City To End Year With A Balance
Elyria officials anticipate a solid year end balance with potential 4 percent or cost of living adjustments. Auditor Frank Ayres reported a substantial surplus, aided by real estate and personal tax collections and higher than expected bank deposit receipts totaling about 333,495. Mayor Henry Ault will review the final figures before forwarding them to City Auditor Ellsworth Albheit for study.
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Elyria
Santa Claus
Frank Ayres
Evra
Aries
Henry Ault
Ellsworth Albheit
Proposed State Park setback on Lake Erie near Lorain
The Ninth District Court of Appeals ruled Ohio cannot appropriate property for a Beaver Creek Lake Erie state park west of Cleveland. The decision affirms a lower court ruling. State officials consider appealing to the Ohio Supreme Court as lawmakers had allocated funds for two Lake Erie parks, pending property acquisitions by eminent domain.
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Lake Erie
Beaver Creek
Lorain
Ninth District Court of Appeals
George B. Sexers
Ohio Superintendent of Public Works
Common Pleas
Guy B. Findley
Ohio Supreme Court
Cleveland
Beaver Park
Sowers
W. G. Schreffer
U. S. Automatic Corp
Lorain Concrete Products Co
Rey
Jean Schaeffer
U A W C L O Local 971 to Meet on Saturday Morning
A union meeting of U A W C L O Local 971 at Bendix Westinghouse Automotive Aver age Company is set for 10 a m Saturday at Union headquarters on Broad Street. Local president Gilbert Coates called the gathering to discuss seniority and retroactive pay clause issues in the contract with MUN Ccompany Management.
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Bendix-Westinghouse Automotive Aiverage Company
Broad Street
Gilbert Coates
MUN Ccompany Management
Pittsburg River Captain Webster Dies At 68
Pittsburgh harbor figure Berxi Webster died yesterday in St. John’s Hospital on the North Side at age 68. He spent most of his life on the river and built sturdy tugs. He had recently retired as president of the Webster Towins Co. due to declining health.
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Pittsburgh
Berxi Webster
Vest terGer
St. John's Hospital
Vesterday
Webster Towins Co
Cleveland NE Ohio Weather Forecast Cloudy and cold
Northeastern Ohio expects cloudy and colder conditions with light snow this afternoon and tonight. Snow flurries continue tonight with a low around 12. Saturday’s high near 27 degrees.
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Cleveland
Ohio
St Mary's Bazaar and Bake Sale Held at Church Hall
St Mary's Altar and Rosary Society sponsors a Bazaar Saturday December 11 with a fish pond bake sale and novelties in the church hall. Aprons and pictures for enthronement offered. Doors open at 10 a.m. Everyone invited.
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St. Mary’s Altar and Rosary Society
Adv
Believe Tax Rates May Rise to Avoid Red Ink
Senate Democrats warned tax increases may be needed to keep the federal budget from slipping into the red next year. Senator George of Georgia said a final decision hinges on President Truman’s 1959 fiscal year budget, while Senator Byrd urged a short-term excess profits tax as an alternative to raising normal corporate levies. Senator O Mahoney pressed for sufficient tax revenue to fund postwar peace efforts, noting witness testimony that profits may be overstated.
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Senate
Vaster FL George
Georgia
Senate Finance Committee
Truman
Congress
George
Harry F. Byrd
Finance Communes
Byrd
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Wro
Joint Economic Committee
Examinations For Registrants Delayed By Armys Suspension
Pre induction physicals for 74 registrants with Seliective Service Board No 72 will be postponed due to the Army suspension from December 15 to 27. Notices to the 74 registrants planned for December 24 are delayed until a new date is set. The board has 116 men available for examinations and 12 ready for induction but no report date yet. Football on television Sunday features Chicago Cardinals vs Chicago Bears at the Supper Club with 1:30 p.m. start.
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Seliective Service Board No
Sceard
Board No. 72
Local stores stocked with gifts for Christmas shoppers
Reporter tours stores noting a wide range of toy, electrical, and educational gifts. Electric trains, chemistry sets, jewelry, luggage, clothing, footwear, lingerie, and small stocking stuffers fill shelves as shoppers race to finish holiday buying before Santa arrives.
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Duyer
Feci
Santa
Elyria
Israel Agrees To Free Egyptians In Falajia Standoff
Paris United Nations relief aims rise as Israel and Egypt enter staged troop release. President Ben Gurion consents to free 2000 Egyptian soldiers trapped in Falajia Negev while Egypt pledges to discuss a Palestine armistice with UN mediator Dr. Ralph Bunche.
