Japanese quake relief rush as millions affected and thousands dead
Allied and Japanese officials report 3,155 killed in Fukui with 1,000 in Fukui city alone and 7,752 seriously injured. More than 30,000 buildings damaged as aftershocks continue. Food, medicine, and rice convoyed to disaster zones while authorities fear outbreaks of typhoid and dysentery among survivors.
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Japan
Allied Headquarters
United Press
Peter Kalischer
Fukui
Tokyo
Osaka
Sea of Japan
Allied
Maizuru
Joseph M. Swing
Fuku
Fukui Prefecture
Ishikawa
National Police
Ishikawa Prefectural
Ministry of Welfare
Syrian Charge Denied By U S Warship Shelling Claim
The United States rejected a Syrian charge that a U S warship fired on Arabs in Palestine. Arab League head Abdul Rahman Azzam Pasha said officials provided proof the ship was not American. U S chargé d affaires Jefferson Patterson and naval attaché William R Headden met with Azzam to deny the accusation. The Syrian foreign minister planned to protest to UN mediator Count Folke Bernadotte over the shelled Arab lines.
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Cairo
United States
Palestine
Arab League
The
Abdul Rahman Azzam Pasha
Azzam
U. S
Jefferson Patterson
William R. Headden
Headden
Roshen el Barazi Bey
Folke Bernadotte
Sweden
United Nations
28 Parcels of Land Sold in Brownhelm and Vermilion Areas
County Auditor Frank Ayres reported the forfeited land sale brought in 4300 dollars from 28 parcels, with prices ranging from 15 to 1075 dollars. A lakefront lot at Terrace Beach fetched the high price. Next sales will include Black River township and Sheffield Lake in Ohio. Ohio Woman Killed in Columbus Area Auto Crash. Betts Ward, 38, died instantly while Andrew Baker, 48, was hospitalized in critical condition after a car ran off Route 40 and struck a tree near Columbus.
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Frank Ayres
Brownhelm
Vermilion-on-the-Lake
Terrace Beach
Black River Township
Sheffield Lake Village
Ohio
Columbus
Springfield
Here
Betts Ward
Andrew Baker
Weather outlook for northeastern Ohio today
Partly cloudy and warm this afternoon with showers or thundershowers by mid afternoon. Tonight becomes cloudy with showers at intervals. Winds 15 to 20 miles per hour shifting west by tonight. Late today and this evening may bring brief squalls. Wednesday, fair and cooler with a low around 65 and high near 85. Markets listed on page two.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Child Learns Oil And Paint Not Good To Drink
Little Lyle Gauman two years old, son of Mr and Mrs Clair Gauman of Wellington, likely drank fuel oil and paint while parents redid their home in LaGrange. They rushed him to Elyria Memorial Hospital where officers report doctors gave treatment to purge the mixture from his system.
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Little Lyle Gauman
Clair Gauman
Wellington
LaGrange
Sheriff Department
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Columbus Police And Firemen Given Assurance
Columbus police and fire department members facing mass resignations were assured by city council of a $150 upfront uniform grant and $75 annual uniform maintenance, with potential $20 monthly pay increases later. They seek $50 monthly raises retroactive to January 1 and plan meetings to push the demand, threatening mass resignations on July 8 if unmet.
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Columbus
City Council
Joseph R. Jones
More Cells To Be Added To Death Row
Ohio penitentiary plans expansion of death row due to a record number of condemned killers. Warden Ralph W. Alvis said seven more cells will be readied atop the two existing tiers in I block and annex to handle overflow in the near future. A dishwasher advertisement appears for Marion's Diner at 110 East Ave.
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Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
Ralph W. Alvis
Alvis
Two Toledo Girls Drown In Lake Erie
Two 17 year old Toledo girls Marjorie Riley and Barbara Nopper drowned in Lake Erie off Gem Beach on Catawba Island. Coroner Poe ruled accidental drowning though cause undetermined. They were part of a nine girl outing from Toledo Central Catholic High School.
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Port Clinton
Toledo
Lake Erie
Gem Beach
Catawba Island
Marjorie Riley
Barbara Nopper
Toledo Central Catholic High School
George A. Poe
Marjorie
Barbara
Call Off Dock Strike In London
Leaders of London wildcat dock strike call it off and urge 19 000 workers to return to work tomorrow after government declared a state of emergency. Surrey Docks workers voted to resume with no victimization assured. Victoria Park mass meeting backed the plan. Liverpool dockers in sympathy also voted to return.
