Death by own action plan ends in plane crash near Sweetwater
William Cox a 24 year old rancher from Sweetwater Texas performed a suicide in a Cessna 170 after radio pleas from friends and officials failed to deter him. He circled the Hillsdale gravel pit for more than four hours refusing to land and finally dove the plane into the pit at 400 feet. Cox acknowledged things were messed up and said he would fly until fuel ran out. An investigation by the CAA was planned to examine his pilot record aircraft condition and reasons for his action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweetwater
Tex
William Cox
Cook
CAA
Abilene
Cox
Hillsdale
Marathon
Don Patterson
Abilene Conrol
Patterson
L. M. Hubbard Jr
Earl Critz
Critz
Calvin Montgomery
Montgomery
Auto Driver To Have Hearing On Wednesday
Lawrence T. Lukenic of Lorain faces a police court charge of reckless driving after a reported failure to stop at Furnace and East River streets. Mayor Henry W. Ault scheduled a Wednesday morning hearing. Minor vehicle damages were noted in several other local incidents including a truck collision, a hit and run, and two additional car accidents with cited drivers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence T. Lukenic
Lincoln Avenue
Lorain
Henry W. Ault
Lukenic
Paul Hogrefe
Grant Street
Furnace
East River
Hogrefe
Orville S. Stevens
Groveland Street
Oberlin
City Sanitation Department
Eddie McGee
Woodford Avenue
Middle Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Stevens
Archery Contest Held At YMCA
Archery competitions continued at the YMCA with a Saturday afternoon event. In the professional division winners were Fred Huskinson Edwin Zak and Jimmy Trescott. In the novice division winners were Bill Minn Kenneth Prechtel and Ronald Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y.M.C.A
Fred Huskinson
Edwin Zak
Jimmy Trescott
Bill Minn
Kenneth Prechtel
Ronald Taylor
Police Court Fines For Traffic Violations In Local Session
Police court today fined motorists Peter Fiorentino Cleveland for speeding Jack Travis 351 Hawthorne for failure to make a safety stop Don Dumont 331 North Abbe Road for speeding and Richard Crowell 238 Third Street for reckless driving. Citations to appear later issued to Joe B Brantley 117 Elbe Street for crashing a red light and William Ko Boyd Jr 222 Cornell Avenue for failure to make a safety stop. Charles O Bayless 503 East Broad Street was fined 5 dollars after pleading guilty to intoxication. Robert Eastman 627 Middle Avenue pled guilty to disorderly conduct and was fined 10 dollars and costs. John Wilbert 331 Furnace Street held on disorderly conduct charge. Gilbert Bach 111 Lexington Avenue pleaded innocent to disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. hearing set for Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Fiorentino
Cleveland
Jack Travis
Hawthorne Street
Don Dumont
North Abbe Road
Richard Crowell
Third Street
Joe B Brantley
Elbe Street
Broad Street
Middle Avenue
William Ko Boyd, Jr
Cornell Avenue
Able Road
Cleveland Street
Robert Eastman
Kenry W. Ault
John Wilbert
Furnace Street
Elyria
Jack Wilbert
Gilbert Bach
Lexington Avenue
Henry W. Ault
Bach
Motorist Fined After Accident Near Wellington
Bobb Andress of Oberlin was fined 5 dollars and costs in Mayor Ralph Gray's court for failing to signal before passing on Highway 18. His car overturned after braking to avoid a left turn by Carl Oney of Wellington. no injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobb Andress
R.D. 1
Oberlin
Ralph Gray
Highway 18
Wellington
Andress
Carl M. Oney
West Street
Oney
Fair and Warmer Year End Forecast Across Nation
United Press reports forecast fair and warmer weather for most of the country as 1952 ends. Central regions may see less clear skies with scattered rain in Texas Arkansas Oklahoma Kansas and Missouri and rain or light snow in the Pacific Northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Texas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Pacific Northwest
Midwest
Plains
Dunn Reappointed to Ohio County Welfare and Executive Panels
