State Commission Opens Hearing On Telephone Rate Hike Request
The State Public Utilities Commission opened hearings on Ohio Bell Telephone Company's request to raise rates for 1,432,559 subscribers. The proposed increases range from 8.4 to over 9 percent, affecting 170 exchanges statewide, with Middletown service included. If approved, annual gross revenues would rise by about 8.5 million dollars. Fourteen Ohio communities have protested.
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Columbus
State Public Utilities Commission
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Middletown
Cincinnati
The
Utilities Commission
Ohio
Commission
Cleveland
Campbell
Defiance
Tiffin
Toledo
Akron
Dayton
Springfield
Youngstown
Steubenville
Clinton
Struthers
Ironton
Tojo Executions to be Announced by Code System
The Army will use a wartime code to announce the forthcoming executions of Hideki Tojo and six other leaders. Col. M. P. Echols said the code prevents false reports of secret hangings. Tojo and 24 others were convicted by an international tribunal. 16 got life terms and two received lesser sentences. Executions are expected this week.
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Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
M. P. Echols
MacArthur
Tojo
International Tribunal of Responsibility
Czech Secretary Flees Country
Prague AP report says Dr Arnost Heidrich secretary general of the Czechoslovak foreign ministry fled the country with his wife and seven year old son. The three departed Czechoslovakia last week. Evzen Klinger head of the press section said he did not know their destination. Heidrich, a career diplomat, had represented Czechoslovakia at the League of Nations in Geneva.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Arnost Heidrich
Czechoslovakan Foreign Ministry
Evzen Klinger
Foreign Ministry
Heidrich
League of Nations
Geneva
Lights On Again After Wire Fails
Report from Don Folger president of the Retail Merchants Association says old equipment unused six years caused a Broad Street blackout Sunday night. After repairs the lights came back on as observers wondered why they failed Friday. Bad connections in old bulb sockets were identified as the cause.
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Broad St
Don Folger
Retail Merchants Association
Folger
Charles J. Pluckhorn Dies While Bowling at 53
Charles J. Pluckhorn a machinist and former baseball player died yesterday while bowling Sandusky Ohio Coroner James E Walker attributed the death to natural causes.
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Bowling Sandusky
Charles J. Pluckhorn
James E. Walker
Police Briefs: multiple arrests and a loss report
Dan Lawson 44 of 707 Yankee Rd charged with physical control of a motor vehicle under alcohol influence. Luther Trammell 36 of 702 Monument St arrested by state patrol on Trenton Rd for operating a vehicle. Four men in Central Ave block 1200 charged with disorderly conduct, released on bonds. Rollie Crowe 22 and Henry Crowe 24 of 404 Park St plus Lester Spencer 36 and Arthur Myers 40 of 1003 Columbia Ave ordered to appear in court. Robert Hauselman 509 Titus Ave reports loss of a billfold containing $100 and papers.
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Dan Lawson
Yankee Rd
Route 4
Luther Trammell
Monument St
Hamilton
Trenton Rd
Trammell
Central Ave
Rollie Crowe
Henry Crowe
Park St
Lester Spencer
Arthur Myers
Columbia Ave
Robert Hauselman
Tytus Ave
Greek Leader Zervas Hospitalized After Severe Heart Attack
Athens AP report says General Naol eon Zervas, Greek national party leader and former minister of public order, was rushed to a hospital with a severe heart attack. Zervas led the Right Wing resistance during the German occupation and labeled himself Communist enemy number one.
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Athens
Naoleon Zervas
National Arty
Zervas
Stores Open Wednesdays Through Christmas Hours Change
Downtown shops plan Wednesday closings at 5 30 p.m until after Christmas week. December 29 open until 1 p.m. Saturday December 18 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday December 20 noon to 9 p.m. December 21 22 23 hours 9 30 a.m. to 9 p.m. All stores close Christmas Eve at 5 30 p.m. and reopen the following Monday.
Two Middletown Men Pass Pre Induction Exams
Nine men from Draft Board No. 10 passed pre induction physicals in Cincinnati on November 16. Middletown residents Elwyn Howard Rothwell and James J. Coyle are listed among the county candidates. Induction quota stands at eleven, with nine available for December processing.
