New Heating Seen As Aid For Defense
Victor Cornett of Streifthau's describes a new home heating and ventilating system cutting steel use by more than one third compared with standard plants. It uses 3 1/2 inch ducts and an air blending principle, installs quickly, and suits old or new homes. Cornett, one of 26 specialists attending a Wichita training clinic, says the system saves manpower and materials while supporting defense readiness.
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Victor Cornett
Streifthau’s
Wichita
Kas
Cornett
Lion Officers Will Be Named For Middletown Lions Club
The Middletown Lions Club will hold officer elections tomorrow at its weekly dinner meeting announced by president Sam Tutt. Nominees include Paul Wilson and Roy Granger for president. Carl Dorenbusch or J T Riley for first vice president. Cliff Mccabee or Ernest Graff for second vice president. Ralph Parmenter or Melvyn Mille for third vice president. Secretary candidates are Gene Mack or Howard Wilson. treasurer options are Larry Johnson or Rev Bernard Heuer. tail twister nominees are James Finley or Joe Cantor. lion tamer hopefuls are Tom Fenton or Jules Wanders. Board nominees are Martin L Bauer, Joe Blose, Don Carey, Jim Moorman, Ed Moorman and Russell Stabler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Cooties Leader Fulfills Word With New Playground Swing
Frank Wolner commander of the Cootie VFW Post in Middletown kept his pledge to Colbert Collins a children's therapist at Longview Hospital. At a Saturday party for local kids the host unveiled a new playground swing he built himself, fulfilling his promise to provide for the children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Wolner
Cootie
VFW
Middletown
Colbert Collins
Longview Hospital
Wolner
Ed Crawford Named Monroe PTO President
Ed Crawford was re elected president of the Monroe PTO at the final meeting of the year held last evening at the school. Harold Draut was elected vice president Mrs S A Lap ham secretary Miss Hensley assistant secretary Mrs P Harman treasurer and Robert Oglesby publicity. A covered dish dinner preceded the election in the school cafeteria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Crawford
Monroe Pto
Harold Draut
S. A. Lapham
Miss Hensley
P. Harman
Robert Oglesby
Tragedy Stalks Family's Children
NEW STRAITSVILLE Ohio AP Ten year old Jack Thomas drowned yesterday becoming the third child lost to Mr and Mrs Walter Thomas by accident in five years He dove into a strip mine pool across from the school house The body was recovered 45 minutes later His brother Donald was killed by an automobile last October when seven His sister Mary Jane suffocated in her crib five years ago at six months old
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New Straitsville
Jack Thomas
Walter Thomas
Perry County
Donald
Mary Jane
Rest Of Week Will Be Warm In Ohio
The weatherman predicts a hot trend with a wilting high near 88 in Ohio. In Middletown yesterday the 5 p.m. high reached 92 after 52 at 6 a.m. and a 56 morning low. today's pattern mirrors that rise to 68 by 8:30 a.m. Warmth continues through Sunday with highs around 80 and lows near 60. The period from now to Friday remains warm, followed by a cooler weekend with showers Friday and Saturday. Tonight's low expected 55 to 60 with cloudy skies and continued warmth.
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Ohio
Middletown
War Memorial Dedication Committee Formed in City
George E. Denny announces the Dedication Committee roster led by M. W. Coffey. Members include Reese Langworthy Mrs. Karl Davis E. B. Sickle William Verity Russell Weatherwax W. W. Gray Rev Kenneth Searey Howard Wilson Frizell Myers Rabbi David Korb C. B. Stiles J. R. Cox Ben Bender Hugh Wright Ranny Daly Paul Day Rev Paul V. Golembiewski. First meeting set for 3 p.m. Friday at the Legion Home.
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George E. Denny
War Memorial Committee
M. W. Coffey
Reese Langworthy
Karl Davis
E. B. Sickle
William Verity
Russell Weatherwax
W. W. Gray
Kenneth Searey
Howard Wilson
Frizell Myers
David Korb
C. B. Stiles
J. R. Cox
Adventist Students Travel to Washington for Capitol Tour
A group of seventh and eighth graders from Hammid Junior Academy traveled by car to Washington to tour landmarks such as the Capitol and Smithsonian. The May 27 exhibit at 1060 South Twelfth St Hamilton features photos and talks for parents, with chaperone Miss Dorothy Jones and Principal Darwin Heisey.
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Hammid Junior Academy
Seventh Day Adventist Church
South Twelfth St
Hamilton
Middletown
Darwin Heisey
Academy
Washington
Washington Monument
Mt. Vernon
The
Capitol
Library of Congress
Smithsonian Institute
John Bricker
Review and Herald Publishing Association
Norman Sooy
Larry Blackwell
Marjorie Mills
Joe Smith
Phyllis Locke
Dorothy Jones
Aeronca Men Tour Delco In Dayton
The Aeroneca Management Club toured Delco Products division of General Motors in Dayton with 55 men by chartered bus. Joe Cox, Delco personnel relations director, greeted them and the group split into seven parts for plant tours and discussions on Delco production methods followed by refreshments in the company commissary.
