Caudle Fired as Public Sacrifice Stirs Korea Era Debate
Washington lawmakers disputed the dismissal of Tamar Caudle by President Truman with a Judiciary subcommittee calling the firing a public sacrifice to shield Treasury and Justice scandals. One dissenter argued Caudle deserved action for alleged transgressions while others defended his “honorably motivated” conduct.
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Washington—House
Tamar Caudle
Ruman
Treasury
Justice
House Subcommittee
Caudle
Caudie
U. S
House Judiciary
Frank L. Chelf
D-Ky
House
CHELF
Justice Department
Byron G. Rogers
D-Colo
Rogers
Truman
February draft call to 53,000 to bolster Army strength
Washington reports the Defense Department orders a February draft call of 53,000 men to be assigned to the Army. It marks the largest monthly draft since 1951 and follows prior large calls in 1950 and 1951 as the military maintains a 1,552,000 active strength. The total February quota brings the cumulative draftees to 255,430, with 174,000 for the Army and 81,430 for the Marine Corps.
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Artment
Rmy
Army
Marine Corps
Defense Department
Korea
Frank C. Pace Jr
Pace
Flood Promoted To Captain In Elyria Police Dept
Safety Service Director Dan Wothe announced Maurice Flood has been promoted from lieutenant of detectives to captain in the Elyria police department effective January 1. Flood, with over ten years on the force, headed the detective bureau since March 1, 1931 and recently graduated from the FBI police school in Washington, D C.
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Safety Service
Dan Wothe
Maurice Flood
Elyria
James E. Boggs
Flood
Civil Service Commission
Kothe
Detective Bureau
FBI Police School
Washington, D. C
Ridgeville and Fields Schools To Open Monday
Ridgeville and Fields schools will resume sessions Monday while all other Lorain County schools stay closed until Jan 5. Superintendent C A Gibbons said the two Ridgeville schools opened late due to a building program and will start early to make up time lost.
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Ridgeville
Fields
Lorain County
C. A Gibbons
Weather and Social Events for Northeastern Ohio
Cloudy with snow flurries and much colder tonight with a low of 12. Sunday shows partial sunshine and continued cold. Santa's Serenade at the C O Club dance Sunday December 28 at the Pal ladeum. Dick Lumley's Orchestra 9 PM to 1 AM. Open to the public. Admission one dollar in advance.
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Ohio
Sun
the Palladeum
Dick Lumley
Orch
New Truck Star Route To Take Mail To Cleveland
Elyria Postmaster William H. Jenne announced a new truck star route from Elyria to Cleveland starting Monday. Mail received by 8 pm will be dispatched with a 9 pm departure, enabling connections to trains and planes by 11 pm and arrival at distant cities like New York and Chicago the next morning. The service speeds mail to Cleveland and allows dispatch before midnight, hours earlier than before.
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Cleveland
Elyria
William H. Jenne
New York
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
Cabbie Criticizes Tip Then Assault and Theft
Toronto resident Joseph Lacuss, 24, says a taxi driver stole his wallet containing $160 after a $2360 fare and a curt remark about the tip. Police are seeking the cabbie in connection with the alleged assault and theft.
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Toronto
Joseph Lacuss
Lacoss
Second Greek Plane Crash In Korea Kills 14
Fourteen people died when a Greek air force plane crashed near an airfield in Korea shortly after takeoff. Among the dead were an American Air Force radio operator, four Greek crew members, and nine unidentified passengers.
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Korea
Seoul
Holiday Toll Of Violent Deaths Mounts Hourly
A United Press tally reports 460 violent holiday deaths from highway crashes 371, plus 37 in fires, 49 in other mishaps and three air crashes. Moses Lake Washington sees two train deaths and a past 87 fatality air crash. safety officials forecast 590 highway deaths by Sunday.
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United Press
Moses Lake
Wash
Northern Pacific
Afso
National Safety Council
Christmas Decoration Contest Winners Named by Judges
The Chronicle Telegram announces winners from a Christmas decoration contest with over 40 entries. Class 1 honors went to William Smith, Leonard Dorow, and T F Schilling, while Class 2 awarded to Leonard Reichlin, Stewart Spitzer, and Walter Thompson. Honorable mentions were given to several other displays. Judges cited overall effect originality and harmony with home architecture.
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Chronicle-Telegram
William Smith
Case Road
Leonard Dorow
I Concord Avenue
T. F. Schilling
Columbia Avenue
Leonard Reichlin
Cleveland Street
Stewart Spitzer
Waterfall Drive
Brentwood
Walter Thompson
Louisiana Avenue
George Lasch
Center Ridge Road
James E. Dunlap
Ohio Street
F. Bosmeny
Cambridge Avenue
Freight train jumps tracks near Moses Lake injuring and possibly killing
A Northern Pacific freight train derailed six cars from a high Moses Lake trestle ten miles east of town en route from Connell to Wheeler. Operators report injuries and possibly two deaths, with the scene 14 miles from Larson Air Force Base where a C 124 crash killed 86 personnel a week earlier.
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Moses Lake
Wash
Northern Pacific
Here
Connell
Wheeler
Larson Air Force Base
Canadian Official Dies in Chicago
Dr. William Clifford Clark long serving Canadian deputy minister of finance died of a heart attack in Chicago today. He led finance operations for two decades and was a key figure in Canadian fiscal policy.
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Chicago
William Clifford Clark
Priest Tells Of Threats Against Dock Workers
New York, Rev. John M. Corridan, known as the waterfront priest, says some longshoremen have been threatened with death after testifying to the New York state crime commission. He reports warnings that bodies will be floating in the river when the waterfront investigation ends.
