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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1953
Page
13
A one room schoolhouse used as a home for over 30 years by John Isacs was gutted by fire on Gephart Road near Overpeck. Fire officials blamed an explosion in a kerosene stove. The building, reputedly among the oldest in the country, was owned by Stanley Kehr.
Washington reports April average work week at 40.8 hours with wages near peak levels. Average weekly earnings reach 71.40 dollars and hourly pay averages 1.85 dollars, including overtime. The Bureau of Labor Statistics notes workers have been clocking more hours than during WWII and slightly more than last year.
In Los Angeles Cream Puff the blackbird demands worms cut up on a plate or risk a tizzy says Mrs Sarah Sloan Connie Sloan aged nine rescued the bird after a nest fall The Sloans tried re releasing Cream Puff to the wild but she returns at feeding time when a spoon is rattled to serve her meal daily flights occur but she comes back for her dish.
New Delhi experts say the British Mount Everest expedition led by Col. John Hunt plans double or triple summit attempts from an advance camp 2000 feet below the peak. With ten prior failed attempts, weather will decide how long teams can press the final push as monsoon approaches. The plan involves two man teams attacking the south ridge to reach the summit in sequence, aided by limited communication via a native runner from Kathmandu.
A Chinese Communist radio report says the Red People's Bank of China opened a branch in Gyantse Tibet a city famed for its rugs. The announcement highlights China expanding financial presence in the region amid trade and border notes.
President Syngman Rhee awarded the Tai Guk Order of Military Merit to Maj. Gen. A Pollock commander of the First Marine Division for developing the Korean Marine Corps. Pollock, from Arlington Virginia, led during the Battle of Bunker Hill and actions on The Hook and Outpost Vegas reflecting the unit's recent defense. More than 200000 acres of Great Smoky Mountains National Park remain in primitive wilderness preservation.
A Middletown woman was listed in fair condition at Middletown Hospital after a fall at home. Admitted were Ada McClain, 67, with a fractured left hip and right wrist. W H Cates, 51, with a mashed and lacerated finger. John Simpson, 13, with a fractured left arm. and Louis Jean Gaston, 8, who fractured her leg after a swing fall.
Fragmentary OCR mentions a right wrist treatment at 5 30 p m and a line on bomb making noting that a one ton bomb requires almost two tons of coal. No further context or names provided.
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