Merchants report brisk postwar Christmas trade
Merchants say 1948 Christmas season sales are lively, with cash finally flowing as families buy books, fiction, humor, and stockings. Stores note strong demand for certain items while prices lag prewar levels, and clerks report shoppers are focused on essential goods as they fill shelves.
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Ghia
Toray
Belgas
Chistoiers
Tren Justolt
Ofienture - As
Cheistina
Wan Wal
Jews Observe Chanukah With Light and Remembrance
The festival of Chanukah begins Thursday evening November 26 and runs November 29 to December 6. It honors the Maccabees victory over the Syria Greek king and the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem in 165 B C E. The observance includes lighting candles and reciting prayers as a tribute to Jewish religious endurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.C.E
Syria
Iverdag Bost
Ig Netulad
Festival history inspires a Jewish celebration of Hanukkah
The article reflects on Hanukkah as a historic festival linked to Jewish identity and resilience. It notes the holiday’s religious customs, including the menorah and gift exchanges, and mentions its place in Christian era recognition and communal practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uunieisii
Judas Macebeus
War-era military enlistment and notices in broad roll call
A fragmented OCR list compiles names, addresses, and service dates across Army Navy and camps. The entries include service start dates such as 1943 and 1942, locations Indiantown Gap Camp Atterbury Great Lakes and Fannin, with many individuals linked to Elyria Lorain Toledo Lorain County and related stations, reflecting a broad wartime notification roster.
Soldiers Listed in Selective Service Board 24 Roll Call
The Notley Riddeving board 24 lists hundreds of draftees and dates from 1941 to 1944. Names include Robert Congdon Elyria Army May 18 1941, Harald Noble Deal Trafalgary Navy 1942, James Pinchem Army September 1942, Raymond Becker Lakewood Army January 11 1943, and Paul Brown Marine Corps April 12 1943, among many others connected to Indiantown Gap and Camp Atterbury.
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Brady
N.C
Nicholas
Kagzay
R. B
Shelby
Rafidolph Field
Ohn
Ina
Bob
Carp
Faninti
Ae Nelson
Bad Pasadena
Ave
Stati
Afiny
Gap
Mike Pysarchyle
Lorain Arty
Neg
Indiantown Gap
Ernest George Crago
St. Elyria
Army
Roswell
New Mex
David William Hawke
Columbia’ Station
Navy
Great Lakes
Sterling “Hathaway
Tite
Elyria
la Crange
Camp Atherbury
Raymond
Ellwood
Waters
Lorain
Toledo
Walter Joseph
Jezewski
Third St
Boleslaw Walter Farfalowski
Court St
New Bedford
Mass
Fu Dévens
Robert
Harold Anderson
Jackson
St. San. Francisco
Calif
Kenneth Eugene Tibbles
N. Champion St. Columbus
George Christ Nusger
Notley Riddeving
Robert the Congdon
Hivestwood Rocky River
Indian Town Gap
Bénnas
Harald Ralph Noble
Deal Trafalgary Ltd
Drew” Field
Glenn’ Herbert
Sievert
Gratton
Atterbury
Ind
Robert Hedin Strawn
Henritze Aves
Cleveland
Nowele
John Bernard
Wood
Pasadena Ave
B. Diol
Oeste
Edward Dellman
James Frederick Pinchem
John, Russell
Dover
Columbia Station
Patterson
Field
Ohio
Edward Becker
Lewis Dr
Lakewood
Crile General
John Leroy
Diedrick
Lagrange
Indiantown
Andrew
Jones
W. River St
St. Albans
N.Y
Thomas Adelbert
Baldwin
Harvey Rollin
Mohler
Grafton
Eugene ‘George Brown
Patterson Field
Paul Edward> Brown
Marine Corps
San Diego
Clarence William Wiley, Jr
Bath St
Robert Evan Walters
San Francisco
Fort MacArthur
John George Dubicza, Jr
Andrew Anthony Antus
Camp Atterbury
John Erith Michnauer
Lrainy Navy
James Albert Scheufer
Fidiantowh
Karl Henry
Achatlas
Gatton
Donal
Marne
Davis
Avon
Columbus
E.R.C
Theodore. St. Gilder
Oberlin
Blytia
Manuel Villa- Ruiz
Col
Umbia Station
Sheridan
Russell - George Garretson
Ft. Pierce
Fla
William
Albert Holleys
Ft Sil
Okla
Pemaries
Adrian Sherrard
Steven Henry Smith
Villa Paul
Papey
R. D
Marine’ Corps
Jack Earl Shuttleworth
Kenneth Malvin Edwards
Wayne
Wavy
Howard Edward” Osborne
Longford Ave
Fort Knox
Samuel
David Tolley
East 30Th St. Lorain
Camp Perry
Eniss
Albert Theodore Borawicz
Wilford Nicholas Krebs
Dotreit
Lowry Field
Colo
Ati
Robert Harris Simmons
B.D. Oberlin
Garland
Eugene NeCoy
Magyar St
Wellington
Roy Ellsworth Lundberg
Avon Lake
Ross
Sherbert Delaney
James
Joseph Smith
Idlewood Ave
BR. D
Charles George Axford
Wilbur Lloyd Meyers
Battle in Indiana Ends in Death by Fire
Report from Indiana describes a fatal incident where a man died in a blaze during a confrontation at a battleground site. Authorities investigated the scene, and no further details were released at press time.
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