Traders Eye Grain Market as Prices Edge Up
Chicago Board of Trade activity showed May corn rising to 6 14 cents, while traders weighed whether this day would mark the end of a steep decline or a continued slide. Retail food prices kept dropping, outpacing the commodity markets, as experts split on the market’s near-term direction.
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Chicago Board of Trade
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Freding
Chicago
Board of Trade
Bureau of Labor Statistics At
Explosion damages Grafton home on Chestnut Street
A leak in the main gas line triggered an explosion at the Rex Kendle home on Chestnut Street in Grafton last night. The bathroom was blown from the house and kitchen dishes and furniture were tossed by the blast. no other serious damage reported. Mrs Kendie had minutes before checked the furnace in the basement as the family stood at the front of the house. Firemen cleared debris while neighboring homes shook from the blast.
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Grafton
Rex Kendle
Chestnut Street
Kendie
Grafton Dairy
Mo Gamage
Fire Destroys Food Commissary at Air Base
Fire at Lockbourne air force base destroyed the food commissary with an estimated loss of 50 000. Four enlisted men suffered minor injuries as flames spread through the east end of the frame building before being brought under control by local fire companies.
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Coluamsus
Lockbourne Air Force Base
Here
W. W. Wson
Posit
Central
Canal Winchester
Groveport
Columbus
Weather forecast for Northeastern Ohio in mid February
Northeastern Ohio faces a cold wave with cloudy skies and winds this afternoon and night and snow flurries tonight. Sunday should be fair with continued cold conditions as temperatures dip. tonight's low near five degrees and Sunday’s high around zero.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Lincoln Colorado Kid and Lone Wolf in London Ad V
Ad listing two likely fictional works or film titles associated with Lincoln region. Mentions Colorado Kid and Lone Wolf in London as advertised items. No additional details provided about authors, publishers, release dates, or formats.
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Lincoln
Colorado
London
Adv
Lorain County Blood Bank Urgently Seeks Donors
The Lorain County Blood Bank urges voluntary donors to stock the initial supply. Readiness is under the Lorain County Medical Society and funded by the Elks Kiwanis Club. Appointments available at Elyria Memorial Hospital by calling 2233 during specified hours on February 17 and 18.
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Lorain County Medical Society
Elxha Kiwanis Clb
Lorain County
Bisod Benk
Elyria Mermorial Hospital
Br c & Eix- Tia
Scio Rebuilds Pottery After Major Fire Debacle
Scio residents return to the pottery plant after a $1.5 million fire nearly wiped it out two months ago. Lou Reese, owner, agreed to stay and rebuild with town support. The plant aims to surpass prior output with 7700 pieces daily by month’s end.
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Scio Pottery
Lou Reese
Reese
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PITT
Fire Originates in Tarmace Sparks Two-Family Fire
Fire started from a wall heater in a two family dwelling at Middle Street damaging the bathroom and furnace area. Emma Woodruff noticed the flames and alerted neighbor Mrs. Masten. Residents and neighbors fought the blaze with water before the Wellington Fire Department arrived and extinguished it with chemicals. No damage estimate available. Rivoli film advertised afterward.
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Wellington
Middle Street
Airs Emma Woodruff
Secoreirs
Woodruff
Ermmesi “Masten
Machock Warns Stay Away From River
Park Superintendent John Machock warned residents to keep children from the river as water rose rapidly after yesterday's rain. The river climbed about two and a half feet in an hour and continued to rise this morning. Coasting on Cascade Park hills continued, but skating ponds remained unusable due to unfrozen water on the ice.
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Pies
John Machock
Parmie
Cascade Park
Madhock
Fiy
Amherst Quarries To Supply Stone For Breakwater
Amherst quarries will furnish 42 500 tons of the 70 000 tons of stone for the Nottingham Breakwater project at Cleveland. Arthur E. Tulk, president of the Cleveland Quarries Co, says the order supports the construction of a breakwater and a 1 1/2 tunnel linking the Nottingham filtration plant to an eastern intake. Over 800 freight cars will be needed to ship the stone, with the remaining supply drawn from Indiana and Pennsylvania.