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Aeroneca Management Club
Delco Products
General Motors Corporation
Dayton
Joe Cox
Delco
Cincinnati Gas and Electric Reports Dividends Declared
CGE reports net income for the 12 months ending March 31 of 10.09 million dollars, after preferred dividends 9.01 million or 2.95 per common share, compared with last year's 9.44 million net and 8.36 million after preferred, or 3.17 per share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company
End of Korean War Not Seen, General Says
Maj. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor told 2,000 delegates at the General Federation of Women's Clubs forum that the war’s end in Korea is not in sight. He predicted the U S Army in Korea would match its strongest efforts, warned China’s manpower is not limitless, and compared the conflict to a prizefight with the enemy on the floor twice but rising slowly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Korea
Maxwell D. Taylor
National Defense Forum
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
United States
Alaska
Taylor
Congress Backs Worldwide Ban on Sine Trade War Materials
Congress urged a ban on shipments of war materials to Communist China and urged the UN General Assembly to vote for the ban. In separate actions the House also called for excluding the Chinese Communist government from U N membership.
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Congress
Washington
China
Senate
House
United Nations General Assembly
U.N
Hook To Receive Cedarville Degree
Charles R. Hook chairman of Armco Steel Corp will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws at Cedarville Colleges 55th commencement Monday May 28 at 8 pm Seven honorary degrees have been conferred on him His career began in 1889 as an office boy Others to receive honors include Charles P Taft Cincinnati lawyer and past president of the Federal Council of Churches and Dr Samuel Marble president of Wilmington College
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Charles R. Hook
Armco Steel Corporation
Cedarville College
Hook
Cedarville
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Federal Council of Churches
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Samuel Marble
Wilmington College
Four Arrested For Bus Passing On Dixie Highway
Hamilton special report says motorcycle officer Boyd Furginson arrested four motorists for illegally passing a stopped school bus on Dixie Highway. Four failed to stop. suspects named Ebbie Gadd 36 Middletown Franklin Galloway Gray 24 Edward Wyatt 26 Hamilton and Fred Messer 31 Somerville Route 1. They were released on $25 bonds each for municipal court appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Boyd Furginson
Dixie Highway
Ebbie Gadd
Middletown
Galloway Gray
Franklin
Edward Wyatt
Fred Messer
Somerville
Civil Service Seeks Psychologist Examinations
The United States Civil Service Commission announces a psychologist examination for positions in federal agencies across Washington D C and in most states. Entrance salaries range from 3825 to 4600 dollars yearly. Applicants must pass a written test and show suitable education or experience or a combination. Further details and forms available from local secretary Paulae at the Post Office building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commision
Washington
D.C
Paul Ae
Seed prolificness of common pig weed noted
A single common pig weed plant can generate up to 117000 seeds, highlighting its highly invasive potential and the need for effective control measures.
Dulles Links MacArthur Firing to Japanese Peace Woes
In a radio interview John Foster Dulles argues MacArthur's dismissal harmed Japan’s hope for a swift, just peace. He says it does not derail negotiations but warns Japanese fear could push them toward Russia unless a treaty is secured. He contends Japan is Russia’s chief Far East aim and cites Korea invasion as part of that plan.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
State Department
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
Russia
Dulles
Japan
Far East
South Korea
College Boys Draft-Proof Until Tested
Drafting of college students was postponed today until they can provide draft boards with aptitude test scores or evidence of scholastic standing. Selective Service headquar ters told state directors there are no indications it will be postponed beyond August 20. State officials were reminded to postpone inductions of college and high school students for 30 days beyond the academic year to enable them to find essential jobs or enlist. Aptitude tests will be given at college testing centers during the next two months. Draft boards may use test scores or scholastic records to grant student deferments.
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Washington
Selective Service
Wholesale Food Index Is Steady This Week
New York AP reports the Dun & Bradstreet wholesale food index remained at 7.13, 21.9 percent above the year-ago 5.89. The index covers wholesale cost of one pound of 31 general use foods. Beef, hams, lard, sugar, hogs and lambs rose, while flour, wheat, corn, rye, barley, butter, cottonseed oil, eggs and steers fell.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Mendelssohn Kin Dies At Concert
Baltimore AP report states Felix Robert Mendelssohn, 60, great grand nephew of the famous composer, collapsed during Dohnany’s Concert Piece in D Major and died at a hospital. He began as a child prodigy in Germany and wrote his noted contribution to the passion opera Christ.
