Elyria Adopts Daylight Saving Time Alignment
Elyria City Council voted to follow Cleveland in observing Daylight Saving Time for the summer months. The meeting revealed an existing DST ordinance, with officials opting to table a new measure and avoid action to prevent confusion. Mayor Ault cited Cleveland’s lead and supported adopting fast time.
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Elyria
Hart Dickason
Cleveland City
Dickason
Richard Baird
Harry Iersem
S. N. Black
E. G. Baxter
Cleveland Black
Cleveland
Henry W. Ault
Rezoning Lake Ave Property Back Before Council
The council revived questions on rezoning a Lake Avenue west-side parcel near Edison school for a Coca Cola bottling plant. Williamson seeks Commercial B zoning for 357 feet fronting Lake Avenue with a 100 by 250 foot building plan. The proposal was referred to committee, planning commission, and board of zoning appeals for study, with a March 8 committee of the whole meeting set.
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Lake Avenue
Edison School
Councilegain
RJ. Williamson
Wi Namson
Council
Edison
Edward Fox
Charles Stroble
Williamson
Snoble
Planning Commission
Board of Zoning Appeels
Seward N. Black
Taylor Street
Warren Avenue
Clerk Street
Sumter
Loondon Court
Commercial A
United Mills Co. Elects Shaw Secretary Treasurer
John Shaw of Ridgeville, a 1936 recruit of United Mills Co Inc Grafton, was elected director and secretary treasurer at the annual stockholders and directors meeting. Shaw, Oberlin graduate 1935, stayed with the company except for wartime service as lieutenant (j g) in the U S Navy supply corps. The firm operates Grafton Gear mills plus plants at Kansas City and Dallas Oregon, supplying flour to Sunshine Biscuits.
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John Shaw
Ridgeville
United Mills Co Inc
Grafton
Shaw
United Ells
Oberlin College
J.g
U.S Navy Supply Corps
United Mills
Exam for City Engineer Grade I Announced
George Eebson of the civil service commission announced an examination for City Engineer Grade I. The test will be held in the council chamber at 7 p.m. on March 2. Applications must be filed with the Commission by February 26. The position pays $225 a month.
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George Eebson
Civil Service Commission
Council
He Szic
Ohio Fuel Gas Co Lifts Gas Restrictions for Businesses
TOLEDO The Ohio Fuel Gas Co today announced lifting of all restrictions on natural gas to commercial and industrial establishments.
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Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Toledo
Cleveland Northeastern Ohio Weather Forecast
Partly cloudy this afternoon and tonight with a light wind. Wednesday remains cloudy with little temperature trend. High today near 5. Low tonight around 32. High Wednesday about 32.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Stewart Radio and Electric Ad for Repairs
Local ad notes repair services for washers sweepers and related equipment at Stewart Radio and Electric, 242 Marseilles Avenue with phone contact 43-134.
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Stewart Radio and Electric
Marseilles Ave
Favor Greater Municipal Home Rule
Citizen's Research Inc recommends expansion of municipal home rule in Ohio and greater city representation in the state legislature. A constitutional convention is urged to address local government needs as cities grow and rural populations decline. Townships should be abolished, the report says.
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Columbus
Citizen’s Research, Inc
Ohio
Second Grade Pupil Looks Forward To Second Birthday
Daniel Daley a second grader at Grafton School eagerly anticipates his upcoming birthday on February 29. Born February 29 1940 in Cannonsburg Pennsylvania he will be eight years old then. He has lived in Elyria two and a half years and stays with a Grafton family to attend school. He has a six year old brother Arthur.
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Daniel Daley
the Grafton School
Daniel
Cannonsburg
Pennsylvania
Helen Darex
Hawthorne Street
Elyria
Grafton
Arthur
Russia Charges Move Made For Separate Peace
Soviet Russia charged that the United States and Britain conspired for separate peace with Germany and alleged France planned a Middle East attack on Russia. The claims cite Allen Dulles in Switzerland and Max Aitken in Lisbon as organizers, while Dulles denied the charges as nonsense.
