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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 08, 1953

Page

2

Maple Park Man Drowned While Fishing On Twin Creek

A Maple Park man and father of two servicemen died while fishing on Twin Creek near Germantown. Sam Mallory, 55, disappeared after entering swift water around 8 p.m. His clothing was found on the bank and his body recovered at 2:08 a.m. about 100 feet downstream. The search involved four boats, an emergency flood light system, and a volunteer deputy group. Mallory, a World War I veteran, worked as a printer's helper and was a member of Maple Park E U B Church. He leaves a wife, three siblings, a daughter in San Diego, and two sons in the Air Force in Korea and Greenland. Funeral arrangements are pending.

Maple Park Korea Twin Creek Sunbury Germantown Thomas F. Page Montgomery County Foster Stone Miamisurg Route 3 Mallory Warren County Sheriff's Department Montgomery Page Box 21 Stone Middletown Mattie Mallory Miami Valley Hospital Robert Zipf Baker Funeral Home Gardner Board and Carton Company Maple Park E.U.B. Church George William Greenland Air Force Martha Blair San Diego Owen Surginsville Tenn Ella Feathers Willa Arnold Lebanon Nancy Pressley

Germantown Dedicates New Municipal Building in Ceremony

About 500 residents attended the Germantown dedication with Mayor Richard Egan as master of ceremonies. Dr C O Arnold of Germantown gave the principal address, and the building’s keys were presented by architect David Selbar to Mayor Egan. The event included a flight salute by Wright Patterson F 51s, a flag raising by Boy Scout Troop 29, and displays by the Germantown Garden Club. The $85 000 bond funded the project and fire engine, on land donated by the Veterans Memorial Playground.

BOY Scouts of Troop 29 Germantown C. O. Arnold Evangelical United Brethren Conference Otterbein Press Dayton Richard Egan John F. Torrence David Selbar Middletown Egan Montgomery County Harry Kiefaber William Lightner Clark Buvinger Harry Ernst Rodney Miller Wright Patterson Air Force Base John Bankerd Civil Defense Germantown Ameri Can Legion Post Germantown Garden Club Veterans Memorial Playground

Day's Fever Rises Amid Rainfall and Heat

A weekend of heavy rain totaled .94 inches by Sunday with overcast skies keeping humidity high. Today’s forecast calls for the 80s with possible afternoon and evening showers, and lows in the low 70s.

Kenya Bans Mau Mau Party in Kenya Colony

Nairobi Kenya authorities outlawed the Kenya African Union in a government crackdown on Mau Mau terrorists. The move targets the principal African political organization in the British colony.

Nairobi Kenya Kenyavernment Kenya African Union

Thieves Net Loot Worth 52400 One Car Stolen Five Others Ransacked

A weekend theft spree included one car stolen from Carr Auto Sales on South Verity Park and five other autos ransacked on North Broad Street near the Manchester Hotel. Losses totaled about 2400, with guns and clothing among the items stolen from several vehicles tied to the Ohio State Trapshoot Tournament. Additional petty thefts included cash from a purse and a lawnmower taken from separate residences.

Clyde Carr Carr Auto Sales South Verity Pkvy North Broad Street Manchester Hotel Middletown Robert Miller Zanesville

Elderly Woman Stages Lone District Raid

In Steubenville Ohio 75 year old Izola Geary leading a raid on the red light district Marching into High Street with a revolver she detained 34 men charged with loitering. Police expected none to appear in Municipal Court while she claimed to close houses of prostitution and threatened to shoot inhabitants.

Steubenville Izola Geary Star Laundry George Starr

At The Movies Paramount And Strand Listings

Paramount shows House of Wax 3D at 1 15 3 15 5 25 7 30 9 35 p m Monday Tuesday Strand presents Thunderbirds at 1 30 4 45 and 8 05 p m Ride The Man Down at 3 15 6 35 and 9 50 p m Monday Tuesday

Three Dimension Film

Two Injured In Accident On Tytus Avenue

Two people were hurt in an early morning crash on Tytus Avenue. Lorraine Myers suffered facial and knee cuts while James Harding had head, elbow, and knee contusions. They were treated and released from Middletown Hospital.

Tytus Tytus Avenue Lorraine Myers Garfield St James Harding Mason Route 1 Middletown Hospital Miss Myers Harding William H. Behrens Tytus Ave Riggs Garnet Lowe Neibar St Fourth Main Franklin James Lowe Lewis I. Harmon West Carrolton

Armistice Details Include Panmunjom Armistice Commission

The plan proposes a military armistice commission based at Panmunjom to settle disputes via negotiations with no chairman. It also calls for a neutral supervisory commission of four senior officers from Poland Czechslovakia Sweden and Switzerland, based at Panmunjom with 20 inspection teams across five North Korean and five South Korean entry ports and ten reserve mobile teams. The commanders urge their governments to act on these recommendations.

Military Armistice Commission Panmunjom Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission Armistice Commission Poland Czechoslovakia Sweden Switzerland Supervisory Commission North Korea South Korea Korea

Sixteen Hurt In Weekend Highway Accidents Reported

A weekend series of 11 crashes drew patrol and sheriff reports with sixteen injuries and three arrests. Incidents covered included a head on collision on U S 42 near Mason injuring six, a Route 122 crash near Dodds injuring four, and a U S 22 mishap near Morrow with Danny Mattis hospitalized. Other incidents involved Route 4 near Le Sourdsville Lake and U S 27 near Oxford, with several minor injuries and one reckless operation charge.

Warren County Franklin Cincinnati U. S. 42 Mason William Gorenflo Ferndale Mich Marcia Verbryke Ontario Calif Gorenflo Phyllis Gorenflo Gail Verbryke Dodds Middletown Woodrow Grider Winton St Kenneth Bowles Vannest St Betty Bowles Bowles Keith Glenn Bowles Grider Janet Richard Satterthwaite Danny Mattis Columbus U. S. 22 Morrow Wilmington General Hospital

Heavy Losses Predicted If Plant Is Cut

Atomic Energy Commission chair Gordon Dean warned Congress that canceling the Pike County Ohio atomic plant could cost the government more than 200 million dollars. He said losses would cover materials and labor already used plus cancellation costs, amid rumors of a Defense Department curtailment.

Washington Atomic Energy Commission Pike County Gordon Dean House Appropriations Committee Rep Yates D-Ill Dean Defense Wilson Ohio Defense Department AEC Joint Congressional Atomic Energy Committee

Soldier Crash Victim From Canton And Waterbury

Curtis L. Morris 35 of Canton Ohio and Joseph C. Bulman Jr. Waterbury Conn. were two Smoky Hill Air Force Base soldiers killed in a car crash near Kingdom City Missouri. The car Morris and Bulman rode in lost control after a blown tire and collided with another vehicle.

Kingdom City Curtis L. Morris Sixth St N. E Canton Smoky Hill Air Force Base Salina Kan U. S Kingdom Ty Morris Joseph C. Bulman Jr Waterbury Conn

Sunday Interview Day In Hunt For City Manager

City Commissioners interviewed another applicant for the city manager post as H. W. Starick confirms he will leave July 15 to join Dayton. Six of about 32 applicants have been interviewed with more to come, eight new out of state applications received, with five top candidates already identified.

H. W. Starick Dayton Commission Francis Carmody Starick

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