Communists Seize Power In Slovakia
Communists have taken control in Slovakia and cut the province from Czechoslovakia. A one hour general strike supported Premier Gottwald and aimed to win full government control. Slovak officials report ousting the Slovak Democratic Mayor of Bratislava and replacing him with Dr. Anton Basia.
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Prague
Slovakia
Czechoslovakia
Klement Gottwald
Eduard Benes
Bratislava
Anton Basia
Slovak Democratic Party
Deadline Set for Real Estate Taxes March First
County Treasurer Walter J Wright warns real estate taxes must be paid by March 1 to avoid penalties. Total collected to date stands at 1 585 600 dollars. Personal tax returns must be filed by March 15 and paid by April 10 without penalty.
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Walter J. Wright
Wright
Wight
Two Fremont Fishermen Rescued After Ice Breaks Free
Alfred G Lorenz and Bert Zirn were ice fishing off Kataxb a Island when the floating ice they stood on broke loose and drifted toward open water. Coast Guardsmen from Marblehead Station answered the call and rescued the two men, who were unharmed.
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Fremont
Coast Guard
Lake Erie
Alfred G Lorenz
Bert Zirn
Kataxba Island
Coast
Marblehead
Weather outlook with warmer trend and rain
Partly cloudy and warmer this afternoon with occasional light rain and windy conditions tonight. Wednesday brings morning rain then clearing and cooler, with the low around 35 and high near 48.
Immediate Guaranteed Automobile Service Ad
Deetz Inc offers prompt auto service for Chrysler and Plymouth vehicles at 728 W Broad. Advertising copy notes immediate assistance and reliable maintenance.
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Deetz, Inc
Chrysler-Plymouth
Solid South Shows Signs Of Cracking Up
The Southern governors delegation failed to force the Democratic leadership to drop civil rights proposals. They warned the South is no longer in the bag and Thurmond urged an early conference of southern governors to resist the program. Jasper County, South Carolina Democratic committee quit the national party, signaling a first formal break.
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Washington
Truman
Democratic High Command
Democratic Party
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Democratic Committee
Jasper County
S. C
National Party
McGrath
Democratic National Charman
J. Howard McGrath
Tseated
Rhode Island
Ben T. Laney
Arkansas
R. Gregg Cherry
North Carolina
William P. Lane Jr
Maryland
B. H. Jester
Texes
Tighten Communist Grip On Czechoslovakia Today
Prague reports show Communist cohorts ousting opposition ministers and seizing party offices as Premier Gottwald advances control. Troops and police occupy Social Democratic headquarters while red clad guards assist seizures. Mass meetings denounce Western powers and back the Communist program. About twenty Socialist leaders are jailed amid alleged plots.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Klement Gottwald
Two Peoples Party
Social Democratic Party
Sovicalist
Godttwald
National Socialist Party
Dunn Breaks With Two Colleagues On Board
County Commissioner Oscar G Dunn announces he will take no action without at least two commissioners present after a dispute with Alan Branson and Thomas McGeachie. Dunn moved to hold a meeting with Lorain County Metropolitan Housing Authority without their knowledge. Branson and McGeachie cancelled the session and questioned Dunn authority. They seek to extend housing authority management of trailer camps to April 1 while awaiting state auditor input. Rivoli listing: Women’s Vengeance ad featuring Charles Boyer.
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Oscar G. Dunn
Alan R. Branson
Thomas McGeachie
Dunn
Branson
McGeachie
Lorain County Metropolitan Housing Authority
Housing Authority
D.s
Walter Garrison
State Auditors Department
Traier
Large Class Will Be Confirmed By Bishop Begin
The Most Rev. Bishop Floyd Begin of Cleveland will officiate at the confirmation of a large class at St. Marys Church next Sunday evening. About 175 members are expected, including around 40 adults. This marks Begin’s second Elyria visit within a week after he led a Requiem Mass for Rev. William C. OLoughlin of Oberlin, who died Thursday.
