Violence claims seventeen in Jerusalem clashes weekend
Reports say seventeen people died in renewed Arab Jewish violence around Jerusalem. Fighting centered outside Jaffa and Vagout with deaths on both sides, including sabre attacks and truck ambushes. Hagaha militia and Arab snipers exchanged fire near Mount Scopus and Shafaat as hopes for a Christmas lull faded.
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Jerusalem
Arata Ware
Jaffa
Vagout
Ttutk
Hagaha
Shafaat
Mount Scopus
Hagaria
Father Of Elyrians Dies In Cleveland
Davie Kahn 93, father of Louis and Raimiel Kahn of Elyria, died Saturday in Cleveland. Funeral services were held yesterday at Lifshett Miller Chapel. He leaves three other sons, a brother, three sisters, eight grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, and four great great grandchildren. Burial followed at Lansing Cemetery.
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Cleveland
Davie Kahn
Louis
Raimiel Kahn
Elyria
Kahn
Somerset
Harry
Ernest
Joseph
Sarah Levenson
Anna Sugarman
E. Marks
Lifshett & Miller
Lansing
Door Still Open For Russia Says Bevin
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin said the door is still open for Soviet cooperation in European reconstruction. He told the Association of American Correspondents in London that if Soviet cooperation is not forthcoming there must be no barrier to building the peace and welcomed President Truman’s Marshall Plan message, pledging British help in European rehabilitation.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Europe
Bevin
Association of American Correspondents
German Industrialist Sentenced To Prison
Friedrich Flick, German coal and steel magnate, convicted of using slave labor in Nazi plants, sentenced by an American tribunal to seven years. Two assistants found guilty. three acquitted. Judge Charles B. Sears led the panel in Nuremberg trials.
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Nurenburg
Friedrich Flick
Wax
Flick
Charles B. Sears
Buffalo
Oberlin professor dies. long career in China ties noted
Dr. Bohn, longtime Oberlin College leader and China expert, died after a lifetime of service. He chaired the Shansi Memorial Association since 1920 and was decorated by China's Nationalist government in 1938 for fostering Chinese American friendship. Survived by a widow, two sisters in St Louis, and two brothers. services at First Church with burial in Westwood Cemetery.
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Shansi Memorial Association
Oberlin
China
Bohn
Village Improvement Society
Sanitary Association
Exchange Club
First Church
Congregational Christian Church
Evangelical and Reformed Church of America
Oberlin College
Wiliam &. Jones
Henry Gillespie
St. Louis
Ralph
Harry F
Fort Worth
Tex
Cowling- Sedgeman Funeral Home
Joseph King
Westwood Cemery
Elyria Obituaries Roundup From Local Deaths
Annie Maddock widow of William Maddock dies at 133 Winckles Street after brief illness. A longtime Elyria resident born August 1 1859 in North Ridgeville, she leaves son Lewis Maddock and two sisters. Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm from Taylor Funeral Home with Rev. Arthur Williams officiating. Burial Ridgeville cemetery. Ira L. Landes 68 retired New London school head dies. services Tuesday 2:30 pm at First Methodist Church New London, burial Grove Street cemetery. Surviving wife Jen aie, son Dr. John Landes of Cleveland, daughter Mrs. Ellen Osborn of Los Angeles, and brother Charles Landes of Livingston, Montana. Ada Rae Bement 9, daughter of Ted and Emma Bement, dies in Cleveland Hospital. body at Mandley Funeral Home Fairview. services Tuesday 2 pm. burial Sunset Memorial Cemetery. Promise Glass dies at 49 on Edwards Street. born Ripley Tenn Nov 11 1809. employed by General Industries. survivors include wife Ella V. Glass, children Ollie Edward Gilbert Glass Elyria. Catherine Scruggs of Saginaw, Miss Lynett Glass. grandchildren. brothers Thomas Ollie Glass of Elyria, Edgar and Prince Glass of Ripley Tenn, and Mrs Emma Wilson of Elyria. Sudro Curt is Funeral Home handling arrangements. Funeral notices to follow.
