Dayton Man Fatally Injured In Route 4 Crash North Of City
One man died and two others were hurt in a Route 4 crash north of Dayton at 5 30 a m Dr Garrett J Boone Butler County coroner said J C Wilson 47 of 1133 Germantown St Dayton died of crushed chest broken arm and head injuries A driver whose name was unknown and a unconscious male passenger were held for investigation along with another passenger Wilbur Stephens 35 of 330 Hanover St Dayton All three were taken to Middletown Hospital with injuries The car driven by Edgar E Wooley 33 of 344 West Fifth St Dayton overturned after leaving the road near Peasttown Heights The fatality marked Butler County s 52nd of the year with fatalities running high compared to 1941 and 1952 figures Also two more injuries were reported when a car overturned on Hamilton Trenton Road near Overpeck with Homer B Hill 22 and Melvin Hatton 27 treated and released from Middletown Hospital.
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Route 4
J. C. Wilson
Germantown St
Dayton
Garrett J. Boone
Butler County
Wilson
Middletown
Dick Kinsley
Wilbur Stephens
Hanover St
Edgar E. Wooley
West Fifth St
Walter White
Boone
Hamilton- Trenton
Overpeck
Trenton
Homer B. Hill
Manchester Ave
Melvin Hatton
South Main St
Middletown Hospital
Two Drivers Cited After City Mishaps
Police cited two drivers after city auto crashes yesterday with no injuries. Forrest McKinney, 20, failed to show a license at Germantown Road and Verity Parkway after colliding with Sterling Lawson, causing $275 damage. Marvin Stokley, 25, and William Bush, 24, collided at 1st Avenue and Park Street, $170 damage. Bush faces license tag law violation with $50 bond. Garlan Million, 18, hit Leonard Craig, 32, on Central Avenue with $300 damage. Bridenbender, 22, and Smelser, 26, collided on Yankee Road and Centennial Avenue causing $75 damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest R. McKinney
Sun Ave
Germantown Road
Verity Parkway
McKinney
Sterling E. Lawson
John Street
Carlisle
1St Avenue
Park Street
Marvin Stokley
Queen Ave
William Bush
Sheridan Ave
Bush
Ohio
Dae
Central Avenue
Garlan Million
West Middletown Rt. 2
Leonard Craig
Craig
Harry Bridenbender
Young
Real Estate Transfers In Ogden County Listings Details
Real Estate Transfers include Ogden Realty Co to Brell Realty Corp Daman Park lot 264 for 1.10. Brell Realty Corp to Leslie Prof itt et al Daman Park lot 264 for 1.10. Frank Butsch et al to Charles Croucher et al Slade Place View lot 38 for 13.20. Thomas Baird to Herschel Petersime et al Peastown lot 20. Hargis Stewart to Miami Valley Bidg and L Madison 2.1 acres for 1500. Donald Bufler to Columbia Federal ae and L Sharon Park lot 159 for 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Ogden Realty Co
Brell ‘Realty Corp
Daman Pk
Brell Realty Corp
Leslie Profitt
Et al
Frank Butsch
Charles Croucher
Slade Pl
Thomas Baird
Herschel Petersime
Peasttown
Hargis Stewart
Miami Valley
Madison
Donald Bufler
Columbia Fed. Ae
Sharon Pk
Police Guard At Ruined A&P Store After Fire
Hamilton special reports police placed a 24 hour guard over the ruins of the burned A P Supermarket to deter looting. Police Chief John A Bippus warned canned foods in the heat damaged store could cause illness if eaten.
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Hamilton
A&p
John A. Bippus
Downtown Jam Brims With Christmas Shopping Rush
Downtown traffic battles the biggest shopping rush of the year as Santa arrives and warm fall weather delays sales. Lt. James Combs forecasts worse jams during Christmas week and plans extra officers and no turn signs. A new $1000000 bond funded traffic light system moves forward but will start after the holidays. Merchants greet crowds as they await colder weather to boost sales. 22 shopping days remain.
