Mayor Signs Wage Boost Ordinance Amid Budget Dialectic
Mayor Joseph Q. Petro announced he will approve the council passed wage boost increasing salaries by 10 dollars a month for about 100 city employees, totaling roughly 2400 dollars per year. The plan splits funding between general operating funds and water works and road funds, with the general fund facing a year end deficit.
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Russians Again Smash Nazi Positions
The Red Army drives on the southern front under Marshal Semyon Timoshenko. Kursk break-throughs, heavy artillery barrages, and Russian reserves push German defenses back. Reports note Luftwaffe damage and stalled service due to winter conditions.
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Seymon Timoshenko
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Weather forecast for Ohio includes colder east portion
The report notes somewhat colder conditions in eastern Ohio with light snow anticipated in the western and northern portions late tonight, signaling a chilly unsettled pattern across the state.
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Navy Extends Hunt For Subs To Gulf Area
The Navy expanded its intensive hunt for German submarines to the Gulf of Mexico to protect oil ports in South Texas. Navy and Army planes patrol the Gulf for two subs feared off the South Texas coast while surface ships blimps and aircraft joining the search. Survivors of the Lady Hawkins arrived in San Juan as authorities assess the latest Nazi sinkings and losses in Atlantic waters.
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Heart Attack Fatal to Autoist and Truck Driver Injured
New London Ohio section reports Charles Twaddle 52 of hero died of a heart attack while driving on Route 13 en route from Norwalk. Leonard Williams of Glyde, a truck driver, was injured with a fractured leg when Twaddle’s car veered into Williams’ wagon loaded with steel. Coroner says death occurred before collision. Funeral set at Clarksfield Methodist Church. Survived by wife Mary two sons Leroy Dorr and three sisters. Burial in Clarksfield cemetery.
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Houten County
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Clarksfield
Grace Shipman
Rochester l
Lillian Crandall
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Walnut Street
Roosevelt to Address Nation With Fireside Chat Likely by Feb 22
President Roosevelt plans a radio Fireside Chat within four months possibly around George Washington's Birthday on February 22. Secretary Farley noted many requests to quell rumors and clarify the war, though the timing may not be ideal. He did not reveal the chat's exact topics.
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Churchill Wins Overwhelming Confidence Vote
London January 23 Prime Minister Winston Churchill won an overwhelming Commons confidence vote 464 to 10 after asserting the AEF’s readiness to engage the enemy in close contact. He linked U S troop presence to deterring Hitler and noted AEF in Ireland would aid protection for Ulster and Ireland.
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Former Chronicle Telegram Carrier Joins Navy Enlistment
Russell Schanbacher aged 19 of 102 Waterstreet enlisted in the navy for six years and left today for the Great Lakes training station. He had been a former Chronicle Telegram carrier and worked at National Tube Co. a farewell dinner was held at his home for family and friends.
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Chronicle Telegram
First Methodist Church Installs New Pastor in Elyria
Announcement by Bishop Lester Smith and Superintendent Karl Minster confirms Dr. Homer W. Courtney will lead the Elyria First Methodist Church while Dr. F. L. Wicks moves to Ashland, and Dr. Adam Hunter leaves Ashland to Cambridge. Final cabinet approval came in Cleveland today.
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Elyria Man In Critical Condition After Bridge Fall
Charles McCabley 44.6 percent, of 965 East Bridge Street, was reported in critical condition at Elyria Memorial Hospital today from a possible fractured skull suffered at about 3 PM yesterday when, it is believed, he fell from a railroad bridge abutment on Washington Avenue to the sidewalk. He was found lying on the sidewalk.
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Olsen To Lead Elyria Women In Defense Plan
Neely Powers announces Mrs. C. A. Olsen of 147 Overbrook as coordinator of all women’s activities for the Civilian Defense Council. Olsen will appoint a woman in each ward to supervise about seven homes each for an air raid wardens survey. Ward helpers will wear armbands to show authorization.
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Elyria Draft Board Names 22 Induction Candidates
The Elyria draft board announced 22 registrants now in Class 1-A awaiting early induction into the Army. This is the first list released since a new ruling allowed naming men to be inducted soon, after over a month of wartime blackout on names and induction dates.
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Elyria Youth Now Aviation Cadet
James Seres son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Seres of 4 Furnace Street trained as an aviation cadet at Kessler Field Biloxi Mississippi after qualifying at Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana He enlisted in the Air Corps in January and is a Miami University graduate with a bachelor degree in business administration
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Chronicle-Telegram Carriers Sell 86 333 Defense Stamps in Five Weeks
Chronicle-Telegram readers bought 86 333 Defense Stamps in five weeks, with 24 607 stamps sold this week to families on their routes. Carriers report 81 730 stamps sold in the first four weeks, all part of a voluntary Civil War era defense drive.
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Unified command centers formed in Pacific and Caribbean areas
In a late bulletin from Washington dated January 29 U P Admiral Nimitz is named commander in chief of the Pacific fleet with defenses under Gen Delos Emmons in Hawaii. A unified command also covers the Panama Canal and Western Caribbean with Lieut Gen Frank Andrews and Rear Admiral J H Hoover in key roles. Archibald Wavell leads a new Southwest Pacific supreme command agreed by Roosevelt and Churchill.
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British DestroyersSic Japanese Fleet in East Malaya Action
Two ancient British destroyers charged a Japanese fleet off the East Malaya coast and sank one enemy destroyer while damaging another. The Thanet went down as the Japanese turned to flee. Many crewmen were believed to reach shore, facing possible capture.
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Geneds Will Ration Gasoline
Ottawa announces a wartime gasoline rationing plan for private use starting after April. Private automobile owners will receive about 90 gallons per year, enough for roughly 3400 miles, with possible reductions if military demand rises.
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Winds appoints Ray Eliot as grid coach at Illinois
Champaign UL Jan 21 The University of Winds board of trustees named Ray Eliot football life coach as head coach succeeding Robert Zuppke. Eliot will earn 96000 a year for a one year term. Eliot has coached Illinois for five years and served as Zuppke’s top assistant. Zuppke retired two months ago after 29 years at Illinois.
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University of Winds Board of Trustees
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Rangoon skirmish claims limited Japanese air loss
American and British pilots in Rangoon area claim to have destroyed at least one enemy aircraft and possibly more after engaging Japanese fighter planes. Only one Tomahawk fighter is reported lost with no American injuries.
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Japs Lose Many Men but Keep Pressing Toward Singapore
Singapore reports indicate Allied forces claim 450 Japanese killed on the Malaya front with a central Japanese column now within 38 miles of the Tebran Strait. Australian bayonet attacks reassert pressure on the east coast while 250 Japanese struck 30 Australians in a heavy exchange. Bombers and fighter planes counter Japanese air activity as Britons defend the strait.
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U S Forces Repel Japanese Attacks In Macassar Straits
The War Department says Gen Douglas MacArthur's forces repelled further Japanese attacks in the Macassar Straits. American air and sea forces report sinking or damaging several ships as the battle continues, with totals showing 33 Japanese vessels sunk or damaged and additional likely losses.
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