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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1948
Page
9
Police raid reveals a maze of tunnel passages under the First Precinct set up as a shelter by transients. One captive man reclined on a mattress as officers documented a hidden hotel named Hotel De Bastille with a royal suite and food tunnels. Local authorities described the complex as a long standing refuge with beds lamps and utilities wired to the station.
A Pacific Northwest vitamin plant explosion killed two workers, seriously injured three, and left four unaccounted after the 5:35 p.m. blast. The plant near Ballard, Seattle, suffered shattered windows and fire damage as investigators searched for the cause. Named victims are Round Steb bens, 27, and John Agger. Walker Lamphere, 56, survived with injuries.
One year-old Shery Lynn Plumb waved all ten fingers after surgeons at a Los Angeles hospital reattached her severed right middle finger. They used stitching, penicillin, and cold therapy. the finger was returned to normal after two days of treatment.
Harold W. Jones and N. J. Lawler reported from the Rotary Club meeting at the Manchester Hotel on the Philadelphia Republican Convention. They highlighted Herbert Hoover as the convention’s dramatic moment and noted the Ohio delegation’s prominent seating amid intense lighting. They cited the consensus that Dewey and Warren would form a strong international policy if elected, with Vandenburg seen as the mystery man influencing the vice presidential choice.
The Legion Armory hosts the third Lantern Dance with music by the Four Don Juans at 9 p.m. Performances by the Pomeroy Sisters Dorothy and Sally will entertain teens during intermission. Refreshments by the committee. Admission 50 cents per person.
Mr and Mrs Alvin H Regal of Akron Ohio were reported in critical condition after a two car crash yesterday at the foot of Cardiff Hill south of Syracuse New York.
Unconfirmed dispatch reported by Il Corriere Lombardo says Russian motorized troops have made important moves in Romania since Monday. The Trieste Free Territory dispatch was attributed to unconfirmed reports reaching U S British and Yugoslav forces and suggested action around the Yugoslav Communist Congress opening July 21 in Belgrade.
E W Peether of Charles Pretty Boy Floyd lineage leads Sequoyah County Democrats with a wide margin in the primary and is set to become sheriff next January. The campaign notes a strong claim to honesty and capability, despite the Floyd notoriety and lingering public memory of his brother.
Mary OBrien 31 of 3202 Woodlawn Ave held for grand jury with 1000 bond on two defraud by passing bad checks counts. Bond set 500 per case. Two men fined for gambling James Weaver 51 1222 Calumet St paid 100 costs. Beryl Roberts 33 Parkersburg WV fined 25. Bonds forfeited by William Pond Detroit Melvin Warnock Muncie Ind for no shows. Others found not guilty or fined for disorderly conduct and intoxication with various sums and suspensions. Police raid netted 122 on table for confiscation pension fund.
In Batavia New York a Greyhound bus crashed during a rainstorm killing Henry D Hulse 21 of Columbus Ohio and an unidentified woman. Eight were injured of whom Leonard Crafe and Bernice Schappaugh both of Geneva Ohio were named among the injured.
Peasttown Grange awarded the first and second degrees to 25 candidates at the Elk Creek Grange meeting led by Bernard Kesling. Mrs Norville Diver supervised the tableau. Third and fourth degrees will follow later. A farm bureau and grange picnic is set for August 5 at LeSourdville Lake. Juvenile grange cookie winners were Tommy Ristaneo, Marjorie Merritt and Janice James.
Har old Mace Jr a 12 year old from Castalia Ohio drowned in Lake Erie yesterday as rescue attempts failed. The incident occurred at a lakeside location and authorities are investigating the drowning.
AP reports President Peron declared in a public statement that Argentina would side with the United States if war broke out between Russia and the United States. Other briefs note Greek forces claiming 86 villages captured from Communists, an architecture prize awarded, a Timken Detroit plant closure after a 5,000 worker walkout, a murder charge in Attleboro, a Marion appeals court upholding a murder verdict, and the Netherlands voting in a calm postwar general election for 100 seats in the second chamber.
Eleanor Boettiger, once living at the White House, will wed Van H. Seagraves today at the Boettiger home in Phoenix. The 21 year old Roosevelts granddaughter now prefers the name Eleanor. Mrs. Roosevelt, widow of the late President, arrived for the ceremony.
The national assembly ratified an agreement for France to participate in the Marshall Plan. The vote was 336 to 183 with Communists opposing the measure.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey agreed to deliver a major campaign speech in North Carolina as part of his push in the solid south. The exact time and venue were not announced. Earl Warren’s supporters celebrated his homecoming as the Republican vice presidential candidate with cheers along Sacramento’s streets and a Capitol gathering.
Clyde C. Vanney, 65, was struck and killed yesterday by a tractor trailer in Akron Ohio. Police investigated the fatal crash as it disrupted local traffic and prompted memorial notices in the community.
Middletown Hospital analysis shows accidents in homes and playgrounds up in June. Playground mishaps more than doubled to 25 from 11 in May, while home accidents reached a 1948 high of 94. Paul E. Wilson, council secretary, attributed the increases.
Richard G Engel of Hudson New York has arrived in Middletown to assume management of the Strand Theater. He previously ran a Paramount Theater in Peekskill and succeeds James Reardon who moves to Bellevue Ohio.
Totals show school incidents down while most categories hold steady from the prior month. Non vehicle mishaps rise from eight to 17 as bicycles are counted. Auto accidents fall from 61 to 56 and industrial accidents drop from 74 to 65. Fatalities stay at two.
Authorities plan to bring a Pennsylvania prisoner to Cleveland to identify a woman buried on the lake shore. Detective Lieutenant David Kerr said the unidentified man claims to have killed a woman last February and buried her along the shore.
A small guide explains a daily message puzzle. Count letters in your first name, adjust it by rules to get a key number, then traverse a rectangle to read the hidden fortune from the letters under the picked squares.
A inmate in Blawnox Pennsylvania serves a term related to auto workhouse. The case involves Allegheny County theft charges.
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