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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1945
Page
2
Safe-crackers in Dallas at the Pig Stand Inc failed in three attempts to crack safes. They tried to pry a safe, remove hinges from a door, and blow open a third strongbox, leaving authorities to investigate the bungled robbery and seek clues.
Radio listings show a Saturday schedule with many programs across genres. Notable items include music blocks, public affairs, country and gospel segments, and arts features from stations identified as Our Foreign Policy and Grand Opry style broadcasts. The lineup lists time slots for news updates, sports, and church programming alongside variety acts and band performances.
Elyria and surrounding areas report on service members in North Africa Europe and the Pacific. S/Sgt Genth B Cashner works as an aircraft mechanic in Algeria while Lt Col Edgar B Franklin commands La Senia Air Base. Chaplain Thomas J Mattingly reports to Camp Breckinridge for duty after overseas China-Burma-India service. Other notes include Pvt Richard Dow dell training at Fort Benning and Ronald Penfound awaiting Pacific duty aboard PT boats. Robert F Atherton, a stokeman, participates in major Pacific actions including Saipan Tinian Leyte and Surigao Strait. Harvey Lash begins basic airplane and engine mechanics at Keesler Field and several others receive furloughs promotions and hospital assignments. Continuous updates trace their progress from Elyria to overseas theaters and back home.
Pfc. Harold Ternes describes the “happiest day of our lives” after hitchhiking 300 miles to Leghorn Italy to join his brother Ralph Ternes aboard a ported ship. He received passes to stay aboard Ralph’s ship and with the ship’s crew, sharing a room as they explored together. Meanwhile The Yankee Boomer notes Elyria physician host at a party in Württemberg Germany where the 750th Medical Detachment marked its first birthday with Capt Franz Gruen carving cake after donning rubber gloves and a saw.
Ohio's 1945 wheat crop will require double freight cars to haul the yield across 10 grain terminals. W. W. Cummings, secretary of the Ohio Grain Mill and Feed Dealers, urged farmers to store grain in bins barns and silos until transportation improves. The state now has only half of the 37 125 freight cars needed. He estimated the wheat crop at about 55 688 000 bushels, roughly 20 percent above last year.
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