Oscar G. Dunn was reappointed for 1933 to the welfare committee and the executive committee of the Ohio County Commissioners Association. The appointment was made by Robert R. Leidon of Portsmouth, Ohio, president of the association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar G. Dunn
Ohio County Commissioners Association
Robert R. Leedon
Portsmouth
Train Crash Kills Four Near Arlington and Plane Crashes Claim Two
Nationwide holiday traffic surge leaves a grim toll as a car was struck by a train near Arlington killing four occupants. A light aircraft crashed near Albert Lea, killing two fox hunters while their sons watched. An Illinois state police officer died when a patrol car veered into a ditch near Kankakee, injuring another officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Lea
Mann
Dearborne
Illinois
Kankakee
Glen Gagnon
Obituary for Local Writer and Family T
Surviving him are his wife Emma two daughters Lucile and Mrs Harold Ransome of Am sherst his mother Clara Frank of Cleveland one grandchild one brother John of San Diego Calif and one sister Mrs Clara Bachman of Cleveland The body is at the Zilch Funeral Home with services at 2 pm Wednesday at the funeral home Burial in Crownhill cemetery Masonic services Tuesday at 8 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herst
Qohin
Western Newspaper Union
Emma
Lucile
Harold Ransome
Amsherst
Clara Frank
Cleveland
John
San Diego
Cal
Clara Bachman
Zilch
C. C. Vandersail
F. E. Eastman
Crownhill Cemetery
GOP Legislators Map Plans For Coming Session
In Columbus Republican leaders plan the Ohio House agenda. Rep William Saxbe of Mechanicsburg will be Speaker and says the group will organize the House and discuss likely issues. Saxbe aims to start work promptly and may call a night session as the legislature convenes next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
House of Representatives
William Saxbe
Mechanicsburg
House
Saxbe
Churchill Cabinet to Meet Before US Trip
Prime Minister Winston Churchill will hold a last minute cabinet meeting Tuesday before leaving for the United States. He will meet President Eisenhower and President Truman before sailing to New York on Wednesday aboard the Queen Mary. Sir Roger Makins will be a fellow passenger, a coincidence due to weeks of prior booking. A pro labor paper accused Americans of snubbing Churchill amid cross Atlantic tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Winston Churchill
United States
Eisenhower
Truman
New York
Roger Makins
Britain
Foreign Office
Makins
Prolabor
Churchill
Believe Pattern Shop Entered By Juveniles
Elyria police investigate a breaking and entering at the Elyra Pattern Shop on Fifteenth Street. Owner Leonard Delafield found a broken window, boraxe spilled inside, scattered pattern parts, prints on the floor, and minor items like pencils and pens missing. A stone was hurled through the window and wood footprints suggest juvenile involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Fifteenth Street
Leonard Dellafield
Delafield
Fire Destroys Double Garage at 307 Roosevelt Avenue
A double garage at 307 Roosevelt Avenue owned by Ralph Bennett was destroyed by fire on Sunday at 14 25 a m. Firemen fought the blaze for 45 minutes but could not save the structure or its contents which included radio equipment garden tools fishing gear and 800 jars of canned fruit. The cause remains undetermined and damage estimates were not reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt Avenue
Ralph Bennett
Cleveland Firm Files 148 Million Mortgage
Cleveland firm Reserve Mining Company files a large mortgage to finance a program using low grade ore. The loan, reported as one of the nation’s largest private loans, totals 143 million dollars and involves ownership by Republic and Armco steel corporations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Reserve Mining Company of
Republic
Armco Steel
Duluth
Death notices of Minnie Goldstein and others in Elyria area
