Funeral Rites Thursday for Boy Killed By Auto
Middletown mourns four year old Richard Junior Pelfrey after he was struck by a car in front of his Park Street home. He died at Middletown Hospital at 5 50 p m from basal skull fracture and chest injuries. The driver, Joseph M Little 56 of Woodlawn Avenue, said to have rolled over the child as he ran from a parked car. It is the city s second pedestrian traffic fatality this year and the 28th traffic death overall.
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Middletown
Richard Junior Pelfrey
Melvin Richard Pelfrey
Park St
Middletown Hospital
Edward Lykins
Clarence DeHart, Jr
Joseph M., Little
Woodlawn Ave
Butler County
Little
Armco Steel Corp
Dickie
Bertha Pelfrey
McCoy Leffler Ae
Edwin Bobbitt
Woodside Cemetery
Trudy
Joan Carlson
Tom Carlson
Renee Dr
Middletown Department of Parks and Recreation
Middletown Dog Training Club, Inc
Sunset Park
Blevins
Profit Gains Lift Many U S Firms in First Half of 1956
The article notes broad U S corporate profits in the first half of 1956 with meat packers among top gainers at over 1600 percent and rail equipment makers averaging 65.7 percent higher. Utilities rise 12 percent, industrials 7.4 percent, air lines 19.6 percent, and drug firms 37.3 percent. Despite overall strength, autos and railroads show declines. 120 companies fell short of last year and 11 reported losses. A separate local obituary section details Middletown residents Dickie McCoy and Anna Hartwood with funeral plans.
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Ofetainment
Sam Dawson
New York
Indusries
Ancient Roads and Speedy Cars Troubling Italy
A Rome report on Italy’s traffic collapse cites ancient roads and fast cars as deadly factors. Authorities urge decisive action, with calls for stricter enforcement and possible ecclesiastical penalties. The Vatican weighs canon law options.
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Italy
Hannibal
Appian Way
Ministry of Interior
Vatican
Obituary Notices for Johnson and Lennehan
Bernadette Johnson niece of Mrs Lillian Johnson 3777 Riverside Dr drowned Sunday service 2 p.m. tomorrow Brown Dawson Funeral Home William Lincoln Lennehan of 2046 Pleasant Ave Requiem High Mass 9 a.m. tomorrow St Mary Church
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Bernadette Johnson
Lillian Johnson
Riverside Dr
Brown-Dawson Funeral Home
William Lincoln Lennehan
Pleasant Ave
St. Mary Church
Real Estate Transfers Middletown
A long list of transfers showing multiple owners and parcels across Middletown and nearby areas. Transactions include lots, acres, and occasional tax notes with prices ranging from under a dollar to thousands. Notable entries include Union and Madison area parcels, Pleasant Valley Acres, Rickard Acres, and Dixie Highlands transfers between individuals, builders, and Middletown Lending institutions.
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T. J. Strinko
Harold ‘Warner
Clifford Shockey
Norman Hoskins
Shockey
Tom Florence Inc
Ashley Bowling
Pleasant Valley Acres
Fred Rickard
Kay ‘Bailey
Rickard Acres
Sam Johnson IV
William Atwell
Union
Mar— Faulkner
Albert Koch
Ernst Eppler
Lemon
John Slusher
Charles Slusher
Trenton
Anna Meeks
Mayfield
Franklin White
Robert Kurtz
Monroe
Oscar Scheid
Brafford& Brown, Inc
St. Clair
Jason Builders, Inc
Lowell Brewer
Gil Mar Meadows
Notable Early 20th Century Women and Public Figures Die
Obituaries note the deaths of Dr. Maude Royden, a pioneer for women’s rights and first female preacher at City Temple London. R. Kent Hanson, longtime newspaper advertising executive in New York and Pittsburgh. Julie Archeno, former Russian countess and American citizen. and Florence Louise Payer, widow of a former State Department official. The report also mentions early use of compressed air in U.S. tunnel construction in 1879.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Maude Royden
City Temple
New York
R. Kent Hanson
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia Ledger
New City
Monty
Dallas
Julie Archeno
Volinsky
Russia
United States
Cleveland
Florence Louise Payer
Harry Franklin Payer
Mount Sinai Hospital
State Department
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ohio to Get Aid for 1 074 Housing Units
The Chicago regional office of the Public Housing Authority announced 82 cities in seven Midwest states have signed contracts for new low rent housing. The deals cover 7 499 units at over 111 million dollars. Illinois leads with 4 224 units in 13 projects while Ohio totals 1 074 units in six projects.
