U S Aides To Leave Prague In Diplomatic Cutback
The United States orders all but 15 embassy staff to depart Prague as Czechoslovakia demands a two thirds reduction by Sunday. Ambassador Briggs approves the plan, leaving a lean team including Briggs, Penfield, air and military attaches, and key officers.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
United States
Ellis C. Briggs
Briggs
Briggs Oraily
James K. Penfield
Joseph C. Kolarek
Big Three Ministers Open Conference on Western Europe
London. The foreign ministers of France, Britain, and the United States opened a conference with a focus on Schuman’s plan to pool French and German coal and steel, aiming to end enmity and integrate Western Europe. Officials noted the program was flexible and could expand as the talks begin.
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London
Europe
Robert Schuman
France
Germany
Schuman
Jaycees To Have Meeting Tonight
Jaycee representatives from Amherst and Wellington will join the Elyria Junior Chamber of Commerce for a discussion of the county's largest joint project. The plans will unfold during the Elyma Jaycee meeting at 8 p.m. at the club rooms, with talks on officer elections and the Distinguished Service Award banquet. A large attendance is expected.
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Jaycee
Amherst
Wellington
Elyria
Truman Promises Fight To Keep Private Profits Out Of Public Power
President Truman vows a vigorous federal campaign to keep private profits from public power as he travels the Northwest. Speaking near Grand Coulee dam in Washington state he says benefits from public investment must go to taxpayers and not private gain. He defends resource development spending and attacks Republicans while reviewing power, irrigation, and watershed plans.
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Truman
Grand Coulee Dam
Washington State
Grand Coulee
Northwest
Two Appeals Rejected In Hungary Espionage Cases
Hungary's Supreme Court rejected appeals of Robert Vogeler and Edgar Sanders from long espionage prison terms. Vogeler faces 15 years, Sanders 13. co-defendants Geiger, Rada hanged, others upheld. US protest followed with consulate closures in Cleveland and New York.
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Budapest
Hungary
Hungarian Supreme Court Today
Robert Vogeler
Edgar Sanders
Vogeler
International Telephone and Telegraph Co
Sanders
Als
Imre Geiger
Zoltan Rada
Keleman Domonkos
Istvan Just
Baroness Dory
U. S
Britain
London
Lucille Vogeler
Dean Acheson
Acheson
Vienna
U.S
Jackson Heights
United States
Cleveland
New York
Teacher Named To Liquor Board In Ohio
Gov. Lausche named Minor Kershner, a 51 year old Democrat and longtime teacher since 1916, to the state liquor board to fill Walter Mitchell’s term ending February 1951. Kershner, of Henry County, will earn 6000 dollars under the new scale, after serving as treasurer of Bowling Green State University trustees since 1941. He previously played minor league baseball in 1917 and 1918 for Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Columbus
Frank J .Lausche
Minor Kershner
Henry County
State Liquor Board
Walter W. Mitchell
Youngstown
Kershner
Mitchell
Liberty Center High School
Bowling Green State University
Lausche
Grand Rapids
Mich
Ask County To Clean French Creek Ditch
Large landowners along the four mile French Creek ditch in Ridgeville and Avon attended a first hearing on a petition for county cleanup. County Sanitary Engineer Lester Osborne estimated costs at about 45,600 dollars, roughly 21 dollars per parcel, to clean the main ditch and a detailed survey and assessment estimates for about 2,400 parcels were pursued for the project.
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French Creek
Ridgeville
Avon
Lester Osborne
Committee Probe of Lewis Blocked by House Chairman
Washington chairman Johny Lesinski of the House Labor Committee blocked a subcommittee investigation of John L. Lewis. There will be no investigation, he told reporters. Rep. Andrew Jacobs of Indiana, sponsor of the proposal, called the move political cowardice.
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Washington
Johny Lesinski
House Labor Committee
John L. Lewis
Michigan Democrat
Andrew Jacobs
D. Ind
Lesinski
Baruch warns deficit spending could wreck the U.S.
Bernard Baruch, addressing 1,400 at City College of New York, blasted deficit spending as a threat to American freedom. He argued inflation funded by government grows enslaving power and urged restraint and moral law to curb expanding state activity.
