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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1952
Page
12
Elyria forms Health Council to coordinate central health planning through the existing Elyria Community Welfare Corner. A committee was established to carry the work forward, leveraging the local welfare group structure.
President Phips Murray urged a halt to the work stoppage as Pine signed the injunction while 95 percent of U S steel production was idle. Officials forecast massive losses, with 200,000 tons a day of steel production lost and possible disruption of rearmament plans. The National Production Authority barred shipments from warehouses to civilian manufacturers and exporters and moved to prioritize military production.
The article reports on Stassen addressing students about a forthright civil rights policy, balanced budget, gold standard, and voluntary profit sharing, urging optimism in America. It covers his answers on MacArthur, steel nationalization, federal aid to education, world government, and delegate voting. A student ovation followed as organizers formed a health committee and outlined six initial goals.
Carl Z. Koepp, 352 9th Street, is appointed to the Elyria police department effective May 1 by Safety Service Director D. W. Kotne. He is 26, unmarried, a Navy veteran, scored 87.6 percent on the civil service exam with 14.6 percent veteran’s preference, and is a native of Elyma born August 8, 1925. He attended Elyma High School and served as boatswain’s mate from 1943 to 1946, later working as a first class pilot for the Pittsburgh Steamship Co. on the Great Lakes.
Roy E Owens of 762 West Broad street was tentatively charged with driving while under the influence after his car left the road on Cleveland street. It knocked down a utility pole in front of 492 Cleveland street and struck a fire plug, then traveled 45 feet along the curb before stopping. A witness said the car swerved left onto the curb then returned to the right.
Supporters claimed winning 13 of 14 districts and at least two at large on a harmony slate while conceding Taft two delegates in the ninth district and 10 at large. The mass write in race drew names like Howdy Doody and Willie Sutton as voters split between Eisenhower and Taft.
Funeral services for Frank J. Ignatz 29 of R D J Grafton will be held at 10:00 a/m tomorrow at Sudro Curtis Funeral Home. Rev Louis Novak will officiate and burial follows in Brookdale cemetery. Ignatz a World War II veteran had been ill 18 months and belonged to the Magyar Evangelical and Reformed church.
John Mihuta Jr. 28 of Lorain longtime World War II veteran and first disabled veteran discharged in 1944 died 10 p.m. Tuesday at Crile Veterans Administration Hospital. He worked as an accounting clerk for National Tube Company and served a year on a destroyer in the Gilbert Islands earning meritorious service awards. Survived by widow Margaret two children Thomas J. and Patricia Marie, father John Mihuta Sr., brothers Gabriel T. and Victor W., sisters Mrs. Steve Tulock and Mrs. Anna La Vona. Funeral Saturday 2 p.m. at Walter A. Frey Funeral Home with burial at Ridgehill Memorial Park.
Presiding judges across precincts will collect election supplies from the board with Lorain city boxes arriving Monday and others Saturday. Polls open 7 30 am Tuesday. daylight saving time quickens turnout. A bedsheet ballot will simplify choices with party delegates, and voters will use a list in the Chronicle Telegram to speed voting. Five minute limit at machines applies. write in spaces for delegates are blocked.
West of Berlin, U S British and French commandants delivered a note to Gen Vassily Shuikov alleging an unwarranted Soviet fighter attack. The note demanded a full investigation, punishment of those responsible, and compensation for injuries and damages to the aircraft and passengers.
About a dozen Elyrians will join nearly 1000 registered nurses at the sixth biennial National Council of Catholic Nurses convention in Cleveland at the Hotel Statler. Officials from Elyria include hospitality chair Mrs. Harry White and registrations chair Mrs Edward Frabotta. The event runs Friday to Sunday with Masses, workshops, talks by bishops and priests, a welcome by Clara Mitchell, and a semiform al dance for delegates.
Senator Herman Welker called for a Senate investigation into charges that the Treasury allowed prominent Democratic contributors to write off campaign loans as bad debts on income tax returns. Senator Williams cited letters and a 1948 Internal Revenue ruling permitting a 10 percent settlement and the rest as bad debts. He urged reversal and tax-revenue recovery.
A Ravenna Ohio builder has permits for six houses in Elyria. Each 24 by 30 foot one story frame costing 8000 dollars, financed by H W Neiswonger of Ravenna and built by Trumble Building of Warren. Locations include 527 Furnace street and five other streets. A separate permit for a 10000 dollar 54 by 30 foot home on South Prospect street issued to Frank Maslyk.
LaVerne Gustafson, 101 Eastern Heights Boulevard, escaped injury after a dog owned by Mrs. Carrie Glass of 353 South Maple Street attacked him on a sidewalk while he was making a call at 353 1/2 South Maple Street. The dog, on a 10 foot chain, reached the sidewalk and tore part of Gustafson's left trouser leg. Police report the dog was tied.
LaGrange students in the vocal department will present a Spring Festival on Thursday May 1 at 8 p m in the school. Miss Jeannine Rebentisch vocal instructor directs the program with community members invited to attend.
