Incorporation Proposal Loses At Ridgeville
Ridgeville Township voters rejected the incorporation of Ridgeville as a village by 529 to 348 in a special election held at the North Ridgeville Town Hall. Precincts No 1 and No 2 both voted against, with 264 180 and 265 168 respectively. About 70 percent of registered voters participated, with roughly 1,250 eligible including 345 new registrants. Ridgeville Civic League backed incorporation to regulate development, while trustees N E Couchey E A Brandt and Charles Falkner welcomed the result and trust in local government.
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Ridgeville Township
North Ridgeville Town Hall
Avon-Belden Road
Ridgeville Civic League
N. E. Couchey
E. A. Brandt
Charles Falkner
North Ridgeville
Avon Lake Man Named Head of GOP Campaign
Avon Lake resident Arthur G. Hinz was named Republican campaign manager for Lorain County by Harold J. Covault, chair of the county GOP Executive Committee. Hinz, a fruit grower and farmer, holds leadership roles in the Ohio Grape Growers Institute and Ohio Fruit Growers Co-op, and has served in multiple agricultural and political posts in Lorain County. He has long been active in Avon Lake politics, including a decade as committeeman.
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Arthur G. Hinz
Avon Lake
Lorain County
Harold J. Covault
Hinz
Lake Road
Ohio Grape Growers Institute
Ohio Fruit Growers Co-op
Federal Agricultural Committee
Ohio State Horticultural Society
National Poultry Congress
Registration Is Light Today At Elyria Center
Registration at the Elyria VMCAs second floor center was light again as men born in 1923 registered on Tuesday and Wednesday, totaling 249 on Tuesday and 142 yesterday. Veterans comprised 101 local and 10 transient registrants. The 1924 group, due today and Friday, showed slower turnout, with many delaying to the second day. Continued on Page 2.
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Elyria V.M.C.A
Elyria Center
Weather forecast for Cleveland area turns partly cloudy
Northeastern Ohio outlook shows partly cloudy skies with a warmer day and night. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. Friday turns cloudy with a warmer afternoon and a thunder shower possible. Low tonight around 62, high Friday near 82.
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Cleveland
Ohio
New London Horse Show and Labor Day Celebration Details
Two big days planned in New London with a Sunday horse show at 1:30 pm on the first weekend and a Labor Day event on September 6 starting at 8 pm. Gates open, ball games, night game, rides, pony races, a horse pulling contest, balloon ascension, and displays for all.
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New London
Spato Hk
Chicago Gangster Barsella Shot Dead In Parked Car
Chicago gangster James Barsella was found shot to death in his parked car in what police called a hoodlum assassination. He was slumped under the front seat with a bullet wound to the temple, rope marks on his neck and wrists, and associates Martin Ochs and Paul Labriola noted for long police records. Police linked the trio to gang retaliation and possible LA racket attempts before being returned to Chicago.
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Chicago
James Barsella
Barsella
Walter Storms
Hood
Martin “the Ox
Ochs
Paul Labriola
Los Angeles
Illicit Shipments Of Planes To Israel Via Czechoslovakia
Washington reports evidence that American citizens aided illicit air shipments of planes and arms from Czechoslovakia to Israel. A formal protest was delivered to the Czech government, with affidavits from Americans involved. UN mediator Folke Bernadotte may be informed, as UN Security Council resolutions prohibit arms to Near Eastern nations. The scope and numbers remain unclear, but authorities say substantial quantities reached Israel.
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Washington
State Department
Czechoslovakia
Israel
Ean
Prague
Ameri
United Nations Nations
Folke Bernadotte
Security Council Reso
Ensign Elyman Commissioned After Navy ROTC Service
Henry F. Ingersoll son of Mr and Mrs Henry W Ingersoll Jr has received his commission as a Naval Reserve ensign after completing a cruise with the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps this summer He is a student engineer at the National Tube Company plant in Lorain Ingersoll entered the Navy V 12 program after high school and later participated in the NROTC programs at Princeton and Ohio State Universities. ZANESVILLE A three year old boy Larry Pritchard died after toppling into a burning waste basket he ignited while playing near a stove with his mother Newt Pritchard watching the paper caught fire and the child fell into the flames.
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Henry F. Ingersoll
Henry W. Ingersoll Jr
Naval Reserve
Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps
Ingersoll
National Tube Company
Lorain
Navy
Naval R. O. T
Zanesville
Larry Pritchard
Newt Pritchard
Lack Of Steel Cuts Auto Production
Detroit General Motors plants in Michigan will close Friday through next Wednesday due to steel shortages. About 75,000 workers will be laid off across Buick Chevrolet Pontiac Cadillac and Oldsmobile divisions. Only a few fabrication plants will operate during the closure.