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Baltimore
Felix Robert Mendelssohn
Dohnany
Berlin
Germany
Chrisus
Police Briefs Report Thefts And Injuries In Camden Area
Joe Mato of Camden Route 1 reported clothing valued at 150 stolen from his car likely Friday while parked on Broad Street. Jack Cox of 2002 Tytus Avenue was taken to Middletown Hospital after falling on cellar steps. Gladys Randall, eight, of 809 Fourteenth Avenue, treated at Middletown Hospital for bites to her right leg and left arm from a dog yesterday afternoon.
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Joe Mato
Camden Route 1
Broad St
Mato
Jack Cox
Tytus Ave
Middletown Hospital
Baker’s
Gladys Randall
Fourteenth Ave
Youth Held on License Charge After Abandoned Truck Find
Paul Rothwell 18 of 1518 For rest Ave charged with failure to have an operator license. Released to appear in traffic court Saturday. Police investigated an abandoned truck on Columbia Ave last night filled with used tires. Two boys about 16 reportedly parked it and rode a bus to Dayton. License plate 3M271 noted.
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Paul Rothwell
Forrest Ave
Columbia Ave
Dayton
Ohio House passes sports bribery bill with stiff penalties
The Ohio General Assembly approved a bill to curb sports bribery, upping penalties to a 10,000 dollar fine and up to five years in prison for bribing athletes or coordinating to fix outcomes. It extends coverage to amateur players and attempts to limit victory margins, with a 102 to 0 House vote. The measure returns to the Senate for minor changes before the Governor's approval.
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Columbus
General Assembly
Ohio
New York
Ohio House
George E. Fedor
Cuyahoga
Ohi
House
Senate
New Western Proxy Chosen For Women’s College
Dr. Ed mund H. Kase Jr of Chambersburg Pa. will become president of Western College for Women on July 1, succeeding Dr. Philip E. Henderson who has resigned. Kase, associate professor of Bible at Wilson College, is Princeton graduate who studied in Germany and formerly a Grove City College pastor and Princeton Theological Seminary instructor. He has written on Greek paprology and ancient history. He is married with two children Edmund a Princeton freshman and Mary Jane entering high school next fall.
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Oxford
Edmund H. Kase
Chamberburg
Western College For Women
College
Kase
Philip E. Henderson
Wilson College of
Chambersburg
Princeton
Germany
Grove City
Princeton Theological Seminary
Edmund
Mary Jane
Carnival Worker Bound To Jury On Burglary Charge
A 25 year old carnival worker Everett Johnson of Muscatine Iowa was held to the grand jury under a 3500 bond in municipal court yesterday. Police say Johnson confessed after being seized early last Wednesday for allegedly siphoning 3000 dollars worth of jewelry from a Lowenstein Furniture Store window. He is charged with breaking and entering and burglary.
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Hamilton
Everett Johnson
Muscatine
Lowenstein Furniture
Johnson
Bradley testimony fuels fight over MacArthur war plan
Fulbright charged Republicans may whitewash the inquiry while Smith dismissed the claim. Bradley testified over three hours, criticizing the MacArthur proposals as risking the wrong war at the wrong time against the wrong enemy, as the committee wrestled with confidentiality and potential cover ups.
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Fulbright
H Alexander Smith
R-Nj
Truman
MacArthur
Marshal
Russell
D-Ga
Bradley
Senator Morse
Oregon
United States
Potash Shift: U S Feeds Fertilizer Needs Domestically
Before World War I American farmers depended on Germany for potash. Now the United States produces sufficient supply for domestic use and export to Canada, reflecting a major shift in fertilizer sourcing and national agricultural resilience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
United States
Canada
Probe Ordered Into Illegal Slaughtering Practices
Washington AP Edward P Morgan, director of the Office of Price Stabilization, ordered a nationwide inquiry into reports of illegal livestock slaughtering. District agents will check Class 2 slaughterers who operated last year without 1951 registration, with an estimated 12,000 to 15,000 such slaughters last year and about 11,000 registered this year. OPS requires a registration number to slaughter legally and obtain livestock quotas.
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Washington
Edward P. Morgan
Morgan
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Road Contract To Lockland Firm For County Roads
The P. L. Cavett Company of Lockland won a $62,591.24 contract from Butler County Commissioners to seal treat 65 miles of county roads west of the Miami River. The bid was about 755 under the engineer Jesse Pochard’s estimate. East-of-river work was delayed after only one bid. the project will be readvertised.
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P. L. Cavett Company
Lockland
Butler County
Miami River
Cavett
Jesse Pochard
Pochard
Community clubs hold social meetings and church events
The Three F Club gathered at Mrs. Frank Mahone’s home on Seventeenth Ave with Rev R L Robinson and Millard Hughes as guests. The Home Beautiful Club met at Rev Louis Smith’s home on Young Street and elected officers. Special church services are planned at Fire Baptist Church on Chesnut Street with guest speakers and musical numbers. Transportation is arranged for attendees.
