British seek unity on Norway defense against Communism
London reports Bevin and Norwegian Foreign Minister Lange held private talks on Norway’s special problems amid pressure from Russia and Sweden. Officials expect a second meeting at the Norwegian embassy while London also discusses a Turkish pact. Norway weighs joining the Atlantic pact or backing a Scandinavian alternative with growing sympathy.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Halvard M. Lange
Black Sea
Arctic Circle
Lange
Begin
Norway
Russia
Sweden
Bevin
Mecmeddin Sadak
Turkey
Washington
Britain
Prices At Noon From United Press Penna
Price table lists stock quotations from United Press Penna with figures for American Radiator Glidden Montgomery Ward Sears Roebuck Warner Brothers Woolworth Bendix Aviation Chrysler General Motors Westinghouse Airbrake Republic Steel U S Steel Anaconda Copper Kennecott Copper Standard of New Jersey Ohio Oil Standard of Indiana Socony Vacuum Texas Oil Cal Gas and Electric American Telephone and Telegraph Cities Service Aveo Manufacturing American Brake Shoe Fruehauf Trailer Industrial Rayon Cleveland Cliffs Cleveland Electric Lighting Richman Bros and other firms with percentage changes and prices as of noon.
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Standard
N. J
Ohio OW
Ind
Ohio
Socony Vacuum
Texas Oi
Cal, Gas & Elec
American T. & T
Cities Service
Aveo Mfg
American Broke Shoe
Fruehaus Trailer Industrial Rayon
Cleveland
Cleveland Cliffs
Cleveland Elec
Richman Bros
Arrests and market notes from Amherst police report
Amherst police report lists Ernest Hughes to be arraigned for reckless driving on West avenue February 19. Elmer Thurman fined for disorderly conduct after while leaving a theater with his wife. Clara Stafford fined for intoxication. Thomas McGrath arraigned for intoxication near Huron street. Vandalism reports include a broken window at Adams and Foster and car door glass damage on Bath street. Market sections show raw egg and produce prices, plus livestock receipts and price ranges.
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Ernest Hughes
Amherst
West Avenue
E. J. Standard
William Jenne
Adams and Foster
Edwin Povoorde
Bath Street
iJhis
Local arrests and fines reported in police court
James Burks of 408 Clinton avenue was arrested at home yesterday on a disorderly conduct complaint from his wife and faces arraignment in police court February 17. George Oder of Le LaGrange was fined ten dollars and costs after a reckless driving arraignment following a 2:40 a.m. collision at Middle avenue and Oberlin road with Robert Willis of 228 Harrison street. Clayton Franks of 242 Warren avenue was fined ten dollars and costs on a disorderly conduct charge. arrested at 1:59 a.m. yesterday at his home on a wife’s complaint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Thurman
Woodford Avenue
Elyria
John Vargo, Jr
West River Street
Woodford
Irondale Street
Richard Schumate
West Street
Rhode Island
Yair
Hothouse
Cleveland
Eelloy
John T. Muth
Capevau
Diveneck
Bruce
Baring la Janne
Wethers
James Burks
Clinton Avenue
George Oder
le LaGrange
Middle Avenue
Oberlin Road
Robert Willis
Harrison Street
Clayton Franks
Warren Avenue
Aesacenonmancun
Theodore Eddy
George
James Horn
Lorain
Caroline Branszter
First Federal Savings and Loan Association
Harry and Ida Friedman
Broadway
Jack Firbes
Lake Avenue
Henry W. Ault
Broad Street
Lewis Huber
West Avenue
Ninth Street
E. J. Stankard
Cleo Phillips
Eastern Heights Boulevard
Mqnor
Grafton Road
Joe Cianci
Ridgeville
James Hornason
Cessie Hamilton
Oberlin
Miss Gleason Attends City School Conference in New York
Miss Emma Gleason assistant superintendent of schools left Saturday for New York City to attend a national conference of school supervisors. After the conference she will visit the United Nations headquarters at Lake Success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Gleason
New York City
Gleason
United Nations
Lake Success
28 Die In Spain Train Wreck Near Tarragona
Barcelona Madrid night express derailed near Tarragona with at least 28 killed and 40 seriously injured. A man tentatively identified as Philip Kerman of New York City is among the dead. The crash is blamed on a faulty roadbed, marking one of Spain's worst recent rail disasters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarragona
Spain
Philip Kerman
New York City
Fast-Thinking Mother Outwits Bus Driver
In Memphis, a mother boards a city bus with her young daughter and pays a single fare. As they move down the aisle the driver asks about the child’s fare. When told the age limit was five the mother replies the child is four, and the driver accepts defeat gracefully.
