Trio of Youths Arrested in Local Burglaries
Police say two 20 year olds and a 17 year old linked to burglaries over two weeks. Robert Tirey Mervin Sorrell and Louis Eldridge face burglary and larceny charges with bonds totaling 13500. Detectives Bauer and Fitzgerald tied cases to Tirey and Sorrell after midnight stakeouts and traced stolen items including a radio and wrist watches to various locations. Eldridge pleaded guilty to two charges while Tirey and Sorrell entered not guilty pleas. Tirey had prior burglary links and a wrist watch theft from Albert Powers.
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Butler County Grand Jury
Robert Tirey
Charles St
Mervin Eugene Sorrell
Carroll Ave
Louis White Eldridge
Girard Ave
Ralph Bauer
John Fitzgerald
Tirey
Hy Grand Metal Company
Mokry Company
N. Verity Pkwy
The
Metal Company
Mokry’s
Threy and Sorrell
Albert Powers
N. Main St
Sorrell
Eldridge
Bauer
Police Chief commends detectives on breakthrough in city break ins
Police Chief Thomas D. Carmody commended detectives for untiring effort that solved a series of break ins in the city. He praised all department members and noted some worked after hours on the case.
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Polic
Thomas D. Carmody
Youth burglars face court over citywide loot haul
Detectives recovered the major portion of loot from six burglaries and presented it in Municipal Court before Judge Alton H Combs. The trio will be questioned further today, with statements planned. Clothing valued at 800 dollars from Union Sanitary Laundry was found at each boy’s home. A break in at Johnny’s Bar on October 28 yielded a radio and nickels.
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Alton H Combs
Bauer
Union Sanitary Laundry
Charles St
Husband Of Former Middletown Resident Dies In Azores Crash
Sgt. William Langley, husband of former Middletown resident Mrs. Martha Wilson Langley, died in a B 29 crash in the Azores. Bodies not yet recovered. Langley, from South Carolina, had lived in Middletown briefly. his widow lived there until a year ago. Relatives say he served in the Navy and enlisted in the Air Corps last May.
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Azores
William Langley
Middletown
Martha Wilson Langley
Langley
South Carolina
Katie Rogers
Jean
Betty Ann Wilson
Highland Ave
Tampa
Fla
Navy
Air Corps
Roberson Sporting Goods Leases Downtown Site
Roberson Sports Goods Store takes a 20 year lease to move from 1724 Central Ave Middletown to the remodeled three story building at 1201 Central Ave formerly Terrace Gardens Restaurant. John Hasselbach owns the building and B F Sawyer and Son Inc handled the deal. The store will reopen January 1 as a sporting goods outlet and retain operations in Hamilton.
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Roberson
Sporting Goods
Central Ave
Terrace Gardens
William Roberson
John Hasselbach
Abe Levy
Hasselbach
Roberson Company
B. F. Sawyer and Son Incorporated
Middletown
Hamilton
Car collision injures man on Eighth Ave near Sutphin Street
Police say damage totaled about 300 dollars after one car forced Edwin Gehm of the YMCA off Sutphin Street into a curb and a utility pole. Joseph Marable, 48, of 921 Ninth Ave., suffered a head wound and was treated at Middletown Hospital. He could not identify the other driver. The incident occurred on Eighth Ave.
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Edwin Gehm
YMCA
Sutphin St
Gehm
Joseph Marable
Ninth Ave
Middletown Hospital
Eighth Ave
Car Crash Leads To Brake Charge For Local Man
Pierce Hensley, 36, of 1707 York Ave, faces a brake insufficiency charge after his vehicle collided with John Armstrong, 55, of 831 Ninth Ave, at Lafayette Ave and Minnesota St last night, according to police.
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Pierce Hensley
York Ave
John Armstrong
Ninth Ave
Lafayette Ave
Minnesota St
Thief Steals Motorbike From Armco Bike Shed
Harold Woods of Middletown Route 1 reported a motorbike valued at 101 dollars taken from the Armco Steel Corporation bicycle shed in the late October period, police reported.