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London
Labor
Surrey Docks
Victoria Park
Liverpool
12500 Ohioans To Be Drafted In Next 12 Months
Ohio will draft about 12,500 men born in 1903 in the coming year and Ohio is expected to provide around 50,000 men through draft and enlistments for the fiscal year starting July 1. The national draft figure is tied to service needs for 900,000 personnel, with 250,000 slated for the draft and about 12,500 in Ohio. Ohio may have 127 draft boards, far fewer than wartime levels.
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Columbus
Ohio
Mother Of Elyrian Dies In Russian Zone Of Germany
Eric P. Ligotke of Brandtson Avenue reports his mother Selma Ligotke died May 27 in Goerlitz Silesia within the Russian zone of Germany. Ill for a long time a food package reached her three days before death. The Ligotke family in Elyria learned of shortages in Germany.
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Eric P. Ligotke
Brandtson Avenue
Selma Ligotke
Goerlitz
Silesia
Germany
Ligotke
United States
Elyria
Commissioner of Education Resigns
Washington Dr John W Studebaker resigns as U S commissioner of education after 14 years in the post and President Truman accepts the resignation effective July 15 Studebaker cites time for exit and states he can no longer remain in the federal government Business man Joemyg receives top honors after six years of night study at New York University in commerce accounts and finance with the highest scholastic average Chrysler Plymouth ad promotes guaranteed auto service at 728 W Broad Ave ACV
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Washington
John W. Studebaker
U. S
Education
Truman
Studebaker
New York
Joseph J. Joemyg
New York University
School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance
Body of Girl Found in Oregon Quarry
In Wil, Oregon, searchers locate 18 year old Mary Jane Reed last seen on a date with 28 year old Stanley Skrndla. Skrndla's body was found nearby with five gunshot wounds as authorities investigate a double tragedy and the cause of Reed's death remains undetermined.
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Oregon
Wil
Mary Jane Reed
Here
Fred Horner
Ogle County
Stanley Skrndla
Skridla
Body Of Boy Found In Brook Near Gordon Park
Cleveland officers report seven year old Terrence Massel missing since Saturday was found dead in a brook near Gordon Park. Pat Gannon at the Gordon Park boathouse retrieved the body with a rope. Morgue crews say there was no foul play. The boy could not swim and authorities had a 20 person search.
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Cleveland
Terrence Massel
East Side
Gordon Park
Pat Gannon
Repairs At Elarma Post Office Bid Notice
Acting postmaster William Jenne announced a bid call for an extensive repair program at the Elarma post office. Work includes exterior painting and repairs to roof, sidewalks, doors, floors and driveways, with mortar and exterior surfaces to be painted where needed. July 15 is the bid deadline and bids will be opened then. Bid forms and specifications are available at the post office. further information may be secured from Jenne.
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Elarma
William Jenne
Odfice
Jenne
Red Cross Directors Will Meet Wednesday
The Elyma American Red Cross chapter board of directors will convene Wednesday at 8 p.m. in the chapter offices. Executive secretary Miss Edna Schropp reports the annual officer election and other business will be completed during the meeting. Also advertised is Birktine's hats sale for Independence Day with special values up to $1500, some hats at 1.00.
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Elyma American Red Cross Chapter
Edna Schropp
Birktine’s
Strike Hits 12 IHC Plants With 30000 Workers Involved
More than 30,000 CIO United Farm Equipment Workers members walked out at 12 International Harvester plants across Chicago Auburn North Carolina Richmond Indiana Canton East Moline Rock Falls Rock Island Louisville and other locations. The walkout followed failed last minute talks and continues under federal mediation as the company and union dispute wage boosts and proposed contract hedges affecting piece work pay and plantwide seniority rules.
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Chicago
CIO United Farm Equipment Workers
International Harvester Co
Gerald Fielde
Auburn
N. C
Richmond
Ind
Canton
East Moline
Rockfalls
Rock Island
Ill
Louisville
Lorain Man Sentenced to Life in Ohio Penitentiary
Neal Rhodes, 36, of Lorain, pled guilty to second degree murder for the stabbing of Salmon Dixon after a dispute over a bill. Judge D A Cook imposed a mandatory life term. Rhodes to be transported to the penitentiary tomorrow as deputies reported.
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Neal Rhodes
Lorain
Ohio
D. A. Cook
Rhodes
Salmon Dixon
Democratic Nominee Spoke Here 100 Years Ago Under Elm Tree
The large elm at the courthouse yard in Elyria is linked to a 1848 speech by Democratic nominee Lewis Cass. A bronze tablet, placed by Rotary and Kiwanis in 1928, notes the tree’s girth of 146 feet and canopy span of 131 feet, with branches supported by slings as time passes.
