Norris Tenn Town Sold At Auction To Epstein
Norris Tennessee community built by TVA to house dam workers sold to Henry David Epstein for 2.1075 million. The Norris Citizens Development Corp failed to bid. Epstein pledged to offer current residents a chance to buy their homes and keep Norris a residential town serving TVA workers. Auction led by Robert J. Coker.
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Norris, Tenn
Norris
Philadelphia
Henry David Epstein
Norris Citizens Development Corporation
Epstein
Draft Bill For Debate In House Today
Washington reports a two year peace time draft bill facing House debate with broad support. Leaders expect easy passage and a strong vote, as Civil Rights concerns are viewed as minor by most, while GOP leaders push for extended talks before a Wednesday vote.
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Washington
House
Senate
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Dewey Short
Plan To Exhibit Historical Articles In Elyria
City wide exhibition of Elyria historical pictures and articles is planned for late July. Retail Merchants Division and Elyria Woman's Club representatives started planning today and hope store operators provide display window space. A general meeting led by Jack Hannaford is set for 10 a.m. Friday on the second floor of the Ohio Public Service Company building with Woman's Club and Lorain County Historical Society attendees expected.
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Elyria
Retail Merchants Division
Elyria Woman's Club
Jack Hannaford
Ohio Public Service Company
Woman's Club
Lorain County Historical Society
Cleveland Northeastern Ohio Weather Forecast Summary
Partly cloudy and cooler with a north northeast wind of ten to fifteen miles. Wednesday remains cloudy and cool. Tonight’s low near 52 and Wednesday’s high around 70.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Carek Florist Advertises Seasonal Plants
8 B old hybrid tea over bloom ing greenhouse bench roses priced three for 9 cents. Philodendron to grow in water as large plants offered at 75 cents each. Phone 44-141 for Carek Florist advertising details.
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Carek Florist
Flag Day Service Stresses Awake To Danger
A Flag Day service at the Elyria Elks Lodge honored new citizens and evoked the need to stay vigilant against threats to freedom. Judge Arthur W. Doyle urged Americans to defend democracy, warned of a Fifth Column, and stressed strong military readiness and the pursuit of world peace under a possible global governance.
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ELKS
Elks Lodge
Elks Hall
Earl Sloan
Henry W. Ault
Arthur W. Doyle
Ninth District Court of Appeals
Don W. Myers
Harold Beck
United States
Elyria Elks Lodge
the Elks
Hitler
Europe
Harold W. Block
Court of Appeals
America
Joe Stalin
Russia
Doyle
Myers
Judge Doyie
Lorain County
Akron
Bohach Murder Trial Set For July Thirteenth
Judge D A Cook set July 13 for the trial of James Bohach 39 Clifton avenue near South Lorain indicted for first degree murder in the May 31 shooting of his wife Margaret The court ordered a 60 person special venue for jury selection Bohach says he shot in a quarrel and had previously claimed she killed herself.
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D. A. Cook
James Bohach
Clifton Avenue
South Lorain
Margaret
Ohio
Bohach
Injunction To Be Obeyed By NMU
New York report details NMU action to honor court injunction against a planned strike. President Joseph Curran urged restraint after port agent Palazzi urged a midnight stoppage. NMU vote 550 to 200 backed compliance. Marine Engineers Beneficial Assn CIO members also obeyed.
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New York
National Maritime Union
CIO
NMU
Joseph Curran
Curran
Rank and File
Paul Palazzi
Palazzi
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf Ports
The
Maritime Union
Marine Engineers Beneficial Assn. 1Cio1
Boom and cab damaged on Lorain power shovel collision
A power shovel owned by Dandrea and Nardini Coast Co. of Lorain had its boom and cab damaged at 10:20 a.m. today when the boom failed to clear a rat road crossing at the Lodi Street undercut and struck a girder, forcing it onto the cab. Driver Ralph Bring of Lorain was uninjured. Police said the impact dented the bridge girder.
