Ohio auditor links widespread bootlegging to fake addresses
State Auditor James A. Rhodes charged rampant bootlegging across Ohio with fictitious addresses used on purchase orders. He cited Middletown and Dayton cases, alleged lax department enforcement, illegible orders, and workers’ weekend whisky withdrawals, urging district enforcement to curb illicit sales.
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James A. Rhodes
Ohio
Middletown
Yankee Road
Rhodes
Anthony A. Rutkowski
Rutkowski
Mary Charlane
Youngstown
Dayton
Jack Wilson
Germantown Street
Middletonian Involved In Mishap Fatal To Woman
A Hillsboro woman, Mrs. Jennie Wood, 81, died at Highlands Community Hospital after a head on collision on Ohio 73 two miles north of Hillsboro. Walter Isaac, 22 S Clinton St in Middleton, was hospitalized with head and internal injuries. Five others were injured in the crash involving the Isaac car, the Hammond car, and the Mercer car. No charges were filed.
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Hillsboro
Ohio
Jennie Wood
Highlands Community Hospital
Walter P. Isaac
S. Clinton St
Isaac
Ohio 73
Maxine Mercer
Xenia
Walter V. Hammond
Hammond
Mercer Auto
Vernon Tolliver
Hitchens
Ernest Hall
Sylvia
Thomas
Tolliver
Hall
Mercer
Hillsboro Hospital
Wood
Hammonds
Phantom drives haunt East End as police blotter notes
Police log details sightings of a sheet wrapped figure in a light blue car and a man who asked to be jailed after fearing he would harm an affair. Officers recovered a knife from him and checked a home where residents had forgotten to check in.
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South End
East End
One Break In Three Thefts Reported Here
Detectives Herbert Frazier and Bill Brewer investigated a break-in at a small Denver Helton restaurant at 4300 Grand Ave where a juke box was pried and a West side screen and window damaged. no money missing. Don Farquer reported a car ransacked at 1901 Winton St between 2:40 and 11:30 p m with $1 billfold and a folding clock valued 10 to 30 stolen. David Carl reported his bicycle license 16 520 stolen from his home at 2300 Woodlawn Ave yesterday.
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Herbert Frazier
Bill Brewer
Denver Helton
Grand Ave
Don Farquer
Winton St
Fairbanks Fiber Co
Farquer
David Carl
Woodlawn Ave
Local theft reports flash light and film from car
Charles Beeudoin of 2007 South Ave reported yesterday a flash light valued at 3 and two rolls of film were taken from his vehicle.
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Charles Beeudoin
South Ave
Five Youths Injured in Week End Auto Mishaps
Hamilton special report details injuries from multiple late night and weekend crashes. In a one car wreck on Augspurger Road near Jackson Road, Donald Dees 14 Gerald Dees 17 and George Causley Jr 14 sustained head and various injuries after the vehicle left the road struck a guard rail rolled down a bank and rested against a tree. In another incident on 0 8 127 near Trenton Road Howard Pardon 15 and William Jones 15 sustained head up collision injuries when their car collided with Leslie Young 63 driving another vehicle.
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Hamilton
Sheriff's Deputies
Augspurger Road
Jackson Road
Donald Dees
Morris Ave
New Miami
Gerald Dees
George Causley Jr
Piqua
Howard Pardon
Charles Sr
William Jones
Pardon
Trenton
Jones
Leslie Young
Trenton Rt
Bee Sting Becomes Beacon of Officer Combs Recovery
Patrolman Jack Combs, wounded Sept. 25, describes the pain as a bee sting while detailing his slower return to duty. He hopes to resume work by Nov. 1 with inside duties likely. Suspect Jack Lakes, 21, Franklin Route 2, faces a preliminary grand jury hearing as the Warren County panel prepares to report.
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Jack Combs
Combs
Meanhile
Jack Lakes
Franklin Rt. 2
Plunder of the Sun and Roman Holiday Showings
At The Movies listings show Paramount presenting Plunder of the Sun at 1 15 4 45 and 8 25 p m and Roman Holiday at 2 35 6 05 and 9 45 p m Monday and Tuesday Strand houses City that Never Sleeps at 1 35 4 50 and 8 10 p m and Sunshine Bright at 3 15 6 39 and 9 50 p m.
