Salary Increases Granted Welfare Dept Employes
Eight Lorain County Welfare Department employees receive raises effective January 1 under a state civil service schedule. Director C Waterhouse goes to 380 monthly from 345, three case workers gain 24 monthly, store clerk Geraldine Seeley up 20 to 240, Shirley Howard total raise to 200 with 8 more after November, and part time clerk Margaret Carek from 72.50 to 76 per month.
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Lorain County
C. ©. Waterhouse
Mary Brandt
Georgin Lempertz
Marion Sexton
Geraldine Seeley
Shirley Howard
Margaret Carek
Cold Winds Hit Florida Crops and Midwest Warmth
Frigid weather from a giant high pressure system damaged Florida crops with snap beans and corn largely killed on truck farms as temperatures dropped to the upper 20s. Michigan and Ohio cities expected relief with 60s and 40s respectively as milder air moved in from the north.
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Florida
Sunshine State
Midwest
Ohio
Former US Agent Charged With Secret Papers Possession
Michael R. Rothkrug of Westport Vermont faces arraignment before a US High Commission court on charges of illegal possession of a satchel containing top secret documents. Authorities say the stash includes lists of Germans aiding an anti-Communist underground and warn leakage could endanger informants.
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Berlin
Michael R. Rothkrug
Westport
Vonn
US High Commission
Rothkrug
Northeastern Ohio Weather and Floral Ad
Fair tonight with temperatures near last night. Thursday is partly cloudy and cooler with a high around 45 and a low near 27. Cemetery wreaths offered by Resar Florist for 3 dollars 95 cents.
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Ohio
Driver Critically Injured In Route 254 Collision
Carl Gylfe of 16536 Gulfroad, manager of Seaboard Finance Co., is in critical condition at St Joseph's Hospital Lorain after his car struck a barricade on Route 254 at Vincent. A plank pierced the windshield and struck him on the head, then the car hit a telephone pole. He suffered a compound skull fracture and a deep forehead laceration. The family resides on Gulf Road, formerly of Oberlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Gylfe
Gulfroad
Seaboard Finance Co
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Lorain
Vincent
Patol
Gylfe
Cleveland marks 100th traffic fatality of the year
Cleveland records its 100th traffic death as James R. Harris, 87, was killed in a crash today. Authorities investigated the collision and identified Harris as the victim in the city’s ongoing fatality count.
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Cleveland
James R. Harris
B 29s Hit Red Supply Areas Hard Over North Korea
American Superforts from Okinawa dropped 220000 pounds of bombs on two major Communist supply dumps in North Korea amid heavy weather. Sabrejet pilots engaged MiGs in four duels, claiming five MiGs destroyed and seven damaged, with one MIG-15 downed and four damaged in MIG Alley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Korea
North Korea
Yalu River
Okinawa
Haeju Peninsula
Nine-year-old boy confesses to killing sister over singing
Daniel Keller, 9, told authorities he shot his eight-year-old sister Nancy Jean Keller because her singing "got on my nerves." Nancy died four hours after being shot in Mt. Vernon. Sheriff says the confession followed the sister returning from school. Parents Chester and Mrs Keller were away at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Morrow County
George Mosier
Nancy Jean Keller
Mt. Vernon
Daniel Keller
Chester Keller
Surprise Witnesses In Lattimore Trial Seen
Justice Department sources say the FBI has lined up several surprise witnesses for Owen Lattimore's perjury trial. Lattimore, Johns Hopkins professor, is charged with seven false statements under oath to a Senate subcommittee. He faces up to 70 years if convicted, while his leave of absence with pay is approved by Johns Hopkins. The arraignment is tentatively set, with possible delays for defense motions.
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Washington
Justice Department
FBI
Owen Lattimore
Orient
Lattimore
Johns Hopkins University
State Department
Senate
Internal Security
Detlev W. Bronk
Bronk
Johns Hopkins
Board of Justees
Walter Hines Page
Arnold, Fortas & Porter
Herbert Brownell Jr
Department
Supreme Court
Elyria Surplus Center Moves to 541 Broad Street
The Elyria surplus shop relocated to 541 Broad Street in a move highlighted by the notice. The ad indicates the new address and continues operations at the new site.
