White House seeks last minute break in railroad dispute
Washington rushed to avert court action and a fresh injunction in the long running railroad labor dispute. Presidential assistant John R. Steelman pressed railroad and union leaders to return to bargaining as Judge T. Alan Goldsborough prepares a hearing on a permanent injunction. Negotiators from the unions, engineers, firemen and switchmen met with Steelman but offered little optimism as talks continued.
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Washington
White House
John R. Steelman
Truman
White
T. Alan Goldsborough
Elyria Post Office survey highlights need for more carriers
William Kirby reports a city growth reflected in mail volume and carrier workload. April counts show 17 922 letters and 7 736 other pieces daily, plus 2 183 pounds of mail. recheck yields 2 331 pounds with 8 383 daily stops. Recommendation seeks two new carriers and conversion of an auxiliary route to regular.
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William Kirby
Elyria
Kirby
Thy
Cascade
Safety Check Of Utes Will Start Thursday
COLUMBUS The State Highway Patrol will start its annual safety check of automobiles tomorrow with checkpoints on major highways to test headlights horns tires brakes and wipers. If all points pass a windshield sticker will be issued. otherwise no sticker until corrected.
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Columbus
Highey Patrol
Cleveland Area Weather Forecast Update
Northeastern Ohio forecast shows partly cloudy skies and cooler temperatures with a 16 to 19 mile per hour westerly wind. A possible afternoon thunder shower is noted with tonight’s low around 60 and Thursday's high near 80. Advertising includes electrical goods and local Bowker Medical Service contact.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Fear 14 Men And Women Perished In Boat Tragedy
Cedar Keys Florida reports a Sunday fishing trip disaster on the Gulf of Mexico. Fourteen are feared dead, two confirmed killed, two survivors recount the Hazel catching fire from a gas tank explosion and sinking within 15 minutes. Survivors describe clinging to wreckage and life preservers while sharks circled.
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Cedar Keys
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Sandy Key
William Sanders
Ocala
L. R. Burnett
Sanders
Berlin Crisis Shows New Soviet Balloon Harass Move
Russians notified allies that clusters of balloons floated along the air corridor to Berlin signaling a possible harassing tactic in the blockaded city crisis. Balloons were seen near Burgstall and Dalie in the British zone as U.S. and Allied planes continued daily flights to Berlin. A separate note from Marshal Sokolov offered a cautious promise to resume rail traffic before Western food stocks run out, prompting high level discussions among U.S. officials including Harriman Clay and Draper.
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Berlin
Burgstall
Magdeburg
Dalie
Wassily D. Sokolovsky
Sokolovsky
Brian Robertson
Robertson
U. S
Germany
W. Averell Harriman
Lucius D. Clay
William H. Draper
Four Women Suffer Minor Injuries In Gulf Road Crash
Four women were injured, all with minor cuts and bruises, in a traffic crash on Gulf Road about five miles north of Elyria yesterday at 4 20 pm. A car driven by Waketta Yoder crossed the center line after sideswiping a guard rail, hitting a north bound car driven by Anna Marshall and a light truck driven by Leal Pitts Jr. Several passengers from Lorain, including Emma Gear Mary Gevich and Bertha Toth, incurred minor injuries and were treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital.
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Gulf Road
Elyria
Waketta Yoder
Middle Avenue
Anna Marshall
Lorain
Leal Pitts, Jr
North Olmsted
Yoder
Marshall
The
General Industries Co
Emma Gear
Mary Gevich
Bertha Toth
Elyria Memorial Hospital
County Officials To Get More Bay If Reelected
County officials who win re election this fall will gain from belated state legislature raises not effective during current terms. The budgets for 1949 filed with county commissioners show Clerk of Courts H B Agate rising from 4382 to 5700 annually plus 1200 more for employees, totaling 26760 for the department. Other items include 1500 for legal advertising 300 for other costs and 3000 for stationery making a 37260 budget, up 2515. Lorain Municipal Court budget stays at 3975. Agricultural extension service seeks 5200, same as this year.
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H. B. Agate
Lorain
Polio Hits Two More Children In Cleveland
Polio strikes two more youngsters in Cleveland raising the year total to twelve. Alice Zimmerman and her sister Kathleen, both admitted to City Hospital’s contagious division, are among the latest cases.
