Verity Named To Key Legion Post At Miami Convention
William Verity a Middletown peace movement sponsor is elected chairman of the National American Legion Foreign Relations Committee at the Miami convention. The World War II veteran and Middletown Post executive committee member has served two years on the committee and helped secure the peace plan adopted by the national body. He will return to Middletown with a WLW transcription of his speech, likely to air Saturday night.
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William
Bill
Verity
Middletown
National American Legion
National Legion
Miami
Middletonian
Cincinnati
WLW
Legion
Jim Cassidy
684 Campaign Workers To Be Enlisted
D G Driscoll to voice a call for 664 voluntary solicitors at a Manchester Hotel meeting. Attendees from retailers, service groups, industry and agency presidents plan recruitment for 5000 new members and to raise 30000 dollars for 14 Civic Association agencies and USO program. Garvin to report on Speakers Bureau and Jones on publicity.
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D. G. Driscoll
Civic Association
Manchester
R. S. Weatherwax
Hugh Garvin
Harold W. Jones
Youth Forum Favors Firm U. S. Approach In Russian Crisis
Nearly 100 Middletown students debated the Russian blockade during the Youth Forum general assembly. Led by Tom Strait the group urged the United States to maintain its present stand and avoid aggression. Sessions will be held each third Wednesday at Middletown Senior High School.
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Youth Forum
U. S
United States
Middletown
Tom Strait
Strait
Movie Listings for Paramount Strand and Dixie Cruise In
Thursday listings show Secret Beyond the Door and Mr. Peppery and the Mermaid at Paramount with multiple showtimes. Friday offers The Best Years of Our Lives at Paramount and Sutters Gold Seven Sinners Overlanders The Flame at Strand plus Brute Force at Dixie Cruise In with various evening showings.
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Joan Bennett
Michael Redgrave
Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid
William Powell
Ann Blythe
Fredric March
Myrna Loy
Dana Andrews
Teresa Wright
Virginia Mayo
Edward Arnold
Binnie Barnes
John Wayne
Marlene Dietrich
Chips Rafferty
Daphne Campbell
John Carroll
Vera Ralston
Dixie Cruise
Burt Lancaster
Yvonne de Carl
Ultrafax promises rapid nationwide high speed news and mail
Sarnoff outlines Ultrafax capabilities for wartime and civilian use. Instantaneous transmission of full newspaper editions to homes with TV and Ultrafax attachments, a radio mail system, and nationwide motion picture distribution from one negative to thousands of theaters.
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Sarnoff
Pentagon
Saronoff
Ultrafax
Uncle Sam
Injured 72 year old woman in city fall
Mrs. Mabel Wyatt, 72, of 1907 First Ave, was injured yesterday afternoon when she fell on First Ave around 3 p m. She received medical treatment and was returned to her home.
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Mabel Wyatt
First Ave
Charles F. Myers 86 Obituary Notice
Charles F. Myers aged 86 died at 11 p.m. yesterday at his nephew’s residence in Franklin Route 2. A Montgomery County native, he farmed until 1940 and belonged to Peattown Baptist Church. Survived by a niece Edna Haines and five nephews including Hubert Moyer, Jerry Haines, Glen Myers, Herman Myers, and Robert Myers. wife preceded him in 1945. Services at McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Saturday, Rev. J. D. Nisewonder officiating. Burial at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Peastown. Friends may call Friday 2–5 p.m. and 7–10 p.m.
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Charles F. Myers
Hubert Moyer
Franklin
Montgomery County
Myers
Baptist Church
Peattown
Edna Haines
Dayton
Jerry Haines
Glen Myers
Carlisle
Herman Myers
Miamisburg
Robert Myers
California
McCoy - Leffler
J. D. Nisewonder
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
Peasttown
Five week old Janet Johnson dies in Middletown Hospital
Janet Suzanne Johnson five weeks old daughter of Mr and Mrs William H Johnson of Lafayette Avenue Middletown dies at 12 20 am in Middletown Hospital after hospital stay since October 3 Surviving parents two sisters call hours at Joseph R Baker and Sons Funeral Home after 7 pm Services set for 3 pm Friday at the funeral home with Rev H H Jung officiating Burial in Woodside Cemetery
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Janet Suzanne Johnson
William H. Johnson
Lafayette Ave
Middletown Hospital
Joseph R. Baker and Sons
H. H. Jung
Woodside Cemetery
Deaths Last Night
Miss Marion Tabor, 90, first officially designated dean of women in an American college, and professor emeritus at the University of Chicago, born in Thum Switzerland to American parents.