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices across Elyria Amherst Oberlin and Belden. Minnie Ferlich Goldstein 65 of 701 Park Ave Elyria died Sunday 5 45 pm at Elyria Memorial Hospital survived by husband Max and children Norman Eleanor and Barthold with several relatives. Also William Wester 77 of Amherst died at home in Cleveland after long illness. baby Nordrum infant son of Mr and Mrs Allan Nordrum. Elsie McCullen 56 Elyria. Mathew Yarber Oberlin. George E Hill Belden. Henry Ernest Pomeroy 56 Elyria veteran of WWI. services to be held at various local funeral homes and churches with burial in Ridge Hill or Butternut cemeteries. Funeral arrangements announced as details emerge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Ferlich Goldstein
Max Goldstein
The
Style Center
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Park Avenue
Goldstein
Zanesville
Elyria
Jewish Temple
Temple Sisterhood
Norman Goldstein
Eleanor Goldstein
Barthold Goldstein
Cleveland
William Ferlich
Sam Rothman
David Atlas
Sudro- Curtis Funeral Home
N. Rubinger
Salem Cemetery
North Ridge Road
Amherst
William Wester
Marie
Rudolph Wester
Flint
Mich
Wiliam Stinecipher
Lorain
Mather
West 25Th Street
Roland Bosse
Amherst Lutheran Church
Ridgehill Memorial Cemetery
Elsie H. McCullen
Parschman
Spruce Street
Raymond T. McCullen
Ray E. McCullen
Edward J. McCullen
Los Angeles
Calif
Jean McCullen
Ford Diederich
Carl Schmidt
San Bernadino
Henry Leppien
Brooklyn
N. Y
Leonard P. Reichlin
Henry Ernest Pomeroy
Bath Street
Mr Pomeroy
Western Automatic Machine Screw Company
St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church
Amelia C. Pomeroy
Robert E Pomeroy
Derothy M. Harber
Elyna
Arthur Pomeroy
Edwin Pomeroy
St Paul's Church
Ernst Irion
Ridge Hill Memorial Park Cemetery
Sudro-Curtis Funeral
Lorain Man Cited After Collision on Elvria Avenue
Lorain resident Frank Zuffa, 46, of 340 East 42nd Street, was cited by the State Highway Patrol for reckless operation after a crash on Elvria Avenue south of Lorain. His car tried to pass John Terbeck as Terbeck left turned. both vehicles sustained heavy damage and no injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Frank Zuffa
E. 42Nd Street
Torain
State Highway Patrol
Elvria Avenue
Zuffa
John W. Terbeck
Leavitt Road
Amherst
Terbeck
Probe Of Reds In Schools Indicated In Next Congress
Washington reports that investigations of communism and subversive influence in schools will be early actions in the 83rd Republican Congress. Sen McCarthy and Rep Velde disclosed plans as they prepare to chair key committees. They predict spending cuts, Taft Hartley changes, and continued wage price rent controls for a period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate Committee On Operations
Harold H. Velde
R-Ill
House UN- American Activities Committee
U. S. News and World Report
Congress
Bidault Seeks 18th Postwar French Cabinet
Former premier Georges Bidault announces he will form France's 18th postwar cabinet and begin consultations to win support for a third term. President Auriol was informed, but sources say his chances look slim as he must secure independent and Peasant party backing after Pinay crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Georges Bidault
France
Popular Republican Party
MRP
Vincent Auriol
Bidault
Antoine Pinay
Auriol
Charles de Gaulle
RPF
This Little Pig Didn’t Go To Market Found In Street
Gerald Shroyer of 253 Oakwood street found a 60 pound pig on East avenue near 6th street after it apparently fell from a truck. He took the animal home to his rear playhouse and notified the sheriff's department about the stray. If unclaimed, the pig may be moved to Shroyer residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Shroyer
Oakwood Street
Shroyer
Parker
East Avenue
6Th Street
Sheriff's Department
Scout Board Of Review To Meet For Eagle Awards
A Boy Scout Board of Review will be held at 8 p m tonight in James Horn s office in the Masonic office building. The panel will review applications for Star Life and Eagle awards for several boys, according to a report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout Board of Review
James Horn
Masonic
Star
Life
Eagle
Aviation Pioneer Schr oeder Dies at 66 in Chicago