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Frank Mahone
Seventeenth Ave
R. L. Robinson
Millard Hughes
Harvard Hughley
Cora Brooks
Eighteenth Ave
Fire Baptist Church
Chesnut St
Hamilton
Bertha Perkins
Perkns
Bert Perkins
Emmanual Tabernacle
Walnut Hills
Cincinnati
Tincoln Clements
Hurschel Bennett
John Draxler
Paul Perkns
Cornet
Gertrude Willis
Belle Garett
Lester Newcomb
Glenn Taylor
Roberta Gibbs
Mattie Powell
Jane Applegate
Annabelle Smith
Rosa Ausberry
Sallie Lattimore
Katie Cooper
Eliza Smith
Sam Baldwin
B. W. Herndon
Two Teens Named in Slaying Case in Columbus
Columbus 19 year old Frank Branch and 17 year old Kenneth Bolding now in Mansfield Reformatory were indicted for first degree murder in the December fatal shooting of Virginia Bates, a hotel catering supervisor. The slaying occurred in front of her home during an apparent robbery attempt.
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Columbus
Frank Branch
Kenneth Bolding
Mansfield Reformatory
Virginia Bates
Red Cross Classes To See Fire Equipment Demonstration
Assistant Fire Chief Robert Lukens of the Middletown Fire Department will present a life saving methods demonstration for YMCA and Red Cross Life Saving and Water Safety classes on Monday at 7 p.m. The event features rescue apparatus used by firefighters, with a focus on the resuscitator for drowning cases. Betty Hollister, class instructor, says two Red Cross films will be shown at 6 p.m., followed by Lukens demonstration an hour later.
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Robert Lukens
Middletown Fire Department
YMCA
Red Cross
B. P. Allen
Lukens
Paratus
Fire Department
Allen
Betty Hollister
Happy Chandler Eliminates Self In Governor Race
Versailles Kentucky AP Baseball Commissioner A B Happy Chandler announced he would not enter Kentucky's governor race this year and would support Governor Lawrence Wetherby for the Democratic nomination. Chandler's $65 000 a year contract as a baseball club owner expires April 1 1952 after owners declined to renew, fueling speculation about a political bid this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Versailles
A.B
Happy
Chandler
Kentucky
Lawrence Wetherby
Butler Man Parole From London Prison Farm
Duke Allen of Butler County is among 52 inmates granted parole by the State Pardon and Parole Board. Allen was serving a term for grand larceny and his parole becomes effective August 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler County
London
State Pardon and Parole Board
Duke Allen
Embalmers to attend spring clinic in Zanesville
Middletown embalmers plan to attend the Embalmers Association annual spring clinic in Zanesville tomorrow. Attendees include Joe Heine Tom Wilson Joe Baker Joe Schrama and Carl Ross feld. Registration starts at 9 a.m. in the Zane Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Embalmers Association
Zanesville
Joe Heine
Tom Wilson
Joe Baker
Joe Schrama
Carl Rossfeld
Zane Hotel
Injury to 12 Year Old from Horse Fall
Patricia Phillips, 12, daughter of Mr and Mrs Roger Phillips of Elk Creek Road West Middleton, was treated for an ankle injury at Middletown Hospital after a horse she was riding fell this morning. Attendants said she was injured when the horse fell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Phillips
Roger Phillips
Elk Creek Rd
West Middletown
Middletown Hospital
Detroit Moves To Break Up Transit Strike
Detroit officials seek a court injunction to force streetcar and bus operation, aiming to restore service after a 26 day strike. The Department of Street Railway Commission votes to bar the AFL Streetcar and Bus Operators Union from interfering with a city plan to resume service without a union agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Department of Street Railway Commission
AFL
Circuit
DSR
Rodney Baxter
Patrick McIntyre
Ridicious
Settlement Reached In Youth Death Case
A $2,500 settlement was approved today in Judge Fred B. Cramer's court in the suit by Estill L. Horton administrator for the death of his seven year old son John W. Horton. The auto collision occurred May 24, 1950 on Dickey Rd when driven by Mary Kalbfleisch, a minor from West Middletown Route One. The original claim was for $10,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred B. Cramer
Estill L. Horton
Malvern St
Mary Kalbfleisch
West Middletown
Horton
John W. Horton
Kalbfleisch
Young Horton
Dickey Rd
Peggy Lee Divorced on Cruelty Grounds in Santa Monica
In Santa Monica California Peggy Lee won a divorce from Dave Barbour after alleging cruelty. The 30 year old singer was awarded custody of their seven year old daughter and revealed their marriage suffered from Barbour’s desire for freedom.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Peggy Lee
Dave Barbour
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