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NEW York — Elder Statesman
Bernard Baruch
Baruch
Baruchi
Red Cross Elyria Chapter Holds Annual Meeting
The Elyria Chapter of the American Red Cross hosts its annual meeting this evening. Dr. William Kerstetter of Baldwin-Wallace College will be the speaker, with the event scheduled to start at 3 p.m.
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Elyria
The
American Red Cross
William Kerstetter
Baldwin-Wallace College
GOP Claims Victory In House Budget Bill Vote
The House approved a $29 billion omnibus appropriation bill by a 362 to 21 vote, with GOP claims of saving up to $1 billion through amendments by Rep. John Taber and Rep. Ben Jensen. Democrats disputed the figures, noting the amendments’ effects varied from sponsor estimates. The package funds most federal agencies for the coming fiscal year starting July 1.
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Washington
House
John Taber
Ben F. Jensen
Taber
Cardinal Beer
Defense Department
Jensen
Eleven Killed In Belgian Mine Blast
In Mons Belgium police report eleven miners died and three were seriously injured after a gas fueled explosion deep in a coal mine. More than twenty workers were trapped as elevators and equipment were wrecked by the blast occurring 1650 feet below the surface.
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Mons
Belgium
Weather forecast for northeastern Ohio today
Partly cloudy with little change in temperature this afternoon and tonight. Low tonight 43. Friday fair and milder in the afternoon. High Friday 68. EARLY cabbage plants, 18 cents dot Resear Florist, 1435 East River St,
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Ohio
East River St
Banquet Preface To Lorain Poppy Sale By Veterans Groups
Lorain County Council of Veterans let Foreign Wars Posts and auxiliaries will open the annual poppy sale with a 5 30 p m banquet on Sunday May 14 at Elyria Post 1079 club rooms. Poppies will be sold in Lorain next Friday and Saturday with sales May 27 in Elyria Wellington Grafton and Columbia Station. Speakers include William G Wickens and Rev Fr Wolf. County Council commander Noel Lewis will MC, with Helen Perkins chairing a committee of Lorain County auxiliary presidents and junior past presidents.
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Ane
Wolf
St Mary’s Church
Cleveland
Noel Lewis
Helen Perkins
Lorain County
Squirrel Moves Her Youngsters Into Bird House
A mother squirrel, observed near Charles Court, moved her two offspring to a new home in a bird house in a large elm tree on the Scheide property. The nest was carried across the street in steps, as neighbors fed the pair nuts daily.
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Charles Court
Charles Scheide
Scheide
Professor Emeritus Boyd Dies at 86 in Columbus
Columbus reports the death of James Ellsworth Boyd professor emeritus of Mechanics at Ohio State University after a three year illness. Services were arranged today at his home in Columbus. He was 86.
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Columbus
James Ellsworth Boyd
Ohio State University
Cleveland Man Dies at 79 in City Newsroom Noted Editor
Fred F. Duncan, widely known in Cleveland as the financial editor of the Cleveland News, died at his home today at age 79. The notice highlights his prominent local journalism career and longtime ties to the paper. The item includes an advertising line for Cardinal Beer.
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Cleveland
Fred F. Duncan
The
Cleveland News
Troy Minister Elected Moderator of Ohio Congregational Churches
The Rev Arthur C Decker of Troy was elected moderator of the Ohio Conference of Congregational Christian Churches for the coming year at the closing business session of its annual meeting at First Congregational church. Other officers and trustees from seven associations were named and next year’s meeting set to be on a college campus. The conference preacher was Rev Allen Herman of Columbus with Elyria leaders serving on various committees and as representatives to the General Council.
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Arthur C. Decker
Troy
Ohio Conference of Congregational Christian Churches
First Congregational Church
S. W. McClary
Kent
Theodore Bastel
Cleveland
Earl Chrisman
Puainesville
Charles Hoskin
North Ridgeville
Medina Association
HB. Smith
Donald J. Graf
C. Levis
John Kerchner
J. P. ‘Wagner
Perry Longaker
R. R. Cunningham
John V. Cotten
Glenn Irwin
Joseph Hutcherson
Allen Herman
Columbus
Elyria
Herbert May
Oberlin
United Council
William A. Leath
Ormund Schmiz
Medina
Anne Gates
H. George Robertson
Congregational Church of
Ohio Council of Churches and Religious Education
Elston Butterfield
General Council
Ormund Schulz
Eleanor Stevens
Robert ‘Behre
Pilgrim Congregational Church
First Church
Dr. Walker
Peece
Carey’s Villa
Ady
County Schools Close for Annual Field Day at Oberlin
Lorain County schools will close all day tomorrow for the annual Field Day at Oberlin College Field, announced by Superintendent C A Gibbons. Junior and senior high students will compete in track and field events from 9 am to 4 pm, with a Parade of Bands as the day’s highlight. Hundreds will ride buses to the field, with nearly all county schools entering.