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Cleveland
City Hospital
Alice Zimmerman
Kathleen
Former Elyria Official Martin Mueller Dies at 83
Martin Mueller 83 longtime Elyria civic figure and former safety director died yesterday at 3 15 p m Born in Gachlingen Switzerland September 15 1864 he came to Elyria at 16 He served on the city council for eight years with the Ohio Industrial Commission 19 years active in the Democratic party and worked in the grocery business and at Western Automatic Machine Screw He is survived by his wife Marie a daughter Marie M Ryan a son Martin Mueller II six grandchildren two great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p m at Nichols Dicken Funeral Home with burial in Ridgelawn cemetery.
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Martin Mueller
Mr. Mueller
Gachlingen
Switzerland
Elyria
Ohio Industrial Commission
Democratic Party
Western Automatic Machine Screw Company
First Congregational Church
Elyria I. O. O. F. Lodge
Marie
Marie M. Ryan
Martin Mueller II
Ridgeville
Nerces
Arnold
West Avenue
Nichols-Dicken Funeral Home
William A. Leath
Ridgelawn Cemetery
Elyria Population and County Figures in 1948 Survey
Elyria's population is estimated at 34,400 at the start of 1948, with Lorain county at 133,600. Lorain city 57,000, Elyria 10,100 families, Lorain 14,800, county 36,800 families. Elyria retail sales exceed one third of county total, at 32,150,000 for Elyria, 43,187,000 for Lorain, and 95,971 for the county. County employment reaches 34,358. 1947 net farm income is 11,316,000.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Sales Management
Lorain
Ohio Governor's Car In Traffic Crash
Ohio Governor and Mrs. Thomas J. Herbert escaped injury when their car collided with a vehicle driven by 81 year old Fred Weidmayer of Orlando Florida. The Governor's private secretary also escaped injury. Weidmayer was treated for a possible fractured wrist and lacera tions. The Governor continued to Cincinnati to sign the Ohio Valley water sanitation compact today.
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Washington C. H. O
Thomas J. Herbert
Fred Weidmayer
Orlando
Fla
John Robert Jones
Weidmayer
Cincinnati
Nickel Subway Fare Ends as Five Million Straphangers Farewell
New York city riders bid farewell to the nickel fare as the price drops to 10 cents at midnight. The story notes that a nickel would only buy limited items like three minutes of noise on a juke box or a short telephone call, and oddly includes an employment ad for a dishwasher at Marion's Diner on East Avenue.
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New York
Toll Of Quake Expected To Be 5 000 Dead
Fukui Japan aftermath after Monday quake and fire with tolls cited at 3215 dead and 7732 injured. American medical staff worked by candlelight to treat patients and prevent epidemics. Relief trains and troops directed to assist as fires burn and hospitals crowd with casualties.
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Furui
Japan
Gin
Douglas MacArthur
Fukui City
Osaka
Kobe
Fukui
William Hyland
New York City
Sabae National Hospital
Eighth Army
Robert L. Hichelberger
Body Of Corporal Schmidt Arrives In Elyria This Thursday
The body of Corporal Eugene A. Schmidt killed in action in Manila on February 9, 1945 will arrive in Elyria Thursday afternoon. Services are set for 1 p.m. Saturday at the First Baptist Church with Dr. Arthur F. Williams officiating. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery. Schmidt, born November 4, 1921 in Lorain, lived in Elyria most of his life and graduated from Elyria High School in 1939. He enlisted in the National Guard in 1940 and served with Company D, 145th Infantry, 37th Division overseas from May 1942. He fought in Auckland, New Guinea, the Fiji Islands, Rendova, Munda, Vella Lavella, the New Georgia Islands, Bougainville, and Manila. He is survived by his mother Mrs. Leona Schmidt Gardner, 311 Cleveland Street. his father Anthony P. Schmidt of Michigan. and a sister Mrs. LaVerne Gawlik of Elyria.
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Cpl
Eugene A. Schmidt
Manila
Philippine Islands
Elyria
Sudro- Curtis Funeral Home
First Baptist Church
Arthur F. Williams
Elmwood Cemetery
Cpl. Schmidt
Lorain
Elyrfa
National Guard
145Th Infantry
Aukland
New Guinea
Fiji Islands
Rendova
Munda
Vella LaVella
New Géorgia Islands
Bougainville
Ohio Governor To Speak At Avon Avon AVON
Governor Thomas Herbert will speak in Avon on July 18 for ceremonies before the French Creek cleanup. County Commissioner Thomas McGeachie extended the invitation and will return from a Florida convention. Wilson Jameson will dynamite large trees to aid the project, with estimated costs reduced to about $36,000. A Sunday picnic dinner will be provided for workers.
