Clear Skies Bring Hope In The Inundated Areas
Residents in Mississippi and Missouri flood zones welcomed clear skies as forecasters predicted sustained warm weather to ease river burdens. The Mississippi crest reached record levels near Grand Tower, while Cape Girardeau faced rising waters and extensive evacuations. A deadly tornado near Grafton, North Dakota, killed and injured multiple residents, and Dupo Illinois warned that floods remained dangerous despite receding waters.
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Mississippi
Missouri River
Grand Tower
Front Street
St. Mary's
Perry County
Mic
Cape Girardeau
Grafton
N. D
Canada
Red River Valley
Dupo
Delmar Valine
Valine
Former King Carol Weds Magda Lupescu
In Rio de Janeiro former Romanian king Carol married Magda Lupescu, a red-haired former mistress, as she lay gravely ill. The civil ceremony in Hotel Copacabana followed a 23 year romance that shaped his throne fortunes.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Carol of
Romania
Magda Lupescu
Carol
Magda
Madame Pompadour
Balkans
Copacabana
Rio
Four Inmates Escape After Slugging Guard at State Hospital
Ohio police hunted four patients who slugged a guard and escaped from state hospital last night. Officials identified suspects as Robert Frost, 23 from Columbus. Ira Eden, 43 from Fast Rushville. Grover Spry, 23 from Jackson. and Clarence Underberger, from Dayton. They allegedly slugged George Watts, bound him with a rope, and seized his keys.
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Lima
Ohio
Limg State Hospital
Robert Frost
Columbus
Ira Eden
Fast
Cloudiness Increases With Warmth and Scattered Thunderstorms
Increasing clouds bring warmer conditions for today and tonight with scattered thundershowers in the western portion. Sunday features considerable cloudiness continued warmth and more scattered thunderstorms.
Geisel Manufacturing Ad for Aluminum Storm Windows
Me ee FoUsR Two Me ee FoUsR Two QUICK delivery on al aluminum storm windows screens doors and Venetian awnings. Phone 2991 Geisel Manufacturing Inc G1 West Avenue Ady.
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Geisel Manufacturing, Inc
West Avenue
Ady
Czechoslovakia and Poland May Join Paris Conference
Czechoslovakia and Poland indicated they may join the Paris Marshall Plan conference on July 12. A Czechoslovak cabinet spokesman said participation is generally accepted with formal action due Monday or Tuesday. Poland’s prime minister noted positive interest and pending Warsaw decision upon return.
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London
Russia
Moscow
Czechoslovakia
Josef Cycaniiewicz
Poland
Prague
Warsaw
Arm Amputation After Vermilion Traffic Crash
Robert Randolph Vrueden of Columbus lost his left arm in a Route 2 Vermilion collision when a car driven by Charles Bartol of Cleveland side swiped Prudén driving east. The front window tore the arm from the victim at the elbow. He was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital, Lorain, by Vermilion Police Chief Everett Smith.
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Robert Randolph Vrueden
Columbus
Vermilion
Charles Bartol
Cleveland
Prudén
Everett Smith
St. Joseph's Hospital, Lorain
Smith
Must Have Been Good Racket While It Lasted
Three Cleveland men who ran a thriving car parking racket on a downtown public lot beside the courthouse were jailed after authorities shut the operation down. Advi air show rodeo schedule mentioned with Oberlin Flying Field details and directions.
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Cleveland
Court House
Oberlin Flying Field
Oberlin
Cleveland Couple Save Four Toledoans After Boat Capsize
Vernon Haun, 36, and his wife La Joie, 30, of Cleveland helped rescue four Toledo youths when a 12 foot motorboat overturned off Danbury shore near Port Clinton. Mrs Haun pulled three youths aboard. Vern Haun swam out twice to save Lila Miranda, 15, who had disappeared and was revived by a Sandusky pharmacist. Rescued were Melba Thomas, 18. her brother Evans, 20. and Charlotte Thomas, 12.
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Port Clinton
Vern Hau
Lajoie
Cleveland
Danbury
Haun
Hetta Carpenter
Columbus
Lila Miranda
Sandusky
Melba “Thomas
Evans
Charlotte Thomas
Cascade Park Crowded on Fourth With Record Attendance
Superintendent John Madhock reported a banner Fourth at Cascade Park with about 4000 cars, including nine out of state vehicles from 26 states. Playground facilities, swimming pool, and picnic grounds were at capacity amid a busy day.