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Floyd Begin
Cleveland
St. Mary's Church
Begin
Elyria
William C. O'Loughlin
Oberlin
Budget Whittling Grows as House Cuts Truman Figures
The House Appropriations Committee trimmed 131.6 million from President Truman's 1949 budget and 737.6 million from Army civil functions including flood control and rivers and harbors. The cut totals nearly 38 percent, with further reductions promised as committee urges finishing current projects and sharing costs with local areas.
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Washington
House
Truman
House Appropriations Committee
Panama Canal
Panama Canal Zone
Union Teachers On Strike In Minneapolis
Union teachers walked out across Minneapolis forcing 932 public schools to close. About 1,100 teachers stayed home to press for higher pay and oppose a two week shortening of the school year, while 1,300 non union teachers followed advice to stay away as city officials warned no schools would operate. Mayor Humphrey failed to broker a last minute settlement.
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Minneapolis
Board of Education
Herbert H. Humphrey
Failere
Ens
Elyria High junior to celebrate rare birthday on Feb 29
Glen Slusher of 334 Kenyon Avenue, Elyria, a junior at Elyria High School, will celebrate his leap year birthday on February 29. He is the son of Mr and Mrs S W Shisher and already a catcher with Porsch Lumber Co team. He looks forward to the four year cycle and his turkey dinner birthday plan includes relatives and married siblings. Glen also played basketball for the high school team.
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Glen Slusher
Kenyon Avenue
Elyria High School
Glen Wil
Glen
S. W. Shisher
Shisher
Gien
Porsch Lumber Co
Highways Closed by Flooding in Central Ohio
The state highway department reported four state routes flooded and closed: Route 95 two miles west of Perrysville, Route 774 south of Mt. Grab, Route 36 at the junction with Route 715, and Route 52 one mile west of Portsmouth for repairs. Eastern Central Ohio and near Logan still icy in places.
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Columbus
State Highway Department
Perrysville
Mt. Grab
Portsmouth
Ohio
Logan
Truman orders probe into steel price increase
President Truman on his Caribbean tour ordered the Justice Department and other agencies to investigate last week's rise in steel prices. Eben Avers said the 3 per ton hike for semi finished steel prompted concern and could affect labor wage demands.
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Williamsburg
Caribbean
Truman
Justice Department
Eben Avers
Avers
Commerce Department
President Council of Economic Advisers
Wallace Calls For Change In The White House
Henry A. Wallace urged election of a new president who would confer with Joseph Stalin on world peace. testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee he called for a face change in the U.S. government and hinted at defeating President Truman. He showed mixed reactions from the packed caucus room and said he was not familiar with Communist aims.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Josef Stalin
House Foreign Affairs Committee
UT. S
Truman
House
Wallace
Stalin
Food Prices Level Off Amid Grain Declines
Wheat opened 1 to 244 cents a bushel lower and corn down 14 to 134 cents as grains traded lower on the Chicago Board of Trade. Oats and lard also slipped while early hog bids into Chicago ran 50 cents per hundred pounds below yesterday. Retail grocery price declines show signs of slowing after yesterday’s drop of $1 to $1.50 per hundred pounds.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Five Die in Farmhouse Fire Near Glens Falls
Five persons died in a two story frame farmhouse explosion caused by an oil stove fire near Glens Falls. State police identified the victims as the children of Mrs Elizabeth Hack Ames 8 Richard 6 Janice 5 and Ronnie 4 and a fourth named as Mrs Elizabeth Senimer 65. Mrs Hack who was burned seriously tried to rescue the children and was hospitalized.
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Glens Falls
Elizabeth Hack
Ames
Richard
Janice
Ronaie
Elizabeth Seniner
Hack
Glens Falls Hospital
Yeggs Crack Safe at Caldwell Produce Co
Nitro explosions blew open a safe at Caldwell Produce Co. as two criminals escaped with about $4100, two adding machines, and a checkwriting device. Nobie County sheriff said the plan was the most complete he had seen. the funds were weekend receipts.
