New Miami president laments race of specialists trend
Dr. John D. Millett, inaugurated as Miami University president in Oxford, warns educators against diluting intellect for equal treatment. He urges challenging minds, cites moral price tag in education, and notes Miami graduates Gen. John E. Hull and Dr. Grayson L. Kirk as success stories. Delegates from over 300 colleges attended.
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Deplores
Oxford
John D. Millett
Miami University
Millett
John B. Whitlock
Middletown
Board of Trustees
Grayson L. Kirk
Columbia University
Dr. Millett
Educa
Dr. Kirk
John E. Hull
United Nations
Far East
General Hull
Ohio
Kirk
Jeffersonville
Fayette County
Hull
Greenfield
Highland County
University
Withrow Court
Court fines and jail terms set in local cases
Municipal Court judge fined John R. Kinder 200 dollars and costs and sentenced him to three days in county jail for driving while intoxicated. Kinder also had his driving rights suspended for six months. Kenneth Pigg received 71 dollars in fines and costs and 30 days in the Cincinnati Workhouse for disorderly conduct resisting arrest and intoxication.
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John R. Kinder
Wilgon St
Alton H. Combs
Kinder
Kenneth Pigg
N. Main St
Cincinnati
Bus Strike Ends After Turnout To Work
About 2,000 striking bus drivers and conductors returned to work today following a two day walkout protesting a temporary city order banning buses from certain areas to ease traffic congestion.
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Manilap
Youth Injured in Five Vehicle Mishaps Reported
A Middleton youth was injured and 735 in damage reported from five city accidents yesterday and today. George M. Spencer 18 of 1203 Verity Parkway treated at Middletown Hospital after being hit at Yankee Road and Verity Parkway by a car driven by Granville L. Fox 22 of 1410 Oxford State Road. Fox not held. Spence r said he ran across the street and did not see the car. Car damage 30. Arch Cockrell 45 of 818 9th Ave arrested for drunken driving and auto theft after a two vehicle crash on S A Wall Street between 1st and 2nd Avenues at 4 05 p.m. Cockrell’s 1941 truck owned by Commercial Realty Co. struck a parked truck driven by Ance Moore 46 of Monroe. Total damage 25.
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Middletonian
George M. Spencer
Verity Pkvy
Middletown
Yankee Road
Verity Parkway
Granville L. Fox
Oxford State Rd
Fox
Yankee
Spencer
Arch Cockrell
9Th Ave
S. A Wall Street
1St
2Nd Avenues
The
Commercial Realty Co
S. Main St
Cockrell
Ance Moore
Monroe
Crosby Sued For Million In Damages In Car Crash
Three people sue Bing Crosby for 1 051 400 dollars claiming he was under the influence when his Mercedes collided with their car at Wilshire and Sepulveda Birds. They allege Crosby drove recklessly and faculties were impaired by liquor and lack of rest. The suit says Verdugo and his wife Lucy and her brother Eulalio Perea were hospitalized with permanent injuries. Authorities say no criminal offense has been found.
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Los Angeles
Bing Crosby
Superior Court
Crosby
Wilshire
Sepulveda Birds
Repatriates Split Over Communism Claims at HUAC Hearing
Chairman Welde said some returned POWs are tainted with communism after HUAC hearings. He announced more witnesses and that doors would open to the public starting November 23 for continued closed-door hearings.
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Washington
Welde
R-Iil
House Un-American Activities Committee
Car Crash Injures Two Drivers In Early Morning Series
Police report a 4:14 am collision in front of John Highley's home as Elmer Clemons's car rammed a parked auto. Clemons, 43, and Highley, 28, sustained damages totaling 225 and 350 dollars respectively.
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Elmer Clemons
Howard Ave
John Highley
S. Sutphin St
Clemons
Logan and
Howard Avenues
Highley
Warrant Out for Haymes in California Court
In Santa Monica a bench warrant was issued for singer Dick Haymes after he failed to appear to answer a $2,400 child support charge related to Joanne Dru, his former wife. His lawyer said Haymes has no funds due to federal tax levies and a pending immigration hearing October 28 on deportation to Argentina.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Dick Haymes
Joanne Dru
Haymes
Argentina
David Marcus
Lancaster Injured on Film Location
Hollywood reports Burt Lancaster torn leg and hip ligaments after a horse fell on him during a movie scene. The horse and Lancaster cartwheeled off a mountain trail in the High Sierras, rolling fifty feet before the horse landed on him. shooting is suspended as he is en route back to Hollywood.
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Hollywood
Burt Lancaster
Lancaster
Sierras
Woman Burned To Death In Chair In Ohio Suburb
Mrs. Martha M. Riggs, 60, died after a fire started in her Grandview Heights home. Neighbors entered with hoses, extinguished the blaze, and learned only then that she was trapped in the burning chair.
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Columbus
Ohio
Martha M. Riggs
Grandview Heights
Pranks Across City Keep Police Busy Yesterday
Police report a spate of pre Halloween pranks as youths damaged property and caused disturbances. Incidents included a shattered windshield on 1618 Taylor St and a broken garage window at 109 Franklin St. Four boys were found in a boat at Smith Pond and sent home.
