Telephone Strike Talks Bog Down
New York negotiations between Western Electric and CWA Division 6 stalled on a grievance issue threatening to expand into a nationwide telephone strike. The walkouts began in Oregon and spread, potentially delaying new equipment installations and risking broader disruption as talks paused ahead of a 60 day Truman-brokered truce's end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Western Electric
Division 6
Communications Workers of America
CIO
New Yorker
Chicago
Chrysler
Arthur V. Viat
CIO Auto
Truman
Bell System
CIO Communications Workers of America
Swift Justice for Elyria Shoplifter Sentenced
Elizabeth Grace Officer of Lorain was sentenced to Marysville Reformatory for Women for grand larceny, following her latest shoplifting arrest in Elyria with Melvie Lee Jones of Cincinnati. Judge D A Cook rejected probation, noting the earlier offense and the pending probation request. Authorities continued to pursue Jones on larceny charges as police investigated the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift
Elizabeth Grace Officer
Lorain
Melvie Lee Jones
Cincinnati
Elyria
Miss Officer
Marysville Reformatory
Harold Ewing
Miss Jones
C. E. Andress
Alan VanWormer
Psychologist Is Appointed For Guidance Center
Charles C. Marten was named chief psychologist at Lorain County Guidance Center and introduced to the Mental Hygiene Association at a dinner in Oberlin. He will lead a public seminar Monday at MSC A, discussing The Social Resources of the Community. The event will feature the film City of the Sick. Marten comes from Upper Miami Guidance Center and will divide time between Elyria and Lorain offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Marten
Lorain County Guidance Center
Lorain County Mental Hygiene Association
Oberlin Inn
Mildred Shelly
Marten
City of the Sick
Columbus State Hospital
Mr. Marten
Elyria
Upper Miami
Fiqua
Cleveland
University of California At
Los Angeles
Knight Dunlap
Gerald Fernald
Lorain
Mildred Sheily
Broadway
Carl J. Miller
The
Mental Hygiene Association
Loberlin High School
High Speed Tests Linked to Tremors Near Wright Field
Dayton area tremors reportedly linked to high altitude test dives at Wright Field. Maj. Richard L. Johnson, holder of the speed record, confirmed he flew an F-86 Thursday and Friday when explosions were heard. Officials say tests may continue next week to determine any connection.
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Dayton
Dayton Journal Herald
Wright- Patterson Air Force Base
Richard L. Johnson
Wright Field
Maj. Johnson
Journal-Herald
Col
F. K. Paul
Right To Condemn For Building Upheld
The Second District Court of Appeals upheld the right of trustees of the new Franklin County Veterans Memorial to proceed with condemnation to obtain the final properties for the $47 5 million building. Condemnation proceedings set for May 1 in probate court.
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Columbus
Second District Court of Appeals
Franklin County Veterans Memorial
McCarthy promises new disclosures on Amerasia case
Senator Joseph R McCarthy claimed new disclosures will expose a Soviet espionage net tied to the Amerasia affair and urged subpena of former OSS agent Frank Belaski. He accused the State Department and Owen Lattimore of Communist links while Lattimore denies the charges and plans further testimony. Also Cincinnati judge Alfred Mack dies at 68.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph xx. McCarthy
Wis
Amerasia
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
Frank Belaski
Office of Strategic Service
OSS
McCarthy
Belaski
Wisconsin Republican
State Department
Owen Lattimore
Johns Hopkins University
Russia
Lattimore
Louis F. Budenz
Bella V. Dodd
Lawrence Kerley
New York Journal American
John J. Huber
Communist Party
Miss Dodd
Budene
Huber
Kerley
Cincinnati
Alfred Mack
Hamilton County Common Pleas
Thirteen Injured When Bus Hits Truck Near Washington
A Blue Ridge bus collided with a disabled truck on Route 19 north of Washington Pennsylvania in heavy fog injuring thirteen people, two seriously. Bus driver Benjamin F. Oliver of Frederick Maryland and passenger Snowden McGuinn of Alexandria Virginia were trapped for nearly an hour and forty minutes before rescue. Both remained in serious condition at Canonsburg Hospital.
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Washington
Blue Ridge
Route 19
Here
Benjamin F. Oliver
Frederick
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Snowden
McGuinn
Alexandria
Canonburg Hospital
The Weather Markets Found Todat G Page Two
A brief weather and markets note appears on page two with references to local conditions and market activity. The readable text mentions temperatures and commodity prices expected in the day ahead, with notes on market trends and potential shifts in prices.
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TODAT
Avon Lake woman found dead near railroad tracks under foul play suspicions
Betty Lou Dicus, 23, of Williams Court Avon, was found mangled beside Nickel Plate tracks west of Bradley road. Avon Lake police probe death as possible homicide. Miss Dicus, an assembler at Troxel Manufacturing Elyria, left Tuesday evening in her car which was later returned to her parents’ home and left on a bridge. She had four brothers and three sisters, with services planned at Burmeister Funeral Home in Avon Lake on Monday. Cremation to follow with burial private.
