Heaviest Rain In Months Drops Middletown Temperature
Middletown endured its heaviest rainfall in over three months with 2.8 inches since May 24, driving temperatures down from 100 degrees to the mid-60s in hours. Officials reported minor damage, no power shortages, and isolated service interruptions as storms moved eastward across states, with several fatalities and widespread weather disruption noted in the region.
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Middletown
Mercury
Lonnie Ibson
Miami Conservancy
Afl
Associated Press
Carswell Air Force Base
Fort Worth
Tex
Michigan
Saginaw Bay
Ellicott City
Balimore
New England
Mississippi
Ohio
Great Lakes
Rocky Mountain States
Plains States
Mississippi Valley
Upper
Great Lakes Region
Middle
South Atlantic
East Gulf States
Texas
Short circuit scares Franklin C G E workers
Mrs. Dale reports a burning rubber smell at the E. O. Dale home on New Road. Cincinnati Gas and Electric crew fixed a short in a basement switch box after Mrs. Dale called police fearing a fire after a thunderstorm and possible lightning.
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Franklin
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company
E. O. Dale
New Rd
Rain Cancels Police Athletic League Sessions Tonight
Patrolman Clarence Lawson, chairman of activities, announced there will be no Police Athletic League sessions at parks tonight due to rain. The item notes a separate historical aside about the Grandees of Tunis using clay tile to decorate their harems in the 17th century.
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Police Atheltic League
Clarence Lawson
Tunis
Butler County schools open with enrollment up from last year
First day enrollment in Butler County schools reaches 11 031 students led by Lemon 492 Madison 450 Trenton 503 Union 565 Wayne 336 and New Miami 789 Oxford 700 Somerville 100 pending, with freshmen enrollment in area Catholic schools Fenwick 180 and Holy Trinity 246. Public schools start at 1 p.m as Father Julian Krusling notes.
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Butler County
C. H. Williams
Oxford
Somerville
Lemon
Liberty
Madison
New Miami
Seven Mile
Trenton
Union
Wayne
Police Chief Saves Franklin Awnings
Police Chief E O Chamberlain acted quickly during last night's wind and rain storm. He heeded a radio warning of 66 mile per hour winds, alerted police and fire crews, phoned merchants to warn about awnings, and dispatched officers to those not reached by phone to protect storefronts.
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Franklin
E. O. Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Inland adds Ashtabula and Erie corrugated box plants
Herman C. Krannert, president of Inland Container Corp of Indianapolis, announced the acquisition of the Ashtabula Ohio and Erie Pennsylvania corrugated box companies founded by George C. Hubbard. The eight-plant Inland network will operate without personnel changes, serving Inland and local area accounts. National Geographic notes evidence of bagpipes arriving in the British Isles with Roman legionnaires.
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Herman C. Krannert
Inland Container Corporation
Indianapolis
Ashtabula
Erie
Buckley Hubbard
Inland Container
Middletown
Evansville
Ind
Detroit
Milwaukee
Mason, Ga
Inland
Mead Corporation
Macon Kraft Company
Macon
Rome
Krannert
British Isles
The
National Geographic Society
Pool Work Resumes on City Pools After Delays
Workers from the Pressure Concrete Company in Chicago arrived to restart repairs on three municipal pools. Douglas Pool drainage and painting. Yankee Rd pool minor repairs and paint. Sunset Pool the largest with completion aimed by end of October. Rain could delay Broad St repaving and Eldorado sewer work, though some sewer work may continue.
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TATE
H. W. Starick
Electric and Telephone
Anther
Pratt
Pressure Concrete Company
Chicago
H. W.tarick
Starick
Douglas Pool
Yankee Rd
Broad St
Eldorado
Two Injured When Car Hits Parked Auto on Garfield St
Two people suffered slight injuries when a car driven by Joe Love struck a parked vehicle owned by James Watson on Garfield Street at 9 47 PM Monday. Passengers Thomas Aldridge and Joel Aldridge were treated at Middletown Hospital and released. Police charged Love with physical control while under the influence. Damage totaled about 800 to both cars and fence.
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Garfield St
Thomas Aldridge
Joel Aldridge
Baltimore St
Joe Love
James Watson
Love
Middletown
Watson
Local Twirlers Win Awards In State Meet
Three local baton twirlers placed in Ohio State Twirling Jamboree contests at Buckeye Lake on Saturday. Wilma Blanton took second in Class A for 13-year-olds, Judy Hoppe earned third in the 12-year-old division, both Roosevelt Junior High students, and Shirley Sandusky won first in Class B. More than 100 youngsters competed.
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Buckeye Lake
Wilma Blanton
Judy Hoppe
Roosevelt Junior High School
Shirley Sandusky
Fights Send Three Men To Hospital
Three men were treated in Middletown Hospital ER at 8 13 p m after fights. Nick Davis 26 of 606 Whitman Street said he was kicked at Garfield and York. Kuhn 22 of 721 East Center Street Warsaw Ind and Charles Fulton 22 of 527 East Market Street Warsaw were in a fight near Peasttown and refused to admit it. Kuhn had a fractured right wrist Fulton had a cut above the left eye. All were released after treatment.
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Middletown Hospital
Nick Davis
Whittman
Garfield St
York Ave
Avid Kuhn
East Center St
Warsaw
Ind
Charles Fulton
East Market St
Peasttown
Kuhn
Fulton
Two Men Arrested on Disorderly Conduct Charges
Police brief reports two men Olive ONeill 23 of 214 Lylburn Rd and Mark Boyd 33 of 217 Montgomery Rd Dayton were arrested on disorderly conduct charges at Clinton St and Reynolds Ave at 6 40 p m yesterday a 17 year old youth was cited to Juvenile Court.
