Flood Threat Grips Pacific Northwest as Dikes Fail
Portland reports widespread flood danger as 120 mile floodplain from the Columbia River triggers mass evacuations across 43 drainage districts. Vanport City was wiped out, hundreds of thousands displaced, and multiple dikes breached while Nine Marines and 13 sailors die in Hampton Roads launch disaster.
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Marines
Pacific Northwest
Portland
Ore
Columbia River
Northwest
Vanport City
Columbia
Washington
Oregon
Lower
Traffic Causes Most Violent Deaths In Ohio
Ohio's Memorial Day weekend toll from traffic accidents tops violent deaths. At least 31 dead, including Thirteen on highways and city streets, four drowned, and 14 killed by shootings fires and other incidents. Notable victims include Joseph J. Brown 33 a Warwicksville brakeman drowned. Eddie Dean 24 in race car crash at Huron County fairgrounds. Ralph Alig 22 from Portland Indiana and William Reynolds 52 from Fort Recovery who drowned when their boat capsized on Grand Lake near Celina. Chioe Buck Lima 39 killed in a two car crash south of Lima. Arthur Davis 44 Portland Missouri struck by a car in Attica. T E Wilson 91 partially blind fatally injured after walking into a car in Canton.
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Ohio
Wee
Joseph J. Brown
aWhrichsville
Eddie Dean
Huron County Fairgrounds
Norwalk
Ralph Alig
Portland
Ind
William Reynolds
Grand Lake
Celina
Chioe Buck
Lima
Arthur Davis
Attica
T. E. Wilson
Canton
Bodies of Six Lorain County Men On Ship
Six Lorain County men who died in World War II are among 4 459 bodies returning to the United States aboard the US Army Transport George W. G. Boyce from Manila. The list includes Lt. Robert G. Apai, Pfc. Anthony Dombroski, Cpl. Eugene A. Schmidt, MM2c Francis J. Flaherty, Capt. Joseph Oleair, and PhM3c James C. Patch, with details of their service and burial locations.
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Lorain County
United States
Manila
George W. G. Boyce
Department of the Army
Yester
New Guinea
Philippine Islands
Robert G. Apai
Air Force
Gezela M. Apai
Kenwood Street
Apai
Elyria
Pacific
Gustav Apai
Rabaul
Anthony Dombroski
Kazmira Dombroski
Erie Street
Biak Island
Worthington Ball Company
Australia
Edward
Joseph
Europe
Eugene A. Schmidt
Army Air Force
Leona Schmidt Gardner
Cleveland Street
Cpl
Smith
Elyria High School
Ohio National Guard
National Guard
Camp Shelby
Mississippi
Aukland
Fiji Islands
Rendova
Munda
Vella LaVella
New Georgia Islands
Bougainville
Manua
LaVerne Gawlik
Winckles Street
Francis J. FL
Looting Report in Fraser Valley Flood Area
The Canadian navy said looting has begun in at least two Fraser Valley sections where a 30 mile floodplain is under water. A Glen Valley farmer reported looters at work and armed sailors were sent to halt suspicious vessels. A second report came from Matsqui area, 70 miles west, as dike breaks flooded the river region.
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Vancouver
B. C
Canadian Navy
Fraser Valley
Glen Valley
Navy
Fraser River
Flood Situation At A Glance
Portland area faces major flooding as dikes breach along the Lower Columbia. In Vanport City, breaks inundate streets with 19 000 residents fearful of high casualties. The Columbia River at Vancouver nears 31 feet as bridges and roads fail. The Dalles records 1 020 000 cubic feet per second with widespread evacuations.
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Portland
Pacific Northwest
Columbia River
Vanport
Smethed
Martin Pratt
Vancouver
Wash
Columbia
Dalles
Ore
Union Pacific
Rufus
Umatilla
Cleveland Area Forecast For Northeastern Ohio
Weather forecast for northeastern Ohio predicts sunny conditions through this afternoon and fair, not so cool tonight. Light variable winds. Wednesday will be partly cloudy with little temperature change. Overnight low near 47, high around 79.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Inside incinerators promise no odor at $4950
Ad copy claims indoor garbage incinerators burn waste with no interior odor and price of 4950 dollars. Includes phone numbers and a dentist ad line about open evenings. Also references new transparent plates for repairs and a garbled rerun ad.