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Avon Lake
Betty Lou
Pat) Dicus
Williams Court
Avon
Bradley Road
Bay Village
Cuyahoga County
Troxel Manufacturing Co
Elyria
Charles Dicus
Paul Folino
Bird Walk at Ely Woods Led by James Akers Sunday
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History sponsors the second bird walk in its series on Sunday April 23 led by James Akers. The group meets at the park entrance to Ely Woods on Washington Avenue at 7 15 a.m. All are invited to join and aim for record attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
James Akers
Ely Woods
Washington Avenue
Boy Killed as Train Strikes Teen on Bike
In Cleveland Wayne Kuhn, 15, was killed last night when a passenger train struck him as he crossed the tracks on his motorbike. A witness, fellow student Charles Schmidt, 15, said Kuhn likely failed to notice warning lights as the Vanderbilt train failed to stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Wayne Kuhn
Charles Schmidt
Kuhn
New York Central
Commodore Vanderbilt
Spitzer Brothers Bid For Two Farms Accepted
Spitzer brothers John Stewart Sidney and Adelbert were reported by Referee William B Woods of federal bankruptcy court to be successful bidders at 69500 for two Strongsville Ohio farms of The Ohio Tool Co assets being sold to collect about 3 million in tax liens against it and its president Lester E Butzman Jr The Spitzers represented by John manager of the Spitzer Motor Co were successful in bids for the main farm and for 62 acres across the road They had offered 140000 for the entire property but that failed as total bids surpassed 140000 by about 700 Woods noted sale of chattels totalled 27755 Two other farms not confirmed will be re offered Monday prior to stock sale Woods said these two farms brought bids of 25000 and 26000 which were not high enough.
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Spitzer
John
Stewart
Sidney
Adelbert
William B. Woods
Federal Bankruptcy Court
Strongsville, C
Ohio ‘Tool Co
Its
Lester E. Butzman, Jr
Spitzer Brothers
Spitzer Motor Co
Spitzers
Woods
Clearview Tops State Finals in Ohio High School Speech League
From Columbus reports indicate Clearview High earned first place in the state finals with the one act play Poor Maddalena. Cast members Doris Mitchell Shirley Mason Richard Smarsh and Richard Muzilla recognized in all state, with Alan Stitak and Robert Amstutz as key crew. Directed by Valerie Jenkins, head of the county speech program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Clearview
Ohio State University
Maddalena
Ameden- Jackson Liberty High School
Doris Mitchell
Shirley Mason
Richard Smarsh
Richard
Raymond Muzilla
Alan Stitak
Robert Amstutz
Jeague
Valerie Jenkins
County Workshop Players
Will Study New Ways To Fight Beach Erosion
Army engineers and Ohio beach erosion officials will meet in Toledo to discuss new methods to curb erosion along Lake Erie's northern shore. They will install experimental devices off Camp Perry to test which designs best reduce the shoreline loss.
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Olumbus
Army Engineers
Ohio
Toledo
Lake Erie
F. O. Kugel
Department of Natural Resources
Camp Perry
Berlin as Kremlin aim dominates early cold war moves
Washington officials believe Soviet focus in eastern Europe is a Berlin objective. They warn Moscow could renew a blockade or disrupt Allied airlift while awaiting a Western withdrawal from Berlin. Acheson questions immediate war danger though aides fear a larger Berlin drive could trigger incidents. The diplomat says Russians seek to remove Western presence in Berlin.
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Washington
U. S
Europe
Berlin
Kremlin
Dean Acheson
Baltic
Russia
Germany
Moscow
Latvia
U.S
Courtney Kirby Named Executive Secretary of Elyria Chest
Announcement by J. E. Glass, president of Elyria Community Chest, Inc., names Courtney Kirby executive secretary succeeding the late Ralph Tibball. Born in Bellaire Ohio, Kirby served as Major in WWII, directed the Elyria Veterans Service Center, and held posts with Ohio Soldiers' Claims and the World War II Veterans' Bonus before moving to Elyria with his wife to 140 Eastern Heights Boulevard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Glass
Elyria Community Chest, Inc
Courtney Kirby
Elyria Community Chest
Kirby
Chest
Ralph Tibball
Bellaire
Edwin Kirby
Methodist Church
East Liverpool
Cambridge
Elyria
Veterans’ Service Center
Cente
Soldiers’ Relief Commission
Elyria Junior Chamber of Commerce
Thomas Herbert
Ohio
Eastern Heights Boulevard
Wellington Telegraph Manager Dies After 42 Years
Claude D. Gott 76 of 329 Herrick avenue died at Allen Memorial Hospital Obertin after asthma complications. He led Wellington Telephone Co for 42 years and served as director and Ohio Independent Telephone Association member. Survived by wife Flora son Robert daughter Esther Weaver two grandsons sister Katheryn Buswell. Funeral at Curtis E. Truman Funeral Home Monday 2:30 pm with Rev. Paul Brown officiating. Burial Greenwood Cemetery.
