Salt Air Robbers Taken By Sheriff In 24 Hours
Sheriff Tom Brooks and deputies captured three armed youths within a day after the Salt Air grocery robbery on Friday night. Homer Hoskins 20 Cloyd Powell 14 and Carl Flashman 17 were taken Saturday evening. The trio wore masks during the hold up at Mrs Moffett’s store and threatened nearby witnesses. Police traced the Ford coupe license plates leading to rapid identification. About 60 to 80 dollars were taken from the cash drawer before the trio fled.
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Salt Air
Tom Brooks
Homer Hoskins
Cloyd Powell
Carl Flashman
Clermont Hotel
Batavia
Flashman
Elmwood
Diamond Dick
Burg Still Leads League in Tightened Clermont County Race
Williamsburg extended their win streak to four and stayed unbeaten after a 12 to 3 victory over the New Richmond Giants. Mt Crab beat Georgetown 5 to 2 at Georgetown, and Bethel shut out Edenton 8 to 0, keeping the pennant battle close.
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Williamsburg
New
Richmond Giants
Mt. Crab
Georgetown
Bethel
Edenton
Pete Euwe
Mt. Orab
N. R. Giants
New Richmond
Aid in Food-for-Victory drive calls for farm help in Ohio
Amid war effort push, Ohio Employment Service asks for volunteers to join a part time land army. Workers will assist haying, grain, fruit and vegetable picking, and other peak season tasks to ease farm labor shortages. Reasons given include earnings, health from outdoor work, and contributing to national victory. Registration programs for farmers also noted.
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Ohio
United States Employment Service
Dillard BE. Bird
Elm St
Cincinnati
Wade Hammond
The
Employment Service
Law Exams Open for Civil Service Commission
Applications are being accepted for the first competitive examination by the Board of Legal Examiners. The written test is scheduled countywide on September 26 with August 21 deadline to file in Washington. The register will cover legal positions from 1800 to 3200 dollars annually, based on experience and bar admission.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Commission
Board of Legal Examiners
Civil Service Commission
Washington
Ringer Declares Gratitude After Narrow GOP Nominating Vote
Ringer thanks Clermont Courier and supporters after a light race for the Republican nomination to Congress. He cites county margins in Clermont Highland Leesburg Fairfield and Scioto and denounces rival tactics while affirming his resolve to run again for clean government.
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Clermont Courier
Congress
Ohio
Clermont County
Highland
Leesburg
Fairfield
Scioto County
Ohio marks first anniversary of State Defense Council
Acting Director Ralph H. Stone announced civilian and industrial protection institutes for counties in potential target areas as Ohio marks one year of defense. The council has certified 879 local councils and trained over 125,000 volunteers, with 600 Ohio women serving as certified instructors. Stone urged Batavia council to boost enrollment and emphasized the need to fill defense roles as more men go to duty.
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Ohio State Council of Defense
Ralph H. Stone
Batavia Defense Council
Stone
State Defense Council
America
Ohio
Courtney Burton
Cleveland
Clermont County Farmer Wins Victory Bull From Jersey Club
Clermont County farmer Cline Smith of R F D Cozaddale was notified last week as a winner among several local applicants for a Victory bull calf from the American Jersey Cattle Club. The bull, one of 1000 calves given this year, will join his future herd sire. The club aims to improve the breed and support the war effort by providing high breeding bulls. Smith received congratulations at the Jersey Cattle Club meeting held at Breezy Hill Farm in Indian Hill.
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Portsmouth
Highland County
Clermont
Cline Smith
R.F.D. Cozaddale
Clermont Co
American Jersey Cattle Club
Mr. Smith
Jersey Club
Jersey Cattle Club
Breezy Hill
Indian Hill
Speedliners Stay Undefeated With 4 0 Win Over Willey
The Batavia Speedliners remain the only undefeated team in a field of five after a 4 0 shutout of Willey Lumber Club at Pleasant Ridge. Little belted a long homer in the third inning to spark the victory as Lim ing held the opposition to three scattered hits.
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Batavia Speedliners
Willey Lumber Club
Pleasant Ridge
Batavia
Junk Rally Dates Set For Batavia Village
Clermont county hosts a Batavia Junk Rally August 24 to 28 with scrap and metals collected for a national metals drive. Volunteers pile junk outside homes to be picked up by Boy Scouts and gleaners as residents prepare for the event. The same period also marks the Clermont Mobile Blood Donor Unit visits Bethel and Williamsburg for blood collection.
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Orville Halbisch
Batavia Village
Junk Committee
Halbisch
Et Ceterra
Batavia
Boy Scouts
Youth in Jail Tries Death by Own Action
Ralph Cracium twenty of near Montgomery a county jail prisoner attempted to cut his wrists with a razor Monday afternoon Dr Ashburn foiled the effort Cracium held on a chicken stealing charge is despondent about his future inheritance of nearly twenty thousand dollars when he turns twenty one in September authorities believe brood over the financial gain fuels his act
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Ralph Cracium
Montgomery
Dr. Ashburn
Cracium
Water Level Readings Sought From Clermont County Farmers
Ohio Water Supply Board ropeirs to have farmers in Clermont county record water levels in wells over an extended period. Roy Battles reports widespread low water tables and the study aims to provide data on fluctuation patterns. Farmers who wish to cooperate should contact the County Agent's Office.
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Clermont County
Ohio Water Supply Board
Roy Battles
Work Handicap Soon Will Be Eliminated
The U S Employment Service in Cincinnati announces a new management labor agreement to ease refusals of workers moved from non essential to essential war industry jobs. Seniority rights are preserved when recalled by the former employer and re employment is based on seniority, with seven days to decide after recall.
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Dillard E. Bird
Cincinnati
United States Employment Service
Bird
Ohio
Washington
First Batavia Woman Oaths into WAAC Training
Sue Speidel becomes the first woman from Batavia to take the army oath and enters WAAC training in Des Moines Iowa after serving as a dietician with the Farm Security Administration at West Union She took the regular army oath at a Cincinnati recruiting HQ on August 8.
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Pvt
Speidel
Sue
Batavia
Des Moines
Iowa
Miss Speidel
West Union
WAAC
Cincinnati
Schoolset Opens September with Registration Plan
Batavia High School to register all pupils in grades 7 to 12 on Thursday September 3 in the Batavia High School building. Rural pupils register 9 to 12 and village pupils 1 to 4. Superintendent J W McDonald urges careful course planning to start the school year efficiently with bus pickup and consultant days August 31 to September 2.
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Batavia High School
J. W. McDonald
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Burg
Ringer
Blood Donor Service
Red Cragg
National Red Cross
O. C. Davison
Walter Curry
Lawrence Donahue
J. & H. Glasgons Woolen Mills
United States
Red Cross
Sue Speidel
WAAG
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