Three Die in Berlin Airlift Crash Amid Storms
Planes dropped supplies to residents cut off by two weeks of severe weather across the western plains. The storm damaged communications, caused power shortages and rationing, and prompted mercy flights carrying blood plasma, baby food, bread, milk, medicine, coal and hay aided by National Guard and Civil Air Patrol.
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Plains
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio River
California
Los Angeles
Catalina Island
Pacific Northwest
Gordon
Neb
National Guard
Civil Air Patrol
Lowry Field
Denver
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Western Union
Bolivar
Flagstaff
Ariz
Industrial Teams Ready For Y M C A Drive
Three industrial division teams were formed for the 37th Elyria YMCA Membership Campaign after a meeting of division leaders and factory representatives. Leaders include Ray Brouse Ray Morris and Richard Elliott with Wilbur J. Henry heading the industrial division. Campaign runs January 24 to January 31 with city division captains to report progress at a Tuesday dinner meeting at the YMCA.
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Elyria Y. M. C. A
Ray Brouse
Ray Morris
Richard Elliott
Wilbur J. Henry
Mark Abbe
Alan Davies
Carl Niemeyer
Richard J. Gollmar
County Board of Education Set for Saturday Meeting
The Lorain County Board of Education will hold its 1949 organization meeting at 2 p.m. Saturday at the board offices, 420 West Third Street. The January meeting will be combined with the organization session under state law. Officers for 1949 will be elected, with present officers William A. Schmittgen and Fred W. Loft continuing as president and vice president.
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Lorain
Cleveland Northeast Ohio Weather Forecast
Weather outlook for northeastern Ohio calls for cloudy skies and continued cool temperatures with snow flurries this afternoon and tonight. Thursday remains cloudy and cool with a low near 26 and a high around 38 degrees.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Defense Of Tientsin Hold Despite Communist Assaults
Reports from Tientsin say the city is still resisting major Communist onslaughts at 4 p.m. with the Nationalist defense line intact. Fierce fighting on the western perimeter and heavy mortar and artillery fire on the northern sector mark the siege. A four member truce mission from the city council remained missing after 23 hours behind Communist lines. Food persists but prices soar as foreigners, including 82 Americans, fear harm as Communists approach.
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Shanghai
Tientsin
U. S
Republicans To Hold Dinner Meeting Tomorrow
The Republican party opens its municipal election campaign with a dinner for city precinct committeemen and officials at the Elks, announced by Carl Curtis. Candidates must file petitions by Feb 2 for the May 3 primary. all city terms expire this year except the city auditor, a four year term ending 1951.
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Republican Party
Elks
Carl Curtis
Republican City Committee
Death of Ohio Spanish War Veterans commander Ernest E. Sykes
Ernest E. Sykes of Belle Center Ohio, Ohio Department commander of the United Spanish War Veterans, died in Lima Memorial Hospital after a period of illness. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p m from Postle Funeral Home in Belle Center.
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Woodworth
United Spanish War Veterans
Ohio Department
Ernest E. Sykes
Belle Center
Ohio
Sykes
Lima Memorial Hospital
Postle Funeral Home
Army closes Camp Pickett and Camp Breckenridge in slowdown
Second Army headquarters said Camp Pickett in Virginia and Camp Breckenridge in Kentucky will close likely in late March and the divisions trained there will become inactive. The 17th Airborne is based at Pickett and the 101st at Breckenridge as part of Army expansion slowdown. A seafood party is listed at Carey's Villa on Jan. 14 with Maine lobster, frog legs, shrimp, fried crabs, and clam chowder priced at $2.50 for the fall course dinner.
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Fort Mead
Second Army
Camp Pickett
Camp Breckenridge
101St Airborne
Breckenridge
17Th Airborne
Pickett
Carey's Villa
Maine
City Auditor completes 1949 appropriation ordinance in Lorain
City Auditor Ellbait today announced the completion of the city appropriation ordinance for 1949 totaling 1,669,991. The general fund gets 603,475 and the sinking, water works, gasoline tax, police pension, parking meter, firemen’s pension, auto tax, police fire and equipment replacement, and special recreation funds receive specified allocations through the Lorain County Budget Commission. The plan details salaries, maintenance, and services across departments including admin offices, street work, utilities, cemeteries, parks, and health, with funds segmented into five accounts within the general fund and specific allocations for each purpose.
