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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1946
Page
6
The lost OCR text lists publication details for The Elyria Chronicle Telegram with mentions of the publisher John W. Cullen Company addresses in Cleveland and New York, pricing, and circulation terms. The fragmentary record also notes the publication date Saturday December 28 1946 and typical newspaper notices.
Readers across America note a Christmas Day dispatch from London describing Europe’s mixed spirit of relief and hardship. Britain enjoyed a merrier Christmas than eight years past as rationing loosened, King George urged mobilizing the Christmas spirit, and Allied troops brought joy to German youngsters. French, Dutch, and Japanese scenes reflected a global holiday mood, with prisoners of war gaining hope and Germans singing carols abroad. The report closes with a wish that the season’s generosity endure beyond the holiday and lift daily life.
Halifax reports on the 1947 outlook under President Truman as the President's Council of Economic Advisers releases a cautious, work-based path to prosperity. It contrasts Robert Nathan's wage-boost without price rise thesis with a government-backed view urging prudent policies, avoiding deficit spending, and urging persistent effort to sustain long term economic welfare.
The article reports President Truman appointing Frank Creedon as housing expeditor for veterans programs while noting Creedon’s past as a CPA officer who blocked and later allowed projects in Cincinnati. It cites the Burger Brewing Co dispute over a plant expansion that required demolishing 58 tenement houses and displacing hundreds of residents.
Union Pacific begins converting mainline passenger trains and heavy freight locomotives to diesel. The shift affects workers in coal towns like Rock Springs and Hanna, Wyoming, with 6.5 million tons produced annually. The Santa Fe plans similar moves west of Winslow, Arizona.
Lorain County convention results list county committeemen elected for 1947 across Amherst Black River Avon Avon Lake Brighton Draper Brownhelm Camden Carlisle Columbia Eaton Elyria Grafton Henrietta Huntington LaGrange Penfield Pittfield Ridgeside Rochester Russia Sheffield Wellington with chairmen vice chairs and third members named for each district. Also notes a Chicago crime report of a man jailed for stealing 60 cents.
Financial snapshot dated Friday December 27 1946 shows bid and ask figures for Colson Corp Elyria Law and Trust Elyria Telephone Harshaw Chem Indus Br Holst Comm Lorain Co Saw and Trus Ohio PS Pld 1004 Pfaudler Bay Perry-Fay Romeo Pump Sav Dep Bank and Tr Troxel Mig with varying percentages and prices on P. R. Smitie & Company report.
Bucknell University students claim a William Tell in their midst as H. Albert Bohner shoots a pheasant from the sky using a 55 pound pull bow and 28 inch arrows.
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