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Detroit
General Motors
Michigan
Buick
Chevrolet Pontiac
Cadillac
Polio Cases Rise to 112 in Ohio Health Report
Cleveland records 112 polio cases this year with two new infantile paralysis victims reported to Health Commissioner Harold J. Knapp. The two hospital cases are Dale Laporte, 6, of Cleveland and David Nethery, 8, of Maple Heights. The breakdown includes 51 in Cleveland, 18 in adjoining county, and 43 outside the county, with 11 fatalities to date.
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Cleveland
Harold J. Knapp
City Hospital
Dale Laporte
David Nethery
Maple Heights
Cty
Building for Sale at Carey’s Villa Complex
Listing advertises a building for sale with land measurements 52 by 881 acres, located at Carey's Villa. Mentions “Elyria Frozen” and a clam bake event time. Includes ticket phone numbers 2869 and 4561 and an advanced notice by Adv. Seer.
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Carey
Socialists Turn Thumbs Down On Schuman
Paris premier designate Schuman faces a setback as the Socialist party refuses to join the new government. He aims to form a cabinet from Republicans and independents while opposing wage hikes to curb inflation. Socialists balk to avoid blame for worker unrest, planning a late cabinet announcement.
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Schuman
Robert Schumen
Paris
Robert Schuman
Socialist Party
Sarpcison
National Assembly
Stassen Blames Truman For Food Costs
Harold E. Stassen charged the Truman administration with deliberately keeping food costs high after a conference with Thomas E. Dewey. He outlined a three point plan to lower living costs within three months, urged consumer buying, and opposed price controls while attacking profiteering.
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Albany
Harold E. Stassen
Republican High Command
Truman Administration
Thomas E. Dewey
Stassen
Department of Agriculture
Detroit
Dewey
United States
Minnesota
President Truman
Ed Pauley
Narrow Escape As Car Catches Fire Near Route 113
Two boys, George Bernard age 5 and Richard Dale age 2, escaped injury when a car parked by a tomato patch on Murray Ridge Road near Elyma Township caught fire. Parents Mr. and Mrs George Chit rushed in and burned their hands while rescuing the children, with firemen dousing the blaze before backup arrived. The incident marked Elyma Fire Department’s 200th alarm of the year, occurring 50 days earlier than last year.
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Esterday
George Chit
South
Maple Street
George Bernard
Richard Dale
Clift
Murray Ridge
Elynia Township
Elyma
Elyma Fir Department
Chet W N. Bates
Effort to Settle Dispute Over Post Office Work
Lorain County Building Trades Council and the Sherwood Company of Philadelphia are trying to reach an agreement on paintings and repair work at the Elyria and Lorain post offices. Burl Dean met with union officers, with further talks planned. picketing may end if talks succeed. Sheridan Company will shift some workers to another government project for a few days. Dean defended compliance with contract wage rules and hours, while a union spokesman claimed working conditions were not being met.
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Lorain County Building Trades Counci
AFL
Sherwood Company
Philadelphia
Elyria
Lorain
Burl Dean
Anduin
Posible
Dean
Sherwood
National Tube Appeals Tax Case Before State Supreme Court
The National Tube Co. appealed today to the State Supreme Court from a Board of Tax Appeals decision. The case questions whether dismantlable movable property can be classified as personal property taxed at Sd percent of value or as real estate taxed at full value. The Board had argued it lacked jurisdiction due to improper channels.
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Columbus
National Tube Co. Lerain
State Supreme Court
State Board of Tax Appeals
Board of Tax Appeals
National Tube Co
Believe Arsonist Caused Blaze At Greenhouse
Cleveland state fire marshals probed a 150000 blaze at Rocky River Greenhouse Co. The building suffered 100000 damage and a 50000 tomato crop was destroyed. Employee Roy Lingruen, 20, reported a threatening call announcing a fire the day before, the second such call in a week. Lingruen recalled a similar call on Aug 22 followed by a 15000 blaze hours later.
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Cleveland
Rocky River Greenhouse Co
Roy Lingruen
Lingaruen
Lingruen
Freedom Short For Two Jailbreakers
Bedford County jail escape ends in swift recapture as Joseph Young of Bedford and Brooks G Ours of Cleveland are taken into custody by State Police at Young s home within minutes of the escape. Young served a 30 day term for a hit and run. Ours faced one to two years for cattle theft in Bedford County. All garments cleaned by Monite Dry Cleaners.
