Five Scouts Earn High Honors in Elyria Court of Honor
Five members of Elyria Boy Scout troops received top Scouting honors at a Southeast District Court of Honor held at the American Legion Home. More than 250 attended as National Boy Scout Week observances closed. Sidney Byars became the district's first new Eagle Scout of 1949, receiving the badge from Southeast District chairman Rufus G. Taylor. Byars, 340 Eighth Street, is junior assistant scoutmaster of Troop 103 and is sponsored by First Christian Church. He presented a pin to his mother after the ceremony. Robert Larkin of Parkview Court earned the Silver Palm for 36 merit badges beyond the 21 required for Eagle, having previously earned Bronze and Gold Palms. Larkin, a member of Troop 135 sponsored by St. Mary’s Church, has been in Scouting since 1942. the Palm was presented by Edgar P. Gates. Joe Garber of Woodford Avenue, a member of Troop 147 sponsored by the Magyar Evangelical and Reformed Church, received the Life Scout award and the Star Scout honors. He was introduced to the Court of Honor by Steve Bako. Continued on Page 2.
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Elyria
American Legion
Legion Home
Sidney Byars
Eighth Street
Rufus G. Taylor
C. M. Byars
Earle
Sidney
First Christian Church
Henry E. Shaw
Robert Larkin
Parkview Court
Larkin
Alfred Alten
St. Mary's Church
Edgar P. Gates
Hoy
Joe Garber
Woodford Avenue
Magyar Evangelical and Reformed Church
Steve Bako
Highth Street
Cm. Byars
Eisenhower to Advise on North Atlantic Defense Pact
General Dwight D. Eisenhower is drafted from Columbia University to preside over the joint chiefs of staff and serve as military consultant to President Truman and Defense Secretary Forrestal. He will begin Monday, with duties including evaluating munition aid and pledges for Western Europe as NATO talks proceed among member nations. The appointment leverages his World War II command experience and status as army chief of staff.
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Washington
U. S
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Truman
Defense
James Forrestal
Eisenhower
Army
United States
North Atlantic
Canada
Britain
France
Belgium
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Defensive Radar Screen Proposed
A U S Armed Services Subcommittee approved a plan to build a defensive radar screen around much of North America. The bill authorizes the Air Force to proceed with its 161,005,000 share of the joint U S Canadian defense plan and will likely be considered by the full committee Tuesday. Major General Gordon P. Saville, commanding general of the air defense command, presented top priority defense plans in secret testimony.
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Washington
Huse Armed Services
North America
Air Force
Gordon P. Saville
Air Defense Command
Northeast Ohio Weather Forecast and Local Ad
The Cleveland forecast calls for cloudy windy and warm this afternoon and tonight with a hot team tonight. Tomorrow turns colder with snow flurries in the afternoon. Low tonight 35 high Sunday 45. Factory authorized radio service call 3176 Erb Radio. Adv. Back again by popular request music for you by Jimmy Alu Sat Feb 12 at the Supper Club. Thurs Fri Sat nights. Adv.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Jimmy Alu
Violent Storm Sweeps Across Range States
A massive storm delivering heavy snow and high winds battered Colorado and Wyoming, rattling roads and freezing temperatures. Denver Weather Bureau issued a special warning for New Mexico as gusts reached 80 mph in places, with Rapid City reporting 46 mph gusts and below zero readings. The storm spread from the northern Rockies into Nebraska and neighboring states, forecast to blanket the region by Sunday night.
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United Press
Colorado
Denver
New Mexico
Wyoming
Rocky Mountains
Dakotas
Rapid City &. C
Mercury
Dickinson
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
Julius Radner
Chicago Weather Bureau
Lorain County Class B Basketball Pairings Announced
Belden Clearview Camden Ridgeville named four top seeds for Lorain County Class B tourney opening at Lorain High. Draw conducted by A T Smith with officials A N Smith Les Gast Bryce Bloom Stan Machack. Schedule sets opening night pairings and bracket order with remaining teams drawn by coaches.
