Transportation Strike Looms in Pittsburgh Citywide
Pittsburgh faces a potential citywide transportation strike at midnight as 2,700 Pittsburgh Railways Co. drivers and 160 Blue Ridge Lines drivers prepare to walk out to press wage and job security demands. Mediators plan separate talks with unions, railways, and city officials to avert a shutdown in the mass transit system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Railways Co
Blue Ridge
J. A. Moran
Union and Railways Company
David L. Lawrence
AFL
Theoty
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
South Hulls
AFL Teamsters Union
Yellow Cab Co
Letter By Rhee Urges Allies To Strike First
Ashland Ohio Times Gazette reports President Syngman Rhee of Korea warned allies must strike first against Communism or risk destroying the free world. In a letter to co owner Robert M Beer he called Geneva a futile chapter in useless talks with the Reds and urged bold action as Soviet nuclear programs advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
Syngman Rhee
Republic of Korea
Robert M Beer
United States
Beer
Rhee
Suburban Calendar Highlights Local Club Events
A sequence of tonight and weekend community happenings across Lagrange Amhearst Lorain and nearby towns. Vets associations fish fry and dances, high school hillbilly hop, 4H club meetings, rummage sale, youth training classes, MYF groups and church dinners populate a busy regional schedule with venues at Vet's Hall Carlisle Grange LaPorte Methodist Church Eaton School Oberlin and Assumption Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lagrange — Vets Association
South Amherst
Lorain County Grange
Carlisle Grange Hall
EATON
Grange Hall
Grafton
Methodist Church
Brighton
W.S.C.S
Cole
Oberlin
Eaton — North Eaton
Eaton School
Carlisle
LaPorte Methodist Church
Eaton Town Hall
Lisa Sergio Escapes Fasist Italy After Interpreter Work
Woodstock, VI Miss Lisa Sergio, longtime resident, once served as official English interpreter for Benito Mussolini. She escaped from Fascist Italy in 1937.
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Woodstock
Lisa Sergio
Benito Mussolini
Faslist
Italy
Points for Parents by Edith Thomas Wallace
A short child psychology sketch shows a milk delivery scenario where a boy delays lunch to finish deliveries. The mother gently teases the boy about his pretend role and invites a lunch break to discuss other topics, illustrating playful parent child interaction and imagination in daily chores.
Four Way Wardrobe Pattern Offers Mix Match Summer Sewing
Marian Martin pattern 9043 provides a four piece wardrobe cut to fit fuller figures including shorts, bra-top, wrap-round skirt and shirt. The set, sized for 14 to 22, emphasizes easy sewing with illustrated Sew Chart and complete measurements. Pattern costs thirty five cents with extra for first class mailing. Address is Pattern Dept. Chronicle Telegram, New York. Columbia annual banquet, Grange meetings, baptisms, and church activities are reported with details of dates, venues, committees, and attendees.
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Marian Martin
Chronicle Telegram
Pattern Dept
West 18Th St
New York
N. Y
Identity sought for hacked and burned torso found
In Upper Darby and Sharon Hill Philadelphia area a 28 year old reclusive man, Francis Ballem, was questioned by psychiatrists after a hacked up and charred torso was found in a foot locker at a Sharon Hill trolley station. Police say Ballem confessed to killing the man after a quarrel over a gun in a Philadelphia taproom, then dismembered and partially burned the body, cramming parts into the locker while legs were found in the attic. The suspect was seized in his quiet suburban home, where investigators found a scene described as a shambles with bloodied furniture and scattered papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper Darby
Sharon Hill
Francis Ballem
Philadelphia
John J. Boyle
Ballem
Boyle
Kiwanis Program Cites U S Canada Harmony
Kiwanis International and its 3800 clubs mark United States-Canada Good Will Week with messages from President Eisenhower and Prime Minister St Laurent cited as examples of cross border friendship. In Grafton Kiwanis meeting President Harry Jantz read the letters. speaker Charles Lawson of Elyria presented color movies. over $300 was raised for the Cancer Drive. upcoming speaker Lester Glick will discuss Boys Village.
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Grafton
Esenhower
St. Laurent
United States
Canada
United States-Canada
Kiwanis International
Donald
Friendshp
Kiwanis Club of
Harry Jantz
Kiwanis
Eisenhower
Fred W. Elliott
Kiwanis Club
Riverdale
Toronto
Ont
U. S. - Canada
Kiwanis Brotherhood
Charles Lawson
Elyria
Travelmart
Roland Hendax
Newell King
Clare Miller
Fred Stroebel
Lester Glick
Boys’ Village
Smithville
Crochet Pattern 7166 by Ace Brooks
An advertisement describes an heirloom crochet pattern 7166 by Ace Brooks for a 76 by 50 inch design using mer cerized cotton and straw yarn. It notes pricing, mailing address in New York and catalog details from the 1954 Alice Brooks Needlecraft Catalog, plus additional social notices about local residents and a new baby.
