Two Women Hurt In Traffic Crash On Cleveland Street
Two Cleveland women were treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital and released after injuries from a collision on Cleveland street. Mrs. Joseph Ellis had an ankle injury and Mrs. Mary Sheldon a head injury in a car driven by Benjamin Dixon, who was rear ended by William A. Peat at 9:35 p.m. Others reported included collisions on Sprague road and Broad street involving several locally listed residents and vehicles.
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Cleveland
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Cleveland Street
Joseph Ellis
Mary Sheldon
Benjamin Dixon
William A. Peat
Marseilles Avenue
Dixon
Vesta Loesch
Columbia Station
John Faur Ridgeville
Sprague Road
Mary Berkmeyer
Birmingham
Otto Witte
Lake Avenue
Broad Street
Berkmeyer
Fifty Die In Bolivia Battle In La Paz Uprising
In La Paz and nearby hills a two day clash between government troops and Communist led insurgents left about 50 dead and 93 wounded. The fighting ended last night as insurgent pockets were eliminated, with city hospitals receiving casualties. The government radio urged blood donations and staff for emergency wards. The insurgents, aligned with the Communist Fascist National Revolutionary movement, seized on a general strike to threaten the government.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
National Revolutionary Movement
MNR
Ships Escorted Past Far East Battle Area
British warships escorted commercial vessels past a Nationalist Communist battle area in the Wanshan Islands near Hong Kong. Nationalist troops abandoned the islands two days earlier as Communist junk fleets moved from the mainland. three Nationalist warships intercepted them and opened fire.
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Hong Kong
Wanshan Thegeoney Islands
Weather forecast for northeastern Ohio and local ad note
Fair and little temperature change this afternoon tonight and Sunday. Low tonight 46 high Sunday 70. Ready to go fishing come to Elyria Trading Post for your fishing equipment rear of Larrys Drive In open all day and evenings plenty of parking.
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Ohio
Elyria Trading Post
Larry
Board Schedules New Peace Talks In Rail Dispute
Washington expects last minute peace talks to avert a second railroad strike within a month. The National Mediation Board set Tuesday discussions between Switchmen's Union of North America leaders and 10 Western and Midwestern railroads. Union moved its strike deadline from 6 am Tuesday to June 1 over a demand of 48 hours pay for a 40-hour week.
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Washington
National Mediation Board
Switchmen’s Union of North America
AFL
Brotherhood of Locomotive
Winnipeg Flood Fight Deadlocked
Winnipeg near bankruptcy of relief as floodfighters and Red River clash. About 55,000 fighters rush to hold dikes to save 320,000 residents while the watermark lingers near 30.3 feet, flooding 10,500 homes. Rain adds pressure as army engineers warn the crest could hold for two to three days.
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Winnipeg
Man
Red River
D. M. Stephens
Say Youth Admits He Killed Girl
Raymond Jenko, 19, confessed to murdering Patricia Swartz, a 16 year old Englewood high school junior, after questioning by a lie detector. She was beaten and stabbed nine times at her doorway along Garfield Boulevard, with Jenko claiming he was seeking a girl and returned home to fetch a knife.
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Raymond Jenko
John Golden
Andrew Aiken
Jenko
Patricia Swartz
Englewood
Golden
Garfield Boulevard
Aiken
Swartz
Chivagu
Twelve Women Refuse To Return To UAW Jobs
Twelve women employed at Local 12 dues collection office of the United Auto Workers refused to return to work despite a mass meeting of about 1,500 union members. They stated they would not work until union leader Richard T. Gosser is disciplined.
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Toledoo
United Auto Workers
CIO
Richard T. Gosser
Gosser
Elyria Plans Safety Award Meet For Green Pennant Program
Elyria Police Department and the Elyria Junior Chamber of Commerce announce the Green Pennant safety program awards for all 16 city schools with nine posting perfect records this year. A public rally next month will feature a noted juvenile safety speaker and band entertainment after efforts to cut juvenile accidents since 1949.
