Girl Hero In 7500 Blaze At Apartment House Here
An unidentified girl alerted parents and fellow residents during a two alarm fire at 306 12 Van derveer Street, saving lives as the two story dwelling suffered 7500 in damage. Firefighters used 1700 feet of hose and remained on scene until 434 a.m. Two adjacent properties also suffered heat damage as investigators noted ignition from a stove and an oil stove incident in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanderveer Street
Pauline Robbins
Fleming Rd
Vanderveer St
Charles Kinzer
Hiram Fullen
Young St
Young Street
Lemon Willoughby
Joe Joskey
DWI Charges Filed Against 2 Middletown Motorists
Two Middletown men faced driving while intoxicated charges after weekend traffic incidents. Donald Holman, 29, collided with Everett Hagsten, 19, on Nelbar Street causing $1,000 in damage. William Lindon, 52, rear ended Robert McKenzie, 32, at Lafayette and Verity with $10 damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Donald Lee Holman
Brell Sr
Everett Hagsten
Catalpa Dr
Nelbar Street
William M. Lindon
Granada St
Lafayette Avenue
Verity Parkway
Satuday
Robert L. McKenzie
Dixie Hwy
McKenzie
At The Movies Showings Across Local Theaters
Paramount screens Glory at 2 55 6 25 and 9 55 p m Tennessee's Partner plays 1 25 4 50 and 8 25 p m Strand offers Seven Little Foys at 3 15 6 40 and 10 00 p m The Looters shows 1 35 4 55 and 8 20 p m Colonial features Chief Crazy Horse at 1 15 4 20 7 05 and 10 15 p m Ain't a Home Ablear at 3 00 5 45 and 8 50 p m Dixie Cruise In presents Death Row 8 50 p m Seminole Uprising at 7 07 and 10 15 p m
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Paramount
Tennessee
Colonial
Six Hurt In Two Crashes In Middletown Area
Six persons injured in two crashes late morning in Middletown area. First wreck at 8:25 on Coles Road near Franklin due to slippery roads. Injured include Stanley Boyer Covington Ky with body bruises Cora Boyer deep forehead cut Gypsy Sebastian Dayton facial cuts and Sherman Nease Newport facial cuts. Second crash on Route 73 near Waynesville injures Wanda Johnson 40 Elsmere St with lacerated forehead and chest and son Wilbur Jr 5 with cuts on ear and nose.
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Middletown
Coles Road
Franklin
Stanley Boyer
Covington
Cora
Gypsy Sebastian
Dayton
Sherman Nease
Newport
Rt. 73
Waynesville
Wanda Johnson
Elsmere St
Wilbur Jr
Girl Dies From Burns In Mercy Hospital
Beulah Oldfield five died at Mercy Hospital from burns suffered when she reportedly set fire to trash near her parents' trailer in Hamilton. Fire spread as clothing ignited, and her mother freed her as flames engulfed her. Funeral arrangements are handled by Brown-Dawson Funeral Home.
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Hamilton
Beulah Oldfield
Denzel Oldfield
Hamilton-Mason Rd
Mercy Hospital
Grill Bandits Take S10,000 at Theatrical Grill
The Grill Bandits tied up a porter at the Theatrical Grill in Cleveland last night. They cracked two safes, escaped with about $10,000 and several liquor cases. Owner Morris Wexler said safes held Friday and Saturday receipts and about $5,000 operating money. The club is closed Sundays.
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Cleveland
Morris
Mushy) Wexler
Park Board Plans Election of Officers Tonight
Mid dletown Park Board members meet for their annual session to elect officers. Current chairman S. J. McAdow, appointed to board membership for a new five year term, leads a slate that includes secretary Mrs. Ed Sebald and vice chairman George Bryan. Other members are Rowan Crawford and Hugh Parker. A parksite in the Highview area, the 1955 annual report, and 1956 priority schedule from Tom Carlson will be discussed along with progress on the new Sunset bath house design.