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Elyria Surplus Center
Broad St
Adv
Hotel Hollenden Blast Kills Man and Burns Two
A blast in the basement of Hotel Hollenden killed Carl Brown an electrician with the Cleveland Illuminating Co for 27 years and badly burned Joseph Augusta and Harold Wagner who suffered 90 percent burns Wagner was listed as danger listed in hospital Fire officials said the explosion occurred when a switch was touched on high voltage lines leaving much of downtown in darkness.
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Cleveland
Hotel Hollenden
John Tarchanian
Carl Brown
Cleveland Iluminating Co
Joseph Augusta
Harold Wagner
Yardanian
Tarcanian
Brown
Wagner
Senior Choir Christmas Concert at Elyria High Sunday
Elyria residents recall past Senior A Cappella Choir memories as the Senior Choir presents a Christmas concert Sunday at 3 p.m. in the Elyria High School auditorium under J. Martin Beck. The program features O Come All Ye Faithful, Fanfare for Christmas, Only Begotten Son, Beautiful Yuletide, The Friendly Beasts, and Waltz of the Flowers from the Nutcracker. Marilynn Nicholas and June Nielsen will accompany on piano for the Nutcracker piece. The set includes I Hear Along the Street led by student conductor Jim Smith, Luvas The Song of Adoration sung by an all girl chorus, and Go Tell It on the Moon No. 2 by the boys choir. Continued on Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilynn Nicholas
June Nielsen
Jim Smith
Luvaas
Santa Gets Letter On Christmas Tree
A note written by Murdock J. Nicholson an eight year old boy from New Brunswick Canada was placed on a Christmas tree and reached Santa in Wheeling West Virginia Steve Santa a Yorkville Ohio steelworker bought the tree and said this letter will be answered by Santa Claus who promised to help the child whose mother has been ill for two years and they are very poor
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Wheeling
W. Va
Murdock J. Nicholson
New Brunswick
Canada
Santa
Steve Santa
Yorkville
Santa Claus
Two Family Home Damaged By Fire At 248 Harvard Avenue
Fire at 248 Harvard Avenue badly damaged a two family home around 12 23 p m yesterday. Flames swept the living room kitchen and basement while the adjoining apartment suffered smoke damage. No occupants were home. firefighters forced entry and battled the blaze for 1 hour 40 minutes. Damages run into thousands as interior walls and floors showed extensive scorching.
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Harvard Avenue
F. C. Heacox
Don James
Heacox
Vargo
Eastern Heights Boulevard
Elyria Soldier Returning Home From Korea
Mrs. William Fenwick of 641 West Broad street reports news about her son Pfc. LeRoy A. Bellottie who was seriously wounded in Korea. He says he stepped on a mine causing extensive injuries and a fractured left leg. He is being shipped to the United States with a possible arrival before Christmas.
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William Fenwick
West Broad Street
Pfc
LeRoy A. Bellottie
Korea
Bellottie
United States
Schools To Close For Two Week Christmas Vacation
Elyria City Schools will close Friday after noon at three o clock for a two week Christmas vacation. Regular classes resume Monday morning January 5, 1953.
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Lynn Nicholas
Elyria City
Resar Florist Ad Promotes Holiday Plants
Poinsettias violets Christmas cherries and other beautiful plants advertised with prices starting at $1.50 by Resar Florist.
Churchill to visit United States for talks with Eisenhower
A high level source says Prime Minister Winston Churchill will travel to the United States in February or March for talks with President Dwight Eisenhower.
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London
Winston Churchill
United States
Dwight Eisenhower
Battle Casualties Rise by 209 in Korea Week
The Defense Department reports total American battle casualties in Korea at 127,867, up 209 from last week. Included are 22,481 dead, 92,628 wounded, 9,336 missing, 2,029 captured, and 1,393 previously missing returned to service through last Friday.
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Washington
Korea
Defense Department
Ex Official Accused of Using Office to Press Private Bill
Former U S Attorney Tobias E Diamond faced sworn testimony before a House Judiciary subcommittee alleging he used his federal position to pressure Miami firm Quality Egg Shippers and collect a private claim for farmer Richard Swalve. A federal grand jury later indicted two firm representatives for alleged fraud.
