Russians Move to Drive Airlift From Berlin Skies
Berlin reports say Soviet authorities rejected protests and pressed ahead with plans to curb the Anglo American airlift. Russian troops seized City Hall, beat correspondents, and arrested German police as Soviet planes threatened Allied air corridors for seven more days. U.S. and French protests were dismissed, with Moscow accusing Americans of disorder. British security tightened along the border amid fears of further clashes in Berlin's divided capital.
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Germany
Berlin
Frank Howley
Air Safety Center
Alexander Kotikov
Col. Howley
Wassily D. Sokolovsky
M. Dratvin
ADN
United States
Kotikov
Howley
New Order
Berlin crisis nears breakdown as West faces new pressure
Washington officials warned that Soviet backed disturbances in Berlin push the crisis toward unpredictable action. President Truman may outline views at a morning news conference while Secretary Marshall described the unrest as a bold bid to derail four power talks and resisted any hint of immediate military moves.
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Berlin
Russia
Soviet Union
Moscow
Jruman
National Security Council
George C. Marshall
Navy
Air Force
Marshall
Miss Decker Returns as Lorain Bookmobile Librarian
Miss Winifred E. Decker, former Kenton Public Library chief, is named Bookmobile librarian for the Lorain County Traveling Library Service. She will oversee operations from the Lorain Public Library as the bookmobile begins rounds next Wednesday. Decker, Elyria High School and Oberlin College alumna, previously worked as Lorain children's librarian and as a cataloger, returning with her father to 155 Clinton Avenue, Elyria. She belongs to the Carlisle Grange.
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Winifred E. Decker
Lorain County
Marion M. King
Lorain Public Library
Miss Decker
Kenton Public Library
Elyria High School
Oberlin College
Library School
The
University of Wisconsin
Kenton
Lorain
Clinton Avenue
Elyria
Decker
Carlisle Grange
Cleveland Northeast Ohio Weather and bulb shipment notice
Weather forecast for northeastern Ohio says cloudy and cooler with clearing later. Partly cloudy, cooler tonight with 10 to 15 mph north to northeast winds. Friday remains partly cloudy and cool with low 55 and high 66. Our first shipment of bulbs arrived from Holland and lists and prices are available. Markham's Ohio Advertisements.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Holland
Markham
Npowepa P
House Spy Hunters Open Ultra Secret Investigation
House spy hunters opened an ultra secret investigation into alleged Soviet attempts to steal U. S. atom bomb secrets during World War II. A House Unamerican Activities subcommittee summoned five witnesses for initial questioning and prepared for closed door sessions. The panel, led by J. Parnell Thomas, plans hearings on Communism in Hollywood and atomic espionage, with potential testimony about Soviet access to refined uranium compounds during the war. Senator Alben Barkley headed the American delegation at an international parliamentary union conference in Rome.
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Walington
House
U. S
House Unamerican Activities
J. Parnell Thomas
Subcommittee
Thomas
John McDowell
Richard B. Vail
Lil
Hollywood
McDowell
Soviet Union
Russia
United States
Castel Gandolfo
Pope Pius
Inter-Parliamentary Union
Rome
Alben Barkley
D. Ky
Grand Jury Indicts 34 in Two Day Session
A county grand jury returned 34 indictments after a two day session with 98 witnesses examined. Among those named are three secretly indicted awaiting apprehension. Charles Preston of Monclova faces a traffic manslaughter charge for the death of William C Wallace near Oberlin Road. Wallace’s sister Amy was injured. Willie Roberts of Elyria avoids indictment in a separate traffic manslaughter case in which Ralph Van Amburgh and Muriel Roberts were killed and another passenger injured. Roy William Rentfle of Cleveland is indicted for burglary and larceny at J R Dall Motor Co. The docket includes a dismissed theft charge against Virgil Knerien. Justice D. A. Cook said arraignments are set for Saturday morning.
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Common Pleas
D. A. Cook
Charles Preston
Monclova
Ralph van Amburgh
R. D
Elyria
van Amburgh
Robert
Muriel
VanAmburgh
Virgil Knerien
Roy William Rentfle
Barber Avenue
Cleveland
J. R. Dall Motor Co
Rentfle
Paul Kieper
Rentile
Open House Visitors Tour Elyria Steel Tube Works
Elyria residents toured the Elyria Works Steel and Tube Division of Republic Steel Corp during the first open house. Guides led a self guided walk from receiving to finishing departments showing billets from Youngstown and the hot rolling mill where red hot steel is formed into tubes. Visitors watched hand tong handling of hot metal and viewed a final display of national manufacturers’ products at the end.
