City Pauses With All America For Memorial Day Observance
Middletonians joined millions in honoring fallen soldiers on Memorial Day. Crowds decorated graves across Calvary Middletown and Woodside as parades gathered, with 881 war dead named from Civil War to World War II. Wreaths and color coded arrangements marked service eras, while War Mothers and auxiliaries prepared tributes ahead of the Road of Memory parade led by Grand Marshal Wilhelm Boyd. Memorial Day plans for 1952 were set, with J R Cox reelected as chairman and new officers named.
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J. R. Cox
Calvary
Middletown
Woodside
Grand Army of the Republic
Wilhelm Boyd
Ed Cape
Legion Post
John Williams
VFW
Julia Woodrey
Viola Clark
Frances Brown
VFW Auxiliary
Howard Wilson, Jr
L. S. Owings
Baby and youths treated after Middletown incident
A baby and two youths received emergency care at Middletown Hospital last night and were released. Linda Ernst, 16 months, drank kerosene at home and was treated. Jim Church, 17, sustained a cut above the left eye from a flying baseball bat. Martha Ramsdell, 13, was treated for a foot cut from wading in a creek.
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Middletown Hospital
Linda Ernst
Benny Ernst
Jim Church
Miamisburg
Richard Church
Martha Ramsdell
Robert Ramsdell
Central Ave
Man Held Over Bad Check Charge In Troy Ohio
Troy authorities hold James W. Klackner for transfer here after an arrest in Troy at 8 p m yesterday in connection with a bad check charge. Two juveniles and parents must appear at 1 p m tomorrow. A 16-year-old was struck by a year-older youth with a horse shoe injuring his arm. Michael Long 10 was bitten on the ankle by a dog. owner ordered to keep the animal tied for observation. William Ross reported a stolen billfold bought at Ohio Bus Station. five dollars missing.
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Troy, O
Ralph Bauer
James W. Klackner
Troy
Michael Long
Stanley St
William Ross
West Middletown
Ohio
Clinton St
Ross
Akron boys claim $1400 found in vacant lot
Two 114 year old boys in Akron were named owners of $1400 found in a vacant lot last month. Police failed to locate the rightful owner after a thorough search. Billy Wigley and Michael Rergier discovered the cash in old tin cans while hunting a garter snake. They intend to save the money for college.
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AKRON
Billy Wigley
Michael Rergier
Butler Montgomery Seen Joined For New District
Butler County politicians clash over redistricting as Butler County may join Montgomery County in a single Third District plan. The Senate Elections Committee backed amended House Bill to create 23 districts, with Butler split or united depending on the proposal. Republican leaders oppose the all in Third District plan. Democrats oppose splitting. Lawmakers aim to finish by Friday.
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Butler County
Ohio
Montgomery County
Preble County
State Senate Elections Committee
Associated Press
Montgomery- Butler
Franklin County
Cuyahoga County
Martin Coyle
Republican Executive Committee
George McCandless
Hamilton
Senate
House
Former Local Youth Aided North Pole Flight Navigator
Robert Thompson, former Middletown resident and son of Dr and Mrs C Thompson, served as navigator for Captain Charles Blair on a non stop solo North Pole flight. Thompson, with Aeronautical Service Inc and Weems Navigation, used an astral compass to chart a 3300 mile Norway to Fairbanks route on Blair s single seater P 51 Mustang.
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Charles Blair
North Pole
Middletown
Thompson
Blair
Capitan
Young Thompson
Aeronautical Service, Inc
Washington
Weems System of Navigation
Annapolis
Norway
Fairbanks
Alaska
Man Sentenced To Penitentiary In Burglary Case
A Middletown man was sentenced to the Ohio State penitentiary for burglary and larceny in Common Pleas Court by Judge P. P. Bell. Willie Griffin allegedly entered the home of Mrs. Louise Hunter Windsor on February 12 and took jewelry and a ring valued at $1,500. Other Middletown cases included Ewing Taylor receiving a six month jail term and $200 fine with suspended costs, and Charles Louis placed on probation for auto theft.
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Middletown
Ohio State Penitentiary
P. P. Bell
Common Pleas
Willie Griffin
Louise Hunter Windsor
Ewing Taylor
Woodrow Wilson
Charles Louis
HOLC Ends Its Operations After Surplus Treasury Donation
The Home Owners Loan Corporation, once a major government lender and mortgage holder, has ceased operations. It deposited a 14 million dollar surplus in the U S Treasury as its final act. The agency stopped issuing loans in 1936 and since then focused on mortgage collections.
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NEW York
Home Owners Loan Corporation
HOLC
U. S. Treasury
Colored News Pastor to Lead Sunday School Union Meeting
A Hamilton pastor and his choir will conduct services this Sunday at the Sunday School Union meeting to be held at Second Baptist Church at 3 30 p m The visiting official will be Rev A H Tate of Payne A M E Church Hamilton Local churches participating include New Era Baptist Mt Zion Holiness Tabernacle Second Baptist Bethel A M E Phillips Chapel New Hope and Union Baptist Selma McKeller is president and Jesse Knox secretary treasurer of the local organization.
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Hamilton
Second Baptist Church
Ohelice
A. H. Tate
Payne A. M. E
New Era Baptist Church
the Mt. Zion Church
Holiness Tabernacle
Bethel A. M. E
Phillips Chapel
New Hope Baptist Church
The
Union Baptist Church
Selma McKeller
Jesse Knox
Distress signal SOS chosen for clarity in code
The phrase refers to the distress signal SOS with letters selected for easy detection when sent in code.
Woods To Probe Cincinnati Rent
Housing Expediter Tighe E. Woods will visit Cincinnati Ohio next week to examine complaints that tenants pay higher rents after apartments are reclassified from unfurnished to furnished. He will meet with the local rent advisory board on June 5 to discuss the situation and claims that furniture provided by landlords is inadequate and uncomfortable.