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Paris
Israel
United Nations
Palestine
Falajia
Negev
David Ben Gurion
Ralph Bunche
Lavaes
Ben Gurion
Bunche
Egypt
Thew Twenty Year Veterans Club Welcomes Nine New Members
Nine new members were admitted at Thew Twenty Year Veterans Club 30th reunion in Moose Hall. C B Smythe of Thew Shovel Co presented gold watches and engraved certificates for 20 years service. H F Koepke received a diamond for 40 years. Total membership reached 164 with 130 employed, as A N O'Hara presided and Paul Petro led the organizing committee.
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Thew Shovel Co
Muriel O'Hara
Lorain
Edna Bronson
Elyria
Pauline Kutting
Iain
Justin Perusek
Albert Wencke
H. E. Roush
E. E. Cotton
Amherst
Gabriel Zahoric
Jerome Fritz
C. B. Smythe
Thew Shovei Co
H. F. Koepke
Thew
Moose Hall
Thew Shovel Company
Show
A. N. O'Hara
Lorein
Paul Petro
E. W. Wright
Elyma
L. J. Herbst
C. E. Doane
Grace Shepard
Veterans Club
Columbia Board Hires Teacher for 1948 49 Term
The Columbia Township Board of Education hires Orlando P. Shilts of Oberlin as sixth grade teacher for the 1948 49 school year after the resignation of Leota Niitchell who is elected Lorain County recorder. Shilts previously taught in the county system and served as principal and superintendent in Lorain County roles before wartime government service in Germany.
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Columbia Township
Elxma Township
Lorain County
Oddshin
Germany
Europe
Columbia
Snow blankets Lorain County and Ohio highways
The first snow of the season coats Lorain County and much of Ohio with slippery roads and stalled cars. The State Highway Department reports snow and icy conditions statewide except parts near the Michigan border and the far north. One death occurs when an 18 year old from Columbus dies in a crash on a slick road north of the city.
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Lorrain County
Ohio
Weather Bureau
Tree State Highway Department
North
Alichigan
West Central
South Central
State Highway Patrol
Margaret Hal
Columbus
Elvrra Police Department
Lorain County Sheriff’s Department
Elyria
Valley View Homes
State Highway Department
C. A. Gibbons
Chambers Resigns As Senior Editor Of TIME Magazine
New York reports Whittaker Chambers, known for his role in espionage history, resigned as senior editor of Time magazine. The announcement was made through his attorneys Minton and McNulty, stating the resignation has been accepted by the magazine.
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Chambers
New York
Whittaker Chambers
Time Magazine
Attorders, Minton & McNulty
Communist Forces Ring Nanking Front in Key Offensive
Nanking reports say 70,000 additional Communist troops are marching around Pengpu to cut the Nanking Pengpu railway. The government cites up to 3,000 Communist deaths in two new attacks near Yungcheng as Nationalists claim breakthroughs and linkups in Kiangsu and Suchow areas. Independent observers foresee critical days ahead for Nanking and Shanghai as both sides deploy elite units.
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Nanking
Pengpu
Talis
Hungtze Lake
Pukow
Chang Kang
Central
Suchow-Suhsien- Yungcheng
Kiangsu
Supp
Shaniung Peninsula
Yungcheng
Hosha-Kosha-Raoka
Shanghai
Marines to be moved to Shanghai for protection
Vice Admiral Oscar Badger announced U S Marines will relocate from Tsingtao to Shanghai aboard transport ships to safeguard Americans and property if Communist attacks occur. A 100000 strong volunteer defense force is planned by Shanghai businessmen while most Americans in the area may be evacuated to warships or merchant ships for refuge.
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Shanghai
United States
Tsingtao
Oscar C. Badger
Badger
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
U. S
Teachers urged to partner with schools for better education
Mrs. Sarah C. Caldwell, NEA Classroom Teachers president, urged about 250 Elyria Lorain and county teachers to interpret community needs and collaborate with school administration and lay groups to shape public school programs. She traced NEA history from 1922 and Cleveland origins, stressing ethical standards and avoiding underqualified personnel.
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Sarah C. Caldwell
Department of
National Education Association
Elyria
Lorain
Elxoma Education Association
First Methodist Church
Caldwell
Commission On Teacher Education and Professional Standards
NEA
Cardell
Cleveland
Irma Gureska
Clifford Peirce
Elyria Education Assocation
Harold H. Eibling
Ebba Fosselius
Elyria Association
Alice McCracken
Hospital Drive Group To Hear Dr Wright
Elyria Memorial Hospital launches its 650000 fund campaign with a Tuesday Elks Club dinner. Chauncey Smythe and David Thomas, campaign co chairmen, say over 100 volunteers will receive kits and begin soliciting Wednesday morning. Dr Louis C Wright will be principal speaker at the dinner.
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Elyria Memorial Hospital
The
Elks Club
Chauncey B. Smythe
David O. Thomas
Louis C. Wright
Baldwin-Wallace College
Berea
Todd L. Moise
Earl W. Bell
Elyria
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