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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 07, 1953

Page

2

Eaton High School Sophomore Dies In Auto Crash

Carol Walker, 15, a Eaton High School sophomore, died at 11 p m Saturday when a car driven by Wallace Kramer failed to navigate a curve on Orangeburg Road and overturned north of Eaton. Kramer had minor injuries. Funeral services set for 2:30 p m Tuesday at Barnes Funeral Home Eaton with burial at Mound Hill Cemetery.

EATON Carol Walker East Main St Eaton High School Wallace Kramer Eaton Route 4 Floyd Spitler Preble County Kramer Orangeburg Louis C. Walker, Sr Kay Jeannie Suzy Louis C., Jr Earl H. Walker Dayton Haze Trunk Liberty Ind Jennie Trunk Barnes Funeral Home Mound Hill Cemetery

Damage Only Minor In Two City Mishaps

Two minor city crashes yesterday caused no injuries. Al Fred McIntosh and Dewey Smith sustained $65 damage to their cars on North Broad Street when McIntosh pulled over for a child and reentered traffic. A second collision near Yankee Road and Verity Parkway involved Clonard Henderson and James Hogg with $25 damage per vehicle.

Alfred McIntosh Granada Ave Dewey Smith Centennial Ave McIntosh North Broad Street Smith Clonard Henderson Grove St James H.hogg Baltimore St Eader Hogg Yankee Road Verity Parkway

At The Movies Showings For Paramount And Strand

Paramount presents Big Leaguer and Band Wagon with showings at 1 40 5 10 8 35 and 2 55 6 20 9 40 p m Strand offers Arctic Flight and Jack McCall Desperado with 1 15 3 55 6 30 9 05 and 2 40 5 15 7 50 10 25 p m times On Monday and Tuesday.

Paramount

Oatis to Publish His Ordeal in AP Series

William N. Oatis, the AP correspondent jailed in Czechoslovakia, will begin a serialized account of his two year ordeal. The articles, to run starting Sunday, Sept. 13, will recount his arrest on espionage charges, the alleged coercion of his confession, and his subsequent release and medical treatment.

William N. Oatis William W. Oatis Journal Sunday Oatis Indiana Prague Associated Press Czechoslovakia US State Department United States

Thief Climbs TV Antenna To Enter Home

A burglar used a television antenna pipe to reach a second floor window at Walter Miner’s home at 1635 imore Street between 8 and 10 p m yesterday. Loot included 46 dollars in cash, a billfold with 2 dollars, groceries and cigarettes from the store.

Walter Miner Imore St

Jail Holiday Menu Report From City jail

Patrolman Ralph Trimble reports a Labor Day noon at the city jail with inmates charged from intoxication to disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. He notes a possible last minute change in the bean soup menu with potential vegetable or chicken noodle substitutions.

Belven Ralph Trimble Trimble

Traffic Heavy But Accidents Down During Holiday Weekend

A state patrol official said Labor Day traffic in the Middletown area is heavier than last year due to the National Aircraft Show at Vandalia and upcoming boat races at Chautauqua. Since kickoff, 24 arrests and five accidents were reported, though arrests may not reflect overall patrol activity. Every available man is on traffic duty at Patrol Post 9.

Cpl Duke Girton Middletown Vandalia Chautauqua Girton

Mathis News Highlights Independent Unions

Henry Mathis of the Armco Employees Independent Federation denounces national unions as distant from workers. He argues independents grow as workers seek freedom. Al Whitehouse of CIO United Steelworkers expands on Cincinnati area gains under contract with opposition from entrenched interests.

Henry Mathis Armco Employes Independent Federation Middletonian Mathis Associated Press al Whitehouse CIO United Steelworkers of America Whitehouse Cincinnati

Singapore Named Smuggling Center for Southeast Asia

The Sunday Hong Kong paper says Singapore became the new headquarters for arms smugglers in Southeast Asia. Smugglers moved from Singapor to be closer to markets as Vietminh fight the French in Indochina and Nationalist guerrillas resist in Yunnan province.

