City and County Registrations Hit Record highs
Middletown voters surge to a November ballot as 15,342 are eligible to vote after the latest deadline. Hamilton totals reach a historic 27,287 while rural precincts show strong turnout signals. Registrations reflect a peak off year driven by the Taft Ferguson Senate contest and local population growth.
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Middletown
Board of Elections
Robert A. Taft
Josepherguson
Senate
Taft
Middletowns
Hamilton
Oxford
Lemon Township
T- Hamilton
Lorillard Workers Vote Favor Union Shop
P Lorillard workers voted overwhelmingly in favor of a union shop proposal in a National Labor Relations Board election held in Cincinnati. About 500 ballots were cast with 33 opposed and 1 in favor of the plan to require union membership as a condition of continued employment. An additional NLRB election was set for tomorrow at the Priproducts Company to decide whether 74 employees there want to be represented by the Prior Em ves Independent Alliance in collective bargaining.
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Lorillard Workers
National Labor Relations Board
Cinnati
NLRB
Os Riley
Pioneer Tobacco Workers
United Paperworkers Oferica, Cio
Priproducts
Emves
Two Soldiers Wounded in Korea Area Casualty List
Somerville and Hamilton soldiers were reported wounded in list No. 109 of U S casualties in the Korean Area released by the Department of Defense. Those wounded were Pfc Kenneth E Bailey brother of Mrs elma Bailey Powell of Somerville and Pfc Russell Winkler son of Andrew Winkler of 1737 Greenwood Ave Hamilton. Included in the list of Ohio casualties were 11 killed in action 22 wounded two injured and six missing in action.
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Somerville
Hamilton Solldiers
U. S
Department of Defense
Kenneth £. Bailey
Elma Bailey Powell
Russell Winkler
Andrew Winkler
Greenwood Ave
Hamilton
Ohio
United States Population Estimates Figure Mentioned
An estimated population figure notes about 15,090,000 people in the United States. The line appears as part of a statistical slide or report likely referencing demographic data. The exact context remains unclear but focuses on population size.
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United States
Heavy Ohio registration suggests large off year vote
Unofficial totals from six major Ohio counties point to a record high registration for an off year possibly surpassing 2 428 145 in 1948. Taft Ferguson race draws strong turnout with both parties and unions campaigning. Ferguson backers claim the surge favors him. Democrats say it helps their ticket. Continued on page 11.
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Ohio
Columbus
Robert A. Taft
Joseph T. Ferguson
Eugene H. Hanhart
Ferguson
AFL
CIO
Hanhart
Steer Judging Prizes Won By Two Girls
Two 4-H steer judging prizes went to girls at the Butler County Fair. Doris Lindsey of Union Township claimed the grand champion Black Angus, while Betty Franzmann of Ross Township won the reserve champion with a Hereford. Doris' brother Wayne Lindsey earned the reserve champion in the Black Angus show. Auction of prize cattle and a Centennial pageant by Wayne Township women were planned as part of the fair’s final day events.
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Butler County
Doris Lindsey
Union Township
Betty Franzmann
Ross Township
Lindsey
Doris
Wayne
Wayne Township
Vital births and personals in Hamilton area
Vital statistics list multiple births at area homes with names and addresses. Also records names of residents from Hamilton and surrounding towns with ages and occupations, including Troy Combs and Bonnie Moberly, Harold L Hoover and Dorothy L Lyle, and other pairs.
Marriage Licenses For Hamilton Couples Listed
A list of marriage licenses shows Jack R Robinson aged 20 inspector and Rosemary E Ebbing 18 sales clerk both of Hamilton. Other couples include Alice Brusaw 23 utility press operator and Geneva Johnson 20 office worker from James Powers 20 pyro meter technician 706 Elwood St and Marjorie Rhoads 19 office worker 1817 Carroll St Middletown. Neal Sackenheim 23 mill wright helper and Rosemary Salyer 19 comptometer operator both of Hamilton. Paul Erven 23 farmer and Erla Pottenger 23 bookkeeper both of Hamilton. Robert Stumpf 19 laborer and Donna Summers 19 sales clerk both of Hamilton. Louis Steward 21 paper mill employe and Marilyn Melvin 20 file clerk both of Robert Griffith 20 salesman and Ruth Schiottermil
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Jack R. Robinson
Rosemary E. Ebbing
Hamilton
Alice E Brusaw
Geneva Johnson
James D. Powers
Elwood St
Marjorie Alice Rhoads
Carroll St
Middletown
Neal F. Sackenheim
Millwright
Rosemary Salyer
Paul H. Erven
Erla A. Pottenger
Robert E. Stumpf
Donna J. Summers
Louis E. Steward
Marilyn J. Melvin
Robert E. Griffith
Ruth A. Schiottermil
Hospital Listings Show Surgeries and Dismissals
The report lists numerous patients from multiple streets and routes noted as surgical or medical. Names include Mrs Raymond Stanley Mrs Adel Tinch Donald Jenkins Miss Wanda Runnels and others with addresses in Mid-Wetown Moore Willard Shafer Middletown and surrounding areas. several entries marked Dismissed. The item preserves the pattern of patient status and residence without additional details.
