Four Auto Crashes Send 19 to Hospitals Sunday
Nineteen people were injured in four separate crashes investigated by state patrol and the Montgomery County sheriff. Ten were treated at St Elizabeth Hospital Dayton after a two car crash on Ohio 4 near German town. Six injuries occurred in a Route 27 crash near Hamilton. A Middletown crash on Jefferson Road left two injured in fair condition. An early Seven Mile ditch incident sent Edward Elliott to Mercy Hospital.
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Montgomery County Sheriff's Department
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Dayton
Ohio 4
Manning Road
Wikoff’s Corner
Germantown
James A. Foster
Foster
James Henderson
Norman Reeves
Walter Jones
West Carrollton
Francis Vaughan
Vaughn
Frank Swafford
Bernice Young
Judy
Linda
Virgie Young
Montgomery County Sheriff's Deputies
Vaughan
Jamaica Road
Hamilton
Mercy Hospital
Ruth Larrison
Pamela Larrison
Cornita Larrison
Albert McKee
Iva McKee
Brenda McKee
Brown Truman
Venice
Espey Larrison
Larrison Auto
Edward William Elliott
Seven Mile
Parked Cars Again Target Of Vandals
Vandals struck several parked cars during a quiet Fourth of July weekend. Robert Wells reported valve cuts from two front tires and two damaged inner tubes costing about 15.45 dollars. A youth was caught puncturing tires with ice picks and turned over to parents. Roy Whitman and Don Ballard reported thefts and damages totaling about 56 dollars. A man on Wilbraham Road fled after being discovered inside a car early yesterday morning.
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Robert Wells
Crawford St
Wells
Roy Whitman
Curtis St
Don Ballard
Mary Etta St
Ballard
Clarence Adams
Charles Sr
Charles Rouster
Wilbraham Rd
Break-In Reported At Germantown Home
Germantown police investigate a weekend break-in at the home of George Huber on North Main Street. A knife cut window screen and overturned items, but nothing valuable was taken. Police say it appears like a juvenile prank and a full inquiry is under way. Coronado introduced horses to the southwest in 1540, and cattle and sheep followed in 1598.
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Germantown
George Huber
North Main Street
Walter Rockey
Stalled Truck Spills 16 Kids at Armco Park
Two children were treated at Middletown Hospital after a truck carrying 16 youngsters rolled backward down a hill at Armco Park. Elizabeth Johnson eight and Earlene Wilson ten suffered injuries as the group, on a picnic outing, spilled from the vehicle operated by Audrey Johnson of 1209 Michigan Ave. Armco police said brakes failed and the truck hit a tree after stalling on the hill.
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Middletown Hospital
Armco Park
Elizabeth Johnson
Michigan Ave
Ellis Johnson
Earlene Wilson
Wilson
Armco
Audrey Johnson
Three Treated For Injuries In Middletown Weekend
Three men were treated at Middletown Hospital emergency room over the weekend. J B Horn, 16, of 202 North Sutphin St, received six stitches for cuts to hand and wrist after a fall with a glass. Albert Allen, 40, of Blue Ball, rode his bicycle into a car on Linden Avenue and was taken to the hospital after a head impact with a tree. Clements Willard, 36, of 1333 Grove St, was treated for bruises and cuts after an altercation with Frank Sampson and Milton Berry near Michigan Ave.
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Middletown Hospital
J. B. Horn
North
Sutphin St
Horn
Linden Avenue
Elbert Allen
Blue Ball
Clements Willard
Grove St
Willard
Frank Sampson
Michigan Ave
Milton Berry
Eighteenth Avenue
Lemon Township Budget Hearing Set for July 17
Two copies of the tax budget tentatively adopted by Lemon Township trustees are on file in the clerk’s office for public inspection. A public hearing is set for 6 p.m. Friday July 17 at the township office in Excello, announced clerk Clifford H. Steward.
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Lemon Township
Rct of Trustees
Clifford H. Steward
Steward
Excello
Youth 20 Held Scorns Army Duty
John Henry McFarland 20, of Middletown, arraigned in U S District Court Cincinnati on refusing induction into the armed forces. Held for court action on 3000 bond before U S Commissioner Graham Hunt Jr. He waived preliminary hearing. McFarland said to be from Broken Arrow Oklahoma. Police had no local record of his arrest. He likely was taken into custody at an induction center.