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Moscow
Russia
U. S
Britain
Germany
France
Middle East
Switzerland
Allen Dulles
John Poster Dulles
Dulles
Prince Hohenlee
Europe
New York
Oss
Berne
Max Aitken
Lord Beaverbrook
Lisbon
Aitken
Council kills rezoning ordinance for fairground property
Last night the city council defeated the plan to rezone the fairgrounds part used for a trailer camp by a 5 to 4 vote. Owner E A Sommer proposed a long term lease with option to purchase about ten acres, prompting relocation for a recreation field. The plan had been tabled and backed by the planning commission, which had denied the rezoning. The recreation commission had recommended the site for a lighted softball diamond but now seeks another location.
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E A. Sommer
Planning Commission
Ualman Frenk Karden
Rayden
James Scott
Harry Patterson
John McDonough
Anna Kennedy
Free Elyria High Band Concert Sunday
Elyria High School 74 piece band will give a free concert Sunday afternoon in the school auditorium from 2 30 to 3 30 p m. Walter F VonBrock directs the program of light numbers. Norman Folley a sophomore will play a trombone solo with band accompaniment. This is the band’s first public concert of the 1942 43 school year and first since the 1947 football season.
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Elyria High Schools
Elyria High School
Elyria
Walter F. VonBrock
Norman Folley
von Brock
Army Officials Deny Russian Charges on D Day Delay
Army officials branded Russian charges that the Western Allies delayed a second front in Europe as false. They cited troop and landing craft shortages as the real reason the cross channel invasion did not occur before June 6, 1944.
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Washington
Toder
Moscow
U. S. Army
George C. Marshail
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry Hopkins
Winston Churchill
London
Marsha
Mills Road Home Damaged By Fire
NORTH RIDGEVILLE a nearly new frame home of Mr and Mrs Andrew Seiker off Aiil road near Lear Nagel road was damaged by fire and water this morning overheated hosting stove was disarmed. The Seikers and their two small children were in bed neighbors alerted the family and the fire department. Firemen were on scene about three hours. No damage estimate given Capitol Daisy Kenyon shown with Crawford Andrews.
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North Ridgeville
Andrew Seiker
Aiil’s
Lear-Nagel Road
Seiker
Emall
Weather Turns Colder Thursday Across Ohio
United Press reports clear skies gave way to a forecast of colder weather by Thursday across Ohio. Temperatures were two degrees above normal on the day, with milder conditions tomorrow before a cold snap and possible snow or rain Friday into Saturday. Gas distributors lifted some restrictions as industries recover, while highway conditions remained slick in several counties.
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Ohio
Weather Bureau
East Ohio Gas Co
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Manufacturers Light & Heat Co
Ohio Valley
State Highway Department
Napoleon and
Tiffin
Curahoga County
St Clairsville
Bellaire
Veteran in coma a year since 1947 crash in Norwood
War veteran Relph Ab bott, 35, of Norwood, has remained unconscious for a year after a February 1947 car crash in Weston. He was treated at Waltham Hospital and Cushing VA Hospital, where he is in ward 307 fed through a tube, with doctors calling recovery miraculous if it occurs.
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Farmingham
Maess
Relph Abbott
Norwood
Weston Street
Waltham Hospital
Cushing Veterans Administration
Veterans Hospital
Assistant Fire Chief Fractures Ankle After Fall
Assistant Fire Chief Archie Phipps fractured his left ankle after falling about eight feet from a tree he was trimming at home yesterday. The accident occurred during his day off and was reported. Cars washed and polished. Deetz Inc. Adv.
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Archie. Phipps
Council Receives Petitions For Water Lines
City council reviews petitions for new water lines on Adelbert street Griswold road Winckles street and Cambridge avenue outside city limits. Approvals and upcoming legislation flagged for Morgan Edsengod Fairmount lines. Council also creates assistant building inspector post and set pay. second readings on autos for city engineer fire chief street superintendent and coal purchase for water department.
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Adelbert Street
Grsworld Road
Winckles Street
Broad
Cambridge Avenue
Water Committee
Fairmount
Morgan
Edsengod
Myles Farmer
Marion Johnson
Water Department
Ohio River Rising as Red Cross Readsied for Flood
The Ohio River swelled toward flood crest near Cincinnati as engineers warned of rising waters and possible evacuations. Red Cross sought 1 000 tons to aid residents while Newport flood wall offered limited protection. Forecasters predicted Evansville could see a 42 foot crest as run off from thawed ice continued to swell rivers across Indiana Ohio Kentucky and Pennsylvania.
