Storm shuts roads trains as cities brace for deep freeze
A vast winter storm from Iowa to the Atlantic coast isolates communities with sleet and freezing rain. The center moves east over Ohio and Pennsylvania threatening New York City. A severe cold snap follows, with midwest temperatures near zero. Property damage runs into millions. Glaze ice cripples lines, trees topple, rails cut service. UPI counts 159 traffic and other accident deaths since New Year’s Eve. Tornadoes in Louisiana and Arkansas killed at least 25. Rail delays mount into New York City as the storm worsens.
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Iowa
Atlantic Coast
New York City
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Midwest
Tenis
United Press
Louisiana
Arkansas
Freezing Rain Strikes New York Metro Area
An extensive freezing rain storm hit the New York metropolitan area crippling communications and power, freezing transit and delaying trains and flights. Wires iced over, forcing residents to stay home as crews repair lines and heaters supply emergency power to thousands. Rail service faced major disruption with derailment blocking key lines and widespread delays across Long Island and New Jersey routes.
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New York
City Traint
Sidney Bingham
Tran
Peeks Hull N. Y
New York Central Railroad
Long Island Railroad
Rairoads
Weather forecast for Cleveland area turns cold
Northeast Ohio expects cloudy conditions this afternoon with wind and snow flurries. Tonight will bring more flurries and colder temperatures as winds diminish. Saturday stays cloudy with additional flurries and continued cold. Low tonight 22, high around 30.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Elyria Frozen Foods Sale Ad Cuts Prices On Staples
Stock reduction sale promotes lower prices on soups canned fruits flour and sugar. Available toilet tissue Crisco and Spry at Elyria Frozen Foods on Fuller Road.
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Elyria Frozen Foods
Fuller Road
Twister Toll Rises Across States Amid Winter Storm
A deadly New Year twister slammed Cotton Valley and surrounding areas killing at least 26 and wounding hundreds. National Guardsmen and disaster workers searched wreckage as freezing weather hampered aid. The storm left thousands homeless in Cotton Valley and caused additional deaths in Arkansas Mississippi and Tennessee with rivers rising forecast for the region.
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Cotton Valley
H. J. Wil
Hcil
Arkannsas
Messissina
Tennessee
Torneco
Red Cross
Little Rock
Ark
Weather Bureau
Oquechita
Fe. A
Arkadelphia
Camden
Here
Herresville
Village
Mnasium
Three Youths Not Badly Hurt In Traffic Crash
Three youths treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital after a 12:39 a.m. crash on Route 10 at Fields Corners. Driver Charles A. Yost Jr., 20, of 144 Cornell Ave, said a semi tractor and two trailers struck his car, pushing it into a guard rail. Injured: Kenneth Bales, 20, Lindy Welton, 19, and Emes Ensign, 19, all released after treatment. A separate incident on 172 Cleveland Street involved a John Nemeth car knocking down a street sign and a tree. driver not present. Minor fender damage at Huron and Seneca. and a ditch collision on Route 7 reported. Movie listing: It Had To Be You.
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Elytia Memorial Hospital
Ésterday
Charles A. Yost, Jr
Cornell Avenue
Fields Corners
Kenneth Bales
Walnu Street
Lindy Welton
R. D
Oberlin
Emes
Ensign
Elyria
Yost
John Nemeth
Furnace Street
Clevelord Street
Winter Returns To Ohio With Vengeance Today
A winter storm hits Ohio with strong winds snow and sleet as New Year warmth falls away. Western and northeastern roads coated with ice prompt hazardous driving warnings from the State Highway Patrol. Power outages ease in Bowling Green and Napoleon after freezing rain, while damage runs in the thousands. Springfield endures hail as thunder and lightning erupt. forecasters urge frigid, windy conditions with more snow flurries through Friday night and a cold Saturday near Lake Erie.
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Ohio
Weather Bureau
State Highway Patrol
Bowling Green
Napoleon
Northwest
Springfield
Lake Erie
Little Change in City Hall Personnel in New Term
City hall staffing shows minor shifts as Hay W. Ault becomes new mayor succeeding A. R. Agate. Several officials begin new terms. Bosworth re elected as city auditor for a four year term, others start two year terms. New council members include Harry Patterson and H. L Cordres. Seward N. Black remains council president.
