Holiday deaths from accidents and violence rise across states
A four day Christmas period saw 470 deaths from traffic crashes shootings and other accidents nationwide. California led with many fatalities and Texas recorded the second highest violent death toll. Pennsylvania New York and other states also faced elevated holiday death counts amid icy roads and winter conditions.
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Wit Lon
Revenue Outlook For Ohio Budget Surplus In 1945
State budget projections show total income through November at 162 million dollars with a full-year estimate of 144 million. Surplus arises mainly from sales tax receipts expected to exceed 70 million, liquor profits near 9 million, and inheritance tax gains. one tax on out-of-state insurance firms lags due to court challenges.
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Oble
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Ohio
Attempt on life of premier in Balayia sparks attack
An Eurasian soldier tried to assassinate Premier Sutan Sishrir of the Unrecognized Tudongsiay Republic today near Balayia. Five guards pursued the attacker, who fired at the car. the premier escape plan remains unclear.
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Sutan Sishrir
Ministry of Information
Bjahriy
Gi Tead
Balayia
Puleh East Indies
Syroy
Weather and Markets Brief for Ohio and North Regions
Cloudy and slightly colder in Ohio with light snow in the north portion. Colder in the south with a few mixed showers tonight. Friday brings fair but cooler conditions. Market notes appear brief with mixed data.
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Unfied Press
Ohio
Congress Leaders To Press For Action On Truman Program
Congressional leaders plan to push President Truman’s legislative agenda when Congress returns January 14 from recess. They expect quick action on unemployment compensation, universal military training, labor dispute boards, and merging armed forces, plus rescision of war appropriations. Senate expected to consider merger legislation by February 4 and panels weigh labor boards and universal training in January.
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B. Colu
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Sam Rayburn
House
Ways and Means
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Algo
Federal Bureau of Scientific Research
Four Injured In Traffic Crash
Four people were injured in separate traffic incidents on Christmas Eve after icy pavement on East River Street and Eighth Street contributed to a collision. Police reported injuries to Iey Pavements, a delivery driver, and to Mrs Florence Stark and her two children Mauri ce and Joyce. All were treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital.
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Joyce
Elyria Memorial Hospital
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Wellington
Pronk Beal
Cleveland Street
West Bridge
Sit
Mike George
Lotain
Airs Bo
Gonciliation Services Being Reorganized
Washington The Labor Department and allied agencies near completion of plans to reorganize reconciliation services to prevent strikes in 1948. The administration seeks congressional approval for new machinery to handle difficult disputes, including fact finding boards and broader mediation efforts.
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Labor Department Irs
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Truman
Weday
Surface ships obsolete says senator in atomic era
Senator Edwig C. Johnson of the atomic energy committee said surface ships in the Navy have become obsolete with the advent of the atomic bomb. The Army and Navy plan tests against ocean vessels to explore new warfare undersea.
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Sen
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B. Cole
Beater
Senate
Gtomic Energy Committee
Army
Navy
Collision of Trains Injures 12 Near Bemidji Minnesota
Twelve people were injured today in a collision between two Great Northern passenger trains. Attendants at Bemidji Lutheran Hospital reported seriously hurt include Rudolph Anderson Trall of Minnesota and Joseph Swaine of Grand Forks North Dakota. One train ran west from Duluth to Grand Forks, the other east from Grand Forks to Duluth.
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Bemidji Luthern Hospital
Rudolph Anderson
Trall
Joseph Swaine
Grand Forks
N. D
Ruluth
Grand
Japanese Defendants Sentenced to Death on Wake Island Case
In Kwajalein Marshall Islands a U S Naval court sentenced two high ranking Japanese naval officers and nine co defendants to death by hanging for the Oct 7 1943 Wake Island massacre of Pan American Airways workers On trial the defendants including Rear Admiral Shigematsu Sakai bara and Lt Domimdo Soichi Tachibana stood with interpreters as the verdicts were read The panel also imposed five year terms on five others The defendants had forced the victims to labor for 22 months after Wake Island fell and the attackers demanded vengeance for the war sparked by the atomic bomb attack on Japan
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Marshall Islands
Sakaibara
Japan
Wake Island
Pan American Airnways
Island
Santa delivers Christmas gifts to isolated Faralton Island
In heavy storms, Santa Claus visited the Faralton Islands 23 miles west of the Golden Gate by plane. Coast Guardsmen and families, cut off by rough seas, watched 15 island families gaze skyward as gifts descended by parachute. A crew of eight guardsmen, posing as St Nick, dropped 1500 rounds of Christmas mail trees and essentials for holiday dinner including turkey from a consolidated flying boat.
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Santa Claus
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Golden Gate
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Rocky Islands
Make Most Of Chance To Play Santa Claus
Glenwood Springs residents stayed up Christmas Eve to spread cheer and help others. Citizens used the night to organize gifts and food for sailors passing through the town. A theft report mentions missing clocks money and a camera from a local tree, prompting a sheriff’s inquiry.
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Rocky Mountain
Await Report From Moscow Conference
The Big Three foreign ministers planned a communique on the atomic bomb and other urgent international issues, likely issued later today. They drafted it after a six and three quarter hour session in the Spiridonovka palace, with release in Washington London and Moscow expected in tandem.