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Cascade Park
John Madhock
Care Of Children Budget Requests Total $88 800
Budget requests filed by the pre Lorain County Child Welfare Board and the County Children's Home total $88 800 an increase of $4 100 over INT. The Child Welfare Board asks $48 100 for 1948 up $3 730 from last year for LT operations. Foster home maintenance costs account for $30 000 of the board’s request about two thirds of the total. Other items include executive salary $4 600, employee salaries $7 500, physician salary $2 000, railites/finance and supplies $1 000, repairs/insurance $300, other expenses $1 500 and new equipment $2 000. Office rent and utilities estimated at $780 in the 147 budget. Continued on Page 2.
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Pre
Machinist Drowns While Fishing At Vermilion River
Howard Russell 25 a machinist at Cleveland Quarries Co South Amherst drowned in the Vermilion river while fishing with his wife Blanche. They rented a boat at Vermilion and rowed upstream when he fell in. A camper Paul Hurst swam across and searched vainly. Donald Gilbert and Harry Peters rescued the body. Coroner called it accidental drowning.
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Howard Russell
Cleveland Quarries Co
South Amherst
Vermilion River
Blanche
Buckeye Hotel
Vermilion
Cleveland
Paul Hurst
Vermi
Fisher ‘Undertaking Establishment
Versmilion
S. C. Ward
Cut Staff At Internal Revenue Office In Elyria
Three members of the local Internal Revenue office staff received separation notices terminating services on July 15. The laid off are Wied C. Ruth Robert Kiely and Claude Krueck. Remaining staff include D E Rimbach deputy collector and Walter Gasser. Kiely and Gasser are WWI veterans. The cuts follow a 20 million dollar reduction in appropriations. The released men go on terminal leave after July 15 and may not be eligible for reappointment.
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Internal Revenue Office
Ruth
Rimbach
Congress
Internal Revenue Department
Luethi of Elyria Chamber Dies at 66 in Boston
Harry W. Luethi, 66, secretary manager of the Elyria Chamber of Commerce for 12 years, died at 6:40 this morning in Boston after apendive treatment. He had traveled for examination by a noted surgeon for his son. A graduate of Oberlin College, Luethi taught music in Ashtabula schools and helped promote the Ashtabula Hotel and the old steel company. He later led the Elyria chamber in regional business efforts.
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Harry W. Luethi
Elyria Chamber of Commerce
Boston
Mass
New England Baptist Hospital
Heston
Stirkean
Luethi
Mr. Luuethi
Lake Erie
J. B. Johnson
Mier Eaties Neg Theta
Obertin College
Ashtabula
Ashtaluli
Chamber , of Commerce
She Old
Ashtabula Steel Company
Ashtabula Chamber of No. 2
Fuge 2
World’s fastest woman flier Marge Hurlburt dies in crash
Decoras Iowa mourns Marge Hurlburt a 24 year old former English teacher who became the world speed queen. She crashed during a stunt at an air show by the Flying Tigers just after taking off in a Navy Corsair marked by a loop into a cornfield six miles east of the airport. She had recently joined the Wasps women’s flying corps and previously set speed records at Tampa and Cleveland. Her body was taken to Farnesville Ohio for burial.
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Decoras
Marge Hurlburt
Fyer
Mise Hurlburt
Flying Tigers
Farnesville
Miss Hurlburt
The
Wasps
Miss Marlburt
Tampa
Fla
Cleveland
Pyraix
Werit
Skowhegan
Mey
Bristol
Maree Hurlburt
Decorah
Milliany
Lake Notley
Blairsville
Wasatch Mountain Canyon
Utah
Public Hearing On Civil Service Rule In Elyria
A public hearing is set for 8 p m in the council chamber to discuss a proposed Elyria civil service rule. It would require all civil service employees to reside within the city, except staff at water pumping and sewage treatment works and school employees. The rule aims to address reports that some police members live outside the city and allows a transitional period to relocate.
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Council
Widy
Elyria Civil Service
Leity
Police Department
Civil Service Commission
Elyria boy dies from traffic crash injuries
Ray J. Bruck Jr., 10, of 624 Wer avenue, died yesterday in Lorain after injuries from a Monday crash on Like road west. Four others, including Bruck’s father Ray J. Bruck, were involved. the elder Bruck was killed in a separate crash last August. Funeral services set for St Mary’s church.
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Ray J. Bruck
Wer Avenue
Donald Kuriboxke
Riverside Court
Albert Baer
East Avenue
Robert Saddler
Middle Avenue
Bruck
Ray John Bruck
John Carrally
Cleveland
St Maryhard
Elyrin
Ray Bruck
Elaine
Anne
Freda
Brenda
Darel
1St. Mary's Church
William L. Newton
St Mary’s
Ceme
Two Men Hurt In Traffic Accidents
Two men were injured in separate traffic collisions. John Rogers, 23, suffered lacerations to the forehead and right arm in a Lake avenue Griswold road crash at 5 20 p m. He was treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital. Frederich Emerich, 38, of Oberlin, sustained a fractured upper jaw when his car collided with a vehicle driven by Ralph Herman on Butternut Ridge road and North Professor Street. He was taken to Allen Hospital, Oberlin. Additional wrecks on East River Street and Stoney Ridge Road involved other drivers with damage but no further injury details provided.
