Oberlin College President Speaks At Annual Meeting
Oberlin College President William B. Stevenson addressed the First Congregational Church annual meeting on churchmanship for today. He warned of postwar disillusion among veterans and urged education reform, home influence, democracy’s teaching, and unity against communism, ending with a call for more brotherhood and the Golden Rule. The event included a 6:30 dinner for about 180, with music by the Lorain County Teachers’ Orchestra and business sessions approving the coming year’s budgets and officer elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin College
First Congregational Church
Highiter
Elyvia Audréneé
William B. Stevenson
Stevenson
Peopl
Woman's Association
Leo R. Meyer
Richard Godmar
Thomas Potter
Lorain County Teachers’ Orchestra
Gerald Frank
D. W. Nethercut
William A. Leath
A. J. Plocher
Home Service
M. M. Windsor
War Victims and Reconstruction Fund
Charles $. Bowden
Dexter S. Kimball, Jr
Chauncey J. Smythe
Board of Deacons
Ira Gough
Dwight Felt
Stolen License Plate Ties To Local Robbery Case
A Chestnut Ridge road incident reports a stolen license plate from Mrs. Emily Bott’s car parked at Colson lot. A witness, Kenneth Barclay, aided police by bringing suspect to headquarters, describing the robber as about five feet one inch tall and 180 pounds, with the scene prompting further discussion on veterans services and community organizations aiding those affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Bott
Chestnut Ridge Road
Colson
Lng
Melvin J Arndt Dies In Rochester
Melvin J Arndt 65 former Elyria resident died at 2 am today in Rochester New York He was chief draftsman for Stromburn Carlson company at the time of his death He leaves wife Mina a son Willis a daughter Mrs Vernon Clark of Penfield New York one grandson Robert Clark a brother Clifford of Cleveland and a sister Ethel Burech of Florida Buried will be in New York state Relatives in Elyria also survive Mr and Mrs C W Hudson Clem Gratz and daughter Mrs Marie Jones left for Rochester. Mrs Hudson and Mrs Gratz are sisters of Arndt
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin J, Arendt
Ely- Tia
Rochester
New York
Arndt
Dean Electris
Stromburn- Carlson Company
Mina
Willis
Vernon Clark
Penfield
Robert Clark
Clifford
Cleveland
Ethel Burech
Florida
Elyria Alan
Burin
New York State
C.W. Hudson
Clem Gratz
Marie Jones
Hudson
Gratz
Bridge Operators’ Salary Request Rejected in Lorain
Lorain commissioners refused a $27 monthly raise for Eric Avenue bridge operators, keeping pay at $198 monthly though a prior $10 raise was given last September. They hinted at possible hours reduction from 48 to 44 per week. Operators classified as semi skilled, earning 14 cents hourly, below National Tube Co. unskilled wage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eric Avenim
Lorain
Julius Uehlein
Glorain C. O. Canned
Uehlein
National Tube Co
CTO, i Municipal Workers Union
Welton Named Supt Of Lorain County Highway Garage
Leon A. Welton of Gratton has been appointed superintendent of the Lorain County state highway garage at Oberlin effective February 1, succeeding Democrat Joseph Conley. Welton, a Republican, was approved by the Lorain County Republican Executive committee and has 20 years of highway experience, most recently as an inspector in Ashland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon A. Welton
Gratton
Lorain County
Oberlin
Joseph Conley
Lorain
Welton
Ashland
Harold I. Covault
Driving Under Influence Fined in Elyria
Harry Larson of 265 West River Street was fined 350 and costs and had his driving privileges suspended for six months after an arraignment before Mayor A. R. Agate for DUI. Also noted: Leut. Robert H. Curtis helped extinguish a fire in his brother Jack Curtis’s car on Tenth Street before firefighters arrived. The LaGrange Junior class, led by Bob Gahrig, plans a paper drive on Saturday February 1. Road accident damage reported on Broad Street when two cars collided. Jane Worthington granted a divorce from Max Worthington for wilful absence and neglect, with custody of a child and support. Veterans housing plan discussed with multiple groups, proposing a service coordinating committee and partial temporary housing solutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Larson
West River Street
Ohio Street
Costa
Elyria
A. R. Agate
Robert H. Curtis
Ik, 4 Fire Department
Tenth Street
Jack Curtis
Lieut. Curtis
Central Fire Station
Jane, Worthington
Max
D A. Cook
Common Pleas Court
Gulf Road
Veter Hound
Veterans Service Venter
Corbele Southam
United Spanish War Veterans
George Perking
American Legion
Amyeline
Elying
George Robson
Region Posts Service Committee
David Hymen
Punt
Improvement Of Courthouse To Be Discussed Tonight
County commissioners discuss courthouse improvement at Lorain City Hall at 7 30 p m today. The Lorain Chamber of Commerce requests the meeting and has recommended building a new courthouse on a site between Elyria and Lorain.
