Camden Fire at Wood Oil Plant Fails to Harm Town
A gasoline storage tank blaze at the Wood Oil Company in Camden burned three tanks and destroyed fuel stocks totaling about 50 000 dollars. Residents were evacuated but no homes or businesses were damaged. Firefighters from Camden and aid from Eaton and Gratis contained the blaze with no casualties reported.
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Camden
Here
Eaay
Ce Ee
Wood Oil Company
Robert Graham
Graham
Eaton and Gratis
Robert Zimmerman
Marion Taylor
Oil Company
Orville Wood
At The Movies Paramount And Strand Listings
Paramount shows My Outlaw Brother at 1 15 4 15 7 18 and 10 15 p m The Prowler plays at 2 40 5 40 and 8 40 p m Strand features Golden Gloves Story at 1 15 4 05 7 10 and 10 20 p m The Champion at 2 30 5 25 and 8 35 p m Cowtown screens at 1 15 3 45 6 30 and 9 10 p m Missing Women at 2 25 5 05 7 50 and 10 30 p m
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Cowtown
Blacksmiths Named for Iron and Dark Metals
A brief note explains that blacksmiths are so called because they work in iron and other dark metals, highlighting the craft’s traditional material focus.
Weather Man Delivers Vague Forecast For Cooler Night
A cautious weatherman avoided specifics, predicting fair and cooler tonight and partly cloudy and warmer tomorrow. Local reports note only 0.03 inches of rain last night while Day ton recorded .71 inches and St. Louis saw .66. highs topped 96 in the afternoon.
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Middletown
Dayton
Gem
St. Louis
Citizens Picnic Aims for 2000 at Boathouse
The American Citizens Club plans its 24th annual picnic this Sunday at the Boathouse expecting about 2000 residents. Frank Dobrozsi, club president, noted the event was moved from July 29 and proceeds will aid needy members and patriotic efforts. Free admission and bus service are provided with a rotating route from the city bus station to the Boathouse on Route 73.
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American Citizens Club
Boathouse
Foods of All Nations
Frank Dobrozsi
Dobrozsi
Yankee
Baltimore
Lafayette
Central
Charles
Tytus
Tobey Recovering From His Stroke
Temple New Hampshire AP reports U S Senator Charles W Tobey Republican of New Hampshire is recovering slowly from a cerebral hemorrhage suffered July 15 His daughter Mrs Louis is described as keeping vigil Tobey was 69 and has served in the Senate since 1939
School Board Candidates Here Unopposed
Board of Education candidates for three posts will run unopposed this November. The county reports only three petitions filed for three expiring terms, with veteran L S Cohn not seeking re election and Joseph Woodruff challenging newcomer. Incumbents Ingwersen Snyder and Woodruff, with Woodruff new to Middletown, all hold Armco ties or local governance roles.
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Board of Education
Board of Election Office
L. S. Cohn
Noteek
Bre
Joseph Foodruff
Armco
Burton Rd
John A. Ingwersen
South Main St
Ross H. Snyder
Linden Ve
Frank Dobrozsi
County Board of Education
Clarence D. Ehresman
Trenton
James F. Clawson
Liberty Township
Lemon Township
John E. Jackson
Lammie Bailey
Oscar Riley
Justices of Peace
Roy Williams
Board of Public Affairs
E. H. Bindley
Ralph Parlett
Fred B. Zartman
Franklin Township
Dan Butt
Paul V. Minge
G. H. Gerkee
James Fuller
Senator Tobey Couple Leave Summer Home
Dean said the senator and Mrs Tobey left their summer home for an undisclosed spot several miles distant to escape a telephone that rang steadily since the illness was announced in Washington.
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Dean
AWOL Army suspect held. local school stone vandalism reported
Gilbert Saylor, 20, of 1601 Carolina St., was arrested as AWOL from the U S Army and jailed for military authorities. Sherman School was reported with stones thrown through windows and a request to keep children in park areas. Harry Rizzo of Middletown Beer Distributors reported a back-window screen removed and entry gained with no theft.
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Gilbert Saylor
Carolina St
U. S. Army
Steve Geckeler
Sherman School
Harry Rizzo
Middletown Beer Distributors
Franklin To See Still Fight For Offices As City Posts Are Created
Franklin voters head to a multi race ballot as city status looms with a new municipal court write in, a seven member council, mayoral contest, school board races, and city offices up for grabs. Incumbents Larick and Fitzgerald defend seats along with nine challengers including Parker Hollingsworth Smith Ward Hoffer Matson and Tewell.
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Franklin
Kankur
James Rossman
C. C. Black
John Shotwell
J. T. Riley
Floyd R. Gebhart
Riley
Kent Larick
Roy Fitzgerald
John H. Parker
Jesse Hollingsworth
William S. Smith
Robert Ward
John M. Hoffer
Frank Matson
John Tewell
Creighton
Pat) Burns
Orville Hollingsworth
Ivy Merritt
Lloyd E. Ritz
Secretary of State
City Flood Relief Quota Lags in Donations
The Red Cross reports only 400 dollars of a 1700 dollar disaster fund quota from flood areas in Oklahoma Illinois Missouri and Kansas has been donated. Officials note no organized local campaign exists and donations are voluntary with funds sent to the local 116 South Main Street chapter for transmission to Washington.
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Middletown
Valley
Red Cross
Oklahoma
Illinois
Missouri
Kansas
South Main St
Washington
Middletown Polio Strikes Two Adults in County
A 21 year old Middletown woman admitted to Mercy Hospital with definite polio marks the county's second case. Meanwhile a 14 to 21 year old Okeana youth, Glenn R. Ward, was diagnosed and hospitalized in Chattanooga. Butler County’s NFIP head notes four of the past five cases are 14 or older as the disease shifts from children.
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Middletown
Okeana
Carl Mueller
Second Ave
Mercy Hospital
Tennessee
Glenn R. Ward
Singler Hospital
Chattanooga
George Ward
Butler County
Charles J. Reuthe
National Foundation For
Reuthe
Minor Auto Crash Damages Two Cars at Manchester and Charles
Police report minor damage in an afternoon collision at the Manchester Avenue and Charles Street intersection. Russell Macy, 24, of German town Route 1, stopped at a sign and pulled into traffic, colliding with Patricia A. Shuman, 23, of 202 Burton Road, who was eastbound on Manchester. No injuries were reported.
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Manchester Ave
Charles St
Russel Macy
Germantown
Patricia A. Shuman
Burton Rd
Snow Deepens Across Southeast Australia
The Sydney Sun reports southeastern Australia facing its heaviest snowfall in years with Hobart’s streets blanketed by two and a half inches of snow and a temperature of 28.9 degrees, the coldest in 49 years.
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Sydney
Australia
The
Sydney Sun
Hobart
Bauxite Reserves in Western Yugoslavia Highlighted
The National Geographic Society reports that more than a fifth of the world’s known bauxite aluminum ore comes from western Yugoslavia.
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Yugoslavia
National Geographic Society
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Otis Cole
Charles Reuthe
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Charles F. Staley
Everett L. Switzer
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Harry Stretcher
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T. P. Grosvenor
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Fisher Dry Cleaning
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