Communists Drive Toward Nanking Threatening Nationalist Capital
Communist forces moved south toward Nanking threatening Chiang Kai-shek's capital. Nationalist plans for evacuation spread as Beijing reports said Yangtze river actions aimed at a crossing north of Nanking. Government branches prepared to abandon the city and evacuate to Formosa within days.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai- Shek
Manila
Shanghai
Yanzize River
Pengpu
Smo Chieng Kaishek
Yangsize
Chiang
Formosa
No. 1
Western Powers Back Berlin Currency Study Panel
Western officials said Soviet attempts to set up a separate Communist government in Berlin ended any hope for a United Nations settlement. The UN Security Council debated a currency problem plan and approved a technical committee of experts to study Berlin currency, an informal yet official body to work through the council.
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Paris
Wester
Berlin
John A. Bramugin
Security Council
Andrei Vishinsky
Reutral Security Council
Bramuglia
Trevaise
Bramagita
Rusia
Berlim
Bramugha
United Nations
Northeastern Ohio Forecast Turns Warmer Then Colder
The Cleveland forecast calls for partly cloudy skies this afternoon with milder conditions. Tonight turns cloudy and windy with intermittent snow flurries as temperatures hold near 39 overnight and 40 by Wednesday.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Elymian Celebrates 40 Years With Lend Tile Guarantee Co
W Zaiser of 251 Hamilton Ave receives congratulations as he marks 40 years with The Land Title Guarantee and Trust Co. He is vice president and Elyria office general manager, began in 1908 in Cleveland, moved to Elyria in 1923, and recently was named president of the Ohio Title Association. A celebratory dinner is planned in Elyria and Cleveland.
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Columbus
Cleveland
Saddle Club
Milk Prices Drop Two Cents A Quart In Elyria
Local dairies announce price cuts effective tomorrow with regular milk at 19 cents a quart homogenized milk 20 cents a quart and coffee cream 20 cents a half pint. Gallon prices fall eight cents to 70 cents per gallon and Lorain dealers are also reducing prices in line with market trends.
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Elyria Farmilies
Gairies
Cleveland
Lorain
Flood Recedes but Death Toll Rises in the South
Floods across the southern states killed 14 people and forced about 1,150 from homes as Red Cross evacuated 250 in Georgia, 150 in Alabama, and 300 in Tennessee. Temperatures drop, frost blankets parts of Florida and Georgia mountains, while Selma and Montgomery face rising waters and possible closures.
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United Press
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Washington Coast
North Dakota
Minnnesota
Florda
Georgia Mountains
Vicksburg
Miss
Red Cross
South Carolina
Selma
Montgomery
Thick European fog halts air and sea traffic across borders
London reports its worst fog since 1934 affecting airships and rail lines. Berlin airlift planes grounded leaving 2 500 000 people in western Berlin without food supplies. The Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth suspended sailings with 6000 passengers in port awaiting a new attempt. Queen Mary also delayed as fog shuts down major transatlantic operations.
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London
Britain
Berlin
Southampon
U. S
Cunard
Bri Air Ministry
Ohio Governor Calls Legislature Back for Emergency Session
Gov. Thomas J. Herbert orders the 98th General Assembly into a special lame duck session next Monday to vote on emergency appropriations. The plan includes $1,000,000 for an Ohio State University tuberculosis hospital project and $900,000 for an Apple Creek state school administration building.
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Columbus
Thomas J. Herber
Ohio General Assembly
Ohio State University Medical Center
Apple Creek State School
General Assembly
Senate
Herbert
Why There Are No Lights on Elsria’s Xmas Streets
Local merchants discuss the absence of Christmas lighting in Elsria’s downtown due to a temporary power shortage. Ohio Public Service Company officials say heavy demand risks overtaxing capacity, so ornamental lights will not be wired this season.
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Elsria
Elria Chamber of Commerce
Mart In Data
Chamber of Commerce
Ohio Public Service Company
Fire damages car from short circuit in wiring
A fire department report cites a short circuit in the wiring as the cause of a hire today in a 1942 Mercury Station Wagon owned by H. B. Mulloy at 326 Clinton Avenue, parked at 103 Lodi Street. Firemen separated the hot water heater wires. damage described as negligible. The ad notes the car is $1,295 with owner financing and provides contact at 432 Cleveland St. phone 42982.
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H. B. Mulloy
Clinton Avenue
Lodi Street
Mercury
Cleveland St
Proposed Four Floor Wing At Hospital Adds New Facilities
The Eizria Memorial Hospital plans a four floor addition funded with 850000.09 from co chairs David O Thomas and Chauncey B Smythe. The wing will include a new entrance and medical library on the ground floor, a surgical suite with modern operating rooms, a sterilizing section, and expanded administrative and service offices. The second floor adds a larger maternity unit with four bed ward and private rooms. a four bed ward and private rooms plus diet kitchen and nurses station on the third floor expand capacity. The project will add eighty beds and relieve hallway overcrowding after months of consultant study and survey.
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Eizria Memorial Hospital
David O. Thomas
Chauncey B. Smythe
Hopital
Binidimz
East River Street
Gates Hospital
Clinics
Ster le
Staton
Hosptal
Trailer Loaded With Steel Reported Stolen
Police in East Liverpool searched for a trailer loaded with 30,000 pounds of steel reported stolen in Toronto. Richard Heddleston of East Liverpool said he moved the truck cab home after leaving the trailer at a Toronto service station. The steel was bound for the Kaiser-Frazer plant in Adrian Michigan.