Raymond West, 20, of 22 North Main Street Oberlin, had his charge reduced to contributing to the delinquency of a minor and the case sent to juvenile authorities. He was accused of taping a 16 year old girl alone in a house on April 1 while babysitting.
Today in common pleas court Judge D A Cook granted Audrey O’Brien a divorce from John for neglect. Judge John Pincura granted Paul Fleming a divorce from Mel la for neglect. Baker Auto Sales received a $188 cognovit judgment against John Cloyd and Western Reserve Inc. a $145 debt judgment against Vivian Greene. Geraldine Postgai won $637 against Charles Meyers on a cognovit note. Esther Pash sued Helen Cameron for $350 rent on a Oberlin property with $150 monthly rent. A $10,000 probate settlement approved for Reynold Schwartz death in an Aug 24 air crash, with $2,000 to Pennell Carlson and Reese and the rest to his parents.
Women from Erie Huron Ashland Richland and Lorain counties gathered at the First Evangelical United Brethren church in Amherst for a full-day Home Demonstration Council meeting. President Mrs. William Heck presided with panel discussions led by Ohio State University official Eunice Kochheiser and a talk by Mabel Grey Gehring of Cleveland. The program celebrated National Home Demonstration Week ending May 3.
Students from Penfield intermediate and high schools will present a spring concert at eight o'clock featuring vocal and instrumental music. Jeannine Rebentisch directs the vocal portion while the Penfield orchestra is conducted by two student teachers from Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Gerald M. Frank, county supervisor of music, serves as director.
Odd fellow and St. Clair Rebekah lodges marked 133 years with a joint meeting in the IOOF hall guest speaker Grant Keys condemned Communist influence on American life. A social hour followed and Buckeye Junior Oddfellowship Lodge No. 6 to elect officers Saturday at 7 30 p.m. in the IOOF hall. The new group expects a charter from the Grand Lodge of Ohio in June.
Multiple traffic incidents are reported on Oberlin road East Avenue and Middle Avenue with no charges in the minor collision involving Edward H Barbknecht and Ronald Egar. Others include two juveniles certified to juvenile court for traffic violations and Robert G Bleck fined for reckless driving after a Broad Street Court Street collision. Sanford L McKnight charged with reckless driving after a Middle Avenue incident. damages in the Keith collision estimated at 700 dollars.
Captain Edgar Bundy, Far East intelligence adviser, told Elyria Rotary Club Alaska is Russia’s primary objective and the grave threat to America. He warned Soviet paratroop takeovers could occur in 24 to 48 hours, with New York state as initial target and Alaska as the gateway for atomic strikes. He noted Siberian industrial bases near Alaska and growing radar defenses. He called Ohio a secondary target due to colleges and industry.
A habeas corpus contest over custody of a two year old girl was heard by Common Pleas Judge D A Cook in Lorain. Robert Withrow the father accuses Mr and Mrs John Babies of holding the child Carol Lee without authority and refusing to return her. The Babies ages sixty six had cared for the child since the mother died last August and during most of the child's life. Dr Virgil LaFleur testified the child is allergy prone and malnourished but improving and urged against changing environments. Judge Cook took the case under advisement after all testimony.
Mt. Zion Baptist church senior choir presents a Spring Festival of Music at 8 15 p m Friday May 2. Directed by Rev Freddie L Steen Oberlin College student. Gospel chorus Rust Methodist church Oberlin Choral ensemble and other Oberlin talent assist. No admission charge and public invited.
Dean Fye aged 60 was found dead in a garage at 213 Factory Street LaGrange. Deputy coroner cites a self inflicted shotgun wound as cause. 12 gauge used. Fye formerly worked ten years for General Industries in Elyria. He leaves two sons Robert Atlanta and Rogan LaGrange, two daughters Mrs. Maxine Smith Amherst and Mrs. Carol Toghill LaGrange, five grandchildren and sister Mrs. Marie Haliwell West Salem. Funeral Friday at 2 p m at Russell D. Fulton Funeral Home with Rev. Walter Young presiding. burial in LaGrange cemetery. casket kept closed.
Akron rubber maker Poncet Davis pleads not guilty to income tax evasion charges. Federal Judge Charles J. McNamee sets bond at 10 000 dollars and orders trial on alleged evasion totaling 738 240 dollars between 1945 and 1948.
Lorain County farmers were warned to spray clover and alfalfa now to control spittlebugs that stunt hay yields. The insect harms hay, strawberries, flowers, and shrubs. heavy infestations can cut yields by up to five percent. County Agent Carl Deeds details spraying with benzene hexachloride or toxaphene, application rates, and grazing restrictions after treatment.
SCIO Ohio business leader P. Reese weighing donating his $3.5 million Scio Ohio Pottery Co plant to an Ohio college or university to dodge taxes. He said several schools showed interest after the plant burned and was rebuilt. He considered New York University before favoring an Ohio institution. This would save inheritance or income taxes for heirs and avoid taxes on employees.
Toledo cash grain quotes for wheat corn oats and soybeans with price ranges. Produce section lists diverse fruits vegetables mushrooms and greens with varying quality grades and weights. Cleveland livestock market reports steady to active cattle calves hogs and sheep with price bands.
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