Flag Day Speaker Urges Vigilance in Citizenship Duties
Elyria Elks Lodge held Flag Day services stressing citizens must stay vigilant to defend the American system from alien threats. New citizens were welcomed and presented flags by Lawrence Aschenbach. Key speakers included Fred J. Milligan, with remarks by Mayor Henry W. Ault as a formal response.
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Elyria Elks Lodge
Elks Hall
Lawrence Aschenbach
Loyal American Legion Post
Edward Bembower
American Legion
Ralph V. Gardner
Lodge
Fred J. Milligan
Columbus
First Methodist Church
Burton F. Johnson
Salvation Army
Henry W. Ault
Milligan
Y Building Fund Drive Gets Strong Start For Elyria Y
Elyria Y M C A campaign opens with pledges of 43467.00 in two days toward a 110000.00 goal. Industrial division leads with 33075.00 in corporate gifts and subscriptions. Special gifts division reports 8420.00. General solicitations total 1922 pledges. Goal funds support 1100 boys at 190.00 per boy.
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Elyria Y.M.C.A
Robert D. Oldfield
Richard M. Timms
R. J. Fitch
Harold R. Rorick
Weather outlook for Ohio and surrounding region
Northeastern Ohio shows considerable cloudiness with thunder showers and heat. Tonight remains warm and humid with a low around 55. Saturday turns partly cloudy, cooler and drier with a high near 76. Five day outlook calls for showers and storms ending Saturday then again Tuesday or Wednesday. Temperatures near normal in the south, a bit below in the north. Cool Saturday, warmer Monday and Tuesday, then cooler midweek.
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Ohio
North Portion
Eleanor Roosevelt says UN can aid East West understanding
Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt told a Copenhagen press conference that there is no reason a settlement cannot be reached through the United Nations. She cited suspicion as the major obstacle but expressed certainty that an understanding between East and West is possible within the UN framework.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Eleanor Roosevelt
United Nations
Roosevelt
Eugenie Anderson
U. S
Lorain Dr Benjamin Carlson 57 Dies After Illness
Lorain heart specialist Dr Benjamin Carlson died at 3 50 a m at his home following a brief illness He had practiced 21 years in Lorain retiring last year Born August 24 1892 in Minneapolis Minn he was past president of the staff of St Josephs Hospital Lorain past president of the Lorain County Medical Association and a member of the State Medical Association He served in World War I in France with the Camouflage Corps of the 40th Engineers He was deacon and former president of church groups and a former president of The College Club He was also a charter member and former President of the Lorain Camera Club He received a BA from Otterbein College in 1922 and graduated from Western Reserve Medical School in 1925 He taught electrocardiography at St Francis Hospital Pittsburgh and Cook County Hospital Chicago and studied at Rochester N Y The article notes continued on Page 2.
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Benjamin Carlson
Lorain
East Erie Avenue
Carlson
Minneapolis
Minn
St. Joseph’s ‘Hospital
Lorain County Medical Association
State Medical Association
Lorain Camera Club
City Hospital
Otterbein College
Western Reserve Medical School
Cleveland
St. Francis Hospital
Pittsburgh
Cook County Hospital
Chicago
Rochester
Canada Breezes Bring Heat Relief and Weather Storms
Breezes from Canada promise relief for eastern swelter as a cold front collides with Gulf winds, sparking violent thunderstorms. Flood fears rise in Idaho and Minnesota caterpillars devastate forests, while Nevada’s Virginia City credits a cloudburst with averting a fire threat. Two-thirds inch rain hits Chicago early, and New Castle Indiana reports a peculiar windstorm near an epilepsy village.
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United Press
Canada
Gulf of Mexico
Chicago
C. Z. Robbins
Idaho
Kootenai
Bonner's Ferry
Ida
Minnesota
New Castle
Ind
Indiana Village
Nevada
Virginia City
Badman Surrenders In Munich Bedroom Arrest
Oklahoma GI Homer Cook, ill and wounded, surrendered to German and American police in Anna Sporer’s Munich flat after a 60 hour escape from Dachau. He was captured with a swollen arm and a gunpoint prompt, awaiting trial on multiple charges including assault and armed robbery. Cook hoped to reunite with Anna, who remained elsewhere.