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Annie
Anne Madddock
William £. Maddock
Winckles Street
Elyria
North Ridgeville
First Baptist
Lewis Maddock
Ella Hamilton
Fannie Kady
St. Paul
Minnesota
Taylor Funeral Home
Arthur Williams
Ridgeville Cemetery
Ada Rae Bement
Westlake
Ada Ftae Bement
Ted and
Emma (Rider) Bement
Ernest Bement
Center Ridge Road
Cleveland Hospital
Mandley Funeral Home
Lorain Avenue
Fair ‘View
Sunset Memorial Cemetery
Promise Glass Promise Glass
Edwards Street
Ripley
Tenn
General Industres
Ella V. Glass
Ollie
Edward
Gilbert Glass
Catherine Scruggs
Saginaw
Faith
Lynett Glass
Thomas
Ollie Glass
Edgar
Prince Glass
Ripley, Tenn
Emma Wilson
Sudro-Curtis Funeral Home
Democrats Fight Knuts on Income Tax Cut Plan
Democrats in the House Ways and Means Committee accused Republicans of jeopardizing a long range tax revision by backing a $5.6 billion personal income tax cut proposed by Harold Knutson of Minnesota. The committee has studied the federal tax structure for months with hearings and witnesses.
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Knuts
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Venn
Conerees
Harold Knutson
Minn
Iast
Buckeye Mold and Die Co Gives Year End Bonuses
Twenty employees and their wives enjoyed the fourth annual Christmas dinner at Spring Valley Country Club. Each guest received a corsage and women got handkerchiefs. Bonus checks of 50 dollars for one year and 10 dollars for each additional year were distributed by officers, with praise for management cooperation. Music by Recco Trombetta's orchestra accompanied group photos.
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Buckeye Mold and Die Company
Spring Valley Country Club
Joseph A. Goldsmith
Fred BE. Alt- Teld
Cart ‘Miller
Charles Prout
Louis Udvardy
Recco Trombetta
Fatal Crashes Claim Several Lives in Ohio Area
In the Cincinnati area Robert W. Hall, 19, died at General Hospital from a crushed chest and skull fracture after a head on collision that injured three others. Allen G. Maloney, 57, farmer, was killed Sunday when his train near Williamstown dragged 1,000 feet. University of Cincinnati student James Petulia, from Oil City Pennsylvania, also died early Sunday as he rode home for the holidays. A Navy veteran was riding in a car that skidded on a slippery road and overturned.
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Bremen
Cincinnati
Robert W. Hall
General Hospital
Allen G. Maloney
Williamstown
University of Cincinnati
James Petuila
O11
City
Penn
Strike Averted for Western Union Employees
Washington reports a threatened pre Christmas strike by 60,000 Western Union workers was averted today. The move postpones action and raises the chance of telephone and telegraph strikes next spring as wage talks resume after a three member panel conducts a fact finding review and reports without recommendations.
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Washington
Pfaudler Co Hosts Two Christmas Parties
Pfaudler Co held its third annual Christmas party for about 600 employees and spouses at the Elks Hall with entertainment and presents. a larger number attended the Pfaudler children’s party at the V F W Hall where every child received a present, Alfred Emery led the children’s event, and Charles Yost led the adult party with helpers. Westrolt Kaiser Fraser Corp shut auto lines at Willow Run, laying off 5,000 production workers after 72 fabric workers walked out over unpaid idle time during a one day stoppage last week.
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Pfaudler Company
Elks Hall
Pfaudler
V. F. W. Hall
Santa Claus
Everty Child
Alfred Emery
Charles Yost
Max Dumsky
Don Mason
Carlton Stetson
Charles Parker
Howard Uchlein
Melvin Jago
Westrolt
Kaiser-Fraser Corporation
Willow Run
Police Reports Highlight Several Local Incidents
J M Denor reported being attacked near the Baltimore and Ohio tracks at West street just after midnight. The assailant fled after Denor resisted. description: about 35, five foot nine and a half inches. Robert Helfrich arrested for intoxication. arraigned January 3. John Takats fined $15 and costs for a traffic collision with a motorcycle ridden by Donald Sittinger, resulting in a fractured lead and other injuries. Other notes include disorderly conduct arraignments, minor automobile collisions, and fines for speeding and safety violations. Local police logged multiple weekend incidents and evolving cases.
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J. M. Denor
Elbe Street
Baltimore and Ohio
West Street
Western Automatic Ma Lchine and Screw Co
Denes
John Takats
Foster Avenue
WA. R. Agate
Donald Sittinger
Valley View
Bond and
Adams Streets
Dee
Sittinger
Ohio Gasoline Tax Increase Set for January First
Ohio lawmakers in a skeleton session prepared to sign two enacted measures sending them to Gov. Herbert. The acts repeal the one cent per gallon levy and raise the gasoline tax to four cents, with a delay to implement the change to avoid collection confusion. The move follows a constitutional amendment approved by voters on November 4 to restrict motor fuel taxes to highway use.
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Columbus
Ohio
Thomas J. Herbert
Herbert
Court fines man for DUI after East River crash
At the court house Mike Hell of 624 Vulcan street was fined 100 dollars plus costs for driving under the influence after an automobile collision on West River two miles north of Elyria. He also paid 35 dollars and costs for reckless driving. He did not remain at the scene but was later apprehended by deputies.
