Man Takes Own Life On County Road
The body of Philip Ford Keeting, 52, of Cincinnati, was found yesterday morning in an auto on Dry Run Road near South Lebanon. Dr. Ralph Young ruled the death a suicide by monoxide poisoning, noting he had been dead since about 1 am. Survivors include his wife, Sarah. body taken to Johnson & Son Funeral Home.
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Lebanon
Philip Ford Keeting
Heile Drive
Cincinnati
Dry Run
Charles Sayre
Warren County Fairgrounds
Ralph Young
Keeting
Sarah
Johnson & Son
Oldest Royal Throne Belongs to Japan
A historical note asserts that Japan possesses the world’s oldest royal throne. The claim emphasizes the throne’s antiquity and cultural significance in Japanese monarchy.
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Japan
Deaths And Funerals In Middletown
John Samuel Fridolph 61, Sorg Paper Co. engineer and World War I veteran, died at home after a decade of illness. Survived by wife Ellen Elizabeth, son John W., daughter Elizabeth, four sisters, and three grandchildren. Kimberly Ann Lanier 18 months died at Middletown Hospital after illness since Sunday. parents James and Mrs. Lanier and other relatives survive. Arrangements pending at McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home.
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John Samuel Fridolph
Flemming Road
Mr. Fridolph
Sorg Paper Co
Kansas
Aer
Ellen Elizabeth
John W
Middletown
Elizabeth Fridolph
Laguna Beach
Calif
Ann Fridolph
New York City
Doris Fridolph
Ruth Fridolph
Constance Fridolph
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Kimberly Ann Lanier
James Lanier
Goldman Ave
Middletown Hospital
Gregory Dean
Annnabelle Vandeventer
Herbert Lanier Sr
Mildred Irene Franklin Stevens dies at Middletown Hospital
Mildred Irene Stevens two month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Newt Stevens of 720 Turners Lane died at 3 30 am today at Middletown Hospital She survived by parents six brothers Rufus John Newt Jr Clifford Robert and David a sister Juanita and great grandmother Mrs Elizabeth Day Funeral services set for 10 am Friday Eaton Funeral Home burial Woodhill Cemetery Call hours 4 to 9 pm tomorrow Williamsburg Ky Curtis Warren infant son of Mr and Mrs Fred Warren of 701 S Fifth St services tomorrow Williamsburg Ky
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Franklin
Mildred Irene Stevens
Newt Stevens
Turners Lane
Middletown Hospital
Rufus
John
Newt Jr
Clifford
Robert
David
Juanita
Elizabeth Day
Middletown
Eaton Funeral Home
Woodhill Cemetery
Notable deaths of Frank Bubb Sr and Hildreth Meiere
In St Louis Frank William Bubb Sr 68 longtime Washington University faculty member and atomic bomb research scientist died Tuesday of cancer. In New York Hildreth Meiere 68 mural painter and mosaic designer for major buildings and former president of the National Society of Mural Painters died Tuesday.
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ST Louis
Frank William Bubb Sr
Washington University
New York
Hildreth Meiere
National Society of Mural Painters
More Setbacks Hit Red China
Hong Kong AP reports that Red China, strained by last year’s natural calamities, faces drought in the north and floods in the south, per the New China news agency.
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Hong Kong
Red China
New China News Agency
Earthquake Recorded Near Pasadena on Caltech Seismograph
A sharp quake about 6,500 miles southwest of Pasadena registered on Tuesday at 3 57 16 p m PDT on the seismograph at the California Institute of Technology.
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Pasadena
Calif
California Institute of Technology
Congo President Seeks UN Help to Disarm Katanga Forces
President Kasavu proposed a Congo led reorganization with UN aid to disarm Katanga forces. Bomboko, after talks with Robert Gardiner and Gen. Iyassu, said accord on Congolese army UN collaboration was reached, though tasks remain unspecified. Katanga cabinet in Elisabethville vows to discuss UN demands to disband Katanga army and oust foreign advisers.