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Middletown
U.S. District Court
Cincinnati
John Henry McFarland
Jehovah's Witness
Graham Hunt, Jr
U. S
McFarland
Broken Arrow
Oklo
Six Accidents Here On 4th, None Serious
Six crashes were reported in the city Saturday evening the Fourth, with no serious injuries. A Broad Street collision at 8:08 p.m. near a light being repaired caused $900 damage to two autos, one driven by 18 year old Lee Kissick and another by 25 year old Harry Turner. A 9:40 p.m. Verity Parkway incident damaged two cars, about $265 total, driven by George Reed and Daniel Woehler. At 9:53 p.m. in an alley by Barnitz Stadium, Thomas McVain was charged with intoxication after striking a parked car owned by John Franklin. McVain’s car sustained $100 damage, Franklin’s had none.
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Broad Street
Columbia Avenue
Lee Kissick
Reynolds Ave
Harry B. Turner
Jefferson Rd
Kissick
Verity Parkway
First Avenue
George W. Reed
Verity Pkwy
Daniel Woehler
Franklin
Reed
Verity
Woehler
Thomas McVain
North Summit St
Dayton
Barnitz Stadium
McVain
John E. Franklin
Renee
Auto Damage in Night Crash on Concord and Main
A parked car owned by Rob ert B. Swaim of 1014 Nelbar Street was damaged about 50 dollars when struck by another vehicle. Police said the other driver fled the scene after the 9 30 p.m. crash at Concord Avenue and Main Street.
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Robert B. Swaim
Nelbar St
Concord Avenue
Main Street
Driver Collides With Parked Car In City Crash
At 9 40 p m police report John W Schmidt 40 of 2100 Logan Ave pulled into traffic and struck the fender of a parked auto owned by Leonard Campbell 3206 Rufus St on Tenth Avenue and Lincoln Street resulting in a damage only incident.
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Tenth Avenue
Lincoln Street
John W. Schmidt
Logan Ave
Leonard Campbell
Rufus St
Accident at Verity Parkway injures parked car owner
A similar crash happened at 7 48 p m at Verity Parkway and Lincoln Street when Mildred Fisher, 34, of 2132 Winton Street struck the side of a parked car owned by Earl Tice, 28, of 51 Anderson Street, Franklin.
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Verity Parkway
Lincoln Street
Mildred Fisher
Winton St
Earl Tice
Anderson St
Franklin
New Annual Leave Law for Federal Employees
Congressmen Schenck and Rees explained a new federal annual leave law. The bill limits accrual to 30 days after December 1952 and preserves accrued leave before that date. Cabinet members and presidential appointees are excluded from the act.
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Paul F. Schenck
Edward Rees
House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Schenck
Rees
A T A Olt Named ASTM Director
T A Olt head of Armco Steel Corporation's research laboratories was named a director of the American Society for Testing Materials. Official notice came at the group's 56th annual meeting in Atlantic City. Olt, a University of Cincinnati chemical engineering graduate, joined Armco in 1928 and rose from metallurgist to director of research. Dr L C Beard Jr of Socony Vacuum Oil is president with C H Fellows of Detroit Edison Co as vice president.
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T. A. Olt
Armco Steel Corporation
American Society For Testing Materials
Atlantic City
University of Cincinnati
Olt
Armco
ASTM
L. C. Beard, Jr
Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., Inc
New York
C. H. Fellows
Detroit Edison Co
Humidity Persists After Rain and Storms in Miami Valley
Rain and lightning cut across Middletown and the Miami Valley but humidity remained high and heat surged to 99 degrees. A Sunday storm dropped 1.36 inches in a two and a half hour period while an early morning storm added 0.65 inches. Cincinnati reported two lightning fires and gusts reached 130 mph at Greater Cincinnati Airport. A spare tire blew after a man suspected tampering, and a transformer knocked out house lights during yesterday morning’s lightning.
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Middletown
Miami Valley
Cincinnati
North College Hill
Greater Cincinnati
Ruth Boiret
Clark
Corporal McNabb Veteran of Korea Receives Discharge
Cpl Wilbur Glen McNabb son of Mr and Mrs Carlos McNabb 317 Lylburn Rd discharged from the army at Fort Riley Kansas June 30 arrives home Inducted Oct 1 1951 completed basic at Camp Breckinridge Ky with the 101st Airborne Division sent to Japan by plane from Seattle in April 1952 served with the 45th Infantry Division in Korea in December 1952 he suffered flesh wounds to right thigh and left foot He is a Middletown High School 1949 graduate and formerly worked for Interstate Folding Box Company before his service.
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Wilbur Glen McNabb
Carlos McNabb
Lylburn Rd
Army
Fort Riley
Kans
Camp Breckinridge
101St Airborne Division
Japan
Seattle
45Th Infantry Division
Korea
McNabb
Middletown High School
Interstate Folding Box Company
Hamilton Woman Burned In $1,200 Fire
Martha Lee Eisele a 36 year old Hamilton resident is in critical condition at Mercy Hospital after a blaze damaged her apartment about 1200. She suffered second and third degree burns after falling asleep while smoking a cigarette. Dense smoke hindered early rescue but firemen later carried her down a second story ladder.
