anxious hopeful parents await POW news from Middletown
From Middletown area families anxiously listen to radios and watch television for word on local sons held as prisoners of war in North Korea. Six POWs are known from the area with another unverified by the Department of Defense. Mothers describe hope despite lack of confirmation while others report ongoing letters and health reports from their sons.
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Middletown
Department of Defense
Fred Roosa
Jefferson Rd
William F. Roosa
United Nations
Korea
William F. Dean
24Th Infantry Division
Dean
Couple Fends Off Bandits With Beer Bottles at Cafe
A husband Wilbur Sroufe and wife Mrs. Marie Sroufe fought two gunmen at Scottie's Tavern in Amanda. They stunned one robber with beer bottles, reported a shot fired, and held the attackers until deputies and police pursued. No robbery succeeded, injuries minimal, suspects later detained in Dayton.
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Amanda
Marie Sroufe
Hill Ave
Wilbur
Scottie’s
Loren Gustin
Frank South
Dayton
Polio cases rise in Butler County as hospital records another patient
A 17 year old Middletown girl, Joan Boomershine, is treated at Merry Hospital with non paralytic polio after returning from St Louis. Her sister Sandra, 12, may receive gamma globulin while another patient is suspected of meningitis.
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Middletown
Merry Hospital
Hamilton
Joan Boomershine
Ira Boomershine
Baltimore St
L. C. Neer
St. Louis
Hamilton Hospital
Neer
Sandra
Charles Reuthe
Butler County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Ann Porter
South Sutphin St
Firemen Aid Stricken Pair
Firemen aided two people yesterday. At 5:51 p.m. on Central Avenue and Broad Street a 58-year-old resident of Fourteenth Avenue was unconscious with a forehead cut and transported to Middletown Hospital by McCoy Leffler ambulance. At 8:45 a.m. Junior Kilgore, 17, of 2033 Howard Ave. was found unconscious and breathing slowly after a penicillin shot reaction.
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Central Avenue
Broad Street
Fourteenth Avenue
Middletown Hospital
McCoy-Leffler
Junior Kilgore
Howard Ave
Not “Snitching” On Carriers Says Journal Editor
The Journal invites readers to call about missed deliveries, stating carriers work under supervision and training. Customers can report errors to help improve promptness and accuracy, with contact hours on Sundays until 10 a.m. and weekdays until 7 p.m., dial 2-3611.
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Journal Office
Spanish Film "Banderilla" Shown at local church
The Protestant family story film "Banderilla" from Seville Spain will screen Sunday at 7 30 p m at Mayfield Cumberland Presbyterian Church located at Sheffield and Plymouth. Kay Smith executive secretary of United World Mission recently traveled to Spain France Switzerland and Africa for the project. The film won a 1952 National Evangelical Foundation award as outstanding foreign missionary work.
Police Briefs Report Car Ransacked and Dog Bite Incidents
Arthur Anderson reported his car ransacked with area searched for suspects. Danny Larrichutti was bitten by a dog and treated at Middletown Hospital. An $18 billfold was stolen from a car at 1213 Elm rear. Robert Deem sustained a cut above the right eye from a fall at Broad Street and Central Avenue and was driven home by ambulance.
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Arthur Anderson
Eighteenth Ave
Danny Larrichutti
Lafayette Ave
Middletown Hospital
Elm St
Paul] Frisby
Robert Deem
Fourteenth Ave
Broad Street
Central Avenue
Middletown Teen Faces Warrant After Alleged Ride Attack
A 15 year old girl told police she was accosted by a youth while riding through the county last night. She suffered bruises and abrasions. A warrant for the youth was filed by the girl's mother according to juvenile authorities.
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Middletown
Ohio reports $18 million in sales tax receipts
State Treasurer Roger W. Tracy announced Ohio collected more than 18 million dollars in sales tax receipts from July 1, 1952, to June 30, 1953, as of today in Columbus.
