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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1948
Page
12
A small blaze at 915 East River Street was confined to the basement where paper and rubbish burned. Mrs Walter Haury awakened to smoke and, with her husband, extinguished it with a garden hose before firefighters arrived. Occupants included a barber shop beauty shop and apartments.
The County Workshop will present A Christmas Story a one act play in the basement of Amherst Congregational Church for new and prospective members on Thursday December 2. Valerie Jenkins directs with Irene Wesbecher Raymond Muzilla heading the cast and others including Jim Mason Duane Hinds Waite Staller Alexandria Muzilla Loretta Matuszak Bob Lenhard.
Federal Power Commission hearing to consider a 235 million cubic feet per day gas increase for Ohio cities from next year. East Ohio Gas and Columbia Gas plus Manufacturers Light and Heat share portions. Texas Gas seeks permission to extend pipelines to Middletown and move gas to east Ohio lines. Officials warn of more shortages without extra supplies. witnesses include Canton city official Thomas Nichols and Assistant Atty. Gen. Harry Fitzgerald.
The general assembly's steering committee will be called into session this week to set a closing date. Delegates hope to finish business in time for Christmas. Much of the agenda centers on the Lahan colonies in North Africa and Palestine.
Columbus report notes David E. Lilienthal says atomic energy will aid farming by next spring through radioactive isotopes and new fertilizers. He cites plans to study heredity in crops and use radiation to improve corn peanuts and potatoes while cautioning that atomic energy is not a magic cure and warning against exploiters.
Sheriff Carl R. Finegan announced plans to resume his educational program for deputies next year. Six deputies will take typing lessons, and police school study will be revived under FBI guidance. Traffic safety will be emphasized as authority is centralized on three shifts with Guzix, Finegan, and Sir William designated to oversee operations during the sheriff’s absence. He will apply for funds to add three deputies, increasing the force from 12 men and one woman.
Leo J. Robinson of Graf ton reported his car license plates JS-740 stolen from the Glen Rogers Motor Co. lot. Police arrested John Lacey of 231 Rush Street on a disorderly conduct warrant sworn by Irene Neal of 22 Fordwood Avenue.
Nationalist leaders stay undeterred despite Communist threats and seek continued aid. They aim to hold the area south of the Yangtze river indefinitely and rely on American munitions from Pacific bases rather than American troops. China welcomes a strong American military adviser like MacArthur to turn the tide in Asia.
The Ohio highway department announced contracts totaling about 25.5 million dollars will be let this month, a new high under Gov. Herbert’s term. Chief planner George J. Thormyer noted the figure equals roughly 70 percent of the year’s prior 11 months value and cites delays in plans and rights of way as reasons. The first sale on December 7 will seek bids on about 4 million dollars in projects.
Four people were treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital after a car hit a utility pole on High Bridge road in Brownhelm township. Driver Robert Barnhart 23 suffered facial and knee lacerations. Passengers William Palmer 18, Jean Derby 18, and Wanda Runion 17 sustained contusions to back and legs. Barnhart said the car was traveling east at about 15 miles per hour.
A wartime report says Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek wants American support and the services of Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, or Gen. Albert Wedemeyer. Secretary Forrestal backs aid while Marshall resists. Marshall, ill, missed Chiang’s arrival and the hospitality shown by officials. Washington worries a costly, possibly futile commitment may follow.
Liberal Democrats urge new energy in Truman administration to fulfill campaign promises. Chester Bowles, former Price Administrator, urges fresh ideas and a shift from New Deal Keynesian thinking to address inflation and postwar crisis with creative policy. President’s close ties and aging age are noted as constraints.
State fire marshals and deputies assist in investigating a blaze that caused 5930 dollars in damage at Trinity Methodist Church Chillicothe last night after an explosion in the choir room.
Officials report three escaped prisoners recaptured at London prison and another held in Daventoft on a breaking and entering charge.
In Paris the United States and Britain back a final Arab Jewish settlement in Palestine. Dean Rusk said Israel could keep only if it offers land in exchange. Eban argued against imposed boundaries while Beeley defended the conciliation commission's role.
O. E. Anderson of the Ohio Dairy Products Association spoke at the Elvira Rotary Club about the dairy sector in Lorain County. He noted 26 percent of farm income comes from milk and milk products and the county’s annual retail milk value exceeds 35 million dollars. Guests included Ernest Seabold of Elyria Dairies Bud Albright and L B Hindman both connected to local health groups.