Methodists To Start New Annex at Middletown Church
Middletown's First Methodist Church announced ground breaking next Sunday for a $147 000 annex at the South Broad Street 2nd Avenue site as part of a $200 000 remodeling program. Board president R H Snyder said $50 000 borrowed and $157 000 in pledges assist the project with $192 000 still needed after existing funds. Contracts totaling $145 550 were awarded to B D Morgan Co for general contracting John Arpp Co for plumbing and Stoutenborough Electric Co for wiring and fixtures.
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Middletown
First Methodist Church
South Broad Street
2Nd Avenue
R. H. Snyder
Wesley Hall
Snyder
Minor weekend city accidents report three fender benders
Three minor accidents occurred over the weekend with no injuries. Chester L. McGee, 34, was charged with careless driving after a 1:45 a.m. Verity Parkway collision witnessed by officers. Damages ranged from 20 to 75 dollars. one driver fled the scene.
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Chester L. McGee
Hood Ave
S. Verity Parkway
MaGee
Homer Baumgardner
Edison St
Hamilton
Virgil Sorrell
Paul Frisby
Cecil Short
Belvidere
Verity
Baumgardner
Middletown Pair and Camden Girl Hurt In Head-On Crash
A Middletown couple and Peggy Peirson of Camden suffered minor injuries in a head-on collision on Ohio 732 about 3 15 p m yesterday. Porter Beek man 62 and his wife Fern 61 were treated at Middletown Hospital for facial wounds and an ankle injury. Peggy Peirson 19 received a sprained back and facial cuts and went to Hamilton for treatment. Police said Peirson’s car crossed the center line and hit the Beekman vehicle. extensive damage written on both cars.
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EATON
Middletown
Camden
Ohio
Here
Middletown Hospital
Porter Beekman
Columbia Ave
Fern
Peggy Peirson
Camden R. 2
Hamilton
Pierson
Beckman
New Wave Of Students On Way Warns University Leader
Dr. Ralph W. McDonald president of Bowling Green State University warned 200 Ohio school systems that a population surge will strain schools. He predicted over 1.8 million children in Ohio schools by 1970 and urged college degrees as minimum teacher standards.
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Ralph W. McDonald
Bowling Green State University
Ohio
McDonald
Teacher's Association
Manchester Hotel
Two Polio Cases Reported Today
Two polio cases were reported at Mercy Hospital this morning. Michael Bromiley, 2, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Bromley, 1515 Oxford State Rd., is one victim. Frederick Minnick, 6, son of Mrs. Marie Minnick, 1032 Weller Ave., Hamilton, had been in hospital with uncertain diagnosis but is now confirmed polio after earlier belief of meningitis.
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Mercy Hospital
Michael Bromiley
Elmer Bromley
Oxford State Rd
Frederick Minnick
Marie Minnick
Weller Ave
Hamilton
Police Briefs Dayon: DUI arrests and indecent exposure report
Dayton police report Samuel Martin 23 and Willie Felton 31 were arrested near Yankee Road and Verity Parkway for DUI and permitting an intoxicated person to drive. A man attempted indecent acts toward two girls on North Avenue. no suspect found. Shots fired at a truck sign on South Avenue. A dog bite sent 7 year old Bobby Thorpe to Middletown Hospital.
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Samuel Martin
Peach Ave
Dayton
Yankee Road
Verity Parkway
Willie Felton
North Avenue
McKinley
Monroe Streets
South Avenue
Crawford Street
James D. Anders Arrested for Careless Driving
James D. Anders aged 21 of 616 Granada Ave was arrested yesterday at Route 4 and Oxford State Road on charges of careless driving.
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James D. Anders
Granada Ave
Route 4
Oxford State Road
Credit Pool Shrinks As Savings Decline Yet Borrowing Rises
A Middletown survey shows the postwar credit pool narrowing as savings declined from 178 billion in 1946 to a smaller base by 1952 while loans rose to 35 percent of deposits. Banks face tighter credit, with options including selling mortgages or imposing further restrictions to ease boom-time prices and revive the market.
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Defense
Middletown
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
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