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Santa Claus
James Combs
Lt. Combs
Journal
Middletown
Teamsters Union Riles New Suit in Ohio Court
A group of AFL teamsters seeks to block a union officers election by filing an injunction in Common Pleas Court. They oppose reelection of about a dozen incumbents paid 125 to 150 dollars weekly plus expenses. A similar case was denied in Hamilton County court. Local 100, Truck Drivers, Chauffeurs and Helpers Union, has roughly 6,500 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
AFL
Common Pleas
Union Council
Cincinnati
Local 100
Return of Airman James L. Chase from Philippines
Airman James L. Chase of 20 S. Leibee Sr. returns to the United States after duty with the 13th Air Force on Clark AFB in the Philippines. He boards the USNS General Patrick bound for San Francisco to report to Parks AFB for discharge. Rowland E. Coxe, radioman seaman and son of Mr and Mrs Roger E. Cooke, assisted in CBS See It Now broadcast on November 17 from aboard USS Gilbert Is. lands 400 miles east of Boston. Edward R. Murrow and crew presented Hunter-Killer submarine defense action, detailing the Gilbert Islands center operation to destroy enemy submarines.
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James L. Chase
S. Leibee Sr
United States
13Th Air Force
Clark Afb
Philippines
San Francisco
General Patrick
Parks Afb
California
Rowland E. Coxe
Seaman
Roger E. Cooke
Anderson St
Franklin
Gilbert
Boston
Mass
Cbs-Tv
Edward R. Murrow
Gilbert Islands
Reverend Davis to Speak at People’s Friendship Baptist Church
The Rev. B. F. Davis will deliver the 11 a.m. sermon at the People’s Friendship Baptist Church located at 1404 Garfield St this Sunday. Also mentioned is a note that the duck hawk can fly at 180 miles per hour.
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B. F. Davis
People’s Friendship Baptist Church
Garfield St
Vagrancy and traffic cases handled in Cincinnati court
Municipal Court fined two men $100 and costs and 30 days in the workhouse suspended on condition they leave the city for four months. Paul Biltz and Dempsey Thomas appeared before Judge Alton Combs. Bert Perkins received a $10 fine suspended. gun returned. Other cases dismissed. Traffic Court heard many from Thanksgiving delays with fines from $10 to $25 and suspensions.
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Cincinnati
Alton Combs
Paul Biltz
Manhattan St
Dempsey Thomas
McKinley St
Bert Perkins
18Th Ave
City
Smith Farm
Perkins
Bobby Eugene Hunter
17Th Ave
James H. McNabb
Andrew Sr
McNabb
Donald Gene Woodward
Excello
Linval S. Johnson
Grand Ave
Rey Kenneth Smith
Franklin Rt
Robert Poplin
Trenton Rt
Robert Setters
Yankee Rd
Kenneth Keller
Route 73
Carl Leslie
Shaker Rd
Franklin
Soldier Killer Blames Uncontrollable Urge
In Tokyo the mother of Susan Rothschild said she bears no bitterness toward Maurice L. Schick a 29 year old sergeant from Canonsburg Pennsylvania who confessed an uncontrollable urge drove him to strangle the girl Her body was found in a drainage ditch at a housing project near Tokyo the Army reported six days after the girl disappeared
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Tokyo
Susan Rothschild
Maurice L. Schick
Canonsburg
Susan
Here
Waldorf Astoria Charged Overcrowding Starlight Roof
New York fire department cites the Waldorf Astoria for overcrowding its Starlight Roof during a Hotel Owners Assn meeting. Municipal Court records show banquet manager Claude Phillippe admitted 758 guests on November 16, 350 over the legal limit. He pled innocent and a hearing is scheduled for next Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Fire Department
Quick Thinking Prisoner Conned Way Out Of Jail
New York police report a suspected confidence man James Briggs aged 39 who had been jailed on grand larceny charges in Newark and Detroit escaped from a city prison after his cellmate Herbert Brown posted a $500 bail. A morning call to Brown and a reply ready led to Briggs leaving the jail, with officials investigating whether Brown slept or helped Briggs flee.