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Ellsworth
Lorain County
Ridgelawn
Brookdale
General Fund
Civil Service Commission
Mayor’s Court
Board of Control
Purchasing Department
Planning Commission
Recreation Board
One Killed Six Hurt In Two Car Crash
A head-on collision on U S route 24 near Defiance killed Karl Muhlfeld 60 of Saginaw Mich and seriously injured six others. Critically hurt were Louis Royer 55 and Lauren C Ross 44. Also hospitalized were Alvin D Stoll 49 Gale Keller 55 and Paul Wrigley 59 all with broken bones. Ida Janson 66 of Saginaw sister in law of the dead man was among the injured. The five injured men were Toledo Edison supervisors en route to a Toledo business meeting.
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Defiance
Karl Muhlfeld
Saginaw
Mich
Here
Louis Royer
Lauren C. Ross
Defiance Hospital
Alvin D.7stoll
Gale Keller
Paul Wrigley
Ida Janson
Toledo Edison Company
Toledo
First Church Lobbyist Leads Ohio Registrations
Secretary of State Charles F. Sweeney announced that 42 legislative representatives lobbyists have filed the required registrations. The lead registrant was James Dunn Jr of Lakewood, who said he works to advocate or oppose measures in the General Assembly for the First Church of Christ Scientist.
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Columbus
Charles F. Sweeney
James Dunn Jr
Lakewood
General Assembly
First Church of Ij Chriat
Postal Inspector Slain in Oklahoma City Post Office
Postal Inspector Ernest M. Harkins aged 45 was shot in the lobby of the main post office at 8 30 am while heading to his mailbox. He died at Mercy Hospital. Police suggested the slayer might be the same man who killed an attorney yesterday.
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Oklahoma City
Ernest M. Harkins
Harkins
Lat
Mercy Hospital
Snow Blankets Much of Ohio With Cold, Melting Early
Heavy snowfall covers large parts of Ohio with temperatures ranging from 22 to 34 degrees. Snow backs off to rain along the Ohio River as daylight arrives, with slippery highways reported except near Lake Erie and in select regions. Columbus sees about three inches, Hocking Valley about an inch.
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Weather Bureau
State Highway Department
Lake Erie
Highway Department
Columbus
Hocking Valley
Ohio River
Pomeroy
Middleport
Four Discussion Sessions On UN To Be Held
The Elyria United Nations Forum and the League of Women Voters of Elyria sponsor a four part series on the United Nations. The first session runs Thursday 9 30 to 11 a m in the library conference room. Future dates include January 20 January 27 and February 3 with times 1 30 to 3 p m and 9 38 to 11 a m respectively. Speakers tomorrow include Mrs Curtis Spence Mrs G Russel Hargate and Mrs C Sheldon Rieley. Representatives and others are invited to attend.
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United Nations
Elyria
Curtis Spence
G. Russel Hargate
C. Sheldon Rieley
United Nations Forum
League
Truman Pay Boost Bill Nears Vote
Democratic leaders push a fast track plan to raise the President and top federal officials salaries before Truman’s term begins on January 9. The Civil Service Committee approved the bill with one dissenting vote and expects Senate action to wrap before the new term. projected annual cost runs over six million dollars nations.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Senate Civil Service Committee
Congress
District of Columbia Civil Service
Foreign Service
William Langer
BR. N. D. Civil Service Committee
Cold War Slump Masks West May 1949 East-West Strain
The article notes a midwinter lull in the Cold War among major powers while Moscow intensifies propaganda toward Scandinavia to deter Nordic states from joining the North Atlantic Security Pact. It cites Western tensions over Palestine, Indonesia, Germany, and Anglo-French relations as central issues, with Norway weighing a pact break from Sweden. The piece outlines a Western effort to shore up a defensive stance this spring as the Russians await Western moves, and mentions ongoing Berlin blockade and airlift.