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Yentist
Ray Smith
Ltd
Vanport City Flood Breaks Dikes Near Portland Me
Col O E Walsh issued a mass evacuation across the Columbia from its confluence with the Sandy to the mouth at Astoria. Dikes collapsed flooding Vanport City 2,000 homes and areas including Portland Meadows and the amphitheater. Volunteers dashed sandbags as a wall of water surged through breaks.
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O. E. Walsh
U. S
Washington
Oregon
Columbia
Sandy River
Astoria
Walsh
Vanport City
Portland Meadows Race Track
Portland Amphitheater
Denver Avenue
United Press
William Warren
Vanport
Sherfford Pratt
River Front
Interstate Bridge
Columbia River
Vancouver
Martin Pratt
Elyrian Receives Degree of Doctor of Medicine Today
Stanley L. Dobrowski son of Mr and Mrs John Dobrowski 1518 Middle Avenue receives the doctor of medicine degree from St Louis University School of Medicine under the Navy V 12 program He is a 1942 Elyria High School graduate and former Chronicle Telegraph carrier who will start an internship July 1 at St Alexis Hospital Cleveland He served in the Naval Reserve and held a lieutenant junior grade commission.
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Stanley L. Dobrowski
John Dobrowski
Middle Avenue
St. Louis University School of Medicine
Elyria High School
John Carroll University
Cleveland
Naval Reserve
John Carroll
Navy
St. Louis
Phi Chi
National Medical Fraternity
St. Alexis Hospital
Stanley
Chronicle-Telegram
Five Injured In Route 20 Crash Near Oberlin
A car collided with a truck near Route 58 on Route 20, overturning into a ditch at 8:15 p m. Two occupants, Ernest Abraham and Mary Abraham of Independence, were hospitalized with contusions and chest injuries. Alice English and Margaret English sustained bruises and neck sprain, while Lee English suffered leg lacerations. Harry Kaczmarczyk, driver of the truck, was uninjured. State patrols attributed the mishap to a passing misjudgment.
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Harry Kaczmarczyk
Middle Avenue
Oberlin Hospital
Ernest Abraham
Mary of Independence
Lee English
Snow Road
Margaret English
Alice English
English
Kaczmarczyk
Duty Of Americans Is To Maintain Precepts Of Our Constitution
A Memorial Day observance at Ridge Town Cemetery honored service members who died for freedom. Superintendent Harold H. Exbling urged Americans to uphold the Declaration and Constitution to defend liberty amid threats and global tension. He recalled atomic bomb devastations and stressed pursuing lasting peace, noting graves of American soldiers worldwide and warning against imported political practices that threaten freedom. Janet Decker and Victor Janiwicz were named top Elyria High senior girl and boy, receiving medals and certificates from Thomas Mihalis.
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Elyria
Ridgetown Cemetery
Harold H. Exbling
Bibling
Eibing
Ebling
Janet Decker
Victor Janowicz
Elyria High School
Thomas Mihalis
Ely No. 2
Memorial weekend toll tops 400 deaths across accidents
A United Press tally shows Memorial weekend fatalities surpassed 400 with 210 traffic deaths, 68 drownings, and 137 from planes and other mishaps. Navy divers searched for up to 20 sailors feared drowned after a Liberty launch overturned near Norfolk while returning to the carrier Kearsarge. The total lags behind the 482 deaths in 1947, and flood losses at Vanport are not yet counted.
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Navy
United Press
Norfolk
Kearsarge
Liberty
National Safety Council
Vanport
Ore
Harold L. Davis
South Bend
Ind
Arthur W. Norm
Cloquet
Minn
Bloomington
Chester H. Fram
Fatrmnington
Strawberry Pickers Sought as Elyria Attracts Youth Labor
Strawberry growers in the Elyria area call for boys and girls to pick berries at Ely Park tomorrow morning. Only five youths were available yesterday. officials say five times that many could have worked. Morning pickups are at 7 am on Monday Wednesday and Friday from the Second Street side of Ely Park, with a Lorain station planned at Broadway and Twenty-first Street next week. Local school in session likely keeps numbers down.