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Washington
U. S
Tobias E Diamond
Sioux City
House
Justice Department
Collier
Miami
Diamond
U.S
Richard Swalve
Georgia
Farmer
Diamond’s
Miam
Swalve
Plane Lands In Soybean Field In Pennsylvania
A twin-engine Air Force AT-11 crash landed in a soybean field on a LaGrange farm after both motors failed. Pilot Capt. Orville Nordgren and co-pilot Louis Herthum escaped uninjured as the plane suffered minor damage. Guards were set over the damaged aircraft by Rollin West and Robert Lewis. The crew had been flying jet planes over Korea and were en route to homes in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania.
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Wellington
Plattsburgh
Selfridge Field
Mich
Robert Sanders
LaGrange
Orville Nordgren
Nordgren
Louis Herthum
81St Air Base
Sqdn
Greater Pittsburgh
Rollin West
Robert Lewis
Korea
Coraopolis
Cardinal Spellman Heads to Korea for Christmas
Cardinal Francis Spellman departs New York to spend Christmas with American GIs in Korea, delivering a message of faith and morale from the battlefield.
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Korea
New York
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Eisenhower MacArthur Meeting Questions Unanswered
President elect Eisenhower and General Douglas MacArthur faced questions over a possible lunch meeting at the home of John Foster Dulles. Eisenhower’s staff declined to discuss any planned encounter as MacArthur proposed a new plan for a Korea solution.
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New York
Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
John Foster Dulles
42Nd Street
MacArthur
Courtney Whitney
Tito Breaks Off Yugoslavia Vatican Ties Over Stepinac Cardinacy
Marshal Tito announced formal Yugoslav break with the Vatican citing what he called hostile Vatican actions over Archbishop Stepinac being named a cardinal. He charged Vatican meddling as he recalled Monsignor Silvio Oddi and demanded changes in diplomatic representation.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Vatican
Aloysius Stepinac
Ales Bebler
Silvio Oddi
Tito
Oddi
London
Stepinac
Chare D
Joseph Patrick Hurley
St. Augustine
Fla
United States
Vatican City
Zagreb
Six Children Die In Arkansas Farmhouse Fire
Six children perished in a fire caused by a kerosene explosion at a Bryant farm near Little Rock. Parents Hilton and Ruth Bryant were in critical condition from burns as the family home burned. The dead were Ruth Ann Bryant nine Patsy eight Billy six Ronnie four Jean two and Johnny nine months. Shirley twelve was burned less seriously.
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Little Rock
Ark
Ruth Ann Bryant
Patsy
Billy
Ronnie
Jean
Johnny
Hilton Bryant
Shirley
Bryant Farm
Argentine Reds Back Peron Plan
The Communist party manifesto pledges support for President Juan D. Perons second five year plan. It states it will collaborate decisively and invites the Argentine people to join in backing the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Communist Party
Juan D. Peron
Want Ad Sell Your Hunting Gear Fast
Chronicle Telegram offers a low cost Want Ad to sell guns and hunting or winter sports equipment you no longer need. Call 4751 and speak with a courteous ad-taker to craft a result getting ad.
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Chronicle Telegram
Carek Florist Offers Home Grown Poinsettias and Roses
Carek Florist promotes Christmas poinsettias at $1.95 and home grown roses from $4.00 with plants grown on site including begonias. The ad emphasizes in house production and local availability for gift needs.
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Carek’s
Carek Florist
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A. George Gressley
Toledo
Hess Cartage Co
Melvindale
LaPorte
Waterhouse
United Press
Jim Resar
Lodi St
Murbach
Elyria
Amherst
Elyria Comics
Grafton
Oberlin
Society
Tv-Radio
Churchill
Subcommittee
Robert A. Collier
Quality Egg Shippers, Inc
Ke MacArthur
Bulletin
Muller
Lake Ave
Morningside
Commodore Hotel
Viewsmen
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Elyria Nursery
Grafton Rd
Arkansas
Peron
Rapak
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