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London
Russia
Scandinavia
Palestine
Indonesia
Germany
Moscow Literary Gazette
Halvard Lange
United Nations General Assembly
Berlin
West
Streamliner Jumps Rails in Florida Crash
A Seaboard Orange Blossom Special derailed near Leesburg Florida injuring 21 people. Twelve of the 16 Pullman cars left the track as the engine tumbled a quarter mile and burned. No serious injuries among passengers or crew on the northbound tourist train.
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Leesburg
Fla
Seaboard Railway
New York
Miami
Skymaster Crashes Near Base. Three Die in Berlin Run
A U S Sky master on the Berlin Airlift route crashed and burned as it neared its base at Frambourt. All three crew members were killed. Two officers Lieutenant Leroy B Hansen of Salt Lake City and Lieutenant Bertram W Brunner of Stratford Mississippi rushed to the wreckage and pulled the three bodies clear. They witnessed the crash from a nearby superhighway.
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Franbeurt
Leroy B. Hansen
Salt Lake City
Bertram W. Brunner
Stratford
Mis
Timms Spring Co Gives 10000 For Three Bed Ward In Hospital Wing
The Timms Spring Company pledged ten thousand dollars to the Elyria Memorial Hospital campaign to fund a three bed ward on the top floor of the new wing. President William B Timms, a longtime hospital trustee, urged community support as Elyria grows. The $850000 drive aims to finish by January and kick off with a dinner at the Elks Club where campaign divisions plan their solicitations.
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Timms Spring Co
Timms Spring Company
Elyria Memorial Hospital
William B. Timms
Timms
Elyzia
Elyria
Hospital Board of Trustees
Denis Ryan
Elks Club
Woman slashed to death by propeller at Los Angeles airport
In Inglewood California a woman passenger identified as Miss H Crawford was killed when she rushed a boarding plane at LA Airport. Her itinerary listed Dallas and New Orleans. A purse held 2044 dollars and two First Bank and Trust Co. keys. She left the gate marked Employer Only and emerged into the plane’s path as it prepared to depart.
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Inglewood
Cal
A Airlines
Los Angeles
H. Crawford
Dallas
New Orleans
First Bank and Trust Co
South Bend
Ind
Elyria Memorial Hospital Building Campaign Prompts $850000 Goal
A public appeal explains that reaching $850000 will make Elyria Memorial Hospital eligible for about $250000 Federal grant under Public Law 725. If the goal is met within the campaign period this month, the grant could be obtained from current appropriations.
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Elyria
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Injuries Fatal To Coal Miner In Windber Pa
A coal miner William Wallenge Wallace 27 died eight hours after rescue from beneath 25 tons of rock at the Cairnbrook mine Loyalhanna Coal Co Windber hospital doctors said he suffered extreme shock and undetermined injuries. Eight hours earlier fellow workers freed him after 14 hours trapped in a narrow entry.
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Windber
William Wallenge
Cairnbrook
Loyalhanna Coal Co
Wallace
Windber Hospital
Governor seeks Vermont state power authority
Montpelier Vt Gov Ernest W Gibson urged lawmakers to create a state power authority with authority to buy sell and generate electricity. He said the St Lawrence River development could provide cheap power in the future but urged creation of the agency now.
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Montpelier
Ernest W. Gibson
Vermont
St. Lawrence
Elyria High senior girls take state test for DAR program
Five Elyria High School senior girls Phyllis Brackley Jane Gentzel Beverly Hartman Martha Keech and Mary Louise Lightfoot today took a two and a half hour DAR Good Citizenship Pilgrimage test at the school under testing supervisor S C Smith. The district dinner will be eligible to go to Columbus to compete in the state finals.
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Elyria High School
S.C. Smith
Elyria
Phyllis Brackley
Jane Gentzel
Beverly Hartman
Martha Keech
Mary Louise Lightfoot
Columbus
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