Death records list Earl Henry Coen age 63 of 153 Bell Avenue died at home after five months illness born Belmont courty August 18 1885 lived in Elyria 32 years was a Lake Terminal Railroad conductor and member of First Methodist Church and Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen Surviving include widow Nellie J Coen two sons Charles B and Earl G Coen a daughter Lucille M Coen three sisters and several relatives Funeral arrangements await Sudro Curtis Funeral Home Also notices for John Carr Elyria native died in Cleveland body at Panhofer Funeral Home Amherst John Amenhauser 71 died at Pleasant View Sanatorium employed by Cleveland Quarries resident of United States 43 years with eight sons and four daughters extensive family in Amherst South Amherst and nearby areas Body at Zuch Funeral Home private services planned Friday Evergreen Cemetery burial in South Amherst.
In Kalamazoo Michigan thirty to forty carloads of men surrounded the strikebound Shrakespeare Companies. They hurled brickbats at cars and battled with non striking workers as police blocked streets near the plants. An earlier CIO United Steelworkers picket line provoked a court injunction.
Herman Rogovy former owner and manager of Rogard Furniture who recently moved to Akron was feted by 55 Elyria friends at Spring Valley Country Club. Vic Resur provided fight films, a social hour and buffet lunch closed with two suitcases presented to Rogovy, as Frank Paget Howard Somers and Myron Averbroote led the event.
About 400 gallons of tar burned in three old wagons at the H J Hart Construction Co on Oberlin Road near Lorain County garage. Carlisle Township fire chief Harold Bruce said the blaze was confined to the wagons. no property damage. Eight Carlisle volunteers and two trucks helped prevent spread to four large tar tanks holding 28 400 gallons, 30 feet away. Nearby buildings were at risk. four wagons and some road equipment were moved. Firefighters were at the scene about an hour.
Two Elyria men who sat pre induction exams at Berea November 12 had their files sent back to the local board for decision after no record of their examination appeared. The board learned 11 area men passed, but the two men’ s papers were found in Elyria with the claim no one asked for them.
Two juveniles were arraigned before Juvenile Judge H H Nye for hunting and traffic violations with one fined five dollars for hunting without a license and another 15 year old Lorain youth having his license suspended for reckless driving on November 26. County commissioners approved creating a new sewer and water district in the Homewood addition Sheffield township to maintain improvements already installed by the Homewood company. Ports mouth authorities hold a 15 year old Lorain boy who is wanted for running away from the juvenile bureau in Columbus after time at Portsmouth Industrial School and three terms of confinement.
Britain ends five day fog disruption as the liner Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary depart Southampton for Cherbourg and New York. The Queen Elizabeth carries about 1400 passengers while the Queen Mary sails at 6 03 a m EST amid a returning clear harbor and streaming sirens.
A 12yearold Lorain boy who refuses to attend school is likely to be committed to the Industrial School for Boys at Lancaster. Juvenile Officer Carl Curtis said the youth, though bright, has missed 240 of 327 days, falling behind his class after five years in 5B, and will be taken into custody today.
A Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Express rammed a New York Central freight near Lords town injuring five B and O crew. Freight cars derailed and passenger cars were knocked from the tracks but no passengers were hurt. The express resumed its New York to Chicago run after a three hour delay.
A compact listing shows stock prices and market movements for firms such as American Radiator Gurden Co Montgomery Ward Sears Roebuck Werner Brothers Woolworth Co Westinghouse Airbrake Republic Steel Anaconda Copper Newmont Copper Chrysler General Motors White Motors Studebaker Texaco Oil Gas and Electric and other companies. The items reflect a noon snapshot of corporate valuations and commodity names across the era.
Market telegram lists grain bids for Wheat No 1 and No 2 red, Corn No 2 and No 3 yellow, Oats, Beans, Mushrooms, vegetables, fruits and prices for potatoes, beets, cabbage, carrots, celery, tomatoes, and onions. Livestock receipts show mixed cattle, calves, hogs, sheep and lambs with price ranges. notes a domestic industry shift toward nets and knitted goods.
Investigators for the Hoover commission on government reorganization call for drastic revamping and tightening of the State Department to sharpen policy focus. They propose removing Voice of America, cultural relations, visa issuance, and over 1,000 jobs to other agencies, plus machinery changes for efficiency, with reforms to be studied by the full commission. President Truman backs a plan to streamline about 60 independent agencies into a single housekeeping agency.
The large Grafton flour mill formerly United Mil Company Inc becomes Sunshine Biscuit Inc Milling Division Grafton Ohio through absorption by Sunshine Biscuits Inc. E H Irvin, president of United BGs Company, will continue to manage the division.
John RicGovern of Belfast collects and exhibits curious animals to make a living. He has the smallest pony in the world a three legged rooster that died laying an egg and sold to Dublin zoo a tor toise weighing a quarter of a ton. His latest find is a five legged pig from County Armagh and he predicts it will yield three ham slices when killed.
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