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New York
John M. Corridan
New York State Crime Commission
Corridani
Page Agenda Too Broad for Local Readers
The snippet lists varied sections across the Amherst and Elyria pages including calendar events church notes hospital notes markets and local society and sports items with page references for Oberlin Wellington and Theatres and TV Radio. It signals a compiled community paper layout rather than a single feature story.
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Amherst
Builders
Elyria
Church
Oberlin
Society
Wellington
Mrs Bridgeland Resigns From City Health Board
Mrs J L Bridgeland of 227 Princton Avenue resigned after 15 years on the city health board. Mayor Henry W Ault accepted the resignation, creating two vacancies, with Dr H L Knapp having resigned earlier. Appointments to fill the seats are expected before the board’s next meeting on January 15.
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J. L Bridgeland
Princton Avenue
City Health Board
Henry W. Ault
Bridgelands
H. L Knapp
East River Street
Ault
Health Board
Highway Patrol Moves Bellevue Station to Norwalk
Ohio State Highway Patrol announces relocation of its Bellevue station to Norwalk once the Norwalk office construction finishes. A spokesman could not predict the completion date. Civic Drama Guild season tickets go on sale via Jay-Cee or by calling 43-204.
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Columbus
State Highway Patrol
Bellevue
Norwalk
Civic Drama Guild
Adv
Truman Believes Policy Prevented Third World War
President Truman, reflecting during Christmas holidays, says his defense program and UN-based foreign policy kept a third world war from breaking out during his seven years in office. He cites Truman Plan aid to Greece and Turkey, Marshall Plan, Point Four, and Mutual Security as lasting impacts, while noting Congress blocked his inflation powers.
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Truman
Merriman Smith
United Press
White House
Washington
Korea
United Nations
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pennsylvania Avenue
MR. Truman
Greece
Turkey
Marshall Pen
Berlin
State Department
Congress
Snow Flurries and Freezing Temperatures Sweep Ohio
Ohio faces a sharp mercury drop as continental air from Canada moves in. Weather reports warn the temperature could dip to 10 to 15 degrees tonight with a gradual rise to about 15 to 18 degrees tomorrow night. Snow flurries expected mainly in Northeastern Ohio with heaviest fall not projected. Skies will vary from clear to thick clouds with unsettled flights of weather. City temperatures included Cincinnati 24, Columbus 23, Zanesville 22, Cleveland 26, Toledo 27, Findlay 25 as of early today.
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Cincinnati
Columbus
Zanesville
Cleveland
Toledo
Findlay
Youngstown
Snow and Cold Create Half Truce on Korea Front
UN infantry pushed into no man s land near Punmunjom and left 53 Communist casualties after clashes on the western front amid rain and snow. Weather grounded most planes until late afternoon and mud hampered patrols while claims said no major Communist thrusts occurred. The 5th Air Force reported three Allied planes lost during a week of air battles.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
No-Man's Land
Punmunjom
North Korea
Punch Bowl
Anchor Ell
5Th Air Force
Ten Hunters Die In Ohio Accidents This Season
Columbus reports the state Division of Wildlife records at least ten hunter fatalities across rabbit pheasant squirrel and waterfowl seasons in 1942. Firearm accidents caused seven deaths, two resulted from squirrel season incidents, and one from waterfowl season mishaps.
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Columbus
State Division of Wildlife
Order bans shooting in Detroit divorce case
Attorney George Bixter obtains a court order banning his estranged wife Laura from shooting him as the couple, amid a divorce dispute, litigates their separation.
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Detroit
George Bixter
Laura
Bixters
Eisenhower weighs seven South Korean wartime suggestions
President elect Eisenhower studies seven Korean proposals outlined to him by Acting Prime Minister Paik and a General Clark letter. The list includes unification by force, truce terms with Chinese withdrawal, doubled military aid, long term economic aid, rapid Pacific security grouping, quick repayment of $80 million won loans, and a reconstruction program for Korea.
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Pusan
Korea
Eisenhower
Republic of Korea
Paik Too-Chil
Mark Clark
North Korea
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Japan
United Nations
Churchill to Seek Assurance on Korea from Eisenhower Visit
Britain plans a pre visit by Prime Minister Churchill to the United States to press Eisenhower for reassurance on consulting London before any action that could broaden the Korean war. Eisenhower meets with Lewis Douglas amid Korea concerns ahead of Churchill’s Jan 4 arrival.
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London
Wineston Churchill
Eisenhower
Britain
Korea
Douglas MacArthur
Churchill
United States
New York
Lewis Douglas
Great Britain
Winston Churchill
Douglas
Russia
Josef Stalin
Two Stores In Lorain Damaged By Smoke Water
Smoke and water from a fire in a third floor apartment above 435 Broadway damaged the Agnes Kay Dress shop and City Hardware next door. Cecil R. Davis, 41, the apartment occupant, was burned by a cigarette-started blaze and remained hospitalized with unknown burns.
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Lorain
Cecil R. Davis
Agnes Kay
Broadway
City Hardware
Davis
St. Joseph's Hospital
Furnace Explosion Rocks Turner Street Home
A furnace oil explosion at 139 Turner Street caused heavy smoke and front-door damage to a two family house. Firefighters shut off the oil, cut power, and opened first floor windows to vent smoke as occupants John Swetta and Louis Coleman described the incident.
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Turner Street
John Swetta
Louis Coleman
Dense Fog Closes London and English Cities
Thick fog shrouded London and large parts of England, raising health officials fear of another killer fog after 2,850 deaths. Air and sea travel halted, roads clogged as vehicles crawled and visibility in the Port of London dropped to about 60 yards.
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London
England
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Kellogg
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Malcolm Thomson
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Broad St
Dorothy Jones
George Innes
Charles Markham
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Bridgeland
Highway Patrol
Keck F Plastics
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