Singapore Hong Kong Southeast Asia Singapor Indochina Yunnan

Communists Convict 186 in Hong Kong Mass Trials

Press reports say Chinese Communists tried and convicted 186 merchants and workers in mass August trials. Fourteen were sentenced to death.

Hong Kong

Knowland Visits Jet Training Center in Formosa Tour

United States Senate Majority Leader William F. Knowland on a fact finding trip to the Far East toured a jet training facility on Formosa. He visited the Chinese Nationalist island during the overseas mission to assess regional defense and military training capabilities.

Time zones span roughly 15 degrees of longitude in the US

The article notes that each US time zone covers about 15 degrees of longitude, defining how clocks align with solar time across states. It emphasizes the geographic basis for standard time division and the resulting regional differences.

United States

Six Hurt In Four Area Highway Accidents

State highway patrol reports four auto crashes yesterday and today injuring six people. In a Route 741 incident near Springboro George L. Tull and two passengers were treated after a bridge railing collision. Weathers and Jameson were hurt in a Hamilton incident on Hamilton Trenton Road. Bochenek suffered multiple injuries after a two car crash at Route 73 and 741. Jacobs was fined. A collision on Rufus and Hood in Home Acres left no injuries.

Springboro Middletown Hospital George L. Tull Hamilton - Trenton Trenton Walter A. Weathers Eighteenth Ave Busenbark Road Burrell Lisner Mercy Hospital Hamilton Weathers Eddie Jameson South Verity Pkvy Joseph R.bochenek Dayton Bochenek Paul Jacobs New Cumberland W. Va Jacobs Heilson Robert C. Smith Andrews Sr Vernon Morgson Excello Rufus Hood Home Acres

Dean Relaxes In Hospital Amid Dysentery Treatment

Maj. Gen. William F. Dean, 54, is hospitalized in Tokyo for amoebic dysentery picked up in wars as a prisoner of the Reds. He attended his first religious service in over three years and plans to return to Korea at President Rhee's invitation, then retire from the Army after his U.S. return. In Seoul, two Koreans are jailed on charges of guiding Dean into Communist hands after his July 1950 separation from the 24th Division.

Tokyo William F. Dean Dean South Korea Synam4 Rhee United States Seoul

Quirino Returns Home to Campaign for Re Election

President Elpidio Quirino arrived in Manila after a 10 week U S trip for stomach surgeries and announced his plan to campaign again in November. Explorers under the French flag report all five Great Lakes found.

Manila Elpidio Quirino United States Great Lakes France

Roosa POW Arrival Sparks Dayton Welcome

An Army plane was due at Wright Patterson AFB today carrying Pvt. William F. Roosa from Middletown. His parents and six others prepared for a greet in Dayton as Roosa, freed after 28 months in North Korea, was expected to land between 10 and 11 a.m. in an event tied to the National Aircraft Show.

Roosa Dayton Wright- Patterson Air Force Base Vandalia Pvt William F. Roosa Middletown Fred Roosa Jefferson Rd San Francisco Wright - Patterson West Coast W. A. Kuenzel Armco WPAFB Kurenzel Roosas Miami Valley Post 3809 Veterans of Foreign Wars Journal Bill

95 Year-Old Man Sentenced to Night in Jail

In Little Rock a 95-year-old man was jailed for contempt of court in a property dispute and his 70-year-old wife chose to share his cell overnight saying no one else would take him from her.

Little Rock Pulaski County

Civitan to View Auto Films at Manchester Hotel

George Pierce, Civitan member linked to Wilmer Motors, will present films on autos and tank production facilities tomorrow at noon in the Manchester Hotel. The event highlights industry insights for Civitan Club members.

George Pierce Wilmer Motors Civitan Club Manchester

Chinese Priests Clubbed To Death

Two Chinese priests were clubbed to death in Hong Kong as police blocked roads to Communist China while seeking killers. Police suspected robbery but friends said the victims were anti Communist. one victim, Rev. John B. Ching, 40, edited Kung Kao Pao, and Rev. Peter Ngai, 50, also contributed to the paper.

Hong Kong China John B. Ching Kung Kao Pao Peter Ngai

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