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Elyria
Earl Bogg
Garford
Hamilton
St. Agnes
Ely
Catholic
St. Johns
Edison
Roosevelt
Holy Cross
Beaten and Robbed by Hitchhikers Near Westlake
Thomas White of Oberlin reported to the sheriff at 4 37 a m that two hitchhikers robbed him of 4 75 on Route 20 about three miles west of Westlake at 11 15 p m yesterday. He said he regained consciousness in his car near a cemetery at 4 30 a m. One man was about six feet tall wearing a sport jacket the other blond in a dark suit and slightly shorter.
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Thomas White
R. D
Oberlin
Sheriffs Department
Westlake
White
Fugitives Shoot Michigan State Police Officer
SENNY Michigan police report two London prison escapees, Paul Russell and Lloyd Russell, shot Officer George F. Strong at a roadblock near Munising. Strong was struck in the arm as the men fired a deer rifle while fleeing. hospital attendants described the injuries as moderately serious.
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Senny, Mich
London
Michigan
Paul Russell
Lloyd
Upper Peninsula
George F. Strong
Strong
Boy Falls On Knife and Dies in Crown City
Jerry Halley, 7, of Crown City, was killed yesterday when he fell on a knife. The incident is reported from Gallipolis with details on the accident and its tragic outcome.
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Gallipolis
Jerry Halley
Crown City
Airman Elmer Bender Returns From China Denies Confession
Marine M Sgt Elmer C Bender arrived at Glenview naval air station with his wife and family and told reporters he plans to stay in the Marines. He denied confessing to spying on Chinese Communists and said he would “straighten it out later” while recounting his 18 months as a prisoner after his plane’s engine failed over Shantung.
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Chicago
Elmer C. Bender
West Coast
Long Beach
Calif
Bender
Glenview Naval Air Station
Shirley
Leatherneck
Peiping Radio
Petty
Ficer
William C. Smith
Navy
Shantung Peninsula
Smith
Money motive leads teen to kill grandparents says Hartman
Eighteen year old Jack Hartman confessed to Prosecutor Gib son Fenton that he killed his grandparents in their farm home near Bryan on May 5 to obtain 135 dollars for debts. He said a rifle scaring attempt escalated after a struggle over the money. He and Dolores had eloped nine days earlier and married. A grand jury session was expected to consider the case.
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Grand
Fenton
Hartman
Dolores
Grandma
Struble Takes Command of U.S. 7th Fleet in Manila Bay
Vice Admiral Arthur D. B. Struble assumed command of the U S 7th Fleet from Rear Admiral Walter F. Boone in a ceremony aboard the heavy cruiser Toledo in Manila Bay.
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Manila
Philippines
Arthur DB. Struble
U. S 7Th Fleet
Walter F.boone
Toledo
Manila Bay
Burglar Tracked After Break‑in At B C Franklin Home
Police hunt a 37 year old ex convict for a burglary at the B C Franklin residence on Overbrook Road yesterday evening. A caretaker witnessed the suspect flee in a Studebaker, with gun drawn, dropping a car license number that led to a chase. items stolen from the house were found in the vehicle and on the grounds, and the car was towed to headquarters. Franklin family were in Michigan and expected to return Sunday.
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B.C
Franklins
Michigan
Abahazi
Thomas Cushing
Studebaker
Overbrook Road
F. S. Battin
C. A. Olsen
Bernard Becker
William, Jr
Louis Radea
Paul Brand
Oberlin Road
Franklin
Aj I
Ohio youth to be examined for links to Hartford circus fire
Robert D Seegee 21 of Circleville Ohio pleaded guilty to arson attempts in Pickaway county and said a Little Red Indian propels him to set fires. He will be examined by a psychiatrist to see if he knows anything about the 1944 Hartford circus fire in which 168 died. Deputy Radcliffe said Segee linked to a Mills Brothers hay barn blaze but offered no admission about Hartford. He was described as a self styled former roustabout for Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey.
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Columbus
Ohio
Hartford
Conn
Robert’ D. Seegee
Circleville
Ringing Bros
Barnum and Bauey Circus
Ashville
Justice of the Peace
Segee
Pickaway County
Ee Vinca
iSc
Besar Florists, Adv
Carl Radcliffe
National Fire Underwriters' Association
Guy Cline
Mills Brothers
Winter Circus
Radcliff
Hartour
Morse Wins Oregon GOP Senate Nomination in Early Returns
Oregon primary returns show Senator Wayne Morse leading the Republican field over farmer Dave Hoover for the U S Senate, with Hoover conceding. Democratic races for governor show Flegel Wallace and Pearson in a tight three way contest while a 2000 unit slum housing ballot measure heads toward defeat amid church labor and civic group campaigns.