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New York
James Briggs
Newark
N. J
Detroit
City
Herbert Brown
Briggs
Brown
Santa Arrives Early in Waukegan by Helicopter
Santa Claus landed in the business district in a helicopter fifteen minutes early to a crowd of several hundred cheering children. A brave youngster grabbed his tassel cap, which was recovered, and Santa, clutching his beard, pushed through the throng into a department store amid the commotion.
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Waukegan, I
Santa Claus
North Pole
Santa
Hunter Has Rough Time In Fog Separated From Party
In Blossburg Pennsylvania Robert Milheim a 25 year old from Woodridge New Jersey became separated from his hunting party in dense fog. He wandered to a cliff edge nearly fell over and lit a fire which set his trousers on fire. Friends found him just as he was about to step into a bear trap.
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Blossburg
Robert Milheim
Woodridge
N. J
World Famous Medic Dies At 91 In Kansas
Dr. Charles Frederick Menninger 91, chair of the Menninger Foundation board, dies at home after long illness. He led a world renowned psychiatric center in Topeka, Kansas, and was allied with his sons Karl and William, both famed in psychiatry. Edwin Menninger edits the Stuart News.
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Topeka
Kan
Charles Frederick Menninger
Menninger Foundation
Menninger
Menninger Clinic
Karl
William
Edwin
Stuart
Fla.) Ews
Hamilton Appeal Reaches 360,027 Final Drive Totals Exceed Goal
Contributions after the United Appeals drive raised Hamilton's final total to 360,027, surpassing the 350,000 quota. The 17 day effort ended November 13 with an additional 822.27 collected, exceeding the goal by 10,027. Funds will support yearly operating expenses for the YMCA, Hamilton Community Chest and 14 agencies, Red Cross, Butler County American Cancer Society unit, and United Cerebral Palsy of Butler County.
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Hamilton
United Appeals
YMCA
Hamilton Community Chest
Red Cross
Butler County
The
American Cancer Society
United Cerebral Palsy of
Butler Courity
Driver's Hearing Set For Dec 28 in Colwell Case
Manslaughter charges filed against Mrs Ruth Colwell of Toulon Ill will be heard in Franklin Municipal Court December 28 Judge J T Riley granted a continuance as Colwell remains hospitalized from an October 21 crash at Routes 73 and 48 east of Franklin Dorothy Miller of Dayton was killed in the collision and four others were injured State patrol said Colwell did not stop for a red flasher signal at the intersection.
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Franklin
Ruth Colwell
Toulon, Ill
Franklin Municipal Court
J. T. Riley
Colwell
Here
Dorothy Miller
Dayton
Police Briefs Report Local Arrests and Thefts
Leo Bennett Coy, 28, of Vet Vil lage Athens, was arrested at 2 50 a.m. today on intoxication and resisting arrest. Lonnie Williams, 23, of 2731 W Sixth St Chicago, arrested at 11 45 p.m. yesterday on a bench warrant for failure to provide and abandonment. Mildred Risner reported a 1950 blue Chevrolet stolen after 5 45 a.m. yesterday. Luther Walters, 30, Franklin Rt 2, arrested on a warrant for non support. Jesse White, 57, 400 Young St arrested on a warrant for defrauding a taxi driver.
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Leo Bennett Coy
Vet Village
Athens
Daniel Pelfrey
Cecil Back
Lonnie Williams
Sixth St
Chicago
S. Broad Street
Paul Fouts
William Brewer
Mildred Risner
Garfield St
Luther Walters
Franklin Rt. 2
Franklin
Warren County
Jesse White
Young St
White
Central Avenue
Robert Tallon
Cecil Short
European Peasantry Custom Shrouds Bride in Death
A sentiment echoed from European peasant tradition describes placing bridal finery in a chest and removing it only to shroud the wife after death. The custom reflects enduring wedding symbolism and communal rites surrounding marriage and mourning.
