Flood toll in Europe climbs past sixteen hundred deaths
Europe endures record storm losses as dikes fail and snow and floodwaters strand towns. Officials and estimates place dead in the low countries at 1,542 with Britain Belgium and Germany counting hundreds more. U S Lt Gen Manton S Eddy leads International relief including Britain France Canada Sweden and South Africa. Eddy sets up headquarters at the Hague and coordinates airlifted aid.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Europe
Dunkirk
United States
Manton S. Eddy
Matthew B. Ridgeway
Britain
France
Canada
Sweden
South Africa
Holland
Willem Drees
Drees
Parliament
Stavenisse
Cude Tonge
Great Britain
Belgium
Germany
Pfaudler Co Hourly Workers Win Seven Cent Pay Increase
The Pfaudler Co and UAW-CIO Local 1161 announce a one year contract raising hourly wages by seven cents plus two cents for wage inequities, totaling about $50,000 in the next year for 300 workers. Payday shifts to Fridays. changes include union reorganization, fringe benefits, shift differentials, and job bidding. Seniority rules are rewritten and a second wage board request is planned.
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Pfaudler Co
Uaw-Cio
W. F. W. Hall
Pfaudier
Wage Stabilization Board
Franklin Carr
The
Union
George C. Calvert
Northeastern Ohio Weather Forecast
Northeastern Ohio expects fair and colder conditions tonight with a low around 20. Wednesday brings partly cloudy skies with no temperature change, high near 34 and today’s high around 32, after yesterday’s 38 and a 12 degree low.
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Ohio
March of Dimes Campaign Surpasses Goal by Over Six Thousand
January drive raises 23552.74 dollars against a 17000 goal. Breakdown shows groups contributing 9421.17 and individuals 3692.16. Special events add 836.85. The Lights On feature proves most successful with Elyria 7239.25, Columbia 1037.66, Carlisle 1325.65 totaling 9602.56.
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Joe Cirigliano
P.t.a.’S
The
Capitol
Police and Fire Departments
Bill Reid
Elyria
Columbia
Carlisle
Chiang Kai-Shek Won't Seek Ground Force Aid
Chiang Kai-Shek welcomed Eisenhower's ruling that the Seventh Fleet would not block nationalist attacks on mainland China. He stated the Republic of China will not ask ground forces from any nation for its goals, though air and naval support may be welcome. He called meetings with advisors to plan rapid use of new freedoms to campaign against Red China.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Chiang Kai-Shek
Eisenhower
U. S
Republic of China
Formosa Straits
Chiang
United States
China
Ex Principal Succeeds as Law Student at Ohio State
Jacob D. Severs of Elyria spent 30 years as a teacher and former Elyria High School principal. He is a law student at Ohio State University described as “one of the boys” among fellow students and expects to receive his degree in June. He plans to practice law with his son in Elyria after graduation. home address 317 Cornell Avenue.
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Columbus
Jacob D. Severs
Elyria
Ohio State University
Severs
Elyria High School
Cornell Avenue
Naval blockade of Red China may be next step
Congressional and military sources say the next move in President Eisenhower's Korea stalemate plan could be a naval blockade of China. He freed Chiang Kai-shek's Formosa forces to raid the mainland, a step allies fear could provoke strong reaction and complicate allied support.
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Red China
Washington
Eisenhower
Chiang Kai- Shek
Formosa
Korea
Britain
China
Free World
Chiang
Chings
Britain Sees Hundreds Dead in East Coast Floods
The storm and floods across eastern England have left an estimated 500 missing and a death toll already at 445, with 310 killed by floods and 135 in ship sinkings. Americans and Britons join in rescue in towns near Sculthorpe bomber base, Canvey island hardest hit with near 100 expected deaths. Troops police scour flooded areas as a toxic can warning surfaces. Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip visited the disaster zone as Army trucks ferry supplies.
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Queen Elizabeth II of
England
Duke of Edinburgh
Kings Lynn
Duke
London
Britain
British Broadcasting Company
East Anglia
North Sea
Hunistanton
Heacham
America
Little America
Twotowns
Sculthorpe
Thames Estuary
Canvey
Little
Holland
Little Island
BBC
Thames
Elizabeth
Toiday
Royal Estate
Samdringham
Sheatless
Terry Sets Up Pike Committee In Elyria
Elyria City Council president Ralph Terry forms a Pike Committee of citizens and city officials to negotiate with the Ohio Turnpike Commission over the route through the county. Members include Neely Powers Denis Ryan Jr and J Clare George with Dan Rothe Richard E Baird Jack Powell and Mayor Henry W Ault as ex officio. The panel will name a chairman at its first meeting.
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Elyria
Ralph Terry
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Terry
Neely Powers
Denis Ryan Jr
J. Clare George
Safe
Dan Rothe
Richard E. Baird
Jack Powell
Henry W. Ault
Y Round-Up Reaches 944 YMCA Membership Goal
The Young Men's Christian Association reports 944 members signed in the Round-Up drive, surpassing a 900 member goal. Joseph E. Smith chaired the effort and a final report dinner at the Y building detailed division reports and about 80 boys attended to review high school and grade school participation.
