Truman Launches Broad Attacks Ahead of Labor Day Tour
President Truman opened a vigorous campaign across Michigan and Ohio accusing Republicans of bribery and lobbyist influence. He denounced Congress as “Do nothing” and “Backward,” rallying unions and supporters from Grand Rapids to Toledo with stops in Flint Detroit Pontiac Hamtramck and Lansing.
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Ruman
Truman
Michigan
Hio
Republi
Dlain
Orly
Grandapids
Mich
Toledo
Washington
West Coast
Southwest
Congress
Flint
GOP
Detroit
Pontiac
Hamtramck
Lansing
Henry Wallace
Minor Automobile Accidents Reported Here
The lengthy weekend brought several minor crashes with only one injury, none serious. Bertha Guddy of Cleveland and Lillian Brackley of Elyria were treated after a Cleveland Street collision. Ralph Castle’s car struck Frank Sams on Bon Air Avenue.
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Bertha Guddy
Cleveland
Lillian Brackley
Lark Street
Elyria
Cleveand Street
Frank Sams
Spain
Bon Air Aveue
Cleveland Street
Ralph Castle
Castle
Ilyria Memorial Hospital
Albert Gentile
Amherst
Ellis Brown
West Avenue
Broad Street
Brown
Rom
Gentile
John Ralph Hunt
East Avenue
Vernon Reynolds
Adelbert Street
Lochind West Avenue
Graystone Hotel
James J. White
Snakewood
Cleveland-Northeastern Ohio Weather Forecast Entry
Cloudy and mild with new showers this afternoon and tonight. Little temperature change with southerly winds. Wednesday partly cloudy with thundershowers and cooler by late afternoon.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Labor Day holidays see 424 accidental deaths
Millions of Americans returned to work after a safe Labor Day weekend marked by a relatively low three day holiday toll. A United Press survey counted 424 deaths from Friday night to Labor Day. 258 in traffic, 45 by drowning, and 122 in other accidents including nearly a dozen plane crashes. Public officials linked the lower total to fear of travel and cooler weather reducing beach drowning incidents.
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United Press
Accidents Take Toll On The Highways Of Ohio
At least 18 violent deaths occurred in Ohio over Labor Day weekend with 11 traffic fatalities, four plane crash victims, and two other deaths. Notable cases include three in Parma Heights, a P-51 crash near Phillipsburg, and a truck fall near Pomeroy. Victims span several states and cities, including Toledo, Columbus, and Mansfield, with multiple ages and backgrounds.
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Ohio
Parma Heights
Cleveland
Frank Bukowski
Harry Ruthig
Victor Joroch
Ubly
Mich
Richard D. Cristman
Dayton
Ohio Air National Guard
Phillipsburg
Rex Leroy Bing
Middleport
Bobby Willarrd
Pomeroy
Bernard Kaiser, Jr
Cincinnati
Bride
Betty Nelson
Toledo
Ernest Brough
Genoa
Nelson
Strike Would Tie Up Communications
CHICAGO A spokesman for the Association of Communication Equipment Workers said it will strike September 17 against Western Electric Co unless a wage contract is reached by then. D W Harris vice president of the union said a walkout could be expected to tie up telephone communications nationwide. The union claims 25 000 workers in 45 states. Negotiations since May 11 intensified a month ago and remain at a stalemate but ongoing.
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Chicago
Association of Communication Equipment Workers
CIO
Western Electric Co
D. W. Harris
Harris
Stassen to Reply at 9 P.M. on Liber Day Speech
New York NBC announced that Harald F. Stassen will reply to President Truman's Liber Day speech at 9 p.m. DST today. The address will be carried by Cleveland station WTAM.
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New York
National Broadcasting Co
Harald FE. Stassen
Truman
At & P.m
Cleveland
WTAM
Two Killers Surrender Near Baton Rouge Store
In Gulf coast style captivity, two men Dale Simpson and H E Miller who killed a New Orleans detective and held a hostage surrendered to state trooper Wright and Gonzales marshal Breurque at a Galvez country store near Baton Rouge. Their stolen police car and pistols were recovered, and they were jailed in Donaldsonville.