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Middletown
Cincinnati
Wylie Mitchell
Elwyn Howard Rothwell
Ohio St
James J. Coyle
Board
John O. Mehl, Jr
Hamilton
John Edward Kolb
Oxford
Paul A
Work On New Middletown Disposal Ground Starts Monday
A city engineer crew begins field work on Middletown's new sanitary dump near the Great Miami River. The 25 acre site, bought from Middletown Sand and Gravel, will be linked by a roadway to existing grounds. Bids for three equipment types will be sought, and incinerator closure funds the project at about $20,000 with $3,000 for land.
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Middletown
Here
Fred J. Schatzmann
Great
Miami River
Schatzmann
Middletown Sand and Gravel Company
Oss
Miami
Armco
Baltimore St
Scout Executive To Attend Session
Miss Peggy Richardson, field director of the Middletown Council of Girl Scouts, will leave Tuesday for a training course in Turkey Run Ind. The program runs Tuesday afternoon through Saturday at the Turkey Run Inn with instructors from national headquarters. Only girls with two years in field direction may attend. The staff and office committee meets at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. chairwoman is Mrs Nell B. Blackford.
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Peggy Richardson
Middletown
Nell B. Blackford
Armco Declares Stock Dividend
Charles R. Hook, chairman of Armco Steel Corporation, said the board has declared a preferred stock dividend of $1.12 per share on 4 15 percent cumulative preferred stock. It will be payable January 14, 1949, to shareholders of record December 15, 1948.
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Charles R. Hook
Armco Steel Corporation
Three Break-Ins Reported Sunday Across Town
Detectives investigated three new break ins from the weekend. At Latham Murphy Service Station intruders hit a cash register, taking about 5 to 6 dollars. Other incidents were at M and O Feed Company and Linden's Garage. A man broke into 300 South Sutphin Street home but fled. another break in at the 625 Club saw a marble machine forced open and 16 dollars in nickels stolen.
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Latham Murphy
South Canal St
M. and O. Feed Company
Central Ave
Linden
Vail Ave
South Sutphin St
C. C. Clark, Jr
Garfield St
Pete Pendergrass
James Aldridge
Two Middletown Servicemen Sail With USS Franklin D. Roosevelt
Two Middletown men Richard M. Faeta airman apprentice USN of 223 North Sutphin Street and Estel D. Burnsides aviation photographer's mate third class USN of Route 1 serve aboard the aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt cruising in the Mediterranean Sea as part of the Sixth Task Fleet.
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Middletown
Richard M. Faeta
USN
North Sutphin St
Estel D. Burnsides
Route 1
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mediterranean Sea
Eight Suffer Injuries In Weekend Accidents
Middletown police and state patrol report eight people injured in weekend automobile crashes in and around Middletown. Causes include a stop sign violation at Columbia and Clinton, sideswipes on Route 25 near Franklin, and a rear collision on McKinley Street. Several victims were treated and released at Middletown Hospital. one driver was charged for driving without a license.
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Middletown
Hugh Evers
Curtis St
Chester Wendt
Elwood St
Columbia Ave
Clinton St
Evers
Roy E. Kirkland
Toledo
Route
Franklin
Kirkland
Joseph Baton
Dayton
G. Ross Potter
Mary Kirkland
Laura Plemmins
Lois Lambert
Potter
Six Rescued From Dinghy Off New Jersey Coast
Six members of a yachting party were rescued four miles off the New Jersey coast after their 125000 craft the Tennessee was swept by fire and sank. Owner Henry C. Fownes 58 a retired Pittsburgh steel executive was found in the small dinghy with his fiance Mrs Edith C Forrest 36 of Rye New York who held her dog. Four other men clung to the dinghy in frigid Atlantic waters as Coast Guard crews towed in. Fownes said the fire started in the stack and quickly spread through partitions.
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Atlantic City
N. J
New Jersey
Henry C. Fownes
Pittsburgh Steel
Tennessee
Coast Guard
Fownes
Reds Lose Votes In Lower Saxony
In Lower Saxony communal elections, Communists polled 3 percent, down from 5.1 percent in 1946, while Social Democrats led with about 39 percent. Christian Democrats held 24 percent and the right wing German Party had 18 percent, mirroring trends across North Rhine Westphalia and Schleswig Holstein.
