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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1949
Page
1
Santa can fill Elyria stockings easily as carloads of seasonal goods arrive. Toys range from tiny dolls to life size mannequins with wardrobe changes. Practical gifts include toy vacuums, stoves, washers, and dress accessories, plus doll furniture, building sets, and hobby kits. Women’s apparel and novelty items like glove grips and purse caddies decorate the season.
Thirty-one individuals received naturalization in a hearing before Judge D A Cook. Four war brides listed include Sadie Winifred Krayk Oberlin born in Great Britain and Greta Kersten Gnagy Amherst born in Denmark. Others from Elyria area and nearby towns include Jan Svarc Rose Varsa and Ellen Scruton. Felix Zelinski of Lorain could not attend due to a leg amputation and was sworn in at home.
A Federal Housing Administration spokesman said new home financing regulations will not end segregation in public housing. The rules will bar financing for homes or apartments bound by written covenants against racial or religious minorities, but will not affect unwritten exclusion. Solicitor General Philip B. Perlman announced the rules in New York. Real estate operators in the South claimed the measures require citizenship at a hearing before Judge Cook.
Partly cloudy and warm this afternoon. Cloudy and windy tonight with occasional rain late. Sunday remains cloudy and windy with more rain possible. A cold front moves in bringing a chance of snow flurries late in the day. Low tonight around 35, high Sunday near 45.
A total of 80500 toward a 250000 goal has been raised to date in the drive to supply facilities for prospective new industries in New Philadelphia. John Lafountaine, president of the New Philadelphia Building Corp, reported today.
Elyria officials and Merchants Division members heard the State Highway Department outline a substitute plan to reroute downtown traffic. The plan shifts routes on Broad Street Cedar Street and Second Street, with Route 57 and Route 113 routing kept or changed, and requires state and local approval plus a public hearing before taking effect. Parking would be eliminated along the new routes if adopted, delaying temporary operation until after the holidays.
Carl N. Curtis of Elyria was endorsed by the local Republican City Committee for appointment to the Lorain County Board of Elections to replace Clifford G. Strean who resigned. The unanimous vote by twenty one of twenty three precinct committeemen supported Curtis for both the unexpired term ending March 1 and the full four year term. The county committee meets in Lorain Monday night to consider the recommendation, with the secretary of state making the appointment. Curtis has long political service including 15 years as Elyria city chairman and prior council and juvenile court roles.
The Ohio Turnpike Commission will meet in Columbus next Tuesday to hear reports from three engineers who met with the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission earlier this week. The panel will also discuss future plans and the ongoing suit before the Ohio Supreme Court challenging the commission act.
The Library of Congress warned that a disciplined army of Communist agents could sabotage the United States in wartime with Russia. The public bulletin notes Nazi sabotage in World War II was limited, but a larger, darker threat could emerge with American citizens among the saboteurs. The report argues no military security suffices and highlights guided missiles as a key future threat, possibly more costly than atomic bombs. It also contrasts the costs of atomic bombs with the rising expense of missiles.
Lorain County Board of Elections rejected a protest to the Brownhelm Township zoning ordinance vote. Mrs. Margaret C. Jenkins, aided by counsel, proved continuous residency in Brownhelm since 1947, affirming her eligibility to vote. Joseph Kriss challenged Jenkins residency, but the measure passed by one vote, with prosecutors Mikus and Ewing present.
Anthony Wozniak 74 of Leavitt road north of Route 254 was found dead today tangled in a wire fence on the Ben Nichols farm Route 58 near his home. Coroner Paul Tillman ruled heart failure and exposure as the cause. He had been missing since 11 a.m. November 29.
Mrs Grace A Ultici aged 65 from Cincinnati left her hotel room under nurse care and drowned in the surf off Miami Beach yesterday.
Affidavits charging Judge Findley with disqualification due to his physical condition were withdrawn after the Ohio Supreme Court hearing led by Chief Justice Weygandt. The action leaves pending only the Beaver Park land appropriation cases, with Judge Findley stepping aside if desired, and a jury verdict of 185000 for the Schaeffer property in Beaver Park stands.
In Sarajevo two more defendants Vladmir Ogniyev and Anatali Poljakov pled guilty to espionage for the Soviet Union and wartime collaboration with the Nazis. The court heard Ogniyev met a Soviet secret police colonel in 1946 and agreed to work for him. The day before the trial opened officials released Nekludov’s last letter and prison diary claiming he killed himself in his cell rather than be murdered, as Moscow claimed.
Washington railroad labor spokesmen warn that the government's two billion wartime freight rate refunds may bankrupt the railroads and push toward government ownership.
In Seattle two and a half year old Dean Ault faces a choice between potential blindness or possible death as doctors warn cancer in his right eye could spread to the brain if the left eye is not removed. Parents Jack and Jacqueline Ault weigh whether to pursue surgery to try to save remaining sight.
A flash fire destroyed a two story men’s dorm at the University of Oklahoma before dawn. At least three dead and more than twenty injured or burned. Rescue teams recovered three bodies and listed two critical. Firefighters prioritized nearby buildings as the 349 residents faced chaos in pajamas.
Wayne McCleese of Tacosville settles out of court with Norfolk and Western Railroad for about $15,000 on a train auto collision suit that was near trial in Portsmouth after four days of testimony. Public Auction Sale tonight at 81 pm at Y.M.C.A. Gym.
Washington reports say John L. Lewis field agents have opened a nationwide outreach to coal operators, offering early contract talks with a promise of preferential union treatment. The move aims to replace the expired June 30 agreement and may include a five day workweek, while Lewis blocks adoption of a welfare fund trustee.
Prestonburg, Ky. Former Rep. Andrew J. May, D Ky, awaiting an eight to 23 month prison term for war time bribery, was granted two extra days of freedom as federal authorities postponed surrender until Monday when the Ashland court opens. U S Marshall John Moore will escort May, once powerful House Military Affairs committee chairman, who appeared in a shock state and refused to comment.
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