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Columbus
Ohio
Roger W. Tracy
Obituary of Verlan A. Bockhofer prominent Eaton executive
Verlan A. Bockhofer 48 of Route 3 died Wednesday night at 11 30 at St Rita Hospital Lima after a heart attack. He was supervisor of City Loan and Savings Offices in southwestern Ohio and was attending a Shawnee Country Club testimonial when stricken. He had 15 years service with the company and led as supervisor for three years. He previously worked at Dayton Hillsboro and Cincinnati offices and moved to Eaton ten years ago. A Fountain City Indiana native he belonged to the Masonic Lodge and the Presbyterian Church in Easton. Surviving are his widow Lucille a daughter Joan three sisters and one brother. Services Saturday at 2 pm at the Presbyterian Church burial Fountain City Cemetery. Friends may call at Barnes Funeral Home after Friday noon.
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EATON
Verlan A. Bockhofer
Route 3
St. Rita Hospital
Lima
Bockhofer
City Loan Company
Dayton
Hillsboro
Cincinnati
Bockhofers
Fountain City
Ind
Masonic Lodge
Presbyterian Church
Easton
Lucille
Joan
Marie Lindsey
Hagerstown
Florence Parrish
Nellie Cristy
Richmond
Howard
Robert Sherrill
Barnes Funeral
Funeral services for Mrs Lahoma Dershem in Lebanon
Funeral services for Mrs. Lahoma Jones Dershem 38 of Lebanon Route 2 will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Moore Funeral Home Dayton. Burial follows in Memorial Park Cemetery Dayton. She died at 1 a.m. Thursday at St Elizabeth Hospital after a brief illness. She was born in Pittsburg Oklahoma and lived in Dayton 35 years before moving to Lebanon three years ago. She is survived by husband Paul two sisters Garnett Zenz and Helen Cobb and one brother William L. Jones all of Dayton. Friends may call at the funeral home until services.
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Lebanon
Lahoma Jones Dershem
Moore Funeral Home
East Third St
Dayton
Dershem
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Memorial Park Cemetery
Pittsburg
Okla
Paul
Garnett Zenz
Helen Cobb
William L. Jones
Obituary notices for Hartley Bunting and Diomed Pohlkamp
Greenup Hartley 76 caretaker of College Corner Cemetery to be buried in a 2 p.m. Saturday service at Miller Funeral Home. Freeman C Bunting 76 of 616 Ross Ave. service 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Webb Funeral Home. Rev Diomed Pohlkamp 73 once chaplain of the Hamilton Fenmont Club held in Louisville Kentucky.
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Greenup Hartley
College Corner
Miller Funeral Home
Freeman C. Bunting
Ross Ave
Webb Funeral Home
Rev
Diomed Pohlkamp
Order of Franciscan Monks
Hamilton Fenmont Club
Louisville
Extra Effort Rewards Armco Analyst With 1441 Award
Edward J. Clark of Franklin received a $1,441 final award under Armco's suggestion plan for an improved steel analysis method that saved manganese. Clark, a 20 year East Works Metallurgical analyst, planned to invest most of the money in Jerry’s education fund, with his wife and son present as G. D. Tranter praised his beyond ordinary effort.
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Edward J. Clark
Lake Ave
Franklin
G. D. Tranter
Armco
Middletown
Clark
East Works
Harold Wheeler
Wallace Stone
Donald Turner
William Masey
Jerry
Two Youths Admit Series of Break-Ins
Two 18 year old youths confessed to a break in at Murphy's Service Station Franklin and four prior incidents. They were arrested by Detective Paul Fouts and officers Lawson and Combs after a break in at Murphy's at 1 53 a m. The pair also admitted break ins at the Franklin golf course Good's Drug Store Franklin High School and a Logan Long soft drink machine. Entrance was gained by breaking a door glass.
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Middletown
Franklin
Ralph Bauer
Paul Fouts
Clarence Lawson
Jack Combs
Murphy's
Clark St
Tytus Avenue
Bauer
Franklin Golf Course
Good's Drug Store
Franklin High School
Logan-Long Company
Barry Blakney
Hawthorne St
Fourth St
Traffic Errors Cost Seven S115
Traffic violations cost seven motorists a total of $115 and costs in area courts yesterday. Mayor Linn fined Morrison, Gideon, Rogers, Wallen, Snow, Sticklen for speeding, unsafe vehicle, overweight vehicle, no muffler, and increasing speed when overtaken. Krebs was fined for reckless operation by Mayor Stretcher.