Two Boys Accused of Reckless Driving
Police charged a 16 year old with reckless driving after a collision on Middle avenue near Sixth street where a car driven by Lewis Martin dragged 75 feet. A 17 year old was referred to juvenile court for reckless driving after backing his car out at Northalley and West Avenue at 7 55 p m yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Todsy
Middle Avenue
Sixth Street
Lewis Martin
Obertin Road
Martin
Northalley
West Avenue
Ask Change In Report On Fatal Accident
Relatives of Bernard J. Feron of Wellington say he did not walk into the street from between parked cars when killed by a hit and run vehicle last Saturday night. They requested the sheriff's department revise its report to reflect this correction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard J. Feron
Wellington
Feron
Sheriff Department
Deaths and investigations mix in diverse notices
Harry L. Wilber 44 died at home in Birmingham after a four month illness. Private funeral 2 p m Saturday at L. D. Gerber Funeral Home with Rev Eastman officiating. burial in Birmingham. Cora Wert 74 died at her daughter’s home on Lakewood Drive after long illness. survived by husband Wallace and three daughters plus grandchildren and great grandchildren. services 2:30 p m Monday at Hopkins Funeral Home, interment Rose Will Memorial. J. Wausche Sr and Margaret Mahoney discuss Senate liquor inquiry extending to 1944 Victoria Brandy purchases. Gov Herbert and Atty Gen Jenkins plan actions, with no immediate policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry L. Wilber Wakeman
Harry L. Wilber
Birmingham
Ted W. Wilber
L. D. Gerber Puneral
F. E B. Eastman
Wakeman Congregational Church
Cora Wert
Avon Lake
Mia
Maurice Bloomfield
Lakewood Drive
Akron
Wallace
Bloomfields
Bloomfield
Irma Wella
Warren
Mildred Cable
Addison Fusselman
Lakewood
N. Y
Frank
Burmeister
Hopkins Funers
Canton Road
Rose- Will Memorial Cemetery
Thomas J. Herbert
Jenkins
Herbert
Senate Committee
Youngstown
Cleveland
Senate
State Department of Liquor Control
Captured Nazi Documents Claim Hitler Expected Britain Neutral
Washington reports reveal Nazi papers suggesting Hitler gambled Britain would stay out of war and ally with Germany or at least abstain from naval conflict. Doenitz statements say Germany planned Russia invasion and underprepared navy, with only 48 U boats at war start and ships scrapped for land arms.
