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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1951
Page
2
A tornado like storm devastates Jacksonburg damaging homes stores and a dairy barn. Residents, including Robert Doke and Clarence Lindley, report shattered walls collapsed silos and scattered merchandise yet no lives lost. Cleanup begins as power is restored and families assess losses while securing safety.
An old advertisement touts Peterson's Ointment as fast relief for irritated skin with pimples and itching. It promises improved appearance and comfort and offers a money back guarantee if not delighted.
George Hill Armco Steel staff supervisor of employment discussed readability techniques in employer employee communications at the Miami Valley Association of Industrial Editors gathering in Dayton. Attendees included E MelIntire Armco co-operator editor Art Lennie Armco development Ed DeHart Gardner Board and Carton Company.
Residents on Grand Ave report a fast moving tornado struck around 6 30 am causing widespread damage. Trees uprooted roofs torn off garages and debris littered the area as amid the chaos residents described shattered porches and twisted television antennas.
Oliver Morton of 916 Eighth Ave directed traffic in a blinding rain directing residents away from fallen wires near a Grand Ave substation. He stood in the road amid a small tornado to protect others, though the wires were later identified as telephone lines. Officials noted porch loss and uprooted trees.
Dudley Wehr survived a severe morning storm that tore his Jacksonburg home apart. He describe dashing upstairs to awake his son Don and a visiting teen, Jimmy Vanderpool, and guiding them to safety just as the roof collapsed. A torn necktie from his dresser remained as the only item moved by the winds.
Storm damage left households without telephones and electricity for hours as fallen limbs snared lines along streets. About 150 Middletown subscribers and 75 Franklin residents faced outages, with rural areas affected. An Ashland Ky power failure disrupted Western Union ticket service for Armco Steel between its general office and Ashland plant. A residence at Chautauqua owned by Luther V Thiel was partly wrecked by a falling tree tire. Chautauqua manager H H Lawrence said campers and summer residents lost service for hours as several trees, some two feet in diameter, blocked streets and yards.
Paramount and Strand present multiple films with afternoon and evening showings including Go For Broke Inside Wall of Folsom Prison When Redskins Rode My True Story Modern Marriage Leather Pushers Ali as The Champ Wrestling On the Riviera with a sequence of times for each theater
Storm damage in Franklin expected to rise with reports of scattered incidents. Trees fell or brushed houses at 772 South Main Street and 816 South Main Street, with a shed blown down and part of a barn roof lost near Route 741. About 300 rural phones were out of service and insurance claims began to mount.
Ohio Department of Highways officials report Butler County suffered the most wind damage among eight counties in the division. Twisted wires and fallen trees blocked routes with one way traffic on many roads. Route 123 between Franklin and Germantown was shut when a tree and a damaged roof blocked an elevator entrance. Route 122 near the Preble County line and roads on Routes 126 and 127 around Shan don Seven Mile and Venice also faced closures.
Danish sea captain Vitus Bering sailing for Peter the Great is credited with the first western sighting of the Diomedes Islands located between Alaska and Siberia during early exploration missions.
A tornado hit Carlisle at 6 50 am taking out power and phone services. Trees torn up roofs ripped off and chimneys gone as two barns collapsed. No serious injuries reported though cattle were injured and measures to restore power and lines may take two days. Mr and Mrs Stanley Clark described a vacuum like shock and windows slamming during the storm.
Cincinnati AP Thomas A Gallagher internal revenue collector filed two tax liens in District Court Clerk Howard E Parker's office. Master Equipment Corporation faces $806 withholding and federal tax on parts and accessories. Edward H Morris, operator of the Marlin Heights Tavern, owes $555 withholding and federal insurance contributions.
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