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Amherst Quarries
Cleveland
Arthur E. Tulk
Cleveland Quarries Co
Nottingham
Lake Erie
Amherst
Tulk
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Beiter Line Plans Truck Terminal Here
Beiter Line receives a city building permit for 47 500 to construct a masonry two story terminal and offices on North Abbe Road. The project includes a 30 by 30 central port a 80 by 130 foot terminal warehouse and an 18 by 18 foot existing platform. The James C F Sheffer Company of Cleveland will be the contractor.
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Itc
Hed Tedar Securce
Nerth Abbe Road
Hert Dickason
Piatform
James C. F. Sheffer Company of
Cleveland
Girl Admits She Killed Her Mother in Jersey
Franklin New Jersey police quoted 15 year old Marion Russo admitting she killed her mother during an argument over Valentine dances. Mrs Lillian Russo 40 was found dead in the blood spattered basement of their home amid broken glass and crockery.
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Franklin
N. J
Valentine Dence
Marion Russo
Lillian Russo
Civil Rights Discussion At Oberlin Meeting
Grace Talk reports Oberlin College held a series of meetings on civil rights with speakers Laston Pope Roger Baldwin and Hodding Carter. Carter and Baldwin debated whether government action can bring racial equality and assessed anti lynching, poll tax, F E P C and segregation policies in the South.
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Oberlin College
Ston Pope
Magazin Social Action
Yale Divinity School
Roger Baldwin
American Civil Liberties Union
Hodding Carter
Delta Miss
Democrat-Times
Carter
Baldwin
South
Ohio in grip of severe winter weather and floods
A brutal storm blanket s Ohio with snow and floods cutting home access in the southern half. The Weather Bureau warns of record cold near 15 degrees in the Ohio Valley as a northwest rainstorm moves in followed by colder air. At least nine deaths are linked to weather driven accidents while highways warn of icy, hazardous roads and flooded homes T: Continued on Page 2
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Weather Bureau
Oh.o
Ohio Valley
Rapidir
Central States
State Highway Patrol
Sigie
Auto and Home Damaged by Two Fires in Columbus Street Area
A basement fire at 253 Columbus Street damaged clothing near a furnace and scorched flooring and wiring. A second fire in a car at 335 Second Street caused wiring damage after the vehicle ignited near the Ceriei Free Station. a short circuit was cited as the cause.
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Columbus Street
Sasi Koehn
Sremen
Sp Automobil
Charles Kerns
Valley View
Alfred Anton
Second Street
Ceriei
Communists threaten four U.S. Marines in China
Chinese radio warns of clemency for four Marines held after a Christmas hunting trip. Pfc. Charles J. Brayton Jr. is reported killed from wounds in captivity. Remaining captives are Cpl William L. Pollard, Pfc Carrol W. Dickerson, Sgt Robert Hart, and Pfc Thomzes Kanodisiria.
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Shanghai
U. S
China
Charles J. Breyton, Jr
Fort Jay
Brayton
Carrol W. Dickerson
Olathe
Kan
Robert Hart
Pittsburg
Pic
Thomzes Kanodisiria
Sudaio
MN. Y
Contractor Says He Desired County Contract
Wayne C. Hogan, heating contractor in Lorain, claims he sought county work last summer for the Ken Garsens housing project but was ignored. He says four men were laid off and that bids were not advertised before awarding the job to Anchors by Commissioner Thomas McGeachie.
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Ken Garsens
Lorain
Charles Anders
Wayne C. Hogan
Hogan
Sul Hogan
Kew Gardens
Heccan
Thomas McGeachie
Impgiries
McGeachie
Education leaders attend national meeting in Cincinnati
Miss Emma Gleascon assistant county superintendent of schools and Miss Elizabeth Wilcox superintendent of Ridgeville Township schools will attend the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development meeting of the National Education Association in Cincinnati next Monday Tuesday and Wednesday, it was reported today. CANDLELITE INN is serving fish Cars washed and polished daily during Lent. Adv Deetz Inc Adv.
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Emma Gleascon
Eng
Elizabeth Wilcox
Ridgeville Township
Association For Supervision and Curriculum Development
National Education Association
Cincinnati
Candlelite Inn
Deetz Inc
Marshall Not Too Optimistic About Postwar Talks
Secretary of State George C. Marshall has little hope for immediate postwar peace talks with the Soviet Union. He reportedly believes no basis for negotiating exists until the Soviet leaders see the Marshall Plan helping Europe recover, with possible negotiations not before five years. Early successes could trigger later Soviet overtures.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Europe
America Faces Great Decision Says Marshall
Secretary of State George C. Marshall warned that the European recovery program stands as one of history's great undertakings and hinges the future of democracy and peace. He spoke to the Kernel Farm institute after a weather grounded trip kept him in Knoxville, Tennessee.