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Hitler
Britain
Washington
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Poland
Fuahrer
England
France
Russia
Europe
Grand Adm
Karl Doenitz
Maty
Fuehrer
Aso
United States
Reich
Doenitz
Scharnhorst
Norway
Chapman details on liquor permits and politics
Chapman explains he did not issue licenses but approved them and that bonds followed. He notes initials on Alps permits identified by him or at his request to mark applications. With many apps, special attention was given to those called to his notice and 75 percent of permits went to ex service men. He cites political pressure from veterans groups judges mayors sheriffs and legislators. He recalls urging a survey board for D-4 permits and freezing permits, while an AG probe unfolds in several counties. He is willing to testify to a grand jury senate committee or similar body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elytin Veterans Service Center
Raymond Yunker
Veterans Administration
Lorain
Veterans' Service Organizations
Courtney £. Kirby
Elyria Veterans Service Center
Lorain County Soldiers and Sailors Relief Commission
Veterans Service
Soldiers and Sailors Relief Commission
Lorain County
Elyria
Kirby
Soldiers’ Commission
Jack L. Refenning
Martin McManus
Veterans’ Service
Ghia State Employment Service
OSES
Red Cross
Edis Schropp
Alps
J. L
John Lokar
C. J
Charles Lausche
Chapman
Lausche
Cleveland
Alwaye
Hugh Jenkins
Ohio
Senate
Oberlin Band soloist to perform at basketball game
Oberlin College announces Mrs Lee Stryker will be vocal soloist with the Oberlin College Band at the basketball game this Saturday night February 1. A University of Iowa graduate she has sung on G E television and hosted her own radio program there. Her husband is a student in the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
Lee Stryker
Oberlin College
Rusala
Health Department
Allen Hoaphat
Robert Pandy
Harald Walley
Paul Earl
John Davis
Ft. Jackson
Ronald C. Smith
Hate Smith
North Pleasant
Army Signal Corps
South Carolina
Heads Library Board
Library Board of Trustees
John von Blum
Frederick Bentley
Donald M. Love
William P. Davis
King Fauvers
Elyria
Wheatley
Wheatley Center
Clair L. Schaeffer enters Amherst Council race
Clair L. Schaeffer of 374 Milan Avenue Amherst filed as the first Democrat to seek a city council seat. He submitted his candidacy declaration at the Lorain County Board of Elections Elyria office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clair L. Schaeffer
Milan Avenue
Amherst
Schaeffer
Elyria
Lorain County
Republic Steel Net Income Up In 1946
Republic Steel Corporation reported 1946 net income of 2.53 dollars per common share on total earnings of 16,033,463 with sales of 415,749,805, versus 1945 profits of 9,543,443 on 500,815,191 sales. Production rate reached 70.4 percent, tax provision was 9,000,000, and 1945 taxes stood at 17,100,000. 1946 results include a 3,100,000 restoration from a contingent reserve to cover strike-related charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic Steel
Cleveland
Republic Steel Corporation Today
Feders
High Water Closes Roads In Columbia Township Area
Deputy sheriff reports State Route 62 near the river at Columbia township closed due to high water. Route 18 two miles east of Wellington flooded from heavy rains. Black River in Cascade Park rises to 12 feet above normal today.
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Columbia Township
Wellington
Black River
Cascade Park
Markets Deliver Mixed Quotations From Midwest and Toledo
A scrambled OCR listing various market quotations and receipts across produce and livestock. It notes prices for apples, pears, squash, turnips, and beans, plus Chicago, Toledo, and Cleveland market figures. Livestock shows steady to slow demand with ranges for cattle, calves, and hogs due to fluctuating buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paanelan
Etrera
Nazi Propagandist Fritzsche Sentenced to Hard Labor
Hans Fritzsche once top German radio commentator was convicted by a German denazification court after acquittal by the International War Crimes Tribunal. He received nine years at hard labor with all property confiscated except essentials for his wife and daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mernberg
Hans Fritzsche
Ace
Fritsche
Germany
Fritzsche
Konrad Renner
Fritzche
Two Elyria High freshmen named to cabinet
Election of two Elyria High School freshmen to the Student Cabinet was announced. Jane Smith of 204 Wed avenue and Thomas Farmer of 443 Adams Street will represent their class for the remainder of the school year. The cabinet has 20 members with seats allocated by class and year. A 16 year old youth was held for auto theft after allegedly borrowing Sylvia Kleeby’s car on Fuller road. the car was later found to be stolen from her driveway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria High Schol
Jane Smith
Wed Avenue
Thomas Farmer
Adams Street
Donald F. Andress
Sylvia Kleeby
Grafton Road
Fuller Road
Andress
Lien
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Teeagere
Ran
Resar, Florist
B. Rive
Indicott Photo Shop
Broad Street
Chronicle-Telegra Rigria
Melvin J, Arndt
Highway Garage
LA Grange
LaGrange
Bob Gahrig
Larry Gibson
Worain
John Smith
Broadsteel
Smith
Lynn Brumby
Jhooa
Sudro
Curtis
Roenitz
BOB Champion College
St. Phone
Amherst Council
U. dMein
Leal
Norihekn Py
Wuslea
Chicago
Toledo
Oraio Close
Central Penna
Montgomery Ward
Sears Roebuck
General Motors
U. S. Steel Cities Service
Elyria Telephone Company
Smith & CO
Elyria Savings
Broad St
Phose
Gabardine
Renner
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