Workers Battle To Get Yule Mail In Snowbound City
Post office crews in Elyria contend with a four inch snow storm as 180 staffers work into the day to deliver two carloads of Parcel Post and arrival of more packages expected before Friday. Letter mail is heavy as residents are urged to clear sidewalks and mailbox approaches for route service and auto deliveries amid travel difficulties.
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Post Office
Flyrtia Station
H. R. Shook
Teft
Gyrus Francis
Tom Dempsey
William Jenne
Elyria
Elyria City Schools Operate Normally Despite Minor Boiler Issue
Elyria city schools ran on a normal schedule today with good attendance. Officials expect all schools to reopen tomorrow, the last day of the year, as repairs continue on a burned-out bearing in the McKinley school stoker with no serious heating problems anticipated.
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Elyria City
McKinley
Stoker
Snow and Cold Snap Likely with Mixed Precipitation
Northeast Ohio forecasts snow this afternoon and evening with potential brief freezing rain. Four inches of snow expected today, sleet mix early Friday, then continued snow Friday with winds. Temperatures rise today then drop tonight into Friday, highs near 32 and a colder night ahead.
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Ohio
Oral Questions Banned at Lorain Meeting Over Civic Debate
A Lorain meeting on designating Lorain County as a critical defense area barred oral questions from the floor. A. J. Lehman said most questions were written, limiting direct follow up. Swartzel cited figures from other agencies and talks with officials as basis for the designation, drawing audience frustration.
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Lorain
Lorain County
Lorain Service
James Riley
A. J. Lehman
Elyria Real Estates
Elyria-Lorai Rent Board
A. D. Swartzel
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Federal
Lehman
Swartzel
Patrick Flaherty
Ward Riley
No. 2
Greece Elected to UN Security Council Seat
Greece won a seat on the United Nations Security Council after a bitter fight. The vote, 39 to 16, will place Greece as eastern Europe’s representative on the council for 1952.
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Greece
UN Council
Paris
United Nations Security Council
Russia
Byelorussia
Europe
Council
Reds Say Gen Dean Hid 36 Days Before Capture
Maj. Gen William F Dean, first Congressional Medal of Honor winner in Korea, reportedly hid behind Communist lines for days before capture near Jinan south of Taejon on August 25, 1950. Communist sources and Pacific Stars and Stripes circulated the tale of his escape attempts, hunger, and eventual capture after being deemed unreliable.
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Panmunjom
Korea
William F. Dean
America
Red
Dean
Jinan
Taejon
Alan Winnington
London Daily Worker
Taej
Pacific Stars and Stripes
Elgin Electric, Inc. Novy
Stars and Stripes
Asn
Army
Tross
More Snow Brings New Ohio Woes
Ohio endures fresh snowfall as Buckeye residents battle deeper blanket and strained snow crews. Main highways stay open at 6 30 am but travel remains hazardous across the state with wind chill and bitter temperatures forecast.
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United Press
Ohio
Buckeye
West Union
Georgetown
Ironton
Cleveland
Toledo
Columbus
Akron
Mansfield
Findlay
Zanesville
Cincinnati
Mercury
Central Weather Bureau
No. 3
Last Ditch Talks In Steel Dispute Open
Washington reports last moment talks aimed at averting a New Year steel strike. CIO president Philip Murray says a walkout seems inevitable if no new contract is reached by December 31. Union and steel executives refused further comment as government mediation continues.
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Washington
CIO
Philip Murray
Cyrum
Ching
Murray
United Steelworkers Union
John A. Stephens
U. S. Steel Corp
GIO
Steel Workers
Atlantic City
Missing Elyria Soldier Listed As War Prisoner
A wartime note from PAMUNJOM shows Pfc. Alvi D. Norris of Elyria listed among Korean War prisoners of war. His parents George and Hazel Norris learn of his status as the war continues to hinge on prisoner exchanges. The article also details airlift plans, ongoing armistice talks, and local school closures due to winter weather.
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Elyria
City crews battle snow as costs rise in rush to keep roads open
City crews fight a seventh straight day of snow removing drifts from main routes. Officials expect higher costs as they rent more machinery and tow parked cars. Police advise locating towed vehicles, and drivers should move cars to cleared areas to keep traffic moving.