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Turks Warn They Will Not Give Land To Russia
London reported Ankara warned Soviet Russia it would fight to the last man and girl rather than surrender Turkish land along the Black Sea. A commentator in Moscow papers urged Russia to gain 10,000 square miles, but Turkish public opinion declared firm resolve against foreign domination.
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Two Hudsons in Fire Dept Clarify Retirements
Assistant Fire Chief Sidney R Hudson plans to retire February 1. His brother C W Hudson insists he is not retiring and corrects the confusion caused by identical last names and long service. C W Hudson has served since 1912 and became assistant chief in 199.
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Alcoholics Anonymous Plans New Year Party in Elyria Hall
Lorain County AA groups organize a big combined New Year’s Eve party at Elyria hall west Monday evening with a mass meeting on January 6 featuring a prominent Lakewood doctor. The combined group meets monthly on the first Sunday in Elyria in addition to weekly meetings, with an upcoming event in March. The Elyria cast includes many AA members from the Cleveland area, many with professional experience, and the event marks the third anniversary of the Elyria group.
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Alcoholics Anonymous
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Elyria Group
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Midwest Weather Clears As Winds Subside Across Regions
Midwest skies ease after heavy snow with winds diminishing from 20 to 40 mph. Snow totals reached 15 inches in Marquette and 11 in Park Falls while temperatures rise toward normal ranges in most areas. New England expects a slight warmup. Willis ton, NC reports 8 below zero, Orlando, FL 72 above.
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Mich
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Fla
Stay Away From The River Alert Issued
Chronicle reader John Machock recalls Christmas Day at Cascade Park where two boys and their dog were found on the river despite danger. He warns that the water level was high and children should stay away from the river to avoid hazards.
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John Machock
Cascade Park
Baretta
17 Perish In Rest Home Fire
Hartford officials confirm a Christmas Eve rest home fire that killed 17, attributed to a nurse dropping a fire extinguisher while attempting to quell a blaze and fleeing, with flames aided by draft from an open door. A hearing was called to investigate possible unlawful opening of a door by a rattled occupant.
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Edward J. Hickey
Niles Street
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Sero Winda
Furnace explosion drove family from Oxford Avenue home
Mr and Mrs. Joan Black and their two children were awakened by heavy smoke from a furnace blast at 338 Oxford Avenue. The blast caused unconsciousness and a chaotic scene with no fire reported. Firefighters responded to ensure the home was safe as the family sheltered outside.
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Oxford Avenue
Yule Peace On Picket Lines End At GM Flint
Detroit CIO Auto Workers Union pickets barred executive from driving into a GM garage in First, Michigan, ending a Yule holiday picket. H. H. Curtis, Buick plant general manager, tried to enter but was blocked by four or five pickets. he left and walked to the administration building. No one injured. W. Young, assistant manufacturing manager, succeeded in a third attempt to drive through. About 28,000 of GM’s 40,000 non striking office workers returned to work without incident, including Flint AC sparkplug plant staff where police intervened recently. GM officials would not comment on anti-picketing injunctions.
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CIO Auto Workers Union
General Motors
First
Mich
H. H. Curtis
Buick
OQ. W. Young
Flint
Founder of British Commandos Dies
LONDON Admiral of the Fleet Lord Roger Keyes founder of the British commandos died peacefully in his sleep. He joined the Navy in 1885 at age 13 and commanded ships patrolling the Dover straits. Keyes led the Zeebrugge and Ostend operations and served as director of combined operations in 1940-41 before Lord Louis Mountbatten succeeded him.
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Royal Navy
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Straits of Dover
Zeebrugze
Ostend
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Louis Mountbatten
Elyria Township Sees Large Waste Paper Collection Effort
A 1946 report by A F Schaber as family chairman notes a strong waste paper drive in Elyria Township with residents outside the city saving Christmas wrapping and other paper for the jan 6 collection.
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Elyria
Belyage Comminies
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A. F. Schaber
Famaliee
Ctty
Increa y's Real Estate Tax Up Per Cent War
County Auditor Ayres reports the general reappraisal shows total real estate valuation at 189 189 880, not including public utilities. Public utilities valued at 148.4 million pre reappraisal, with new buildings added. Elyria city up 4.36 percent, Lorain 21 percent in villages, 24 percent in townships due to unlisted structures. Ayres warns notices of building fires are required within 60 days after construction.
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Elyria
Ayres Sa
Lorain
Bullatt No. 1
Christmas Cards Arriving Delays at Elyria Post Office
Christmas cards and packages failed to reach some destinations in time for the holiday. Elyria post office workers delivered many cards yesterday while preparing to correct hundreds of incorrect or incomplete addresses. About 2,000 to 3,000 cards are typically undelivered or delayed each year due to address problems.
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Elyria -Post
Elyrian Awarded The Air Medal
Fragmentary text suggests Elyrian received the Air Medal in a military honors context with possible references to recognitions and command figures. The readable parts imply a formal award event or citation mentioning Elyrian and the Air Medal, though details are incomplete.
Fragmented note hints at unknown tech scheme and names
A garbled text fragment hints at a trick for something named Herrera and a surface reference to a young person and a telegraph. The readable parts mention a doorway and a window with telegraphs, but details are unclear. No clear event, date, or organization can be determined from the fragment.
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