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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1948
Page
1
In Washington anti-draft lawmakers claim an outside chance to scuttle peacetime conscription. House leaders push for final action by day’s end as debate continues over reducing the draft term and delaying inductions.
In Philadelphia GOP delegates start drafting the 1948 platform amid excitement over Dewey, Vandenberg, and Taft. Reports of Vandenberg backing Dewey. Stassen arrives with family. Dewey and Taft to join soon. Platform emphasizes economy, national defense, tax reform, and civil rights modeled after 1944 plank.
President Truman started the presidential special from Independence Missouri at 7 34 a m CST bound for Washington with Mrs Truman and daughter Margaret. More than 100 friends and relatives saw him depart and he remarked on the trip amid gifts and good spirits. He plans several days rest after 60 speeches and 2 9 million people reached, with 12 stops before reaching Washington.
Northeast Ohio sunny and warm this afternoon with 8 to 12 mph northerly wind. Clear and milder tonight, Friday partly cloudy and mild with a low around 54 and a high near 76. Also reads as a local florist ad and automotive service promotion with Prices and contact details.
The Elyria chapter Red Cross board meeting tonight at headquarters is postponed for lack of sufficient directors to complete business and elect officers for the coming year. Frank Calvert announced the postponement due to other urgent matters taking up board members.
Tel Aviv reports United Nations mediator Bernadotte and aides arrived from Cairo to discuss peace plans with Israel’s Moshe Shertok. He indicated resolving Arab and Jewish issues may take longer than the 28 day truce, with 22 days left and possible extension sought. Ralph Bunche said the truce was observed with no incidents.
Joseph G. Stolz, 28, of 333 West Avenue, was in St. Joseph's Hospital Lorain for observation after falling from his motorcycle near Penfield Junction yesterday following a collision with an automobile. His condition was satisfactory today and X-rays were planned for his back. The rider swerved to avoid a car stopped for a child in a driveway, then was thrown.
Mayor Henry W. Ault announced a city employees picnic at Cascade Park on July 14 afternoon, mirroring last year’s event. Cold storage for furs and garments advertised by Crystal Clear Dry Cleaners at 132 Broad St.
Little Wanda Lee Morrow 2 ½, daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy Morrow, died when she ran in front of a west bound car near their Route 113 home. Her grandmother Nannie Hammond had been riding in a Lieb Transfer Co machine. Wanda ran back toward home as the vehicle passed. Driver Winifred Uddenberg a Cleveland teacher, 47, was not charged. Wanda born in Henrietta would have entered first grade in September. Survivors include sister Darla and brothers Dale and Wayne, paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Charles Morrow of Delta Ky. Funeral arrangements by Emmerich Funeral Home Amherst. Body to Delta Friday for services.
Preliminary work on the comprehensive Master Plan for Elyria and its environs is underway with Ladislas Segoe planning representatives C W Matthews and D E Lloyd in the city. Matthews, a registered engineer and former Army officer, will lead Elyria planning, coordinating short term and long range public improvements, zoning, land use, and development with the Elyria Civic Foundation.
Private funeral services set for Pv. Roger W Richards Jr. in Elyria after his body arrives Friday from the Columbus Distribution Depot. Richards, born February 28 1918 in Elyria, died August 31 1943 in the Tunisian North Africa campaign. He is survived by parents Mr and Mrs Ro W Richards a sister Nancy and a brother John. The service will be 2 pm Saturday at Nichols Dicken Funeral Home with burial at South Murray Ridge Cemetery.
State Highway Department officials reported good prospects in filling the drainage hole on State Route 18 two miles east of Wellington. The water-filled pit disappeared after dirt was dumped in, with equipment crossing the fill and little settling overnight. Lorain's Ohio Engineering Company serves as contractor while a Columbus laboratory team began coring to assess subsurface peat displacement.
Dr Douglas Horton of New York opened the Oberlin meeting of the General Council of Congregational Christian Churches with a plea for a forward look in church work and a renewed personal covenant. He warned the vast church structure rests on faithful obedience to God and urged action across boards and agencies. Rev William E McCormack of Springfield stressed advancing world missions. The session also discussed electing a new moderator and possible merger with the Evangelical and Reform Church, with voting across state conferences ongoing.
County Auditor Frank Asers reported all 20 parcels offered today in the forfeited land sale were sold totaling 2090 dollars. The range was 35 to 580 dollars. Sales occur four days a week Monday Tuesday Thursday Friday until about 500 parcels are cleared, with 20 to 30 parcels daily opening at 9:30 in No 2 courtroom. Funeral services were arranged today for Walter J Brown 50 who died from injuries at Clyde Cutlery Co after last Thursday incident. Potted plants offered by Resar Florist priced 4 cents each.
William H Bilow 63 operator of the Bilow Market for 29 years died at Elyria Memorial Hospital after a year of illness. He lived at 320 Thirteenth Street and was born in Clinton County New York in May 1888. Survived by widow Nora H Bilow, son Burton, four daughters, twelve grandchildren, and a sister. Funeral Saturday at 1120 am from St Mary Church, burial in St. Marys Cemetery.
President Truman faces a third congressional rebuff as the Reed-Bulwinkle railroad bill becomes law over his veto. The House voted 297 to 102 to override, 31 past the required margin, while the Senate earlier approved 63 to 25. The measure exempts ICC approved railroad rate agreements from antitrust laws.
Paris premier Robert Schuman’s prompt retort to a Communist labor challenge brought a truce to riottorn Clermont Ferrand today and appeared to have checked an incipient strike wave in south France. About 50 000 workers were reported out in sympathy while 300 were hospitalized after clashes. Security forces reinforced Clermont Ferrand as union and administration sought terms to return sitdown strikers to work. Schuman’s cabinet survival followed a victory in the national assembly on the six power London Germany accord.
John L. Lewis renewed an offer to keep soft coal mines operating past June 30 if operators accept immediate payments from the 1947 welfare fund and retroactive new contract provisions to July 1, 1948. Operators had rejected those terms earlier and showed little change in stance. The offer came at a joint mediation conference with operators and government officials.
Pittsburgh D T Ring of Columbus told the Pennsylvania Grade Crude Oil Association on its 23th anniversary that crude production has risen 13 percent and gasoline output 5 percent from last year. He forecast that Pennsylvania grade crude output this year will exceed 1947, noting that early 1948 showed higher daily averages than 1947 and 1946. He cited a surge in exploratory drilling and said the US will import more oil than it exports for the first time since 1942, signaling a new era as imports rise and exports fall though he offered no definitive supply assurances for the year.
The United Nations announced it would send 50 uniformed UN guard force members to Palestine on Saturday to help supervise the Holy Land truce. Almost all are Americans, reflecting the guard force’s composition. Trygve Lie weighed inviting 50 to 100 New York City police, consulting the New York mayor on the matter.
NEW YORK General Electric today enacted a price rise of up to 12 percent on a number of household appliances and two industrial equipment items. The move partially offsets the 60 million dollars of price cuts made on January 1. GE workers received an eight percent wage increase last week. President Charles E Wilson cited higher freight rates and material costs as making lower prices unsustainable.
More than 3,000 rioters marched on the Tehran Majlis compound to protest Premier Haji. Gendarmes and police repelled the crowd. two demonstrators were wounded. Clergy led the crowd, chanting Death to Haji and death to dictatorship, while copies of the Koran were displayed.
Washington Admiral Raymond A. Spruance 61 a hero of Midway and Pacific campaigns will retire July 1 after 45 years of Navy service He was born in Baltimore Md on July 3 1886 and now lives in Indianapolis Ind.
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