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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1948
Page
5
A weather service forecast says this year will see very high yields for Winter wheat and oats, with 1947 levels exceeded in crops like wheat oats barley soybeans potatoes and eggs. Hay clover timothy alfalfa grass sugar beets and pig crop are expected below 1947. Winter wheat preliminary estimate is 58 825 000 bushels.
The July 1948 Ohio crop report notes corn yield at 25 bushels per acre 26 percent above 1947 while oats forecast at 51 686 000 bushels more than two and a half times last year. Barley and soybeans rise with egg production dipping. hay yields fall slightly due to July rains. Gov Herbert reappoints John Grierson to the Soil Conservation Commission and Dr S F Ridings to the State Public Health Council.
State Highway Director Earl L Reed announced plans to open bids on 22 projects on Aug 11. The work includes 39 miles of highway and four bridges with an estimated total cost of 1 600 000 dollars.
Baltimore police report William Yingling forced entry into Provident Savings Bank after hours by pushing an unlocked door. Bank officials locked the doors after being alerted. Yingling left for home claiming curiosity rather than robbery. He is 4.
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