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East Liverpool
Toronto
Richard Heddleston
Kaiser-Frazer
Adrian
Mich
Jews And Arabs Agree To Cease Fire In Holy Land
UN truce headquarters in Jerusalem reports Jews and Arabs agree to a complete cease-fire in the Holy Land. The cease-fire is to take effect at 6 am GMT. Temperatures and EXT notes follow in the dispatch. In Ohio, the Elyria chapter of the Disabled American Veterans will meet at 7 30 pm Wednesday at the VFW building on East Bridge Street to discuss membership campaigns and plan an entertainment program.
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United Nations
Jerusalem
Holy
Liv
Elyria
Disabled American Veterans
Veterans of Foreign Wars
East Bridge Street
Secon
Lorain County World War II remains returned to U S
Bodies of two Lorain County servicemen killed in World War II were brought home aboard the Dalton Victory along with 2,554 U S. war dead. Next of kin were notified and told further details would follow at regional distribution centers. The fallen include PFC Stephen A. Selage Jr. and Sgt Willard Cozard, with families listed in Lorain and Columbia stations.
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Lorain County
United States
Pacific
United States Army
Dalton Victory
Department
Saipan
Japan
Philippine Islands
Army
American Waves Registration Service
Lorain
PFC
Stephen A. Selage Jr
Marine Corps
Janas
Pfe Selage
Irs
Stephen A. Selage
R. D
Columbia Staton
Columbia Hirth
US Aluminium Compan
Cleveland
Steel Firms Sued For Restraint Of Trade
The United States filed a civil anti trust case in federal court in Cleveland charging Republic Steel Corp and 19 other steel makers and a pipe trade group with restraining competition in sheet metal and sewer pipe. The governments complaint says the firms divided the country into defined selling areas.
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Washington
Republic Steel Corp
Justice Department
Cleveland. O
February Draft Call Reduced to 5000 for 1950
Washington defense officials announced a January draft call of 10 000 and a February call of 5 000. Budget constraints limit the 1950 draft, with President Truman keeping the July 1 budget at 15.0 billion dollars. Army strength and funding details are outlined, including stockpiling needs and projected annual budgets, while Navy and Air Force reliance on volunteers continues.
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Washington
Defense
Defense Department
Truman
Navy
Air Force
One Man Sent To Induction Station Today
Two men answered the first report for induction orders by Local Board 72 under the Selective Service act. Warren Glenn Moon, 25, of Abbe Road Elyria, was sent to the induction station at Berea, as the sole Elyria area passer of the pre induction exam from October 14. A Wellington youth reported but lacked a questionnaire and was sent to report today without a pre induction physical. he was excused due to misunderstanding.
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Berea
Warren Glenn Moon
Abbe Road
R. D
Elyria
Wellington
Elsha
Perry Green Ends 15 Year Term As Farm Bureau Head
Perry L Green concluded a 15 year tenure as president of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation and will return to Portage County farming after his Jan 1 departure. He announced resignation at the 30th annual meeting. A successor will be named by the federation board with James H West Robert Peelle and Benjamin Van Gordon among possible picks. David E L Kanthel of the US Atomic Energy Commission addresses Farm people and the atom with Murray Lincoln of the Farm Bureau Insurance Companies on the program.
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Columbus
Perry L. Green
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Portage County
Green
The
Farm Bureau
American Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau Insurance Companies
Cooperative A USA
Prese Cooperative Finance 2 OF America
Anmuel
Benjamin van Gordon
Hamilton
Federation
David E. L.kenthal
United States Atomic Energy Commission
Murray D. Lincoln
Lienthal
Andrews Named President of Elyria Realtors Board
Vern Andrews of 252 Second Street was elected president of the Elyria Board of Realtors at the annual election held Monday at Hotel Sederis. He succeeds Weils Mole of Grafton and brings 25 years in real estate law financing property management and sales with Cleveland banks.
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Elyria Board of Realtors
Hotel Sederis
Vern Andrews
252
Second Street
Weils Mole
Grafton
Andrews
Center Ridge Road
Elvrra High School
John Marshall School of Law
Cleveland
Ohio Bar
Cleveland Trust Company
Elyria
Ridgeville
Parent-Teacher Association
Fred Ruth
Ruth Richwine
John Kinter
Wreckage Of Navy Plane Found In Spanish Mountains
A U S Navy Beechcraft transport missing for a week on a Gibraltar to Port Lyauter flight was found crashed and burnt in the mountains near Algeciras Spain. Two crewmen and three passengers perished. bodies were burned beyond identification. An American traveler named Wendell H Freling and family were believed among the victims. Spanish search planes located the wreckage and ground parties recovered the remains amid bad weather and low visibility.
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Algeciras
Spain
Gibraltar
Port Lyauter
Morocco
Here
U. S
U. S. Naval
Wendell H. Freling
Catherine
Marguerite
Navy
Berlin Split by Communist Assembly in Soviet Sector
The Berlin communist minority ousted west Berlin members in a rump session at the opera house with 2,500 attendees. Fritz Ebert was named lord mayor and called for a neutral administration as delegates push for a new city assembly until a general election.
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Berlin
chBioc
West Berlin
Amerikan
Communist Bloc
Fritz Ebert
Weimar Republic
New City Assembly
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East River
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West Ave
Gene's Jewelry Store
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