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Bedford
Bedford County
Joeph Young
R D Bedfod
Brooks G. Ours
Cleveland
Young
Medway
Ours
Monite
Man And Two Boys Held In Thefts
Deputy sheriffs held a man and two boys aged 16 and 17 in county jails for investigation into thefts and damage to Walter Springer’s aquipment at Graf ton. More than $10,000 worth of acety lene cutting gear and oil well components were reportedly stolen, with a truck and warm equipment found on Parsons road. Bloodhounds aided a wide search, shots were fired at suspects, and three men were later apprehended near LaPorte. Cleveland police joined to locate more gang members and the disposal sites.
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County Falis
Walter Springer
Grafton
Springer
Parsons Road
Route 57
Sherrff George Kosco
Albert Page
Kosco
Henry Mailer
Sheffield Lake
Joseph Guzik
Harlana Mole
Miller
Page
LaPorte
Cleveland
Maritime Workers Strike Sidelined San Francisco Port
West coast maritime workers walk out before a 3am deadline after unions failed to secure wage and vacation terms. The action halted operations at about 9900 shops in port, with more than half a million additional workers in related industries affected. CIO Longshoremen, CIO Marine Cooks and Stewards, CIO Marine Entaneers, CIO Independent Fishermen, and CIO Radio Operators unions led the stoppage versus Waterfront Employers Association and others.
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San Francisco
West Coast Maritime Worters
Jdacm
York
CIO International
CIO Marines
CIO Marine Entaneers
Fuemen
CIO
Prip
Waterfront Employers Association
Papui American Shipayvners Assiviation
Blockade May Be Lifted By Sunday
BERLIN The four military governors met to consider proposals on transportation currency and trade to end the Berlin blockade. Western negotiators pressed for lifting the blockade and increasing daily trains from 18 to replenish stocks. If Russians accept more trains, the Berlin airlift could be scaled back within 10 days.
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Berlin
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
Russia
Allied Control Council
Menting
Navy To Race Jet Planes At National Air Races
Cleveland reports the Navy will enter jet propelled North American Furies in the Bendix and Indianapolis to Cleveland races as the Air Force withdraws from cross country competition citing inter service policy and safety concerns.
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Cleveland
Navy
Air Force
Defense Department
Body Of Soldier Will Arrive On Tuesday
The body of Private Standen, 22, killed November 18, 1944 in Germany, will arrive in Elyria Tuesday. He served with Company A, 30th Infantry Division, born near Byria and lived in Elyria. Survived by parents, a brother and sister, and three grandparents. After arrival the casket will be taken to Sudro-Cite Funeral Home for viewing until noon Wednesday. Funeral services Wednesday at 1:30 pm at the grave in Ring Memorial Park. Elyria Post No. 12 American Legion will conduct services.
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Set Claveree
Standen
Germany
van Elgin Nest
Stander
Ringe Pall Memorial Park
Elyria Post No. 12
American Legion
Sotvicos
Pirates Fined 2000 by Commissioner for Bonus Rule Violation
National League commissioner A B Chandler fined the Pittsburgh Pirates 2000 and farm system director Ray L Kennedy 500 for violating the bonus rule. He also declared M Dan Lynch Jr of Dallas a free agent and voided a contract between the Pirates and M Dan Lynch Sr as a scout. Pirates and affiliates barred from signing Lynch for three years.
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Cincinnati
A. B Chandler
Pittsburgh Pirates
Ray L. Kennedy
M. Dan Lynch, Jr
Dallas
Tex
Pittsburgh
M Dan Lynch
Pirates
Young Lynch
Russians Shot Down An American B-29
The Air Force states Russian Yak fighters shot down a B-29 Superfortress over Korea on August 29, 1945 during a relief mission for a prisoner of war camp near Nanko. The bomber was among ten American planes seized by Russia in the war, four B-29s reportedly intact.
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Washington
Korea
Air Force
United States
Carl Saatz
Life Magazine
Spaatz
Nanko
J W Queen
Saipan
Amherst Voters to Decide on Public Park Bond
Amherst residents will vote in November on a proposed 50 000 dollar bond for a public park. Henry J Kane and Charles A Miller certified the request to place the proposal on the November ballot with Lorain County Board of Elections. Public notices also promote employment ads and local entertainment listings.
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Amherst
Lorain County Board of Elections
Henry J Kane
Charles A Miller
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Bellfield
National Tube Appeals
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Peoples Poultry
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Chronicle
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