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Chicago
Marion Tabor
University of Chicago
Thum
Switzerland
Cleveland Remembrance for Peter Witt Political Reformer
Peter Witt 79 longtime political independent reformer and traction commissioner and consultant died. Witt known for public service and reform efforts in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Peter Witt
Senator J. J. Donnelly, 81, Dies at Own Sound
OWN SOUND Ontario Senator J J Donnelly, 81, longtime dean of the Canadian Senate and lumber executive, died after a long career in public service and industry.
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Own Sound
Ont
J. J. Donnelly
Canadian Senate
Delegation Heads to Ohio Chamber Meet in Cincinnati
Eleven Middletown delegates travel to the Ohio Chamber of Commerce gathering at the Netherland Plaza Hotel in Cincinnati for today and tomorrow. Attending are C. W. Denny Jr., R. E. Dempster, Patterson, L. Cohn, Donald Folger, Erle Hanson, Hugh Harvey, Arch Robison, J. Robert Whitaker, and others with Charles R. Hook to speak at the banquet and Calvin Verity among board members.
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Calvin Verity
Ohio Chamber Board of Directors
Ohio Board
Dayton tops Ohio community chest drive with excess
Dayton raised 1 215 800 dollars for the community chest, beating its 1 195 000 dollar goal by two percent. Zanesville and Muskingum County campaign, after a one week extension, reached its goal of 102 973 dollars.
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Columbus, O
Ohio
Dayton
Zanesville and
Muskingum County
Four speakers set for Know Your Candidate event
A Town Meeting at the American Legion reduces its panel from five to four as George C. McCandless declines to attend. Republican candidate for state senator joins three others for 10 minute talks followed by a Q and A. An informal reception will follow for attendees to meet the candidates.
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George McCandless
The
American Legion
George C. McCandless
William Verity
League of Women Voters
McCandless
Brown County
Raymond H. Burke
Congress
Herbert S. Miller
Ohio General Assembly
GOP
Richard A. Wilmer
Oscar Hughes
Ohio Assembly
League
Anny Daly
Dewey Forum Calls for Unity Against Isolationism in Peace Effort
In remarks at a New York Herald Tribune forum Dewey urged unity and nonpartisanship to wage peace, opposing division as an invitation to aggressors. McGrath warned isolationism blocks U S foreign policy while Scott stressed states rights as constitutional protection. Taft tied Truman and Congress to the global fight between freedom and totalitarianism.
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New York Herald Tribune Forum
America
Dewey
J. Howard McGrath
U. S
Rhode Island
Europe
McGrath
D. Scott, Jr
Charlottesville
Scott
Pennsylvania
Clay Defends Sentence Cut For Ilse Koch
Gen. Lucius Clay said he reduced Ilse Kochs life sentence to four years because the trial record lacked sufficient evidence for a life verdict. He insisted the action was not clemency and cited hearsay rather than actual proof. Koch, widow of a former Nazi camp commander, was linked to lamp shades made from tattooed inmate skin.
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Washington
Lucius Clay
Ilse Koch
Clay
Germany
Isle Koch
Buchenwald Camp
Beauty of Green-wing Teals Captivates Duck Lovers
Green-wing teals, the smallest ducks, captivate observers with striking plumage. They rank just below the wood duck in brilliance, drawing admiration for their color and form.
Musical program rescheduled at Calvary Methodist Church
A special organ and vocal concert will be held Sunday at 7 30 p m in Calvary Methodist Church led by Cincinnati organist Hy C Geis. Mrs Francis Dearth chairs the music committee and notes soloists Mrs Robert Nickell and Mrs Loriie Wilkins, with committee aides Mrs Freda Sebald and Mrs Mary Heck. The program was halted last week by a fuse box fire.
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Calvary Methodist Church
Francis Deatth
Hy. C. Geis
Cincinnati
Dearth
Freda Sebald
Mary Heck
Berlin voters reject Communists after AC Council pressure
Reds claim Western powers pushed the issue to the Allied Control Council for Germany to deter Kotikov. Berlin electors would likely give Communists only three to four percent if elections were held today. The Communists fear defeat and would instead hire rioters to assault elected officials at City Hall.
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Allied Control Council
Germany
Kotikov
Berlin
Noted Writer Wildred Meynell Dies in England
London AP report says Wildred Meynell a 96 year old poet essayist and biographer of Disraeli died last night at his Sussex home. He authored multiple works and was a prominent literary figure in Britain.
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London
Wildred Meynell
Rapher of Disraeli
Sussex
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