Truman Expected To Act In Copper Workers' Strike
President Truman faced a nationwide copper workers strike that threatens the defense program. White House aides weigh appealing to return to work and refer disputes to the Wage Stabilization Board, or invoking Taft-Hartley for an 80 day injunction. Defense Mobilizer Wilson warns that even one day’s loss endangers strategic metal supplies.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Wage Stabilization Board
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Kennecott Copper Co
Cars Damaged in Lorain County Weekend Crashes
Multiple traffic incidents over the weekend left several vehicles badly damaged but resulted in few injuries. Jesse Wells Jr., France Phillips, Arthur Crawford, Edward Kuhn, and others were involved in crashes on Fuller Road, Russia Road, Clinton Road, and Route 113. Drivers faced various citations and investigations as deputies documented the collisions and noted wet pavement and congestion as contributing factors. France Phillips, 20, remained jailed for investigation.
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Lorain
Sheriff's Deputies
Jesse Wells
Fuller Road
Wells
East River Road
France Phillips
R.D. 1
Oberlin
Russia Road
France
Arthur Crawford
Bondstreet
Crawford
Lucille Noveske
North Olive Street
Route 113
Route 57
Edward Bowery
Sixteenth Street
William S
Oberlin Road
Runals
Gerald Hoovler
Mansfield
Hoovler
Weather forecast for Northeastern Ohio
The forecast calls for cloudy skies with a few showers and not very cool temperatures tonight. Tuesday will be partly cloudy with temperatures similar to today and showers possible in the afternoon.
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Ohio
Reds Ready For Drive Amid Korean War Mobilization
Eastern European volunteers among about 2,000 Caucasians were reported to prepare a major offensive on both NKorea fronts within a week. Allied air and ground forces hit enemy trucks and airfields as patrols increased, while South Korean forces fought Bloody Ridge, suffering heavy casualties in a high-stakes push.
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8Th Army
Korea
Pyongyang
Kaesong
Europe
Russia
North Korea
Destruc
Kim Il Sung
Peiping Radio
Manchuria
United Nations
United Press
Warren P. Franklin
Bloody Ridge
Legion Drum And Bugle Corps Again Wins Top Honors
Elyria American Legion drum and bugle corps won top honors at the Veterans and Armed Forces Day event during the Ohio State Fair in Columbus. Six corps competed with four in A class. Elyria stood as the lone top class entrant and earned a $600 prize for its appearance. Their next public show is at the Cleveland Philadelphia game, with another performance at a Browns game against the Rams on September 14.
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Elyria
American Legion
Veterans and Armed Forces
Columbus
Fairy
Cleveland Browns
Los Angeles Rams
Six UMW Men Unhurt As Blast Destroys Auto
In Hyden Kentucky six United Mine Workers organizers escaped death when their car was destroyed by an explosion soon after they left it. Police said the auto was a total loss and parts were found about 100 feet away near the Harlan county line. The blast, believed planned by non union foes, followed their departure to talk with miners to win support for organizing in the county. The union has pressed for months to organize this district, one of the last unorganized counties in the state. Continued on Page 2.
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Hyden
United Mine Workers
Harlan County
Dill 2Er
Hazard
UMW
Kord Kats Win State Title
The Kord Kats quartet from the North Central District were named state champions at the Elks state convention at Cedar Point. They placed ahead of the El Kords of Ashtabula and the Belairs of Bellevue, with Ray McQuate, Clarkson Brown, Chester Martin, and Charles Goff of the Elyria Elks Lodge as members.
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Kord Kats
North Central District
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Cedar Point
el Kords
Ashtabula
Belairs
Bellevue
Ray McQuate
Clarkson Brown
Jead Chester Martin
Charles Goff
Elyria Elks Lodge
Church Notices Due By Thursday for Friday Page
Elyria ministers and church secretaries must submit notices to the Chronicle Telegram by 2 p.m. Thursday for the church page. The paper plans to move to a new East Avenue location over the weekend, and the page will appear Friday rather than Saturday this week.
