Christmas Kettle Opens Tomorrow For Salvation Army Efforts
The Salvation Army in Elyria will place its Christmas kettle at 10 00 a m tomorrow in front of the Kresge store on Broad street to aid the needy. Captain Burton Johnson urges direct application for baskets and warns against anonymous reports while detailing volunteer groups and alternative paper contributions to fund Christmas work.
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Salvation Army
Ross Hoeffel
Kresge Company
Broad Street
Elyria
North Ridgeville
Grafton
Captain Johnson
Johnson
Elyrians
Jaycees
Elyria Fire Department
Kiwanis Club
Rotary Club
Uawcio
The
American Legion
Elyria Youth Council
Army
Eisenhower Lands in Pearl Harbor for Honolulu Welcome
President elect Eisenhower arrives aboard the 17000 ton cruiser in Pearl Harbor for high level talks with military leaders before a Honolulu parade. A wreath at Punch Bowl memorial honors World War II dead as talks continue toward forming his cabinet.
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Uss
Helena
Pearl Harbor
New York
Douglas MacArthur
Far East
MacArthur
Pacific
Hawaii
Korea
Honolulu
Navy
Marine Corps
National Memorial Cemetery
Punchbowl
Body Identified in Lake Shore Find of Local Pilot
Authorities identified the 31 year old Raymond Lasker of Cleveland whose body washed ashore near Ashtabula after a year in the lake. Dental charts from Mitchell Air Force Base confirmed the identity. Lasker had vanished while flying from Akron to Detroit and was an Air Force pilot.
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Ashtabula
Raymond Lasker
Akron
Detroit
Balshaw Reveals System for Football Pools Windfall
London based Air Force Warrant Officer K H Balshaw disclosed his method to win three football pools totaling over 20000 dollars. He uses a pack of 54 cards including a joker and a blank card to mark each team in the pool as the deck is dealt.
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London
Billiard Table Removed At City Library
Milwaukee Public Library trustees order removal of a billiard table from the Charles Allis Art Library to avoid confusion with a pool hall and protect the library’s reputation.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Milwaukee Public Library
Charles Allis
Weather and Auto Show Invite Featured in Cleveland Page
Northeastern Ohio forecast calls for cloudy skies with occasional snow flurries and a drop to 26 tonight. Friday remains cool with a high near 43. Also advertised is a 1953 Mercury showing with Otto Graham of the Cleveland Browns on Thursday evening December 11 from 7 to 9 PM at Imbel Terry Lincoln Mercury on the Bridge. free autographs for kids.
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Ohio
Otto Graham
Cleveland Browns
Imbel-Terry
Lincoln-Mercury
89 &T
Berea Woman Wilcox 101 Dies at Home
Mrs. Nancy Wilcox of Berea dies at 160 Beech Street at age 101 after a stroke. Born in Brecksville she moved to Berea in 1896 for her children's schooling at Baldwin Wallace. Survived by son Miller, daughter Ethel, grandson Frank M. Wilcox and two great grandchildren. Funeral plans pending.
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Nancy Wilcox
Miller M. Wilcox
Eighth Street
Beech Street
Berea
Eisenhower
Ethel Wilcox
Frank M. Wilcox
Kathleen
Jane Wilcox
Elyria
Jury Draw Adds 155 Names for January Term
The county jury commission will meet at the courthouse on December 20 to withdraw 155 names from the jury wheel. The first 15 drawn will form the grand jury for the January term, per the common pleas court order issued today.
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Grand Jury
Common Pleas
Cat blamed for barn fire in VIRE France
Fire inspectors say a farmer’s cat slipped near a stove to get warm and ignited hay in a barn causing $5700 damage. The cat escaped unharmed.
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Vire
France
UN Special Political Committee backs direct talks for Palestine peace
The United Nations Special Political Committee voted 32 to 13 to urge Israel and Arab states to negotiate a direct Palestine peace treaty.
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United Nations
N.Y
United Nations Special Political Committee
Israel
Youth shoots Carolina mayor in his office
Fuquay Springs North Carolina mayor Dr Wiley Cozart Sr was killed in his office by a youth who said the doctor had put a spell on him. Police reported the shooting marked by a dramatic motive as investigators questioned a suspect and examined the scene.
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Fuquay Springs
N.C
Wiley Cozart Sr
Tobacco Town
Truman Seeks New Members for Wage Stabilization Board
President Truman said he expects to appoint new industry members to the Wage Stabilization Board by week’s end and to extend economic controls past the April 30 deadline, despite Republicans taking power later.
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Washington
Truman
Wage Stabilization Board
Freighter Fern Stream Sinks After San Francisco Collision
In foggy San Francisco Bay at 11:06 a.m. e s t the Norwegian freighter Fern Stream sank after a collision with the freighter Hawaiian Rancher. Coast Guard reports say all crew members escaped in lifeboats before the 4,980 ton vessel disappeared.
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San Francisco
Russia Rejects Damages Demand For Downed B 29
Moscow declined to pay damages for the American B 29 Superfort bomber shot down by Soviet fighters off northern Japan last Oct 7. The Kremlin's rejection was delivered to the American Embassy in Moscow about a week to ten days earlier. The note argued the plane fired on Red air forces after violating the frontier over Yuri near the Kurile Islands, a claim the U S does not recognize.