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Avon
Thomas Herbert
French Creek
Herbert
Thomas McGeachie
Lorain County
McGeachie
Florida
Wilson Jameson
Believe Yugoslavia Refused To Take Kremlin Orders
London report says the British foreign office concluded that a split between Russia and Yugoslavia stems from Yugoslavia refusing to take orders from the Kremlin. Marshal Tito’s repeated defiance, including a Yugoslav Bulgarian Albanian federation appeal, marks growing disunity behind the iron curtain acknowledged by Belgrade and Prague reports.
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London
British
Foreign Office
Russia
Yugoslavia
Kremlin
Iron Curtain
Marshal Tito
Belgrade
Prague
Tito
Eight Governors Sign Ohio River Sanitation Pact
The eight Ohio Valley states signed the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Compact in Cincinnati, pledging to halt inland sewage pollution and provide safe water for about 20 million people across 200000 square miles. Indiana Governor Ralph H Gates led the signing, with eight chief executives present except New York's Gov. Thomas E Dewey.
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Cincinnati
Ohio Valley
Hotel Netherland Plaza
Hall of Mirrors
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Ralph H. Gates
Indiana
Clarence W. Meadows
West Virginia
Thomas J. Herbert
Ohio
Dwight H. Green
Illinois
Earle C. Clements
Kentucky
William M. Tuck
Virginia
James H. Duff
Pennsylvania
Ohio River
Woman assaulted and purse stolen on Fifteenth Street
Mrs. Anna Sieminski reports a man struck her as she reached her home at 12 50 a m and grabbed her purse then fled east on Fifteenth Street. The black plastic square bag contained about $1 50, letters and receipts. Six nearby men searched the area but found no suspect. The assailant stood about six feet, wore a blue shirt and skull cap.
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Anna Sieminski
Fifthteenth Street
Fifteenth Street
West Avenue
Bear mauling at Glen Oak Park Zoo left arm amputated
Twelve year old Johnny Dickerson was bitten by 250 pound Himalayan bear Toophy while feeding grapes through the cage bars. The bear pulled him against the bars and gnawed the arm for 45 minutes before surgeons amputated the left arm at the shoulder. Firemen used high pressure hoses to calm the animal and restore control as attendants rushed the boy to hospital.
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Peoria
Johnny Dickerson
Glen Oak Park Zoo
Toophy
India
A. B. Eads
Dickerson
Pick Houlihan
Houlihan
Tito Directs Yugoslav Split Fight With Cominform
Belgrade harboring a confrontation between Marshal Tito and the Cominform as Tito and four party leaders denounce charges of straying from the party line. Tito returned from Bled to Belgrade to steer the Yugoslav response while seeking Soviet friendship and support.
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Belgrade
Marshal Tito
Communist Party
Cominform
Tito
Bled
Edward Kardelj
Alexander Rankovic
Milovan Djilas
Communist Information Bureau
Soviet Union
Russia
Evacuation By British Completed In Palestine
Haifa port marks the end of 30 years of British occupation as the last British flag is lowered. Lt. Gen. MacMillan leaves by launch to the cruiser Phoebe while marines guard the area with Bren guns and anti-tank weapons. Spitfires patrol overhead as ships anchor offshore and fires light the port at dawn.
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Haifa
Palestine
G. H. A. MacMillan
Merchants Discuss Parking and Farm Ties in Elyria
Elyria merchants and city leaders met at Graystone Hotel to discuss off street parking bills and the need for a long range farm program. Ohio Council official George Hammond noted a General Assembly bill to allow city parking property purchases, while Carl Kahler urged reviving Elyria Days and forming a back to school sales push.
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Retail Merchants
Elyria Chamber
Graystone Hotel
George B. Hammond
Ohio Council of Retail Merchants
Ohio General Assembly
Ohio Cities
Mighty Mite Drives Vacation Cash With Classifieds
The Chronicle-Telegram urges readers to use Want Ads during the long days of summer to sell used cars cameras cottage furniture and refrigerators for extra cash. Call 44-121 or 44-131 to place ads and boost sales.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Hat sale at Birkline’s all hats special Ath. Adv
Advert shows an Ath. location at 250 2nd St with hats priced from 1.00 to 3.00. Fine straws and trims offered, values up to 15.00. Marketed as all hats sale with several styles on display.
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Birkline
2Nd St
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John W. McCormack
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Geisel
Stenco
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