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Caldwell. O
Caldwell Produce Co
Nobie County
Clayton McKee
Red Cross Campaignhead Named In Elyria Chapter
Blanche Gaston 137 Longfellow Street has been appointed to direct the Elyria American Red Cross fund campaign among city civics and organizations. She appeals to all groups for cooperation noting no gift is too small.
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Blanche Gaston
Longfellow Street
Elyria Armerican Red Cross
Chazer
Gaston
Harry J. White
W. H. Gastor
Ki Queens
Y W.C. A
Palestine Issue Before UN Security Council Debate
The United Nations Security Council opened debate on sending a UN army to Palestine amid Arab Jewish violence. American delegate Warren Austin prepared a statement outlining U S positions on supporting a UN force to enforce partition or alternative actions short of force.
Proposed Hospital Plan To Be Discussed In Elyria
Two Lorain men Andrew Keep and Rev Thorn will address a public meeting in Elyria on Thursday March 4 at 730 p m and outline the proposal to establish a hospital between Elyria and Lorain. The meeting at the Elyria Y M C A will be open to the public and include a project report. A 275 acre tract north of Elyria is proposed for the hospital with a Lorain today to learn state funding from its 400000 Hospital fund.
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Lorain
Andrew Keep
Rev
Thorn
Elyria
Elyria Y
City Fireman Out Of Hospital After February Fire
Ora A Lysaghi of 1118 West Avenue was injured at the General Industries Company plant fire on February 4. He underwent an operation two weeks ago for complications and spent about eight days in the hospital, now out and expected to recover at home for two more weeks.
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Ora A. Lysaghi
West Avenue
General Industries Company
Ea Xlemoral
Sester Ga
Inventor of Gregg System Of Shorthand Dies
Dr. John Robert Gregg, Irish born inventor of the Gregg shorthand system, dies at home in New York after a heart ailment. He published his first shorthand manual in Liverpool in 1888 and moved to the United States in 1893.
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New York
John Robert Gregg
Gregg
Liverpool
United States
US to consult on action in Palestine peace threat
United States in UN Security Council debate says it will consult with major powers if a majority finds a threat to world peace in Palestine. Warren R. Austin proposes a Big Five committee to assess the evolving violence and possible force to maintain international peace. The statement stops short of committing active military action, stressing consultation under the UN charter.
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Security Council
United States
Austin
Council
Holy Land
Palestine
No. 1
Shaw HLS to Lodge Protest After Rough Shaw-Elyria Game
Shaw High School plans to lodge a protest with Elyria High officials over last Friday's Lake Erie League basketball game. Shaw cites rough play and lenient player removals plus a postgame insult gauntlet faced by Shaw players and fans outside the gym. Sophomore guard Dick Henderson required hospital treatment for a cut tongue but returned to school.
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Shaw- Elyria
Law High School
Elyria High
M. C. Dietken
Shaw
Iy Elyria
J. D. Severs
Lake Ere
Andalso
Elyna
Dietrich
Burra High School
Lake Erie League
Tekm
Deirich
Dick Henderson
Elvrra
Lake Erie ‘League
Lakewood
Lorain
Cleveand Heights
Rocky River
Loop
Throwsh
Shaker Heights
Chronicle-Telegram Want Ad for Used Skirts and Fenced Lawn
Sell out grown and styled clothing through an inexpensive Chronicle-Telegram want ad for extra cash. Place by dialing 44-21 or 44-131. Correction lists Welded Lawn Fence details from Scars Farmed on Monday Feb 23 with single picket 13c per ft and double picket 17c per ft.
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Chronicle-Telegram
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Rivoli
Charles Boyer
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E.hs. Junior
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Treasure of
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White House
Yeggs
Candlelite Inn
Red Cross
Youngstown
Raymond Gray
Normen Popovich
Gray
Deetz Inc
Lake Success
N. Y
United Nation
Security Counciloday
Theil-Nation Council
Warren Austin
America
Stewart Radio and Electric
Marseilles Ave
Shaw Hls
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