First Degree Murder Indictment Against Middleton Man
A Middletown man, Lawrence Everett Lowe, 29, was indicted for first degree murder in the July 5 drowning of Vera Ingram after she was shoved from a boat at Smith farm. Lowe fled the scene but was later arrested as three witnesses testified he struck her on the head when she attempted to reboard. The county grand jury returned 67 indictments, the second largest on record, while other cases included multiple motor vehicle thefts and various felonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Butler County Grand
P Boll
Common Pleas Court
Lawrence Everett Lowe
Rolling Mill Park
Smith Farm
Vera Ingram
Lowe
Cincinnati
Butler Court
Paul A. Baden
Harry B. Sizemore
Richard D. Orr
Cleveland Heights
Sizemore
Orr
Walter Brown
Franklin
Brown
Irene Winifred Brooks
William J. Porter
Livemore
Howard Cameron
Franklin St
Old Oxford State Road
Cameron
Elizabeth
David Lowry
Miami University
Lowry
Wendell Parick
Sylvester Johnson
Russell Bradley
George Junior Young
Labon Dixon
Robert W. Welsh
Walter B. Sweeney
Robert Reed
William Mins
Jack MacBallac
Catherine Thompson
Thomas Gillespie
Leroy Rogers
Sanford Gibbs
Mary O’brien
Arthur C. Huester
Paul McDougal
Robert Fields
Harold Earle Pierce
Kash Whitt
Roscoe Large
Orville Eugéne Hensley
Della Mae Meadows
Eunice Hopkins
Ollie Calvin Thomas
William Freeman
Floyd C. Hughes
James Hopkins
Owen Roper
Robert Puckett
Guy Bishop
Larry Gorman
Ace Roach
Wallace Anderson
Robert J. Brown
James Isaacs
Thomas Francis Millner, Jr
James Wooton
Benjamin Hall Jr
Lola Mae Stringer
Stanley Allen
Charlotte Wolsefer
Bureau Goes Under New Management in Middletown
Middletown’s motor vehicle license bureau on Central Ave at Grimes St opened under new management. Robert L. Miles, newly appointed deputy registrar, announced the bureau will continue at the same location and hours 9 to 5 30 daily and 9 to 4 Saturday. Miles replaces Pauline Dredge who resigned for health reasons and is active in local GOP affairs. The registrar notes licenses plates and titles remain the bureau’s services with staff and operations unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Central Ave
Grimes St
Robert L. Miles
Miles
Pauline Dredge
Republican Central
Martin Coyle
Hamilton
GOP
Bureau
At the Movies Listings for Paramount Strand and Dixie
Paramount shows Lulu Belle with Lamour and Montgomery and Black Arrow with Hayward and Blair on Saturday and Two Guys from Texas on Sunday. Strand presents Fighting Back with Langton and Rogers and Rhythm of the Saddle with Autry and Burnette on Saturday and Emperor Waltz with Crosby and Fontaine and Man of Evil with Mason and Calvert on Sunday. Dixie Cruise-In lists Spirit of West Point with Blanchard and Davis and Wyoming with Elliott and Carroll on Saturday with a midnight Till The End of Time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lulu Belle
Dorothy Lamour
George Montgomery
Black Arrow
Louis Hayward
Janet Blair
Texas
Dennis Morgan
Jack Carson
Paul Langton
Jean Rogers
Gene Autry
Smiley Burnette
Bing Crosby
Joan Fontaine
James Mason
Phyllis Calvert
Dixie Cruise
Spirit of West Point
Felix “Doc” Blanchard
Glenn Davis
Wyoming
William Elliott
John Carroll
Gunmen Rob East Cleveland Bar With Cash Depot Heist
Two armed men robbed Sportsmen's Bar in East Cleveland yesterday, forcing seven patrons and two barmaids into the basement. They took $8,140 from cash just brought from a bank to cash checks for local workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland (Ap
Sportsmen's
East
Cleveland
AEIF Reelects Elmer Davis To Presidency
Elmer Davis was reelected to a second term as president of the Afmco Employees Independent Federation. Annual balloting occurred Friday with many votes reported. New and returning officers include William Ambourgey and James Abbott as vice presidents, Paul Dishun reelected as secretary treasurer and other trustees and officers named from East Works Fabricating Armco Drainage and the salary auxiliary branch. New officers to be installed October 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Davis
Afmco Employees Independent Federation
East Works
William Ambourgey
James Abbott
Salary Auxiliary
Paul Dishun
Armco Drainage
Richard Chamberlain
Dan Cummings
Glenn Tullis
Fabricating
John Chaney
Walter Leonard
Walter Sparks
Mary L Ballard
Margaret Winglewich
SPEBSQSA SHOW OPENS TONIGHT AT HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
Ringling Brothers circus style show labeled Circus of Harmony debuts at 8:15 tonight in the senior high auditorium. SPEBSQSA sponsors the event and a preview may be seen in the business district this afternoon as cast members await curtain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ringling Brothers
Spebsqsa
Obituary for Lawrence Urton in Lebanon Dayton
Lawrence W Urton 78 died at home in Dayton yesterday services set for 2 p m Saturday at Yale funeral home Morrow burial there he leaves one son and two daughters Local obituary notes family survivors and funeral arrangements in Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Lawrence W. Urton
Dayton
Yale
Morrow
Jacob Philhower 80 Died At Home In Morrow
Jacob Philhower 80 a retired farmer died at his home in Morrow last night. The funeral will be Monday at 2 p m at the Yale funeral home in Morrow with burial in Morrow Cemetery. He is survived by his widow Eva one son and a sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Jacob Philhower