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Ohio River
Red Cross
Cincinnati
Ohio
Newport
Robert Edson
Red Cross Tegsonal
St. Loui
Army
Little Egypt
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
R. W. Brunk
Chicago Weather Bureau
Ohio Valley
Brunk
Evansville
Moose Lodge Presents Flag To City Council
Members of the city council accepted a new American flag presented by the Moose Lodge to replace an older, badly soiled flag. Frank Henke spoke on behalf of the lodge as council members and residents observed the presentation. The flag had a silk material and gold fringe and was received for the council by President Seward N. Black. Candlelite Inn advertises fish daily during Lent.
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Elsha Mosse Lodge
Eagles Lodge
Frank Henke
Moose ,Lodge
Seward N. Black
Elyrian Johnson Bails From Plane Crashes Near York
First Lt. George T. Johnson of Elyria suffered a broken left leg after bailing out of an Army AT-6 near York Pennsylvania when fuel ran out. He is hospitalized at Olmsted Air Force Base Middletown Pennsylvania in good condition. Johnson attached to Watson Laboratories Red Bank New Jersey and credited with 50 World War II missions.
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George T. Johnson
Elyria
Pennsylvania
York
Darrell T. Johnston
Brooklyn Street
Johnson
Olmsted Air Force
Watson Laboratories
Red Bank
N. J
Olmsted
United Press
Mitchel Field
N. Y
York Hospital
JL. Johnson
Army Air Force
American Radiator and Standard Sanitary Corporation
Europe
James Doolittle
United States
Pacific War Zone
Japan
Will Celebrate His Seventh Birthday In 28 Years
Ulysses D. Wilson of Fuller Road notes he will have only his seventh real birthday in 22 years due to the four year gap between leap day birthdays. He plans a real celebration on his sixteenth birthday, with 35 years more to wait. Born in Elyria, he spent time in California at his last birthday, and a neighbor once held a party for him after his mother died.
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Ulysses D. Wilson
Fuller Road
California
Weilson
Elyvia
Osie Pinkston
Court tests payroll tax legality in Ohio case
State auditor Joseph T. Ferguson seeks immediate action to determine if the Columbus payroll tax on wages and corporations is constitutional. He asks Attorney General Hugh S. Jenkins to test legality before the Ohio Supreme Court amid Toledo already implementing a similar tax and other cities considering it.
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Columbus
Auqitror
Joseph T. Ferguson Toter
O10
Ferguson
Atty
Hugh S. Jenkins
Ohio Supreme Court
Toledo
Eight American sailors missing after Hyeres Harbor launch sinks
In Hyeres France eight sailors from the aircraft carrier Midway are missing feared lost after a shore leave launch hit a signal pylon at the harbor entrance. The vessel sank quickly in heavy seas around 2 a.m. with one officer and seven sailors unaccounted for.
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Hyeres
France
Hyerés
Casino
Riviera
Toulon
Hyeres Casino
Midway
Mediterranean
Arab Raiders Are Killed By Jewish Settlers
In Tirat Tsevi near the Trans-Jordan border Jewish settlers repelled a two wave assault by 300 foreign Arabs. British officials reported 30 Arabs killed and one settler dead with two wounded. Haganah claimed 57 Arabs killed and three wounded with many arms seized.
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Jerusalem
Tirat Tsevi
Lake Galilee
Trans- Jordan
Palestine
Tel Aviv
Haganah
Tsevi
Beisan
United Nations Commission
Jordan River
Trans-Jordan
Prices Stabilize in Commodity Markets After February Decline
Chicago reports show prices on grains livestock lard cotton cocoa coffee and hides steadying above February lows. Retail prices lag as grocers and butchers begin marking down tags in step with an agreed economic adjustment. New York stocks edge higher in line with the commodity trend.
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Chicago
New York
Taxes Due March 15 as Chronicle Telegram For Sale Ad
A brief note recalling historical taxes in Washington era and promoting the Chronicle Telegram For Sale classifieds to raise funds. It urges readers to call 44-121 or 44-131 for speedy, low cost results.
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Washington
Little Chronicle Telegram
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