Elyria High School class of 1946 graduate address at commencement
Elyria High School’s eighty third commencement honored 713 graduates in Green Castle Indiana where Dr G Bromley Oxnam of DePauw University urged the new world of idealism and the enrichment of personality. He called for emphasis on men over things and warned that cutting education threatens democracy. He outlined five principles including cooperation, equal rights for all, and love as the social bond, urging graduates to pursue the common good through intelligence and shared values.
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G. Bromley Oxnam
DePauw University
Greencastle
Indiana
America
Oxnam
Pictures World Family
Dr. Oxnam
Union of Nations
United States
Roosevelt
Ovnam
Songer
KK . Maston
Ohio Weather Forecast Mixed skies and cooler night
Ohio forecast calls for fair, cooler conditions in eastern and southern portions tonight. Friday expected to be partly cloudy with calm to light winds.
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Ohio
Levin Seeks Lorain County Prosecutor Nomination
Albert Arthur Levin of Lorain announces his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Lorain County prosecutor. A longtime resident since 1903 and a veteran, he trained in law at Ohio State and Michigan, led local Jewish and masonic groups, and chairs the Legion War Chest Committee while practicing at Levin and Levin.
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Albert Arthur Levin
Lorain
Lorain County
Levin
Adelbert College
Western Reserve University
U.S. Naval Service
Ohio State University
University of Michigan Law School
B’nai Brith Lodge
Jewish Temple
Lorain Lodge
American Legion Post
Legion War Chest
Mina Levin
Fifth Street
Levin and Levin
Burning liner President Lincoln races to Honolulu port
June 7 Honolulu reports the Dollar liner President Lincoln returning to port with a cargo fire. The crew battled flames in the hold all night as coast guard cutter Itasca and four destroyers moved to assist. Captain George W. Yardley directed firefighting amid smokey danger and a cotton cargo fire risk.
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Honolulu
President Lincoln
Dollar
Coast Guard
Iasca
Itasca
Hner
George W. Yardley
Governor Files Senate Petition in Ohio Democratic Race
Governor George White filed nominating petitions with the Secretary of State to seek the Democratic nomination for United States Senator. The petitions count about 6,900 signatures from over 49 counties, with additional petitions circulating before June 15 noted as likely to be led.
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Columbus
George White
Secretary of State
Ac Og
United 9 States
Medical exams begin in Columbus this week
The state medical board conducted examinations in Columbus Ohio on June 7 with testing sessions expected to finish by Thursday. The event marked a planned completion of exams following start earlier in the week.
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Columbus
State Medical Board
Cooling Breezes Bring Relief From Ohio Heat Wave
Cooling breezes end Ohio heat wave as showers soak drought parched fields. Forecast calls for fair cool weather with more rain Friday. Crop officials say losses may be less severe than feared though wheat, oats, hay and pasture show stress. Agriculture summary cites 12 month rainfall deficit of 11.46 inches, second highest in history.
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United Press
Ohio
Columbus
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Rotary Club To Host 30 Boys At Y Camp
Thirty Elyria boys, chosen from a waiting list, will spend a week at Tis-See-Kes Y M C A camp along the Vermilion river starting Monday at nine o'clock. Expenses including transportation are paid by the Rotary Club, with YMCA officials in charge at the camp and the regular season delayed until July 18.
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Rotary Club
Y Camp
Elyria
Elyria Rotary Club
Tis-See-Kes
Vermilion River
Y. M
Six Injured As Auto Turns Over On Telegraph Road
Six youths in Elyria sustained minor injuries when their automobile turned over on Telegraph road after midnight. Driver Russell Koehn and passenger Ronald Faulhaber were treated at Memorial Hospital. the car then struck a parked vehicle belonging to Belle Pierce, Amherst, as the driver stopped to help another motorist. Deputy sheriffs Henry Mohhl and Claude Adams reported.
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Wee! Morial Hospital
Mier
Ss! Pierce
Weet Street
Amherst
Hane
Wanamaker Seeks Republican Nomination for Senate
COLUMBUS June J Judate Walter RB Wanamaker Akron Common Pleas judge yesterday secured nominating petitions from the Secretary of State for the Republican nomination for United States Senator.
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Columbus. O
Walter RB. Wanamaker
Akron
Sester- Day
Secretary of State
High School Alumni Set for Large Reunion in Elyria Tonight
Elyria High School hosts its annual alumni reunion drawing hundreds of graduates from 1899 to 1935. The 1951 class, second largest, gathers with a pageant written by Elaine Cole depicting fashion and songs from the past fifty years. Notables include Frank Sprague of 1994 from London and Horace Norweb 1914 flying in.
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Elyria High School
Allegheny Mountains
Elaine Cole
Frances Lemon
Dorothy Rawson
Thelma Helfrich
Magdalene Gollmar
Leland Long
Houghton Wagner
Richard Gollmar
Tom Fineman
Gertrude Marrer
Harriette Marsted
Flora
Joe Birdsall, Jr
Linda Blanchard Crumley
John Shaw
Y.W.G. A
First Congregational Church
Hotel Newell
Elks Club
Elyria Country Club
Greet Lantern
Elyria Woman's Club
Karl Plocher
Julia Riley Martin
Clay Wilmot
Harold Birch
James Thomas
Frank Sprague
London
England
Sprague
F. W. Woolworth Company. Ltd
Horace Norweb
Ken Peters
Middle Avenue Bricks Begin Laying On East Side
Workers start bricklaying on the east traffic lanes of Middle Avenue, from Third Street, with Blosser of the Highway Construction Company noting completion by early July if the weather stays favorable. Traffic will reopen on the east side about a week after paving begins, with tar coating to bind bricks and be scraped clean for a dry surface. City and state engineers observed the work this morning as crews labor.