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Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Dale Simpson
H. E. Miller
Gulf Coast
John Jackson
Wright
Gonzales
Breurque
Galvez
R. M. Walker
Ascension Parish
Donaldsonville
Brourque
Walker
Simpson
Miller
Six Injured In Two Traffic Accidents
Two separate Lorain County traffic crashes left six people hurt with minor injuries. A Nelsonville woman, Lulu Katzenbach, 40, sustained a compound fracture to her right leg and was admitted to Elyria Memorial Hospital after a Route 58 113 collision with a car driven by her husband Ernest Katzenbach, 50. Ernest Katzenbach was fined for failing to stop at a main highway sign. In the other crash, four Wellington area occupants sustained minor injuries when a car failed a curve on Route 18 and rolled, then skidded. James Curtis Webb, Frances Glen, Florence Glen, and Robert Green were treated at Allen Hospital, Oberlin and released.
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Lorain County
R. D
Elyria
Katzenbach
Justice of the Peace
James P. Horn
Sheriff's
Strickler
Route 18
Wellington
James Curtis Webb
Norwalk
Frances Glen
Florenc Glen
Hamilton Street
Robert Green
Haminton
Allen Hospital
Oberlin
Grand Jury Begins New Session in Lorain County
The Lorain County grand jury opened a new session with about 30 cases slated for review. Prosecutor William G. Wickens mentioned the panel may finish tomorrow. A new member, Christina Heay of Elyria, joins while Fred J. Lemon from Elyria resumes as foreman.
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Lorain County
Grand Jury
William G. Wickens
Christina Heay
Elyvria
Elyria
Organize For School Year At St Johns
Pupils reported to St John’s Tadheran school at 8 30 this morning to receive assignments and get organized for the coming year. Principal P M Schroeter said 90 pupils were enrolled from first to eighth, evenly split with 45 girls and 45 boys. Regular classes will resume tomorrow morning. Dentists add closed clinics and plate repairs at 25019 Fifth St.
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St. John’s Tadheran School
M. Schroeter
Close Swimming Pool At Park
The Cascade Park swimming pool closed its twenty first season with only a small crowd on the last day, Park Superintendent John Machock reported. The 1948 season opened in June and was considered good by swimmer counts. Yesterday also saw light park usage as many Elyrians were away for the holiday.
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Cascade Park
John Machock
Machock
Macheck
Elyria Avenue Improvement To Be Delayed
Lorain county officials say Elyria Avenue work between Route 254 and the southern city limits will be postponed this year due to land-rights delays and high land prices. Changes to plans hinder bidding, and winter conditions will limit progress even if bids were issued now. contracting may occur this year with actual work commencing next year.
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Elyria Avenue
Lorain
Patterson
Runaway Well Spreads Oil Across Acreage in Alabama
EMONTON Ala runaway oil well fires after derrick collapse while attempts to cap the gusher fail. Independent driller says gas explosion triggered the blaze as government closed Le duc field to protect other wells. About 1.1 million barrels spilled on 10 acres over six months amid attempts with cement mud and water.
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Emonton
Ala
Leduc
Two Injured In Wellington Crash
Two Detroit youths en route home from a church meeting in Akron were taken to Allen Hospital in Oberlin after a crash at 640 North Main Street. Paul Festian, 20, suffered a badly lacerated knee and was admitted. Robert Churella, 16, injured a hip and elbow and wrist, and was admitted. Their car was rammed off the road by an unidentified driver, then overturned into a broken telephone pole. the vehicle was demolished while the occupants were thrown clear.
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Detroit
Akron
Allen Hospital
Oberlin
North Main Street
Weddington
Paul Festian
Robert Churella
Public Schools Here To Open Tomorrow Elyria
Elyria public schools will begin tomorrow at 8 30 a m with the high school cafeteria operating the day. About 174 teachers attended a 9 30 this morning teachers meeting in the high school auditorium to discuss plans for the year. The theme is Child Development with In Service training using new films on learning to understand children classroom discipline pupil interest and teachers and pupils planning and working together. The program will include moving picture films several speakers and leaders in education and runs through the year with dates to be announced.
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Elyria
H Harold A. Eibling
Eibling
Crowded Ohio Schools Expect Over 1.15 Million Students
Ohio schools reopen after Labor Day with an estimated 1,155,000 students across public private and parochial systems. Education director Clyde Hissong notes about 150,000 new first graders expected this year. Defiance delays public school opening until at least Sept 13 due to a polio scare.
