Lorain County Junior Vegetable Team Wins Top Honors
Lorain County's Junior Vegetable Judging team won top honors at the Ohio State Fair in Columbus. County agent Carl C. Deeds reports the three team members placed first, second and third individually, with a team score of 2 712 of 3 000. William Schuster led with 969 points, Norman Jensen 891, and James Gornall 852. Don Kriebel totaled 837 as alternate. The Montgomery county team finished second and the Lorain team earned $200 for the National Convention plus gold medals for all and medals for the top individuals. Another Lorain county participant, Doris Ann Wilford of Elyria, placed third and seventh in the Chicken of Tomorrow junior contest with dressed birds judged on appearance, carcass quality, meat weight, skin, feathering, and records.
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Lorain County
Columbus
Carl C. Deeds
William Schuster
Murray Ridge
Norman Jensen
Avon
James Gornall
Sheffield
Don Kriebel
Montgomery County
Ohio
Doris Ann Wilford
Elyria
Ohio State University
VFW Demands US Cut Off Czech Trade
The Veterans of Foreign Wars passed a resolution calling for cutting trade with Czechoslovakia and urging tit-for-tat moves to secure the release of imprisoned American journalist William J. N. Oatis. VFW Commander-in-Chief Charles C. Ralls invited Soviet envoy Andrei Gromyko and other Iron Curtain representatives to attend the encampment to witness democracy at work, while a floor fight over Dean Acheson’s dismissal also surfaced among Florida and California delegates.
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New York
Veterans of Foreign Wars
United States
Czechoslovakia
Wiliam J. N. Oatis
VFW
Charles C. Ralls
Andrei Gromyko
Iron Curtain
Ralls
Gromyko
Poland
Florida
California
Dean Acheson
Delegates Vote To Table Dues Increase At Ohio Farm Bureau
In Columbus delegates from every county voted to table a resolution proposing to raise Ohio Farm Bureau dues from five to ten dollars. The committee had recommended the increase. The tally was 189 in favor and 81 against, short of the three fourths required for approval.
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Columbus
Ohio Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Northeastern Ohio Forecast Warm, Humid With 88 Today
Sunny and warm and humid this afternoon in northeastern Ohio. High near 88 degrees, with a low around 64 tonight. Thursday looks fair and warm and humid.
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Ohio
Pilot Narrowly Escapes Death In Plane Crash
In Wellington Paul Pay 22 of Farmers Grain and Milling Co. survived a Piper Cub crash after the trainer struck trees near the Sigsby residence. Pay walked away with only bruises and cuts, while witnesses helped extract him from the wreckage.
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Paul Pay
Jones Road
Wellington
Farmers Grain and Milling Co
Harry Sigsby
Pay
Walker Pay
DeWolfe Street
Sullivan
Ford Ortner
New London
Andrew Ortner
Wakeman
Wellington Flying School
Ortner
Lewiston
Glen Gingery
Grafton
Richard &. Cragin
Oberlin
Lewistown
Four Accidents Report Minor Vehicle Damage in Elyria
Elyria police logged four minor accidents last night. Beverly Cousten of 316 Furnace Street struck a car driven by Mrs. Florette Heidrich on East Bridge and Broad streets, damaging Heidrichs right front fender and door. Norman Humphrey of 414 Lodi Street and Constantine Auroroff of Hawk Run, Pennsylvania, were in a collision on Lodi Street with Humphreys car sustaining a damaged fender. Another collision on East Bridge Street involved Nick Reger of 635 North Abbe Road and James Steigner Robson Road, with minor damage. Mrs. George Kunkle backed from a Broad Street parking space and struck Paul Emrys car at 280 Longford Avenue, damaging its fender.
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Elyria
East Bridge
Broad Street
Beverly Cousten
Furnace Street
Florette Heidrich
Columbia Avenue
Heidrich
Norman B. Humphrey
Lodi Street
Constantine Auroroff
Hawk Run
Humphrey
Nick Reger
North Abbe Toad
James Steigner
Robson
East Bridge Street
Paul Emry
Longford Avenue
George Kunkle
Oxford Avenue
Kunkle
Western Europe ready in three years warns Gruenther
Gen. Alfred Gruenther told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that a multi billion dollar foreign aid bill would leave Western Europe in good shape in three years and that U S ground troops could eventually be brought home if no European war occurs Eisenhower's defense plan hinges on continued support and gradual troop withdrawal in the long run
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Alfred M. Gruenther
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Western Defense Command
Gruenther
Senate Committee
Passace
Eisenhower
Europe
Temcee
Missing Beverly Potts Seen Swinging On Door Of Auto
A tip claims 10 year old Beverly Potts was swinging on a convertible door about an hour after she vanished last Friday. Police said the auto owner is known and will be questioned. Mayor Burke urged every citizen to help in the search as hundreds of calls flood the station and a massive hunt continues with scouts, police, and volunteers checking the area.
