Seek Basis For Peace In Auto Plants
Sit down strikers in nine Chrysler plants threaten to stay until a satisfactory settlement is reached. Gov. Murphy, aided by federal conciliator James Dewey, says negotiations may open Monday on peaceful evacuation of occupied plants. Sheriff Wilcox faces limited force to remove barricaded workers, aiming to avoid bloodshed as talks continue.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
Frank Murphy
Chrysler
United Automobile Workers Union
Murphy
General Motors
James Dewey
Washington
Thomas C. Wilcox
Allen Campbell
Circuit Court
K. T. Keller
B. E. Hutchinson
Nick
Secretary Perkins Proposes Plan To End Chrysler Strike
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins outlines a three point program to end the Chrysler strike. The plan was reported after an informal New York conference with Walter P. Chrysler. The proposed steps call for immediate evacuation of occupied plants and for maintenance workers to handle operations.
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Sec’y. of Labor
Washington
Frances Perkins
Walter P. Chrysler
Chrysler Corporation
New York
Weather update from Ohio to Northeast US
Rain and colder tonight with Sunday generally fair and colder. Snow flurries in northeast and extreme north. Low pressure moves through central states while high pressure lingers over Canadian prairies and plains. Temperatures rise in the Ohio Valley and Middle Atlantic while plains stay cold. Rain persists from the Mississippi Valley to the lower lakes eastward with heavy rain in the Deep South. Dust storms continue in the Central States.
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Ohio
Kansas
Wlinois
Springfield
Washington Coast
Canadian Prairie Provinces
Plains States
Southwest
Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic
Mississippi Valley
Lakes
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Rush Under Way For Auto Licenses
The 1957 automobile license plate rush is underway in Elyria with March two thirds gone. Local deputy registrars report higher tag sales than last year at Jenne Street and Broad Street offices while Elyria Automobile Club notes more buyers. Most owners have yet to secure plates, with a final rush expected in the last days of March before the April 1 deadline.
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W. H. Jenne
Adams
Foster Streets
Thomas Francis
Broad Street
Allyn Gehl
Elyria Automobile Club
Grand Jurors Convene Here Tuesday On Assault Cases
Grand jurors will convene here Tuesday to consider about a score of cases from assault and battery to manslaughter. Lead case is the manslaughter charge against Mrs Lennore F Guettinger age 35 of Avon Lake accused of shooting her husband February 11. Other cases include Tony and Andy Alessi twins aged 22 and Elmer Cunningham of Lorain in criminal assault charges. Additional defendants face charges such as reckless driving auto theft embezzlement non support shooting to kill and robbery among others awaiting grand jury action.
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Hst
Lennore F. Guettinger
Avon Lake
Tony
Andy Alessi
Elmer Cunningham
Lorain
Charles Reising
Jacob Eberling
Clarence McDaniels
Walter Anderson
Nick Halas
John Pachuta
Richmond Carey
Marshall Wotten
Chas. Lawrence
Harvey Ross
Lorenzo Reyna
Earl Moulder
Lawrence Weichert
Paul Draggert
Half Hour Noonday Lenten Services Begin Monday
Grace and St. John’s Lutheran Churches announce the fourteenth annual half hour noonday Lenten series at St. John’s Church at Broad and West avenue starting Monday noon. Services run daily at 12 o’clock except Saturday with guest speakers including Rev. E. Mueller Cleveland, Rev. H. Dawe Oberlin, Rev. A. Oldson Lakewood, Rev. E. Miller Cleveland Heights, and Rev. F. Schumm Toledo. Schumm recently left a Elyria charge for Toledo.
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Grace
St. John’s Lutheran
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Corner Broad
West Avenue
E. Mueller
Cleveland
H. Dawe
Oterlin
A. Oldson
Lakewood
E. Miller
Cleveland Heights
F. Schumm
Toledo
Evangelist Colegrove To Speak At First Baptist Church
Evangelist Colegrove will address men at 10 45 A M during Sunday school hour at the First Baptist Church then speak to women at 2 30 P M. A closing service for all at 7 30 P M ends the day with a choir and orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evangelist Colegrove
First Baptist Church
Mine Disaster Leaves 73 Dead at Termiston Jack Mine
Capetown reports 73 natives died as fire raged after a gas explosion at the Sim mer Jack mine in Termiston. Officials said 33 people remained missing.
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Capetown
Termiston
County Awards For Engineering Dept Make Mixed Bids
County commissioners tentatively awarded about 25,000 dollars in supplies for the engineering department. The 34,000 gallons of asphalt emulsion went to The Byerlyte Company of Cleveland at 7.65 cents a gallon, higher than Ohio Road Improvement Company’s 7.09 cents. Officials noted possible reconsideration to save railroad demurrage and offset Ohio-made product benefits.
