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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1945
Page
1
Fragmented, garbled report notes Europe facing economic crisis and food shortages. Mentions Germans eating better than some Europeans and French, with references to cities, industries, and war impacts but lacks clear facts or names.
Columbus Civil Aeronautics Authority reports a plane crash shortly after takeoff from Sullivant airport for a pleasure cruise. Dernard Py Howching of Columbus, vice president of the Babingon Houchin Optical Co, and Edward L. Scott of Columbus, an employee of the United Lens Co, were killed. Houchin was ejected and died days later, while Scott perished at the scene.
Paris reports that in the war's final days the Nazis perfected launching wet rockets from submarines for attacks on American coastal cities. A United Press dispatch cites a Bremen correspondent noting a date for V weapons experiments shared with Japan, though inclusion of submarines remains uncertain. An American investigator doubted Japan could reach a tactical or strategic stage with the weapons. India Express to produce 3,000,000 coconuts in the next 12 months.
Multiple brief obituaries list funeral details, survivors, and burial plans for residents including George often, Roberta Johnston, Lillian Barrett, Ethel Seames, and others. Entries cite ages, family relations, churches, cemeteries, and service dates in Oberlin, Lorain, Granger, and surrounding towns.
Senate sessions stretched into late hours as Senator Bilbo pursued a one man filibuster against the FEPC measure. Majority Leader Barkley urged a compromise to reduce funding and avoid cloture, but Bilbo offered no promises. The fiscal year end loomed and expectant reporters awaited Monday’s votes amid ongoing talks.
Miss Josephine M Long, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Long of Lorain, wed in an all white church setting as Rev Kierl H. Seharein officiated. The ceremony and reception at Lorain Masonic Temple featured a formal gown, familial attendants, and a gold set as the couple’s anniversary gift.
In a move amid meat shortages officials consider paying producers a subsidy for lambs not marketed to stabilize supply. A proposal mentions about $1 per 100 pounds as a possible rate though the exact amount has not yet been agreed. The plan aims to support producers facing costs at current price ceilings and keep lambs from leaving the market.
London dispatch reports that the American Third Division recovered about five tons of gold worth $28,500,000 hidden on orders of former German foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop. The cache was found beneath the home of a former burgomaster in Bad Gastein, including gold bars and assorted currencies. Ribbentrop has been captured by British troops in Hamburg weeks earlier.
Prime Minister Churchill, tired but hopeful, concluded a four day 1500 mile Conservative campaign tour returned to London aboard a special train. He waved to the crowd at the platform and then rode to 10 Downing Street. A rally in Edinburgh drew about 20,000 in Princes Street Gardens where he pledged Britain and the Dominions would strengthen the United Nations effort.
Safety instructor Tauteyille Kat from the American Red Cross was hospitalized with a fractured ankle after falling from a diving board into a municipal pond. He lost his balance and struck a concrete runway during the incident.
Mary Currin, 80, of Guern, pleaded with peace today as she faced a homicide charge over a confrontation with a carving knife at her home. She was held without bail as arraignments resumed before Magistrate William A. Parrett.
Fragments mention Cortravet infection sent to Panw Fe Army hospital and a D0-ay leave. Names include Robert at Huron, Yo Mis Jean Sawrer at Zunes, Henri, Martha Wiles, Mrs Kenneth Horst, and George Am Bate. Burial at a cemetery and a special puze noted. Remnants cite street addresses and community figures in a muddled memorial notice.
A mix of court actions from Lorain and Wellington areas includes divorces granted or filed on grounds of cruelty and neglect. Notable items: Georgia Sheddorwag divorcing George with $300 alimony and former name restoration. Gladys Lake seeks divorce from James with custody and name restoration requests. Isabel Jones sues Carlston for divorce on cruelty grounds. A. J. Weber suit against Julia Cantu dismissed for lack of service. a petition to transfer funds in Pittsfield township. a pup tent theft reported at 455 Cambridge Avenue.
Rath Neenah Pravik riptisal. Reichhardt failed today. Franke torment. Nadi States tery. Bohemia Moravia kale his guilt. claims she orders toil the bilteheryrot only 4800 to 2000 Czechoslovaks. estimates at 20000 Whtexe. Dro Be-Beek Czechoslovak member of the United Nations War Crimes Commission disclosed seven 70 page cost tions. based on the document he insists Frank be returned to Czechoslovakia for trial as the court’s No. war criminal.
United Press reports about 40 000 Detroit workers resuming war tasks after CIO and AFL tentative agreement to end jurisdictional disputes. Nationally about 60 000 others idle as strikes continue. Wage demands and War Labor Board actions spur new walkouts at several plants including Carnegie Steel and Alumina Company plants.
The Wilmot Printing Company is sold to Amherst residents Koont and Choate. The purchase includes equipment and the business will continue operating under current policies. Koont will edit the Amherst News Times and Choate serves as administrative assistant at a Cleveland Army Air Base. the firm, founded 19 years ago by Clay Wilmot and the late Don A. Wilmot, occupies six rooms on the Masonic Temple’s second floor.
The Elyrian Quartet performed last evening for patients, some bedfast and moved to hear the concert on a veranda overlooking the scene. A separate item notes Mrs Arbura Curry receiving a surprise package from her husband in the Pacific, which police soaked in oil before opening, and Alvin Maurner fined $3 and costs for health code violations due to rubbish accumulation at his restaurant rear per Mayor Roscale.
The page lists commodity prices and market quotes for fruits, vegetables, and staples including beets cucumbers kale and strawberries, plus grains and livestock like beef, cales, and lambs. It notes a local obituary: a real estate broker in Fostoria died of a heart attack during a Rotary Club meeting, after receiving a past president’s pin.
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