Russian LA-11 Fighters Intercepted Over Northern Japan
U S Thunderjets fired on two planes believed Russian over Hokkaido. Interceptors identified the intruders as La-11 Soviet fighters, scoring hits on one fuselage before the pair fled toward the Kurile Islands. The incident marked a rare confirmed intrusion over Japan since warnings to Reds.
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Tokyo
Kuriles Islands
O. P. Weyland
FEAF
Weyland
Hokkaido
Japan
U. S
Nemuro Peninsula
Habomai
Kurile Islands
Sgt. Stanley Klesta Wounded in Korea
Mr and Mrs Stanley Klesta of 3930 Island Road Grafton R D 1 report their son Sgt Stanley Klesta 22 was wounded in Korea on February 2. He said shrapnel hit him in four places and he was aboard a hospital ship near Korea improving. He joined the Marine Corps for three years and has seven months remaining. His basic training was in North Carolina and he has served in Korea for five months.
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Grafton
Stanley Klesta
Island Road
Grafton R. D
Sgt
Korea
Department of Defense
Kiestas
Set
Kiesta
Marine Corps
United States
North Carolina
Light Snow and Cold Weather In Northeastern Ohio
Light snow continues with about one inch of accumulation and cold, followed by cloudy flurries and a drop in temperature tonight into Tuesday. Tuesday sees partly cloudy skies with highs around 32 and lows near 15, while other readings show a 28 to 41 range for Sunday and a 20 to 34 range elsewhere. Ohio highway report notes one quarter inch of snow on highways north and west of Eaton to Port Clinton, with remaining routes normal.
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Ohio
Eaton
Springfield
Marysville
Mt. Gilead
Bucyrus
Port Clinton
Rosenau to Head Industrial Div for Red Cross
A. T. Rosenau the treasurer of The Western Automatic Machine Screw Company was named industrial chairman of the 39,772 Red Cross campaign announced by Mrs. J. Clare George. The drive aims to fund blood processing for gamma globulin polio defense and a recreation program for servicemen abroad.
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A. T. Rosenau
Western Automatic Machine Screw Company
Red Cross
J. Clare George
THE
Two Drivers Fined After Weekend Accidents
Two drivers in weekend accidents were fined 125 and costs each with six month driving suspensions in Elyria. Howard L. Van Nuys of Lorain and Major Smith of Lorain were charged with driving under the influence and faced major penalties. Van Nuys' crash at Huron and West left damages around 1000 to Standen, while Van Nuys also paid 10 and costs for a separate failure to yield charge. Smith’s car struck Walter Michalski’s parked vehicle on West Fifteenth Street, earning him the same 125 fine, costs, and suspension.
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Elyria
Howard L. van Nuys
North Ridge Road
Lorain
Major Smith
Middle Avenue
van Nuys
Huron Street
West Street
William W. Standen
Stanford Avenue
Standen
Global wave of transport disasters claims 95 dead
A weekend of land sea and air accidents left at least 95 dead with 40 missing and 93 injured. National Airlines DC-6 crash off Alabama killed 29 of 46 aboard. two Philippine bus wrecks killed 36 and injured 55. Bari Napoli derailment in Italy killed 22. Argentina rail plunge killed 20 and injured 40. Seventeen bodies recovered in the Gulf of Mexico. Twenty eight seamen missing after collision near Japan. China Bear submarine rescue attempted. 12 crew saved.
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United Press
National Airlines
Gulf of Mexico
Alabama
Coast Guard
Philippines
Japan
Lausche Proposes Record Billion Dollar Ohio Budget
Governor Lausche presented a two year budget totaling about 831.2 million dollars in general and local funding plus 24 million for a World War I bonus fund and 71.2 million for local subsidies. He warned taxes may rise with proposed gasoline truck and pari mutuel tax increases and urged restraint on new spending.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Ohio
New York
Elyria Woman Falls and Sustains Skull Fracture
Mrs. A. B. Taylor of 265 Washington Avenue fell in front of Marshalls Drug Store on her way to church and was taken to Elyria Memorial Hospital about 10 PM. She remained unconscious but showed slight improvement. she is the wife of A. B. Taylor, former president of Lorain County Bank who has been ill for years.
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A. B. Taylor
Washington Avenue
Marshalls Drug Store
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Taylor
Lorain County Bank
Where To Turn Amherst Business Page Calendar
Local notices list events and listings across Amherst for business calendars in Elyria Wellington and Oberlin. Readers find society notes hospital notes market updates theater listings and sports briefs across the suburban pages.
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Amherst
Elyria Comics
Death Records
Farm Page
Hospital Notes
Oberlin Society
Calene Theatres
Radio
Wellington
County awards direct contract for new Ford road bridge
County commissioners awarded a 53 400 contract to Ohio Bridge Corp for a new 75 foot two span bridge with a 13 foot roadway to replace the collapsed Ford road span. Work will start weather permitting and a 3 500 settlement with the trucking company was accepted.
