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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1954
Page
2
Two Dayton men injured when Crutcher's car of Hertz You Drive Co. left Lafayette and struck a tree at 1:20 a.m. near Minnesota Street. Crutcher 24 and Henry Johnson 20 treated at Middletown Hospital, with rib and forehead injuries respectively. vehicle damage extensive. others escaped.
Police report burglars broke into Fugate's Restaurant at 4300 Grang Ave. by forcing a west window. They stole 14 pints of ice cream cigars candy and about 5 dollars in change. Patrolmen Harry Richardson and Leonard McFeeters investigated.
Mrs. Marie Pressler 54 of College Corner wife of former Oxford restaurant operator dies. services 10 a.m. Monday at St. Mary Church Oxford. Miss Freda Marie Wessel 64 of 227 N D St Hamilton sister of Judge Frank Wessel dies. services 10 a.m. Monday at St. Peter Church.
Rep. Paul F. Schenck of Ohio denounces reports of a Smithsonian admission charge for the Wright brothers plane. He urges a separate national air museum funded by Congress rather than taxing schoolchildren, warning against turning the aircraft into a cheap sideshow.
Washington reports a major federal pay dispute centered on the Post Office and nearly one million other workers. Postmaster General Summerfield seeks job reclassification with 80 million in raises for 400000 of 500000 clerks, while unions push for an $800 annual raise for all postal workers and broader federal boosts. Debate focuses on cost, equity, and faster pay progression with no general raise yet proposed.
Howard Beckett 51 of 27 Yale St Dayton will be laid to rest after a Requiem High Mass at 9:30 a.m. Monday at St Peter's Church Hamilton. Former Hamilton resident and former state highway department employee in Middletown died Thursday at Miami Valley Hospital after a two week illness. Cahill Funeral Home Hamilton in charge. Sanford Curry and Mr and Mrs John Dunwoody of German town Rt 1 attend. Complete arrangements at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home.
Five month old Debra Fay Curry daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Curry of Pleasant Road Greensburg died at 6 p m Friday at home after a brief illness. Born in Middletown October 14 1953 she is survived by her parents a brother Douglass at home and grandparents Mr and Mrs.
Stephen Fredrick Plymale seven month old son of Mr and Mrs Fred Plymale of 1402 Penfield Ave was pronounced dead on arrival at Middletown Hospital at 7 10 a m The infant was found unconscious by the mother and rushed to the hospital An autopsy will determine cause of death Surviving are the mother and father and grandparents John Fred Plymale Agnes Murphy Huntington W Va and Edward Murphy New York City The body will be taken to Huntington for services with Joseph R Baker Long Funeral Home in charge of local arrangements
Mrs. Jane L. Hoffman of 639 W. Market St. Germantown died at 5 a.m. Friday at Cleveland Clinic Hospital after years of ill health. She was a Springfield native and longtime Germantown PTA president active in church and Cuba scout work. Surviving: husband George, daughter Lucy, sons David and Lee, and father Charles C. O'Rourke. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday at Witmer Brothers Funeral Home Dayton. burial Pleasant Hill Cemetery. calling hours 5 to 9 p.m. today.
Lawrence W. Smith 82, a prominent Morrow native and director of the First National Bank in Morrow, died early today at Clinton Memorial Hospital Wilmington after an extended illness. Survived by wife Carrie Scheurer Smith and brother W. C. Smith of San Diego. Arrangements pending at Yale Funeral Home Morrow.
A fire destroyed the home of Mr and Mrs James Sallee in Red Lion after they left for a Kentucky weekend. Fire crews from Springboro Franklin and Lebanon fought the blaze discovered by a passerby at 12 45 a m with neighboring homes protected from sparks. The 14 story frame house belonged to the Sallees who had returned from Dayton to visit relatives.
The Interstate Commerce Commission may approve Dance Motor Freight Lines of Cincinnati rerouting six daily trips from Cincinnati to Dayton around Middletown via U S 25 instead of Ohio 4 and 73. Lt James Combs says the change would reduce downtown congestion with no opposition at a Columbus hearing. The firm has no Middletown business.
Ten youths from Preble County left for induction into the Army this week. The group includes Dale Smallwood Robert Gabbard Robert Ratliff Charles Akers David Johnson Durwood Whitt Kenneth Bottoms Jr James Roberts Galen Smith and Fred Sellers.
In Franklin municipal court Judge J. T. Riley heard traffic cases. Hiram Isaacs 22 of Blue Ball was fined 25 dollars and costs with 15 dollars suspended if he obtains a license within 10 days. Joseph Smith 21 of Franklin was fined 10 dollars and costs for reckless operation. Robert L. Smith 20 of Germantown forfeited a 25 dollar bond on the same charge. State patrol cases saw James Farley 19 of Middletown fined 10 dollars and costs for speeding while James M. Bates of West Alexandria and John Allen 28 of Detroit forfeited 15 dollar bonds for yellow line violations.
The Gardner Board and Carton Co announces the purchase of a hydrapulper for its Mill 2 paperboard plant at a cost of 130000 dollars. The machine will replace an older system, with excavation and foundation work to begin soon and installation about two months after arrival, likely in July, without halting the current filler operation.
Police yesterday arrested three men on warrants charging assault and battery. Douglas Ford, 25, of 1304 Baltimore Street, David Coburn, 27, of 125 Manhattan Street, and James Turner, of 1108 Garfield Street, were taken into custody. George Dunway, 23, of Franklin Route 9, was arrested at an industrial plant on a fugitive warrant from Franklin for non support and released to Deputy Sheriff Ralph Palmer of Warren County. Mrs L M Hughes, 15 Garfield Street, reported losing a green billfold with papers and five dollars downtown Thursday night.
The Roosevelt Junior High School Orator won first place in newspapers at the 30th annual Columbia Scholastic Press Association convention in New York. The medal denotes top rating among all duplicated school newspapers nationally. Roosevelt previously earned first place last year.
Two youths suffered minor injuries when the car driven by James Bolender 18 left a curve on Ohio 123 a half mile north of Carlisle yesterday evening. John Petzold 15, a passenger, had cuts to the right hand and facial and scalp abrasions while Bolender had a knee laceration, a sprained ankle and other scrapes. State patrolmen said the southeastbound car struck a highway marker, rolled along a ditch and overturned. vehicle was heavily damaged.
Paramount shows Knights of the Round Table at 1 50 4 23 7 00 9 35 p m. Strand features Golden Blade at 1 15 5 10 8 30 p m Chars Feather River at 2 45 6 30 9 50 p m Sunday Great Sioux Uprising 1 15 3 50 6 25 9 05 p m Paris Playboys 2 45 5 20 7 55 10 35 p m.
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