Purge Launched By Communist Premier of Czechoslovakia
Prague reports Communist Premier Kelement Gottwald orders a sweeping purge of public offices and industry to tighten control. Two days of nationwide demonstrations are planned as the purge extends from ministries to honorary societies. President Eduard Benes is silenced, with no radio speech planned.
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Prague
Kelement Gottwald
Czechoslovakia
Interior Ministry
Benes
Eduard Benes
Mlada Fronta
U.S
Bratislava
Slovakia
Russia
Benes Bowed To Reds To Avoid Bloodshed
A Prague official says President Eduard Benes bowed to Communist demands under duress to avert bloodshed. The official fears Benes may resign or flee, stating the leader appeared exhausted and unlikely to act immediately. Resignation or flight were among possible options, with other courses also considered.
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Prague
Eduard Benes
Benes
West Powers Decry Czech Communist Coup
The United States Great Britain and France denounced the Czechoslovak Communist seizure as a disguised dictatorship. They warned the move jeopardizes liberty and could have disastrous consequences for the Czech people. The three-nation communique was prepared after consultations initiated by the United States.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
France
Czechoslovakia
London
Paris
Virginia Governor Demands Ballot Change Over Truman Civil Rights Plan
Virginia Governor William Tuck urged the General Assembly to remove presidential candidates from the ballot and assign Virginia’s 11 electors to a party convention. He framed the move as a bid to resist Truman’s civil rights program and warned of jeopardizing Virginia’s electoral votes.
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Richmond
William Tuck
Virginia
Truman
General Assembly
Tuck
President Truman
Cleveland Weather Forecast Cloudy and Windy
Northeastern Ohio expects cloudy conditions with wind this afternoon and tonight. A slight temperature trend, low around 34 tonight and a high near 44 Friday in the Cleveland area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Deetz Inc Auto Service Ad At 728 W Bread
An advertisement for Deetz Inc offering immediate guaranteed auto service for Chrysler Plymouth vehicles at 728 West Bread. The brief notice promotes car washing and polishing among other services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deetz, Inc
Chrysler-Plymouth
W. Bread
Two Arabs Killed and Five Wounded on Mt Scopus Slopes
In a pre-dawn clash on Mt Scopus near Hadassah hospital, two Arabs were killed and five wounded, four critically, with police citing Jewish forces as starting the fight after five Arab houses were blown in Wadi Yas. No Jewish casualties were reported.
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Jerusalem
Mt. Scopus
Hadassah Hospital
Haganah
Wadi Yas
Industrial Division Head Named for Red Cross Drive
James H. Walters has been chosen to head the industrial division of the Elyria Red Cross fund drive opening Monday. George Calvert announced the choice and named Richard A. Suth as assistant chairman. A campaign committee for the industrial division was selected with members from several local plants and companies. A noon Friday meeting at the Grasstone Hotel will firm final plans with Calvert and Dr. Charles Gush.
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James H. Walters
Cambridge Avenue
Bendx- Westinghouse Automotive Airbrake Company
American Red Cross Fund
George Calvert
Red Cross
Richard A. Suth
Lorain County Industrial Council
Calvert
Don Kirkbride
Olsen Manufacturing Company
Dennis Lenhart
General Industries
Ras S. Morris
Brown-Lipe-Chapin
General Rotors
Rar Stucky
Elyria Foundry
Brownhoist Corporation
Edward Bembower
Azlyria
Harold Grant
Perry-Fa
C_ D Rvals
Pfaudler Company
Ray Brouse
Sisei
Edward Hoeh
Trove
Mienufacturing Company
Richard Eliot
Western Automatic Machine Screw Company
Reber
DeLioxd
Worthington Ball Company
Ellis B. Drer
Grasstone Hotel
Charles Gush
Industrial
Compa
Geauga County Hospital Threatens Closure
Geauga County faces the potential loss of its only hospital the Walter C Corey Hospital as ongoing financial losses threaten closure on July 1 Cleveland and Painesville would become the nearest alternatives Local physicians plan to meet soon to seek funds to avert shutdown
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Chardon
Geauga County
Walter C Corey Hospital
Cleveland
Painesville
Promise To Free Untouchables In Hindu India
NEW DELHI The newborn Dominion pledges to wipe out the untouchable caste and raise 60 million Hindus to mingle with the rest. A draft constitution promises to end stigma and outlaw caste penalties. The document declares India a sovereign independent Republic and seeks to lift 330 million people from poverty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
Dominion
India
Constituent Assembly
Speaker Urges Global Hunger for Integrity and Leadership
Dr. Tennyson Guyer state overseer of Churches of God in America told a ladies night banquet of the First Methodist Church that the world craves intellectual honesty and moral integrity. He noted the rapid spread of Roosevelt’s death contrasted with two millennia without broad Christian awareness and urged parents to set positive examples for children.