Morrow
Yale
Eva
Notable Obituaries and Widow of James Neill
Obituary notices for Edythe Chapman B. Neill at 85, widow of actor James Neill. William J. Bullis, 75, former Washington correspondent and printing office proofreader. Adri enne Verbest, 50, wife of Blatz Brewing president Frank C. Verbest. John M. Rogers, 50, plant manager of Miles Laboratories Ontario. Born locations: NY Hornell, Dixon IL, Milton Township MI.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glendale
Cal
Edythe Chapman B. Neill
James Neill
Washington
William J. Bullis
Government Printing Office
Hornell
Milwaukee
Adrienne Verbest
Frank C. Verbest
The
Blatz Brewing Company
Dixon
Toronto
John M. Rogers
Miles Laboratories
Ontario
Milton Township
Mich
Union Baptist rally benefit with fish and chit tlings
A benefit event at the home of Mrs Wilson 1324 Garfield St today features fish and chit tlings for Union Baptist rally with orders for delivery. A program by Club Nineteen at Union Baptist Church is set for 3 30 p m with talent from Dayton and Middletown. Public invited. Golden Link Sewing Club meets Monday at Mrs Lillie Carters Garden St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Baptist Church
Club Nineteen
Dayton
Middletown
Golden Link Sewing Club
Lillie Carter
Garden St
Slayer Sentenced in Cleveland Murder Case
Three judges decided after four hours to sentence James P. Murphy to life in Ohio Penitentiary for the murder of Mrs. Lucille B. Brady last May 11 in Cleveland. Brady was a 40 year old widow and mother of two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slayer
Cleveland
James P. Murphy
Ohio Penitentiary
Lucille B. Brady
Succos Festival Opens On Sunday At Beth Sholom
Succos festival beginning Sunday evening with candle lighting at sunset followed by services at Beth Sholom Synagogue Sunday and Monday evenings at 6 15 and Tuesday morning at 9. First Sunday school session at 10 am with classes and movies, rabbi explains symbols, and a Succah party for children hosted by synagogue sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beth Sholom
Desert
Sinaii
Egypt
Holland
Israel
Marton
Sisters of the Synagogue
Main St Church of God Seeks New Location
A group called the Main St Church of God now holds services at the First Presbyterian church on Sunday afternoons and Wednesday and Saturday nights by special permission. Regular services include Sunday School at 2:30 p m and preaching at 3:15 p m. Wednesday prayers at 7:30 p m and a Saturday Young People meeting at 7:30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main St
Bible Colleges
Dewey Attacks Truman On Foreign Policy In Midwest Tour
Republican candidate Dewey blasted the Truman administration from North Judson to St. Paul replying to Hull and charging the administration with mismanaging foreign affairs. He defended lifting foreign policy from partisan debate and warned of ties with the Russians and Potsdam-era concessions while urging a realistic policy to spur American growth and productivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Judson
Ind
Charlie
Dewey
Halleck
Rennselaer
Michigan
St. Paul
Hull
Washington
Louisville
Kull
Roosevelt
GOP
Pearl Harbor
Owatonna
Minn
Truman
Potsdam
America
Kentucky Jury Indicts Tie Middletonians
The Campbell County Grand Jury at Newport indicted Ray mond White 23 and Irvin Turvey 27 both of Middletown Ohio for armed robbery in the shooting of Avery L. Hack an Alton Illinois industrialist last August 9 They allegedly followed Hack and Romaine Knight to several night clubs and attacked him as he prepared to drive away Turvey and White were arrested three days later in Charlotte North Carolina with thousands of dollars found on them Mrs Knight identified them as Hack s assailants Hack survived and returned home after hospital care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell County Grand Jury
Newport
Raymond White
Irvin Turvey
Middletown
Avery L. Hack
Alton
Ill
Hack
Romaine Knight
Covington
Turvey
White
Charlotte
N. C
New Middletown Civic Association Names New Committees
Meeting at the Manchester Hotel, Middletown Civic Association forms a permanent group for the next fiscal year. E. E. Grant reelected president with C. R. Crawford and others named to the executive, R. E. Dempster elected first vice president, and R. Weatherwax to chair the budget committee. Colorado notes its average state elevation at 6800 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Middletown Civic Association
E. E. Grant
C. R. Crawford
E. T. Gardner, Jr
R. M. Lukens
E. F. Shively
Grant
R. S. Weatherwax
David W Jacot Remains in Serious Condition
David W Jacot, principal of Lincoln and Sherman elementary schools and former recreation director, remains in serious condition at Middletown Hospital. He was admitted Thursday afternoon as per attendants’ morning report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Jacot
Middletown Hospital
Jacot
Lincoln and
Sherman
Quotations drift through New York markets and a fatal crash hits Cleveland
A busy trading page lists stock quotes for Allied Stores American Can Armco Steel and many other firms with varied percentages. In Cleveland a lumber carrier fatally struck Stephen Stadler, 63, in the yards of Cleveland Builders Supply Company.
