Fruit dealers donate cases to aid Red Cross effort
Darth manufacturers and fruit dealers in Eive will supply empty fruit cases to the Red Cross. The containers will be used for transporting potatoes to the Continent as part of wartime relief.
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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1944
Page
11
Darth manufacturers and fruit dealers in Eive will supply empty fruit cases to the Red Cross. The containers will be used for transporting potatoes to the Continent as part of wartime relief.
Republican gubernatorial nominee Stewart intensified attacks on Democratic opponent Mayor Frank Lausche, claiming Lausche was handpicked by Roosevelt and the CIO. He cited newspaper reports and said voters will not let state government become a political tool of the Roosevelt-Hill-Browder-Lausche machine while calling for a shift away from New Deal influence. Senator Taft outlined postwar program plans to create peacetime jobs and reduce federal controls, urging rapid reconversion to civilian production and tax cuts.
The Elyria Military Service Group and its Chest Agency support Elyria’s servicemen through the Blyna Civic Military Service Committee formed in 1940. In 1944 they sent over 6,000 cartons of cigarettes to service members worldwide and maintain a list of about 100 names for frequent reminders. They provide sewing kits on enlistment and assist veterans post service, coordinating with the Red Cross and other groups to aid active and former service members. The effort is praised in thousands of letters from the boys who feel Elyria remembers them.
Ohio State University reports a citywide enrollment rise of about 2 percent from the prior term. Total enrollment stands at 8,087 with 2,462 men and 9,205 women, reflecting a larger female student body this term.
A fragmentary report notes a confrontation described as a fight near Whaleteland involving New Zealand figures. Details are unclear. no participants or outcomes are clearly documented in the readable text.
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