Widow Frances Leonard Murdered in Lorain Home
Lorain police question a 29 year old man in connection with the murder of widow Frances Leonard at her Leasi ti road home. She was found shot in the head in the kitchen by her son and died at St Joseph's Hospital. Police seek her missing 1340 gun metal Plymouth ZF 429 and suspect a possible murder suicide motive.
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LORAIN
Frances Leonard
Leasiti road
Pelice
Polce
Theodore Walker
Leonard
Sexon Club
Taft Rivalry Looms In Nebraska Candidacy
Nebraska Taft supporters view Gov Dewey as main rival despite Wisconsin results. Taft tours Nebraska voters with stops in Wahoo and Omaha, addressing events before returning to Washington. Stassen seen as minor threat. MacArthur not considered a factor.
Northeastern Ohio Weather Forecast Cloudy Showers
Weather forecast for Northeastern Ohio calls for cloudy skies with scattered showers this afternoon and tonight. Thursday expects more showers and mild forenoon, then turning cooler with a low around 52 and a high near 61.
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CLEVELAND
Stenco All Aluminum Window Ad Promotes Prompt Delivery
Classified notice for Gessel advertising Stenco all aluminum windows at 6 West Ave with prompt delivery and contact by phone 2991. Includes brief design and sales pitch for regular and casement styles.
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Gessel
Stenco
West Ave
James B Seward Class Named by Elyria Knights of Columbus
The James B. Seward Class of Elyria Council 774 Knights of Columbus will receive major degrees Sunday afternoon at the Knights of Columbus hall. A banquet follows at the Elks Club with Auxiliary Bishop Begin of the Cleveland Diocese as guest speaker. The class is named in honor of Mr Seward, longtime charter member and former financial secretary.
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James B. Seward
Elyria Council
Knights of Columbus
Elks Club
Begin
Cleveland
Seward
Elrria K. of C. Council
council
Names Of 15 Persons Drawn For Grand Jury Duty
The county jury draws 15 residents for grand jury service to convene April 20. Names include Gerald Nau Cora Hoff Elyria Arthur Paul Horace Ives Louis Lieb Jesse Reot Avon Harry Getty Helen Ewnenecvhe Elizabeth Andress Bertha Siaslon William Pearson John Mrhek and others from Lorain Amherst Oberlin and Avon. About ten cases are slated for review including two traffic manslaughter counts three morass charges two robberies one larceny and one narcotics possession.
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Gerald Nau
Bellield avenue
Mathada Katz
Mendelcourt
Arthur Paul
East avenue
Horace Ives
West avenue
Elyria
Louis A. Lieb
nor Amherst
Cora Hoff Amherst
Clyde Gilbert Oberlin
Stephen Adam
Jesse¢ Reot Avon
Lorain
Harry Getty
Helen Ewnenecvhe
Elizabeth Andress
Bertha Siaslon
William Pearson
John Mrhek
Coal Mining At A Standstill In Ohio
Ohio coal mining remained halted as 15,000 miners refused to return to work without a go ahead from John L. Lewis. The holdout comes amid a nationwide labor dispute affecting major mines and operations in Columbus.
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Ohio
COLUMBUS
John L. Lewis
Railworker Unions Reject 13 Percent Increase in Wage Proposal
Three railroad brotherhoods in Cleveland reject the presidential emergency board's 13 percent raise. They sought 30 percent and other conditions, warning of a nationwide tie up if no settlement is reached within 20 days. Johnson urged avoiding interruption to commerce while pressing for talks to continue in that period.
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CLEVELAND
Engineers
Alvanley Johnsen
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Johnson
Absentee Ballots Available for May Primary
Loram County elections deputy Ruth Cummings announces absentee ballots for the May primary under a new Ohio law allowing those ten miles from their precinct to vote absentee. Ballots must be mailed by 6:30 pm April 29. offices close at noon April 30. Ballots may be issued to service members on request. Voters may cast in person before April 20 deadline.
