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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 28, 1955

Page

3

Missing Arkansas boy found slain after search

Four days after Joe King vanished from his Jacksonville trailer home the 14 year old was found murdered in a rural area south of the city. Sheriff Gulley suspects a sex crime or anger as motive. Autopsy shows strangulation and a non fatal head blow. Coroner Dishough says death likely Friday night. Investigators plan to question the stepfather, college classmates, and others connected to Joe.

Jacksonville Ark Here Tom Gulley Joe King Wichita Falls Tex James R. King Little Rock Air Force Base Charleston Young King Gulley Howard Dishough Dishough

Mother Missing From West Alexandria

A 19 year old mother of two from West Alexandria is missing for a week from her Twin Valley Trailer Court home after a quarrel with her husband. Jo Anne Stout is described as 5 feet 7 inches tall, 155 pounds, with a blue RobesAnna H. S. jacket, blue jeans, white shoes, and a striped blouse. She has wedding and engagement rings and a school ring. the couple recently moved from Pennsylvania.

RobesAnna H. S Stouts Pennsylvania

Census Sees 200 Million In 20 Years

New York A Census Bureau official expects the U S population to top 200 million within two decades He noted the current 166 million figure is up 15 million in 50 years and that recent growth exceeds prior estimates Projections rise to 186 193 million in 1965 and 207 228 million in 1975

New York Census Bureau United States Howard G. Brunsman Bureau American Marketing Assn Brunsman

Oxford Firemen Answer 2 Calls

Oxford firemen answered two calls yesterday one in Oxford and one east of Carrtown both caused by sparks from chimneys falling on dry roofs. The first fire at 320 W Vine St damaged a roof sparing the interior. The second fire near Darrtown damaged an old red school house on Scott Road with damage near 500 dollars.

Oxford Carrtown Philip Bordinat Miami University W. Vine St James Shelley Darrtown Scott Road James R. Harris Seven Mile

Prize listing includes multiple Cincinnati area winners

A pasted notice lists numerous prize winners across Ohio and Kentucky. Entries mention Mrs. Marie Brueneman Cincinnati 37 Ohio and Mrs. Constance Stackhouse Cincinnati 9 Ohio among others in a regional drawing. Locations span Covington and Newport Kentucky as well as Cincinnati and Middletown Ohio.

IND RCA Marie Brueneman Cincinnati Ohio SRD Constance Stackhouse Burlington Kentucky Lebanon Bethel Newport Dayton Covington Woodlawn Rossmayne Richmond Indiana Lawrenceburg

Joe Palooka's Creator Fisher Ends Life

Ham Fisher, creator of Joe Palooka, was found dead in a friend’s studio in New York. Police reported two notes suggesting suicide related to failing eyesight and diabetes. Fisher, 44, wrote that he swallowed pills. He had drawn the strip since 1930 and it appeared in about 800 newspapers.

New York Ham Fisher Joe Palooka Fisher Hammond Edward Fisher Wilkes-Barre Joe

Former Ike Aide Dies After Heart Attack in California

Roger Steffan a retired New York banker and newspaper publisher who served as operations director at the White House died at 63 from a heart attack while swimming at his Palm Hill ranch in Vista California He was a native of Osborne Ohio and a 1913 Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Ohio State University He also owned a newspaper in Durham North Carolina and worked in New York banking from 1919 to 1953.

Vista Calif Roger Steffan New York White House Palm Hill Ranch Osborne Ohio Steffan Ohio State University Durham N.C

Death ruled accidental in Cleveland police retiree

Coroner Samuel R. Gerber ruled Irvin J. Klink 58 died from an accidental fall. The retired policeman's body was found early Sunday in front of his home with a fractured skull.

Cleveland Samuel R. Gerber Irvin J. Klink Klink

Deaths: Lorna Makley 15 Killed in Toledo Car Crash

Lorna Makley 15 the daughter of Rev and Mrs William R Makley former Zion Lutheran pastor died Dec 20 in a Toledo two car crash. She was a Toledo high school sophomore and survived by her parents a brother a sister a foster sister and grandmother. Services were held in Toledo and burial in Springfield.

Lorna Makley William R. Makley Zion Lutheran Church Toledo Miss Makley Middletown 7Th 15Th Avenues Luther Luanna Jeanette Coon Springfield

Middletown Woman Theresa Schiefke 88 Dies

Theresa Schiefke 88 formerly of Essen Germany died this morning at Fairfield Convalescent Home after 18 months as a patient. She came to Middletown in 1914 and worked 12 years for the Elks Lodge until age 82. Surviving grandchildren Mrs Ella Preusch and Mrs Betty Copeland and a grandson Irving Peterelt. Funeral at Schramm Funeral Home Friday 10:30 a.m. with Rev H F Grunewald. burial Woodside Cemetery. Visitation 3-5 and 7-10 p.m. tomorrow.