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Memphis
Tenn. W.P
Everett F. Wilson
Woman Abducted By Three Young Men in Oberlin
Mrs. Arthur Brown 19 of Oberlin reported abductors pulled her into a car near Stan's Cafe after a 5 p.m. visit, knocked her unconscious, and she reappeared at the Tom Polen residence at 10:37 p.m. police seek identities of three young men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Brown
R. D
Hastings Road
Oberlin
Stan
Oberlin Road
Schramm Road
Tire Britin Hoffman
Tom Polen
West River Road
Polen
Brown
Handy Device Makes Doors Thief-Proof
Mt Vernon New Jersey article details Melvin Rauch, retired Mt Vernon police officer turned inventor, and his compact metal device that locks a door from inside to resist skeleton keys and lock picking. Patent-protected, soon in production, weighs ounces, pocket sized, ideal for travelers. Also notes Red Cross success locating next of kin for WWII dead and funeral notices for local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Vernon
N. J
Melvin
Rauch
Ranch
Two Die in Blaze at Marion Rooming House Fire
Marion firemen investigated a deadly two story rooming house fire that claimed the lives of owner Mrs. Jennie Breen, 80, and roomer Edward Wolford, 65. Three other residents escaped as flames began in the kitchen near a gas stove. Fire Chief Owen A. Sifritt said the exact cause was not yet determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Jennie Breen
Edward Wolford
Owen A. Sifritt
Radio Quito Broadcast Sparks Mob and Station Fire
In Quito Ecuador police struggled to quell a weekend radio dramatization based on H. G Wells War of the Worlds. listeners panicked turning violent, burning the station and injuring twelve, including four civil guards. The broadcast described a Martian invasion near Cotocollac shocking residents and prompting widespread fear and arson.
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Quito
Ecuador
Saia Toercio
Ultimas Noticias
Radio
H. G Wells
Wopius
Sium
America
Cotocollac
el Com
Alten Appointed To Sell License Plates
Automobile and truck license plates for the final quarter of 1948 may be purchased at the Alfred Alten Service Station at 3325 Second Street next to The Chronicle Telegram office. The 1948 year ends March 31. New plates for 1949 go on sale March 1 and may be used after that date, but owners operating vehicles before March 1 must have 1948 tags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Alten
Second Street
Chronicle-Telegram
Report On ECA Is Optimistic About Recovery Efforts
President Truman summarized a report on the Economic Cooperation Administration for the quarter ending Sept 30 1948 noting Communist efforts to undermine the European Recovery Program are substantial but not meeting full expectations. The committees in Congress reviewed authorizing $5.58 billion for ECA operations through mid-1950.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Economic Cooperation Administration
House
Senate
Recovery Agency
Family of Seven Killed in Ontario Plane Crash
Federal air transport investigators probed a Beechcraft Bonanza crash near Maxville Ontario in which seven people died. Victims tentatively identified as Captain Wally C. Siple of Montreal his wife and their children Graham 17 Gurdon 10 Wallace 8 Sharron 5 and Sheila 4.
