Yazoo River Crest Threatens Greenwood as Flood Rushes On
The Yazoo River rose beyond 40 feet threatening Greenwood Mississippi and its sandbag wall as residents monitor the crest. Forecasters warn a mild weekend for northern states followed by a Canada's cold spell. Fuel shortages cause gas cutbacks across Pennsylvania West Virginia Ohio and Michigan.
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Mississippi
Greenwood
Canada
Plains
Great Lakes
Atlantic Coast
Ohio River Valley
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Michigan
Airman Rescued By Banana Ship After Nine Days At Sea
Mexican airman Esteban de Leon survives nine days on a life raft after a crash. He was rescued by the Panamanian banana boat Roatan, two days after search efforts were called off for him and pilot Neil Womack. De Leon’s comrade perished as sharks attacked while drifting. Coast Guard airlifted medical supplies to De Leon as Womack was injured in the crash off Carmen, Mexico.
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Brownsville
Tex
Coast Guard
Esteban de Leon
Roatan
Neil Womack
Womack
Gulf Transportation Company
de Leon
Carmen
Mexico
Gough
Frontera
Emsley Gough
Mexican Civil Aeronautics Authority
Thomas
Matamoros
Mex
Gulf of Mexico
Japan elects Hitoshi Ashida as new premier of postwar era
Hitoshi Ashida, veteran conservative diplomat and president of the Democratic party, was elected Japan's fifth postwar premier at a Diet plenary session. He announced plans to form a middle of the road coalition cabinet next Monday.
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Tokyo
Hitoshi Ashida
The
Democratic Party
Japan
Diet
Ashida
Hospital Proposal To Be Discussed At Lorain Meeting
Lorain residents hear of a proposed county hospital between Elyria and Lorain on a 267 acre tract by the new highway. A state representative will outline the plan at a Tuesday Lorain meeting hosted by the M C A. The two story design features 100 bed units with potential expansion and is backed by Elyria participants including Harry D Bemis.
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Elyria
Lorain
Cornelius Kohimyer
iChronicle Telegram
Kohimyer
Kohlmyer
Loraine
Kohlmrer
Harry D. Bemis
Ten Victims Of Toledo Blast In Serious Condition
Ten of 27 people burned and injured in an ammonia fumes blast at Page Dairy Co. remain in serious condition. A drum of ammonia fell while workers charged a new refrigeration system in the engine room. Firemen evacuated part of the 300 workers from the second and third floors. Damage was estimated between 312,600 and 23,000. No one was killed.
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Toledo
Page Dairy Co
Secon
Iately Injur
Northeast Ohio Weather Outlook Mixed Rain or Snow
Parity cloudy and cold in northeastern Ohio with rain or snow possible by afternoon. Tonight cold with low around 18 degrees. Sunday remains cloudy and milder with a high near 34 degrees.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Magic Town and Community Ads at Grafton Hall
A listing for the film Magic Town featuring James Stewart and Jane Wyman. Also an ad for a Monday night FAMILY party at I C Hall in Grafton Ohio and a Black River Game Club notice. Includes radio service call numbers and ads for Erb Radio Rivoli today.
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Magic Town
James Stewart
Jane Wyman
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I. C . Hall
Grafton
Ohio
Black River Game Club
Great Manchurian Steel Center Falls To The Communists
Reports from Mukden say Anshan, the great Manchurian steel center, has fallen to Communist and government forces withdraw. The city is in flames as Nationalist troops retreat toward Mukden. A small government unit holds a steel factory while others are cut off. Some Nationalists guard a railway bridge on the northern city edge. The assault benefited from larger numbers heavy artillery and a snowstorm halting aerial attacks.
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Shanghai
Mukden
Anshan
Czechoslovakia faces crisis as Gottwald accuses spies
Prague reports Communist Premier Kiementz tt wald charging Western spies undermining the government and aiding anti Communist ministers. He demanded full Communist control to form an iron curtain police state during a rally of about 80 000 in the old town square. The cabinet crisis followed resignations by non Communist ministers and Gottwald leads the nine man Communist bloc in the 26 member coalition government.
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Czechoslovakia
Kiementz Ttwald
Gottwald
Old Town
Smoke Fills Two-Alarm Quiet City Apartments
A bacon left on a stove caused smoke in Mrs. Jessie Ellis’s 211 West Street apartment with no damage as a neighbor extinguished the fire before firefighters arrived. Separately, smoke from a furnace in the basement of 343 345 Harvard Avenue prompted a morning fire call with no property damage. The first floor resident is W. J. Teves and the second floor resident is John Ross.
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Jessie Ellis
West Street
W. J. Teves
John Ross
Rent Control Extension Bill Criticized by Senators
Washington senators from both parties harshly criticized a bill to extend rent controls for 14 months. The proposal faces bipartisan opposition amid concerns over housing policy and economic impact.
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Washington
Fireman Killed Eight Injured In Train Wreck
A Norfolk & Western Powhatan Arrow derailed near Franklin Furnace killing fireman Robert F. Maiden 36 of Portsmouth and injuring eight others. Engineer George M. Raines 35 of Portsmouth, brake man Gerett Endicott 41 of Cincinnati, suffered injuries. The crash occurred when signals failed to stop the train at a siding switch after a freight stop. Passengers from Cincinnati, Elroy Ohio, Emporia Kansas, Long Beach California, and Detroit were hospitalized or treated for injuries. many others sustained minor cuts at the scene.