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Errii
Hay W. Ault
A. R. Agate
Car
Bosworth
Statiime
Csd
Twe S2ere
Rchard Baird
Schenor
City
Treasuer
Wilbur H. Gaston
Furet
Harry Patterson
Represer McDonough
H. L Cordres
New Year Dinner At Y M C A Sees Films Of 1947 Elyria High
Thirty men living at the Y M C A gathered for a New Year’s Day dinner and watched motion pictures afterward. The program included Elyria High School football games from the 1947 season and travel shots by resident R L Luiz from a summer trip through the Great Smokies.
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Elyria
R. L. Luiz
Great Smokies
Mrs. Elizabeth Agate Dies In Her Elyria Birth Home
Mrs Elizabeth Jones Agate aged 87 died at 1230 am today in the home of her son Heroic E Agate 610 East avenue the house of her birth born August 24 1860 to Robert J Jones and Annie Hutchinson Jones Elyria native married October 5 1887 and lived in Elyria most of life survived by three sons Robert Jones Agate Dr A R Agate Elyria mayor and Harold E Agate Lorain County clerk of courts two grandchildren and five great grandchildren funeral Monday 230 pm Nichols Dicken Funeral Home burial Ridgelawn cemetery
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Elizabeth Jones Agate
Arthur L. Agate
Lfe
Heroic E. Agaise
East Avenue
Robert J. Jones
Annie Hutchinson Jones
Elyria
Utica
N.Y
Mr. Agatz
Jefim- Geni
Fremont
Innrval
Cievelana
Women’s Association
Good Will Buble
Americam Seton Aunihe
Evria Indh Seneol
Oberim Business School
Agate
Rocky River
Women’s Welsh Clubs of America
William A. Leath
Ridgelawn
Four Babies Born At Elyria Memorial Hospital New Year
The 1945 New Year began with four newborns at Elyria Memorial Hospital. A daughter arrived at 5:29 a.m. to Afr. and Mrs. Clarence Seabright of 1201 Middle Avenue. Later that day a son to Air. and Mrs. Leonard Yost of 264 Hawthorne Street, a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Joan Klemm of 355 Kenyon Avenue, and a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Max Bishop of 2025 Grafton Road.
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Elyria Memorial Hospital
Afr
Clarence Seabnght
Middle Avenue
Young Sins Seabright
Air
Leonard Yost
Hawthorne Street
Joan Klemm
Kenyon Avenue
and Airs
Grafton Road
Train wreck kills 13 in Missouri near Otterville
Missouri Pacific officials report 13 dead after a two section train collision in a heavy snowstorm near Otterville Missouri. Victims include Alexander W. Weddell 71 former ambassador to Argentina and Spain and his wife. Authorities say 11 passengers and a conductor died in the rear pullman and one more in the adjoining car. Debris and mangled bodies delayed identification as crews cleared wreckage with torches and a bulldozer.
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Otterville
Alexander W. Weddell
Argentina
Spain
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Isdey
Otterrville
Weddell
Weddells
Arizona
W. D. Heady
S. Louis
Kansas City
Heady
Wednell
Jack Roren
Evansville
Ind
France Faces New Government Crisis Over Tax Bill
Paris. Premier Robert Schuman demanded an immediate passage of his anti inflation measure, warning he will stake his government on the bill. The compromise tax and loan plan would raise about 7.26 billion dollars, with the assembly having cut 252 million. The cabinet met to authorize a showdown. The official list shows price hikes across 64 food and service categories with coal up 64 percent and autos 32 percent. Gas and electricity rates also rose.
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Paris
France
Robert Schuman
Condi Gence
National Assembly
Schuman
Assembly
Izisima
Last Of 12 Fugitive Convicts In Custody
CANON CITY Colorado James B Sherbondy last of dozen convicts to escape Colorado State Penitentiary was recaptured near Canon City early today without a struggle Warden Roy Best announced.
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Canon City
Colo
James B. Sherbondy
Colorado State Penitentiary
Here
Roy Best
Lorain County to bid on 110 voting machines
County commissioners will receive bids January 20 for 110 voting machines to modernize Lorain County elections. A meeting with the election board and Automatic Voting Machine Corp. of Jamestown, NY, supported by Ohio Secretary of State Edward Hummel, discussed installation in time for the May primary and potential precinct reductions from 146 to 107. Machines cost about 1300 dollars each and may be financed from anticipated annual savings.
