Freight Locomotive Derails At Grand Ave Crossing
A steam locomotive pulling a New York Central freight train derailed at the Grand Ave crossing, tearing up rails and blocking one double track. No injuries were reported. One track reopened by 10 a.m. as repair crews dispatched from Cincinnati and Bellefontaine cleared the scene and rerouted early trains.
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New York Central
Grand Ave
Lam
Howard Moser
Cincinnati
Bellefontaine
Middletown
Woodlawn
Middletown Street Department
Grand
Lamneck
Grand and
Waite St
Six Injured In Route 4 Crash In Dayton
Norbrook Work 17 of West Milford Street Dayton cited into Dayton Juvenile Court after a Friday crash on Route 4 at Keister Road. Six passengers in the other car were injured including DeWitt Albright and family members treated at Middletown Hospital.
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Norbrook Work
West Milford St
Dayton
Keister Rd
Volk
DeWitt Albright
Franklin Route 2
Albright
Billy Albright
Allen Albright
Darrel Albright
Douglas Joe
Joan Albright
Middletown Hospital
Emergency Squad Aids Visitor Stricken Here
Ab Jackson, 77, of Monroe Georgia, visiting relatives in the home of Troy Lattimore, 1405 Baltimore Street, was taken to Middletown Hospital after being stricken.
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Ab Jackson
Monroe
Troy Lattimore
Baltimore St
Middletown Hospital
Patient Treated After Fire Department Aid Then Released
At 1 58 a m today the individual received first aid from the Fire Department emergency squad. He was treated at the scene and later released from the hospital after observation and care.
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Fire Department
Mrs Irma Guernsey Ward Obituary in Lima Ohio
Mrs Irma Guerney 62 died at her home 119 West Market Lima from a heart attack. Wife of Judge Charles A Guernsey of the Court of Appeals northern Ohio she was active in civic and church affairs and a member of First Presbyterian Lima. Survived by husband a son Thomas H Guernsey attorney four daughters nine grandchildren and sister in law Mrs D W Jacot of Middletown. Funeral arrangements are in complete.
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Thomas H Guernsey
Lima
D. W. Jacot
Middletown
Samuel H Gerber dies at 89 in Franklin Ohio
Samuel H Gerber 89 farmer of Darke County died Friday at Miars Rest Home near Morrow He moved to Franklin 13 years ago to live with daughter Mrs George Garrett 124 West Eighth St Survived by daughter 3 grandchildren 2 great grandchildren sister Mrs Lodema Hedrick of Dayton Funeral 2 pm Monday at Abbottsville E U B Church Rev Elmer Gregg burial Arcanum Cemetery calling after 2 pm Sunday at Robert Eaton Funeral Home Franklin
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Franklin
Samuel H Gerber
Miars Rest Home
Morrow
Gerber
Darke County
George Garrett
West Eighth St
The
Reformed Church
Beach Grove
Lodema Hedrick
Dayton
Abbottsville E.U.B
Elmer Gregg
Arcanum Cemetery
Robert Eaton
Clarence Waggoner Dies at 71 in Reid Memorial Hospital
Clarence Waggoner, 71, interior decorator from Eaton, died yesterday morning at Reid Memorial Hospital in Richmond. He lived at 119 Chicago Street. Survived by wife Grace, son Russell of Miami, two daughters Marie Williams of Lowville and Bertha Nowling of Connersville, Ind., brother Medford of Eaton, six stepchildren, 11 grandchildren, and three great grandchildren. Body at Girton Funeral Home.
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EATON
Clarence Waggoner
Reid Memorial Hospital
Richmond
Waggoner
Chicago Street
Grace
Russell
Miami, Fla
Marie Williams
Lowville
N.Y
Bertha Nowling
Connersville
Ind
Medford
Girton Funeral Home
Obituary of Harry Blaine Sell in Eldorado
Harry Blaine Sell 74 of Eldorado died Thursday at home after four months of illness. Born in Hollansburg Ohio he lived in Eldorado since 1902. Survived by wife Anna, son Harold of Eaton and granddaughters Jane and Marilyn Sell of Eaton. Son co-publisher of Eaton Register-Herald. C R Coblentz to lead services at Miller Funeral Home Eldorado at 2 p m tomorrow with Rev Donald Abbey assisting. Burial in Monroe Cemetery.
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Eaton
Harry Blaine Sell
Eldorado
Hollansburg
Death of Mt. Healthy man at Mercy Hospital
J Sherman Betscher 51 construction worker of House 12 Mt. Healthy died Friday in Mercy Hospital. Services set for Monday at 10 a.m. at Webb Funeral Home.