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Raymond Stanley
Mid- Wetown
Jacob W. Pratt
Sixteenth Ave
Ogg
Girard Ave
Medae Hawke Cornwell
Seneca St
Adel Tinch
Franklin Route
Betty Lukas
Baltimore St
Donald Jenkins
Franklin St
John Deaton
South Ave
Roy A. Brown
Yankee Rd
George B. Thompson
Yhe Middletown
Wanda Runnels
Oxford State Rd
Alma Day
Moore St
Willard Morgan
Shafer St
At the Movies Paramount and Strand Showings
Paramount offers Caribou Trail with Randolph Scott and Gabby Hayes at 3 15 6 40 10 10 p m Night and City with Richard Widmark and Gene Tierney at 1 55 5 05 9 30 p m Strand presents Twelve O Clock High with Gregory Peck at 1 45 5 30 9 15 p m Outlaw Country with Lash Larue Fussy St John at 4 and 7 45 p m Colonial Thursday Skipper Surprises His Wife at 1 15 2 55 4 45 6 30 8 25 10 p m Friday Three Secrets with Ruth Roman Ella Nor Parker at 1 45 3 45 5 40 7 35 9 35 p m
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Paramount
Randolph Scott
Gabby” Hayes
Richard Widmark
Gene Tierney
Gregory Peck
Lash Larue
Fussy St. John
Skipper
Ruth Roman
Eleanor Parker
Henry Jennings Dies at 81. Middletown Resident
Henry Jennings, 81, longtime resident of this city, died at 6:40 p.m. at his home on Baltimore Street after two weeks of bedfast illness. He retired 20 years ago as a machinist at Woodpecker Machine Company. Survived by wife Marie, two sons Luther H. and John W. of Middletown, daughter Mrs. Sarah Rhoads of this city, five grandchildren, and one great grandchild. Funeral 10 a.m. Saturday at Mc Coy Leffler Funeral Home with Dr. E. R. Turner. burial in Woodside Cemetery. Friends may call Friday 2-5 and 7-10 p.m.
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Henry Jennings
Baltimore St
Old Woodpecker Machine Company
Marie
Luther H
John W
Middletown
Sarah Rhoads
McCoy-Leffler Funeral
E. R. Turner
Woodside Cemetery
Richmond man Rutledge Riley Dies At Plainville Ky
Rutledge D Riley husband of Grace Amburgey Riley and son of John and Minnie Riley of Richmond Kentucky died at his home 4025 Walton Creek Rd Plainville Services set for 2 30 p m Friday at Thomas Funeral Home Cincinnati with Rev Albert Creekbaum officiating burial in Laurel Cemetery Friends may call at Thomas Funeral Home Madisonville Cincinnati after 1 p m Thursday
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Rutledge D. Riley
Grace Amburgey Riley
John
Minnie Riley
Richmond
Walton Creek Rd
Plainville
Thomas Funeral Home
Cincinnati
Albert Creekbaum
Laurel Cemetery
Whetsel Ave
Madisonville
Rites set for Mrs Nellie Carr of Middletown
Nellie Lee Carr 61 died after a lingering illness at her home 2107 Logan St. She was widow of John W. Carr and former Franklin resident. Survived by son Capt Wilbur Carr Fort Lewis Wash. daughters Mildred Carr Middletown and Kathryn Oliver Middletown. six grandchildren. Services 2 p.m. Monday First Church of God Middletown. burial Woodside Cemetery. Family received friends at Robert Eaton Funeral Home Franklin after 7 p.m. Saturday. Body to lie in state at Middletown residence Sunday afternoon until services.
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Nellie Lee Carr
Logan St
Franklin
John W. Carr
Capt
Wilbur Carr
Fort Lewis
Wash
R. C. Caudill
Woodside Cemetery
Robert Eaton
Middletown
Death notice for John Lindeman of Toledo and Delphos
John Lindeman of 2049 South Kennison Drive Toledo Ohio died Wednesday morning in a Toledo hospital. He was husband of Jane Barnett formerly of 120 North Clinton Street Toledo. Mass will be held Saturday morning in Toledo and burial will be at his former home in Delphos Ohio Saturday afternoon.