Jewelry theft at Jackson residence on North Sutphin
Jewelry and a check valued at more than 1500 dollars were stolen in a break in at Carl B Jacksons home 100 North Sutphin Street Detective Herbert Frazier said the intruders forced a basement window used a ladies hat box to carry five boxes of jewelry a diamond ring valued at 800 five costume jewelry boxes valued at 500 a 10 pearl strand and a 250 check were taken Entry began at the dining room windows which showed pry marks Police noted two windows led to the dining room and thieves left by the front door The Jacksons returned at midnight and were inside about 20 minutes before discovering the thefts The plumber and businessman operates a rear shop No other break ins were reported with one mistaken entry later that day
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Carl B. Jackson
North Sutphin St
Herbert Frazier Vanantar
Jackson
8Th Avenue
Injured Man Still Critical in South Bend Hospital
Eddie Wilson, 43, son of Mrs. Clara Wilson of 150 South River St., Franklin, remained in critical condition today at a South Bend hospital. Doctors hold little hope for recovery as he lies unconscious after a Bremen, Indiana man riding to work with him collided with a train in fog. The other driver, also injured, is reported out of danger. Wilson suffered a fractured skull and internal injuries as relatives stayed by his bedside.
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Eddie Wilson
Clara Wilson
South River St
Franklin
South Bend
Ind
Viola Wilson
Wilson
Bremen
Butler County Court Petitions and Estate Notices
The Lumbermen's Mutual Insurance Co seeks 219.79 plus interest from Curtis Adriens for damage to a concrete block building in Oxford after a Sept 20, 1952 collision on U.S. 27. The Pawlowsky estate in Hamilton is valued at 6540.05 in probate appraisement, including 3540.05 in receivables and 3000 in real estate. Frederick Davis dies in Hamilton, leaves his estate to widow Marcella L. Davis. estate value undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lumbermen's Mutual Insurance Co
Mansfield
Curtis Adriens
Connersville
Ind
Common Pleas Court
U.S. 27
Oxford
Robert McFall
George G. Pawlowsky
Hamilton
Floretta Judith Pawlowsky
Executrix
Frederick Davis
Marcella L. Davis
Andrew Ave
Divorce Suits Filed in Hamilton Court
William Thompson of Hamilton sues Cecil Thompson for neglect and cruelty while Cecil Gray of Hamilton sues Margie Lee Gray a minor for neglect. Betty Willams of Hamilton sues Gordon Williams for neglect and Mary Elkin of Hamilton sues Chester Elkin for neglect and cruelty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Thompson
Hamilton
Cecil Thompson
Cecil Gray
Margie Lee Gray
Betty Willams
Gordon Williams
Mary Elkin
Chester Elkin
Minor Bowling, Martin cases heard by Hamilton judges
Florence Bowling and Estelle Martin, both minors, are involved in neglect and cruelty cases. Florence Bowling is linked to Donald Hugh Bowling. Estelle Martin to Donald J. Martin. Judges Fred B. Cramer and P. P. Boll oversee the matters in Hamilton. A side note mentions cranes with five-foot windpipes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Bowling
Hamilton
Donald Hugh Bowling
Fred B. Cramer
Estelle Martin
Donald J. Martin
P. P. Boll
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Fiji Islands
Christmaas
J. C. Penny Department
Main
Broad
Central
Teamsters Union Riles New Suit
Colored News
Central Branch
National Automobile
Toa
TOAN
Es Snl
YA Bank & Trust Co
Federal
Ea Insumance Corporation
Roy Bennett
Middletown Trailer Park
Josie Ingram
Vermont St
Fred Fletcher
Oxford State Rd
Geneva Fletcher
Famous
SURIN
Carlile, Tanith Ee Als
Rs al Ee Tyce
Hunter
Tytus Ave
Cohn Hardware
Butler County Courts
Howard Sears
Wilbraham and
Wilmore
WPFB
Ind & Park Ave
Central Ave
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