100 Pigs Perish In Poasttown Barn Blaze
A barn on the old Farnsworth property north of the B and O Railroad overpass on Rt 4 burned last night, destroying the structure and hay and a tractor. Hugh Barnes of Trenton Franklin Road owned the barn housing 100 sows and pigs. about 12 sows and 20 to 25 pigs were saved. Firefighters from North and South Madison responded, with damage estimated near $16,000. Heat lanterns may have started the fire. the blaze took about 30 minutes to quell and kept volunteers on scene until around 3 a.m. icelike conditions left crew jackets and helmets frozen despite hot coffee warming efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poasttown
Farnsworth
Rt. 4
Hugh Barnes
Trenton- Franklin Rd
Madison Township
North Madison
Robert Laubach
Laubach
Fumes Fell 3 Hamilton Patrolmen
Three Hamilton patrolmen were overcome by smoke while rescuing a 32 year old woman from a blaze at 1357 John Street Peck's Addition. Jerry Merz Joseph McGuire and Phil Fishback were treated at Mercy Hospital along with Mrs Helen Hubbard wife of Sheridan Hubbard who was found unconscious in a first floor bedroom. A pet dog suffocated in the fire causing about 2500 dollars in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
John St
Peck
Mercy Hospital
Jerry Merz
Joseph McGuire
Phil Fishback
Helen Hubbard
Sheridan Hubbard
Ingrid Bergman Returns to New York for Critics Award
Ingrid Bergman flies to New York for a four hour visit to accept the New York film critics award as best actress of 1956 for Anastasia. She says she feels calm after earlier excitement and will fly back to Paris to resume her stage role. Her children remain at home with staff as she notes husband is in India. Other awards go to Douglas, Todd, Perleman, Huston, and Moby Dick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ingrid Bergman
United States
Paris
Miss Bergman
New York Film Critics
Stromboli
Italy
Roberto Rossellini
Miss Bergmans
Peter Lindstrom
Orly
India
Iim
Robertino
Ingrid
Isabella
Kirk Douglas
Michael Todd
S. J. Perleman
John Huston
Moby Dick
la Strada
Neal S Car Stolen While in Chicago
Kenneth Neal of Neal's General Store in Jacksonburg reported in Chicago that his 1955 red and white hard top coupe with license 80SMK was stolen from a furniture display area. He stated the theft also included all of his clothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Neal
Neal
Jacksonburg
Chicago
Driver Involved in Early Morning Accident on 1st Avenue
One Middleton resident was slightly injured in a car-truck collision at 1st Avenue and Leibee Street at 3 30 a.m. Linley Wetzel Jr. 28 1007 Jackson St sustained head cuts and was treated and dismissed from Middletown Hospital. Wetzel said he cut right to avoid an oncoming vehicle and struck a parked Glen Cartage Transport truck. Estimated auto damage 650 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girard, C
Robert Allison
Monroe
Donald Gebson
Sheffield St
Meadow Avenue
Cherry Street
Charles Perry
Manhattan St
Jack Greene
Martz-Paullin ‘Road
Central Avenue
Greene
Frederick Greenfield
1St Avet
Nellie McCann
Wilbraham Rd
Germantown
Wilbraham Roads
Emmett Gross
McMinley St
Pence Herron
Main St
Trenton
Vice President May Get Home
Rep. Wainwright reports growing support for an official vice presidential residence and expanded offices and staff funding. Nixon has only three rooms in the Senate Office Building and one in the Capitol, highlighting the current cramped arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wainwright
Senate
Eisenhower
Congress
White House
Wainright
Nixon
County Employes To Get Their Pay Funds Voted
Butler County commissioners approved 635 125 for two months operation and related costs to restart payroll after a payless day. Auditor certified 2 2 million available for 1957 operations, 137 000 short of estimated expenditures. A 7 300 bid awarded for inside stairway construction at the courthouse. Plans discussed to reactivate a committee to study jail needs and new juvenile detention quarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Butler County
R. H. Smith
General Fund
Gordon Augspurger
Carl J. Conradt
Conrad
Board of Health
Ben van Gorden
Grand Jury
New Fire Pumper Arrives for Middletown Fire Dept
The city prepares to receive an American LaFrance pumper with 1000 gpm capacity, the largest pumping unit yet for Middletown. Delivered from Elmira New York via Baltimore & Ohio freight, the unit will join No 3 Station and retire the 1930 Ahrens Fox for training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Division of Fire
William Fishbaugh
Middletown
Baltimore & Ohio
American In France Co
Elmira
N. Y
Charles W. Thompson
Fishbaugh
Parolee Held In Theft Of $30 In Cash
Middletown parolee Edward Gillum faces grand larceny charges in Squire Lammie Bailey's court for allegedly stealing about $30 in cash and $130 in courtesy slips from Iesler Ol Co Angies Corner. Deputy Sheriff Jess Dennis said an attendant left the station briefly. Gillum was arrested at Main Street and Central Avenue yesterday afternoon. Det. Harold Gray Det. Douglas Barrett and Ptl. Dan Pelfrey made the arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Squire Lammie Bailey
Iesler Ol Co
Angie’s Corner
Edward Gillum
N. Broad St
Theodore Snyder
Jess Dennis
Gilum
Gillum
Main Street
Central Avenue
Dets
Harold Gray
Douglas Barrett
Ptl
Dan Pelfrey
Police Prep for Inaugural Parade Security Surge
About 5,000 law enforcement officers will be on duty for President Eisenhower's inauguration. The force includes 2,200 Washington Metropolitan Police, 120 Secret Service agents, 1,400 soldiers and National Guardsmen, 400 Washington firefighters, and other local and Capitol police to ensure safety and curb pickpocketing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Washington Metropolitan