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Middle Avenue
Third Street
Blosser
Highway Construction Compan
Ana Fepamis
Pecas
Playgrounds At Schools Nearly Ready For Use
James F. Brown reports school playgrounds are nearly ready as conditioning is complete at Jefferson and Roosevelt sites. Roosevelt field delays persist due to poor condition, but other sites like McKinley’s diamond have tennis courts ready for use. General repairs at Ely Stadium and related work by FERA teams under school supervision conclude the set.
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James F. Brown
Acer
Schoale Editon
Jefferson
Roosevelt
Sven
Pocerbie
McKinies Diamond
Ely
FERA
Sax
CWA
Strike Threat Looms As Steel Workers Prepare To Walk Out
United Press reports President Roosevelt may intervene to avert a June 16 strike by about 190000 steel workers across Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana and Illinois. Amalgamated Association demands union recognition and hours and wages talks, while mill owners resist the closed shop and push for company unions.
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United Press
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Steel Company
New York
Amalgamated Association
XRA
Hugh S. Johnson
Steel
Michael F. Tizhe
Enforcement Of Tug Laws Requested By Cleveland Labor
The Cleveland Federation of Labor called for strict enforcement of tugboat regulations on the Cuyahoga River and river navigation rules. They urged action against boat operators on strike for an eight hour day, warning of bridge and channel damage caused by vessels idling offshore.
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Cleveland, CO
Cleveland Federation of Labor
Cuyahoca
Tl Norearre
Great Lakes
J. Ph. Chambers
Fletcher Elected GOP National Committee Chair in Chicago
In Chicago the Republican national executive committee unanimously elected Henry P. Fletcher to the chairmanship. Fletcher, a Pennsylvania party leader and former U.S. Ambassador to Italy, succeeds Everett Sanders who resigned from the post.
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Republican National Executive Committee
Chicago
Henry P. Fletcher
Pennsylvania
U. S
Italy
Everett Sanders
Fletcher Named G O P Chairman
Chicago June 7 Henry P Fletcher, a wealthy Hoover ally, traveled to Chicago to take the Republican National Chairmanship amid a party split. The selection aimed at reconciling conservatives with dissatisfied progressives through a policy declaration attacking the Roosevelt recovery program and opposing dictatorial governance while urging a broad liberal and progressive recovery agenda. Fletcher would strive to unite factions but faces strong opposition from progressives and old-line conservatives alike as he enters the campaign for power.
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Chicago
Henry P. Fletcher
Herbert Hoover
Fletcher
Pennsylvania
Teddy Roosevelt
Middle West
Stephen Named Builders Head for Lorain Council
Stephen of 318 East River Street was named president of the Lorain County Building Trades Council to fill the remainder of R. L. Coestnot’s term after his resignation for business duties. Marrs Plamh of Lerain was elected vice president as changes took effect and Chestnut’s resignation affects his FERA board status.
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Robert Stephen
East River Street
Lorain County Building Trades Council
R. L. Coestnot
Lorain
Stephen
Marrs Plamh
Lerain
Chestnut
FERA
Lofaine
Man acquitted in manslaughter case after bus crash trial
William Daniels of Pittsburgh, 32, was found not guilty of manslaughter in the fatal bus crash east of here last April 15. He expressed gratitude to jurors and, hurt by the accident, fought tears as he left the courthouse. Daniels, held in county jail a week, was the second acquitted in the case, following A W Schaffer of Norwalk. The Public Utility Commission ordered confiscation of Nevin Western Lines buses seen in operation and denied a rehearing of its permit revocation in Ohio.
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W. B. Thompson
William Daniels
Pittsburgh
Here
Daniels
A. W. Schaffer
Norwalk
Public Utility Commission
Sheriffs of Ohio
Nevin Western Lines
Vacation Bible School Opens Here Monday
The Church of Christ will open its annual Daily Vacation Bible School on Monday at nine o'clock. Mrs Otto Diedrich will lead as superintendent with teachers in charge of beginners and primary groups, plus junior and intermediate departments. Activities include vocal music, piano, art, sewing, manual training, and a graduation program on June 29 with work displays for parents and friends.
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Church of Christ
Otto Diedrich
Diedrich
Demos
Annabel Horace
Lee Prentice
Maxine Poole
Jeanne Little
Anita Poole
Delane Rhoads
Earl Demos
Passenger Dead Hunt 2 Bodies In Train Wreck
Two railway workers are missing and feared drowned after a Pennsylvania suburban train derailed near the Little Gunpowder River, injuring passenger Margaret Frederick, 78, of Parkton Maryland who died in hospital. The wreck occurred about 20 miles from Baltimore on the main line toward Harrisburg.
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Jane
Penneyivania
Little Gunpowder River
Margaret Frederick
Parkton
Pennsylvania
Harriebure
Mise Frederica
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