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Loram Country Board of Elections
Ohio
tne.r
Mirs. ummings
bac
election board
Thursder
Whitehead To Speak At Community Chest Dinner
Elks Community Chest plans its thirty first annual dinner at Spring Valley Country Club Tuesday evening with Perle Whitehead, Bay Scouts official, as speaker. About 50 tickets remain available as a capacity crowd is expected and Red Feather service representatives will attend. A business session and seven three year trustees will be chosen. Funeral services for Pfc Joseph Dempsey USMC killed on Iwo Jima will be held Saturday at St Marys Church after arrival of his remains in Elyria. He was 20, survived by his father Patrick and siblings Tom and Patricia.
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Perle Whitehead
Elkiia Community Chest
Spring Valley Country Club
Ralph E. Tiobais
ilnding
Red Feather
Whitehead
Bay Scouts of America
Elyria
Dempsey
Patrick Dempsey
West Avenue
Marine Corps
biy
A.s
Elyma HK
Guam
Iwo Jima
Elrria
St. Manschuren
Tom
Patricia
gria
Seturnay
St Marrs Church
Meer
L. Newton
Calvary Cemetery
Lorain
Taft to Deliver Ohio Wesleyan Commencement Address
Ohio Wesleyan University will award 457 degrees in the largest class in school history as Cincinnati attorney Charles P. Taft brother of U S Senator Robert A Taft delivers the commencement address Saturday afternoon. Rev Oscar Thomas Olson of Epworth Euclid Church Cleveland will give the baccalaureate sermon. Ads.
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Ohio Wesleyan
DELAWARE
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
U. S
Robert A. Taft
AL o
Ohio Wesleyan University
C. E. Ficken
Oscar Thomas Olson
Epworth-Euclid Methodist Church
Cleveland
Hoffman to Lead Large ERP Program
Washington Senate confirmed Paul G. Hoffman to head the European Recovery Program. The unanimous vote followed his nomination by President Truman, and action clears the way for a quick start to check Communism and prevent Europe’s economic crisis. Hoffman said he would move fast and already began work in his hotel room, seeking a deputy administrator and roving ambassador within a week.
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WASHINGTON
Senate
aul G. Hoffman
Studebaker Corp
Truman
Hoffman
Europe
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Plans Drawn For New Broad Street Building
Plans are drawn for a $210000 commercial building on Broad Street east of the Leo Meyer garage on property owned by John Spitzer. The 66 by 332 foot structure would house Kroger on the Second Street section and include a proposed bowling alley and recreation parlor. The old stone house at Seventh and Cedar will be razed for parking. the Broad Street portion may be leased. J N Rassler Realty Co. handles the transaction.
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Broad street
Leo Meyer
John Spitzer
Spitzer Motors
Second street
Kroger Grocery Co
West Broad
Krogers
A. Kaze
Secenth
Cedar streets
Spitzer
J. N. Rassler Realty Co
Contempt Action Against Lewis Seems Likely
Washington John L Lewis faced a possible contempt citation as he defied a federal court order to end a 24 day coal strike. The government prepared a response, while Justice Department aides met to decide next steps and potential actions against operators failing to bargain.
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WASHINGTON
John L Lewis
federal
coal strane
United Mine Workers
Tremoueen
Lewis
Matthew AcGuire
United States
UMW
McGuire
Justice Department
Tom Clark
initio
John L. Lewis
Musicians from El ria High School Compete for State Honors
Nineteen El ria High School musicians qualified for the state finals by earning first ratings at the district solo and ensemble contest. Vocalists perform Friday in Columbus and instrumentalists on Saturday. Names include Jar Ross, Marianne Frank, Norman Fuller, Charmaine Kranyak, and Patricia Murphy among others.