Secret Service
Capital Park
White House
Capitol
Woman Dies in Gas Stove Nightgown Fire in Cambridge
Miss Jessie Denny aged 80 burned to death Friday in her Quaker City home when an open gas stove set her nightgown alight. Guernsey County Sheriff Forrest Warden reported the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Ohio
Jessie Denny
Quaker City
Guernsey County
Forrest Warden
Fire calls keep Middletown firemen busy at multiple incidents
A basement fire caused by an ash tray in a cardboard box damaged the Earl Thompson home at 716 Crawford Street last night. Fire crews from Companies 2 and 3 responded, with Company 3 arriving later to Christel Avenue and Stanley Street where torches overturned in the street. A torch knocked into a sewer caused no damage and the sewer was flushed. Emergency squad members aided John S. Smith at 111 McKinley Street who was having trouble breathing and was taken to Middletown Hospital by Riggs ambulance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Thompson
Crawford St
Middletown
Christel Avenue
Stanley Street
S. Sutphin Street
John S. Smith
McKinley St
Smith
Middletown Hospital
Riggs Ambulance
Police Briefs: Grove Street Firefight At Poor Boys Cafe
Preston Barnes, 27, was treated at Middletown Hospital for facial cuts after a fight with a girlfriend at the Poor Boys Cafe at Grove Street and Michigan Avenue. Fourteen stitches were required. he was dismissed after treatment. Officers responding to a separate call at the Central Grill reported a polio box containing 12 to 15 dollars stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Barnes
Young Sr
Middletown Hospital
Grove Street
Michigan Avenue
Central Grill
Ten Thousand Dollars Missing From Cafe Safe
Hamilton detectives report approx ten thousand dollars missing from a safe at Sons Bar and Grill on 3rd and Market. Manager opened the safe to found the cash gone with no sign of forced entry. A cup on a shelf held a cabinet key and the safe combination may have been obtained by the thief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Sons Bar & Grill
Market
James Welsh
Paul Timmer
Paul Buttery
Patricia Nebbergail
The Uncommon Man Speaker Urges Enthusiasm
Melvin Brown of New York Life Insurance spoke at the Middletown Association of Life Underwriters luncheon on enthusiasm as a key to rebuilding and success. He contrasted the uncommon man who acts on faith, work, and determination with the common man, citing Marshall Field’s resolve after the 1871 Chicago fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Brown
New York Life Insurance Co
Middletown Assn
Life Underwriters
Brown
Cincinnati
Chicago
Marshall Field
Institution of Life Insurance
Confessed Slayer To Be Given Tests
Robert Clinage 30 in Chicago hearing on dis orderly conduct is continued to allow time for mental tests. Clinage had confessed to killing Mrs Marilyn Sheppard of Bay Village and Mrs Max Sternbaum of Mansfield Ohio, then repudiated the tale after police checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Robert Clinage
Ohio
Clinage
Marilyn Sheppard
Bay Village
Max Sternbaum
Mansfield
Fire Loss 6000 At Franklin Inn
A fire caused by an overheated refrigerator unit at the Cottage Inn 544 S Main St Franklin caused about 6000 damage. The blaze confined to the kitchen room with water and smoke damage throughout the front. No injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Cottage Inn
S. Main St
Howard Harville
Eight-year-old boy killed after running into moving car
New Miami third grader Thomas Richardson, eight, was pronounced dead on arrival at Mercy Hospital after he ran into a northbound auto on Highland Avenue. Driver Donald McNabb, 19, stopped, found the boy in the street, and no charges were filed. The fatality is Butler County's third for the year. The boy's body was taken to Brown-Dawson Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
New Miami
Mercy Hospital
Thomas Richardson
Thomas J. Richardson
Riverside Dr
Donald McNabb
Augspurger Ave
Highland Avenue
Butler
Augspurger Avenues
McNabb
J. R. Cain
Butler County
Brown-Dawson Funeral Home
Franklin man fined after US 25 chase in 60 dollars
A Mi amisburg man identified as Billie Gene Thorp 23 was fined 60 dollars after a chase on U S 25. He received 25 dollars in fines and costs plus a nine day suspension for reckless operation 25 dollars and costs for speeding 90 in a 50 zone and 10 dollars and costs for no lights. Earl Best 27 of Forrest Ave was fined 10 dollars and costs for reckless operation. Bonds forfeited included Ralph Sanders Jerry Park James MacDonald and Merlin Wert with varying amounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Miamisburg
Jaune
U.S
Janee
J. T. Riley
Billie Gene Thorp
Earl Best
Forrest Ave
Ralph Sanders
Dayton
Jerry Park
Excello
James MacDonald
Merlin Wert
Hyde Park
Sweden To Evacuate First Fifty Percent In Civil Defense
In a new civil defense plan Sweden follows a policy to move the initial fifty percent of the population to rural areas in case of a sudden attack. The program prioritizes children and invalids for evacuation while rock shelters are being constructed in Stockholm and other cities for those who must remain behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
Stockholm
Dend
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W. C. Sampson
N. Main St. Res
1St Ave
Edward Sebald
Milton Rd
Robert Wilkerson
Kunz Ave
Curtis Street
Yankee Road
First Ave
Commission
Ray Craycraft
Shafor
John H. Howard
Manchester RD
Franklin Inn
Harville
Tiff Glossip
Charles Harbach
John Flinspach
Harbach
Boy
Chased Speeder
Howard Sears
Bible School
Not
Sinai
Sion
Wpfb At
Grace
Wilbraham
Wilmore
Federal Savings & Loan Assn
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