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Munich
Germany
Oklahoma
Badmann
Homer Cook
Anna Sporer
Cook
Anna
Dachau
Amer ‘Ican
Cpl
Albert; Phevisen
Ashland
Pfc
Emil Skaggs
Ansted
W. Va
Muskogee
Ohio
Nuernberg
Neurnberg
Rosenheim
Transit strikes ripple across cities causing mass commutes
Bus and streetcar workers in Los Angeles began a strike while over a million residents turned to car pools or rides. Other cities faced new walkouts and lingering labor actions, with milk, auto parts, and newspaper workers among those walking out. Negotiations and mediators appeared to shape deadlines as the nation grappled with transportation and industry stoppages.
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Los Angeles
Mobile
Ala
Atlanta
AFL
Washington
Pittsburgh
Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Herron-Zimmer Moulding Co
Lincoln Motor
Marsh Guerin
Adv
Electra Alloys Strike Continues At North American Plant
The strike at Electra Alloys Division of the American Brake Shoe Company continues with plant operations suspended since Tuesday at 6 pm. No further meetings between plant management and union representatives are scheduled. The core dispute is over a wage increase request by the United Brotherhood of Local 383.
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Moiders and Foundry Workers Union of North America
Electra Alloys
American Brake Shoe Company
UE Is Winner In 5 More GE Units
Cleveland CIO confirms victory to represent five additional General Electric plants bringing its total to 17 units and 2455 employees. The rival United Electrical Workers, ousted from CIO, now represents 9982 employees in four units.
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Cleveland
International Union of Electrical Workers
CIO
General Electric Company
United Electrical Workers
Boy Killed By Tractor In Amish Community
Plain City reports the death of three year old Ronnie Wayne Detweiler, killed when a tractor driven by his ten year old brother Norman ran him over on the family farm. The incident occurred yesterday near Plain City. The boy was an Amish child. A Catholic High School Bazaar will be held Friday and Saturday nights at the High School building with public admission and special entertainment.
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Plain City
Ronnie Wayne Detweiler
Here
Norman
Catholic High School
Big 3 reject charge of Italian treaty violation
London report notes the United States, Great Britain, and France rejected a Soviet claim of Italian treaty violations in Trieste. The Western powers denied blocking plans for Trieste as a free territory and denied maintaining naval bases there, replying to Moscow’s April 20 protest.
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London
United States
Great Britain
France
Trieste
Moscow
Elyria Boy Named Treasurer Of City At Boys State
Ed Schroeder 17, son of Mrs Milderd Schroeder of Century Block, was named treasurer of Ingersoll City at the Buckeye Boys State program at Camp Perry near Port Clinton. He completed his junior year at Elyria High School last week.
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Elyria
Buckeye Boys’ State
Camp Per‘Ty
Port Clinton
Ed Schroeder
Mildred Schroeder
Century Block
Ingersoll City
Schroeder
Elyria High School
Magyar Church to Host Daily Bible School This Summer
The Magyar Evangelical and Reformed Church announces a three week Vacation Bible School from June 19 to July 9. Sessions run Monday to Friday 9 a m to 2 p m with lunch brought by children. Led by Pastor Rev Louis G Novak, the program includes Bible instruction, songs, prayers, crafts, drama, folk dancing, picnics and outings. Open to all community children age three and up. registration is under way with staff Dolores Kayden Clara Sobosli Rosemary Sabo Grace Farkas and Marshall Novak assisting.
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Laug
Magyar Evangelical and Reformed Church
Schoor
Bible School
Louis G. Novak
Novak
Dolores Kayden
Clara Sobosli
Rosemary Sabo
Grace Farkas
Marshall Novak
Lakewood Reports Population Loss in Cuyahoga County
Lakewood, Cleveland's largest suburb, led the county with a population drop, census supervisor Joseph P. Mull announced. The 1940 count fell by 1282 and the 1930 figure by 2363, new total 87,378, amid civic notices and a Friday fish fry event at Olympic Recreation, 223 Lodi St.
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Cleveland
Lakewood
Cuyahoga County
Joseph P. Mull
Olympic Recreation
Lodi
Elyria Man Elected Head Of Ohio Ready Mixed Concrete Association
C A Persons of The West Side Lumber and Coal Co. in Elyria and Avon Lake was elected president of the Ohio Ready Mixed Concrete Association at a Cleveland meeting. Vince Ahern, secretary of the National Mixed Concrete Association, spoke as the principal speaker. The group presented a forum for light weight aggregate producers to discuss benefits and usage of light weight concrete. The association aims for uniform mixes, workable concrete, and durable admixtures. Over 100 Ohio producers attended the meeting.
