McGrath fires Morris in bid to shape anti graft drive
Washington Attorney General J Howard McGrath dismissed Newbold Morris from the corruption hunt amid a widening White House row over leadership. Morris planned to press Truman for action, citing fears the anti graft program would falter if McGrath stayed. The affair saw tense exchanges at the White House and at Washington National Airport as officials debated next steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. Howard McGrath
Newbold Morris
Morris
McGrath
Truman
FBI
Hoover
White House
Justice Department
Figets
Washington National
Juliana
Netherlands
HST
Presdent Truman
Newbold ‘Morris
Former IRS Official Declines to Answer House Questions
Washington Daniel A Bolich former assistant Internal Revenue Commissioner refused to answer questions from a House Ways and Means subcommittee citing possible self incrimination. He stated his constitutional rights and declined to discuss gifts or testimony about his spending while under federal grand jury investigation in Brooklyn New York. His attorney protested the subpoena noting Bolich's illness and objected to the committee summons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Daniel A. Bo‘lich
Internal Revenue
Bolish
House
Ways and Means
Bolich
John W. Byrnes
R-Wis
Robert L. Callahan
Subcommittee
Brooklyn
N. Y
Callahan
Western Union Strike Shuts Down Telegraph Service Nationwide
About 30 000 Western Union workers walked out for a 50 cent hourly package raise. Picket lines formed at offices nationwide, including the Elyria office and major cities. Federal mediator reported a complete deadlock as Army officials prepared to intervene. Clerks and telegraphers earn about 1.63 per hour versus 85 cents for messengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ern
Western Union
Commercial Telegraphers Union Afl
Adolph Brungs
Washington
Montana
Raleigh
Boston
New York
San Francisco
Memphis
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Chicago
Cleveland
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Dayton
Akron
Cincinnati
J. R. Mandelbaum
Mandelbaum
Union
U. S. Army
Army
Independent American Comunications Association
New Rail Strike Warning Issued
Cleveland report notes D B Robertson president of the Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen warned a federal court that a fresh railroad strike could erupt if no settlement is reached with carriers. He told Judge Emerich E Freed that the men’s temper could drive disobedience to orders and a walkout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen
D. B. Robertson
Brotherhood
Expert Testimony Links Signatures to Mrs Sprunk in Perjury Case
Jacob Tholl of Cleveland testified that the H L Allen signature on a 1948 Sheffield Lake sewage land purchase deed and related papers was written by Mrs Anna J Sprunk former village assistant clerk. Sprunk faces perjury charges in Ashland tied to her testimony last June.
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Jacob Tholl
Cleveland
H. L. Alien
Sheffield Lake Village
Anna J.sprunk
Sheffield Lake
Ashland
Sprunk
H. L. Allen
Paul Mikus
Harold Ewing
James Christie
Howard Lutz
Ohio
Trial records reveal handwriting expert testimony in Sprunk case
The report covers witness testimony on Mrs. Sprunk handwriting, with defense objections delaying proceedings. It notes plans for Hugh Liggett and Deputy Sheriff Joseph Guzik to testify about questioned documents and the grand jury probe of the Sheffield Lake transaction. Inspector David Cowles described a lie detector test that yielded inconclusive results as Mrs. Sprunk declined to answer under instructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sprunk
H. L. Allen
Jacob Levin
Hugh Liggett
State of
Ohio
Joseph Guzik
Sheffield Lake
David Cowles
Cleveland Police Department
Allen
Cowles
Disappearance of Cincinnati Evangelist Fr ances Carpenter
Cincinnati police investigate the missing 41 year old evangelist Miss Frances Carpenter of Dayton after she failed to check out of a motel. Earl Hoess the manager reported her absence with luggage a Bible and a 1951 auto left behind. A single women heelprint near an open window was found. Carpenter had said she was returning home after a four month preaching trip in Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Frances Carpenter
Dayton
Earl Hoess
Ohio employment drops in January report
Columbus Ohio shows a 3 percent fall in employment, a 2 percent drop in payrolls, and a 4 percent decrease in man hours from December to January per Ohio State University Research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University Research
Taft and Kefauver eye Illinois and Oregon primaries
Sens. Taft and Kefauver head toward key contests after wins in Wisconsin and Nebraska. Taft seeks 54 56 of 60 Illinois GOP delegates while Kefauver targets Oregon May 16 with Stevenson possibly in the race. Taft adds four Tennessee delegates, Eisenhower not counted in Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert A. Taft
Estes Kefauver
Illinois
Oregon
Taft
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Kefauver
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
GOP
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Ohio
Stassen
Ihnoushbackers