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Middletown Park Board
S. J. McAdow
City Commission
Ed Sebald
George Bryan
Rowan Crawford
Hugh Parker
Highview
Parks and Recreation
Tom Carlson
Sunset Bath House
Boy Scout Leadership Courses Start This Week in Pokey Griffith District
Cub leaders assistants committeemen and den mothers begin a six session course tomorrow at 7 30 p m in Sorg Paper Co offices. Instructors include Wallace Frayer Herbert Daniels and Mrs Robert Kruse and Mrs Paul Doughman. Scouters assistants and committeemen begin at 7 30 p m Wednesday with Howard Stamm Dudley Inwood Chris Lockmeyer and John Newby leading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pokey Griffith
Sorg Paper Co
Wallace Frayer
Herbert Daniels
Robert Kruse
Paul Doughman
Sorg Paper
Howard Stamm
Dudley Inwood
Chris Lockmeyer
John Newby
T. W. Wood
Scout Council
Five People Treated After Gas Fumes At Central Ave
Hamilton report states five persons overcome by fumes from a gas heating stove at 1150 Central Ave were treated by the Fire Department Life Squad. Those treated were Silas Tankersley 24 Lucille Tankersley 20 Harriet Langdon 10 Buddy Langdon 7 and Vickie Tankersley 7 months. Deput y Chief Owen Conlin and Fireman Marvin Ingram administered aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Central Ave
Fire Department
Silas Tankersley
Lucille Tankersley
Harriet Langdon
Buddy Langdon
Vickie Tankersley
Owen Conlin
Marvin Ingram
Hit-Skip Driver Victim In Fair Condition
Willie Mays, 30, of 1404 Michigan Ave, was found in the street in front of his home early Sunday with a skull fracture and possible internal injuries. Police investigated as the hit-and-run case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Hospital
Willie Mays
Michigan Ave
Holdup Victim Improves in Middletown Hospital
Mrs. Faye Caldwell, 39, victim of an armed robbery at the Northway Inn, is reported improved to good at Middletown Hospital. She suffered severe scalp injuries after being hit by a masked gunman who, with two accomplices, fled with about $1,164. Caldwell was a waitress at the inn located at 3008 Tytus Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faye Caldwell
Middletown Hospital
Caldwell
Ohio Ave
Northway Inn
Tytus Ave
Weather Debris and Break Strain City Crews
City street crews salted main thoroughfares from 8 30 p m last night through midnight and resumed early this morning as more snow fell. A 10 inch county water main on Germantown Road burst and, while county teams were delayed, city water worksmen carried out the repair work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germantown
Butler County
City Water
Girl Suffers Skull Hurts In Car Crash
Effie Mae Jones 25 of Hamilton is in critical condition with a skull fracture after a car skidded on an icy Rt 177 north of Hamilton and struck a concrete bridge abutment. Passenger Lobeda Robinson 22 and Eugene Frankenstein 22 were treated and released for facial lacerations and leg injuries at Mercy Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Effie Mae Jones
Rt. 177
Elmer Grabel
Lobeda Robinson
S 5Th St
Eugene Frankenstein
Lockwood Hill Rd
Cincinnati
Mercy Hospital
Ayres Attacks Bill Freeing Gas Producers
In Columbus Ayres and Rep Harris clash over the Harris Fulbright bill. Ayres says passage would raise consumer gas prices and criticizes freeing producers from federal controls. Harris argues the measure would boost production with FPC oversight of any price hikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
William H. Ayres
Ayres
Senate
Oren Harris
D-Ark
Harris
Arkansas
Federal Power Commission
Couple Held In Stabbing In Columbus Ohio
Mrs Gladys Warren 35 and her husband Herbert 41 are held without charge in the fatal stabbing of her brother Leroy Glenn 26. Police say Mrs Warren admitted slashing Glenn with a penknife during a Columbus apartment dispute over wine Saturday. Glenn died of his wounds yesterday.
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Columbus
Ohio
Gladys Warren
Herbert
Leroy Glenn
Warren
Glenn
Cleveland Red Trial Resumed
The Smith Act case against 11 Ohio Communist leaders in Cleveland resumes in Federal Court after a recess since January 5 due to Elvador Greenfield illness. The defense expects to finish its case within two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Elvador C. Greenfield
Nose Wheel Fails: Passengers Unhurt
A United Air Lines DC6 nose wheel collapsed after an emergency landing at Stapleton Air Field. The plane tilted forward as it taxied to a stop, 72 aboard evacuated through emergency exits with no injuries reported.
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Denverp
United Air Lines
Stapleton Air Field
Ohio Bell appoints Barnhart Middletown commercial service engineer
Robert Barnhart of Dayton is named commercial service engineer for Ohio Bell in the Middletown Franklin area, replacing Charles Cunningan Jr. who moves to Dayton. A three year Ohio Bell veteran and Ohio State graduate, Barnhart is married and will relocate soon. Dunnigan, longtime Middletown official, joined Ohio Bell in 1948, resides at 820 15th Ave, and serves as Taft School Assn president along with local clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Barnhart
Dayton
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Middletown
Franklin
J. R. Miller
Barnhart
Charles Cunnigan Jr
Ohio State University
Ohio Bell
Dunnigan
15Th Ave
Taft School Assn
Optimist Club
Sportsmen's Club
Middletown Umpires Assn
Navy
City Building Auditorium Renovation Bids Due
City bids for remodeling the City Building Auditorium to be opened Feb 6. Acting City Manager Charles W Thompson announced. First ad published Saturday. second ad to appear Jan 21. The fire damaged auditorium will be rebuilt into two stories with office space for departments and a new City Commission meeting room.