Rudolph W. Schroeder a World War I ace and aviation pioneer died at Hines Veterans Hospital near Chicago after a 1941 stroke. He first flew in 1910 and served as an assistant director of the Bureau of Air Commerce and as a vice president of United Air Lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Rudolph W. Schroeder
Hines Veterans Hospital
Here
Schroeder
Schoeder
Bureau of Air Commerce
United Air Lines
Lorain Motorist Cited After Accident
Dr. Charles E F Bell 61 of 1335 Hawthorne Ave Lorain was cited for failure to yield after his car and William W Gruber 34 of Lyndhurst collided on Highway 6 at Route 58 at 3 40 Saturday afternoon. Bell turning left crossed Gruber’s path. Both cars suffered heavy damage with no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Charles EF. Bell
Hawthorne Avenue
William W. Gruber
Lyndhurst
Bell
Gruber
Foundry Firm Sold to Ferro in Diversification Move
Cleveland based Ferro Machine and Foundry Co, one of Ohio’s largest iron castings producers, has acquired the John Harsch Bronze and Foundry Co for about 1.5 million dollars. Harsch specialized in aluminum brass and bronze castings as part of Ferro’s diversification plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ferro Machine and Foundry Co
Ohio
John Harsch Bronze and Foundry Co
Harsch Co
Ferro
Eisler Information Office in East Germany Is Dissolved
Berlin reports the East German government dissolved the information office led by Gerhart Eisler who fled the United States to dodge a perjury case. He was a controversial propaganda chief noted for failed campaigns and a notorious potato bug accusation. Sources say Eisler is being hunted by MVD agents and may face removal or arrest in a broader purge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Gerhart Eisler
United States
Eisler
New York
Batory
MVD
East Germany
Typhoon Wipes Eniwetok Island in Pacific
Navy reports a typhoon with 76 mph winds crossed Eniwetok Island in the Central Pacific at 10 13 p m EST Sunday night. Seas were 30 feet high and much of the island flooded. no serious casualties but several of 500 personnel faced homelessness as hospital and mess hall suffered damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
T.H
Navy
Eniwetok Island
Central Pacific
E.S.T
Eniwetok
Rabbi Urges Ike Stalin Meeting in Cleveland Sermon
Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver, a prominent Zionist leader, called for a conference between President-elect Eisenhower and Joseph Stalin during a Cleveland sermon yesterday. The appeal stressed peace through direct talks and international understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Abba Hillel
Silver
Eisenhower
Joseph Stalin
Oaks Cafe Changes Hands In City Takeover
Beginning today the Oaks Cafe at 109 Broad Street changes ownership to Al Teich and his family, who have prior ties to several city cafes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oaks
Broad Street
al Teich
Dowager Queen Mary Suffered Slight Chill at Sandringham
The Dowager Queen Mary aged 85 at Sandringham was reported to have a slight chill. She received treatment from two royal doctors and remains indoors due to cold weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandringham
England
Britain
Mary
Royal Court
Banker's Widow Dies in New York Home
Mrs. Florence Corliss Lamont widow of financier Thomas W. Lamont died today at her New York residence. Lamont was known for her philanthropic activities and high society connections in the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Florence Corliss Lamont
Thomas W. Lemont
4-H Older Youth Group Plans 1953 Program
The Senior 4-H Older Youth Group will meet at the office of Associate Lorain County Extension Agent Charles Coles tonight to plan the 1953 program. Coles reported today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Charles Coles
Coles
Navy Plane Crash Kills 10 Crewmen
A four engine Navy patrol bomber from Iwakuni crashed in the Sea of Japan 50 miles east of Kosong on Korea’s coast during a routine patrol. Ten of the 14 crewmen were killed and four were rescued by the destroyer Ren shaw. Bodies of two dead crewmen recovered. cause unknown. Weekend Far East crash toll rises to 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