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Dandrea and Nardini Coast. Co
Lorain
Rat Road
Lodi Street
Ralph Bring
R.D. Lorain
Sterling Foundry Picket Continues Amid Labor Vote
Wellington reports ongoing picketing at Sterling Foundry after a Sunday meeting of local employees at the grange hall. Pete Spoth of the Cleveland AF of L attended as the group voted on the company offer, rejecting it against the committee’s recommendation. Clarence Seitter presides over the local union.
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Wellington
Sterling Foundry
Grange Hall
Pete Spoth
A. F. of L
Cleveland
Clarence Seitter
Speaker Urges Homes, Streets Be Made Safe
Lorain County safety officials urged extending industrial safety gains to homes and streets. Harry Woods warned safety has become too technical and stressed common sense, school and family roles, and recognizing danger spots at home, work, and elsewhere.
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Lorain County
Lorain County Industrial Safety Council
Spring Valley Country Club
Harry ©. Woods
Lehigh Valley Safety Council
Pennsylvania
Woods
Richard A. Stith
Lovayi County
Resignation of Lorain County home demonstration agent
Miss Marjorie Kibler resigns as Lorain County home demonstration agent effective today after joining on August 15, 1946. She leaves to marry Robert Calhoun of the Soil Conservation Service in Huron County and plans to live in Norwalk. No replacement has been selected for Lorain County yet.
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Marjorie Kibler
Kibler
Lorain County
Robert Calhoun
Soil Conservation Service
Huron County
Calhoun
Norwalk
House approves five year program to check water pollution
The House passed a five year program to check water pollution by a 138 to 14 vote, funding through research and federal grants and loans to states, under special rules limiting debate. The Senate had approved a similar bill earlier, but House amendments were added.
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Washington
House
Senate
Rail unions push 25 cent hourly wage rise
Wage committees of the Brotherhoods of Railroad Trainmen and Railway Conductors demand a 25 cent an hour increase from major railroads before August 1. The move affects 132 Class 1 railroads and covers 225,000 conductors, trainmen, and yardmen who already gained 15.5 cents last December.
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Chicago
Brotherhoods of Railroad
A. F. Whitney
Trainmen’s Union
Harry W. Fraser
Whitney
Fraser
Brotherhood of Engineers
Cleveland
Cedar Rapids
Everything Is Ready For G O P Show
Philadelphia reporters note the Republican National Convention preparations are complete for the start next Monday. Campaign managers from Taft and Dewey publicly tout their candidates on the ground and claim strong first ballot support as Clarence J Brown and Herbert Brownell address the press. Carroll Reece opens the convention with a sharp attack on President Truman.
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Philadelphia
Truman
Clarence J. Brown
Ohio
Robert A. Taft
Herbert Brownell
Thomas E. Dewey
Brownell
Carroll Reece
Republican National Committee
Fifty Boys Head To YMCA Camp In Elyria Start Of Season
Fifty boys from Elyria Amherst and Lorain traveled to Camp Iss-Sec-Kes at Elyria YMCA on the Vermilion River to begin the 1948 camp season. The 10 day opening period marks the first of four summer sessions. Camp director is George L Thourot and the group includes Arch ie Boyett Pat Cathey Eugene Corn Joe Fahar William Farr Fred Jones Gil Nlee by Richard Kosco Allen Pittman Fred Taber Terry Willison James Davidson Edgar Drake David Fitch Herbert Gureska Randolph Madison Duane Morgan Burton Mckhain Norman Myhrman Clifford Sanders Robert Shaffer Verle Shifler Fred Shepperd Lenn Taylor Jr and others. Additional Amherst and Lorain registrants join the morning departure with 12 Lorain YMCA boys not yet reported.