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tennessee
Eisenhower
Harl Warren
California
Iowa
Idaho
Michigan
Towa
Queen Juliana Meets Congress in Tribute Visit
Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard arrive in Washington for a 21 day U.S. trip. She is slated to address a joint session urging unity in Europe, a ceremony praised by President Truman who calls her The Fairy Queen. The royal visit includes a seven hour welcome with a 21 gun salute and a state dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Truman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Juliana
Prince Bernhard
Netherlands
United States
Truman
Congress
Wilhelmina
Bernhard
Mr. Truman
Mrs. Truman
Elizabeth I
England
Edmund Spenser
Western Union Strike Hits Ohio Shuts Offices Statewide
About 2,275 Western Union Telegraph Co. workers in Ohio walked out over wage and hours demands, closing all offices while Ohio Bell faced a threatened strike. Pickets were set at Cleveland Toledo Dayton Akron and Cincinnati, with Columbus exempt unless outside help arrives. The Ohio Bell action was postponed to Monday as talks continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Western Union Telegraph Co
Ohio
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Western Union
Commercial Telegraphers Union Afl
Larry Bush
CTU
Cleveland
Toledo
Dayton
Akron
Cincinnati
Ohio Bell
Charles Gabriel
Communication Workers of America Cio
Amherst Books Calendar and Local Calendar Entries
Community calendar lists events at Amherst Books and area venues including Elyria comics fairs death notices hospital notes markets and social events in Oberlin Wellington and surrounding towns for upcoming weeks. The page highlights radio and TV listings real estate transfers and society notices with brief notes on each item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amherst Books
Elyria Comics
Death Records
Hospital Notes Markets
Wellington
Defense Budget Cuts Placed On House Committee Agenda
The House Appropriations Committee prepared to send to the House its recommended cuts to President Truman's defense budget for 1953. The pared-down $50.92 billion bill aims to reduce spending while maintaining armed forces, with details still secret. Assistant Defense Secretary Anna Rosenberg testified that about 1,200,000 inductions are needed, including 110,000 to expand active forces and the rest to replace draftees volunteers reservists and guardsmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
House
Truman
Defense
Anna M. Rosenberg
City Officials Return From Columbus Fluoridation and Sanitation Talks
Mayor Henry W. Ault and Safety Service Director D. W. Kothe returned from Columbus after meetings with State health officials on fluoridation of water. They reviewed fluoridation methods used by other cities and conferred with the State Bureau of Public Inspection on correct bookkeeping for the new city sanitation department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Ault
Safety Service
D. W. Kothe
Columbus
State Board of Health
State Bureau of Public Office Inspection
New City Sanitation Department
Columbia Pupils to Receive Extra Easter Break
Columbia township schools will close an extra day during Easter to compensate for Washington's Birthday holiday. All county schools will close Wednesday evening April 9 and Columbia resumes April 16, one day later than other schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Township
Washington
Columbia
Three Escape From Grafton Prison Farm
Sheriff and police across Ohio were asked yesterday to capture three inmates reported missing from the Grafton prison farm. The escapees are Phil lip Gilbert Steyer 22 Louis Teller 24 both of Cleveland and Thomas Lane 22 of Warren Ohio.
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Ohio
Grafton Prison Farm
Phillip Gilbert Steyer
Louis Teller
Cleveland
Thomas Lane
Warren, QO
Oklahoma Rep Schwabe dies in Virginia home
Rep George B. Schwabe of Oklahoma died of a heart attack at his Alexandria Virginia home. He was 65 years old. The obituary note accompanies a local advertisement for a lawn maintenance service and a power roller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George B. Schwabe
Okla
Alexandria
Lodge Still Sees Ike Victory In Nomination
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr arrives in Paris for talks with General Eisenhower. He contends Ike could win the Republican nomination without returning home to campaign and predicts a possible first ballot victory at the convention. Lodge outlines plans for political talks and discusses Oregon and New Jersey primary implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Ike
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Lodge
Eisenhower
Massachusetts
Oregon
Orly
Allied Supreme Headquarters
Rocquencourt
New Jersey
Taft
Alfred E. Driscoll
U. S
Prominent Grafton Businesswoman Harriett Spitzer Dies
Mrs. Harriett Spitzer, 63, of Grafton and Cleveland, died at Elyria Memorial Hospital after an extended illness. Born June 14, 1888 in North Eaton, she taught in Norwalk before her marriage to George Spitzer in 1911 and moved to Grafton. Surviving sons and grandsons, funeral arrangements indicate services at Grafton Methodist Church and burial in Brookdale Cemetery.