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Wellington
Claude D. Gott
Herrick Avenue
Wellington Telephone Co
Allen Memorial Hospital
Obertin
Ohio Independent Telephone Association
Robert
Ohio Telephone Association
Columbus
First Methodist Church
Masonic Lodge
Cleveland
Wellington Kiwanis Club
Flora
Esther Weaver
Katheryn Buswell
Oak Park
Urges U S Seize 10 Hostages For Missing Fliers
Philadelphia Pa Maj Gen William J Wild Bill Donovan urges the United States to seize 10 Russian soldiers and sailors as hostages for the 10 American Navy fliers killed in the Baltic plane incident He says the Russians should be held until indemnity is paid or Americans are returned safe He suggests taking hostages from UN personnel or Russian diplomatic agencies to pressure Moscow
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Philadelphia
William J
Wild Bill
Donovan
United States
OSS
Russia
United Nations
Fire damages Portsmouth service station building
Officials estimate fire at East End service station Auto motive Supply Co. caused more than 2000 dollars damage by burning the building and its contents yesterday. Fire started when an air compressor motor ignited kerosene used by attendants to clean the floor.
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Portsmouth
East End
Automotive Supply Co
Lorain Man Named Deputy Sheriff Joseph Rosso Named Deputy
Joseph Rosso, 28, of Lorain, will become deputy sheriff filling a vacancy. A Lorain High School graduate, he served 37 months in the Navy and lost the end of a finger on his right hand in Atlantic Patrol. He is married with a five year old daughter. starting salary $250 monthly.
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Joseph Rosso
Elyria Avenue
Lorain
Rosso
Lorain High School
Navy
Carl R. Finegan
Collision Fatal To Man In Lancaster Area
Leland William Ross, 35, of Galena, died hours after a truck collision on U S 22 three miles east of Lancaster. Lana Hather, 24, of Elyria, was treated for injuries after tripping on a sidewalk at Ely park.
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Man Lancaster
Leland William Ross
Galena
U. S. 22
Here
Lana Hather
West Rambler Street
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Ely Park
Fog and rain halt search for C 54 plane near Tokyo
Fog rain and darkness halted the late search for 35 Americans aboard a C 54 transport that crashed and burned in the Tanzawa mountains about 60 miles northwest of Tokyo. Eight planes were grounded, but teams from Air Force Army and Japan pressed to locate survivors as weather improves.
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Tokiya
Japan
Air Force
Tokyo
Tanzawa Mountain Range
Mt. Hiragatake
Clark Field
Philippines
Manila
Douglas MacArthur
Tanzawa Mountains
William J. Sebald
Economic Conference
State
Commerce Department
Warmee to Represent Elyria High on Beech Day Discussion Team
Sandra Warmee, a junior, was chosen to represent Elyria High at the Lake Erie League round table during Beech Day at Shaw High School. The event featured debates on civil liberties with teams from participating schools. Bill Mast of Lakewood High won first in the extemp contest, tying with Cleveland Heights for the award. Lorain and Shaw placed lower, while Dan Simon of Elyria was named an alternate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandra Warmee
Elyria High School
Shaw High School
Lake Erie League
Bill Mast
Lakewood High School
Cleveland Heights
Lakewood
Shaker Heights
Elyria
Lorain
Shaw
Dick Larkin
WGAR
Dan Simon
Two Czechs Sentenced to Death for Spy Ring
In Prague two Czechoslovaks Maj. Jaromir Nechansky and Vbleslav Wahl were condemned to hang for high treason and espionage for the United States. Other defendants, including Milos Spyrsl and Karel Loris, received long terms from 18 to 25 years, as the U S Information Service in Czechoslovakia closed its doors at Prague's request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Czechoslovakia
United States
U. S. Information Service
Maj
Jaromir Nechansky
Vbleslav Wahl
Milos Spyrsl
Karel Loris
Jan Dohnalek
Zdenka Vackova
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CWA
South Bend
Ind
Ernest Weaver
Oregon
Idaho
Swift Justice
Hainan
China
Taipei
Formosa
Hashow
Canton
Hoihow
Hong Kong
Singao Daily News
Haihow
Chushan
Shanghai
Hunt
Johnny Peoples
Wills Eye Hospital
Johnny
Charles J. Peoples
Upper Darby
Hansen
East Ave
West Ave
3Rd St
YWCA
Lorain Man
H.S
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