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Elyria
Ohio
Lewis Cass
Michigan
Cass
Zachary Taylor
Rotary and
Kiwanis Clubs
Officer With Memory Recovers Escaped Youth
Patrolman Morris Flood used his memory for names to identify a 17 year old boy who escaped from the Boys Industrial School at Lancaster last January. The youth, now absent without leave from an Army unit in San Antonio, was injured in a street accident after veering into a utility pole. Army officials were notified.
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Morris Flood
Lancaster
Patolman Flood
Police
West River
Lancaster Institution
Army
San Antonio
Barn Fire Probed by State Fire Marshal’s Office
The large unused barn on North Abbe Road was destroyed by fire around 4:30 A.M. last Friday. Fire Chief Bates reported investigators from the state fire marshal’s arson division in Cleveland visited the scene and interviewed residents as the probe continues. The barn on the 37 acre farm owned by Mrs. Helen Sittinger and rented by Carl Ternes was not insured and was found fully destroyed with an estimated lumber value of at least $500.
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North Abbe Road
W. N. Bates
William F. Gmerick
Mark Booth
Cleveland
Bates
Helen Sittinger
Burnstead
Carl Ternes
South Abbe Road
Bean Growers Seek 200 Young Workers in Lorain County
Foster P Durlam announces Lorain County bean growers need 200 boys and girls daily to pick beans starting tomorrow. One hundred will be collected at Elyria Park station and 100 at Lorain Station. Pickups begin at 7 a m for children aged 12 and older, with younger harvest workers already used in strawberries moving to berry picking as raspberries start later this week.
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Foster P. Durlam
Lorain County
Elyria
Ely Park
Court House
Central Lorain
Lorain
M. Dilam
Ohio State Emplooment Service
County Chess Club Sets Next Session July 12
Lorain County Chess Club reports six boards in play with players from Elyria Avon Lake and Lorain in a Padder tournament. Steve Borbash of Avon Lake led the standings and Ent Olin led the Elyria group in third. The club invites all county players to meet Monday July 12 at 8 00 p m at the home of R T Wood 32810 Lake Road Avon Lake first house west of the village park and town hall.
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Lorain
Avon Lake
Berlin Appeals For UN Aid In Berlin Crisis
Berlin officials draft a UN appeal to avert catastrophe within a month as Russia eases reparations demands in the Soviets zone. Walter Ulbricht warns of exhaustion in western sectors while Harriman and Forrestal visit Berlin to assess aid needs amid the blockade.
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Berlin
Russia
Germany
Walter Ulbricht
United Nations
Frau Louise Schroeder
Ferdinand Friedensburg
Magistrat
Denmark
Frankfurt
W. Averell Harriman
The
Economic Cooperation Administration
Harriman
Michael Forrestal
James V. Forrestal
U. S
Young Forrestal
ECA
William Draper
U. S. Department of Army
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Dewey and Warren Map Campaign Strategy Meeting
Governor Thomas E. Dewey and Governor Earl Warren met at Dewey’s Quaker Hill farm to plan their bid to end Democratic control in Washington. They discussed an early nationwide drive with Brownell possibly joining, and cautioned party workers against over-optimism while Warren travels from New York City by car.
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Pawling
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Persidential
Earl Warren
Washington
GOP
Dewey
Quaker Hill Farm
Philadelphia
Warren
New York City
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Instructor And Student Pilots Die In Dayton Crash
DAYTON A private plane from South Dayton Airport crashed three miles east of Miamisburg killing the instructor Norman L. Rice and student Stanford Alexander, both of West Carrollton. Cause of the crash was not immediately determined.
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Dayton
Lorain County to Get $118,100 from Auto License Fees
Lorain county will receive 118100 dollars as its share of the second distribution of 1948 Ohio automobile license fees. The total distribution to counties and municipalities amounts to 7083590 dollars, more than a million above last year’s second distribution, per Edward Fore, state registrar of motor vehicles.
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Lorain County
Ohio
Edward Fore
State Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Chronicle-Telegram Want Ads Help Lorain County
The Minute Men were indispensable in their day and the inexpensive Chronicle-Telegram want ads serve thousands of Lorain County citizens today. Want ads tell them and sell them at a small cost and can be dialed by calling 44-121 or 44-131 for a quick service.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Lorain County
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REDS
TTO
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