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Hamburg
Germany
Lower Saxony
North Rhine-Wesphalia
Schleswig Holstein
Social Democrats
Center Christian Democrats
Sunday Rainfall Nearly Inch and Slick Roads
Sunday rainfall measured at .83 inches near Middletown with the Great Miami River rising to five feet six inches. Slick roads caused two crashes near Lebanon, injuring a family and a driver. Salvation Army services begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Citadel, with Capt. Kenneth Sharp speaking the first five days and Lt. Colonel Albert Pepper later in the week. Weather outlook calls for freezing temperatures then a warm-up Tuesday.
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Kenneth Sharp
Salvation Army
South Canal St
Captain Sharp
Brengle Memorial Institute
Chicago
Albert Pepper
Training College For Cadets
The
Lonnie Gibson
Middletown
Miami Conservancy
Gibson
Miami River
Lebanon
Delman Bushaw
Fort Knox
Bushaw
Young's
Middletown Hospital
Lloyd Lacy
Walnut St
Lacy
Young
Armco Talent Show Tryouts At Roosevelt Junior High
About 25 amateurs auditioned Sunday in the Roosevelt Junior High auditorium for Armco’s annual talent show to be held Tuesday December 7. Charles Combs, director, announced participating names will be published November 30. Paul Bailey assists. Mrs J T Schraffenberger accompanied auditions and the program includes a short play He Gave His All Can You Forget with a Pearl Harbor anniversary military motif in the musical portion.
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Roosevelt Junior High School
Armco
J. T. Schraffenberger
Charles Combs
Combs
Middletown
Paul Bailey
Armco Association
Pearl Harbor
Safety Lecture Planned Tonight
Safety psychology will be discussed by C. M. Allen Armco Steel safety director during the third Industrial Foremen Course lecture at the Gardner Richardson plant at 8 tonight. He will cover job safety analysis education training supervision and organization of workers for safety. The six lecture series held each Monday night at the GR plant is attended by 45 foremen from Middletown industries.
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C. M. Allen
Armco Steel Corporation
Gardner- Richardson
Allen
Middletown
Middletown Man Arrested in Hamilton on Concealed Weapon Charge
Elvis Alford, 23, of 57 S Main St in Middletown, was arrested yesterday in Hamilton on a concealed weapon charge after police found a loaded revolver during a search.
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Hamilton
Middletown
Elvis Alford
S. Main St
Alford
Taxi and bus drivers clash over transporting Miami students
A dispute at Oxford's Big Four depot pits taxi drivers against Oxford Coach Line buses over student transport from the station. Police guarded the area as buses, authorized by the railroad and city, load departing students while cab drivers threatened further action. A meeting may be arranged between bus and taxi heads and city officials to resolve the issue.
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Big Four
Miami University
Oxford
Railroad
Marvin Clark
Bus Company
Clark
Big Four Railroad
City Bus Company
Lieutenant Harold Moore Involved In Car Crash
No change reported in the condition of Lt Harold Moore 20 a Salvation Army worker of 104 Garfield St at St Elizabeth Hospital Day ton he remains unconscious and in serious condition Attendants say he has internal injuries and a possible skull fracture from an automobile accident He has regained consciousness only once since admission October 30
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Harold Moore
Salvation Army
Garfield St
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Dayton
Moore
Movie Schedules At The Paramount And Strand Theaters
Monday screenings include Johnny Belinda with Jane Wyman at Paramount and Arizona Ranger plus Music Man at Strand. Tuesday features An Ideal Husband and Heart of Virginia with showings across late afternoon and night, listing times for each film at both venues.
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Paramount
Johnny Belinda
Jane Wyman
Lew Ayres
Arizona Ranger
Tim Holt
Jack Holt
Freddie Stewart
Phil Brito
Paulette Goddard
Heart of Virginia
Frankie Darro
Janet Martin
Sherman Mothers Planning Bazaar at Sherman School
Sherman Mothers will meet Wednesday at 1 30 p m in the school auditorium for a regular meeting and a Christmas bazaar. Bazaar committee urges donations to the school by Wednesday. Refreshments will be served by the second grade mothers.
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Sherman
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Sunset Dr
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Everett Poffenberger
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Queen Ave
Troy Buchanan
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Ruth Raney
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Pca
Ala
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Sherman Mothers Planning Bazaar
Roosevelt Auditorium
Gillen-Crow
Manchester
Harold W. Jones
Middletown, Ohio
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