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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1950
Page
1
Elyria will move clocks forward one hour at 2:00 a.m. next Sunday April 90 to observe Daylight Saving Time until the last Sunday in September. The change aligns Elyria with Cleveland and other area cities under Ordinance No. 3770 adopted September 20, 1948, defining Eastern Standard Time and the DST period.
President Truman rejected GOP charges that his administration shelters Communists by declaring Politics as the answer and asserting that no disloyal person remains on the government payroll. He praised loyalty efforts and warned the real danger lies in abroad Communist imperialism while downplaying internal threats. He did not name Sen. McCarthy directly and urged awareness over politics in the accusations. Continued on Page 2.
Four Elyria ministers accepted invitations to officiate at the 1950 Elyria High School Commencement. The Baccalaureate address Sunday June 4 at Ely Stadium will be given by Reverend Arthur Franklin Williams of First Baptist. Benediction by Rev. Davis O. McCamy of First United Presbyterian. invocation by Rev. Henry King Shaw of First Christian. Commencement July 7 at 7:30 p.m. at the Stadium with invocation by Rev. G. Russel Hargate of St. Andrews.
Cloudy and warmer with occasional showers this afternoon and tonight. Cooler on Wednesday with showers in the forenoon. Low tonight 42, high Wednesday 51. Five day forecast calls for near normal temperatures with cooler midweek and milder end of week, showers today tonight and again Friday. Markets found today on page two.
Service Director D. W. Kothe announced Elyria will hold its annual Spring cleanup the week of May 8. City crews will collect rubbish in containers placed at the curb or rear alleys. the effort will cover all sections and aim for rapid completion. No ashes will be collected.
Washington hearing as Senator McCarthy and Owen Lattimore confront accusations of Communist links. Budenz testifies in a closed session and promises to name at least 20 Pacific Affairs writers tied to Lattimore. The dispute over loyalty files fuels the probe and White House resistance to subpeonas.
Prague telegraphed report states President Klement Gottwald disclosed a broad cabinet reshuffle. Ludvik Svoboda is replaced as defense minister by Cepicka’s son-in-law while Cepicka becomes minister of defense and Stefan Reis takes justice. Fierlinger becomes head of the church office. Kopecky remains information and sports minister. The changes follow Kremlinesque shifts and come on Premier Zaponotakov’s proposal.
Nationalist quarriers say Communists to follow Hainan victory with a strike on the Chusan Islands, 90 miles south of Shanghai, within a month. Tinghai base blocks Communist plans for Formosa. Hainan reports note heavy artillery arrivals and no Nationalist resistance yet. CAT planes evacuations from Sanya Airport completed as vacuums form at Sanya and Yulin.
Cynthia Walsh four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Earl B Walsh died from burns after her dress caught fire while reaching over the kitchen range. Her father is principal of the Wooster Township school.
Striking Ohio Bell Telephone Company workers may join a national Bell system effort to jam long distance lines. CIO Communications Workers union rep Austin T. Judson said about 200 installers on strike may call long distance in a coordinated blackout to disrupt service. He cautioned against naming an exact time to avoid tipping off the company. Mass picket lines would accompany the walkout.
A common pleas court entry establishes Daylight Saving Time as the legal time for the county starting April 30. Clocks will move forward one hour for the summer, then revert to Eastern Standard Time on the last Sunday in September.
Pittsburgh leaders push a reintroduced Ohio bill to grant a 210 million dollar iron ore limestone and coal belt conveyor common carrier status. Noel R. Michell says the project would cross 12 rail lines between Lorain and East Liverpool and argues it would be supplemental not competing with railroads. Twelve railroads oppose the measure as earlier efforts were defeated last spring.
Lorain county reports about six percent of real property is tax exempt, totaling 20 616 819 dollars in value. Land and buildings are valued, with federal government holdings including post offices. state and local properties also show large exempted totals across schools, libraries, and churches per the state tax commission order.
The Lorain County Medical Society will host the University of Illinois postgraduate symposium at Spring Valley Country Club on Wednesday April 26 from 2 PM to 8:30 PM with dinner from 6:30 to 7:30 PM. Dr. S. D. Nielsen, president, will give introductory remarks as Illinois physicians discuss topics of interest to doctors.
Kiwanis Club sponsors a drive starting Monday to raise a minimum eight thousand dollars to re outfit the Elyria High School band of eighty musicians with new uniforms including overcoats suited for cold weather. Assisting are the Junior Chamber Lions Young Men's Club and Rotary under R G Taylor with solicitation teams in the community.
The Ohio state board of tax appeals rejected Vermilion school district’s request to place a $650,000 bond issue on the primary ballot. Plans now show 29 rooms and 50,000 square feet, far beyond the 1947 approval of 16 rooms and 28,000 square feet. The board may allow a higher bond only if plans match the voters’ prior authorization. The district can still pursue the bond at the next general election.
County commissioners released the civil service report naming ten of sixteen examinees who passed the county welfare director exam. The top three likely to be certified later include George W. Lawrence Clifford Waterhouse and Floyd Wooldridge. Veterans receive a 20 percent credit. the vacancy follows Floyd Shaw’s upcoming retirement. the same report notes Ashland high school music director Pete Louis E will conduct the all Ohio boys band at the One State Fair Aug 26 to Sept 1.
E H S musicians from Elyria join top Ohio bands at Ohio scholastic band orchestra and choir finals hosted by Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware. Alyria ensembles directed by Walter Von Brock and Sidney Davis compete after district honors. Elyria contingent travels by three buses, performances at 10 am for band and 3 20 pm for orchestra, final musical events of 1950 season.
Government mediators announced a delay in the threatened rail strike as new negotiations are set to resume in Chicago with the Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen. 13,000 firemen were to strike seven railroads to press for an extra fireman on Diesel engines, while the deadline shifted to May 10 local time.
Deputy Sheriff George Kosco said the state fire marshal will investigate the destruction of Erma Richi's house on Annis road in Lorain. A car was seen leaving minutes before the 2 am blaze yesterday. Neighbor Edward Becker reported all floors were aflame at once and two five gallon cans possibly containing kerosene or gasoline were found among the debris. The $10,000 dwelling was destroyed.
Adm. Forrest P. Sherman told the House Armed Services committee that four new submarines including one atomic powered craft would be funded as part of a 335 million building and conversion program for fiscal 1952. He outlined three additional atomic age subs, a snorkel conversion, and modernization of a carrier and a cruiser, with 112 vessels total costing about 129.9 million and the rest for conversions. The work could begin tomorrow, but funds would not be available until July 1, 1951.
Lorain County American Cancer Society warns Elyrians of unauthorized fundraisers. Norman Haslop says residents report individuals misrepresenting other groups as fighting cancer. ACS wears ribbons, issues receipts, and leaves pamphlets. no confirmed cases yet. KPEN Bowling ad at Bowl-O-Drome follows.
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