Lutherans Aid Group Holding Convention Here
More than two hundred delegates and guests are expected to attend the twentieth first convention of the Ohio Federation of Aid Association for Lutherans in Elyria. It opens with a directors meeting at the Hotel Graystone at 4 p m and continues through tomorrow. A Sunrise Service at Cascade Park and banquet at the Elks Ballroom with national secretary Leroy Stahlman are on the schedule. Hosts include Grace Lutheran Elyria Oberlin St Paul Amherst and Lorain churches.
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Ohio Federation of Aid Association For Lutherans
Elyria
Graystone
St. John’s Hall
Third Street
Cascade Park
Loren Shiley
Elks
Grace Lutheran Church
Elks Ballroom
Leroy Stahlman
Appleton
Wisconsin
F. W. Loose
Lorain
Grace Lutheran
St. John’s Lutheran
Oberlin
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Amherst
Zion Lutheran Church
A. F. Steller
O. Jaroch
Robert Fosselius
John Koepp
G. Schmidt
Esther Arndt
Arthur Lehman
Three Peoria Officials Indicted in Grand Jury Case
State's attorney Roy P. Hull sheriff Earl Spainhower and chief investigator Charles Somogy were indicted after a grand jury found probable cause that Hull solicited a $25,000 bribe from gangster Bernie Shelton before Shelton's July killing. Hull denied the charges as he faced malfeasance accusations in office.
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Peoria
Roy P. Hull
Bernie Shelton
Hull
Earl Spainhower
Charles Somog- Yi
Shelton
Weather and real estate notices in Cleveland forecast
Northeastern Ohio sees partly cloudy and continuing warm conditions with a low of 62 tonight and a high of 90 Sunday. Also houses for sale at 117 Kaiser Ct and notices for Geisel Stenco aluminum windows at 61 West Ave with phone 2991.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Geisel
Stenco
West Ave
Air Maneuvers Cost Life of One American
London reports a pre dawn raid on London during Anglo American air maneuvers costing one American life. Sgt Walter Doyle Rocquet identified in Amsterdam dispatches died after being rescued from a disabled Superfortress that crashed off Holland. Officials deny claims of another abandoned Superfortress. all others accounted for.
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London
Amsterdam
Walter Doyle Rocquet
Holland
Europe
Russia
U.S. Air Force
Germany
England
Berlin Talks Near Agreement on Single Currency
Berlin reports say a first draft on key points in the Berlin talks will be submitted to the four military governors at 3 p.m. It is expected to endorse making the Soviet mark Berlin’s sole currency, drafted by finance trade and transport committees. Separately, the Berlin City Assembly elders test the Soviet takeover as a Communist group seized City Hall and scheduled another meeting in the Soviet sector.
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Berlin
Barkley Suffers Deep Cut In Madrid Incident
Senator Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky, the Democratic vice presidential candidate, sustained a serious cut to his left wrist after cutting it on a glass door in Madrid while touring with American lawmakers. The wound was deep but not arterial, and he attended a reception at the U.S. Charge d Affaires’s home with his wrist bandaged. The group planned to travel to Rome for a European inter parliamentary union conference.
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Madrid
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Rome
Barkley
U. S
Paul Culbertson
European Inter-Parliamentary Union
Mt Hibok Hibok eruption forces mass Camiguin evacuation
Manila reports 15 people killed as Mt Hibok Hibok on Camiguin Island erupts after 77 years of dormancy. About half the 52,000 inhabitants flee to Mindanao and Bohol while 8 naval patrol ships and numerous vessels assist evacuations with food clothing and medical supplies.
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Manila
Camiguin Island
Philippines
Eugene Sykes
Philippines Navy
Mt. Hibok
Mindanao
Bohol
Camiguin
Red Cross
Leon Maria Gonzales
Bureau of Census and Statistics
Five Charged in Grand Larceny of Drilling Equipment
Justice James Horn issued warrants for five Cleveland individuals accused of stealing metal from gas well drilling gear on Parsons Road owned by George Springer of Grafton. Three defendants including Johnnie Jones and two juveniles are jailed, two suspects at large. The trio was caught Wednesday night by deputies and Grafton police while cutting equipment with an acetylene torch to steal scrap. Springer cites $10,000 in theft and damage.
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James Horn
Springer
Derailment damages 18 Pennsylvania cars near Lima
At Lima Ohio a westbound Pennsylvania freight derailed 18 cars with damage estimated at $200,000. No injuries. Conductor L W Driver of Fort Wayne said a brake rigging dropped and fouled a switch frog. Sixteen cars carried general merchandise and blocked both lines for hours.
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Lima
Pennsylvania Railroad
L. W. Driver
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Many Parts of the City Are Flooded
A hurricane whipped ashore near New Orleans flooding many areas and driving thousands from homes. About 5,000 in New Orleans evacuated as wind to 85 mph battered the city. Grand Isle and coastal workers faced rising waters and isolation. Emergency evacuations continued with high tides predicted along 200 miles of coast.