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Thomas Linn
Monroe
Lawrence G. Morton
Dayton
Fred E. Gideon
Kokomo
Ind
James E. Rogers
Milford
Linn
Morris Wallen
Glenn Ave
Clifford Snow
Cleves
Walter Sticklen
Box
West Middletown
Richard Krebs
Seventh Ave
Harry Stretcher
Trenton
Senator Ed Dell’s Mother Injured in Home Fall
Anna Dell, 84, of 1026 Fourteenth Ave in Middletown, was listed in poor condition at Middletown Hospital after a fall at her home yesterday. She received emergency treatment at 9:15 a.m. and was admitted with a forehead laceration.
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Ed Dell
Middletown
Middletown Hospital
Anna Dell
Fourteenth Ave
State Agents Seize Pinball Devices in Monroe and Silverton
State agents confiscated two pinball machines described as the pay-off type at the Loree Grill in Monroe on the south Dixie Highway last night. Officers also raided three Silverton locations, removing five machines. A. J. Kopan led the Cincinnati enforcement district raids. Loree Grill is owned by Carl and Elizabeth Wolf.
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Loree Grill
Monroe
South Dixie Highway
Silverton
A. J. Kopan
Cincinnati
Carl and
Elizabeth Wolf
At The Movies Friday and Saturday Showings
Paramount shows Charge of Feather River in 3 D at 1 15 3 25 5 35 7 45 and 10 p m Strand presents Siren of Bagdad at 3 01 6 00 9 00 on Friday and 5 10 8 40 on Saturday with 49th Man at 1 15 4 10 7 20 10 15 Friday and 6 24 9 50 Saturday Cartoon screenings at 12 45 and 2 45 p m
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Paramount
Feather River
Bagdad
Jestice Wins Bronze Star for Korea Patrol Action
The Army released a delayed Korea dispatch noting 1st Lt. Vernon R. Jestice earned the Bronze Star as commanding officer of Company L, 224th Regiment, 40th Infantry Division. He led a small unit into enemy territory to wipe out an machine gun position, showing bravery and strategic skill. Sgt. Charles T. Bendel earned the commendation ribbon with metal pendant for meritorious service March 6 to July 8, while serving with the Third Infantry Division Quartermaster Corps and recently promoted from corporal.
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Korea
Vernon R. Jestice
Joyce
South River St
Franklin
Jestice
H. B. Jestice
South Main St
Miamisburg
40Th Infantry Division
Charles T. Bendel
Charles Bendel
South Sutphin St
Bendel
3Rd Infantry Division
Secretary of the Army
Quartermaster Corps
Nevada Declares Sagebrush as Official State Flower
The state designates the sagebrush as Nevada's official flower in a formal proclamation marking its symbols. Officials outline cultural and ecological significance while highlighting its native desert habitat and adaptation.
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Nevada
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Pfc
Perry Osborne Jr
Osborne
Charles Riddell
Germantown Rt. 1
Cpl
Charles
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Associated Press
Frank Noel
Altha Hamilton
Woodlawn Ave
Roland A. Hamilton
Noel
Ella Kaylor
River St
Robert J. Bunnell
Reds
Kaylor
David M. Mefford
Beecher M
Mefford
Andrew A. Ruth
West Chester
Rt. 1
Edward A. Ruth
Sroufe
ST. Main ST
Trade
Aberdeen Drive
Stevens Avenue
America
THE
American Legion
Cirl
Verlan Bockhofer
Mrs. Lahoma Dershem
LeSourdsville Lake
Earl Holderman
ORCH
Nite - Hinkle Melodiers
Stegner
Tion
Wilmington College
Harden and Rubin
Justice
Chuck” Maertz
Lincoln-Mercury Company
Chuck
Lincoln - Mercury CO
Tytus Ave
the Firemen’s
Good Housekeeping
Ovrerst
Monroe Lumber CO
Monroe, Ohio
Sam Bartel
Central Ave
Monroe Firemen
Church OF Seven Dolors
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