Third Petition Filed For New Water Mains
A supplementary petition, last of three, seeks extension of water mains in North Middletown area east of the New York Central Railroad on Vanest Ave from Sunset St. junction to Kreiger St. Papers signed by 99 percent of property owners. one lot owner declines. A right of way through Amburger Farm may be needed. first payment due today. Public meeting planned. Area spans 700 feet by 1 ¼ miles. Other petitions for west side areas filed last July and August. Matter rests with Butler County Commissioners. four North Middletown subdivisions seek annexation to Middletown. In Columbus, Butter price drops to 67 cents a pound, the lowest since WWII.
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North Middletown
Butler County
Hamilton
C. F. Myers
Dixie Heights Improvement League
Myers
New York Central Railroad
Vanest Ave
Sunset St
Kreiger St
Amburger Farm
Ova
Butler
Middletown
Lemon Township
Columbus. O
South School PTA Hears Wade Miller Dreams of New Building
Wade Miller, superintendent of Middletown schools, told South School PTA the current building, 78 years old, should be replaced with a 24 room one floor facility. He urged planning for a future where South School becomes a school center serving nearby districts as industry shifts residential areas outward. Jane and Anne Heck led singing, safety film scheduled for November 23, and the Heck Sisters performed two numbers. Charles S. Mills chaired the business session.
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Wade
Miller
Middletown
South School
PTA
Jane Heck
Anne Heck
W. E. Marshall
Paw Wilson
Wilson
Robert Baker
Heck Sisters
Jane
Anne
Charles S. Mills
Obituary of Victor Bogenholn Middletown Worker
Victor Bogenholn age 49 of 1817 Highland St died at 4 20 am in Middletown Hospital. A Swedish immigrant, he had lived in Middletown 13 years and worked as a steel construction worker for McGraw Construction Company. Survived by wife Aslaug, daughter Grace, a brother and three sisters in Sweden. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home.
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Victor Bogenholn
Highland St
Middletown
Bogenholn
McGraw Construction Company
Sweden
Aslaug
Grace
McCoy-Leffler
Notable Obituaries of Prominent Officials and Pioneers
Washington notes record obituaries for Dr. Louis Cohen 72 a pioneering radio engineer born in Kiev and Miss Martha Wood 57 director of field staff of the Children's Bureau born in Richfield New York. Cleveland honors W Burr Gongwer 75 longtime Cuyahoga Committee chairman and Democratic leader. Ottawa lists Maxwell J. Smith 68 a survivor of the 1906 America dirigible crash who served as a radio operator.
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Washington
Louis Cohen
Kiev
Russia
Martha Wood
Childrens Bureau
Federal Security Administration
Richfield, N. Y
Cleveland
W. Burr Gongwer
Cuyahoga
Ottawa
Maxwell J. Smith
America
North Pole
Tomato prices and wholesale dealings in Columbus
West coast table grade tomatoes arrive with Cairo Brothers in Columbus wholesaling ten pound baskets at 70 cents each while paying farmers 90 cents. Ohio new potatoes fetch 2.75 to 3 dollars a bushel in carload lots though retail shows five pounds per quarter. Government price supports keep prices firm. removal could force low farm shipping. Dealers report limited tomato plantings and promised three cents per pound after cannery grading, with supply pressures and no waste observed. Weeds harbor insects and seed rust diseases.
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Cairo Brothers
Columbus
Callis
Ohio
Former Ohio Political Head Dies Suddenly
W. Burr Gongwer, 73, longtime Democratic leader in Cleveland, died at his home after a period of ill health. He headed the Cuyahoga County Democratic organization from 1924 until 1940, previously served as collector of customs and worked as a reporter for Mansfield Shield and Cleveland Plain Dealer. Survived by his widow and a daughter Mrs. De R. Barney of Cleveland.
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Cleveland (Ap
W. Burr Congwer
Cleveland
Ray T. Miller
Congwer
Cuyahoga County
Mansfield
Mansfield Shield
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Gongwer
Newton D. Baker
Democratic
Metzger-Gongwer - Metzger, Inc
Airships tied to Potsdam plan and Berlin crisis
Reporting on postwar tensions in Berlin and Saxony. Parts plants at Gotha in Saxony allegedly make airframe fuselages for reparations and Soviet jet components. Other sites ship turbines tires and arms to the Soviet army amid the four power deadlock. Berlin marks ten years since the Munich pact as Western nations seek a UN solution. Prisoner escapes from a train in the British sector. 52 Germans bound for uranium mines were en route, with about half fleeing. Authorities investigate, noting increased labor drafts and political persecution claims in western newspapers.
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Dena
Gotha
Saxony
Telegraf
Paris
Munich
United Nations
Berlin
West Berlin
Zoological Garden
Regional Scout Session Opens In Cincinnati Event
Regional Four Boy Scout leaders gather in Cincinnati October 1 2 for a two day meeting with 43 local councils from Ohio West Virginia and Kentucky attending. Charles R Hook to MC a Saturday luncheon at Netherland Plaza Hotel with E J Goldschmidt Jr and Middletown Senior Scouts presenting a tableaux The Great Sculptor.
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Charles R. Hook
Netherland Plaza
Cincinnati
Paul Parker
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
E. J. Goldschmidt Jr
Mound Builder Council
Middletown
Hook
Union T inged casable is spying case expose headline
A group of 17 New Jersey lawyers demanded a formal investigation into a World War II era Soviet espionage conspiracy in the United States. Thomas defended his stance against intimidation as Alex M Campbell announced the petition’s review. The committee plans to extend closed door spy hearings for several weeks with at least 20 more witnesses.
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Casable
United States
Thomas
Crescent Manufacturing Closed in CIO Strike
Cres ent Manufacturing Company employing 70 workers was shut down yesterday after a strike by the Cutlery Workers Union CIO. The plant had made three offers following the union demand for a wage boost of 13 14 cents an hour.
Butler County Fair Judging Opens at Fair Today
Crowds gathered as judges evaluate farm products livestock and 4 H entries in dairy and sheep classes ahead of today’s beef steer judging and 2 30 pm Thursday auction. Seventy seven steers from Herefords Angus and Shorthorns are weighed in with a Kroger trophy for overall champion. Lester Neiderman of Ross township won last year with a 1010 pound Hereford sold to Walter Eaton Middletown. Robert Neiderman held reserve champion. bid from Carfax Restaurant Middletown. Weights range 690 to 1295 pounds with Herefords leading in numbers.
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Butler County Fair
Kroger Grocery and Baking Company
Lester Neiderman
Ross Township
Walter Eaton
Hamilton
Robert
Carfax
Middletown
Seven Australians Die In Plane Crash at Lord Howe Island
Royal Australian Air Force said seven airmen were killed when a Catalina flying boat crash landed during an emergency attempt at Lord Howe Island 500 miles northeast of Sydney. Two crew members survived.
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Melbourne
Australia
Royal Australian Air Force
Lord Howe Island
Sydney
Fish breathe by passing water over gills
Fish open and close their mouths to move water through the gills where oxygen is extracted. They drink little water and rely on continuous water flow to respire.
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L Denny Lunder G
C& Grimes
DIAL
Sty Lao Ue
Capital Finance Corp
Louis F. Jones
Steve Lazaron
Sherman Ave
Wade Miller
Associated Press
de R. Barney
Cleveand
U.S
Upholstering Company
Riggs Funeral Home
Butler Fair Judging
Jake Friedman
Engle’s Corner
Jewelers
Central Avenue
O.C.R.A
Col. Gatewood
C. L. Gatewood
Flying X Rodeo
Grandstand
Kroger
S. Verity Parkway
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