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Board of Commissioners
Byerlyte Company of
Cleveland
Ohio Board Improvement Company of
Columbus
Byerlyte Company
Edward DeChant
Oscar G. Dunn
Everlyte Company
Ohio
Ohio Road Improvement Company
East
John E. Davidson
Bverlyte Company
F. K. Therman
Ohio Road Improvement
Byerlyte
Byerlre
Ohio Road Improvement Company of
F. K. Egermeyer
Murbach Coal and Supply Company
Braun Builders Supply Company
Lorain
Braun
Murbach
Peoples Coal and Supply Company of
George Spitzer Hardware Company of
Grafton
Hardware Supply Company of
Akron
Granite Concrete Block and Coal Company
Harshaw Chemical Company
Consumers Builders Supply Company
Civic Music Group Drives Campaign Launch
Civic and music minded residents met at the YMCA to start a membership campaign for the Civic Music Association. The drive lasts one week with closing noon March 27. Adult membership remains $5 while student rate is $1.50 for the season. Mrs. D A Baird presided at the luncheon.
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Civile Music Association
Civic Music Committee
Elyria
D. A. Baird
Boy Scouts To Take Over City Offices In Elyria
Elyria Boy Scouts will elect and install city officials for a day on April 3 with mayor and other officers acting in a mock government. Nine candidates appear on the ballot from 122 scouts across four troops, supervised by Harold Birch. The event supports a national project allowing scouts to study municipal operation under city officials including Mayor D A Baird.
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Elyria
John Price
James Ferriman
Jason Geisel
Dale Cornelius
Harold Birch
C. A. Brooker
E. P. Gates
C. C. Woodfill
R. H. Carter
Richard Newcomb
Firelands Area Council
Adds To Mystery Of School Blast
Fort Worth Tex March 20 The mystery of the New London school explosion grows after architect Marvin E Defree who designed the 300000 building cites two basements under wings still standing and questions how the blast could occur there He notes the reinforced concrete floor is two and a half feet above ground with good ventilation and no gas buildup He now works as an engineer for the Public Works Administration.
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Fort Worth
Tex
New London
Marvin E. Defree
Wie
Defree
The
Public Works Administration
Inquiry Opens On New London Explosion Cause In Texas Town
Tyler Morning Telegraph reports Capt. Zachriah Combs and a military inquiry gather evidence suggesting nitroglycerine caused the New London school blast. Experts examine sewer pipes as 425 dead and 125 injured in the oil field town are memorialized and funerals begin.
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Texas
Tyler
Tex
Tyler Morning Telegraph
Zachriah Combs
Military Court
New London
Morning Telegraph
Thompson
Vaughn
Capt. Combs
Clergy Mobilizes To Bury Dead In New London Disaster
In Overton Texas ministers from across the oil field gather at Old London Baptist church for a memorial service. They plan multiple separate services for 425 students and teachers killed in the New London school explosion as local families request individualized rites.
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Old London
New London
East Texas
Clarence Parker
Overton
Tex
Old London Baptist Church
Victor Smart
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
H. T. Morgan
First Methodist Church
C. W. Holmes
First Baptist Church
Cara Westbrook
Church of the Nazarene
Rev
B. D. Lewis
Assembly of God
Tabulation of Explosion's Toll in New London
New London Texas March toll shows 425 dead and 125 injured from the explosion. Identified dead 415, unidentified 3, unidentifiable 7. About 900 people were in the building at the time and 350 escaped unharmed.
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New London
Tex
Earhart Flight Still On After Honolulu Crash
Amelia Earhart, Harry Manning and Fred Noonan escaped injury when Earhart’s $80,000 plane crashed on the Lake Field runway during a takeoff for Howland Island. A tire blowout caused the skid. engineers later found the left tire defective. Earhart said the incident would delay, not end, the round-the-world flight.
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Honolulu
T. H
Amelia Earhart
Lake Field
Howland Island
Miss Earhart
Harry Manning
Fred Noonan
H. M. Mullinnix
Fleet Air Base
Pearl Harbor
George Putnam
Oakland
Amelia
Noonan
Manning
Paul Mantz
Mantz
Slight Increase in Schedule at National Tube
Operations at the National Tube Company plant in Lorain will show a slight increase next week with an additional butt mill scheduled to operate. Four butt mills will run simultaneously for the first time in some time, while four blast furnaces and 11 open hearth furnaces remain in operation. Skeip mills No 3 and 5 will run five days as butt mills 2 4 6 and 7 and lapp mills 2 6 and seamless mills 1 2 and 5 are planned for a full week. The schedule may change based on orders.
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National Tube Company
Lorain
Bessemer
Fatal Auto Crash in Hamilton Claims Driver
On March 20 Paul Brewer aged 25 of Middletown died in a hospital from a broken neck after his car struck the parked auto of Russell Thomas on Main Street. Both cars caught fire. Brewer's wife Leva, 19, was rescued by Police Chief John Calhoun who witnessed the weaving vehicle and pursued it before the collision.
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Hamilton
Paul Brewer
Middletown
Russell Thomas
Main Street
Brewer
Leva
John ©. Calhoun
Calhoun
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United Press
United Automobile Workers
Consolidated
County Boys Supplies For Engineering Department
Civic Music Group
Drive
Boy Scouts
Faplore
E. P. Shock
University of Texas
G. W. Jones
Pittsburgh
United States Bureau of Mines
D. J. Parker
Salt Lake City
H. B. Hill
Gustave Wade
Dallas
Military Board of Inquiry
Col. Parker
William C. Shaw
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