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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1942
Page
1
A damaged and garbled excerpt discusses government criticism and agency conflicts. It references responsible leadership, public confusion, and the need for investigations or surveys to resolve disagreements over factual matters amid interagency friction. The piece emphasizes accountability and due process.
A jury bound defendant Digby on embezzlement charges in a case tied to a local firm. Henrietta Merberger seeks probate action to administer the estate and register Sheffield Lake property for heirs. Albert Wimpesy sues John Digby over a Ridgeville property dispute in a quiet title suit. Mary Laurie sues for alimony neglect after a 1943 marriage with two children. Lorain seeks to appropriate city parcels for a southern playground, naming 78 defendants. William Everhart sues State Farm Insurance for 21299 on a $5000 endowment policy with a disability clause from a January railroad job injury.
A fast passenger train struck a truck at a crossing near the Scioto ordnance plant in Ohio. Paul Edward Canterbury, 19, of Carey, was killed when his truck was crushed in the collision.
A veteran recalls beach landings and demolitions during combat through a ruined ravine. He describes machine gun fire, snipers, and a Bren gun stand‑off as his squad worked to disable German batteries and clear paths for demolition teams. A final grenade ended a nearby threat.
Reported in heavy counter-attacks the Soviet forces say they are wearing down the enemy while describing grave conditions on four main battle fronts at Kletskaya Kalelnikovski and near Sta Krasnodar. The front lines march toward Grozny and the oil regions, with reports of enormous losses and advancing units.
Mrs Kappler wins the Spring Valley Flight championship for the fourth time as she shoots a 95. Mrs E C Gehring defeats Mrs L W Kempf 1 up after 19 holes to take the Spring Valley women’s club title.
Communique describes heavy German casualties as fighting persists southeast of Psaligor. Dispatches note a prior breakthrough near Mrasnodar by two infantry units and one armored unit, with Soviet counter strikes pushing back the attackers. Reports indicate German efforts to penetrate the Soviet rear were repelled, with renewed Soviet resistance shaping the front in adjacent sectors.
Article notes Germany lacks enough dagh yhines for operations across the eastern and western fronts. It highlights Dieppe raid as a test for invasion, Allied daylight and night raids pounding Abbeville Amiens and central Germany, and the US Air Force boosting bomb tonnage to 3,500 tons on German targets.
Obituary fragments tell of Katherine Sten and Elmer Crabon, long residents with families in Oberlin and Austin. Surviving spouses, children, and extended relatives are listed, with funeral arrangements to be managed by local伍. The text references multiple locations including Oberlin, Amber, Ridgville, and Payrsburgh, indicating a regional obituary notice with terse family details and memorial plans.
Marines clash in the Solomons completing operations against Japanese forces. Reported actions detail coastal engagements, air support, and troop movements as U S forces press inland.
Allied air forces and U S Flying Fortresses bomb Amiens and rail hubs as part of the Dieppe operation. Reports say over 500 aircraft joined the raid to disrupt communications and supply lines behind the French coast amid indications of a second front assault.
Farley pushed for Bennett despite opposition from the Delaware and other party factions. The drive aimed to unify the party behind Bennett and the slate, with Roosevelt’s aid sought to secure a statewide victory and a strong 1944 convention showing.
Aug 21 Os ian G 1 manuf re excavating chinery. Federal district court granted permanent injunction on barges of viols price ceilings on iron and steel scraps. OPA regional HQ plans action against five scrap dealers and ten involved in the Oswood/Oswood case upon investigation. Concerns alleged to have sold caps in the Oswood company were Balk Site Co Alliance Milp and Mazion Dubefien Tron Co Daxtony H J and sim Mr Gilend Murt Lobus employed Columbus Welding cheelesteacated 37 he touched a 100 colt Minz on a new steed.
Market report shows extensive livestock quotes and commodity prices. Includes poultry meat, butter, eggs, grain prices, and selling figures for Cleveland and surrounding markets with specific figures for leghorns broilers calves hogs and dairy products.
The National Tube plant at Lorain will operate roughly the same level as this week with six pipe mills scheduled to run next week. Other operations include blast furnaces, spent earth furnaces, and two turns daily for the Bessemer converter.
Higelats Civilian Defense members were invited to a Cleveland event at Civilians Hrotentins School. The MTA Program planned a defense display at 4390 West Holeside Park. Elyrians were urged to attend, but tonight’s meeting was canceled due to Patrolman Howard Vall’s funeral services. Mayor Joseph GQ Fetin and Safety Service Director May Ey Hultz attended yesterday’s Cleveland sessions but could not attend today.
Delay in shipment of cast iron pipe holds up the six inch water main project on Woodford avenue. Lorain contractor San Rifilelis won the bid of 9080 dollars and 40 cents but work won’t start until the first week in September. The project runs 700 feet along Woodlard street to expand water supply for residents and for American Radiator and Standard Sanitary Corp during wartime demand.
The Rocky River Beccay school board announces the hiring of two teachers for Avon high and Brownhelm district. Latin instructor Kennedy, a College graduate with Western Reserve work, will replace Resigned teacher Raluin due to marriage. Alia Bauer of Amherst will teach seventh and eighth grades at Brownhelm, after attending Oberlin Kent State and Cleveland School of Education.
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