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Tennyson Gurer
Churches of God In America
First Miethodist Church
Guter
Franklin D Roosevelt
Seryone
Chris‘tianisr
Dr. Guyer
Landslide Forces Delay as Highway Department Reports Movement
Officials say a landslide along U S Route 21 eleven miles south of Caldwell is advancing about three inches every eleven hours. A 300 foot long crack marks the edge while Duck Creek undermines the shoulder. Crews search for rock foundations as the slide threatens nearby farm buildings.
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Caldwell—Trades
Highway Department
Hire
Duck Creek
Otser
Neas
Digs Hole In Stone Jail Wall
Warren County Sheriff Gerald Couden sought the source of tools used by three young prisoners to dig a hole in the jail wall. He discovered a 10 inch hole before the escape attempt by John Henson 20 Russell Stailey 23 of Cincinnati and Robert Johnson Jr 20 of Lebanon.
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Lebanon
Warren County
Gerald Couden
Couden
John Henson
Russell Stailey
Cincinnati
Robert Johnson, Jr
President Rests Under A Tropical Sun Today
President Tru-Man lounges at the submarine base in Key West Florida resting from a five day Caribbean tour He will stay through March 5 unless Washington affairs demand his return to the White House.
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Key West
Tru- Man
Florida
Caribbean
Washington
White House
A R Webber Funeral Set For Saturday
Funeral services for former Judge Amos R. Webber who died yesterday at age 6 will be held at 2 p m Saturday at the First Christian Church he helped organize 64 years ago Rev Henry K Shaw and Rev P H Welshimer will preside with Dr Louis C Wright Baldwin Wallace College president also involved He was a long time trustee on the Baldwin Wallace board Pall bearers include Bruce Alexander Richard Baird Harold Ewing Dan Cook Paul Alizkus and Austin O Toole Honorary pall bearers include A L Cinniger King Fauger D W Myers George Glitseh Judge Guy B Findley Charles Adams and Frank Stetson He lies at the Wainwright funeral home with calling until noon Saturday End Of An Era references to his era in law.
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Amos R. Webber
First Christian Church
Henry K. Shaw
P. H. Welshimer
First Christan Church of
Canton
Louis C. Wright
Baldwin-Wallace College
Blood Bank starts in Lorain County with initial donations
First blood bank donations arrive at Elyria Memorial Hospital as five pints are stored. By yesterday five pints exist though 50 pints are required to open. Donors include Morris Kirk James Dall Martha Hollstein Pearl Page and Dr Arthur W Robishaw. Nurse in charge says urgent need for more donors in coming days.
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Lorain County
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Morris Kirk
Adams Street
Elyria
James R. Dall
Broad Street
Martha Hollstein
Milan Avenue
Amherst
Pearl Page
Columbus Street
Arthur W. Robishaw
East Avenue
Josephine Keith
Shipping Season May Get Late Start
SANDUSKY The Great Lakes shipping season may begin late due to ice conditions in the upper lakes. Marine officials say crews start work around March 1, with last year’s first loaded vessel the Ben E. Tate aboard March 27. A Buffalo area flight showed little ice breakup within a 40 mile radius, and no crews had arrived at the Lower Lake Dock Co. to prepare vessels.
