Oil strike widens as airlines and motorists face shortages
Denver reports airlines toll with emergency schedules as government rationing kicks in while Great Lakes motorists see drastic cuts in gasoline supply. Detroit trims 70 percent of local supplies as strike widens to Gary Indiana and Waukegan Illinois, with Chicago area expected to feel impact in five days. Air Force says Far East flights unimpacted for now. CIO union notes West Coast deal may set pattern for others.
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Colo
Midwest
Washington
Great Lakes
Detroit
Motor City
Michigan
Oil Company
Chicago
Gary
Ind
Waukecan
Air Force
United States
Tokyo
Far East
Workers International Union Cio
Standard O
California
Independent Union of Petroleum Workers
Warren and Hoffman Nominated by Mock Convention at Oberlin
The Oberlin Republican Mock Convention produced a Warren Hoffman ticket after a lengthy ballot process. Warren led on the fourth ballot with 174 votes as Eisenhower supporters moved toward him, aided by Morse’s withdrawal of support from several states. Taft failed to gain traction, with only 64 on the first ballot and 134 on the second. Continuous balloting stretched into Sunday morning as 13 candidates were nominated and seconded.
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Warren-Hoffman
Oberlin
Jones Memorial
California
Earl Warren
United States
Far West
Eisenhower
Jsolid South
Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin
Maryland
Warren
Wayne Morse
Connecticut
Michigan
Missouri
Oregon
South Dakota
Virginia
Morse
Ohio
Ilinois
McKeldin
Robert A.taft
John Dewey
Arkansas
Alfred E. Driscall
New Jersey
Herman Welker
Idaho
Everett Dirksen
Illinois
Paul Hoffman
Indiana
Bourke Hickenlooper
IoWa
Kansas
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Hugh D Scott
Pennsylvania
Robert McCormick
North Dakota
George D. Aiken
Vermont
Morris DeCastro
Virgin Islands
Taft
Stassen
Driskell
Hoffman
Oberlin Mock Convention Highlights Humor and Pranks
The Oberlin Mock Convention at Jones Memorial Field House mixed serious policy discussion with playful moments. Delegates from Maryland to Illinois offered colorful speeches while the Southern bloc shifted votes, and Tony Armer kept press relations lively. A sculpture theft from Charles Main Hall sparked questions, and clever protests used kitchen utensils, beans, and shredded papers as noise and decor.
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Oberlin
Jones Memorial Field House
Open House Draws 100 Newspaper Representatives to Elyria
Over 100 editors and ad reps from Ohio Select List papers visited Elyria for the Chronicle Telegram open house. Guests came from 27 Ohio cities and included professionals from John W. Cullen Advertising and several major outlets in Chicago New York Cincinnati and Cleveland.
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Ohio
John W. Cullen
Elyria
Chronicle-Telegram
L. A. Peterson
New York
Hugh C. Robinson
Cincinnati
James G. Clark
Cleveland
Walter C. Freed, Jr
Chicago
George R. Ives, Jr
Fred Fey
H. B. Gramm
Robert V. Webster
George E. Gilbertson
Bruce E. Thompson
Advertising Managers Association of the Ohio Select List
Dean Warner
New Philadelphia
T. B. Artz
Wooster
John Halterman
Mount Vernon
Clay Littick
Zanesville
Ohio Select List
Gordon Bush
Athens
National Tube Employees To Be Paid Tuesday
The National Tube Co announces strike delayed pay for all wage employees will be made Tuesday at the normal schedule. Last Friday's payment was disrupted by a walkout, but Tuesday's payroll will proceed for all wage staff.
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National Tube
The
National Tube Co
Miss Nora B Hall, Coshocton Tribune Co. Leader, Dies
Nora B Hall aged 63, president of the Coshocton Tribune Co. and a director of WTNS radio, died in Memorial Hospital after a six week illness from heart ailment. She chaired company affairs and served local broadcasting interests.
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Coshocton
Nora B Hall
Coshocton Tribune Co
WTNS
Memorial Hospital
Cleveland Area Weather Update Tonight and Tuesday
Northeastern Ohio forecast calls for partly cloudy skies tonight with scattered thundershowers in the evening. Temperatures stay similar to last night, followed by partly cloudy and cooler conditions on Tuesday.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Polls Open Early For Presidential Primary Today
Voters face a presidential primary with nominations at stake for both parties. Polls run 7:30 am to 7:30 pm Eastern Daylight Time as Ohio voters miss Eisenhower who did not enter the primary. Republicans duel Taft and Stassen while Democrats choose Bulkley or Kefauver. officials warn on ballot rules to prevent spoiling.