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Elyria
Amherst
Lorain
Iss-Sec- Kes
Y.M
Elyria High School
Archie Boyett
Pat Cathey
Eugene Corn
Joe Fahar
William Farr
Fred Jones
Gil Nleeby
Richard Kosco
Allen Pittman
Fred Taber
Terry Willison
James Davidson
Edgar Drake
David Fitch
Herbert Gureska
Randolph Madison
Duane Morgan
Burton Mckhain
Woman Held In Daughters Death In Cincinnati
Mrs. Mary Clayr Watts, 43, a Norwood widow, was held to the grand jury without bond on a first degree murder charge in the death of her 11 year old daughter Barbara Ann. She entered an innocent plea through lawyer Toya Martin and waived examination as a small crowd gathered at the Norwood police court.
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Cincinnati
Mary Clayr Watts
Barbara Ann
Norwood
Toya Martin
All British Troops To Be Out Of Palestine Within Next 10 Days
British officials rush troops aboard three Haifa transports to leave Palestine within ten days. The 20,000 ton Samaria and other ships take on troops while guns and artillery are abandoned in evacuation. Fears of a Jewish attack rise as Haifa fortifications are strengthened. UN mediator Bernadotte arrives in Cairo to discuss lasting peace amid new Arab moves with King Abdullah and King Ibn Saud planned to meet in Riyadh next Friday.
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Palestine
Jerusalem
Haifa
Samaria
Cairo
Folke Bernadotte
Rhodes
Amman
Trans-Jordan
Abdullah
Ibn Saud
Saudi Arabia
Riyad
Southern governors to meet over Truman nomination
Fifteen southern governors from Virginia to Mississippi plan to meet in Philadelphia before the Democratic convention to name a candidate other than President Truman. Led by Govs Thurmond and Wright, the group aims to pressure for a states rights platform, with Florida and Texas among strongest backers of Wright.
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New Castle
N. H
Truman
Philadelphia
Solid South
Fielding L. Wright
Mississippi
Wright
Virginia
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida
Arkansas
Alabama
Texas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
West Virginia
Maryland
Kentucky
Tennessee
J. Strom Thurmond
Thurmond
Ben Laney
President Truman to Speak in Ohio en route to Washington
President Truman plans a brief stop in Columbus on Thursday as his train from St Louis nears the capital. Officials said no official word on the exact spot or public viewing time. the train is due at 4 50 p.m. EST and will stay eight minutes unless he extends the speech. Local Democrats Horstman and Hanhart said they have not been officially notified of the stop. Meanwhile the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a 65 million dollar long term U N headquarters construction grant for New York City.
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Columbus
Truman
Washington
Secret Service
St. Lows
Albert A. Horstman
Dayton
National Democratic Commilgeman
Eugene
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
United Nations
New York
Hudson Employees To Get Pay Boost
Detroit Hudson Motor Car Company and the CIO United Auto Workers reached a third round wage agreement granting 17000 Hudson employees a flat 13 cent hourly pay boost in a two year contract.
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Detroit
Hudson Motor Car Company
CIO
United Auto Workers Today
Hudson
Curtiss-Wright plant wins jet fighter contract in Columbus
The Curtiss-Wright plant in Columbus has secured a contract to build 88 jet fighters for the air forces and will close for two weeks to give its 2,500 employees a summer vacation. The Chronicle-Telegram also urges Father’s Day gift ideas in its classifieds and advertises numbers for the Drive-In Auto Radio Service.
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Columbus
Curtiss-Wright Aircraft Plant
Papa
Pop
Pater
Chronicle - Telegram
Chronicle-Telegram
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Robert J. Coker
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TVA
Norris Dam
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Crystal Clear Dry Cleaners
Resar Florist
G.O.P
Y.M.C.A
Ralph Forthofer
Middle Ave
Oberlin
Francis S. Hutching
Berea College
Berea, Ky
Oberlin College
South
Millard F. Caldwell
Caldwell
Tidelands
Beauford N. Jester
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Jester
William M. Tucker
Tuck
Rhodes Island
Deetz, Inc
Chrysler-Plymouth
W. Broad
Dick” Stewart
Marseilles
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