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Grafton
Harriett Spitzer
Cleveland
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Red Cross Drive Nears Goal in Elyria March Campaign
Elyria Red Cross workers press to reach a $35,355 quota plus a $2,000 disaster fund. Reported total to date is $33,271.13 with $24,040.33 collected, leaving $2,084 still to raise. Tornado fund contributions remain welcome at chapter offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross
Elyria
Edna Schropp
Fire Loss $(?) Great Lakes Storage Blaze in Cleveland
Cleveland fire officials estimated losses from a late night blaze at the Great Lakes Storage and Moving Co. total more than 100000 dollars. No injuries were reported as investigators work to determine the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland — Fire Department
Great Lakes Storage & Moving Co
Elyria High Seniors Dominate District State Scholarship Tests
Eighteen Elyria High students earned top honors in a district state scholarship exam. Winners include Tony Olenek and Thomas Dean in Chemistry, Del Gorham in Geometry, James Nay in Physics, and Ed Bittner Fred Forsyth Carl Norris in Advanced Algebra. The top finishers in American History Senior Social Studies Senior English and Spanish II advanced to the statewide test May 3 at Baldwin Wallace College Berea. high scorers may receive scholarships.
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Elyria High
George Miraben
Tony Olenek
Thomas Dean
del Gorham
James Nay
Ed Bittner
Fred Forsyth
Carl Norris
Lee Wurster
Merna Livermore
Marilyn Nicholas
Robert Kunkle
Rose Steinberg
Walter Wisniski
Carol Aldrich
Betty Anne Halsey
Margaret Pratt
Jeanne Kokai
Marilyn Snoble
Baldwin-Wallace College
Berea
Ridgway Confers With Top Officers In Korea
General Ridgway met Vice Admiral Joy and other senior officers at Munsan Korea in a session seen as potentially breaking the armistice deadlock. The visit followed by briefings with UN negotiators amid questions about its significance as talks continued on POW terms and neutral inspectors.
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Ridgway
Korea
Panmunjom
Matthew B. Ridgway
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Japan
Fifth Air Force
Munsan
Joy
Munson
James A. van Fleet
8Th Army
Bryan L. Milburn
O. C. Mood
Francis Dodd
Ades
Kose Island
van Fleet
Mood
Steel Industry Faces Possible Strike as Wage Talks Resume
National steel talks resume with Philip Murray of the CIO United Steelworkers pressing for a 26 cent an hour wage-fringe package to avert a nationwide strike set for April 8. Kaiser Steel signs the Wage Stabilization Board terms, while industry seeks price increases and potential government seizure remains a looming option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Philip Murray
United Steel Workers
CSO
Wage Stabilization Board
Murray
Robert F. Loftus
Washington
CIO
United Steelworkers
Defense
John R. Steelman
Justice and Defense Departments
Truman
Kaiser Steel
Kaiser Steel Co
Kaiser
Roger L. Putnam
Kaiser ‘Company
Ellis Arnall
Capehart
Administration
Four Lorain County men join the Navy
Four Lorain County men enlist in the U S Navy announced by Orville V. Zietsow U S Navy recruiter The enlistees are Richard F Sittinger 18 of 680 North Ave road Earl D McDonald 28 of 216 Second street William M West Jr Lorain and Frank R Nestick Sheffield Lake McDonald reenlisted and is sent to Philadelphia as Engineman third class The others are assigned to Great Lakes Naval Training Station
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyrians
U.S. Navy
Orville V. Zietsow
FPC
U. S&. Navy
Richard F. Sittinger
North
Aboe Road
Earl D. McDonald
Second Street
William M West, Jr
Lorain
Frank R. Nestick
Sheffield Lake
McDonald
Navy
Philadelphia
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Two Contracts Awarded to Elyria Firm for Air Force Pumps
William S. Singley, regional director of the Wage and Hour and Public Contracts Division, announces two contracts awarded to Romeo Pump Company in Elyria. The Air Force will receive pumps costing $117,000 and $171,000 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Singley
U. S. Department of Labor
Air Force
Romeo Pump Company
Also Mentioned on This Page
Newspape
Joseph Short
Short
Telegraph
Mrs. Sprunk
Palm
Resar Florist
Sen. Lodge
Mrs. Harriett Spitzer
Red Cross
Bulletin
Lorain County
ROG
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