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El+ria High School
strdert
Columbus
i instrumental
Jar Ross
Richard Spergie
John Grundy
Walter Cross
Marianne Frank
Marion Gattis
Norman Fuller
Dorothy Tkacs
Nancy Pickard
Edith Kaplan
Catherine Scott
Charmaine Kranyak
Robert Hancock
Shirh
amne Guth
Ivary Ross
Rostina Glavas
dave Smith
John Jasper
Patrcia Murphy
Philptevick
Charmaine Kranyak West
Richard Decker
Eisra Hich
Jane Smith
Carol Aldrich
Lois Tecrow
Jerry Gaston
Richard Eschtruth
Lois Trumper
Bill Butts
Norman Feiller
Philip Stevck
Jim Jordan
Walter Vonrock
Etsra Hish School
Coast Guardsmen drag for body of missing Roswell Robinson
Rescue crews search the Maumee River for Roswell Robinson reported missing after a boating incident last Sunday. The text also lists a rummage sale at 516 Bond St on Saturday April 10 at 10 a.m. and a diner advertisement for Ye Olde Diner in N Ridgeville open daily except Mondays.
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TOLEDO
L. S
Roswell Robinson
Maumee river
N. Ridgeville
Wisconsin primary reshapes GOP delegate slate with Stassen leading
Early returns from 2 315 of 3 138 precincts show Harold Stassen winning 21 of 27 Wisconsin GOP convention delegates with MacArthur and Dewey trailing. Stassen led in district and at large races while MacArthur held several district frontrunners but none secured final spots. final results delayed by Milwaukee County tabulation.
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MILWAUKEE
Harold E. Stassen
Douglas MacArthur
Thomas E. Dewey
Wisconsin
Dewey
Stassen
MacArthur G
Minnesota
MacArthur
Strassen
Philip La Follette
Edward Brown
Milwaukee County
Army Warns Troops On Communist March Across Europe
The Army told troops that Communist seizures like Czechoslovakia may prompt similar moves elsewhere in western Europe as parties push for influence before the European Recovery Program shows results. It listed Eastern Europe’s rapid shifts from 1945 to 1948 and questioned which country would fall next, including Finland Italy Greece and France.
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Czechoslovakia
U. S
Europe
Pinland
Italy
Greece
France
allance
Trah
Yugoslavia
Romania
Albania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Poland
Three Men Suffer Injuries In Auto Accidents
Edward Vilk of Avon complains of a wrenched back after a rear end collision on East Bridge Street at 7 30 p m involving two cars and a truck. Vilk’s car was struck by a truck driven by Robert Walsh. Hinsdale Massachusetts car knocked a car owned by Walter Burton of 520 Furnace Street. Burton stopped for traffic and Vilk also stopped when the truck struck his car. Robert Wheeler of Rocky River had a possible fractured nose and Richard Neuman of Newark Ohio had two broken teeth in a collision on Oberlin Road near Route 10 yesterday. Mrs R R Hofen of 331 Denison Avenue reported damage to the left rear corner of her car parked on West Avenue at 11 57 p m yesterday after being struck by a hit and run vehicle.
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Edward Vilk
Avon
East Bridge shest
Vilk
Robert Walsh
Hinsdale
Mass
Walter Burton
Furnace street
Burton
Wilk
Robert Wheeler
Rocky River
Richard Neuman
Newark
Oberlin road
yeserday
R. R. Hofen
Denison avenue
West avenue
pouce
Dewey Has Most Pledged Delegates
Governor Thomas E. Dewey leads in pledged delegates for the Republican National Convention with 108 total from New York New Hampshire Ohio Maine and six in New York plus additional New York votes expected from the State Republican Committee. The Wisconsin primary outcome does not affect his delegate edge according to the report.
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MILWAUKEE
Thomas E. Dewey
Wisconsin
New York
Dewey
New Hampshire
Maine
State Republican Committee
Russia Blames British Pilot for Berlin Air Crash
Moscow accused a British pilot of causing the Berlin air collision that killed 15, contrasting Britain’s claim of Russian fighter interference. The Soviet News Bureau cited cloud cover and misjudged approaches near Dahigow and Gatow fields, with the Russian landing gear lowering just before the British aircraft struck.
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BERLIN
Russia
Dahigow
Gatow field
Spring Awakening Brings Bills and Havens for Extra Cash
Community notes call for selling unused items via Chronicle Telegram want ads. The ad lists a phone contact 44-121 or 44-131 and promotes car washing services, BAMBOO fishing poles 16 to 20 ft, fishing licenses, and late hours at West River Hardware located at 3rd and West River.
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Chronicle- Telegram
West River Hardware
3rd and
West River
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