Of The Giants and Fighting 69th with respective start times.

Wallace Beery Tom Drake Don Castle Peggy Knudsen June Haver Lon McCallister Douglas Fairbank, Jr Maria Montez Jackie Cooper Jackie Coogan Valley of the Giants Wayne Morris James Cagney Pat O’brien

Gospel Chorus program and sunrise prayer services planned

A Sunday lineup at Second Baptist Church features Anne Taylor vocal solo Annie Banks reading Washington vocal solo Odessay Breckenridge paper Cashus Williams solo Sadie Lewis reading Ebie Banks xylophone solo Lillian Jones solo and more with the Pringle Quartet Calvary Five and Gospel Five groups. Sunrise prayer at Union Baptist led by Rev R L Robinson. transportation offered by Mrs Almeda Morris. Breakfast served at Phillips C M E Chapel from 8 am with ham eggs fried potatoes hot biscuits and coffee.

Second Baptist Church Gospel Chorus Anne Taylor Annie Banks Washington Franklin Odessay Breckenridge Cashus Williams Sadie Lewis Ebie Banks Janet Mayweather John T. Young Almeda Morris Richard Cunningham Mary Broughton Union Baptist Church R. L. Robinson Phillips C.M.E

Operator's license ordered suspended in Hamilton tavern case

The State Board of Liquor Control ordered a 30 day suspension for Deep Four Cafe at 525 S Second St Hamilton owned by James Tsorgas after unlawful possession of intoxicants. The VFW Coshoc ton Post 1330 at 131 N Second St had its private club permit revoked for gambling devices failure to display permit and improper sterilization facilities and use of premises for gambling.

State Board of Liquor Control Hamilton Associated Press Columbus James C. Tsorgas Deep Four Cafe S. Second St State Board Veterans of Foreign Wars Coshocton N. Second St

Three Arrested for Disorderly Conduct in City

Municipal Court holders Worley Martin 52 Aubrey Kincaid 43 and David Rogers 17 were arrested for disorderly conduct and released on 25 bond each. They were picked up at Charles Street and Manchester Avenue. Hubert Griffin 22 of 1114 Main Street was charged with physical control of a motor vehicle after an arrest on South Verity Parkway.

Worley Martin Malvern St Aubrey Kincaid N. Grimes St David Rogers Franklin St Charles St Manchester Ave Hubert Griffin Main St South Verity Pkwy

Arrest of Homer Stokes Jr on non-support warrant

Homer Stokes Jr aged 24 living at 1312 Reynolds Ave was arrested in the 1800 block of Central Ave on a juvenile court warrant charging non support.

Homer Stokes, Jr Reynolds Ave Central Ave

Two Men Escape Injury After Train Collision

George Miller of Middletown and Charles Kramer of Trenton escaped injury when their car was struck by a Baltimore and Ohio freight train at the Magnolia Street crossing. Both men were later arrested for drunkenness. A legal notice follows concerning The German Evangelical St. John's Church of Trenton Ohio seeking court authority to sell church real estate and transfer property to a cemetery association.

Hamilton Middletown Trenton Baltimore and Ohio Magnolia St George Miller Lafayette St Charles Kramer Miami St Chester C. Bowlus Henry Persch, Jr Church Council St. John’s Church Ohio Deutsche Evangelische St. Johannes Kirke Common Pleas Court Butler County Madison Township Miami Street Harry F. Duane State of Court of Common Pleas Chester C. Bowlus Henry Persch, JR Richard A. Wilmer

Cootie Show Plans at Veterans Hospitals and Parades

Last night at the Cootie meeting of the Veterans of Foreign Wars the group discussed restaging the show at Other Veterans Hospital and arranging dates with additional hospitals. A Dayton hospital project a ceiling projector was approved. Election results named Henry Bohne as judge advocate and trustees Frank Warmoth J B Ratliff. Earl Shea became bugler.

Veterans of Foreign Wars Veteran’s Hospital Veterans James Axiotes Hamilton Middletown V.F.W., Cooties V.F.W Dayton Veterans’ Hospital Henry Bohne Frank Warmoth J. B. Ratliff Earl Shea Robert Harris Lexington

Curtis-Wright appoints Jordan as airplane division GM

Columbus AP Curtiss Wright Corporation announces William C Jordan of Springfield Ohio named general manager of the airplane division. He succeeds C C Pearson who becomes executive assistant to the president.

Columbus Curtiss- Wright Corporation William C. Jordan Springfield C. C. Pearson

Absentee Ballot Rule Draws Tiny Uptake in Middletown

Middletown election workers report nine Democrats and 30 Republicans used the new absentee ballot rule allowing voting from points within ten miles of a precinct. The law previously required a fifty mile distance. the cutoff for.forms ended at noon yesterday.

Middletown

Ballots Deadline Clarified For Tuesday Voting

The article notes a cutoff for ballot receipt by Friday noon. Ballots arriving after that time will be held and not included in the Tuesday voting tally.

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