Elyria City Expenditures Rise Ten Year Span Auditor Reports
City budget data from 1943 to 1951 show general fund expenses up 110 percent led by payroll growth from 219 138.94 to 571 707.44 and total funds increasing to 349 560.63 with deposits near 750 546.23. Wages and salaries climbed to 571 707.44 while street department costs outpaced automobile tax receipts prompting rebudgeting and equipment modernization.
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Swauthy Funk
Elyria
Ellsworth Albert
Money Spence
Sons
Athell
General Fund
Water Works Department
Waia
Women Drive Growth As They Support Family Saving
The report highlights that women earned a sizable share of U.S. income in 1951 and 1952, aided by savings and life insurance purchases. It links rising female labor force participation to defense production, higher family savings, and increased demand for women workers in 1952, noting wage pressures and inflation controls through shared household responsibility. The analysis references the Institute of Life Insurance and city revenue figures from 1943 to 1951 to illustrate broader economic trends.
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Surance
United States
Perell
Ollars
Service Personnel Chronicle Chronicle Chronicle
Service personnel notes from Elyria Ohio record local assignments and changes. Names and units appear with brief postings and dates in a concise military notices style typical of the era.
Deep Freezer Helps Milwaukee Zoo Moose Problem
Milwaukee officials report two moose at the city zoo began eating frozen browse after Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Reynolds fed them a diet of twigs and leaves. The animals had refused food at first but then accepted the unfamiliar fare, reflecting broader changes in wartime domestic life and women's increasing participation in work.
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Milwaukee—Zoo
C. E. Reynolds
Marseilles Avenue
Robert
Harriet
Hutton
Christie
Unites
New Jersey
Looking Sideways On Ballet Calves And Early Training
Whitney Bolton criticizes early ballet training and the push by American mothers and schools. He highlights Miss Tamara Geva as a wary advocate for delaying formal ballet until age ten and urges gentle growth and rhythm work before intense technique. He contrasts American, French, and Italian practices and warns of long-term muscular harm from rushing young girls into pointe work.
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Sith Street
Tamara Geva
Miss Geva
Abra
Gevar
U.S
Russia
France
Italy
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McNaught Syndicate, Inc
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Soran
News of Service
Chroniclele-Telegram
Ohio
Ee G. Reynolds
Mir Force Base
San Anton
Tex- Thenomané
Sulla Captivity
Chronicle - Telegram
Lley’s
Delta Power Tools
Alan Gore
Fess
Guard
Broad Street
EDGE
The
Elyria Lumber & Coal CO
Chestnut ST
Whitney Bolton
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