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John Lindeman
Kennison Drive
Toledo
Ohio
Jane Barnett
Clinton St
Delphos
Death of Thomas Barger in Waynesville Area
Thomas G Barger aged 55 died at 5 45 p m Tuesday at Veterans Hospital Dayton He resided a mile north of Waynesville He is survived by his wife Daisy two daughters Mrs Ruth Brown of Dayton and Mrs Ellen Shoupp of De
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Waynesville
Thomas G Barger
Veterans Hospital, Dayton
Here
Daisy
Ruth Brown
Dayton
Ellen Shoupp
Seven Suffer Injuries In Route 4 Car Crash
Seven persons injured last night two seriously when cars driven by Wilbur Mauk of Dayton and Ernest Sprague of Dayton collided on Route 4 south of Middletown. Mauk and their son and Mrs. McCann were treated at Middletown Hospital. Sprague, cited for reckless driving, attempted a left turn onto Rockdale Rd and entered Mauk's path.
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Wilbur Mauk
Williams St
Dayton
Ernest Sprague
Hollenkamp Ave
Middletown
Mauk
Jane
Timothy
Bruce
Mark
Bessie Riggs
Josephine McCann
McCann
Middletown Hospital
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Sprague
Rockdale Rd
Ohio man leaves kin in early obituary
The obituary notes a deceased individual from Dayton with two sons Cecil and Thomas Jr both of Dayton, six grandchildren, two sisters Mrs Seattie Abner and Mrs Amy Wyant of Hamilton, and four brothers Rufus, Joe, Calbert of Hamilton and Leslie of Grand Rapids Mich. Funeral services are at 2 p m tomorrow at Stubbs funeral home with burial in Miami cemetery.
Mrs George White of Lebanon Dies at 58
Mrs George White 58 lifelong Warren County resident died at her Lebanon Route 3 home. She belonged to Mason Methodist Church and is survived by husband George four sons Wallace Eugene Ralph Lt Stanley White of Elgin Field Fla one daughter Mrs Harold Stroud Lebanon and two sisters Mrs Virgil Shorts and Mrs Nina Compton of Mason Funeral services pending at Gallimore Funeral Home in Mason.
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Lebanon
George White
Warren County
Kings Mills Man John Hoff Dies After Long Illness
John Hoff 87 retired employee of Peters i Cartridge Company died Wednesday at his Kings Mills home after a long illness. Survived by two daughters Mrs Lawrence Davis of Kings Mills and Mrs Lib Ireton of Mason. Services Friday at 2 p.m. at Galliimore Funeral Home Mason with burial at Rosehill Cemetery.
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Kings Mills
John Hoff
Peters i Cartridge Company
Lawrence Davis
Lib Ireton
Mason
Gallimore
Rosehill Cemehill
Raymond Camp rites set in Lebanon
Raymond Camp 57 died at home in Lebanon Tuesday evening. Survived by two sons Kenneth and Edward of Dayton a sister Mrs Suran Brothers Lebanon and two brothers Frank Delaware and Ray Springfield. Services Friday at 2 30 p m at Oswald Funeral Home with burial in Lebanon Cemetery.
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Lebanon
Raymond
Kenneth
Edward
Dayton
Suran Brothers
Frank
Delaware
Ray
Springfield
Oswald
Lebanon Cemetery
Girl 20 leaps to her death in Findlay from roof
Bettie Bevill, 20, leaped from the six story Ohio Oil Company building in Findlay on South Main Street. She reportedly arrived on the roof after starting work on the first floor, removed her shoes, and jumped about ten minutes later. Coroner Byron Voorhees investigates the motive.
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Voorhees
Miss Bevill
Weedy crabgrass traced to Europe per Britannica
The weedy crabgrass irritating many American lawns is imported from Europe, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica.
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Europe
Liberte Sails Late After Grounding Near Southampton
The French liner Liberte, 49,746 tons, sailed for New York five hours late after running aground on a mud bank while maneuvering into Southampton Harbor. The ship fouled a buoy and drifted into the mud last night, prompting delays but no reported injuries.
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Southampton
England
Liberte
New York
France
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Adi
Liberty Tidnal
P. Lorillard
Joseph Atkinson
Erie Ave
Millard Sims
Germantown
Seth Williams
Lylburn Rd
Dale Fordyce
Paul Farquis
Elmo
the Prince
Plum St
Robert Walker
Grove St
Elbert Wells
West Middletown
Dewey G. Miller
Carol M. Zeller
Sylvania
Broad ST
Ance Philpo
Lula Blanton
Lewis Hursh
Charles Gillespie
Queen St
William McDonald
Bessie Harris
Manhattan
John Acton
Curtis St
Frederick Nessler
Stanley St
Donald Longworth
Colessa
Robert Taylor
Noble Mitchell
Sycamore
Samuel Shackelford
Benjamin Hietfield
Thomas
Sheronville
Rutledge Riley
Nellie Carr
Thomas Barger
T Pat’s Market
Spa
Vole Crass
Pat’s Market
Calas
Wieners
Franks
Boscul Coffee
Swift
Honey Grove
Housewives
Boscul
Crawford ST
Stetson
Stratoliner
Emerson
UR Ashymen's
Loren D. Neighbour
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