Busy Weekend At Y M C A Draws Large Attendance
Harlie G. Stevick reports the Y M C A hosted over 1,000 participants Saturday across gym, swimming, table tennis and crafts. 151 boys attended five gym classes, 56 teams played four games, 70 high school players joined five games, 149 boys swam in five sessions, 30 youths in a focused swim, 10 men in go stag swim. Over 200 boys played table tennis, crafts were open four hours, Youth Council met with 125 attendees, and many men enjoyed table tennis and checkers in the men’s room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlie G. Stevick
National Guard Expansion Proposed by Draft Use
A special civil military panel urged expanding the Army National Guard and organized reserves to 475000 and 579300 respectively, with draft use to reach dual-service strength. It favored applying selective service to reserves, warned of cost, and stressed this is not a substitute for universal military training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
National Guard
Kenneth C. Royall
Truman
James I. Byrnes
Charles E. Wilson
General Electric Co
Mark W. Clark
Sixth Army
Julius Ochs Adler
New York Times
John A. Harhis
Missouri
Royall
Air Force
Special Army
Peace talks push by train envoys to Mao in Shihchiachuang
Peiping dispatches report Nationalist envoy Shao Li-Tze and unofficial delegate Dr. W. W. Yen departed by train from Peiping to press talks with Mao Tse-tung in the Communist HQ at Shihchiachuang. Government sources say substantial progress in facilitating peace negotiations, with a new Chinese Communist government structure reported in Peiping January 20.
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Nanking
Peiping
Mao Tze- Tung
Shihchiachuang
Shao Li- Tze
Li Tsung-Jen
W. W. Yen
Shanghai
Mao
Piping
China
Tung Pr Wu
Communist Central Committee
Spain
Former Japanese General Sentenced to Eight Years
Tokyo reports Lt. Gen. Hioshi Tamura was sentenced to eight years hard labor by the Allied War Crimes Commission for permitting atrocities and mismanaging POW centers. Tamura led the POW information and POW management bureaus from December 1944. His case, part of Class A proceedings, was amid amnesty reviews by Gen. MacArthur. Adm. Soemu Toyoda’s case continues. Prosecutors Neptune and Steiner presented the case.
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Tokyo
Hioshi Tamura
Tamura
POW Information Bureau
Denis MacArthur
Navy
Adm
Soemu Toyoda
Gen. MacArthur
Robert N. Neptune
Bartlesville
Oklo
Kurt Steiner
Cleveland
Court fines Thrush for drinking driving after Route 57 crash
At the court house Walter W Thrush of Toledo paid 75 dollars and costs after a driving under liquor charge. A Route 57 crash with Gordon Rex Brown followed a left turn by Joseph Ligas, while Ellis Robinson was arrested on a separate assault warrant. Separately John Paine seeks divorce from Ruth Paige, married 1942, with three children. Florence Cassella receives divorce from Nicholas Cassella with custody of three children. Ruth Smith sues Lloyd L Smith for divorce on neglect and cruelty. Charles Chandiley is fined 1 dollar for failing to stop at a main road sign near Lorain.
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Walter W. Thrush
Toledo
Justice’ of the Peace
James P
Sheriff Department
Demitles
Thrush
Ty Gordon Rex Brown
R. DB
Ll Grafton
Brown
Joseph Ligas
John Paine
Lorain
Ruth Paige
Catherine van Niel
North Ridge Road
R. D. Lorain
Clarence van Neil
Vin Nielsskee
Florence Cassella
Nicholas
Cassella
Charles B. Chandiey
Bellfield A Avenue
Elyma
Justice of the Peace
James PY. Horn
Route 24
Broadway Avenue
Bishw
Russians March Into British Sector Of Berlin For Wreaths
Russian fur caps led 110 officers and 300 civilians in a two hour march inside Berlin’s British sector to place wreaths on the Soviet war memorial in honor of Red Army day. Generals Putimachen and Sokolovsky reviewed the parade as Yugoslav officers joined, while British and American officials planned Potsdam gatherings with limited attendance.