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Hamilton
Mercy Hospital
Martha Lee Eisele
South Third St
Aeronca Fliers Plan Breakfast Excursion
The Aeronca Flying Club plans a Sunday morning trip from Middletown airport to Louisville Kentucky for breakfast. A formation flight of five planes will depart at 8 a.m. about 18 members are expected to participate and return by noon.
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Aeronca Flying Club
Louisville
John Piedel
Middletown
Holiday crowd swells Middletown pools on July 4
Middletown pools drew about 4 275 visitors over the Independence Day weekend led by Sunset Pool with 1 364 Saturday and 1 028 Sunday. Yankee and Douglas pools attracted 460 and 1 000 respectively while LeSourdsville Lake sees about 20 000 users for the holiday. Activities upcoming include Red Cross and YMCA life saving classes at Sunset with 40 enrolled and 80 expected to graduate Friday. Ladies Night returns to Stardust Gardens with free women’s admission Wednesday. dancing by Bob Legg and Les Shepard orchestras on Friday and Sunday respectively. Various group dinners and park picnics are planned for the week.
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Sunset
Yankee
Douglas Pool
LeSourdsville Lake
Red Cross
YMCA
Kramer
LeSourdisville
Stardust Gardens
Bob Legg
Les Shepard
Shepard
Clyde Trask
Peasttown Grange
Middletown Lions, Club
Middletown Junior Chamber of Commerce
Middletown Ross Motors
Black and Clawson Girls of
Hamilton
Box 45 Club
Middletown
Homemaker's Circle 6
Sawbrook Steel Carage Company
Cincinnati
Aeronca Manufacturing Company
Hamilton Eagles
John Hancock Insurance Company
Addyston M. E. Church
LeSourdsville
Police Briefs: Arrests in Dayton and Vagrancy Charge
Lawrence Mosley, 43, of 1229 Germantown St Dayton, was arrested on disorderly conduct charges at Minnesota Street and Twentieth Avenue at 6 p.m. Saturday. Lyman Bennett, 58, at large, was seized in the rear of the Earle Hotel and charged with vagrancy. Loretta Smith, 402 Park St, reported the loss of a billfold containing $62 in a downtown cafe yesterday.
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Lawrence Mosley
Germantown St
Dayton
Minnesota Street
Twentieth Avenue
Lyman Bennett
Earle Hotel
Loretta Smith
Park St
Dog Bite Incident Involving Charles Banks
Charles Banks of 923 Garden Street was bitten on the right leg by a dog yesterday. The incident occurred at an unspecified location and authorities were notified. No further details on the dog or treatment were provided.
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Charles Banks
Garden St
Two Middletown youths enlist in armed forces
Local recruit officer M-Sgt. Al Walters announced the enlistment of two Middletown men. Vernon E. Rowell has left for the Army finance school at Fort Knox to begin three years of service. Junior F. Albin has reported to Sampson Air Base for a four year Air Force term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Walters
Middletown
Vernon E. Rowell
Sheffield Sr
Army Finance School
Fort Knox
Junior F. Albin
YMCA
Sampson Air Base
Air Force
103 Arrested By Patrolmen Over Weekend
State patrolmen arrested 103 motorists during the three day Fourth of July weekend and issued 80 warnings. Most arrests were for speeding reckless driving yellow line violations and driving while intoxicated. Cited into court between Friday night and midnight Sunday. Four fatalities and serious injury accidents occurred over the holiday. Traffic on main highways remained heavy.
Cincinnati Rotarian To Address Club Here
Frederick Hauck of the Cincinnati Rotary Club will speak on rare metals before Mid-Dletown Rotarians at noon tomorrow in the Manchester Hotel.
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Cincinnati Rotarian
Frederick Hauck
Cincinnati Rotary Club
Middletown
Manchester Hotel
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W. Carrollton
Thomas Crist
Box
Monroe
Jefferson Road
Crist
Charles H. Day
Lamberton Sr
Day
Pratt - Lambert
Streifthau’s
Grimes
Coronado
With Sanitone
Sanitone
Charles ST
Erle Hanson
U.S
Central Ave
Dial
Chas. D. Thomas, Mer
Copimal Finance Corp
David Wills
Bexley Dr
Erie Ave
Zetta Dunn
Corporal McNabb
Aeronca Fliers
Ross Kramer
John Dobrozsi, Jr
Fast End
B. L. Dawson & CO
Clark St
Eagle Hall
James A. Garrison
Schramm Funeral Home
Edward Hall
Cecil Butts
First National
National Bank OF Middletown
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Sutphin Park Place
Monroe Branch
Monroe, Ohio
Armco East
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