Theresa Schiefke Oberon Fairfield Schiefke Middletown Essen Germany The Elks Lodge Ella Preusch Franklin Betty Copeland Tampa Fla Irvin Peterelt Schramm H. F Grunewald Woodside Cemetery

Mary E Barger dies in Dayton after yearlong illness

Mary E Barger 58212 Locust St Franklin died at 7 15 am today at Miami Valley Hospital Dayton after a yearlong illness She was a supervisor of industrial nurses at National Cash Register a Franklin native and longtime Dayton employee Survived by two Franklin sisters a niece and several nephews Services set for 10 80 am Saturday at Robert Eaton Funeral Home Rev H S Gessner officiating Burial in Woodhill Cemetery Calling hours Thursday 7 9 pm and Friday 2 5 and 7 9 pm

Franklin Mary E. Barger Locust St Miami Valley Hospital Dayton Ss Barger National Cash Register Dayton Company First Baptist Church Etta Hawthorne Freda Lackens Robert Eaton H. S. Gessner Woodhill Cemetery Funeral

Ruth Unger of Eaton Dies in Lexington Home

Mrs Ruth Unger stepmother of Mrs Ruth Buckingham and Miss Lucy Unger Eaton sister of Mrs Ada Gebhart Germantown and Mrs Dorothy Anderson Waynesville dies at home in Lexington Services set for 2 p m tomorrow at Salem Lutheran Church burial in Sugar Grove Cemetery also lists obituaries for Owen Bicknell 68 Mary Katherine Strunks 58 George A Harvey 54 and Mrs Alma E Schoeler 57 with funeral details and locations

Eaton Ruth Unger Ruth Buckingham Lucy Unger Lexington Ada Gebhart Germantown Dorothy Anderson Waynesville Salem Lutheran Church Sugar Grove Owen Bicknell Clarence Bowlin Hamilton-Richmond Rd Mary Katherine Strunks Parkamo Ave Tommorrow Campbell Funeral Home George A. Harvey Hayes Ave St. Ann Alma E. Schoeler Millville Ave Colligan Funeral Home

Notable Obituaries From Across the Nation

The notices report the deaths of Sidney Kaufman a 53 year Milwaukee journalist and attorney who began at the Milwaukee Leader in 1918 and served at the Sentinel since 1928 Mar guerite Beery widow of Noah Beery Sr died Monday Arthur S Young 66 head of a farm implement business who founded the Rough and Tumble Engineers Historical Assn in 1949 to preserve steam traction engines and Benjamin J Hartley 96 noted for an 80 year marriage to Drusilla Hartley and born in Tennessee Died Monday or yesterday in respective cities of Milwaukee Los Angeles Lancaster and Sagle Idaho

Milwaukee Sidney Kaufman Old Milwaukee Leader The Sentinel Los Angeles Marguerite W. L. Beery Ring Noah Beery Monay Lancaster Arthur S. Young Rough and Tumble Engineers’ Historical Assn Sagle Idaho Benjamin J. Hartley Drusilla Hartley Tennessee

Ely Culbertson Dies at 64 Noted Bridge Authority

Ely Culbertson, 64, famed for popularizing contract bridge, died in Brattleboro Vermont after a heart failure following years of breathing difficulties. He had been active in promoting a world federation peace plan, founding World Federation Inc. in 1942, and supporting UN reform efforts in Middletown.

Brattleboro Ely Culbertson Bridge Authority World Federation Culbertson The World Federation, Inc Tor Middletown Citizens Committee For United Nations Reform Backng Culbertson George M. W. Hook C. William Verity

Former UD Dean J Albert Wehrle Dies at 67

J Albert Wehrle long associated with the University of Dayton dies at age 67. He served as dean of the college of engineering from 1948 to 1953 and was a UD faculty member since 1920. The obituary notes his leadership and long academic career. Boston is cited as the first U.S. city to build a subway.

Dayton Ohio J. Albert Wehrle College of Engineering University of Dayton Boston U.S

Deaths Across Nations Reported By Associated Press

Roger Steffan aged 63 a former NYC banker and White House operations director and former Durham newspaper owner died yesterday Arthur E Jock Tiffen 60 longtime secretary of Britain's Transport and General Workers Union died yesterday Annie Winsor Allen 90 educator and writer and widow of Joe Allen a CUNY mathematics professor died Monday in Nashville Tennessee and Des Moines Iowa respectively

Associated Press VISTA Calif Roger Steffan New York City White House Durham N.C London Arthur E Jock) Tiffin Britain Transport and General Workers Union Des Moines Annie Winsor Allen Nashville, Tenn Joseph City College of New York Winchester Mass

InfraRUB Cream Offers Pain Relief for Arthritis Sufferers

A new topical cream InfraRUB claims to relieve arthritis rheumatism lumbago neuritis neuralgia and injuries without prescription. Sixty doctors reports from Britain and France plus one leading US clinician support findings from hundreds of cases with a money back guarantee if relief is not achieved.

New York, N. Y United States America

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