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Newspaper

The Chronicle Telegram

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jan 05, 1954

Page

3

Plan Pupil Distribution In Firelands School District

The Firelands School District held a night meeting at Henrietta to discuss grade distribution as a new high school opens. Parents largely favored a plan placing grades one through six in three elementary schools while Henrietta becomes junior high, with detailed staffing and transportation implications outlined by Superintendent James H. Ehrman.

Firelands Board of Education Henrietta James H. Ehrman Brownhelm Camden Florence Ehrman Bureau of Educational Research The State University Henretta Firelands High School Circuit Brownheim Errman PTA Henrietta Junior High

Recession Debate Heats Up as Democrats Clash With GOP

Democrats assert a recession is underway despite President Eisenhower’s claim of prosperity. As Congress prepares to reconvene, McCormack Patman and other leaders fault GOP policy, warning of a deepening downturn. Sparkman and Robertson urge action to aid farmers and stave further decline.

Washington Eisenhower America Congress House John McCormack di Mass Wright Patman Tex GOP Patman John Sparkman Willis Robertson Larlier

New Mayor Postpones State of the City Message

Mayor J Grant Keys postponed his State of the City address to the next regular council session January 18 due to urgent business. He announced a 36 day grace period with Elvira Transit Co and union avoiding a strike, and depot operations will stay open for 30 days while a solution is pursued. Keys urged cautious progress on parking, electrification, open meetings, information sharing, and duties.

J. Grant Keys Keys Elvira Transit Co Michael Lotko

Speaker Named for Lorain Soil Conservation District Meeting

B G Perkins manager of the Industrial Research Division of Doane Agricultural Service will address the Lorain Soil Conservation District annual meeting at Wellington Town Hall Thursday at 1 pm. About 250 are expected. A business meeting will include election of two board members from four nominees Glen Rollin Ed Galinsky Harry Brandt Corbett Walker. Perkins a Peoria County Illinois farm native and University of Illinois graduate has steered Doane farms to profitability and led industrial research since 1944.

B. G. Perkins Doane Agricultural Service, Inc United States Lorain Soil Conservation District Wellington Town Hall Charles Coles Board of Supervisors Glen Rollin Huntington Ed Galinsky Harry Brandt Pittsfield Corbett H. Walker Wellington Township Perkins Peoria County University of Illinois Doane Agricultural Service Missouri Ilinois Ozark

Missing $160000 from U S Bureau of Engraving probe

Secret Service combs the Bureau of Engraving Building for clues after $160,000 in new $20 bills disappear from the vault. 25 to 30 packing room employees are to be questioned as investigators inspect a Dec 31 vault lock and note serial numbers indicating the notes were prepared for shipment to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Washington Secret Service Bureau of Engraving A. E. Baughmann FBI H. J. Holtzclaw Bureau Baughmann Federal Reserve Bank of New York

One Man's Opinion by Walter Kiernan

A satirical column notes a Gulf of Siam treasure chase and returns to domestic matters. It mocks budget analysis and the budget office, comments on the State of the Union and Ike's health of home greens, and criticizes overextension and credit. It ends with a blunt line on mutual commerce and grease to the wheels.

Captain Kidd Gulf of Siam

Two Million Skiers Expected in National Forests

The Agriculture Department, overseeing the national forests, reports nearly two million skiers are expected to visit this winter. It notes many new facilities built for skiers and already good snowfall in key areas. Close to two million visited last year.

Washington BS Agriculture Department National Forests

Committee To Study Proposals Prompt Tax Cut Debate

Washington lawmakers warned President Eisenhower faces a tough test if Congress pushes new tax cuts in an election year. Rep. Daniel Reed announced the Ways and Means Committee will prioritize a major tax overhaul costing about one billion dollars yearly, aiming to aid working mothers families with dependents and medical bills. Senator Byrd urged a balanced budget with major spending cuts as fiscal 1955 looms. Rep. Kean warned Social Security could go bankrupt if the Jan 1 tax rate boosts are rolled back, while Sen Butler pressed elimination of the 132 percent increase for employer and employee contributions.

Washington Congress Eisenhower Daniel A. Reed R-N.y Reed Harry F. Byrd D-Va Byrd Esenhower Robert W. Kean N.J. l Hugh Butler R-Neb

Red China Banks Hurt By Blackmail Cash Collapse

Hong Kong five state banks face disaster after a sharp drop in overseas remittance proceeds from blackmail, plunging from 22.7 million dollars in 1952 to 700 thousand in 1953. Western sources say a new plan for global blackmail is being prepared for 1934.

China Hong Kong Reds U. S United States Peiping

Twelfth Night Program Grows From Religious Secular Roots

Elyria marks Twelfth Night with a bonfire and church led rites blending Epiphany and secular Yuletide customs. The event, chaired by Rev. James Lumadue and hosted by the Elyria Junior Chamber, features Mayor Kers, the Elyria High School choir, and fire department safety as residents can arrange tree pickups through the sanitation department.

Elyria England Germany St. Boniface Odin Elyria Junior Chamber of Commerce James Lumadue J. Grant Kers Elyria High School J. Martin Beck Lumadue

Electronics Firm Buys Controlling Interest in IRD Corp

A Pittsburgh firm announced it has acquired a controlling stake in the International Research and Development Corp of Columbus, its first venture in electronics. The Columbus company makes vibration analysis instruments and balancing equipment for industry, selling in America. Japan will hold in Yokohama.

Pittsburgh SS Pittsburgh International Research and Development Corp Columbus H. H. Robertson Co Japan Yokohama America

Record Volume Reached In ’53 At Post Office Here

Postal receipts at the Eivma post office hit a new high for 1953. J. P. Gibbons reports total receipts of 303,681.47, up from 1952’s 456,582.81. The final quarter alone brought 166,3569, exceeding last year’s 145,162.63 as cancelations topped 7,226,200 plus a batch of metered mail.

Eivma J. P. Gibbons Nick Smith Maiis Gibbons Smith

Police Arrest Man Amid Wrong Time at Porterville Cafe

Police rushed to the El Jalisco cafe in Porterville California after a report an unidentified man attacked Ruday Silva with a knife and a beer bottle. Silva fled the scene as officers arrived and seized him by mistake while the actual assailant escaped through the back door.

Porterville Calif Ruday Silva Silva

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