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Hamilton
J. Sherman Betscher
Mt. Healthy
Mercy Hospital
Webb Funeral Home
Funeral services set for Mrs Ida E Heck Monday
Hamilton announces services for Ida E Heck a former Hamilton resident who died Thursday in Mattoon. The service is scheduled for Monday at 10 30 a m at Proeschel Funeral Home with burial to follow.
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Hamilton
Proeschel
Ida E. Heck
Hamiltonian
Mattoon
Deaths Elsewhere
Brig. Gen. Walter A. Dumas aged 58, retired USA officer on MacArthur’s Pacific staff in World War II, decorated through 30 years in the Army, died Thursday. Miami horseman W A Bill Hurley, 81, bred Bimelech and other Bradley horses, trained at Idle Hour Stock Farm about 46 years, born Rochester N Y, died Friday.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Walter A. Dumas
USA
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
Miami
Fla
W. A
Bill) Hurley
Col. E. R Bradley
Bradley
Idle Hour
Rochester
No Relief Seen From Heat Wave
Weather Bureau warned no relief in sight from the heat over the weekend with fair nights and continued heat. Temperatures rose from 62 at 6 am to 73 at 7 am and 83 by 10 am with expected lows in the mid sixties and highs near a hundred tomorrow.
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Weather Bureau
Middletonian Fined 60 Dollars in Franklin Municipal Court
George Shephard of Elwood Street Middletown, 36, was fined 60 dollars and costs and had his driving rights revoked for a year by Judge J. T. Riley in Franklin Municipal Court. He faced hit skip, reckless driving, and failing to obey an officer after state patrol arrest on U.S. 25. He allegedly tried to flee during the pursuit, struck another vehicle, and was captured after a patrol car cornered him.
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George Shephard
Elwood St
Middletown
J. T. Riley
Franklin
U.S 25
Shephard
Local Resident Receives Probation After Burglary Conviction
Robert Cassidy of Middletown was found guilty of burglary and larceny in Butler Common Pleas Court after waiving a jury trial. Judge Fred B. Cramer placed Cassidy on five years probation to begin upon release from the Ohio State Penitentiary. Cassidy previously tied to implicate a rookie officer amid an entrapment case, and a companion, Earl Ray White, was killed during the break-in at Henderson Coal Co.
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Robert Cassidy
Middletown
Fred B. Cramer
Butler Common Pleas Court
Cassidy
Cramer
Henderson Coal Co
Earl Ray White
Ohio State Penitentiary
Ohio State Parole Board
Four Persons Injured In City Auto Accidents
Four people were injured in city accidents late Friday and today with damage over 2000 dollars. Five year old Pat Dineen suffered a concussion and bruises when struck at Crawford Street and Sherman Avenue by a truck driven by Roscoe Ronto who skidded and hit a utility pole. The boy is in fair condition at Middletown Hospital. A second collision at South Avenue and Wicoff Street injured Birdie Young with a broken ankle. Other minor injuries included Fred Kruse and Thomas Coyle with minor cuts. Police report multiple vehicle damages and no serious injuries beyond the child.
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Pat Dineen
Joseph J. Dineen
Manhattan St
Crawford St
Sherman Ave
Middletown Hospital
Roscoe Ronto
Woodlawn Ave
Crawford
St. Ronto
Ronto
Fred Kruse
Kruse
Inattentive Drivers Blamed In Minnesota Street Collision
Police blame two inattentive drivers for a 7 am Friday crash at Minnesota Street and Sixteenth Avenue. Philip Paul Richard, 35, of 1814 Logan Avenue, and William Turner, 27, of 1900 Minnesota Street, collided when neither saw the other. Front-end damage to Richards’s car estimated at 300 dollars and Turner’s car sustained similar damage to the right side and windshield.
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Minnesota St
Sixteenth Ave
Philip Paul Richard
Logan Ave
William M. Turner
Richards
Turner
Tenth Polio Case Found Three Year Old Is Victim
Health officials warned residents of infantile paralysis as Middletown's 10th polio case of the year was admitted to Mercy Hospital. Brenda Sue Melton, 3, of 316 Garfield St., was diagnosed on arrival at 4 p.m. by Charles Reuthe, chairman of the Butler County chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. The county recorded 21 polio cases so far this year, tied with 1951, while Middletown accounted for 10 cases to date, matching last year’s total through this point.
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Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Brenda Sue Melton
Henry Melton
Garfield St
Blaze Destroys Shack on Route 73 North of Middletown
A fire damaged a condemned shack along Route 73 near Middletown as 11 volunteers fought the blaze and a neighboring building. Fire Chief Bill Long said more shacks will be destroyed with volunteer crews present. Also reported: Phillip Barker, 42, jailed on a bench warrant. bicycle recovered for Scott Wilkinson. Robert Curtis cited for DUI and car impounded.