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New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi
Grand Isle
Here
Biloxi
Miss
Moisant
Gulf Coast
Pensacola
Fla
Coast Guard
Millions Hit Highways for Labor Day Vacation
United Press reports millions of Americans travel by car rail and air on Labor Day weekend. Safety officials warn high crash and drowning tolls with estimates of up to 300 deaths. The Chronicle Telegram will not publish Monday September 6, resuming Tuesday September 7.
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National Safety Council
American Automobile Association
Chronicle-Telegram
Crossley Poll Series Planned by Chronicle-Telegram
Archibald M Crossley, director of the Crossley Poll, will launch a 1948 series in the Chronicle Telegram on September tenth outlining national and state by state voting trends. The feature compares all voting age adults with those likely to vote, traces demographic differences, and presents early state results and methodological notes.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Archibald M. Crossley
Crossley
United States
Roosevelt
Jet Fighter To Try For New Speed Mark
Cleveland Air Races loom as Maj. Richard L. Johnson of Wright-Patterson pilots an F-86 in a bid to break the 650.796 mph mark over a four-pass official course. If needed, attempts continue tomorrow and on Labor Day as 70,000 spectators watch along with Bendix Derby contenders. Mantz leads a high-stakes field including Cochran and Debona in the civilian race, while F-86 jets and Navy transonic probes headline the day’s speed shows and the Timner man trophy race offers a $7,400 purse for the top 10 qualifying planes.
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Cleveland
Air Force
Richard L. Johnson
Wright- Patterson Air Force Base
Johnson
Marion E. Carl
Carl
Muroc Air Field
Cal
Long Beach
Mantz
Paul Mantz
Jacqueline Cochran
Jos Debona
Jimmy Stewart
Navy
FJ Lm Furies
Bendix
Leon W. Gray
Casa Granda
Aviz
Gray
37th Division Is Holding Reunion in Columbus
About 1,500 men who served with Ohio's 37th division in World Wars I and II gather for a three day convention and reunion in Columbus. Guests include Sen. John W Bricker Maj Gen Robert S Beightler Gov Thomas J Herbert and Col William R Irvin. The organization is led by Richard McCloskey of Toledo. KEITH KELLY appears nightly at Carey's Villa.
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Columbus
Ohio
John W Bricker
RB. O
Robert S. Beightler
Thomas J. Herbert
Col
Walliam R. Irvin
Ohio Military
Motorcycle rider dead after Parson road bridge crash
George W. Wilfong 19 of Grafton died after skidding 100 feet on loose gravel, sideswiping a tree, and tumbling over the guard rail into the river below at the Parsons road bridge near Grafton. The American Radiator Co. employee died at Elyria Memorial Hospital after suffering a fractured skull. He had moved from Weston, West Virginia, and planned to roller skate at Chippewa Lake. He is survived by a brother, Herbert, 21. Burial at Neshet t Cemetery, Grafton.
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George W. Wiltong
Biges Road
R. D. Grafton
American Radiator Co
Parsons Road Bridge
Grafton
Eugene Finegan
Wilfong
Parsons Road
Rocky River
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Chippewa Lake
Weston
W. Va
S Sam Moore
Herbert
Fulton Funeral Home
Robert Chaunce
Grafton Methodist Church
Neshett Cemetery
Body Of Man Found Along Railroad Tracks In Avon Lake
The body of Carl Robert Thompson, 44, of Lakewood, was found on the Nickel Plate tracks in Avon Lake near Miller road. Deputies believe he was hit by a westbound passenger train or an eastbound freight as two legs were severed. War veteran papers and a Masonic lodge ID linked him to Youngstown. Deputies notified his father and arranged for body transport to Youngstown.
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Carl Robert Thompson
Lake Shore
Lakewood
Avon Lake
Miller Road
Herbert Barry
Crile Hospital
The
Great Lakes Equipment Co
Cleveland
Masonic Lodge
East Indianola Avenue
Youngstown
W. A. Bennar
Bendix trophy race opens with six glistening planes in Long Beach
Six planes lined up in fog at Long Beach Municipal for the Bendix trophy race toward Cleveland. Linton Carney in a P-51 led off at 8:35 a.m., followed by five more P-51s. Navy FJ-1 Furies would chase to challenge last year’s jet speed record set at 500 mph. The field, smallest ever for the $25,000 prize, aims to beat the four hour ten minute eighteen second mark.
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Long Beach
Cal
Municipal
Cleveland
Linton Carney
Jesse F. Stallings
Edmund P. Lunken
Paul Mantz
Joe Debona
Aviatrix
Jacqueline Cochrane
Truman To Speak Briefly At Toledo
Washington resident Truman will deliver a rear-platform speech at Toledo Ohio on his way from Michigan. The Toledo talk is set for 10 27 p m EDT with a half hour stop on the train. The item appears amid a campaign swing and the schedule is confirmed.
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Washington
Truman
Toledo
White House
Ohio City
Prague Mourns the Death of Eduard Benes
Prague in black flags as mourners recall former President Eduard Benes. Police clashed with about 200 protesters in Wenceslas Square when officers moved to arrest demonstrators against the Communist regime, while Prague radio aired a biographical tribute portraying Benes as aligned with the people’s will.
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Prague
Eduard Benes
Benes
Wencelas Square
Peoples Democracy
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Longmead
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United Press
Carey’s Villa
Keith Kelly
Carey
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