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Washington
Tighe E. Woods
Cincinnati
Woods
Senators drop RFC pressure probe by lawmakers
Washington AP Sen banking subcommittee shelves inquiry into whether Congress members pressured the Reconstruction Finance Corporation over loan decisions. A staff report concludes hundreds of letters and telegrams from lawmakers do not show the RFC faced unresistable pressure.
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Washington (Ap
Congress
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate Banking Subcommittee
RFC
Traffic Bureau Big Need For City, Starick Claims
Middletown officials debated creating a full time traffic bureau with a sergeant in charge to study and improve conditions. City manager H W Starick urged funding now, noting Sgt. James Combs handles traffic work but cannot devote full time. Overtime parking and intersection studies were discussed alongside sewer and street projects and fluoridation studies.
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Starick Claims
Commission
Middletown
H. W. Starick
Vmllen Siu
Vyumnyv Wie
James Combs
Police Department
Starick
Combs
Tytus Ave
Charles St
Harold Goetz
C. B. Stiles
Ross A. Hill
Servicemen News From Franklin and Middletown Area
Second Lt Louis John Bors son of Mr and Mrs Louis Bors Franklin Route 1 attends an Associate Battery News Course at Fort Bliss for 15 weeks studying anti air craft gunnery and tactics communications and guided missiles He is a St Johns High School graduate who entered service in 1940 and spent 15 months overseas in the Pacific He is a National Guard officer Four Middletown area men are bound for basic training after Fort George Meade processing Pvt Robert J Boone 2012 Winton St goes to Fifth Infantry Division at Indiantown Gap Pa Pvt Chester R Miller West Middletown Route 1 to First Armored Division at Fort Hood Tex Pvt Robert L Reedy Carlisle Box 112 joins First Armored at Fort Hood Pvt Danny L Spradling 806 Tenth Ave heads to Fort Eustis Va for basic training.
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Louis John Bors
Louis Bors
Franklin Route 1
Fort Blissex
St. John’s High School
Bors
Pacific Theater of Operations
National Guard
Middletown
Fort George Meade
Danny L. Spradling
Tenth Ave
Transportation Replacement Center
Fort Eustis
Movie Showings At The Paramount Strand Colonial
At The Movies listings show Paramount screening Stage To Tucson at 1 15 4 00 7 15 and 10 15 p m Lightning Strikes Twice at 2 35 5 40 and 8 40 p m Strand offers Bedtime For Bonzo at 1 15 4 05 7 05 and 10 15 p m Destination Moon at 2 35 5 35 and 8 35 p m Colonial shows Ma And Pa Kettle Back On The Farm at 2 05 4 05 6 05 8 05 and 10 05 p m
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Paramount
Tucson
Toledo Woman Kills Rival In Triangle
A 41-year-old Toledo woman admitted shooting her rival, Pearl Sendi, 45, in a love triangle with her ex-husband John Bolas. Coroner says the bullet hit Sendi in the heart as she exited the cottage near Lake Erie. Bolas fled but was held as a material witness. formal charges pending.
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Toledo
Pearl Sendi
Depties
Anna Lee Robinson
Paul Hobley
Third U S Fourth Infantry arrives to reinforce Germany
A third contingent of 1600 men from the U S Fourth Infantry Division landed at Bremerhaven aboard the General Muir and moved to Mannheim staging area where a large tent city is being erected to bolster Western defense garrisons in Germany.
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Bremerhaven
Germany
U. S. Fourth Infantry Division
Muir
Fourth
Mannheim
Missing Middletown Soldier Reported in Action
Roland A. Hamilton, 22, son of Mrs. Altha Hamilton of 1303 Woodlawn Ave, is missing in action. He enlisted November 21, left for a Washington state camp April 2, flew to Japan, and last wrote April 21 saying he was on the way to battle. He received a Mother’s Day card stamped April 25 saying he was going into battle. He is the ninth local man listed as missing in the Korean war. six local soldiers have been killed and 19 wounded to date.
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Middletown
Roland A. Hamilton
Altha Hamilton
Woodlawn Ave
War Department
Hamilton
Middletown High School
Infantry
Washington State
Japan
Middletonian
Plan To Buy Thomas Steel Firm Approved
WARREN AP Terms under which Pittsburgh Steel Company would purchase Thomas Steel Company here have been agreed upon by directors of both firms. In a joint statement the companies announced stock exchange terms: one-third of a Pittsburgh common for one Thomas share. Thomas Steel's 44 4 percent preferred would be redeemed at $105 call price plus accrued dividend. Pittsburgh would offer Thomas shareholders the exchange of their preferred for Pittsburgh preferred and 13 shares of Pittsburgh common for each Thomas preferred share.
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Warren
Pittsburgh Steel Company
Thomas Steel Company
Pittsburgh Common
Thomas
Thomas Steel
Pittsburgh
Restin Tablets Sleep Aid Ad at Castell Drugs
An old fashioned ad promotes Restin Tablets for sleepless nights and nervous tension. It claims safe use without prescription, guaranteed satisfaction, and urges readers to buy at Castell Drugs.
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Moress
Castell Drugs
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As C. Thompson
South
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Colored News
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Les Shepard
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L. A. Waldner
Fred J. Schatzmann
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Wilbraham Rd
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Wrenn, Elwood, Malvern and
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Wilmore Dr
Board of Health
Keely Dental Society
American Legion
George Ball
W. T. Darnell
Tytus
Franklin
WLW
Peter Grant
Sun
Mutual Auto Insurance
Crispin
Auburn
First National Bank
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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WPFB
Thomas Steel Firm
Beatty’s Electronic Shop
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