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Berlin
Red Army
Uni
Brandenburg Gate
Evergarten
Leutenant
Putimachen
Scholarship Test Results Announced for Lorain County
The State Department of Education listed only six high school seniors in Lorain County among the upper 25 percent of the General Scholarship Test. Of 102 county seniors, 38 were at Elyria and 19 at Wellington, with five Elyrians earning certificates of rank and two honorable mentions. Named Elyria scorers were Robert Strom Steven Gorbies and Jack Kostyo, while Jane Genizel and Raymond Gekl received honorable mention. Other rank recipients include Frank Albert Wagner Lydia Yvonne Ellison and numerous honorees from Avon Lake Brighton Amherst Oberlin and Wellington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
State Department of Education
Elyria
Wellington
State Department
Robert Strom
Steven Gorbies
Jack Kostyo
Shirley Ann Henry
Amherst
Loretta Jean Aukschun
Avon
Ray Linne Carlson
Avon Lake
Alice Elaine Bryden
Camden
Stephanie Johnson
Bruce Watson Steiner
Frank B. Schibert
William Bryson Wilbur
Jacqueline Diane Grubbs
Oberlin
Charles Keith Johnson
Ridgeville
Janet Arlene Blakeley
Veteran family seeks unfurnished Elyria rental
A young couple with two daughters appeal to the Veterans Service office for a place to live in Elyria. The father veteran of three and a half years in the Army has been transferred on a permanent basis and they will pay a good rent. The office requests calls to the Veterans Service office in the Turmer blot with any leads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Service Office
Elyria
Readers over 90 share quiet joy at Elyria Home library
Eight residents over ninety and others in their seventies and eighties frequent the Elyria Home library. Miss Edna Moore notes 724 books distributed in 1948 as residents swap Grace Richmond and Grace Tivingston Hill for uplifting reads. Many walk with canes or crutches to the corridor table, while staff and visitors recount life stories, quilts, and musical memories from long-ago Massachusetts folk tunes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Moore
Elyria
Roan
Grace Richmond
Grace
Tan
Moore
Ream
Asinnie Smith
Ster
Sarah
Cleveland
Minnie Smith
Chai
Masesachusetts
Beachley
Deaths and life stories from Elyria
Death notices report infant Pribanic who died shortly after birth at Elyria Memorial Hospital and survived by parents siblings and grandparents with funeral at Bittner Funeral Home. Sophia Ehrke, 83, dies at her daughter’s home. she was born in Germany and had a long Elyria presence with family, church ties, and services planned at Sudro-Curtis Funeral Home. A man, Archie Miller, 27, killed when his car was struck by a Baltimore & Ohio passenger train near South Webster amid brief fragments of other wartime era reminiscences and trial notes.
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Pribannie
John J. Pribanic
Warren Avenue
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Pauline
John
Robert
John Pribanic
Lorain
Bittner Funeral Home
St. Mary's Cemetery
Sophia Christina Ehrke
East Avenue
G. H. Meschke
Longford Avenue
Ehrke
Mecklinberg
Germany
Elyria
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Ladies Aid Society
Henry Lieske
Ridgelawn Cemetery
Webster
Archie Miller
Bloom Township
Baltimore & Ohio
Water Plant Break Halts Power Plant and City Water
The facility reported two pipe fragments blown from a break cutting power to boiler operations and forcing a noon shutdown. About 800 workers were affected as water lines to Rockfern and Penfield avenues were cut for over three hours, with pressure falling to eight pounds before valves halted the leak.
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Kothe
Rockfern
Penfield Avenues
Party Harmony Is Real Task For The Democrats
In Washington the Senate Democrats split between a hard line against filibusters and a cautious course for party unity. Leader Lucas signals a go slow while some push for curb of debate, as GOP plots counter tactics. A showdown caucus follows as talks on reciprocal trade and housing take priority. Ohio officials challenge dependents benefits in unemployment pay reform debates.
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Washington
Senate
Lucas
Congress
United States Senate
Traffic crash injures two cars on Furnace Street
Police report two automobiles owned by Charles Edward Baker of 140 Longfellow Street and Frank A Schaub of 365 Furnace Street were damaged in a nighttime collision in front of 387 Furnace Street. Schaub had stopped to drop his mother and prepared to turn into a driveway. A bicycle owned by Robert Kunikle of 328 Columbia Avenue, reported stolen, was recovered near West Avenue and Birch Street, after being left in front of St Andrew's Church at 8 p.m. and found at 9 p.m.
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Charles Edward Baker
Longfellow Street
Frank A. Schaub
Furnace Street
Schaub
Robert Kunikle
Columbia Avenue
West Avenue
Birch Street
St. Andrew's Church
Lorain Amateur Contest Winners Named
The Lorain County Amateur Contest sponsored for Pleasant View Sanatorium announces winners. LaVerne Sevaney of Lorain won first prize in vocal performance and the Patty Haley of Elyria and Dale Russell of Oberlin dance team took second prize. The next contest is set for March 11 at Slovenian Hall Lorain at pm.
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Lorain County
Pleasant View Sanitorium
Bureau
LaVerne Sevaney
Lorain
Patty Haley
Elyria
Dale Russell
Oberlin
Slovenian Hall
Thirty First
Pearl Streets
Tire Found On Route 42 Believed To Be Aircraft Wheel
Arthur Smith of Route 82 near Exton reports a 15.00x16 Goodyear tire found along the highway. He says it appears to be unused and lacks an inner tube, and he suspects it came from an airplane or a truck on Route 42.
