Great Giant Opens Self Service Kroger Store in Elyria
Elyria welcomes Kroger’s Great Giant a large new self service food store at 621-623 Broad Street opening at 3 p.m. today. Mayor Leonard Smith to cut the ribbon as 10 000 visitors are expected with Aunt Jemima, Twinkle Gelatin, Shredded Wheat, Kraft products and a giant cheese display featured. Manager D Arment leads a staff of about 50 locals amid a 55 by 162 foot layout designed for quick shopper flow and warehouse stock.
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Elyria
Kroger Grocery and Bakine Company
Broad Street
West Avenue
West Side Market House
Leonard Smith
Kroger
Kraft
Jemima
Aunt Jemima
Quaker Oats Company
W.E. Carter
Cleveland
Kroger Grocery and Baking Company
Ohio
R. D'Arment
Kroger Company
Oberlin
D’'Arment
KK. D McCoy
Kroger’s
W. E. Carter
Kroger opens new Great Giant food store in town
Thousands view the Kroger Great Giant store offering a wide range of foods and groceries including fresh produce beverages soaps and washing powders. Nationally advertised merchandise forms a large portion of stock with a free parking lot at the rear. The store will award Great Giant badges on request and fifty badge wearers may receive one dollar from a circulating town helper.
Death threat knowledge tied to Minnesota labor leader
News reports reveal Patrick Corcoran, a Minnesota labor leader, had advance knowledge of his own violent death. Police fear the plot extended to six other labor leaders, with Alderman Bastis, Cedric Adams, and Corcoran among those who knew or were implicated. The motive appears linked to a power struggle across Minnesota and four neighboring states.
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Minneapolis
Navy
Patrick Corcoran
Corcoran
A. G. Bastis
Death threats tied to Teamsters leader Corcoran killing
Un ion figures including Pat Corcoran faced death threats by telephone just before or after his shooting in a wealthy Minneapolis suburb. The list of suspects named in Bastis’s death list included Dunn brothers, Vince Dunn, Miles Dunn, William Brown of the Drivers’ union, and Corcoran. Corcoran planned union talks in Indianapolis, had appeals to the State Labor Federation, and was shot from behind near his home around 10 P.M. His wife identified the body. A $10,000 reward was offered for the assassin and Governor Benson posted $500 for the Minnesota Star.
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Bastis
Dunn Brothers
Grant
Vince
Miles
William Brown
Drivers’ Union
Corcoran
Teamsters’ Union
Twin Cities
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
William Forby
Pat
Teamsters’ Council
Elmer Benson
Minnesota
Minneapolis Star
Brewed Pop Sparks Warning at Franklin County Beer Picnic
Sodas were the only beverage at a Franklin County retail beer dealers picnic in Chambersburg. An agent of the liquor control board warned retailers at the last minute that serving beer could endanger their licenses.
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Chambersburg
Franklin County
Liquor Control Board
Red Flowers Scarce as Blue and Yellow Dominate
The passage notes a striking imbalance with fewer than six true red flowers, contrasted by hundreds of blue and yellow specimens. It highlights color rarity and abundance among the flowers observed.
U S Loses In Test Involving Strike Breakers
In New Haven Conn on November 19 the federal Byrnes Act case ended with acquittals for James H Rand Jr of Remington Rand Inc and Pearl L Bergoff former strike breaking head. The jury found the defendants not guilty of transporting strike breakers to Middletown Connecticut to interfere with peaceful picketing. The judge condemned the prosecutors tactics.
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New Tiaven
Conn
James H. Rand, Jr
Remimeton Rand, Inc
Pearl L Bergoff
New York City
Middletown
Carroll Hincks
Charles H. Carr
Carr
Rand
Bercoff
New York
Deer Collision Claims Damages After Wyoming Crash
Cheyenne reports a deer struck a car driven by Q L Jaeger of Southgate California near Swanton Wyoming. The deer died in the collision and Jaeger's vehicle sustained damage. He billed the state game department for 59 dollars and 63 cents for repairs.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Q. L. Jaeger
Southgate
Calif
Swanston
Jaeger
Australia invites British workers to aid expansion of manufacturing
A strong Australian Ministry faction urges bringing skilled workers from Great Britain to bolster manufacturing growth, viewing it as vital to expanding the country’s industrial base.
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Australia
Sydney
Great Britain
Claim Supplies Coming From Britain
Tokyo reports substantial war munitions flowing to China via Hong Kong, a British strategic base off the South China coast. The war and foreign offices confirm shipments from Britain and other nations, some via French Indochina, with Hong Kong as a transfer point. A government spokesman noted records are kept but declined to say if Britain will face representations.
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Tokyo
China
Hong Kong
South China
War Office
Foreign Office
Great Britain
Britain
Japan
Townsend Club No 2 Organized Here
A Townsendites group formed Elyria Townsend Club No 2 at Woodman Hall on November 17 at 7 30 P M. Officers elected, charter pending, and Raymond J Jefferies described the Town send movement as growing rapidly. Next meeting set for December 1 at 7 30 P M in Woodman Hall.
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Woodman Hall
Elyria Townsend Club No
Raymond J. Jefferies
Elyria Townsend Club No. 2
Chile Reaps War Boom From Potent Chemicals Trade
World demand for chemicals used in munitions has boosted Chilean industry. Production of nitrates has tripled and exports have risen sixfold over the past four years, underscoring rapid economic expansion driven by wartime needs in Chile’s chemical sector.
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Chile
Santiago
Moose Nightly Visitor Grazes Emerald Lake Lawn
A wandering moose visits the Emerald Lake home of Raymond Kelley every night, grazing on the lawn of the Montana Power Company employee.
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Emerald Lake
Mont
Raymond Kelley
Montana Power Company
Christmas Music In The Air In Schools
Christmas music lights Lorain County schools with eight districts starting programs. Debuts include On Christmas Hill at Vincent School December 17 under Marguerite Spelbrink. Avon Nativity December 20 directed by Marjorie Howe. December 20 features Belden Brookside and Liownhelm programs under Spelbrink Howe and Hart. December 22 includes Eaton and Clearview Christmas With the Old Vene ain. La Grange returns December 23 for a program led by Howe and Crowe. Ridgeville and Wellington events clock December concerts.
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Lorain
Gerald M. Frank
Christmas Hill
Vincent School
Marguerite Spelbrink
Avon
Marjorie Howe
Belden
Miss Spelbrink
Brookside
Kolopus
Ethel Hart
Liownhelm
Miss Howe
Eaton
Clearview
la Grange
R. L. Crowe
Wellington
Clearview Orchestra
Parent
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