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Route 73
Middletown
Bill Long
North Middletown
Long
City Hotel pair arrested for disorderly conduct
Li Braden aged 52 and Donald Friend aged 23 both of the City Hotel were arrested at 11 p.m. Friday on charges of disorderly conduct.
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Li Braden
Donald Friend
City Hotel
Two Courts Bind Man To Grand Jury
Anthony Carrozza 26 bound to Butler County grand jury on two charges in two courts the same day Anthonys bond totaling 2500 held in City Jail after Middletown police arrest for carrying loaded revolver warrants allege grand larceny and theft of gun and wristwatch valued 1 70 plus court fees George E Payne 51 fined 25 and 30 days workhouse for assault and battery and menace and threat sentence suspended for non payment of fines Raymond Brewer released after paying 12 in delinquent fines for bench warrant Raymond Oldfield 35 fined 125 and costs 75 suspended for keeping place for Sunday liquor sales demanding liquor control officers involvement
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Phillip Barker
Grand Ave
Alton H. Combs
Municipal Court
Anthony
Carrozza
Butler County
Squire J. E. Jackson
Lemon Township
Middletown
Mathilda Gibson
George E. Payne
Curtis St
Cincinnati
T Clarice Payne
Ernest Kidd
Combe
Raymond Brewer
Brewer
South Ninth St
Hamilton
Ray Oldfield
Monroe St
Judge Combs
Oldfield
Ohio Department of Liquor Control
Coon Hound Not Recognized Breed Across Crosses
The coon hound is not a recognized breed and many crosses of different breeds are used as coon hounds.
Oscar Leiser to resign Butler County judgeship
Judge Oscar Leiser, serving since 1941 in Butler County Probate and Juvenile Courts, will resign September 23 to reenter private practice as attorney and office manager for Associated Aircraft Tool and Manufacturing Company. The vacancy triggers a November vote, with governor appointing a temporary replacement until then.
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Oscar Leiser
Butler County
Leiser
Associated Aircraft Tool and Manufacturing Company
Ohio
Frank Lausche
Truck Driver Uninjured In Maud Accident
Myron Pyle a 45 year old driver for C and D Motor Delivery was uninjured when his tractor semi trailer failed to negotiate a turn at the Maud underpass Route 25 at 3 45 am The truck crashed through the restraining wall on the curve and went over the bank causing extensive damage to the vehicle and its contents No other vehicles were involved and no traffic tie ups resulted
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Myron Pyle
Cleveland St
C and D Motor Delivery Company
Maud
Route 25
At The Movies Showings This Weekend at Paramount and Strand
Paramount presents Great est Show On Earth at 1 15, 3 50, 6 30 and 9 15 p m Saturday and Sunday. Strand shows Operation X at 11 15, 4 30, 7 45 and 10 15 p m plus Rustiers On Horseback at 3 20, 16 35 and 9 15 p m. Fargo on Sunday at 1 30, 4 00, 6 30 and 9 00 p m Feuding Fools at 2 50, 5 20, 7 50 and 10 20 p m.
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Rustiers
Census Interviewers Paid Seven Cents Per Person
Census takers were paid an average of seven cents for interviewing each person, reflecting the low compensation in early census collection efforts.
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PVERY
Church OF the Nazarene
Columbia Ave
Rossman
Germantown RD
Counta Fresh
Concord Grapes
Green Beans Co
Gills Market
Mrs. Irma Guernsey
Samuel H. Gerber
Harry B. Sell
Mrs. Ilda Heck
Middletonian
South Ave
Wicoff St
Walter Wilburn
Stanley St
James E. Hayes
Central Ave
Hayes
Vesi
Wes Brown
Southve
Birdie Young
Sheriman Ave
Thomas E. Coyle
West Clinton St
Charles St
Calvin Ray Wilson
Gideon Rd
Wilson
Coyle
Jefferson St
Mary Etta St
Robert L. Millard
South Main St
Harvey Transfer Company
William Wimmer
North Broad St
Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company
McKinley St
Scott Wilkinson
Robert A. Curtis
Manchester Ave
Leibee St
Curtis
Lincoln
Mercury
the Meadowlawn Church of God
Smith Ave
B. W. Moore
Clearfield
Kentucky
Wright
Johnson
Flemingsburg
John J. Williams
Steve Faulkner
Paramount
Manchester
Union Sanitary
Union Sanitary Family
U. S
Union S
Park and
2Nd Avenue
Central Avenue
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