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Portland
Ore
Wayne
Morse
U.S. Senate
Dave Hoover
Oregon
Hoover
Douglas McKay
Austin Flegel
Lew Wallace
iTruman
Walter J. Pearson
U. S
John McBride
Howard Lafourette
Louis Wood
Republican McKay
Flegel
Pear Son
Wallace
Rent Controls Lifted in Parts of Lorain County
Announcement says rent controls removed in Wellington Brighton Huntington Penfield Rochester townships and Wellington Rochester villages. Housing Expediter ordered decentral because rental demand in these areas is reasonably met. Lorain Rent Advisory Board monitors decontrolled communities and can recommend recontrol if rents rise unreasonably under the 1949 act.
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Wellington
Brighton
Huntington
Penfield
Rochester
Lorain Rent Advisory Board
Housing and Rent Act of
Explains Reason For Chlorine In Water
Service Director D W Kothe explained an unusually strong chlorine taste signals higher bacteria counts requiring increased chlorine. He noted some districts may have over concentration and may be relieved by line flushing. such conditions should be reported to him.
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D. W. Kothe
Tug Boat Sinks After Hitting Bridge Killing Six Crewmates
MELVILLE LA A tug boat the James Smith out of Pittsburgh pulling a string of oil barges rammed a river bridge last night. Five of the 11 crewmen were rescued by fishing boats. six were missing and feared dead. Police believe they were asleep on the vessel as it sank in the Atchafalaya River after the crash.
Explosion Injures 352 in New Jersey Sabotage Probe
South Amboy New Jersey authorities probed sabotage after a massive explosion of munitions bound for India. Four barges loaded with anti-tank and anti-personnel mines blew up, killing 24 to 29 and injuring 352. property damage may exceed 20 million dollars. Rescue and relief efforts, state of emergency, and Coast Guard licensing are under review.
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South Amboy
N. J
India
William O'Leary
O'Leary
New York City
Ohio
Pakistan
British Indian Empire
Lcense
Newark
Ohich
New Jersey
South ‘Am
Coast Guard
New York
Raritan Bay
Black Tom Island
Jersey City
Healing Stevedoring Company
Evigene
Red Cross
Perth Amboy
Alfred E. Dricoll
Charles N. Schoeffel
Schoeffel
Admiral Moebus Speaks Tonight At Lorain Banquet
The Lorain naval Reserve unit marks Armed Forces Day with guest speaker RADM Moenus of Washington at 6:30 PM at the American Legion Home. Rev Fr John Duffy, a retired Army Chaplain and Bataan survivor, also speaks. A dance follows the dinner under the theme Teamed For Defense.
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Naval Reserve
Lorain
Radm Moenus
Washington
American Legion
John Duffy
Army
Chaplain Corps
Bataan
Final Bird Walk Sunday Morning
The final bird walk of this season will take place tomorrow morning at 7 13 in Ely woods. The group will meet at the prime grounds inside the entrance on Washington. There will be a May breakfast following the bird walk. Persons intending to stay for breakfast are asked to bring breakfast and table service.
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Ely Woods
Washington Avenue
Pedal Pushers Wanted and Bikes Sold in Classifieds
A call to readers to place Wanted to Buy ads in the Chronicle-Telegram Classifieds to acquire a bike or sell an unused bike for cash. Advertising guidance promises competent ad takers at 4752 or 4753 with assistance in writing effective ads. Also mentions Elyria Trading Post rear of Larry's Drive In in Ady for screening needs and cleaning supplies.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Elyria Trading Post
Larry's Drive In
Ady
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Baldwin-Wallace College
Fomerro Olson
Aff
Oscar
Far East Battle Area
Toda
UAW
Aaa S
China
B. C. Franklin
East River St
Sen. Morse
Lorain County
Bulletin
South Ahboy
U. S. Marine
William Geftman
Geftman
Subcontinent
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
John B. Leonard
The
Moebus
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