Ohio Slowly Recovers From Devastating Snowstorm
Ohio emerges from transportation paralysis as highway crews clear main routes after one of the heaviest snows in a decade. Ice glaze covers roads while drifts six feet deep block many secondary highways, causing rural school buses to miss days of classes. Wartime workers return to duties as repair crews patch telephones and utilities.
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United Press
Ohio
Binh Wiods
Maine
Chin'a Eqti
Bombers Hit Essen In Night Raid Strike
More than 500 British heavy bombers attacked Essen’s rail and main oil center under heavy cloud cover. RAF crews observed large fires lighting the city and smoke pillars rising high. Night fighters claimed five enemy aircraft as raids hit four railway targets and oil sites en route. Nearby reports mention new use for US fighter fuel tanks repurposed as canoes by locals.
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London
Essen
Rube Valles
Ostabrovk
RAF Bomber Command
al Ned
Deaths and Funeral Notices From Elyria Area
Death record for James Santi 84 of 1402 Middle Aves N.E. died at Elyria Memorial Hospital, born December 3, 1881 in Hungary, long resident, automa tic worker at Republic Steel. Survived by wife Lye nd Saubow and three daughters. funeral details and interment at Brookdale Cemetery. Also notices for Charles F Guth 73 with services at St Mary’s and St Mary’s Cemetery. Bertha V Geanol Well ington 69 of Sullivan, member of Eastern Stars and White Shrine, services in Sullivan. and multiple church funeral arrangements listed with dates and locations.
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James Santi
Avesnue
Elyria Memorial
Tonom
Totay
Sanbe
Bor
Hungary
Wri
Republic Steel Company
Hungarian Reformed Church
H Vitgarners
Verhovay Lodge
Sursnog
Lyend Saubow
Margaret
Susan
Rose Szals
Bittner Funeved
Otis
Weme
Brookdale
Guth
Charles F Guth
Rom St. Mary's
St. Mary's Cemetery
Mr. Guth
Maritime Service
Marshall Islands
Walter James Alien
Bertha V. Geanol
Wellington
Sullivan
The
Christian Church
Order of the Eastern Stars
White Shrine
Ashland
Augustus
Treva Rigdon
Akron
Clayton
Hilton Arndt
Roy Arndt
Bellevue
John Ring
Jer
Keith Andrews
Wells
Polk Wall
Bowman Leads Ohio Employment Service Efforts Center
Bowman has held top roles in Ohio employment services including manager of a major local office, director of research at Cincinnati Employment Center, and head of personnel training for War Manpower and related agencies. He organized the Veterans Caravan with 26 Ohio meetings to aid returning veterans and has led management forums for Ohio ES managers. His career spans industrial education, vocational programs in Pennsylvania and Ohio, and roles with Plumbing and Heating Industries.
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Bowman
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Conpenent
Grew Warns U S Would Be Attacked First In War
Chicago report notes Joseph C. Grew former U S ambassador to Japan and nominee for undersecretary of state warned that a future aggressor would target the United States first. He cited world security talks and outlined steps to form a security council and armament controls. Separately a local business merger merged ownership when Mrs Tear Thomas Pickering married Robert W. Davis after a failed cafe sale.
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Chicago
Joseph C. Grew
U. S
Japan
Senate
United States
Grew
Dumbarton Qiks
World Security Organization
Oalutehean
Chicago Council On Foreign Relations
Chicago Association of Commerce
CBS
Authnime
Dumbarton Coke Plain
Independence
Robert W. Davis
Maples Cafe
Tear
Thomas Pickering
Thomas
Davis
Ceiling On Wheat Raised Four Cents
Washington reports the wheat ceiling price rose by four cents per bushel across all distribution levels. The Office of Price Administration stated neither flour nor bread ceilings change. The raise aligns with the 1944 stabilization extension act to reflect parity for producers. The article also notes school sales figures and a war bond drive progress.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Jefferson Junior High
Elyria High School
Edison
Mr. Kinley
Ely
Gates
Franklin
Roosevelt
Garford
Allen
Hamilton
Unseasonably Cold Spell Delays Travel and Widespread Weather Impacts
Canadian routes and New York bound trips faced four hour delays as a cold snap hit. Temperatures plunged to subfreezing levels from Texas to the Northeast, with 21 degrees in parts of Texas and frost warnings as far south as Miami. Public and parochial schools closed in Pittsburgh Buffalo Asheville, while flood tides and sleet battered New England. Rough winds of 60 to 70 mph were forecast for Vermont New Hampshire and Maine. Absenteeism rose in Pennsylvania and Ohio plants, with Pittsburgh coal mines largely shut. A gradual warming trend was noted by the weatherman across the Midwest.