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Cleveland
Beverly Potts
Thomas Burke
Burke
Thas
50 Tires Stolen From Garage At Grafton
Thieves broke into the Grafton Motor Sales Company on Route 57 and stole 50 new automobile tires and a typewriter. The total value was about 750 dollars. Deputy C. P. Davidson investigated, noting the theft may have been spotted earlier when a private line receiver was knocked from its hook.
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Grafton Motor Sales Company
Grafton
Sheriff's Department
C. P. Davidson
Elyria Chamber
Exchange
Davidson
Fred Lohnes
Jin
Chamber
F. G. Gray
W. T. Grant Co
Lohnes
Reds Warn U S Would Use Atomic Bomb If Europe Attacked
Senator Brien McMahon told NBC Meet the Press the United States would strike at invaders sources of power in the Soviet Union if Western Europe is invaded and might use atomic weapons. He said a stockpile is under presidential control. The Atomic Energy Commission also announced multiple Nevada tests ahead noting smaller devices may be developed for battlefield use.
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Washington
Russia
United States
Europe
Brien McMahon
Conn
Joint Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
America
Truman
McMahon
NBC
U.S
Soviet Union
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada Proving Grounds
Las Vegas
Nev
Approve Plan For Area Hospital In Wellington
Wellington J Burton Miller and nine hospital planning members met with Harold Perry as site selection nears a final decision. One plan was chosen and next week a further meeting will settle the site. Officials plan to contact County Prosecutor Mikus today to place the proposal on the fall ballot requiring 65 percent district support. The district covers Wellington Penfield Brighton Huntington townships and Wellington Village.
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Wellington
J. Burton Miller
Youngstown
Wellington Area
Harold Perry
Hospital Planning Commission
Paul Mikus
Penfield
Brighton
Huntington
Wellington Village
Preparations For Opening Schools Almost Completed
Preparations for the 1951-52 school year in the city system are nearly finished. Teachers and officials will attend all day conferences Tuesday and Wednesday with guest consultants Dr. Harold Hand, University of Illinois, and Dr. Verna Walters and Dr. A. W. Stewart, Kent State University. Pupils report Thursday at 8:30 a.m. with elementary sessions 8:30 to 9:30 and regular classes starting at 1 p.m. Ninth graders have a 8:30 a.m. orientation at Elyria High. Kindergarten through sixth grade pupils report to district schools. Boundaries for Franklin Gates Hamilton and McKinley districts shift with the year, Franklin students moving to the Birch Street building when completed. New boundary lines place North boundary along river branches, Broad Street to Middle Avenue, and Fourth Street to the East river branch.
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Elgins City
Dwight G. Felton
McKinley
Harold Hand
University of Illinois
Verna Walters
A. W. Stewart
Kent State University
Orienta
Elyria High School
Franklin
Gates
Hamilton
Board of Education
Birch Street
New Franklin
Broad
Water Street
Middle Avenue
Middle
Fourth Street
Fourth
Woman Suffers Minor Injuries In Lake Avenue Crash
Kathryn Spies, 128 Lake avenue, sustained abrasions to the left hip, a cut lip, and two broken front teeth after a car driven by Harrold J. Foster, 640 Hall road, struck her at Lake avenue near Five Points before seven this morning. Foster claimed a green light and an obscured view contributed. Witness Frank Newland said Foster's car windows were steamed. Spies was treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital and released. Foster will face police court Saturday morning.
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Kathryn Spies
Lake Avenue
Harrold J. Foster
Hall Road
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Six Men Inducted From Elyria Board on Monday
Six men sent from Elyria Selective Board No. 72 on Monday were inducted into the Army. Names include Joseph Lach of Amherst Earl Raymond Gallo Carl Shirley Davidson Thomas Peter Capasso Jr Clifford Walter Thierry and Allan Edward Keefer with listed addresses in Amherst Elyria Grafton and Elyria.
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Elyria
Kindergartens Set To Open In Elyria Sept 6
Kindergarten classes start Thursday September 6 in ten Elyria elementary schools with both morning and afternoon sessions except Roosevelt which offers only an afternoon class. First time attendees must bring birth certificates. kindergartners must be five by December 1 and first graders six by December 1.
