Elyria Board votes salary raises and building bids
The Elyria Board of Education approves teacher and maintenance pay increases, sets new salary scales, and opens bids for the Garford McKinley school project. Bids for construction and related planning are scheduled, with completion expected in 1952 and a 1950s bond fund guiding costs.
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Elyria Board of Education
Garford-McKinley
Elyria Public
Elyria
Ho Matiter
Garford-McKinley Upper
Mentary
Garford
McKinley
Outcast
Postoffice Extends Window Hours For Holiday Season
Postmaster William Jenne announces stamp and parcel windows open until 8 P M daily through Christmas, Saturdays 4 P M, and 1 to 5 P M on Sunday December 17. He urges air mail for overseas parcels, emphasizes first class mailing, and notes extra help hired to handle holiday mail.
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William Jenne
Jenne
Weather Forecast for Northeastern Ohio
Partly cloudy and cold this afternoon. Cloudy with occasional snow tonight. Wednesday partly sunny and warmer. Low around 25 tonight. high near 4 Wednesday.
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Ohio
Ruling on Subversives Refused to Force Testimony
Congress and the Justice Department weigh how a Supreme Court decision allowing witnesses to refuse answering questions on possible self incrimination affects the war on subversives. The ruling shields testimony before committees and grand juries, prompting discussion of McCarran Act implications and possible contempt cases. Rep. Velde and Rep. Walter commented on the ruling’s impact and committee study. The Justice Department reexamined a large batch of cases as the notice continues on page 2.
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Washington
Congress
Justice Department
Supreme Court
McCarran
Harold H. Velde
R. Nii
FBI
House Committee On
UnAmerican
Francis E. Walter
D. Pa
Truman Eyes National Emergency Declaration This Week
President Truman plans a radio address to announce a national emergency proclamation and wage price controls. He met with congressional leaders and advisers to secure bipartisan support amid power and enforcement questions. Taft indicated support but questioned new home front powers as officials prepare possible steps.
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Washington
Truman
White House
House
Senate
Robert A. Taft, O
GOP
Taft
Stephen T. Early
Michael V. DiSalle
Toledo
Contract Awarded For 120 More Parking Meters
Service Director D W Kothe announced a contract to International Meter Co for 120 parking meters at 5 304 24 total or 44 22 per space. The dual post meters count two spaces and include twelve 12 minute meters on Depot street. Installation will be by the city on Third Second Depot and Lodi streets to save costs.
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D. W. Kothe
International Meter Co
American LaFrance Foamite Corp
Elmira
N. Y
Depot Street
Savings Deposit Bank
Kothe
Third Street
Court
West Avenue
Second Street
Chestnut Street
Washington
East Avenue
Lodi Street
Audubon Week Proclaimed in Ohio for Centennial
Gov. Frank Lausche urged Ohioans to observe Audubon Centennial Week January 21 to 27 honoring naturalist John James Audubon. The proclamation notes January 27 marks the 100th anniversary of Audubon's death.
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Columbus
Car Starts In Gear Causing Crash On Broad Street
Yesterday's snow led to numerous fender benders as icy roads blocked traffic and drivers misread the slick conditions. Patrolman C L Cordrey witnessed Mrs Plautz's car lurch into gear at Broad and Lodi, sending her vehicle into parked cars and injuring none seriously.
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Broad Street
Lodi
C. L. Cordrey
Donald Plautz
Oberlin Road
Patti
Bell Co
Carl Landoll
Robert Pippen
Ford
G. H. West
Hawthorne Street
West Avenue
12Th Street
Donald Kneriem
R.D
Oberlin
James Fitzgerald
Boston Avenue
Garford Avenue
Broad
Bernard Barron
Valley View
John Andrews
Orville
Santa to Visit Korean Orphans With U S Help
Troops in Korea, Japan, and Okinawa join a relief drive for Korean orphans. Volunteers report more than 3000 dollars raised for Christmas parties and warm clothing, with an additional 2700 dollars contributed by U.S. troops stationed overseas.
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Korea
Santa Claus
Japan
Okinawa
Solicitor Calls Elyria Quiz Night Decision Unworkable
Solicitor Richard Baird plans to appeal a Common Pleas ruling by Judge H. E. Culbertson on whether the Elyria theater quiz night is a lottery. He argues the decision is unworkable for the city since every program would need a judge to determine if a question lifts it from lottery classification.
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Richard Baird
Common Pleas
H. E. Culbertson
Ashland
Elyria Theater
Baird
Peerless Laundry Change Hands to Cleveland Firm
The Peerless Laundry and Dry Cleaning Co. has been sold to the Union Tower Supply and Laundry Co. of Cleveland. The Roskophs of the Union firm become owners and management will stay with Willard Parsons. The Elyria plant continues operations at its current site under new ownership and planned improvements.
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Peerless Laundry and Dry Cleaning Co
Union Tower Supply and Laundry Co
Cleveland
Peerless Co
Crisp
Elyria
E. J. Crisp
Albert
Eastern Heights Boulevard
Roskophs
Riots In Singapore Kill 15 as Troops Quell Malay Racism
British troops and police in Singapore opened fire on a Moslem mob, killing five Malayans, part of two days of deadly riots over the Maria Hertogh case. Toll rose to 15 dead, 164 wounded, with Britons and Eurasians among the victims. A curfew and street bans were imposed as soldiers and police battled rioters.
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Singapore
Maria Bertha Hertogh
Holland
Two Women Suffer Painful Injuries in Falls
Mrs. F. W. Pahl and Mrs. Freda E. Sams suffered fractures after slips at Broad Street and Park Avenue and at West Avenue and Third Street. Both were treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital.
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F. W.W. Pahl
Oxford Avenue
Freda E. Sams
Columbia Avenue
Pahl
Broadstreet
Park Avenue
Sams
West Avenue
Third’ Street
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Ambulance Under Fire On Northeast Front In Korea
Lieutenant Emory Dent reports an ambulance carrying Marines was hit 92 times by Chinese forces using red crosses as targets. Five others wounded as it crossed a mountain blockade. one Marine killed by a sniper. Dent notes variable treatment of prisoners and possible narcotic influence among attackers.
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Korea
Mhimarish
Emory Dent
Bowling Green
7Th Marine Regiment
Dent
See Effort To Outflank U N Line
Chinese force of Mongolian cavalry divisions shifts toward Central Korea aiming to outflank the UN defense around Seoul. MacArthur reports 27 Chinese divisions facing 160,000 UN troops in Korea, with 700,000 believed in reserve.
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Tokyo
China
Korea
United Nations
Seoul
Douglas MacArthur
Pyonyang
8Th Army
Taegu
Pusan
U. S
Hamhung-Hungnam
10Th Corps
U.N
Hungnam
Kaesong
38Th Parallel
Sibyon
Lausche Opposes Extension of State Services
Governor Lausche declares a wartime freeze on expanding state services as Ohio faces an estimated civil defense cost of up to 70 million dollars over three years. He says budgets must be cut to current levels with some increases for the salary law, while opposing broad growth amid wartime material shortages. Proposals include 54 million for schools and 14 million for old age pensions.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Lausche
State Conservation Department
Elyria Draft Board Orders Sixty Men for January
The Elyria draft board ordered sixty men for processing in January, the highest induction quota since the draft reactivation in September. State selective service directs also call for seventy eight men to Cleveland for preinduction examinations. Reporting dates not provided.
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Elyria
Local Board No. 2
State Selective Service
Cleveland
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