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Harold Woods
Middletown
Armco Steel Corporation
Die Of Injuries From Route 30 Crash
Ralph Shaner aged 25 died from injuries after an automobile crash on Route 30 yesterday in Wooster Ohio. He was Wayne County s 13th traffic victim of the year.
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Wooster
Ralph Shaner
Wayne County
Inductions Planned For December By Draft Board No 10
Draft Board No 10 expects 11 men for December induction into the Army chaired by Wylie Mitchell. Sixty six applicants will go to the Cincinnati Recruiting Office for pre induction physicals on November 16 and 17, with 56 scheduled for day one and 10 for day two. Notification to the men will come next week after a post meeting re classification of registrants.
South Lebanon Man Charged With Stabbing
Alex White, held in Warren County jail since October 23 on an open charge, faces charges of stabbing with intent to kill and will be arraigned before the mayor of South Lebanon on November 9. Louise White was discharged from Middletown Hospital after being admitted October 23 with a deep chest wound and a minor arm cut.
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Lebanon
Alex White
Warren County
South Lebanon
Gerald W. Conden
Louise White
Middletown Hospital
Municipal Court Fines Careless Driving Driver Jailed or Fined
Thomas Johnson aged 18 from Middletown Route 3 appeared in municipal traffic court before Judge Alton H. Combs and was fined 25 dollars for careless driving. His license was suspended for 30 days with a work exception.
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Thomas Johnson
Middletown
Alton H. Combs
Minor traffic fines listed for multiple defendants
The notice lists several individuals from various streets and towns with minor traffic charges, each fined ten dollars for speeding. Additional fines include muffler ordinance violations and a five dollar suspended fine for running a red light.
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Norman Deitz
McKinley
Harold Dayas
Carlisle
John Rendure
Franklin
James Bryant
First Ave
Dixie Vice
Buena Ave
Roger Roberts
Woodlawn Ave
James Harpring
Middletown
Jack Long
Grand Ave
Robert Bremmer
Dayton
Lester Mears
South Main St
William Leppich
Warren Ave
Fremont to mourn first fallen city police officer
All Fremont city offices will close tomorrow in tribute to Patrolman George Joe Biggs 24 the first city officer killed in the line of duty His funeral is set for Saturday morning He died Wednesday after being crushed between a truck and a car carrying two holdup suspects which the report identifies as the involved incident
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Fremont
George
Joe) Biggs
Biggs
Civic Association Drive Kicks Off at Dinner in Middletown
The Manchester Hotel hosted a kickoff dinner for Middletown’s Civic Association 25th anniversary membership drive drawing over 400 workers and leaders. Plans call for 5,000 new members and $30,000 to support 15 agencies including the hospital, nursing bureau, Girl and Boy Scouts, YMCA, USO, and more.
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Manchester
Civic Association
Middletown
Bennett Chapple
Armco Steel Corporation
Chapple
George M. Verity
Middletown Civic Association
D. G. Driscoll
Driscoll
Middletown Hospital
Bureau of Public Health Nursing
Family Service’ Bureau
Junior Achievement
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
YMCA
Yteens
Salvation Army
Garfield Mission
the Haven
Fresh Air Camp
Veterans’ Service Center
Safety Council
USO
George E. Denny
Association
D. E. Harlan
Founders’ Association
W. W. Sebald
Armco
James Byrum
Supervisory
Andrew Craig
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Dustrial School
American Legion
Johnny
George Proffitt
Fitzgerald
Roberson Sporting Goods
Olga
Middletown Ice & Coal CO
Curtis ST
Doellmann’s
Shattle Brothers
Russell Weatherwax
E. E. Grant
Tom Venable
Msgr
Denny
Robert W. Lukens
Employes Group
Elmer Davis
Independent Unions
W. J. O’brien
AFL
James Maines
CIO
G. W. A. Wilmer
E. O. Bauer
H. A. Sebald
Mary E. Strodtbeck
Women’s
Ben Bender
ATLAS
Homecraft
Power King Bench
Sander
General Merchandise
Wilson Ambulance Service
Ronson
Wagner
Aluminum
Deep Tag's
Betty Crocker
Anne
Mirro
Witte
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