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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1946
Page
1
The distorted text references Alémie Tapert and NOME study amid a contested push for federal ownership of Salomie materials and production plants. It hints at military defense themes and civilization decline, suggesting a controversial push may face opposition or collapse.
Alaska 21p longshoremen strike ends after a long session with Territorial Gov. Ernest Grieving. Workers resume unloading ships as food shortages persist and prices soar. cannery workers walkout threat looms, restaurants closed in Anchorage.
Paul Reading, executive officer of the Canadian Information Services, will address the Elyria Rotary Club at the Y.M.C.A. luncheon Tuesday. A World War I veteran, Reading served as a correspondent in Shanghai and Peking from 1920 to 1924, later guiding Canadian newspaper operations in Toronto, Montreal, and at the Washington bureau of Southam Newspapers before joining the Canadian War Information Board in 1942. He married in Peking in 1923 and Salvador.
A burglary suspect named Simpson escaped pursuit after arrest near an airport. He allegedly dodged two police bullets, hijacked a single engine plane, and fled the scene. The damaged aircraft and a patrolman’s chase followed as Simpson landed nearby and vanished.
Senator Allen J. Ellender urged a new wage price stabilization line in a Washington speech. He warned that without a revised framework, Truman and Bowles face a difficult Senate patchwork to fix House OPA extensions. He favored continued price controls with fewer amendments and called for shifting ceilings on strawberries and certain apparel to ease living costs.
Due to rising applicant numbers an extra day each week has been added for auto license examinations in Blyria. Examinations are held at the county garage on Oberlin Road every Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Beginning May 1, examinations will also be held Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The examiner is at the state highway garage in Overlin on Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and at the city retirement center in Lorain on Fridays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon. DR. KATE KELSEY CLARK, former Elyria resident, died April 16 in Iron River Wisconsin at 87. Burial will be in Cable Wisconsin.
Edwin W. Pauley sails for the Far East to survey Manchurian and Korean assets left after Japanese industry. Officials say the trip advances Truman and Byrnes’s plan for a full Japan separation program, with uncertain figures on wartime removals and Russian entry.
London reports Sgt James Jones of Muskogee Ohio was convicted on three of eight counts of brutality to American soldiers at Litchfield and sentenced to six months hard labor. Court martial found him guilty after 30 minutes deliberation. He faced maximum 18 months for the eight charges.
Robbers with a plan escaped with about $2400 in clothing from BeVier store Oberlin last night. Most stolen items were women’s dresses and suits with many blouses night wear and about 50 boys shirts. Entry was through a rear door. police checked doors at 1 am and again at 7 am finding them secure. Deputies hunt a suspect using a Lorain county plate noted with a car in the vicinity.
CHANGCHUN The Nationalist government says Changchun, Manchuria capital, fell to Communist forces after a bloody battle. Nationalist defenders, outnumbered, retreated as the city was reported largely deserted and largely in ruins from bombardment and incendiary warfare.
In And About The Court House a report states Calvin Holloway of Elyria was indicted for carrying a concealed weapon and shooting with intent to wound. The shooting charge was entered with the prosecutor's consent. Holloway requested probation, and proceedings continued for division later. Local property tax sales and related civil actions are also noted in the same column.
France votes on a proposed constitution for a single chamber parliament with a figurehead president. The referendum will determine whether the Fourth Republic is adopted, with Communists and Socialists backing the plan and conservatives opposing it.
Anna Balint of Med is suing Steve Barn for $20,000 in common pleas court claiming he asked her to marry on several occasions including June 15 and that they planned to wed before December 1945 but he later married someone else. Balint cites Barn’s $19,000 in assets and about $4,000 annual income as context for damages. The defendant declined comment when reached by phone.
Two officers acting as a two man vice squad arrested five men at Jim Barberesso's pool room on gambling charges and another man at the Northwood Inn for allegedly selling beer to a minor. The arrests include E C Spirs 16, Hazel Wildman 303 East Avenue, MoM Grimm 134 Second Street, William Mike 27 West Rivers Street, and Chde Huffman 209 Second Street. Convictions and court dates set for Monday.
A garbled OCR fragment recalls a political event near Washington involving a procession and tributes to a son, with mentions of the public house and a historic chapter. Details are unclear, but the text hints at a significant ceremony and remembrance linked to a notable figure.
The newly elected UAW president Wade Reuther faced a rift as the 22 member executive board narrowly approved a resolution opposing his wage policy. The vote backed that industry ability to pay is a factor but not the sole determinant in wage disputes, while disapproving long-term two-year contracts negotiated with General Motors.
Elizabeth Geehart Von 80 of Avon dies Friday at St Josephs Hospital after a two week illness. Survived by four daughters and three sons. Funeral at St Marys Church Avon with burial in Holy Trinity Cemetery East Avon. Edith Buswell Hopkins of LaGrange dies after a three day illness from a cerebral hemorrhage. Survived by husband four sons a brother five grandchildren and one great grandchild. Services at LaGrange Methodist Church with burial in LaGrange Cemetery.
Readers are invited to mail twenty cents for Pattern A007 a light gingham eyelet frock in sizes 6 to 12 with 1 7/8 yards of 39 inch fabric and pattern 9097 in larger size. Send name address and style number to Chronicle Telegram Pattern Dept New York.
In Indianapolis a bandit was killed and Hoosier Mint executive Rex Moonshower wounded seriously during an undetermined robbery at the plant. Moonshower, 45, fired back after the intruder demanded cash, collapsing in the street. Visitor William Armitage said the bandit entered, announced a holdup, and Moonshower returned fire. Police recovered a wire roll believed intended to bind targets. Also, Charles Schneider, 18, escaped from Grafton prison farm at 11:45 a.m. and had ties to Cleveland residence.
A damaged wartime note describes four Webbers of the family talking soil and stoned. It mentions Cpl. Kragian calling from Berne and a prior overseas posting. The text includes garbled names and uncertain dates but references military service and a family member’s voice.
Districts in Lorain County were graded on road conditions by state and county officials. Avon Lake East Carlisle Ridgeville West Carlisle and Huntington Township received BY grades indicating mixed road quality, while others earned C grades and one district Huntington Township received DY for most roads being intermediate. Grades influence transportation funding from the State Public School Fund and were set after presentations by G W Thomas and Harvey Haley with district representation.
Firemen were called to Mrs Jean Whitacre's home at 120 Parkview yesterday afternoon when a small pile of clothing ignited in a rubbish burning in the furnace. Mrs Whitacre extinguished the fire before the department arrived and it was confined to the clothing. The blaze started as rubbish fell to the basement floor.
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