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Elyria
Roosevelt School
Elyria Youths and a Girl Enlist in Army Air Force
Two Elyria youths and a local girl were announced as new enlistees in the Army and Air Force. Loretta J. Wilson, 18, joined the Women’s Air Force and was sent to Lackland AFB, while Walter J. Loper, 18, and Gerald L. Schon, 20, enlisted in the Regular Army and the U S Air Force respectively for multi year terms with inbound training at Fort Meade and Sampson AFB. A regional Red Cross disaster fund for flood victims was boosted by a donation from Oberlin, part of a drive led by Elyria’s recruiters with a goal of 4000 dollars for the chapter.
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Elyria
Amherst
Army
Y. S. Air Force
Loretta J. Wilson
Air Force
WAF
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Texas
Walter J. Loper
Gates Avenue
FL Meade
Maryland
Gerald L. Schon
Park Avenue
U. S. Air Force
Sampson AF
Geneva
H. V. Schwartz
Elyria Army and
Special Disaster Fund
Charles J. Barger
Brunswick
Mid-West
USAF
American Red Cross
Bellefontaine
Russell
Oberlin
Urbana
Oberlinj
George Weber
Dola
Ware
Hellyria
Allies Storm Bloody Ridge in Korean Front Update
Allied forces stormed the last Communist held hill on Bloody Ridge near Yanggu as rain and mud slowed fighting. North Korean troops launched eight counterattacks but were repulsed. 8,905 Reds dead or wounded in similar attacks Aug 18 to 24.
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8Th Army
Korea
United Nations
Bloody Ridge
Manchurian
Sinuiju
Yanggu
Sinanju
Sunchon
Mounts Bay
Morecambe Bay
Han River
Seoul
Kilgore Manufacturing Pleads Innocent in 9000-Count Case
Newark firm Kilgore Manufacturing of Newark Ohio pleaded innocent to a 9000 count indictment accusing it of improperly packing 9000 explosive crates. The crates exploded at Perth Amboy New Jersey on May 19 1950 killing and injuring many. The firm faces fines per count if convicted.
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Newark
N. J
Kilgore Manufacturing Company
Ohio
Perth Amboy
Interstate Commerce Commission
Phillip Yormar
Fire destroys Moore's Dream House furniture store
Two city firemen and a bystander were overcome by smoke as a blaze tore through Moore's Dream House, a suburban furniture store, causing an estimated 122000 dollars in damage to the building and its contents. The flames also likely affected magazines such as Butterick Me Calls Pattern Knitting House Beautiful House and Garden and Marsh Gyenin in the shop.
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Washington D. H
Moore's
Dream House
Butterick
Pattern
Knitting
House Beautiful
House and Garden
Marsh Gyenin
Adv
Ridgway's Mild Firm Reply Opens Door to Korean Armistice Talks
United Nations commander Ridgway issued a firm but mild reply to the Communists. He rejected a new UN investigation of Kaesong raid but avoided sharp language. He asked truce negotiators to Kaesong to pursue a reasonable armistice as soon as the Reds lift talks suspensions.
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United Press State
Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgeway
Kaesong
Ridgway
Makea
United Nations
Red
Armed Forces
Korea
Kim J] Sung
Peng Teh-Huai
Takery
Three More Tax Levies Will Be Submitted
Lorain County Election officials plan three tax levies for two school districts Huntington Local and Brownhelm with renewals and new issues. Huntington two levies include two mills for two years and three mills for four years. Brownhelm proposes a five mill levy for five years to fund current expenses. A portion of Columbia Township in Strongsville Local will vote on a two mill five-year levy for current expenses.
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Lorain County
Columbia Yownship
Cuyahoga County
Strongsville
Indians Name Speaker Lajoie and Young to Hall of Fame
The Cleveland Baseball Club announced Tris Speaker, Nap Lou Joie, and Cy Young as the Indians three top all time players to be placed in a new hall of fame at Municipal Stadium. Voting was by Cleveland area sports fans from a master list by local writers. A ceremony precedes Sunday's game against the St Louis Browns.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Baseball Club
Tris Speaker
Larry Lae Joie
Cy Young
Indians
Municipal Stadium
St. Louis Browns
Ball Club
All Stars
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George B. Miraben
Elyria High
Harry Frankfather
F. A. Dusthimer
Ely
Franklin J. Gottfried
Maynard Huene
Allen and Garford
Fern E B. Gates
Roosevelt and
Olive T. Cheney
Doris J. Snyder
Edison
Margaret Histed
Louise H. Bliss
L. N. Nicholas
Lajoie
Young In Tribe Hall of Fame
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