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Elyma Chronicle-Telegram
Household Arts Dept
P.O
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N. Y
Alice Brooks Needlecraft
Sr. of Granger
Lydia Bauer
Nelson Walter
Peter Johnson
Memphis
Tenn
Robert White
Berea Community Hospital
Dale Hammons
Avon Park
Fla
John Snells
Florida
Smallest Air Stop to Gain Daily Service in Wisconsin
Land O Lakes Wisconsin, a village of about 150, will become the smallest town in the United States to have daily airline service starting May 15. North Central Airlines cites strong demand driven by muskellunge fishing and the village’s location.
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Land O'Lakes
Wis
North Central
Coal Loadings At Lake Docks Far Under 1953
Cleveland marine notes show Lake Erie coal loadings as of April 26 total 1,356,427 tons versus 4,993,032 tons by that date in 1933. Coast Guard reports start of annual sweeping in Detroit River channels with vessel caution advised. Lake Michigan dredging planned May 4 to 19 to restore 21 feet depth at Saint Joseph Harbor turning basin. Cleveland Chiffs chairman predicts 1954 ore movement at 70 to 75 million dollars, about 25 percent below 1953 peak.
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The
Ore and Coal Exchange
Lake Ene
Coast Guard
Corps of Engineers
Fighting Island
Ballards Reef
Livingstone
Ambhertsburg
Trenton
Detroit River
Lake Michigan
Saint Joseph’s Harbor
Alexander E. Brown
Cleveland Chiffs Iron Co
Great Lakes
Brown
One-way streets curb parking curb congestion solution
Yale professor Kent T. Healy proposes making all downtown streets one way and eliminating curb parking to ease urban traffic. He notes political opposition from businessmen who resist the changes, hindering adoption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Kent T. Healy
Yale University
Chronicle Telegram 13 Elyria Ohio April 30 1954
Local Elyria Chronicle Telegram issue dated Friday April 30 1954 updates residents on city events and regional news with brief notices, ads, and society items. Details cover public notices, civic happenings, and community acknowledgments within the era’s typical newspaper brief format.
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Chroniccle-Telegram
Elyria, Ohio
Fri
Eisenhower urges fight on red propaganda at Lincoln University
Dr Milton S Eisenhower Penn State University president told Lincoln University centennial audience that free nations must use ``intellectual atomic bombs'' to destroy Communist propaganda. He warned against discrimination and noted Lincoln University is the world’s oldest institution founded to offer collegiate degrees to Negroes. Other honorees included Harvey Firestone Jr and Carlos P Romulo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Milton S. Eisenhower
Pennsylvania State University
Lincoln University
United States
Taatarca
Harvey S. Firestone Jr
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Akron
Carlos P. Romulo
Philippines
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Paul H. Blaisdell
Charley E. Jones
Washington
International Soundphoto
Boston
Massachusetts
Altar and Rosary Society
Assumption Church
Benito
Edith Thomas Wallace
Middle Ave
Columbia
Randall
Bill Bunner
Carroll Bartter
Arthur Crocker
Herbert Lemweber
Kenneth Randall
John Sowers
Wesley Walter
Acme Grange
Jay Jasper
Hubert Morlock
Robert Hitchcock
Sue Garman
MYF
Elyria Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall
Robert Crawford
Dale Martin
Harry Knopf
Leon Ives
Robert Teeple
William Heidinger
Virginia Cartwright
Glenda Fish
Elmer Bury
Chalmer
Larry
Jeanne Betts
Kenneth Grills
Patncia
Martha Fleischer
Baptist Mission Circle
Vernon Smith
Kenneth Teeple Willl
Sheldon
Alice Fisher
Hale
Buckeye Inn
Milbert Schliepp
Milbert
Albert
Ranch Oak
Colo
Sandusky
Bedford
Robert Farr
East Cleveland
Florence Beinhoff
Rocky River
Michael Douglas
Lakewood
M. H. Tadlock
Albert Schraegle
Wericn Mhazt
FUR Shop
Middle Avenue
Teterboro
N. J
Indochina
Edward S. Binder
U.s.-Canada
Ace Brookes
Haseroot Jewelry Co., Inc
Broad St
Alcoholics Anonymous
Lake Docks
Cleveland, O
Marine
Jaycee
eiCl
Oe Funeral
Casa
Hand Landers
O'Donnell Paint & Wallpaper CO
Lodi Street
Grace
Broad and
East Ave
Iker
Weiss Shoes
Eraroh
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