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Lorain County
Oberlin College
C. A. Gibbons
Gibbons
Contract Set For New Pumper For Fire Department
Service director D. W. Kothe announced a contract award to The American LaFrance Féamite Corp. of Elmira for a new 50 gallon per minute fire pumper. Four bids were considered, with the LaFrance bid of $16,250 the lowest. The pumper, to be placed at the East side fire station, will mirror the West side unit with some improvements. delivery is expected within 100 days.
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D. W. Kothe
American LaFrance Féamite Corp
Elmira
American LaFrance Co
East Side Fire Station
West Side
Kothe
Two Hurt When Cars Collide At Seventh And Middle
A two-vehicle crash at Middle avenue and Seventh street at 12 23 pm left DeWitte Maddock 20 from Ridgeville with a severe laceration to the top of his head and Miss Poanessa 21 of 408 West Lith Street with forehead and right knee contusions and abrasions. George Ingle 312 Tenth Street driver of the other car had mild injuries including bruises to head and left knee. Chester Brooker 711 Cleveland Street, a passenger and car owner, was uninjured. They were treated and released from Elyria Memorial Hospital.
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DeWitte Maddock
Maddock Road
Ridgeville
Miss Poanessa
West Lith Street
George Ingle
Tenth Street
Middle Avenue
Seventh Street
Maddock
Ingle
Chester Brooker
Cleveland Street
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Rail Strike Hits Industry Across Nation
Violence flared at Knox ville Tennessee as strikebreakers were fired upon amid a nationwide railroad walkout. Coal mines closed in western Pennsylvania and major plants in Cleveland halted or slowed production. Detroit and Chicago regions faced heavy disruption as supply lines and auto manufacturing suffered, with officials urging settlement while negotiations stalled.
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Chicago
Knoxville
Tenn
Southern Railway
Pennsylvania
Cleveland
Fisher Body
Midland Steel Co
John FR. Steelman
White House
Francis O'Neill
National Mediation Board
New York Central
Santa Fe
Southern
Chesapeake & Ohio
Colorado & Southern
Detroit
Michigan Central
Michigan
Pere Marquette
Grand Trunk Line
Western
Wabash
General Motors
International Harvester
Lamson and Sessions Steel Products Corp
Gasoline Tax Distributions Total $3.3 Million Statewide
Columbus auditor Joseph T. Ferguson announced gasoline excise tax distributions totaling 3,304,398 dollars. Each county will receive 10,000 dollars and the state’s 1,227 townships get 400 dollars each.
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Volumbus
Joseph T. Ferguson
Ferguson
Winnipeg flood evacuation swamps station as city fights inundation
Thousands of women and children flocked to the railroad station and highways to flee Red River flood waters that threaten darkness hunger and disease in Winnipeg. An army directive urged 160000 women and children to leave to ease strain on floodfighters and essential services.
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Winnipeg
Man
Red River
Canada
Iity
Canadian National Railway
Cardinal Beer
Warn Against Use Of Tablets Sold By Drug Firm
FDA issued an emergency warning about thousands of uncoated oxylin tablets sold by Drexel laboratories and Louis E. Evan in Pennsylvania. The tablets, used for urinary infections and gonorrhea, contain dangerous boracic acid and may cause serious poisoning. Hospitals physicians pharmacists and consumers are advised not to use them. Contained additional local notices of a tractor accident injuring Carroll Cundiff and advertisements for Mother's Day flowers and soil for sale.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
East
Midwest
Drexel Laboratories
Louis E. Evan
Drexel Hill
Upper Darby
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Lewis
Red Cross
GOP
Squirrel
Bird House
Adv
Ohio Congregational Churches
Walker
City
R. A. E. Morton
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Minnesota
North Dakota
Iowa
Texas
North Canadian
Des Moines
Resar Florist
Carroll Cundiff
Chestnut Ridge Road
Sheriff Department
Cundiff
Jim Resar
Lodi St
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