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Lorain County
Lorain
Will
Gustavson
Board of Elections
Country Commissioners
Rising Prices Shrink Marshall Plan Aid to Europe
Washington figures show rising prices have eroded 218 billion in planned aid under the Marshall Plan’s first installment. Bureau of Labor Statistics data indicate a 3.2 percent price rise since November 1, shrinking the value of the $6.8 billion request for Europe’s needs to about $6.582 billion in current dollars. Chairman Eaton warned passage by June would be fortunate, while Labor Commissioner Slague forecast continued cost-of-living increases through June, especially in agricultural goods.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
State Department
Europe
Department
Charie 4. Eaton, R
N. J
Lowse Foreign Affair Committee
Ewan Slague
Labor Statistics
B-29 Crashes Near Anchorage With Nine Aboard
Anchorage reports a B-29 crash near Matanuska Valley with nine aboard. Ground and air searchers scoured frigid waters of Knik Arm but found no trace. The incident follows a previous B-29 crash near Mt Serpentine where eight crew survived and two paratroopers were killed in rescue operations.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Matamuska Valier
Knik Armive Guiles
Here
Mt Serpentine
Matanussa Valie
Warns Children To Stay Away From Black River
John Madhock reports the Black River is up nine feet today and warns children to stay away from the river. IMMEDIATE Guaranteed Automotive Service. Deetz, Inc. Chrysler-Plymouth. 728 W. Broad Street. Phone 3358. Adv.
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Black River
John Madhock
Black
Deetz, Inc
Chrysler-Plymouth
W. Broad Street
Adv
Ice Covered Limbs Fall On Electric Lines
Ice coated limbs caused breaks on a 23 000 volt line at the Ohio Public Service Company substation on Oberlin road. Elyria area outages lasted until 6 30 p m with Grafton restored sooner. A large transformer burned at the substation and spare equipment was deployed to restore normal load.
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Elyria
Ohio Public Service Company
Oberlin Road
Grafton
Leke Avenue
J. B. Johnson
Glenn L. Pierson
Ohio Public Service Company Distribution Superintendeni
Jonnson
Elyrian Named Dist Official of Kiwanis Clubs
Elyrian will be district official of Kiwanis Clubs for a event at the Elsre Fiks & Kroom on Jesusry 15 for the installation of Jim Armitage as Kiwanis Sixth Division lieutenant governor discussed at the ixrie Kawenis Club meeting at the Eiks Marine Room. Armitage, a member of the local club, will be installed as the first lieutenant governor of the newly created Sixth Division. Committee reports on activities during 1947 were presented by committee chairmen at Wednesday's meeting.
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Elsre Fiks & Kroom
Jesusry
Jim Armitage
Kiwanis
Ixrie Kawenis
Pit Reid
Eiks Marine Room
Armitage
Children To Sing At Elyria Home For Aged
A program to entertain residents at the Elyria Home for the Aged will start at 7 pm led by local children. The notice also advertises a Civic Forum presentation titled Can Russia Be Part of One World by H. R. Knickerbocker vs. Walter Duranty on January 7 at Elyria High School Auditorium.
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Elyria
Elyria Civic Forum
H. R. Knickerbocker
Walter Duranty
Russia
Elyria High School
Adv
17 Named In New List Of Speculators
Washington Senate Appropriations Committee disclosed 17 Commerce Department employees who have speculated in commodities since July 1 1946. Names include Forest G. Warren and LeRoy H. Mantell among others. locations not specified, eight may work in the field.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Department of Commerce
Secretary of Commerce
William C. Foster
Senate Committee
Commerce Department
Hst
Forest G. Warren
Office of International Trade
Foster
Warren
LeRoy H. Mantell
Office
Warren B. Nelson
Census Bureau
Civil Aeronautics Administration
John R. Carney
Raymond R. Meyer
William E. Carpenter
John P. Rowan
W. L. Perrotta
Harold A. Wilde
Phillip Tucker
Arabs Invade Holy Land In Overnight Arab Assaults
Jerusalem reports describe an Arab invasion of Palestine from Syria as Hagana forces rush to Galilee. Clashes near Genosar leave at least one Jew dead while 25 bodies await burial amid siege and fuel shortages in the Jewish quarter of the old city.
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Jerusalem
Palestine Mandate
Holy Land
Hagana
Sea of Galilee
Genosar
Galilee
Palestine
Mount Scopus
Old City
Plumber Sails 3000 Miles for Guam Job
A Hawaii plumber set a long distance record by sailing 30 feet on a sailboard from Oahu to Guam to apply for a job. The trip took 42 days and covered 3000 miles, illustrating the reach of the Chronicle-Telegram Wanted Ad service.
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Oahu
Hawaii
Guam
Chronicle - Telegram
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Clifton B. Cates
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Ginger Rogers
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Y.M.C
Lincolx
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Merton
Red Skelton Adv
Missouri
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