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Washington
Russia
Japan
Kremlin
U. S
Moscow
Moscow Radio
Red Air Force
Yuri
Kurile Islands
Yuri Island
United States
Kuriles
Ohio to Induct 1505 Men Next January
State Selective Service headquarters said 1,505 Ohioans will be inducted in January, under one third of the January 1951 call. The January total drops from December’s 2,130, though this month’s figure is 663 higher than December 1951.
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Columbus
Selective Service
Meyers Gets 1 to 15 Years For Burglary
Columbus report says John O. Meyers age 37 of Waukegan Illinois faced a burglary sentence of one to fifteen years after a Christmas greeting to the judge.
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Columbus
John O. Meyers
Waukegan
Ill
Detroit Judge Orders Silence for Lincoln Park Woman
Circuit Judge Frank Fitzgerald ordered Mrs. Anna Macko of Lincoln Park to remain silent after four neighbors complained she stood on her front porch calling neighbors Reds Bolsheviks and drunkards. The oddly jumbled clipping mentions Elyria Surplus Center and cemetery wreaths amid stray shop names and prices.
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Detroit
Frank Fitzgerald
Anna Macko
Lincoln Park
Where To Turn at Gene's Jewelry Adverts Watches Rings
Local ad lists nationally advertised jewelry watches rings and related items at Gene's Jewelry 108 West Ave with Eagle stamps and promotional value.
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Gene’s Jewelry
West Ave
James B. Seward Banker Dies After Long Service
James B. Seward, longtime Elyria banker and Catholic civic leader born December 23, 1869, died yesterday at 312 Fourth Street at age 83. Funeral will be Saturday at 10 30 a m at St Marys Church with Archbishop Hoban presiding and Monsignor Newton preaching. He served as president of Savings Deposit Bank and Trust Company, held multiple Knights of Columbus offices, and contributed to the Elyria Library and local politics. Surviving are four children and eight grandchildren.
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Edward F. Hoban
James B. Seward
St. Mary’s Church
Mr. Seward
Fourth Street
Thomas Seward
Esther Colgan Seward
West Broad Street
Mary Helen Farrell
Savings Deposit Bank and Trust Company
Lorain County
Board of Elections
Elyria
Mary McGowan
Catherine Hagedorn
Frank Seward
Catholic University
Washington D. C
Edward J. Seward
Cleveland
Seward
Michael Murphey
Joseph Lehane
William L. Newton
Goldcamp
Elyria Zoning Committee Advances Proposed Ordinance
The Elyria city council zoning committee met to discuss the proposed zoning ordinance from Legoe and Associates. Questions by council members were raised and will be revisited at next Wednesday's session with C. W. Mathews of Segoe Associates.
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Elyria City
Legoe and Associates
Segee
C.W. Mathews
Segoe Associates
Christmas Trees Live and Cut at Elyria Nursery
Carpenter's Elyria Nursery advertises live and cut Christmas trees with a new phone number 8521 at 1823 Grafton Rd East.
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Carpenter’s Elyria Nursery
Grafton Rde
Lorain Builders Elect 1953 Officers at Banquet
Lorain County Builders and Contractors Association installed Frank Towner as president for 1953 during its annual banquet at the Hotel Antlers Lorain. New officers include Erwin Wasem vice president Vladimar Nickoloff secretary and Jake Mueller treasurer. Ohio Home Builders leaders Clint Miller and Art Falace attended with 265 members and guests.
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Frank Towner
Lorain
Clint Miller
Akron
Art Falace
Truman Says MacArthur Should Propose Korea Solution
President Truman urged General MacArthur and President elect Eisenhower to come forward with any plan to end the Korean War and save American lives. He doubted a personal meeting would yield a workable solution and criticized MacArthur’s conduct since his relief.
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Washington
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Eisenhower
MR. Truman
Pacific
United States
Lorain Seeks 80 Day Delay in Gas Rate Hearing
Lorain city solicitor Ed J. Conley asked the Public Utilities Commission for an 80 day continuance of the December 16 hearing on Ohio Fuel Gas Co. rate fixing. He cited lack of a rate engineer and expert, pending PUC report, and reopened negotiations between the city and the company.
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Columbus
Lorain
Ed J. Conley
Public Utilities Commission
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Conley
PUC
January Draft Call Announced In Lorain County
The Selective Service announces a January draft call including 18 men from Lorain County. The per board distribution was not reported.
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Selective Service
Lorain County
Reds Seize Crest After Savage Hill Battle
In Korea a large Chinese Communist assault on the western front captured the crest of Tittle Nori Hill after hours of heavy fighting. An earlier 3,000 strong Red regiment struck west of Yoncho, briefly taking Little Nori before Allied forces repelled further advances. The clash marked the largest Communist concentration since October 6.
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Seoul
Korea
Tittle Nori Hill
Yoncho
Little Nori
White Horse Mountain
Arrowhead Ridge
Winterization Reminder From Economy Motors
Cars may need winter prep at Economy Motors located at 101 Broad Street. The notice urges timely service to protect vehicles from cold weather and prevent weather related issues.
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Economy Motors
Broad St
Adv
The Best Seat in the House Want Ad Pitch
A home tip urges selling an unused chair or sofa for Christmas cash via Chronicle Telegram Want Ads Dial 4751 for help drafting and placing the ad.
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Chronicle- Telegram
Poinsettias and Violets Featured in Holiday Plant Sale
Resar Adu advertises poinsettias violets and Christmas cherries for sale with prices starting at $1.50. Bright winter blooms promoted as beautiful houseplants.
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