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C. A. Persons
West Side Lumber and Coal Co
Elyria
Avon Lake
Ohio Ready Mixed Concrete Association
Cleveland
Vince Ahern
National Mixed Concrete Association
Washington
United States
Ohio
Westlake ends rent controls after local option action
Washington housing expert Tighe E Woods announced today the end of rent controls at Westlake Ohio following a local option action. The move marks the first decontrol after years of limits and is seen as a key housing policy shift for the area.
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Westlake
Washington
Tighe E. Woods
Elyria 1950 Census Shows 30 197 Population Figure
Elyria's 1950 population is reported at 30 197, a 20 percent rise from ten years ago. Mayor Ault and Service Director Rothe received the census figures from J. Clay Dean of the Census Bureau. Lorain's population is 50 819, Sandusky 29 060, with modest statewide changes expected.
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Elyria
Henry W. Ault
Dan Rothe
J. Clay Dean
Akron
Bureau of the Census of the
14Th Congressional District
Lorain
Sandusky
Dean
Washington
Ault
Rand McNally Co
Earl Fauver
Lorain County
Patrick Flaherty
Hmits
Oberlin Youth Convicted in Armed Robbery Case
Charles Smith a 17 year old of Oberlin was found guilty of armed robbery by a jury in Judge Cook's court this afternoon. He received an indeterminate sentence at Mansfield Reformatory. The trial related to the brutal beating of Dr Mary Emily Sinclair 71 Oberlin College retired professor last May 12. The jury of 12 heard that Smith lured Miss Sinclair to the country under pretense of taking him to his sick father then beat her with a wire cutting tool and took her car en route to a Sandusky high school prom. Sinclair suffered a fractured skull and nose and remains under treatment. She testified yesterday from an ambulance cot.
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Charles Smith
Oberlin
D. A. Cook
Mansfield Reformatory
Mary Emily Sinclair
Oberlin College
Smith
Lancaster
Miss Sinclair
Sandusky
Mary K. Miller Dies After Year's Illness
Miss Mary Katherine Miller 38 died at her home 14 Harrison street after a year of illness. Born Latrobe Pa May 4 1911 she lived most of life in Elyria Ohio graduating Elyria High School 1928 and Oberlin School of Commerce 1929. She was secretary to George Calvert of Pfaudler company active in local clubs and First Congregational church. Surviving mother Jana Alma Riggins Miller sister Mrs Duke M Elliott nephew Gregory Elliott and brother Samuel Donald Miller Jr who died in World War II. Funeral Saturday 2 30 p.m. at First Congregational church with interment in Unity cemetery Latrobe Pa. Flowers omitted. Friends may call Sudro Curtis Funeral Home.
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Mary Katherine Miller
Harrison Street
First Congregational Church
Junior Woman’s Club
Elyna
Social Progress
Elynia Woman’s Club
Playmakers’ Board
Duke M. Elliott
Gregory Donald Elliott
Samuel Donald Miller, Jr
South Pacific
Unity Cemetery
Latrobe
Sudro- Curtis Funeral Home
Pensions to be discussed at life underwriters conference
Cleveland hosts a one day conference on June 28 sponsored by the National Association of Life Underwriters. Judd C. Benson will discuss the underlying philosophy of pensions with other talks on various pension planning phases.
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Life Underwriters
Cleveland
National Association of Life Underwriters
Judd C. Benson
Chemist Held As Second Member Of Spy Ring
Washington FBI chief J Edgar Hoover announced the arrest in New York City of David Greenglass on charges of conspiring with Harry Gold and a Russian agent to obtain information on atomic energy. In Syracuse a home loving chemist earning 75 a week was jailed on 100,900 bail as the second American in a wartime Russian spy ring he believes was led by Gold and two Russians who fled. Slack admitted passing a sample and data on an American developed explosive, identified as RDX, to Gold, accusing the charges of being a mistake and noting his opposition to communism.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
New York City
Today
David Greenglass
Harry Gold
Syracuse
Alfred Dean Slack
Philadelphia
Slack
Gold
Minn
Colson Wheel
Elyria Holwene Adv
Jdeath
Communist Party
PBS
Edgar Hoover
Srta Eiae
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South Amherst
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Camille Henry
Amherst
Marilyn Fowls
Amibell Potter
Wakeman
Kaywoodie
Marsh Guenin
Lucius Beebe
Brass Rail
Bucket of Blood
Crystal Bar
Badman
Motor Products Corp
New York World-Telegram
Sun
CIO American Newspaper Guild
Publishers
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AFE
Ne 1
Seea
Resar Florists
Ady
Wlliam Zoerndt
Helen
Amsterdam
Albany
Schenectady
Secret Service
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Springfield
Mass
Big 3
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Boys’ State
Magyar Church
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