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Taylor St
Franklin St
Inland Dr
Magnolia Dr
Smith Pond
Garfield St
Harrison
Monroe Streets
Junior Order backs levy and amendment in Middletown schools
Councilor Leonard Emrick and Arnold F Pergram announce Junior Order endorsement of a two mill school levy for Middletown and support for Amendment 2 on the November ballot. They say Amendment 2 will not raise taxes or strip local school board powers and will create a state board of education, a longtime Junior Order goal.
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Leonard Emrick
Arnold F. Pergram
Alpha Council
326, Jr. Ouam
Middletown
Ohio
Board of Education
Emerick
New Wrinkle In Robbery Investigated
In Dallas a 49 year old cafe cashier reported a threatening phone call instructing her to package cash and leave it in a doorway. The caller claimed a new telephone based robbery and the suspects fled with 48 dollars.
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Dallas
Tex.p
10 On Honor Roll At Holy Trinity
Forty Holy Trinity students earned honor roll status for the latest grading period. Names include Mary Katherine Augsburger, Hubert Derivan, Mary Ellen Dineen, Jean Catherine Herr in Grade 8 and others from grades 7 to 2 listed in full.
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Holy Trinity
Mary Katherine Augspurger
Hubert Derivan
Mary Ellen Dineen
Jean Catherine Herr
John Herr
Raymond Kelly
Sharon Arnold
Marcella Fedders
Jean Barach
Michael Mayer
Sharon Barry
Kenneth Angel
Barbara Costello
Richard Davies Louis Esselman
Michael Herr
Joseph Hornback
Karrie Ronto
Peggy Rybolt
Funeral for Last United Nations Soldier in Korea
Detroit mourned Sgt. Harold Cross the last UN soldier killed in Korean fighting. City officials and veterans groups attended the dawn funeral service after he lay in state yesterday. He died one hour and twenty minutes before the Korea armistice cease fire.
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Detroit
Harold Cross
United Nations
Sgt. Cross
Middletown Driver Hurt Seriously In Auto Crash
A Middletown man Lacy Steffey 34 of 809 4th Ave was listed in serious condition at Middletown Hospital after his northbound car left U S 25 south of Franklin struck a fence and overturned in a cornfield. He suffered a crushed chest and multiple abrasions. He was alone in the vehicle. Claude Murphy 46 of 762 S Main St Franklin received a minor right hand injury in a separate one car mishap on River Road near Franklin yesterday evening.
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Middletown
Middletown Hospital
U. S. 25
Franklin
Lacy Steffey
4Th Ave
Claude Murphy
S. Main St
Murphy
36 Student Artists Share Top Honors In Teachers' Contest
Thirty six young art students shared top honors in the Middletown Classroom Teachers' Association annual art contest. Forty five others earned honorable mention. winning pieces will be displayed in Cincinnati Gas & Electric windows on N Broad Street and in stores downtown.
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Middletown Classroom Teachers’ Association
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co
N. Broad Street
Judge approves I Love Lucy twins contracts with morality clause
Superior Court approves contracts for fifteen month old twins Joe and Mike Mayer acting as Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball's baby. The morality clause bars moral turpitude and requires public morals. Judge Swain quoted verse asking if infants will be fond of women drink or swim diapered, pondering box office risks.
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Los Angeles
Desi Arnaz
Lucille Ball
Frank G. Swain
Max Mayer
Joe
Mike
Armco Plants Win Eight National Safety Council Awards
Armco plants across Piqua Ashland Des Moines Salt Lake City Zanesville East Works Hamilton Rustless Baltimore claim first or second place safety honors from the National Safety Council in Chicago. Allen accepts for Armco praising steady safety gains across the division and surrounding plants.
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Armco
National Safety Council
Chicago
C. N. Allen
Piqua
Ashland
Des Moines
Salt Lake City
Armco Drainage & Metal Products, Inc
Zanesville
East Works
Hamilton
Baltimore
Allen
Tries To Silence Cars With Rifle
East St Louis police arrested 58 year old Platon Tretek after he fired at motorists with a .22 caliber rifle at a filling station. A station operator heard bullets ricocheting off pavement and Tretek was booked on an open charge. No injuries were reported.
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East ST. Louis
Platon Tretek
Tretek
Police Briefs Include Warrant Arrest and Thefts
Kelly Adkins, 48, of Middletown Rt. 1 was arrested on a bench warrant for nonpayment of a fine. Enis Marshall reported theft of tools valued at 52 dollars during the week of Oct 11 from 1213 Woodside Ave. James G. Lewis, 35, of Excello, was arrested for intoxication and disorderly conduct at 1st Avenue and Wall Street.
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Kelly Adkins
Middletown Rt. 1
Herbert Frazier
Enis Marshall
Tytus Ave
Woodside Ave
James G. Lewis
Excello
1St Avenue
Wall Street
Margaret Wilson Bitten by Dog on 8th Avenue
Margaret Wilson aged 19 was bitten on the leg by a dog at 912 8th Avenue yesterday. She received medical treatment from a local doctor.