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Ohio
Dwight Eisenhower
Taft
Calendar and notices across Amherst Wellington Elyria Oberlin
A concise listing page highlights events, society notes, real estate transfers and market items across Amherst Wellington Elyria and Oberlin with notes on theater and radio TV listings. It captures the day’s community happenings and upcoming deadlines.
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Page Amherst
Elyria
Oberlin Radio-Tv
Society
Wellington
City to use private firms as fiscal agents for parking bond
Mayor Ault announced signing of a contract placing George Grady of John E. Joseph and Company and John Fuerbacher of Walter Woody and Heimerdinger as fiscal agents for Wooster off street parking lot bonds. Bonds pledged only parking income and not property taxes. an engineering study by Legoc Associates will assess sites and use of lots, with a report due within 60 days to aid council site selection and purchase.
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George Grady
John E. Joseph and Company
John Fuerbacher
Walter, Woody and Heimerdinger
Henry W. Ault
Grady
Wooster
Legoc & Associates
Council
Squires
Lorain Coliseum Destroyed By Early Fire
A blaze at the Lorain Coliseum destroyed the facility early today with no human casualties. The fire caused extensive damage to nearby homes and property, with an estimated loss of 125000 and insurance of 55000. Fire departments from Black River Sheffield and Amherst battled flames. cause is undetermined.
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Lorain County
Lorain Coliseum
Andy Timko
Ruth Stevens
Black River
Sheffield
Amherst
Coliseum
Wilker
Lorain
Elmer Stough
Stevens
Uncertain Next Step In Steel Dispute
Washington reports show President Truman weighing options as talks between the steel industry and CIO Steelworkers collapse. Officials fear a wait until the Supreme Court rules on government seizure while Murray rules out a general strike but warns of possible wildcat actions. The White House sought to press a wage increase before Monday, a move later blocked by the Court.
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Truman
CIO
Defense
John R. Steelman
Supreme Court
Philip Murray
Murray
White House
Two Men Die Two Injured In Traffic Accident
A fishing party returning from Sandusky suffered a fatal crash on Highway 6 four and a half miles west of Lorain. Clarence Prochaska died at St Joseph's Hospital while George Prochaska died on arrival. Nicholas Anekduke died later from skull fracture. Richard Kulik is paralyzed with spinal injuries and multiple fractures. The driver remains hospitalized with facial and chest injuries. condition described as fairly good.
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Cowley Road
Columbia Station RD
St. Joseph's Hospital
Lorain
Anekduke
Sandusky
Clarence Prochaska
State Highway Patrol
George Prochaska
West 60Th Street
St Joseph's Hospital
Richard Kulik
Lorain Avenue
Cleveland
Selfridge Air Base
Mich
Painter Injured On Scaffold At GM Plant
Lorain painter Nicholas DeSantis, 221 W 29th St, fell from a scaffold at the Brown Lipe Chapin division of General Motors in Lorain. He was hospitalized at Elyria Memorial with a fractured hand and wrist and head injuries described as undetermined.
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Lorain
Jotten & Crites
Brown-Lipe-Chapin
General Motors Corp
Nicholas DeSantis
29Th Street
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Collision near Lorain injures teen and adult driver
A car driven by James A. Davidson, 17, of 225 Harwood Avenue collided with Mariano Nives, 27, of 3149 Pine Avenue, Lorain on Elyna Avenue outside Lorain at 10 30 last night. Both cars were north bound and damaged slight. no one was held. Call 2789 for transportation to and from polls. This is a service by Ely Political Action Council UAWC LO Adv.
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Harwood Avenue
Elyna Avenue
Lorain
State Highway Patrol
Mariano Nives
Pine Avenue
Davidson
Ely
Political Action Council
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Adv
Taft predicts near sweep of Ohio GOP delegates
Taft forecast a near sweep of Ohio's 56 Republican presidential delegates in Tuesday's primary. He returns to observe results from Washington noting possible trouble only in Summit County where a rubber worker, Kenneth Eisenhauer, was entered by Judge Walter Wanamaker to offer a Taft vs Eisenhower choice.
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Robert A Taft
Ohio
Washington
Taft
Summit County
Eisenhauer
Kenneth Eisenhauer
Walter Wanamaker
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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