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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1947
Page
1
Rumor says Dan W. Kothe city engineer veteran would be named to replace Faxon as service director. Major Elect Henry W. Ault has not announced a successor and could not name Faxon’s immediate replacement before taking office.
Senate leader Vandenberg said Truman must draft a concrete aid plan for China while backing some emergency aid to Chiang Kai-Shek. House members urged arms and advisers. Rep Judd accused a State Department Red cell of hindering aid. Meantime hearings on 507 million emergency aid to France Italy Austria wrap up for Senate floor.
Washington officials hailed two hopeful developments easing Europe’s hunger crisis. Rain fell on drought‑stricken U S wheatlands in the southwest, and Argentina offered to sell grain at world prices in exchange for transport equipment. Congress prepares a stopgap aid plan and Marshall recovery approval.
A friendly stranger stopped at John Robbins' gas station in Cincinnati and chatted then produced a pistol. He demanded the bills in Robbins' vest pocket, taking $300 before finishing his drink and leaving with a cheerful farewell.
Rain and wind will make for a cool afternoon and night across northeastern Ohio. Sunday looks cloudy with little temperature change. Lows tonight around 35, highs Sunday near 47. Market notes mention a factory authorized radio service and ads for modern and square dancing tonight at Oberlin Road Grange.
Elyria staged a six week early Christmas parade down Broad Street drawing about 35 000 spectators. Santa rode a six reindeer float route past crowds while city bands from multiple schools performed. Children voiced requests for bikes trains dolls and even a heliocopter copier as merchants and the Chamber of Commerce sponsored the event.
Robert H. Jones 3% Bloomdale Ohio restaurant operator was killed late yesterday when struck by a truck as he crossed Findlay's Main street. Fossil jawbone with 12 teeth found in bay and sand bank near Sunbury by local youths. believed prehistoric animal. Tom Rogers in Bells of San Angelo ad.
Mrs Edith Welter of Ridgeville was killed early today on Route 20 near Route 76 when struck by a car driven by Eugene Requa of Fort Cleveland Street. Requa said he did not see her as darkness and rain fell. Survivors include her husband John and 7 children, with funeral arrangements set for Tuesday at her son Aloysius’s home and St Peter's Church. Burial will be in St Peter's cemetery.
Charles Schultz of Cleveland suffered a deep scalp laceration when his car skidded and rolled over in a field near routes 10 and 20 according to sheriff reports. He was treated at Elyca Memorial Hospital after the crash in which his vehicle was badly damaged.
Tarzan a pet at the J. D. Faxon household for five years moved from Ft Lauderdale to Miami via air transport. The Faxons plan to relocate to Florida, with daughter Miriam Whitney awaiting the cat at her home in Ft. Lauderdale. The service director resigns Dec 5 and moves to Florida the next day.
Debris from a roaring tornado ripped through De Ridder and De Kidder, injuring at least 25 and demolishing 125 homes while damaging 28 businesses. Winds up to 100 mph tore up sidewalks and caused about 500 000 dollars in damage. Nearby Hardin Texas oil field suffered heavy damage to derricks and three injuries, with several near misses at a refinery.
A powerful typhoon named Flora tore across the Philippines with winds over 100 mph. An Inter-Coastal freighter, FS 15 of The Elizalde Company, drifted in Albay Gulf as its engine failed and antenna blew down. The storm struck eastern Philippines affecting Samar, Ishind, and Southeastern Luzon while forecasts warned of intensity changes and possible landfall near Clark Airfield. Manila faced heavy rain and gusty winds though the city proper was expected to be spared.
A 4,900 ton British freighter out of Newcastle ran aground on the Newfoundland coast during a northeast storm and snapped in two. A crew of 45 was aboard. one crew member was believed drowned. Lifeboats carried men toward shore near Belle Isle Straits as Coast Guard cutters Evergreen and Duane moved to the scene. First report reached Coast Guard at 5 10 a m.
Dr James McLoone a 54 year old physician and father of five was found murdered on Highway 16 east of La Crosse Wisconsin with three bullet wounds in the back of the head. Police launched a four state manhunt for the killer driving McLoone s 1946 club coupe and found $110 in his pockets.
New York report says a body found among Prospect Cemetery tombstones has been identified as Buddy Ensor, a leading jockey of the 1920s. Police reported the discovery as modern square dancing to night on Oberlin Road Grange El Yea.
In Rome the Communist led Chamber of Labor ordered a noon transportation strike threatening a national wave of riot and disorder. Streetcars and buses refused passengers and returned to barns as violence spread from Milan to Sardinia with deaths mounting. Di Vittoria urged government to guarantee democratic liberties before workers act.
James D. Cunningham, 42, auto parts salesman, died in Findlay Hospital after a 22 caliber revolver fired by 12-year-old Fredy Stall while Cunningham showed his gun collection. He had told police he wouldn’t have given the weapon if he had known it was loaded.
A Warsaw parliamentary commission charged that the U S embassy funded Stanisla Mikolajczyk and arranged his flight to prevent discredit. The body voted unanimously to strip Mikolajczyk of Polish citizenship and parliamentary immunity after hearing a report alleging he concealed a state document pledging British postwar support.
President Truman seeks wartime power to reimpose price controls and rationing if needed, with plans to address Congress on Monday. advisers weigh controlling steel and critical materials, limiting commodity exchanges, extending rent and export controls, and other steps to curb inflation and aid Marshall Plan countries.
A Senate War Investigating Subcommittee heard a witness claim Maj. Gen Bennett Meyers made false statements to investigators and was evasive during wartime contract talks with Howard Hughes. Neil McCarthy, former Hughes attorney, said Meyers engaged in questionable aviation stock speculation as the inquiry shifted from Hughes wartime contracts to Meyers.
Communist troops shift pressure from Manchuria to North China. They attack Paoting on three sides and break into Wuching between Peiping and Tientsin. Earlier they seized Shihx chinchuang, a city housing over 100000 people, and now press toward Paoting, capital of Hopei, and Tele yuan, capital of Shansi.
Fragmentary OCR note references a Vermont house party and a host, with garbled dialogue about a singer and a repair scene. The passage is incomplete and lacks clear events, dates, or identifiable entities beyond general political party mention and a local gathering.
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