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Des Morves
George C. Marshall
America
Man Arrested After Stolen Truck Chase
Mack Jones of New London, 27, held for investigation after deputies Rosco and Meyers caught a gasoline tanker truck reported stolen from J. C. McDermott of Wellington. The truck headed north on Route 38, then Route 29 where stopped. Jones appeared intoxicated and claimed a schoolmate drove the vehicle with his permission. A second car owned by Draper, taken from Sterling Foundry, was found in a ditch. Draper identified keys as Jones’s.
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Mack Jones
New London
Sitien
George Rosco
Rithherd Meyers
J. C. McDermott
Wellingtier
Mecx Jones
Jones
Dele Draper
Stierling Foundry
Draper
Three Suffer Burns In Lorain Fire
A blaze believed caused by a spark igniting dry cleaning fluid damaged three Broadway businesses in Lorain Ohio. Three people were burned including Sylvester Webber husband of Agnes Webber. William Haller and Fireman Pace Fitzgerald were injured. The fire spread to Sam Klein Co. and City Hardware. four fire companies fought it for four hours. Dormitories were evacuated with no further injuries.
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Broadway
Agnes-Kay
Broad Street
Fourth
Sylvester Webber
Agnes Webber
St Joseph's Hospital
William Haller
pacePe Fitzgerald
Sam Klein Co
City Hardware
Russia Rejects Any Conference Decisions Aimed at Germany
Foreign Office in London reports Russia will not recognize any decisions from the forthcoming three power conference on Western Germany. Soviet Ambassador Zarubin delivered a protest note alleging the meeting violates the Potsdam Agreement and objects to the conference invitations.
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London
Foreign Office
Russia
Iidsh
Germany
George Zarubin
Zarubdin
Truman Signs Vets Allowance Bill For College Aid
President Truman signed into law a measure boosting veterans living allowances in school to up to 120 dollars a month. The higher subsistence rate takes effect April 1 with first checks around May 1. On the job training and farm trainees are excluded from the extra payments. A companion bill for on job trainees is expected at the White House within 10 days.
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Washington
Truman
Veterans A
Veterans Agency
White House
Tornado Toll Mounts As Midwest Faces Severe Weather
A devastating tornado in Mississippi and floods in the Ohio and Tennessee valleys left at least six dead and thousands homeless. Rescue teams searched wrecked homes while the Red Cross reported numerous serious injuries. The Weather Bureau warned of a plunging cold wave across the Midwest and East with subfreezing temperatures moving toward the Gulf.
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America
Middle Atlantic
Newton
Swiss
Red Cross
Ohio
Tennessee
West Virginia
Tug
Guandotte
Ohio Valley
Pennsylvania
New York
New England
Maine
Weather Bureau
Midwest
East
Mercury
United States Weather Bureau
New York State
Gulf of Mexico
North Central States
Pembna
N. D
Plains
Fort Myers
Fla
Ohio River Valley
Dinner tickets assigned to Elyria churches for February 26
John Mockler, president of the Elyria Federation of Men's Clubs, says a ticket quota has been mailed to pastors for the annual St. Jude's dinner on February 26. Reservations are limited and pastors should distribute tickets promptly. The event brings together men from area churches and features nationally known speakers and other program elements.
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John Mockler
Elyria Federation of Men's Clubs
St. Jude's Church
Hmitea
Veteran Outlives Insurance Policies
Charles A. Win Golph, 96, a Civil War veteran credited as a Medal of Honor holder, received a life insurance policy payout today. He had outlived a second policy, confirming his status as beneficiary.
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Lead
S. D
Charles A. Win Golph
Chronicle Telegram Services Ads Repair Refurnish Furnishings
A brief item promoting Chronicle Telegram Services Ads as experts to repair and refurnish furnishings and decorations that are lime-worn and wilted. It notes collectors seek descriptions and tips for improving home appearance and upholstery. The piece emphasizes professional help for old or damaged decor.
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Beiter Line
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Oberlin
Grace
Robert Hazelwood
Myrtie Cooper Wade
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Black River Game Club
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