B Tournament Games Schedule Dense Double Header
Schedule for the B Tournament lists games across Feb 17 to Feb 26 with matchups Belden LaGrange Avon Avon Lake Clearview South Amherst Columbia Henrietta Camden Brighton Grafton Eaton Ridgeville Penfield Brookside Brownhelm and late February rounds including semi finals and finals. The ad notes Dr Smith open evenings at 230% Fifth Street and phone 6622.
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Columbia
Henrietta
Camden
Brighton
Grafton
Eaton
Ridgeville
Fenfield
Brookside
Brownhelm
Belden-LaGrange
Clearview
Qlippers
Clippers
A. N. Smith
Les Gast
Bryce Bloom
Stan Machack
Belden
LaGrange
Avon
Avon Lake
South Amherst
Penfield
Belden - LaGrange
Avyon-Avon Lake
Dr. Smith
Fifth Street
Huge Plows Clear Snow Cliffs at Anderson Ranch Dam
Rotary plows bulldozers and snowbreakers worked through miles of drifts to reopen a valley cut off by avalanches. Civil Air Patrol dropped an emergency radio as a precaution against lines failing. Engineers feared new slides from unloading snow could occur. Former Toledo mayor Fred Mery dies at 73 after service in state legislature.
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Anderson Ranch
Ida
Civil Air Patrol
Rint
Toledo
Fred 5
Mery
Toledo Civil Service Commission
Chinese to Abandon Tsingtao Port in North China
Authoritative sources say the Chinese high command will abandon Tsingtao on the Shantung coast, the former U S Western Pacific fleet base. Evacuation will be gradual, with Marines and naval forces slowly withdrawn. Communists encircle the port but have not attacked it. the fall would give them control of all North China.
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Nanking
Tsingtao
North China
Shantung
Oscar C. Badger
China
Almost 12 000 Contributions To Hospital Fund
Elyria Memorial Hospital Building Fund Campaign ends with 11 922 subscriptions totaling 1 199 298 53. Breakdown shows Hospital service area 8 426, Hospital employees 9 263, Governmental 14 654, Team organization 20 195 85, Clubs 52 085, Medical staff 81 425, Special gifts 93 455, Commercial 226 334, Industrial firms 350 680, Industrial employees 342 620 68.
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Elyria Memorial Hospital Building Fund
J. B. Johnson
C. R. Cook
Harold H. Bibling
Denis J. Ryan Jr
Lewis D. Huffman
Roy F. Vandemark
Todd L. Moise
Ighishrman
Earl W. Bell
Allan W. Fritzsche
Dexter S. Kimball Jr
Russia blocks western Berlin borders on mercy food aid
Berlin soldiers report Russia shuts western Berlin borders denying mercy food shipments for Swedish Red Cross relief to Berlin children. Deputy governor says ban affects all four sectors, with limited permits toward Soviet area for children. Airlift space assigned to Swedish Red Cross and partner agency continues.
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Russia
Berlin
Swedish Red Cross
Wiliam T. Babcock
Red Cross
Babcock
Alexei Jelisarov
Red Crass
Excommunication Decree Expands to Cardinal Mindszenty Case
The Vatican broadened a major excommunication to cover those connected with Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty. The sacred consistorial congregation extended the decree to include participants in the trial and further to all members of the Hungarian government under the Communist dominated regime. No. 4 Continued on Page 2.
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Vatican
Youth Council Elects Officers at Elyria YMCA
The Elyria Youth Council held its annual election meeting at the YMCA last night naming dim Smith president Dave Leonard vice president John Jasper treasurer Carol Aldrich recording secretary and Lois Tedrow corresponding secretary Committees were formed to aid in publicity program planning and finance Advisors Mrs Ray Carter David Hyman Charles Cavagna and Mrs Gerald Leonard were unanimously reelected The group now lists 204 members and plans a Youth Center party with guests from high school homerooms scheduled daily for Youth Center members.