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Elysia
Ely Park
Foster P. Dirlam
Ohio State Employment Service
Lorain
Broadway
Twenty-first Street
Elyria
Miss Georgette Collins to receive music degree at Boston Conservatory
Miss Georgette Collins daughter of Mr and Mrs Eugene Collins 111 Erie Street will receive her bachelor degree in music at the Boston Conservatory commencement exercises Friday. A Elyria High School graduate class of 1941 she studied at Oberlin conservatory before transferring to Boston Conservatory changing her major to piano. She studied under George Fier who has appeared with Boston Symphony Cleveland and New York orchestras. After graduation she plans further piano study with Fier and will teach at South High School Boston.
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Georgette Collins
Eugene Collins
Erie Street
Boston Conservatory
Miss Collins
Elyria High School
Oberlin Conservatory
George Fier
Europe
Boston Symphony
Cleveland
New York
Collins
Fier
South High School
Boston
Israel Strikes Amman in Air Assault as Talks Gather
TEL AVIV reports Israel carried out its first air strike on an Arab capital in the war by bombing Amman while Arabic leaders and mediators considered a UN truce appeal for Palestine. An 18 minute raid caused six to twelve deaths and about 30 injuries with damage downtown, targeting a Royal Air Force station and planes.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Amman
United Nations
Palestine
Trans-Jordan
Haifa
Royal Air Force
Israel Accepts UN Four Week Truce Plan In Palestine
An official spokesman said Israel accepted the United Nations four week truce and arms embargo in the Middle East with no conditions. The acceptance will be accompanied by an Interpretation of the plan. Continued on Page 2.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Israel
United Nations
Palestine
Middle East
Birmingham Couple Injured In Route 3&8 Crash
Mr and Mrs John Cunningham of Birmingham were slightly hurt when their car ran off Route 38 and struck a utility pole in the Robert Lewis yard at 649 North Main Wellington. The impact knocked the transformer loose and caused leg cuts and back pain. Mrs Cunningham was treated on scene and Mr Cunningham was later hospitalized.
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Wellington
John Cunningham
Birmingham
Robert Lewis
Main Street
Cunningnam
Ana
QO. F. Lattimer
Fouth
Town
Cunningham
Nowher
Elyria High Class Hears Appeal For Perfect Manliness
Elyria High School's hundredth graduating class heard Rev James H Siward urge perfect honest manliness in accepting life’s duties during the baccalaureate at Ely Stadium. He urged graduates to stop blaming circumstances, admit shortcomings, and take responsibility, noting fire and chance do not create the call. Invocation was by Rev Joseph B Lehane and scripture by Rev Fred E Ulrich. Band and chorus provided music for the service.
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Elyria High School
James H. Siward
First Methodist Church
Ely Stadium
Aaron
Moses
Siward
Joseph B. Lehane
St. Mary’s Church
Swimmer May Have Fracture Of Shoulder
A 17 year old named Alex Kotai of 1810 Middle Avenue injured his right shoulder by diving into a shallow area of the west branch of the Black River near Oberlin Road and West Avenue. He was taken to Elyria Memorial Hospital for evaluation after the incident reported by police.
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Alex Kotai
Middle Avenue
West Branch
Black River
Oberlin Road
West Avenue
Alex
Education Director of U S Communist Party Arrested
Washington reports the arrest of Jacob A Stachel education director of the U S Communist Party in New York for deportation. He is an Austrian Hungarian native who was seized at 10 am in front of his home on 203 W 994th Street and transported to Ellis Island.
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Washington
Justice Department
Jaccob A Stachel
US. Communist Party
New York
Stachel
Austria-Hungary
W 994Th Street
Ellis Island
New York Harbor
Lost Pets Tempted by Spring Fever Says Chronicle Ad
Spring fever tempts pets to wander and owners post inexpensive lost ads. Chronicle-Telegram notes such notices fail, as advertisers seek quick tracking. Details urge dial codes 44-121 or 44-137 and mention local wrestling broadcasts at Mac's East Ave. Also promotes Geisel Stenco aluminum storm windows with delivery from 61 West Ave. Phone 291.
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Chronicle-Telegram
FBI
Geisel
Stenco
West Ave
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Bourbon-Perma
Cascade Park
John Madhock
Crystal Clear Dry Cleaners
Broad St
Hiram
A.R. Teachout Famly Foundation
Tram College
Teachout-Cooley Memorial
Dick” Stewart
Marseilles
Immediate Guaranteed Automobile Service
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W. Broad
Holy Land
Koepp Sporting Goods
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