Akron Men Purchase Consolidated Firm
Akron men acquire Consolidated Inc a 26 year old Akron commercial printing and office supply firm at 1626 Central Ave George W Reed becomes president and Robert F Stewart secretary treasurer Harmon founder and Mrs Ruth Harmon will stay on for an indefinite period Reed previously led Foster Bodman Office Supply Co Stewart was comptroller of the Ohio Injector Co The Monroe company founded 1931 merged with Mitchell Printing Co later adopting the Consolidated name The firm now employs 11 people and sells office supplies and equipment and rents typewriters
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consolidated Inc
Central Ave
Charles F. Harmon
George W. Reed
Robert F. Stewart
Akron
Reed
Stewart
Foster-Bodman Office Supply Co
Ohio Injector Co
McKinsey Co
Monroe
Harmon
Charles Alexander
Gladys Alexander
Mitchell Printing Co
Thomas Mitchell
Consolidated
Rome Bureau Helps Yanks In Trouble
Rome consulate staff assist American tourists with financial aid lost passports and other problems. About 250000 visitors pass through Rome yearly and eight officers plus secretaries operate full time. In recent months three deaths and six cases of mental disorders among travelers required consular action to arrange shipments home.
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Rome
Paris
London
U. S
U.S
States
Consur
United States
Esate
Consolidation Planned For GPE Lamp Plants
Consolidation is planned by plants as J. E. Mc Auley Co. of Chicago merges with Strong Electric Corp. of Toledo. Both firms are subsidiaries of General Precision Equipment Corp. The merger aims to place all motion picture lamp manufacturing facilities under one direct GPE management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Ohio
J. E. McAuley Co
Chicago
Strong Electric Corp
General Precision Equipment Corp
GPE
Ohio State Fair Attendance Tops 300000
COLUMBUS Ohio Eight day Ohio state fair ended Friday night topped the 300000 mark in paid admission Fair Manager D Robert Jones announced 1957 figure 301217 fell below last years 342272 He said fair receipts look very good and the 103rd annual exposition will come out in the black Weather had a lot to do with the drop especially last Sunday Cowboys Roy Rogers appearance last year drew more children and parents than this year Tennessee Ernie Ford appeared this year
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
D. Robert Jones
Jones
Roy Rogers
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Shopping centers need strong backbones and local farsightedness
Roger Babson argues shopping centers must have a strong backbone anchored by major stores, self-supporting suburban growth, and solid financing. He warns about parking shortages, local government shortsightedness, and the need for extended store hours and bright lighting to boost downtown vitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babson Park
Mass
Ohio sales tax receipts show statewide gain
State Treasurer Roger W. Tracy reported a weekly rise in prepaid tax receipt collections totaling 3,399,444 for the week ending August 17, 1957, up 99,998 or 3.03 percent from the prior year. Local counties mostly lagged, with Butler near 1966 levels, Montgomery and Preble posting declines, and Warren also down. Cumulative state revenues since last July 1 reached 30,110,070 on August 17, 1957, about 1,110,718 or 3.83 percent above the 28,999,352 registered in the prior fiscal year’s same period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Roger W. Tracy
Tracy
Butler
Montgomery
Warren
Charles Furniture Co Leases Downtown Store
The Charles Furniture Co a new retail firm has leased the building at 1363 Central Avenue for a long term term store opening planned for Oct 15. The three story 23000 square foot space will sell furniture home appliances and carpeting with rear parking. Leased from Carter and Nellie Back and negotiated by Manny Garlikov of Dave Finkelman Realty Co. The owners are represented by Walter Hender Middletown attorney.
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Charles Furniture Co
Central Avenue
Charles Portnoy
Dayton
Portney
Republic Furniture Co
Carter
Nellie Back
Manny Garlikov
Dave Finkelman Realty Co
Lowners
Walter Hender Middletown
Police Sentence Man After Toothache Lottery Slips Drop
Newark police said James W. Mitchell, 22, mumbled a toothache remark as 14 lottery slips tumbled from his mouth. Chief Magistrate Nicholas Cas tellano fined him $100 and gave 10 days in jail.
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Newark
N.J
James W. Mitchell
Nicholas Castellano
Mitchell
Nest In Neon Sign Declares Fire Alarm Success
Racine authorities confirmed the fire report of a completely destroyed home with only ten dollars in damage. The so called home was a robin's nest in a tavern neon sign, sparked by a short circuit that prompted a patron to trigger the alarm.
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Racine, Wis
Armco Promotes Nine In Accounting Section
Armco’s Middletown Works announces nine promotions in the accounting department amid retirements and a reorganization. Homer Getz becomes works accountant. Charles Andreotta supervisor. James Millspaugh supervisor cost accounting. Roger Oakley supervisor general accounting. Wendell Dennis tabulating adviser clerical service. Chester Hall senior cost accountant. Joseph Wetzel senior accountant operating costs. Two more promotions effective today: Raymond Paullin payroll supervisor in timekeeping. Clifford Sweeney assistant payroll supervisor.