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Norfolk & Western
Powhatan Arrow
Franklin Furnace
Robert F. Maiden
George M. Raines
Gerett E. Endicott
Cincinnati
Norfolk
Here
Brekes
Raines
Suying
Ira Coston
Elroy
Ohio
Elizabeth Holly
David Rosenthal
Arley Lorain Cook
Emporia
Kansas
Ruby Mallard
Long Beach
Cal
Jeannette Donaldson
Detroit
Oberlin Speaker Analyzes Propaganda Tactics
Dr Clyde R Miller of Columbia Teachers College lectured at Oberlin College in a six session series on propaganda. He outlined how propaganda works through media channels and personal analysis, using the Bronx election to illustrate public perception and the role of newspapers and radio in shaping outcomes.
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Oberlin College
Clyde R. Miller
Columbia Teachers College
Institute For the Analysis of Propaganda
Miller
General Chapel
First Church
Bronx
Lee Isacson
American Labor Party
Isacson
Henry Wallace
Woman Industrialist Seeks Court Test on Tax Withholding
Vivien Kellems of Westport Connecticut demands a court test of her refusal to withhold federal income taxes from her 38 workers. She says withholding taxes was a wartime measure and should be repealed, despite facing potential penalties.
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Westport. Conn
Vivien Kellems
Miss Kellems
Trer
Red Cross Drive Heads Elyria Women’s Division
Mrs. Harry H. White of 611 East River Street was named chairman of the Women’s Division to lead the American Red Cross fund drive across residential Elyria. The campaign begins March 1 and runs the month. A long-time Elyria Red Cross board member and St. Mary’s Church activist she recently received the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice medal from Rome.
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Harry H. White
East River Street
American Red Cross Fund
Elyria
American Red Cross
White
St. Mars’s Church
Catholic Church
Rome
Truman Begins Caribbean Tour with Call for Democratic Collaboration
President Truman arrived at Isle Grande Airport San Juan to praise Puerto Rico’s self government and economic progress. He will visit St Thomas tomorrow and St Croix before returning toward Guantanamo Bay.
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Truman
Caribbean
United States
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Jesus P. Pinero
Key West
Fla
St Thomas
Virgin Islands
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Cuba
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Guantanamo Bay
Pinero
E H S Band Concert at Elyria High School
Elyria High School band directed by Walter Von Brock will present a free concert at 2 3 p m Sunday in the high school auditorium. Nine numbers include Stout Hearted Men Garden of Eden over ture Jesus Joy of Man's Desiring Air Varie The Old Home Down on the Farm Slim Trombone Two Afpods Best Loved Southern Melodies and The Stars and Stripes Forever. A trombone solo by Norman Folley precedes the four remaining pieces. The 74 piece band performs in sequence concluding the program.
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Elyria High School
Bend Alt
Walter von Brock
Romberg
Barnard
Jesus
Bach
Seriz
Norman Folley
Harlow
Fillmore
Grindmar
Hayes
Sousa
Lorain Board Delays Verdict Pending Similar National Tube Case
Lorain County Board of Revision delays action on National Tube Co valuation citing a parallel case before the State Board of Tax Appeals. National Tube contends blast furnaces are personal property, which could cut its assessed value and trigger tax losses statewide.
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Lorain County Board of Revision
National Tube Co
State Board of Tax Appeals
Thomas McGeachie
Columbus
Lorain Country Board of Revision
Board of Revision
Frank Ayres
Walter J. Wright
Thomas McGeachre
Lorain
National Tube
Ohio Supreme Court
William Wickens
Thomas Herbert
Clyde Hissong
Jane Ford Becker
McGeachie
Insurgent Southern Democrats Push for Satisfaction Over Civil Rights
Washington reports a group of about 75 southern Democrats led by Rep. William M. Colmer demand satisfaction from Democratic leaders over Truman civil rights proposals. They threaten to withhold support in the 1948 race and will seek talks with J. Howard McGrath after a resolution backing anti-poll tax, anti-lynching, and anti-discrimination bills was adopted.
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Rep
William M. Colmer
D_ Miss
J. Howard McGrath
Truman
Colmer
House
McGrath
Democratic Party
Housewives Hold Tight as Food Prices Rise in Survey
Chicago report shows housewives buying cautiously as prices climbed 3 percent in the month while grocers note stronger pocketbook discipline. A telegraphic Bureau of Labor Statistics survey of 20 foods in 12 cities finds January 13 to February 17 price shifts with pork chops and bacon among the biggest cuts and onions and milk higher than mid January.
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Chicago
Idar
Ewan Clague
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Los Angeles
Two Trailer Camp Projects Turned Over To The County
The Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority informs county commissioners it will turn over management of two emergency trailer camp projects for veterans to the county starting March 1. The action follows a meeting with Willard Francis and Walter Garrison about state emergency law implications. The authority cites inability to continue services and asks for an audit of rental expenses as the transfer proceeds.
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Lorain
Housing Authority
Lorain Metropolitan
Washingtons Birthday sale notice in Chronicle Telegram
February 22 is a legal holiday but no results. classified ad promotes Elyria Frozen Food and Stenco All Aluminum storm windows with delivery from 61 West Ave. Advertisements urge readers to phone 44-121 or 44-131 for orders.
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Chronicle - Telegram
Isee Geisel
Stenco
West Ave
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