PMB
Sea of Japan
Navy
Renshaw
Kosong
Korea
Iwakuni
Kure
Japan
Far East
Raft of court actions report from Lorain county area
Raymond Greer fined 10 dollars and costs with 5 dollars suspended after arraignment for reckless driving. A collision on Route 20 damaged a Ward car and Vance bus near Brooksdale cemetery. Shotgun pellets hit a windshield on Durkee road. Skirt theft valued 23 dollars at Five Star Night Club. City jail for nonpayment of fine on intoxication charge. Search for missing Ronnie Bachnicka. Lorain partition suit filed by Amelia Ciu. Estate of Harry Pollack valued at 34 233 dollars. Ivy Shiff named executrix. Willie Wilson fined 10 dollars and suspended 20 day jail. Permanent alimony to Geraldine Dargi from Paul plus half real estate. Prosecutor Mikus begins second term. oath via wife Helen Branszer. Lila Dunlap seeks alimony from Ralph for neglect and cruelty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo W. Ward
Lorain
Greyhound
Ernest Vance
Lakewood
Brooksdale Cemetery
Harry Pollack
West River Street
Ivy Shiff
Willie Wilson
Wood Street
Boys Will Make Letter Openers At YMCA Arts Club
Seventeen boys attended the first meeting of the Arts and Crafts Club at the YMCA directed by Albert Werden. They agreed an initiation project is a wooden letter opener showing skill, and considered chartering a bus to Cleveland to visit the Museum of Art, but no action was taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arts and Crafts Club
Albert Werden
Cleveland
Museum of Art
Fireman Chester Cordy to Speak at Salvation Army Meeting
Elyria firefighter Chester Cordy will speak at the Salvation Army tonight at 7 30 giving a chalk talk. Captain Burton Johnson notes a special meeting at the citadel tomorrow evening as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Cordy
Elyria Fire Department
Salvation Army
Burton Johnson
Cordy
Citadel
Markets Live Poultry Cleveland Trade Totals
Live poultry sales to jobbers show ample supplies with prices steady to higher and demand light to fair. Egg prices remain steady with firm undertone. graded and delivered items listed for retail and wholesale in Cleveland. Livestock markets show mixed results across cattle calves hogs and sheep with steady to slightly lower hogs and varied cattle prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Govt
Bskt
Bskts
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Donald Plas
la Grange
Cedar
Hitskip
Plas
Albert Campana
Washington Avenue
Norman L. Webber
Sugar Ridge
Jerry L. Dunfee
Oberlin Road
Lake Avenue
Lodi Street
Herbert G. Werstler
Creston
Richard F. Kneiss
East River Street
Eastern Heights Boulevard
YMCA
Police Dept. News
Charles O. Bayless
East Broad Street
Broad and
Cedar Streets
Sudro-Curtis
Dunn
Arlington
GOP
Believe Pattern Shop
Double
Brokerage Service
Standard Commission
Pierre R. Smith & CO
Elyria Savings
Midwest Stock Exchange
Death Records
Mrs
Baby Boy
Nordrum
Brookdale Cemetery
Allan E. Nordrum
Brandston Avenue
Richard Lehman
Pilgrim Congregational Church
Mathew Yarber
South Park Street
Oberlin College
Mr. Yarber
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Bessie
Annie Lawson
Sophia Yarber
James
George E. Hill
Belden
A C. Young
North Eaton Church of Christ
Butternut Cemetery
Highway Patrol
Scout Board of Review
Veterans Hospital
Clipper
Helen Hogan
Troy
Stalin
Dowager Queen III
R. L. Shilling, M.D
Lorain County Bank
J. T. Fawcett
Raymond Greer
C. C. Lord
Indian Hollow Road
H. L. Williams
Warden Avenue
Sheriffs Department
Durkee Road
Charles Hall
Grafton
Elyria Avenue
Charles W. Crawford
South Amherst
Benny Lupe
Ronnie Bachnicka
East Hamilton Street
Amelia Ciu
Angelo Ciu
Geraldine Dargi
Paul
Common Pleas Court
Paul J. Mikus
Frank J. Lausche
Mikus
Helen
Helen Branszter
Lila Dunlap
Ralphs
Avco Mfg
Bendix Aviation
Chrysler
Cleveland Cliffs
Utility
Bologna
Western Reserve Inc
P Ve, Inc
Broad St
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