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D. W. Kothe
Kathe
Kobhe
Plane With 41 Aboard Forced Down In Canada
A twin engine C 46 carrying 41 passengers on a non scheduled Chicago to Teterboro flight forced down near Cobourg Ontario after fuel exhaustion. The crew reported loss in a snow storm near Toledo and then radioed Rochester for guidance. The pilot said jet fuel was low and that he believed he was over Lake Ontario before a belly landing near the Canadian shore. Federated Airlines, Inc. was the suspected operator of the non scheduled service.
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Clevelans
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Chicago
Teterboro
N. J
Cobourg
Ont
Toledo
Rochester
Lake Ontario
CAA
Federated Airlines, Inc
Four hurt in Route 10 collision amid icy conditions
A pile up along Route 10 east of Route 76 injured four people as snow and ice caused drivers to lose control. Donald Preston 18 of Parma suffered a nose injury and was treated then released. His three injured passengers included Nancy Reynolds 19 of Cleveland, Carol Olsen 18 of Parma and Nancy Jones 19 of Bedford with facial lacerations and brain concussion.
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Donald Preston
Parma
Nancy Reynolds
Hills
Cleveland
Carol Olsen
Nancy Jones
Bedford
Preston
James Howard
Manuel Gomez
Horace Ensinger
R. D. Kent
Herbert G. Summerer
Fitch Road
North Olmsted
Gerald Ruppelt
Foot Road
Ruppelt
Willard Grooms
Berea
Robert Camp
East Fourth Street
West Bagley Road
Route 10
Lenavy
Traffic Accident Fatal To Son Of Elyria Woman
Dwight B. Haning 46 son of Mrs. J E Haning of 108 Lincoln court died in a Monroe Louisiana car crash Tuesday night. He had lived with his mother in Elyria for a year after WWII service and previously worked for Gray Drug in Columbus. Schools planned a Christmas assembly as roads were poor and city schools closed early. Surviving are his wife and two sisters Mrs Margaret Hostetler Elyria and Miss Maric Sharpe Chicago.
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J. E. Haning
Lincoln Court
Dwight B. Haning
Monroe
Haning
Gray Drug Company
Columbus
Elyria
Mariana
Elyria City
Margaret Hostetler
Latess Maric Sharpe
Chicago
Elysria High School
San Francisco
Spellman
New York
Grams
Korea
J. Martin
Beck
Franklin and Washington
Elyria High
Old Mantels In Courthouse Beam With Yule Spirit
Lorain county’s 70 year old courthouse fireplaces glow with Christmas cheer as women decorate their offices. Mantels, trees, lights, evergreen sprays and mistletoe enliven every room while candles and manger scenes spread goodwill. Contact Elyria Electric for shopping by phone at 3338.
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Lorain County
Elyra Man Named Deputy By Sheriff
Elyra Man was named deputy sheriff by Sheriff Carl R. Finegan to fill a vacancy after the resignation of Deputy Albert McWilliam on Dec. 15. A long-time Ely resident, the 30-year-old former Army European theater veteran is married with two children, Joseph, 7, and Karen, 5. Starting salary is $260 a month.
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John Wircenske
Winckles, Street
Carl R. Finegan
Albert McWilliam
Elyma
Europe
Cadillac
Joseph
Karen
Hope To Complete List Of Prisoners Today
The Defense Department delayed publication of many names on the Communist list of 3 198 U S servicemen reported as prisoners of war. Some names remain unverified due to screening and casualty identifications, with next of kin still to be notified for overseas personnel.
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Washington
Defense Department
Red
T O
U. S
Ron
Air Force
Army
United States
Allied
Tokyo
Larger Wheat Crop Predicted For 1952
The Agriculture Department forecasts a 1952 national wheat crop of 918,305,000 bushels with Ohio winter wheat at 47,733,000 bushels for 1952. The 1951 Ohio crop totaled 34,308,000 bushels.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Ohio
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Alvi D. Norris
8Th Army
Norris
Oly
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Brownhelm
Henrietta
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Belden
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Tarvey
Elyria Electric, Inc
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