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Coquilhatville
the Congo
Joseph Kasavu
U.N
Congo
Katanga
Justice Bomboko
Dag Hammarskjold
Kasavubu
United Nations
Bomboko
Robert C. Gardiner
U.S. Secretariat
Mengassa Iyassu
Elisabethville
Real Estate Transfers in Middletown and Surrounding Areas
A series of property transfers list multiple buyers and sellers including Lester McKinney to J E Lew is Bidrs Inc for lot 495 at 1000 dollars and Roy Storm et al to First National Bank for lot 8522 at 2550 dollars. Other transfers include numerous parcels to Middletown Federal, Standard Building and Loan, Citizens Building and Loan, and North Central Mortgage with prices ranging from 3000 to 56000 dollars.
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Lester McKinney
J. E. Lewis Bidrs. Inc
Roy Storm
First Nat'l. Bnk
Byron Reynolds
Midd. Fed
Ernest Wilson
Riggs Funeral Home Inc
Bertha Riggs
Lois Whisman
Oglesby Barnitz Bnk
Homer Brate
North Central Mortg. Corp. Pt
James Mattson
Standard Bldg. & Loan
Acquittals End Sedition Charges Tied to Korean War Brain-Washing
Three Americans John Powell Sylvia Powell and Julian Schuman saw sedition charges dismissed after witnesses from Communist China could not be produced. They had revived the China Weekly Review in Shanghai tied to propagandistic efforts during the Korean War and faced accusations of circulating material to aid enemy forces. The indictment was filed April 25 1956.
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San Francisco
John
Sylvia Powell
Julian Schuman
New York
Shanghai
China Weekly Review
Powell
John B. Powell
United States
Korea
Forgery Big Business Highlighted by Civitan Club
Civitan members heard that forgery is a 1 billion dollar annual industry in the United States. Dayton speaker Jerry Colp of Paymaster Check Protectors, Inc. said a ballpoint pen is not a valid check signature tool for forgers. The Ohio Civitan convention will be hosted locally in May 1920. A fund raising auction is planned this Saturday at the old McAlpin Store at Central Avenue and Clinton Street to benefit Doty House, with pickup calls to John Haas.
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Civitan Club
Jerry Colp
Dayton
Paymaster Check Protectors, Inc
Ohio Civitan
McAlpin
Central Avenue
Clinton Street
John Haas
Doty House
Stopping on Freeways Warned as Dangerous by AAA Leader
Claude Young of the Butler County Automobile Club warns that stopping on a modern superhighway is dangerous in high speed traffic. He advises leaving the hood up or tying a white handkerchief, having a man near the hood while women stay inside, and emphasizes ensuring fuel oil radiator tires and other car details are up to date before driving on highways with few service stations.
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Claude Young
Butler County Automobile Club
AAA
A King Is Queen Or Queen Is A King
Findlay Ohio AP Miss Lorene King of Tiffin was named May Queen at Findlay College in a recent election. She will receive her crown and preside at May ceremonies on campus next weekend.
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Findlay
Ohio
Findlay College
Lorene King
Tiffin
King
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John Fridolph
Sorg
Kimberly Lanier
Harold W. Jones
Insurance Agency
Savings & Loan
Just Insurance
Riggs Funeral Home, Inc
N. Broad Street
Hie Doman
Infant Stevens
Curtis Warren
Fred Warren
S. Fifth St
Williamsburg
N. Verity
Young Kaiser
Henry J. Kaiser Jr
Oakland
Kaiser Industries Corp
Wilson Sherman
Midd
Harvard Hughley
David Rolfe
Fed
Sylvia Goode
Catherine Annette Leasure
James Powell
Et al
Nat'l. Bnk
Morgan
Harley Anglin
William Fraley
St. Clair
Vernon Parker
Carl Sigel
West Liberty
Peasttown
James Neblett
Enterprise Bldg, & Loan
Crestfield
Milhur
Charlie Lawson
Norwood Bldg. & Loan
Union
Abraham Bruson
Home Fed
Colin Gardner II
Frank Wilson
Madison
Claude McFarland
Midlothian Farms
James Pelley
Security Lav. & Loan
Millers Add
Loma Bruce
West Side
Liberty
Russell Thompson
West Side Fed
Riverdale
U.S
Henry Hamburger
Trenton Animal Shelter
Carnival
S. Broad ST
Fish Pond
the Clowns
Happy Henry
Henry
Sutphin
Miami Valley Humane Association
Middletown Sportsmen’s Club
Boy Scouts Troop
He. John
Ross Ds
Kentfield
Custom Leisurewear
Kentfield Continental Slacks
Scotchgard
Ross’ Menswear
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