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Olive O'Neill
Lylburn Rd
Mark Boyd
Montgomery Rd
Dayton
Clinton St
Reynolds Ave
Evaporated milk use varies by region in North Carolina
Rural Eastern North Carolina families consume evaporated milk per capita at four times the rate of Western North Carolina families, highlighting regional dietary contrasts.
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North Carolina
North Caroline
Youth, 20, Is City's 7th Polio Victim
Middletown reports seven polio victims after Leland Lynch Jr. age 20 son of Dr. L C Lynch of 2221 Wilbraham Road was diagnosed with infantile paralysis. He had been under observation in Mercy Hospital isolation for two days. Lynch, a veterinary student at Ohio State University, was moved to the hospital Saturday. Health commissioner Dr L C Neer noted seven cases so far this year versus four in the previous year.
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Middletown
Leland Lynch, Jr
L. C. Lynch
Wilbraham Rd
Mercy Hospital
Butler County
Charles Reuthe
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Young Lynch
Ohio State University
L. C. Neer
Franklin Trucker Charged in Theft After Street Crash
Franklin police pursued Robert Floyd Green 40 after his truck slammed into a car at Sixth and Main. He was captured at Sixth and River and charged with stealing the truck in Dayton Saturday night. He faces drunken driving charges pending Dayton theft case.
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Franklin
Robert Floyd Green
Sixth
Main Streets
River Streets
Dayton
Green
Luther A. Johnson
River Rouge
Mich
Cigarettes Blamed in Two Car Fires
Two Middletown car fires caused $10 damage each and were blamed on cigarettes. At 1:14 p.m. firefighters responded to 1204 Yankee Rd. where a cigarette set trash ablaze in the bed of a truck owned by John Staggs of 1516 Meadow. A cigarette also sparked a blaze in the front seat of a two door sedan owned by Wilbur Cass of Wes Middletown Route 1. Firefighters were later called to 9 North Clinton St at 4:59 p.m. yesterday to fight the remaining blaze.
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Middletown
Yankee Rd
John Staggs
Meadowe
Wilbur Cass
Wes Middletown
North
Clinton St
Tre
Open With A Bang At Booker T. Washington School
Police investigated a vandalism incident at Booker T. Washington School after a rock shattered a front door window. Principal Louise Mc Bain said she pursued the boy but he fled. Moments later another window was shot out with an air rifle.
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Louise McBain
Booker T. Washington School
Rain Shortens Labor Day Picnic at LeSourdsville Lake
The 12th annual Labor Day outing hosted by the Middletown Trades and Labor Council at LeSourdsville Lake was cut short by rain. AFL unions formed the council, and secretary Gus Miles noted plans for next year despite the storm. Prizes included many electrical appliances and an hourly clock radio award, with attendance expected to set a record.
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LeSourdsville Lake
Gus Miles
Middletown
Miles
Six Additional GOC Volunteers Receive Wings
Six Middletown Ground Observers Corps volunteers were awarded wings by the Eastern Air Defense Command for completing 25 hours in Operation Sky Watch. Names include Gerry Braun, Harry Brown, Paul Clark, Otto Doring, Ken Jones, and David Youcum. Supervisor John Dobrozsi said about 65 watchers are active, with some teachers set to return to school, and he urged local women to volunteer for two hourly shifts weekly. The post began June 14 and has logged 1,200 hours, with no indication of ending the program.
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Middletown Ground Observers Corps
Eastern Air Defense Command
John Dobrozsi
Middletown
Air Defense Command
Evening Show Schedule At The Movies Theaters
Paramount features Lovely To Look At with showings at 1 30 3 30 5 30 7 30 and 9 30. Strand presents Red Planet Mars at 1 15 4 15 7 15 and 10 10 with Strange World at 2 40 5 40 and 8 45. Wednesday Steel Town plays 1 30 4 45 and 8. Maru Maru screens 3 00 6 20 and 9 35.
Weekend's 23 Accidents In This Area Injure 12
The State Patrol reported 23 accidents over the holiday weekend with 12 injuries and 119 arrests. A fatal late event at 10:45 p.m. marked the last accident, while another at 5:05 p.m. involved Leo Derksen and William Cunningham on Route 4, with Cunningham fined for a yellow line violation. Multiple motorists were fined for speeding, passing at railroad crossings, and other violations.
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State Patrol
Robert Tudor
Cincinnati
Maud
Robert Tudor, Jr
Ramona Tudor
Della Tudor
Otto McIntosh
George Morris
Middletown
Tudor
Cincinnati General Hospital
McCoy-Leffler
Charles E. Turley
Squire Hobart Mercer
Henry J. Zochowski
Dayton
Thomas Linn
Leon Joe
Lawrence Osborne
Robert Becher
Tampa
Fla
Linn
Isabelle Williams
Bethany
John David
Johnny Sizemore
Squire Bailey
Richard Creager
Franklin
Theodore F. Kunkel
Squire Lewis Bolser
New Miami
Joseph Hager
Lezxington
Franklin Girl's Yells Help Bout Assailant
Eighteen-year-old Lois Jean Richmond told police that a man jumped from the shadows near her home at 4 North Main Street at 8 30 p m yesterday The assailant kicked her and fled north of Jackson Street after her mother rushed to aid her The man was described as tall and slender.
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Franklin
Lois Jean Richmond
North Main St
Miss Richmond
Jackson St
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