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Robert Shober
Lake Avenue
A. R. Agate
Fineegin
Sherman Duvall
Woodford Avenue
West Avenue
Mike Hell
Vulcan — Street
James Horn
West River
Elyria
Aquor
Oberlin man badly injured in early morning fight
Alle Huston, 44 North Park Street Oberlin, suffered severe cuts to face ears hands hips and fingers in a parking lot fight near Oberlin around 1 am Sunday. He was taken to Allen Hospital unconscious from blood loss. Witness Hodges, 21, of 201 Groveland Street, Oberlin, said four men dragged Huston into a field after a dispute outside the New Venture Inn on Route 1d. Assailants reportedly fled in a car. Hodges heard they were from Elyria.
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Huston
North Park Street
Oberlin
Ian
Hustoh
Allen Hospital
William Hodges
Groveland Street
Hodges
Inh
Elyria
Highways Report Normal Statewide With Fog Nearby
The State Department of Highways reported highways normal across the state. Fog was noted near Troy Urbana and Washington while central and northwest areas saw cloudy skies. Statewide temperatures ranged from HM to 30 degrees.
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Columbus
State Department of Highways
Troy
Urbana
Washington
Prices At Noon on Montgomery Ward Sears and More
Prices at noon show Montgomery Ward American Can National Daily Sears Roebuck Westinghouse Elect Woolworth Bendix General Motors White Motors Republic Steel US Steel Standard of Kentucky Cities Service.
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American Can
Montgomery Ward National Daily
Sears Roebuck , Westinghouse
Elect i
Woolworth Co
I Bendix i
General Motors
White Motors
Republic Steel
US Steel
J Standard of Kla
Minor blaze at Elyria Y M C A basement
A small fire in the Elyria Y M C A basement caused slight damage and was confined to the boiler room door and coal storage area. Firemen extinguished the blaze around 4:35 AM after hot clinkers placed at the door base ignited. no property damage reported.
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Elyria
Wille Roberts Homie
Middle ave+ nite
Freight derailment near Auburn kills fireman in heavy fog
A New York Central freight train overturned in fog near Auburn causing the death of a fireman. The incident occurred while the freight was traveling from Fort Wayne to Toledo. Authorities report an open derailing device contributed, with later notes about related injuries and hospital treatments.
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Fort Wayne
Toledo
New York Central
Daytor
Mortick
Justabrook
B. F. Harmon
Patterson Fold
Fitzsimmons General
Denver
Cole
Algo
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Elyrians
Russia
West VA
Williamson
W. Va
Sudro-Curtis Ambulance
Wrbbee
Buckeye Mold and Die Co
Ae Nubib
Contiuey
Speenseanernsnes
Western Union
Police Dept
Robert Helfrich
Columbus, Street
East Broad Street
Dee Ingner
Adama Street
John W. Glover
Park Street
Blaine Street
E. J. Stankard
Horton Sage
Br.d
East Avenue
Fourth Street
Jane Ponds
South Middle Avenue
East Ave
Nue
Benjamin Underwood
Don Standen
Becad
A. Reelligion
Middle Avenue
Ond
James Price
Fast Avenue
Wolf Court
al Kaye
Poplars Street
A. Freeman
Ninth — Street
Kenneth
West Ridge Road
Walter Brown
Huron Street
Eugene Fitlo
Adams Street
Elyria High School
Ruby Henry
Riverside Homes
Robert
Taylor
Mabel Petty
Vermilion
Guy B. Findley
Maxine Thompkins
R. D. Graf_fon
Clyde Horton
Arthur, Mons
Esther Wellert
Common Pleas
D. A. Cook
Joan Condon
Lorain
William of
Long Island
Richard Gray
Eighth Street
Court Street
Gray
John
Gordon D. Fell
South Maple Street
Norman Abookire
Abookire
Yell
Cleveland College
Commissioners
Spring Valley
E.R. Comings
James Catalano
Catalano
Ernest Poiner
Wellington
White Ditch
Elyria Home Service Co
GCHL
Crosby
W. W. Williams
Donald E. Patterson
Fulton
Grafton, Ohio
Central Penna
Y.M.C.A
N.Y. G
Auburn
Policé Blaniad
Buckeye Welding Service
Buckeye
N.Y. C
Lynn Coffin
City of Elyria
East District
West District
South District
the City of Elyria Water Department
THE
Lorain County Savings & Trust CO
the Savings Deposit
Elyria Savings
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