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John Rogers
Robert Vosburgh
East Broad Street
Lake Avenue
Griswold Road
Gris [Wale Road
Michael I Hoasoch
Dellifield Road
Rivers
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Frederich Emerich
BR. D. 1
Oberlin
Ralph Herman
Butternut Ridge Road
North Professor Street
Obert
Allen Hospital
GC. W. Rimer
Prospect Street
John F. Jones
West Street
East River
New Coal Wage Pact Near Approval As Talks Conclude
Washington UMW leaders ready to ratify a new coal wage contract seen ensuring winter coal supply for homes and factories despite oil and gas shortages. Key figures including UMW President Johny Lewis pursue final terms with U S Steel and Northern Appalachian producers. Negotiations paused for more details as southern producers reopen talks. wage package sets 2305 for an eight hour day with a 10 cent health fund contribution.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
UFL
UMW
Johny Bh. Lewis
Ihnen
U. S. Steel Corp
Bigs
Lewis
Southern
Health and Welfare Fund
Tr Cuver
Pennsylvania
Oale
Maryland
West Virginia
Deigades
Number Of Dead Over 337 Mark, Traffic Is Heavy
Hundreds celebrate Independence Day as traffic toll climbs past 337 with 158 deaths in collisions and 82 from other causes. Fireworks and boardwalk accidents add to a string of tragedies across states, including drownings and a fatal air show mishap.
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National Safety Council
Wildwood
Jue
Elkton
15 Persons Die in Ohio Holiday Accidents
United Press reports fifteen deaths across Ohio from traffic, drowning, falls, and one explosion during the holiday period. Notable victims include Shirley Daniels, 18, Toledo. John Hunter, 60, Van Wert County. Verduna Martin, 19, Sidney. Norman Bruemmer, 29, Covington KY. Ronald Skaggs, 12, Columbus. and Kenneth Hershey, 18, Troy. Casualties span pedestrians struck by autos, drownings in Maumee River and other waters, falls from ladders and trees, and a gasoline can explosion while soldering.
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Shirley Daniels
Toledo
John Hunter
van Wer County
Toledo State Hospital
Anderson
Portsmouth
Verduna Martin
Sidney
Jessey Goodlow
Maumee River
Rudolph Kerley
Cleveland
Sandusky Bay
Lester Pritts
Sterling
Mich
Portage River
Port Clinton
Lous M. Hall
Massillon
Peerless Pump Division
Food Machinery Corp
Canton
John McMahon
Kenneth FE. Hershey
Troy
Truman Proposes Four Requisites of Global Peace
President Truman, at Independence Day observances in Charlottesville, outlined four requisites for lasting peace. He denounced Soviet claims against the Marshall Plan as fallacious and urged international cooperation, urging governments to derive power from the governed, honor basic rights, encourage free exchange of ideas, and align economic policies to support a world economy.
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Charlottesville
Truman
Russia
Europe
White House
Colle
Stanley Woodward
State Department
Shaw
Washington
Mr. Truman
Ossia
Thomas Jefferson
Kindness Repaid in Jennstown Gift to Red Cross
Mrs Angie Keating of Jennstown Pa knitted a gift for a needy overseas recipient and donated it to the Red Cross. Mrs Eman Ula Benedett Massaro of Rome sent 16 pitchers to add to Keating's collection, bringing the total to over 400 items. Owl Stamp Books priced at $2 with seven stamps free on a 255 purchase.
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Jonnstown
Angie Keating
Red Cross
Eman Ula Benedett Massaro
Rome
Two Stunting Planes Crash at Seaport Del
In Seaport Del last night two stunt planes lost wings and crashed in a farm field killing three men. Brumbley 26 Laurel airport manager and Charles F. Hitchens 30 Laurel had taken off 15 minutes earlier to practice for an American Legion gathering. Harold Curdrey 22 Laurel was a passenger aboard Hitchens plane. Raymond L. Gordy, farmer owner, said wreckage did not catch fire. All three died before aid arrived.
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Seaport
Del
Bayard
Brumbley
Laurel
Charles F. Hitchens
American Legion
Harold Curdrey
Hitchens
Raymond L. Gordy
Classified Ad Copy Promising Quick Listings in Chronicle Telegram
A garbled ad copy urges readers to place notices for room rentals sales or jobs through the Chronicle Telegram Classified Ads. It touts wide reach and quick replies and references Lincoln Street Boy and North of the Border items amid fragmented text and misprints.
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Telegram
Gelling
Chronicle-Telegram
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