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Charles W. Thompson
Thompson
Three Injured In Head On Collision On U S 127
Last night a head on crash on U S 127 north of Hamilton County line in Butler County injured three people. Lonnie Hammons 38 of Butler Hotel Hamilton drove into Dale Sanders 19 of N College Hill Hamilton. Hammons suffered concussion and forehead lacerations and was hospitalized. Mary Lou Maples 19 of Lillsdale Drive Hamilton Irma Jean Stidham 23 of 12 S B Street Hamilton injured in Hammons vehicle. Charles Metcalf 22 of Taoli Avenue Hamilton treated and discharged. Sanders declined treatment.
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Hamilton
U. S. 127
Hamilton County
Butler County
Lonnie Hammons
Butler Hotel
Dale Sanders
N. College Hill
Elmer Grabel
Hammons
Mercy Hospital
Mary Louise Maples
Lillsdale Dr
Irma Jean Stidham
S. B St
Charles Metcalf
Taoli Ave
Sanders
Nothing Taken In 2 Break-Ins
Police investigated two burglary reports yesterday but nothing was missing. John Rich of 1110 Baltimore St reported a broken basement window and a rummaged jewel case. John Sora of 2200 Grand Ave quoted Anderson Service Station said no items were reported missing.
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John Rich
Baltimore St
Anderson Service Station
Grand Ave
John Sora
Legionnaires to Hear About Belgian Congo Program
W. C. Boyle of Arrico International will speak to Post 218 legionnaires on Wednesday at 8 p.m. He will review Belgian Congo’s economic and political advances and present slides from a 1954 trip. The program is titled A Tourist's View of the Belgian Congo. Co chairmen are John R Bevis and Harold Anness.
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W. C. Boyle
Arrico International Corp
Post 218 Legionnaires
Boyle
Belgian Congo
John R Bevis
Harold Anness
Trenton Fire Destroys Home. Cause Still Sought
Fire officials seek the cause of a 15000 dollar blaze that destroyed the nine room home of Mr and Mrs Roy Romans on Ohio Avenue Friday. The fire started on the second floor and was discovered by their son Michael who warned his mother allowing her to escape in bare feet. The Romans are staying with their daughter and son in law Terrell Scribner temporarily as investigators pursue the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Roy Romans
Ohio Avenue
Romans
Michael
Terrell Scribner
Escapee search widens to three states in Hamilton area
The hunt for John Wolff, an escapee from Butler County jail, expanded across three states. Another Hamilton youth was charged with harboring Wolff as police warned the fugitive may be armed. William Pendergrass was arrested on harboring a felon and scheduled for municipal court. Wolff, indicted for armed robbery and escape, was last seen near 4th and Charles streets, then at Pendergrass’s rooming house before fleeing again.
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Hamilton
John Wolff
N. F. St
Wolff
William J. Pendergrass
6Th St
A. N. Peters
4Th and
Charles Streets
Pendergrass
Bike Chain Injures Four Year Old in Middletown
Four year old Randy Patrick son of Kenneth Patrick of Gideon Road nearly lost the end of his left index finger after a bicycle chain caused a compound fracture and tendon damage. He underwent minor surgery and partial finger amputation at Middletown Hospital and was released at 2 30 p.m. Also treated were Mr and Mrs Robert Wood of West Middletown and friends from Georgetown Ohio in an auto accident. Mrs Sherwin Rebeck and Ricky Salyers were treated for burns and injuries, with both dismissed after care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randy Patrick
Kenneth Patrick
Gideon Rd
Middletown Hospital
Robert Wood
West Middletown Rt. 1
Georgetown
Ohio
Sherwin Rebeck
Queen Ave
Ricky Salyers
George Salyers
Yankee Rd
Wood
Rebeck
Salvers
Take It Easy Patrol Urges Caution After Snowfall
State patrol urged motorists to drive with extreme caution as overnight snow made main highways slippery and snow covered. Numerous minor accidents occurred but none were serious. Road crews work to clear main roads, with slippery conditions expected while snow falls. Roads remain snow covered as far north as Upper Sandusky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Patrol
Upper Sandusky
Glandular Inflammation Treatment Promises Relief
The Excelsior Institute offers non surgical methods for older men with glandular inflammation. A free book explains proven treatments and how troubles may be corrected, with no obligation. Address Excelsior Institute Dept. 3111 Excelsior Springs Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Excelsior Institute
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Grove St
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Dayton Auto
William Neuner
Wilson
Bracy Lee
Bernice Dr
14Th Ave
Ronald Longworth
Beech St
Edward Adams
Lebanon
1St Avenue
Main Street
Daniel Dixon
6Th Ave
Robbin May Smith
18Th Ave
Zemo
Emo
Brown-Dawson Funeral Home
Grill Bandits
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DIAL
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Coen
Bill
Cleveland Red
Columbia
Reeve
Legionnaires
Tot
Excelsior Springs, Missouri
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Yeek
Ahi
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Christmas Club
Save the Christmas Club Way
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Monroe, Ohie
Trenton, Ohio
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