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Allied Stores
American Can
Amer
Rad
Stan
San
Armco Steel
Armco
Amer. Tel
Tel
Anaconda Copper
Baltimore and Ohio
Barnsdamentees
Bendix Aviation
Bethlehem Steel
Sy Boras
Butt
Canadian Pacific
Chrysler Corp
Coves
Columbia Gas and Electric
Commonwealth Edison
Cons. Edison
Crucible Steel
Curtis Wright Curtis Wright
Deere and Company
Douglas Aircraft Electric Auto Lite
Electric Power & Tight Coe
Firestone
Rubber Co
General Electric
General Motors
Great Northern
Greyhound
Vuvceéee
Kennecott
Copperoodrich
Goodyear Kroger Grocery
Hiram Walker
Hudson Motors
Inspiration Conner Int
Montgomery Ward Nash Kelvinator
Newport
Agin Tenes
Adio Corp
Republic Steel Suvehedeesbocedetee
Meee Schenlevoo
Cc Ue
Cgesvecesasees Gui Servel Inc
Eebseeesess
SOU
Sinclair Oil
Sead
Southern Pacific
Southern Raila
Snerry Coro
Standard Oil of Ni J
Studebaker
Texas Corp
Odown
United Aircraft
Weeed Airlines
S. Rubber
Vu S. Steel
Westinghouse Electric
White Motors
Pan American Airways
Cleveland
Stephen Stadler
Cleveland Builders Supply Company
Resident Hart In Auto Crash
Fred Roby age 24 of 2312 Waneta Street suffered minor injuries in a crash at Grand Avenue and Waite Street. He was southbound on Waite Street when his car hit a vehicle driven by Thomas Frebis 16 of Wicoff Street. Roby was treated for cuts to the left side of his head and released from Middletown Hospital. Damages to both cars estimated at 1500 dollars. In a separate night accident a hit and run struck a vehicle driven by William Theiss 326 Charles Street on the Poasttown bridge. fender damage reported and State Patrolmen sought the fleeing car, aided by a witness who followed the suspect and gave the license number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Roby
Waneta St
Grand Ave
Waite St
Roby
Thomas Frebis
Wicoff St
Middletown
William Theiss
Charles St
Poasttown Bridge
Cold Weather Predicted With Winds and Rain
This morning the forecast warned residents to brace for strong north west winds and colder weather tonight and tomorrow. The outlook hinted at accompanying rain and clouds. The day’s high reached 70 degrees at 3 45 PM, with a low of 38 degrees at 7 45 AM. The low today was 49 degrees at 4 30 AM. At 9 AM the thermometer stood at 66 degrees. Pineapples derive much of their nourishment from the air.
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Middletonian
Wilbur Foster
Anthony Lukarthis
Robert Revelee
John Howard
Alfred Kempton
Ralph Moon
Lawrence Brandenburg
Lawrence E. Lowe
Mesa
Central
Paramount
AEIF
Lawrence Urton
Associated Press
Colored News
Grace Baptist Church
NEW Baptist Church
Fundamental — Evangelistic
Yankee RD
Howard Sears
S. W
Wilmore and
Wilbraham Rd
OF the Church
Bible School
Church Group
Kentucky
Colorado
Union
David W. Jacot
New York
Greene & Brock
Raymond H. Burke
U.S. Congress
Puie
U. S. Congress
U. S
Ohio
Miami Valley
Aybe
Clermont County
University of Chicago
Life Insurance Comepanies
Ohio State Senate
Congress of the United States
Ding
Burke - For - Congress Committee
Deyton
Kathryn €. Bailey
John E. Beckham
J. Welby Broaddus
Thomas A. Calhoun
R. V. Clark
Lee G. Cornthwaite
Bertie Ellis
Roy G. Fitzgerald
Ralph ®. Garrison
W. Hershell Hawkins
Edward P. Hecht
Harry P. Jeffrey
Mary McCray
Ben Shepard
George H. Stein
Fred L. van Allen
R. ®. Weddell
David J. Weinberg
Hamilton Aree
Homer S. Andrews
Mary M. Beckett
Malcolm Bronson
William Downey
John Ellis
Edne Fath
J. L. Francis
Earle Johnson
Glen F. Marcum
Edward L. Schwing
Joseph J. Sheringer
Arthur Strain
Kathryn E. Wetzel
Ellis Ray Wiggins
George Burton
Virgil T. Clark
George Denny
David F. Gerber
Chris D. Pope
William D. Patton
Charles B. Timmons
Segasta Wilson
Miomisbug
Walter Byers
Charles Conover
E. J. Miller
Howard
Hart
Melampy
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