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Young Men's Christian Association
Joseph E. Smith
Council Advances Bond Plan For Storm Sewer Project
Elyria City Council granted first reading and emergency status to an ordinance authorizing 1.65 million dollars in bonds to finish the storm water sewer system, the measure tied to the November citizen vote. The meeting also set first readings for contracts with Havens and Emerson to revise sewer plans and for tapping 300 housing units via Affiliated Builders Inc. and other routine committee actions.
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Elyria
Enset
Havens
Emerson
Elyria Telephone workers to meet with union to settle strike
Elyria Telephone Co employees of the Communications Workers of America will meet Cleveland mediators at 1:30 PM tomorrow. Company and union representatives will seek resolution after a strike began last Wednesday when a toll operator was discharged for refusing a split shift.
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Istrike of Elyria Telephone Co
iCommunication Workers of America
CIO
Cleveland
U. S. Labor Department
Mediation Board
Ruby Lynch
Sesqui Committee To Meet Friday Evening
Lorain County Sesquicentennial committee chair Jack Urban announces a 7:30 p.m. Friday meeting in Courtroom No. 1 at the courthouse to advance plans for the Ohio Sesquicentennial celebration in Lorain.
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Sesqui
Jack Urban
Lorain
Elyria Eyes 300 Rental Units Near City Boundary
Stephen R. Nagy for Affiliated Builders proposed 300 units on 28 acres at East Avenue and Sixteenth Street just outside Elyria. The plan calls for 150 two family houses with living spaces and 2 to 3 bedrooms, monthly rents $65 to $75, total cost about 3.5 million. Council sent the ordinance to the sewers committee for review.
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East Avenue
Sixteenth Street
Elyria Council
Stephen R. Nagy
Affiliated Builders
New Jersey
Nagy
Elyria City Council
Safety Service
Pan W. Kothe
Elyria
Six Elyrians Rejected For The Draft
Records at Draft Board No. 72 show 15 of 22 examined men passed last month. Of Elyria area applicants from 12 examined, six were accepted and six rejected. Ten of the 22 were transfers from other boards, with one transfer rejected.
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Catherine McKee
Elyria
All Schools In County Open After Heating Repairs
All schools in the county are open today according to superintendent C A Gibbons. East Carlisle and Penfield were closed yesterday due to heating problems. repairs were completed and no further trouble has developed.
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C. A. Gibbons
East Carlisle
Penfield
Russia Warns Iran Over Caviar Concession
Russia warns Iran not to grant another country the caviar concession that the Soviet Union held for 25 years before it expired last Saturday, a London report notes.
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London
Russia
Iran
Senators Ready To Repudiate Secret Deals
The Senate poised to align with President Eisenhower in repudiating secret Yalta understandings. Leaders say it would be a protest with limited impact, while Eisenhower seeks a resolution declaring no secret commitments with foreign governments.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Yalta
Russia
State of the Union
Congress
Roosevelt
Britain
Sakhalin
Kurile Islands
Japan
Eden protests to U S over Formosa deneutralization
In the House of Commons Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden announced Britain’s protest to the United States against President Eisenhower’s decision to deneutralize Formosa. Eden said both Eisenhower and Truman moves were unilateral US actions, and Britain would press for caution despite Dulles’ European talks.
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London
Anthony Eden
United States
Eisenhower
Formosa
Eden
House of Commons
John Foster Dulles
Paris
Europe
Dulles
Churchill
U. S
Truman
U. S. Administration
Begin Mailing Of Real Estate Tax Bills Next Week
County Treasurer Walter J. Wright announced that tax bills will begin mailing next week to most districts, with six districts delayed due to county real estate re appraisal. Elyria city bills ready. others await duplicates from the auditor. Taxes due through February with no penalty, extension possible into March for new rates.
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Walter J. Wright
Frank Ayres
Wright
Auditor’s Department
Avon Village
Avon Lake
Sheffield Township
Ridgeville
Sheffield Lake
Elyria Township
Elyria City
Welfare Council To Meet Friday In Elyria
The Elyria Community Welfare Council plans its annual meeting in the Marine Room at the Elks Restaurant on Friday February 6. Officers will be elected and two additional executive committee members chosen after a luncheon at 12 15 p m. All delegates and members are urged to attend.
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Elyria Community Welfare Council
Marine Room
The
Elks Restaurant
Courtney E. Kirby
Group Considering Ball Club Purchase
Charles J. Margiotti a noted Pittsburgh attorney said he and a group of friends are considering purchasing the St Louis Cardinals baseball club. The report notes the possible bid activity comes from Margiotti who is a well known legal figure in Pittsburgh.
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Ball Club
Pittsburgh
Charles J. Margiotti
St. Louis
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