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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1945
Page
1
A garbled bericht describes forced air operations and weather delaying flights. It mentions crews expected to depart Seattle for San Francisco, with stranded passengers and a Wright field site referenced as a partial recovery point.
Washington critics rails at UNO appointments as President Roosevelt nominates Eleanor Roosevelt as American delegate. Contention over Frank DuWalker as alternate representative and John G. Townsend as another alternate. Senate members protest Big Business picks like Edward R. Stettinius for the security council seat.
A local power outage halted a Christmas service at Pavilion Gardens drawing 4,800 people into darkness. Minutes later a floating mine hit a seawall and exploded wrecking the pavilion and damaging the area. Officials say hundreds could have been hurt if the event had continued. A dog quarantine violation case against Russell Oblity, alleged operator of Chemical Recovery Co, will be heard next Wednesday before Mayor Agale.
The Cleveland market shows active trade across cattle with steers heifers cows and butcher stock trading strongly. Sheep and lambs remain robust with heavyweights and good quality hogs noted. grain and feed prices listed alongside commodity outlooks and regional terminal markets.
Death records for Jean Thelata Driscoll Veen Thelma and Walter Briscoll note a Barba Hospital death, with services at Baker Funeral Home and burial in Columbia cemetery. Wellington obituaries include John W Young aged 85 and Clarence A Fisher aged 14, detailing survivors, residence, and funeral details.
Preparations for a Tag Day and a Wishing Well in downtown Elyria tomorrow fundraise for the Sister Elizabeth Kenny Foundation appeal against infantile paralysis. Boy Scouts and Girl Reserves will solicit, tags on sale from 9 a.m. all day, with the Wishing Well near Ely Park run by the Elyria Junior Chamber of Commerce supporting the national effort led by Bing Crosby.
The annual White Gift Christmas service at First Methodist Church will be held in the sanctuary Sunday morning December 23 at 10 a.m. The White Gift Pageant At His Throne will be performed by church teachers and the church school directed by Miss Olive Cook. The annual White Gift offering will be divided between the Home for the Aged at Flyrna and the Children’s Home in Berea Ohio. The service features Junior High choir carols directed by Mr. Quimby and a pageant cast including Reader A D McMann Isaiah Robert Bohn Mary Mrs Charles J Span Joseph Mr Ed N Reviver Shepherds Robert Bohn Fred Zachirias Wally Nichols Angel Gabriel Lois Reese Angels Polly Anna Aker Marcia Steele Phyllis Baus Torch bearer wherne Schmidh King leads lighting and Mrs Edward Bembower decorates.
St Pauls Church on Third Street presents the cantata The Christmas Rose by Van Den Man Thompson, with Paula Wagner and others in the solo lineup. Walter Von Brock directs, Mrs Ruth Whid S plays organ, and the offering supports the choir fund.
In Lorain court today Chief OL PAY head Chester Bowles led price ceiling cases. A meat market at 400 East Erie Avenue was found guilty and given a four day meat selling ban. Amherst man Math Gergel settled by paying $95 to the U S Treasury. O P A reps face contempt charges in Mazie case. Donald W Call seeks divorce from Thelma, married 1939 with two children. Judgments include $4,805 for Nap Yidean and a divorce for Ruth Gray on neglect grounds. Multiple civil actions, park constrictions, and a city loan judgment are noted amid miscellaneous docket items.
General Patton dies after a long career marked by bold leadership on the western front. The biography recalls his wartime tactics, grit, and unyielding drive, from Sicily to the Meuse Argonne, his rise to command, and the fateful end at war’s end. The piece notes his persistence, battlefield courage, and demand for discipline, describing him as a legendary yet aloof commander who led from the front and valued readiness above all.
A compact account covers General George S. Patton’s actions from North Africa to Berlin, detailing his aggressive campaigns in Sicily and Italy, key clashes with allied leadership, notable discipline orders, the 1943–44 slapping incident, D-Day movements, breakthroughs in France and the Ardennes, and his 1945 dismissal and reassignment to command the 1st Army in a sweeping arc to end the war.
The Community Welfare Club held a Christmas party at the Riverside Manus Center with members and guests. Gifts were exchanged around four decorated trees as Mrs. Charlotte Davis received a special gift. Carols entertained and the club announced relief gifts to Wet Emergency Relief Agency and aid to a local family. Refreshments followed.
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