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Elyria
Chronicle-Telegram
East Avenue
Car Hits Tree Near Amherst. Driver Escapes Serious Injury
Frank E. Hartle a 46 year old Amherst R D man escaped serious injury when his car left a curve on North Ridge road and struck a tree near the Amherst corporation limits at 7 30 p m last night State Patrol said Hartle was driving on a curve when the car apparently ran out of control and hit a tree on the opposite side of the road.
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Frank E. Hartle
Amherst R. D
North Ridge Road
Amherst Corporation Limits
State Highway Patrol
Hartle
Three Elyria Residents Hurt In Route 6 Crash
Five persons were injured in a Route 6 collision near Barkley road west of Vermilion-on-the-Lake at 11 10 p m yesterday all transported to St Josephs Hospital Lorain Injured include Williard Stout 20 Ruth Spanos 20 both of 545 Broad Street Elyria June Kelling 19 of 1106 Park Avenue Elyria and Leonard Koehler 212 Huffman Street Bellevue along with Patricia Koehler Several were seriously hurt with abrasions lacerations and possible fractures The eastbound Stout car tried to turn north onto Barkley road when Koehler s westbound car hit its front end State Highway Patrol investigates
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Elyria
Burkley Road
Vermilion-on-the-Lake
St. Joseph's Hospital
Lorain
Williard Stout
Ruth Spanos
Broad Street
June Kelling
Park Avenue
Leonard
Patricia Koehler
Huffman Street
Bellevue
Stout
Believe Road Scraper Believed Stolen on Lear Nagle Road
A road scraper weighing several hundred pounds is believed stolen from Lear Nagle Road late Sunday. Owned by E. O. Drum of Sommer's Trailer Park on West Third Street, it was used to clean county roads. Deputy C. P. Davidson investigates after a Ridgeville woman reported a stake truck with a red cab possibly taking the equipment near the bridge on South Lear Nagle Road.
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Lear-Nagle Road
E. O. Drum
Sommer
West Third Street
Ridgeville
C. P. Davidson
Kidnapping Probe In Cleveland Seeks Abandoned Dodge
Detectives search for a battered old Dodge seen near Beverly Potts's home as they pursue the possibility of a kidnapping by a sex pervert. The 10 year old vanished while walking home from a playground two blocks away, wearing blue jeans a red sweater and a blue jacket. Neighbors and volunteers helped in area searches as detectives work every lead.
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Cleveland
Beverly Potts
Elizabeth Potts
Cleveland Woman Injured In Sugar Ridge Road Crash
A Cleveland woman was treated for shock at Elyria Memorial Hospital after a side-swipe collision on Sugar Ridge Road around 10:30 a m. The other driver, Doris Ann Hendricks, was ticketed for reckless driving. Damage was extensive to both vehicles on the Rice Maddock road stretch.
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Cleveland
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Sugar Ridge Road
Doris Ann Hendricks
Gomez
Rice
Maddock Roads
No Conflict With Mansfield Draft Board Says Clouse
Col Ray E Clouse executive officer of state boards said there is no disagreement between the State Selective Service and Mansfield local draft board 103 which postponed action to clarify drafting points for college students Richland County. Local board 103 postponed their college student draft action to resolve several points.
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Columbus
State Selective Service
Mansfield
Richland County College
Col
Ray E. Clouse
Clouse
Fire and Wind Insurance Rates Adjusted In Ohio
State officials announce rate changes across Ohio effective immediately. Dwelling fire rates drop for brick and frame homes under public protection, and for public buildings, churches, and schools. commercial and lumber yard rates rise due to higher loss experience. Overall net savings projected around $1,000,000 yearly, with increases of about $1.5 million from business and manufacturing sectors.
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Ohio
Columbus
W. A. Robinson
Ohio Inspection Bureau
Robinson
Plane crash injures Lorain County men near Lewiston
Glen Gingery 21 and Richard Cragin 20 of Lorain County suffered serious injuries when their small plane crashed near Lewiston Pennsylvania. Gingery, pilot, sustained face nose and jaw fractures while Cragin broke his back. They were part of a Wellington Airport group of five planes traveling to Allentown.