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Sandusky
Great Lakes
Upper Lakes
Ben E. Tate
Lake Erie
Buffalo
Lower Lake Dock Co
Auto Accident Fatal To Nurse Ther Renquist
Miss Ther Renquist, 36, of Wilnboro Pennsylvania, died from injuries after a car crash east of Painesville on Route 20. She was a private duty nurse at Lake County Hospital and a daughter of Mrs. Alice Renquist. Burial planned in Wilnboro.
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Painesville
Ther
Renquist
W Gis
Lake County Memorial Hospital
Alice Renquist
Wilntboro
Route 20
Here
Lake County Hospital
Robert Stroud
G M President to Speak at C of C Dinner April 19
Charles Erwin Wilson president of General Motors will address Elyria Chamber of Commerce at the 1948 annual dinner Monday April 19 at the Elks club. The event marks a welcome to GM Brown Lipe Chapin Division now operating on Telegraph Road with George S Cole Jr coordinating arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Erwin Wilson
General Motors Corporation
Elyria
Williams
Knudsen
Wilson
General Motors
Chamber of Commerce
Telegraph Road
George S. Cole
Italians Fear Communist Rise After Czechoslovakia Coup
Italians ask if they will be next on the Communist list after Czechoslovakia’s coup. Premier de Gasperi and deputies express concern as Italy weighs a Socialist Communist bloc seen growing stronger. Elections on April 18 will indicate the shift and potential government risk.
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Rome
Zechoslovakia
Italy
Alcide de Gasperi
Giuseppe Saragat
Randolfo Pacciardi
Patter son Named Chief Probation Officer in Ohio District
Myron E. Patterson, 28, of Lakewood, is appointed chief probation officer for the northeastern Ohio district by the three federal judges with jurisdiction. The note appears in a Lincoln item mentioning Good Girls Go To Paris and Arne lo Affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Myron E. Patterson
Lakewood
Gay
Ohio
Lincoln
Paris
Arnélo Affair
Adv
B-29 Crashes Hillside Near Meridian Texas Four Die
Four crewmen died when a B-29 superfortress crashed into a hillside near Meridian Texas and exploded. Eight others parachuted to safety as the aircraft from Carswell Air Force Base, Fort Worth, went down during a training flight. Col. Alan D. Clark survived, leading the 20 plane mission. names of the dead to be released after next of kin notification.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Meridian
Carswell Air Force Base
Alan D. Clark
Seventh Bombardment Group
Eighth Air Force
Brazos River
Texas
17 Student Nurses to Receive Caps Sunday Afternoon
Grace Lutheran church hosts a cap passing for 17 students from M B Johnson School of Nursing Elyria Memorial Hospital. The ceremony marks the end of the pre clinical period with readings choir numbers and a Florence Nightingale pledge. Speeches by Rev W W Walker and Naomi Eeery precede cap conferral by Miss Eeery.
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Grace Lutheran Church
M. B. Johnson School of Nursing
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Joyce Anderson
Betty Bruce
Ledessal Eden
Betty Essex
Lois Flowers
Bernice Gaydash
Marion Gierich
Frances Haas
Ann Harmon
Edith Knepper
Virginia Lyons
Betty Ore
Alice Resinger
Evelyn Riley
Thelma Seeley
Spirek
Eleanor Worcester
Beatrice Amspaugh
J Martin Beck
Marjorie Horn
Phyllis Schnee
Ruth Minnich
Shirley Dellefield
W. W. Walker
Grace Church
Ohio Woman Shot To Death In Farm Home
Mrs Mary Claggett was shot to death today in her Newark area farm home. Sheriff Roe Francis led a six man posse to search surrounding woodlands for her husband James Claggett 60 and son Joe Claggett 5 reported hearing shots and finding their mother on the floor. The shotgun blast occurred as authorities warned the suspect was at large in the area.
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Newark
Mary Claggett
Ledoy
Licking County
Roe Francis
James Clag
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E. Hi. Splete
Eldred Evans
Milo Sanday
Arthur Waters
First Christal Church
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Thomas Kershaw
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