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Margaret Wilson
8Th Ave
Billfold Found. Youth Arrested on Vehicle Offenses
Police report a billfold found in front of the Central Store by Josh Jones Jr. of the Earle Hotel. A 15 year old Middletown boy was arrested near his home yesterday on charges of operating an unsafe motor vehicle, failure to register a vehicle and no operator's license.
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Josh Jones Jr
Earle Hotel
Middletown
Hot Coffee Scalds Woman at Franklin
A Franklin woman, Gladys Purvis, 29, was treated at Middletown Hospital for first degree burns to the abdomen and legs after overturning a container of coffee. She was admitted at 10:45 p.m. and dismissed later that night.
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Franklin
Middletown Hospital
Gladys Purvis
Thirfield Ave
Optimist Club hears Beth Sholom rabbi at luncheon
Rabbi Emanuel Bennett, head of Beth Sholom Congregation, spoke to the Optimist Club at its luncheon in the Manchester Hotel. The board of directors will meet at 7 30 p m Thursday in the Civic Association building.
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Emanuel Bennett
Beth Sholom
Optimist Club
Manchester
Civic Association
Elsa Simpson Wins Two Contest Story Awards
Elsa Simpson staff writer for the Middletown Journal won first prize in the best feature division of the Ohio Newspaper Women's Assn annual contest announced in Columbus. She also earned honorable mention for another entry. Helen Waterhouse of the Akron Beacon-Journal captured triple entry honors with three distinct stories. Judges were Dorothy Kilgallen and Dorothy Thompson. Prize money totaled $1,000 from Ohio newspaper publishers. Mildred Mason of the Xenia Gazette won first for a straight news story among papers under 25,000 circulation.
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Elsa Simpson
Middletown Journal
Women’s Assn
Columbus
Miss Simpson
Journal
St. John’s School
Helen Waterhouse
Akron Beacon - Journal
Dorothy Kilgallen
Dorothy Thompson
Ohio
Mildred Mason
The
Xenia Gazette
War Mothers Convention Set At Canton
The 14th state convention of the Ohio State chapter of the American War Mothers will meet at the St Francis Hotel in Canton from Sunday through Tuesday. Officers to be elected, registration starting 1 PM Sunday, memorial service at 8 PM, executive board at 7:30 PM, and a 9 PM opening session. Special events include a visit to the tomb of President McKinley and a presidents breakfast. Attending Middletown Chapter I are Mrs. Charles Bolton, president, Mrs. Frank Chapman, chaplain and newly elected president, plus delegates and officers.
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Ohio
the American War Mothers
Canton
St. Francis Hotel
Charles E. Fakes
Hospital
George Schmidt
Obituary of Mrs. Ida Mae Robinson Mason
Mrs. Ida Mae Robinson, 82, died today at Wright Rest Home in Mason. Survived by daughter Edna Spuhler of Mason. Funeral at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Gallimore Funeral Home with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Ida Mae Robinson
Wright Rest Home
Edna Spuhler
Gallimore Funeral Home
Rose Hill Cemetery
Deaths Elsewhere by the Associated Press
Obituary notices from multiple cities list Maurice Lugeon in Lausanne as an eminent geologist aged 83, Cornelis J. Murray a Chase National Bank vice president in New York aged 61, George Wendell Adam of Boston active in Christian Science since 1925, David J. Roach a Great Western Sugar Co. director in Greeley aged 66, and Anthony J. Clementi Sr. in Elizabeth, New Jersey aged 60, who built a Manhattan water works and contracting firm after immigrating from Belleville Ontario.
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Associated Press
Lausanne
Switzerland
Maurice Lugeon
New York
Cornelis J. Murray
Chase National Bank
Belleville
Ont
Boston
George Wendell Adam
Mother Church
First
Church of Christ Scientist
Christian Science
Greeley
Colo
David J. Roach
Great Western Sugar Co
Elizabeth
N. J
Anthony J. Clementi, Sr
Bronx
N. Y
United States
Manhattan Waterworks
Firemen Respond to Tar Tank and Leaf Fire Alarms
Firemen from Company 2 were called at 3 35 p m to a tar tank that boiled over in a yard on Sierra Road and again at 8 48 p m to quell a leaf fire in the 3000 block of Hampton Place set by youths. No damage resulted.
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Company 2
Sierra Road
Hampton Place
At The Movies Showings This Weekend
Paramount screens Stand At Apache River and From Out of Space with times Saturday and Sunday. Champs for a Day and Blowing Wild also play. STRAND presents Son of Renegade Bandit of Sherwood Forest and Hot News Slaves of Babylon with listed showtimes across Saturday and Sunday.
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Paramount
Apache River
Sherwood Forest
Babylon
Three Middletown Servicemen Return From Korea
Three soldiers from the Middletown area were among 1,437 Army personnel arriving in San Francisco yesterday aboard the transport Gen. John Pope. The group includes Cpl. Bobby R. Hinkle Maud Pvt. Harold L. Isaacs and Pfc. Leon Strong both of Hamilton.
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Army
San Francisco
Korea
John Pope
Bobby R. Hinkle
Maud
Harold L. Isaacs
Pfc
Leon Strong
Hamilton
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