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Glen Gingery
Richard ¥. Cragin
Lorain County
Lewiston
Gingery
Cragin
Wellington
Allentown
Lewisstown
Guingery
Ford Ortner
New London
Andrew Ortner
Wakeman
R. D
Grafton
Oberlin
Two Trains In Crash Near Fairgrounds
Wellington reports a collision between two westbound Nickel Plate freight trains near the Fairgrounds at 30 p.m. Saturday. Engine 6426 struck train 647s caboose, toppling the caboose onto the engine. Firemen say an oil stove pilot light exploded inside the caboose, igniting fuel and triggering a blaze the Wellington Fire Department battled for nearly two hours.
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Wellington
Nickle Plate
Fairgrounds
Six Men Sent To Induction Center
Six men were sent to the Cleveland induction center this morning by the Elyria Selective Service Board. Leaders included Joseph Lach of Am- Plc and Richard E. LaBoe, son of Mr and Mrs Jerome D LaBoe. One soldier wounded in action in Korea on August 8 arrived in the U S from Chicago en route to Battle Creek hospital for up to a month of confinement. He had served since September 8, 1950 with Company B Seventh Cavalry. His mother was unsure of his exact injuries. He had been in Korea over six months prior to discharge. He had previously worked in the City Street Department.
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Elyria Selective Service Board
Cleveland
Joseph Lach
Am- PLC
Richard E. LaBoe
Herst
Jerome D. LaBoe
Woodford Avenue
Korea
United States
Chicago
Battle Creek
Mich
Seventh Cavalry Regiment
LaBoe
City Street Department
Akron Strike Halts 10,000 Workers as 50 Unfindable
B F Goodrich Co officials say they are powerless to resume production as 10,000 employees stay idle after 50 Track-block workers went on an unauthorized walkout. Company and union officials seek to locate the strikers for grievance negotiations, but no one can be found.
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Akron
United Rubber' Workers
CIO
Quadruple Amputee Plans To Marry Soon
Pvt Hubert Reeves, a quadruple amputee of the Korean War, plans to marry Beverly Jean Hall, a 19 year old who wrote him to brighten his hospital hours. The ceremony is set for September 9 at First Baptist Church in Joliet. Reeves lost both feet and most fingers from frostbite in Korea last fall. Beverly Jean says both families are happy.
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Soon Joliet
Hubert Reeves
Beverly Jean Hall
First Baptist Church
Joliet
Reeves
Korea
Beverly Jean
50-50 Chance For Talks Seen In Korea Conflict
Communists told Gen Ridgway their Kaesong armistice delegation waits for UN to investigate a supposed WU plane bombing the Kaesong Neutral Zone. Moscow decision looms. talks resume chances seen at 50 50.
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Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
Kaesong
United Nations
WU. N
Peiping
Kim 1l Sung
North Korea
Peng Teh- Huai
Ridgway
U.N
Red
Korea
Moscow
Kremlin
Russia
Munsan
William P. Nuckols
Nam Mi
Wellington Youth Narrowly Escapes Serious Injury
Theodore T. Sheldon, 18, of 112 South Mill Street Wellington, escaped serious injury when his car flipped into a ditch on Route 58 near the old Telling Belle Vernon plant around 4:45 p m yesterday. State Highway Patrol says he lost control as the car slid across the road and rolled over. Sheldon had abrasions on his elbow. vehicle severely damaged.
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Theodore T. Sheldon
South Mill Street
Wellington
Telling Belle Vernon
Sheldon
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Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
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Conciliation Service
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Chino
New Mexico
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Blast
Hunt Auto
Girl
Draft Board
Butterick
McCalls Pattern
Knitting
House Beautiful
House and Garden
Marsh Gueninady
Louis Sebille
March Air Force Base
Riverside
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Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Sebille
Maj
Louis J. Sebille
Hamchang
International Soundphoto
Induction
Darek Florist
Ady
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