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Canada
Winnipeg
New York
Miami
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
Midwest
Asheville
N.C
New England
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Area
Postal woes hinder Christmas card deliveries at Elyria
Downtown post offices see limited Sunday hours as workers report misaddressed cards and shortages of proper stamps. Regulators forbid directory service at half cent rates, prompting use of three cent stamps for uncertain addresses. over 440000 dollars in stamps sold since November 4, most for Christmas cards. Deer shot near Brunswick home with antique musket, the buck weighing about 80 pounds.
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Post
Jear
Postmasur
Elysian
Sowe Directory Service
Elsna Potthor
Brunswick
Lang Harnes
Court actions and civil suits from Lorain county
Red Star Traphy Co sues Garlon Troglin for 294.28 damages from a Oct 10 collision at Oberlin road and West avenue. Several divorces granted including Dorothea, Walter Pisacek, and Alvy Barnes. County commissioners accept Rev. Linville’s housing authority resignation effective Nov 17 1945 and plan to appoint a successor. Bids called for coal for courthouse jail on Dec 21 at 10 am. County purchases total 2080 from eight firms for various clerk auditor clerk of courts and sheriff offices. Estate petition filed to determine heirs for Mary Miller. Gwendolyn Wagner granted divorce from Lawrence with custody and support. Durward Bahr arrested for intoxication after Greyhound bus stop. to appear in police court. Mail romance ends in Kansas City with marriage of 68-year-olds Etta Mae Mitchell and John P Schafer.
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Red Star Traphy Co
Detroit
Garlon Troglin
Second Street
Oberlin Road
West Avenue
B. H. Linville
Lorain
Market Report: Hogs Cattle Lambs and Fruit Prices
Market notes show hogs active with 140-970 pounds and mixed steer and heifer quotes. Cattle steady to firm with varied steer values. lambs active with choice and good grades. Live poultry prices steady. apples and fresh produce list prices for many common items with ranges for weights and grades.
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Cleveland
Nazis Tighten Grip Along Fifth Army Front
German forces launched a series of attacks along the Fifth Army front in a bid to disrupt a forthcoming offensive toward Bologna. British units retreated briefly from Castel Nuova on Mount Cerere but recovered after heavy fighting. Fierce engagements occurred behind German lines and on the west coast as American patrols clashed with German forces. Canadian troops of the Eighth Army secured two Lamone River bridgeheads southwest of the area.
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Fifth Army
Bologna
Castel Nuova
Mount Cerere
Eighth Army
Lamone River
Ravenna Front Holds as Eighth Army Advances
On a broad 6000 yard front the Eighth Army pressed with strong counter-attacks and linked forces along the Russi Lugo rail line, placing units astride the line northwest of Russi as part of ongoing operations near Ravenna.
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Ravenna
Eighth Army
Russi-Lugo Rai
Russi
Minesweeper To Be Launched At Lorain
The U. S. Tercel, the fourth and last in a 220 foot class, will be launched Saturday at Lorain yards of American Shipbuilding Co. Mrs. Joseph H. Thompson of Cleveland will christen the vessel. The Tercel is the 34th ship launched here since 1941.
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Lorain
U. S
Lorain Yards
American Shipbuilding Co
Joseph MH. Thompson
Cleveland
Joseph H. Thompson
M. A. Hanna /Coal Co
Smokes Boom at Chicago Coffeeshop Run by Mrs Clarke
A Chicago cafe adds a new cigarette with every meal boosting sales at Mr Low Clarke's shop. Mrs Clarke runs a land office business as the novelty smoke drives patrons to buy meals and takeaways.
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Chicago
Low Clarke
Mrs Clarke
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Curtain & Rug Shop
West Bridge
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Delormie S. Weikel
Dorothea
Lake Avenue
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Cascade Street
Retha Thompson
Walter Pisacek
Lucille Barnes
Avan
Alvy
E. R. Cumings
Johnson Watson Co
Recorder
Fred Proctor Co
Elyria Office Equipment Co
Columbus Blank Book Co
County Auditor’s Department
Rotary Printing Co
Hoffman Printing Co
Merchants Industries
Joseph J. Miller
Mary Miller
Common Pleas Court
Sheffield Lake
Yarno A. Miller
Gwendolyn Wagner
Lawrence
D. A. Cook
Newlect
Durward Albn Bahr
Oberlin
Greyhound
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Bahr
E. J.stankard
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John P. Schafer
Helebert
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Alge
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Toledo
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