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Chicago
The
Public Housing Authority
Midwest
Illinois
Ohio
Real Cast Iron Stomach in Tokyo Man Swallows Hardware
In TOBATA Japan on July 31 a 52 year old man Goi chi Kawakami was found in severe pain. At Kyoritsu Hospital doctors removed a stomach that contained many swallowed items including 13 razor blades 21 nails a fountain pen and other hardware. Kawakami said he ate at a festival to win a prize and is reported doing fine by doctors.
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Tobata
Japan
Goichi Kawakami
Kyoritsu
Kawakami
Two Women Killed in Ohio Car Crash Near Piqua
Mrs Amy Herman, 55, of Versailles and her cousin Mrs Pearl Carr, 69, of Fairmont Illinois, died in a two car collision at the intersection of U S 360 and Ohio 721 about ten miles west of Piqua Ohio.
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Piqua
Ohio
Amy
Herman
Versailles
Pearl Carr
Fairmont
Ill
U. S
Here
Canton backs 90 10 highway cost split
Canton Mayor Carl F Wise announced support for the Ohio Highway Department plan to fund major highways with 90 percent federal money and 10 percent city share. He spoke after meeting with Youngstown Mayor Frank X Kryzan and state Highway Construction Council chair Clingan Jackson.
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Canton
Ohio
Carl F. Wise
Ohio Highway Department
Department
Wise
Frank X. ‘Kryzan
Youngstown
Clingan Jackson
State
Also Mentioned on This Page
Business Mirror
Anna Hartwood
9Th Ave
Clay City
Bethel Ame Church
Irvin
Frank Williams
Lloyd Williams
Lexington
Howard Richardson
Cincinnati
Coroin Williams
Bailey Funeral Home
Anna Weber
Mound Hill Cemetery
Rome
Girtonbeen
Schmidt Funeral
U.S
Aurelia
Riviera
Flaminia
Ee Adriatic
Manuel Garlikov
Alfred Lopgee
Hugh Stein
Maryland Ae Co
J. E. Lewis
Donald Wilfred Linkous
Martha ‘Linkous
Esther Watson
Anthony Capozzi
Hortense Badger Carmine Ferrara
Ethel Reno
Midd. Fed
Lewis Hamilton
Midd
Fed. L
Howard Knepshield
David Day
Fed. N. and
Julius Kocsis
Robert Curry
Thomas Baird
Jesse van Cleve
Et al
Clara van Cleve
Oneida, Pt
Charles Cartelyan
Seven Mile
Russell Taulbee
Madison
Edward Sanders
Dixie Hayts
Gilbert Keith
Home Fed
James Eversole
Mary Newkirk
Jason Builders Inc
Midd. Fed. Sav
Willie Combs
Aee Sav
Dixie Hgts
Eugene Burger
Ond Natl. L
Liberty
Dennis
Fed S. and
Curryer Plains
Skidmore
Aee and L
Vance Russell Middletown Dist
Miami Beach
Florida
Hirs
Gell Our Travel Department
American Society of Travel Agent
Levio
Ourcing
Middletown Journal
Box 35
Dental
Middletow
Baltimore
Trimble
Canton For
State Plan On Highways
Ross
Famous-Make Womens
Sale! Womens Shoes
Judy Lee
Debs
Ross’ Shoe Dept
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