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Arthur Smith
Exton
Smith
Special Service at Four Square Gospel Church
The Four Square Gospel church at 213 West Street will host a special service tomorrow evening at 7 45 p.m. The speaker will be Rev. Daniel Buser of Amherst.
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Four Square
Markets flare across grains and livestock in Cleveland
Cleveland markets show mixed grain quotes for oats and corn with No 2 yellow oats at 76-77 cents and No 2 yellow corn around 2.28 per bushel. Apples, root vegetables, and potatoes list varied prices. Live poultry and eggs hold steady to higher, butter softer. Cattle and calves trade slow with mid ranges, hogs mixed, and regional price spreads noted for varieties like Red Romaine beans and Bliss Triumphs potatoes.
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Rhode Island
Penna
Fair Yoo
Cleveland
Trregular
F.C.B
Iezhorn
United States
Colorado
Montana
Minnesota
Will Celebrate 50 Years Of Marriage Open House
Mr and Mrs A W Palmer of route 10 Butternut Ridge road will mark 50 years of marriage on March 2 1899 to Emme Blaine of Fields Corners. An open house at their route 10 home will be held Sunday February 27 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm. The couple married March 2 1899 at Fields Corners with Rev H A Shook officiating. They lived in Eaton Fram before moving to Fields in 1909 and remain active in Fields Methodist church. The husband Albert Palmer lives on the family farm now run by son Hugh. They have three sons Oscar Hugh and Ernest and four daughters Mrs Emma Hynes Jane Hugh Jr and John Palmer.
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Fields
A. W. Palmer
Route 10
Butternut Ridge Road
Albert Palmer
Eaton
Emme Blaine
Fields Corners
Warren Blaine
H. A. Shook
Fields Methodist Church
Mr. Palmer
Fram
Palmer
Hugh
Paintings Of Zoltan Poharnok To Be Shown In Elyria
Invitations go out for a private viewing of Zoltan I. Poharnok paintings at First Congregational Church parlor March 4 from eight to ten pm. The public exhibition follows Saturday and Sunday. Poharnok, a Hungarian-born artist now in Cleveland, has a long international career and recently opened a Cleveland studio. Sponsors include Mrs. Mary Beattie and several local civic and clergy figures.
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Zoltan I. Poharnok
First Congregational Church
Poharnok
Cleveland
Hungary
Academy of Fine Arts
Budapest
London
England
Council of Arts
America
Newark
N. J
New York
Las Artist-Reporter
Ithé
Elyria
Lewis G. Novak
Novak
Paharnok
Mary Beattie
Frank Billings
Dorothy Jones
Archie Penfound
Louis G. Novak
William A. Leath
Tele phone plant tour educates church division group
Fifteen members of Division B of the Lake Avenue Congregational Church toured the Elyria Telephone Company building last night. They observed equipment and long distance service operations, and learned about issues involved. The group is led by Robert Reising and Myre.
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Lake Avenue Congregational Church
Elyria Telephone Company
Myre
Robert Reising
Anti-Strike Injunctions Urged To Remain In Law
Joseph E. Moody, president of the Southern Coal Producers Association, urged Congress to keep anti strike injunction provisions in any new labor law warning that a coal strike this summer could threaten the national economy. He testified before the Senate labor committee as it nears final action on an administration bill to repeal Taft Hartley and revive Wagner with improvements. Moody warned of serious troubles if the emergency provisions are dropped.
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Ohio
Jare
Daugherty
Chamber
Walter Mackey
Oho Manufacturers Association
Mackey
Massachusetts
New York
OMA
Howard Metzenbaum
Cuyahoga
House Industry and Labor Committee
House
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Washington
Congress
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Producers Association
Senate
Moody
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Tao
Ellis Robinson
State Street
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Donna Robinson
Justice of the Peace C. C. Lord
Ruth Smith
Lloyd L. Smith
Lake Avenue
Oberlin Area
Vassily Sokolovsky
Potsdam
H. M. Curtis
W. W. Hess, Jr
Hunt Place
Death Records
Pribanic
Chronicle House
Miss Gillars
Midwest
Algiers
North Africa
James J. Laughlin
Democrats
H. H. Benham
Elyria Savings & Trust
Police Dept
Sudro-Curtis
Mr and Mrs. Palmer
Zoltan \Poharnok
United Press
Central Penna
American Radiate Glidden Co
Sears Roebuck
Warner Brothers Woolworth Co
Bendix Aviation
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General Motors
White Motors
Westinghouse Air Republic Steel
U.S. Steel
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