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Maxville
Ont
Federal Air Transport Authorities
Wally C. Siple
Montreal
Graham
Gurdon
Wallace
Sharron
Sheila
Local Car Collisions Reported Across City Streets
Police log lists multiple crashes involving drivers Kate Tief E A Oswald Henry Blackman Ralph Travis Walter Murrer and Peter Christensen over the weekend. Incidents occurred on Broad Street Washington Avenue West River Street Second Street near Cedar and near Grafton addresses with various trucks and cars sustaining damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Tieffuhr
Grafton Road
Broadstrand
Washington Avenue
E. A. Oswald
Hawthorne Avenue
Henry Blackman
West River Street
Ralph ‘Travis
Furnace Street
Travis
R. F. Corts
Cleveland Street
Broad Street
Washington
Waiter iMurrer
Case Road
Peter Christensen
R. D. Grafton
Second Street
Cedar
George Robinson
Brace Avenue
Military funeral honors for Col Crooks and Captain Reed
The procession arrived at the cemetery where military services were held. Lt Col John Lovekee and the 145th Infantry accompanied the bier as flag bearers took positions and riflemen stood guard. General Whitcomb spoke of Col Crooks and Captain Reed, the division chaplain offered a prayer, guards fired a salute, taps sounded, and the flag was presented to Mr and Mrs Clyde Crooks.
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Panies
Lorain
Norwalk
John Lovekee
145Th Infantry
Whitcomb
Col. Crooks
Reed
Clyde
Crooks
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Police Dept
Clara Stafford
Brown Hotel
Clarence Haney
Cottonbus Street
Elyvia Memorial Hospital
Wayside Inn
Haney
Columbus
Glenwood Streets
Thomas McGrath
Cole Street
Huron Street
Northern Savings & Loan CO
Masonic Temple
Paul Carbin
Mer
ITY Dan
Evelyn Valentine
Chicago
Valentine
Joseph Sedlak
John Sedlak
Frank Mazzone
John
East Erie and
Kansas Avenues
Floyd Purdy
Wellington
Oscar Clawson
Sullivan
Floyd, Jr
Edna Banks
Robert
D. A. Cook
Elsie Parker
Paul
Daniel Gawara
High Street
Sudro-Curtis
Death Records
Emil F. Fiedler
Elying
D. B. Barnes
Westlake Road
Vermilion
Dresden
Germany
United States
Canada
Buffalo
N. Y
Huron
Old Columbia Steel Company
Daddy Fiedler
Lakesvenue Congregational Church
Barnes
Carl Seahold
LaGrange
Glenn Long
E. J. Fiedler
Minerva
Charles Shepard
Charles
Doc) Shepard
County Infirmary
Mr. Shepard
Ashland
Moose Lodge
Sudro-Curtis Funeral Home
Brookdale Cemetery
Anna M. Wilber Wakeman
Anna M. Wil Ber
Grove Avenue
Norwalk Memorial Hospital
Salvation Army of
Howard Cole
Paul Yuhasz
Howard
Carl
George M
L. D. Gerber
Salvation Army Corps of Norwalk
Wood Cemetery
Birmingham
Adam Degutis
Medina Hospital
Jack Knight
Lithuania
R. F. Clark
Amsterdam
Cowling-Sedgeman Funeral Home
Robert Blair
Sacred Heart Church
Westwood Cemetery
Paul Mills
Hattie Mills
Brown Street
Mr. Mills
Keith-Andrews
Cuyahoga County
Mills
Rita
McKinley Street
Paul, Jr
Donna
Nancy
Harold Melvin
Grafton
Ralph McConnell
Gordon- Shaidnagte- Hollinger Funeral
RED Cross
Army
Maserillon
Eagles
F. J . Mansfield
Seville
Alton
St. Louis
Mississippi River
Cairo
Alten
Bill
Fulton
Grafton, Ohio
Lake Ave
Cleveland ST
West Ave
East River
Fourth ST
Star Shoe Shop
Court ST
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