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Elyria Youth Council
Y.M.C.A
Dim Smith
Dave Leonard
John Jasper
Carol Aldrich
Lois Tedrow
Ray Carter
David Hyman
Charles Cavagna
Gerald Leonard
Youth Center
Canadian Prime Minister visits Truman for base rights talk
Canadian Prime Minister Louis St Laurent arrived in Washington for talks with President Truman and officials. He seeks equal voice for Canada in operating U S air bases in Newfoundland under the 99 year leases from 1941. The two leaders may discuss North Atlantic Pact, trade, and base futures.
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Washington
Louis St. Lauren
Canada
United States
Newfoundland
Truman
Great Britain
Louis St. Laurent
St. Laurent
Dean Acheson
Mr. Truman
Blair House
U. S
St. Laurent Long
Missing DC-3 Airliner With 16 Aboard In Peru
A Douglas DC-3 airliner operated by Faucett Aviation Co. is missing over the central Peruvian jungle. The craft had 13 passengers and 3 crew members aboard. The pilot is American William Whitte. All passengers are reported Peruvian.
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Lima
Peru
Fawcett Aviation Co
William Whitte
Auto Fire Damages Frank Bober Vehicle at Foundry Lot
A car owned by Frank Bober suffered extensive damage from a morning fire in the Black River Foundry Company lot at Blake and Vulcan streets. The blaze started in the back seat area, spread to the trunk, and burned the spare tire and contents. Firemen blamed smoker carelessness. A second call reported a grass fire on Turner Street, burning a city lot with no damage. Also noted was the death of Jarl S. Sprott, president of Globe-Wernicke Office Furniture Co. since 1984, a native of Auburn Indiana.
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Frank Bober
Black River Foundry
Blake and
Vulcan Streets
Turner Street
Cincinnati
Jarl S. Sprott
The
Globe-Wernicke Office Furniture Co
Auburn
Ind
Yugoslav Move Opens Path to Austrian Peace Treaty
Yugoslavia signals willingness to settle on Austrian peace by dropping reparations claims in exchange for satisfied territorial demands. Ales Bebler, Yugoslav vice minister, sent a letter to Big Four deputies omitting reparations. Bebler’s talks with U.S. Deputy Samuel Reber highlighted turning toward the United States rather than Russia for support. The embassy release welcomed resumed talks and published the letter to delegates.
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London
Yugoslavia
Ales Bebler
Austria
U. S
Bebler
Samuel Reber
Russia
Marshall Tito
Kremlin
United States
Sebler-Beber
Car Hits House. City Official Escapes Injury
James Collier, superintendent of the city's sewage disposal plant, nearly avoided serious harm when his city car rammed the front of a house at 221 Harwood Street. He said a momentary blackout caused the crash while he attempted to free a stuck accelerator. The impact damaged the porch, basement, gas and water lines, and shattered two living room windows. Collier received a lip laceration treated with stitches. Nearby, a separate crash on Island Road involved a county bridge railing as a 36 year old driver lost control of a vehicle.
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James Collier
Harwood Street
Harwood
Edward Drager
Collier
Hamilton Street
Elyria Memorial Hospital
E. BR. Lanaghah
Elyria
Island Road
Sheriff Department
Town Under Guerrilla Attack Near Greek Border
Greek general staff reports strong guerrilla forces attacked Florina a border town in Macedonia. Observers see the raid as a bold winter move signaling a possible shift in offensive policy under Gen. Nicholas Zachariades after the ousting of guerrilla chief Ain. Florina, population 25,000, lies seven miles from Yugoslavia and 80 miles west of Salonika.
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Athens
Florina
Guerrill
Nicholas Zachariades
Markos Ataces
Salonika
Build a better mouse trap in Lorain County ads
Lorain County residents are urged to use the Chronicle Telegram Wants Ads to sell items from outgrown clothing to furniture and cars. The ad highlights low costs, a dial number 44-121, and a Boston Strip Steak special at Careys Villa with Don and Johnny Banks novelty tunes.
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Lorain County
Chronicle-Telegram
Boston
Carey's Villa
Don
Johnny Banks
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Youth Council
Paul Berdanler
United Feature Syndicate
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Aerdans
Crystal Clear Dry Cleaners
Broad Street
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