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Ohio
Clyde Hissong
Defiance
Winds Fan Flames Of Forest Fire In Maine
On Monhegan Island in Maine southerly winds fanned a forest fire on the northern tip of the island. Coast guard cutters Snohomish and Laurel and three lifeboats helped volunteers as the blaze spread across several acres while five coast guard craft stood by to evacuate residents if needed. The fire burned near Black Head and remained a mile from the nearest dwelling, with danger if winds shift.
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Rockland
Monhegan Island
Coast Guard
Snohomish and
Laurel
Long
Here
Black Head
Vote to be represented by AFL union
Employees of the beverage distributors in Lorain County and at the Telling-Belle-Vernon Company plant in Lorain voted unanimously for a union shop and for representation by Local 571, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America. The election, conducted by the National Labor Relations Board, was reported by John Whitelock, secretary and treasurer of Local 571.
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Beverage Distributors
Lorain County
Telling-Belle-Vernon Company
Lorain
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Explosion Hits Brac's Candy Plant in Chicago
An explosion and ensuing fire at Brac's Candy Specialty Company on Chicago's West Side caused extensive damage, with at least six killed and sixteen injured. Firefighters battled the blaze 90 minutes, nine and two unidentified bodies were taken to the morgue, and many workers were hospitalized with severe burns and trauma.
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Chicago
Brac's
West Side
Michael J. Corrigan
Cook County
Berlin splits into two cities as communists sever ties
Berlin authorities formally cut the city into east and west sectors after the Communist party rejects any role in the west controlled city administration. Karl Watke led a press briefing with 150 Allied and German reporters amid chaos as rioters stormed the city hall and west police escorted from the building.
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Berlin
Socialist Unity (Communist
Karl Watke
SED
Socialist, Unity
Ile
Nelson Added To Elyria Oses Staff Here
Charles A. Nelson was added today to the Elyria Ohio State Employment Service office staff. He previously served in Elyria from March 1 1941 to July 1942 in Lorain and April 1946 after Navy service. The move followed a temporary suspension from Lorain duties and an investigation by James R. Tichenor. With Nelson, Elyria now lists ten staff members including four male interviewers.
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Charles A. Nelson
Homesite Court
Elyria
Ohio State Employment Service
Nelson
Employment Service
Lorain
Navy
Martin McManus
Elynna
James R. Tichenor
Elyna
Frank J. Collopy
McManus
Strike closes seven petroleum plants in California
The CIO of the Workers Union and Shell Oil Company agreed to meet to settle a strike that has shut down California’s seven largest petroleum producers. The meeting aims to open negotiations with the union and six other companies struck last Saturday, affecting 15,000 workers.
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San Francisco
CIO of Workers Union
Shell Oil Company
California
Scientist Killed When Parachute Fails To Open
MONTGOMERY Ala A University of Chicago scientist fell to his death yesterday when his parachute failed to open after he bailed out of a burning B 29 Superfortress Three other passengers jumped to safety before the pilot flew the flaming plane to a safe landing at Maxwell Field Here The body of Howard W Baldwin a member of the University of Chicago staff was found near Standing Rock Ga An unopened parachute was strapped to his back.
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Montgomery
Ala
University of Chicago
Hev
Maxwell Field
Howard W. Baldwin
Standing Rock
Reports of Attack and Robbery on Jodi Street
Floyd C. Whitaker of 262 Samuel Street was treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital for a head wound after two men attacked and robbed him on Jodi Street early Sunday. Whitaker said he left a cafe, was seized from behind, struck on the head, and his wallet was stolen though it was empty. Four stitches were required.
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Floyd C. Whitaker
Samuel Street
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Jodi Street
School Opens Tomorrow Sparks Swing Season
Students swing into the band and on the floor as fall activities begin. Readers are invited to sell used instruments and radio phonographs through Chronicle-Telegram Want Ads for help during the new season.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Tune Toppers at Graystone Cocktail Lounge
Advertisement notes Monite mothproofed cleaning by Crystal Clear Dry Cleaners. Announces Adv ITS the Tune Toppers performing tonite at the Graystone Cocktail Lounge. Highlights high class entertainers and fully air conditioned venue.
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Crystal Clear Dry Cleaners
Graystone
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