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Ford Road
Ohio Bridge Corp
Oscar G. Dunn
Donald
E. Patterson
Patterson
Erie County
Green Street
Brownheim
Man Admits He Fired Five Shots and Held Under Bond
Roy Lee Johnson admitted shooting five bullets during a Saturday afternoon chase that damaged a Schwartz car and a Nickiel Plate pool room window and narrowly missed Ruth Brucker. He claimed the incident arose from a gambling dispute and faced a $1000 bond with a Wednesday court hearing set by Mayor Henry W. Ault.
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Man
Bond
Alfred Schwartz
Second Street
Ruth Brucker
Neuter Court
Henry Sanford
West Avenue
Roy Lee Johnson
Tremont Street
Sanford
Frederick Biltz
Broad Street
West ‘Avenue
New York Central
Biltz
Tiger Moores
Johnson
Polroom
Emimuel Brazier
Schwartz
Miss Brucker
Henry Www Ault
No Sign Of A Settlement In Telephone Strike
Elyria Telephone Company workers extended their strike into a 20th day with no sign of a settlement. Union officials denied rumors of an imminent end, saying the information was not authentic. The strike began January 28.
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Elyria Telephone ‘Company
Rosenbergs' Execution Set For Week Of March 9
Federal Judge Irving R Kaufman set the week of March 9 for the execution at Sing Sing Prison of spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. U S Marshal William A Carrell will visit Sing Sing on Tuesday to arrange the electrocution date.
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New York
Irving R. Kaufmen
Sing Sing
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
United States
Wiliam A. Carrell
Magyar Building Fund Gains Big Victory at Anniversary Banquet
The Magyar Evangelical and Re formed Church reports its building fund exceeded the goal by more than five thousand dollars, reaching sixty thousand and five dollars for a drive aimed at twenty five thousand. The celebration followed a two week campaign with sixty workers and 270 pledges. The church plans a fifty to seventy eight thousand dollar expansion starting this spring under Pastor Louis G. Novak.
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Magyar Evangelical and Reformed Church
Alex Baksa Jr
Paul Fazekas
Walmittee
Ter Sabo
Louis G. Novak
Paul Elek
Lewis Szanyi Jr
Frank Snoble
Magyar Evangelical and Reformed
Walter Sabo
Totel
Five Circles
Dorcas Guild
Lewis Szanvi
Frank Snodle
Stephen Bako
Alex Bakaa
Joseph Varga
John Takacs
Adele Nagy
William Ignatz
al Wyszynski
Zigmond Palagyi
Pedestrian Escapes Injury After Car Collision in Elyria
Reuben Loretz aged 66 of 360 Eighth Street was treated for shock and released from Elyria Memorial Hospital after a car struck him at Broad Street and East Avenue. The driver William R. Hardee of 2301 Oberlin Road faced charges of failure to yield to a pedestrian.
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Reuben Loretz
Eighth Street
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Broad Street
East Avenue
William R. Hardee
Oberlin Road
Red Target In Flames Bombed By 200 Planes
In a major air assault, more than 200 United Nations bombers hit Kyomipo 15 miles from Pyongyang. Fires rose 5,000 feet as bombs rockets napalm and bullets lit the target. F-86 jets likely destroyed one MiG-15 and damaged two others.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Pyongyang
Kyomipo
Ducls
Mig Alley
U. N
Red Power Growing in CDA Warning on Soviet Threat
The Civil Defense Administration warned that Russia could launch a 400-plane atomic assault on all eight or nine major U.S. cities, with potential casualties up to 11,000,000 in a single day. It urged rapid, practical dispersal of industry and a robust shelter program as threats grow. Civil defense progress is real but losing ground to the rising Soviet threat. The report notes 4,000,000 U.S. civil defense personnel vs more than 22,000,000 in Soviet forces.
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Washington
Civil Defense Administration
Russia
U. S
CDA
Eisenhower
Congress
America
James J. Wadsworth
United States Civil Defense Corps
Draft Boards Prepare to Draft 19 Year Olds in March
Ohio draft boards under State Selective Director Chester W. Gobie may call 19 year olds to meet March quotas. Lorain County must supply 19 men. Elyria board details pending. Total March draft set at 2,631 nationwide, up from 1,978 in February, with 1.08 million a year earlier.
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Ohio
Chester W. Gobie
Lorain County
Elyria
Catherine McKee
Goble
Union Lenten Services To Start Sunday
Elyria Council of Churches held a meeting naming a nominating committee led by David Wainwright. Reports noted World Day of Prayer services for Women at St Andrew's and for children at First Methodist Church on Friday at 2:00 and 3:45 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Council of Churches
Richard J. Lehman
George Mallow
Marion Crowder
Theodore Washke
Max van Wormer
David Wainwright
First Methodist Church
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U.S
Sgt. Klesta
House
A. T. Rosenas
Rosenau
Community Chest
Chamber i of Commerce
Citizens Advisors Committee
Ways and Means
Ways and Means Committee
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Martin
Senate
Robert A. Taft
R-O
Daniel A. Reed
Reed
Treasury
Adv
Magyar Building Fund
Panmunjom
Eighth Army
No Man’s Land
Munsan
Suiho
Manchurian
Wonsan
Union Lenten
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