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Don
Holstein
Armco
Middletown Works
Homer Getz
Charles J. Andreotta
James F. Millspaugh
Roger Oakley
Wendell Dennis
Chester M. Hall
Joseph F. Wetzel
Millspaugh
Thomas Ave
Hamilton
Corporation
Oakley
Wildwood Rd
General Office
Dennis
Pennyroyal and Woods Rds
Franklin Rt. 2
Halil
Ross Ave
Wetzel
State St
Trenton
Paullin
West Middletown Rt. 1
Sweeney
14Th Ave
Flapping Duck Injures Hunter in Virginia Woods
In Richmond, Bill Jordan suffered a .22 bullet wound to the heel after a deer hunt. He says he fired at ducks near a creek before dawn. One duck fell, was tucked into his coat, then an accidental discharge from the duck’s bill wounded him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Bill Jordan
Buck
Duck
Russian Bond Worth Money Grand Rapids Finds Hidden Asset
Grand Rapids city officials inherited a Czarist Russian government bond from a former cemetery assets grab in 1949. Treasurer Simon J. De Boer pursued the claim as the U.S. liquidated pre revolution Russian assets and won $1,000, the bond’s face value, with potential $491 interest to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Mich
Simon J. de Boer
U.S
de Boer
Baby Care Turns Scare In Corpus Christi Rescue
Mrs. Rose Lambright fainted while caring for her grandson Arthur Barnes age two. She revived to find the child patting her neck and wrists with alcohol, then she says he toddled off and returned with aspirin and a glass of water.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Say
Rose Lambright
Arthur Barnes
Arthur
Holiday Won't Hurt Steel Mill
Youngstown steel mills will operate at about 79 percent capacity next week, unchanged from this week, despite Labor Day. Thousands of workers will still have Monday off in steel fabrication and manufacturing firms. Normal operation of blast furnaces coke plants and hearths is planned.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Corruption Hits A Few Labor Day Review Finds Most Unions Healthy
On Labor Day 1957 the union movement shows pockets of scandal amid broad strength. The UAW denies racketeering, appoints a public watchdog, and eyes higher wages in 1958 while seeking jobless pay improvements. The United Mine Workers runs about 480000 active members with 125 million in welfare assets and aims for wage and welfare boosts this fall.
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America
Associated Press
Detroit
United Auto Workers
AFL. Cio
Walter Reuther
UAW
Washington
United Mine Workers
Ind
John L. Lewis
Lewis
McKillop named engineer for Barkelew Electric
Donald D. McKillop appointed industrial engineer for Barkelew Electric Manufacturing Co. announced by president C. W. Denny Jr. McKillop, a former Coolidge Corp. vice president, will begin Tuesday and focus on production control and cost accounting systems. He is a Miami University graduate and WWII Army veteran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald D. McKillop
Barkelew Electric Manufacturing &Co
C. W. Denny Jr
McKillop
The
Coolidge Corp
Aug. W
Harold Dorn to join Office Outfitters as salesman
Harold Dorn formerly with Moore Business Forms will join Office Outfitters on Sept 3 as a salesman for industrial accounts, announced by sales manager Jack Siegfried. Dorn lives at 1511 Pershing Ave. Vic Cassano announced Donald Taylor, 24, as manager of Vic Cassano and Mom Donisi's Middletown Pizza House, part of a company wide reorganization prompted by expanding operations.
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Harold Dorn
Moore Business Forms
Office Outfitters
Jack Siegfried
Dorn
Pershing Ave
Donald Taylor
Vic Cassano
Mom Donisi
Middletown
Reese Promoted By TV Station Evansville promotion manager named
Walter A. Reese Jr. is appointed promotion manager for WEHT Evansville Ind. The move unites the programming and production departments under one head. Reese has been with CBS WEHT since July 1 and will continue producing Cartoonerville at 4 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter A. Reese Jr
WEHT
Evansville
Ind
Edwin G. Richter
Ohio Valley Television Corp
Reese
Walter A. Reese
Alameda
CBS
Wdmj-Tv
Marquette
Mich
Wtvn-Tv
Columbus
Window Glass Plant Returns To Capacity At Mt Vernon
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co will resume full capacity at its Mt Vernon Ohio window glass plant within 30 days. About 350 to 400 production workers will be rehired as operations restart under the glass division vice president R F Barker.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
Mt. Vernon
Ohio
R. F. Barker
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Rome Bureau
Medica
University of Pittsburg
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New York
N. Y
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Roger Babson
Four Corners
Comewn
Merichant
Europe
Raymond Paullin
Clifford Sweeney
Andreotta
4Th Ave
Works
Getz
Baby
Steel Mill
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Harry Bridges
Barkelew
Coolidge
U. S. Army
Miami University
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Senate
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Donald C. Rarick
USW
Rarick
McDonald
San Francisco
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen’s Union
Union
Bridges
ILWU
Cleveland
Denver
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers of America
Teamsters Union
Teamsters
Miami
Dave Beck
James R. Hoffa
Beck
St. Lawrence Seaway
Gamete
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