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Steel and Tubes
John Kokei
Elyria
Republic Steel Corporation
Jeanne
Joanne Kokai
J. J. Parks
Kokai
John, Jr
James
Tavo
Elyria High School
John
Roosevelt School
Youngstown
Republic Steel
Eruption Forces Mass Evacuation of Camiguin Island
Manila reports massive evacuation of Camiguin Island in the southern Philippines due to an acute emergency from rain of acidic ash from Mt Hibok. Naval message says embarkation points Guinsilibin and Binone, with thousands already seeking safety in Mindanao. Four deaths cited earlier from lava flows.
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Manila
Camiguin Island
Philippines
Globe Wireless
Guinsilibin
Binone
Arturo Alcaraz
Philippines Weather Bureau
Mt. Hibuk
Mindanao
Camiguin
Mental Hygiene Board To Meet In Lorain County
The Lorain County Mental Hygiene Association board will meet on Monday September 13 at 7 30 p m at the Y M C A. It is the regular monthly meeting of the board.
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Lorain County Mental Hygiene Association
Pole fall kills Oolitic man in Fremont incident
Howard Brown 22 of Oolitic Ind died when he fell 40 feet from a utility pole after contacting an electric wire. He worked for Electric Utility Painting Co of St. Louis.
Enrollment In Elyria Schools Grows This Year
Elyria public schools opened with 4465 students for the 1947-48 year, up 150 from the second day last year. Elementary enrollment rose to 3129, up 225, while high school enrollment stood at 1262, down 87 due to St Marys ninth grade addition. Special class enrollments continued.
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Elyria
Harold H. Eibling
St. Marys Catholic School
Elyria Y High School
Truman Says No Settlement With Soviets Under Duress
President Truman declared the United States will not seek or accept a settlement with Russia under duress over Germany. He said current talks with the Soviets are not under duress, and the Berlin blockade is viewed as attempted coercion. Marshall’s remarks on resisting Communist chaos in Berlin framed the policy of negotiating for world peace.
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Washington
Truman
Russia
Germany
Berlin
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Mr. Truman
State to Invite Bids for Lake Road Improvement Project
The state highway department will take bids on September 14 for more than 100 miles of highway work valued at about 2.046 million dollars, announced by Highway Director Earl L. Reed. The plan includes cement paving on two Route 2 and 6 sections in Avon Lake totaling roughly half a mile at an estimated 74,300 dollars.
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Prague
Eduard Benes
State Highway Department
Earl L. Reed
Avon Lake
Request Renewal Of Levy For Cemetery In Oberlin Village
The Oberlin village board of elections reports a filed resolution for submitting a one mill tax levy for five years to fund operation and maintenance of Westwood Cemetery. The request is for renewal of the present levy, election officials said.
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Board of Elections
Oberlin Village
Westwood Cemetery
Queuille Urges Truce to Form Inclusive French Crisis Government
Paris Premier designate Henri Queuille urged a truce among French political parties to form a crisis government excluding the Communists. He pressed center and right groups to bury differences while Socialist leaders weighed their response amid wage and labor demands. Queuille, 64, seeks support from Auriol and the middle road to avert another cabinet collapse.
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Paris
Henri Queuille
Queuille
France
Quetillo
Charles No. 2
Enrolment Tops Six Thousand In Local County Schools
First day enrollment across the Lorain county village and rural schools reached 6181, up 477 from last year. Including 65 Avon Lake kindergartners would raise the opening total to 6246. Most schools reported. five unfinished, with three up and two down from last year.
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Lorain County
C. A. Gibbons
Avon Lake
Siv
Lorain Woman And Boy Hurt In Traffic Mishap
Lorain resident Mrs. Lillian Supel 34 suffered facial burns and possible ankle fracture when two cars collided at Route 301 and 31st Street near Lorain at 8 am. Her husband Harold Reynolds of Lorain drove one car and Mrs. Mavis Pyle of Avon drove the other. Supel was treated at St Josephs Hospital Lorain. Five year old Marvin Pyle sustained a lip and nose cut. Deputy sheriffs reported all other passengers unharmed. September is cash in month for unused typewriters offered in Chronicle Telegram ads.
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Lillian Super
Lorain
Bendix-Westinghouse
Harold E. Reynolds
Mavis Pyle
Jaycox Road
Avon
Supel
St. Joseph's Hospital
Reynolds
Bendix
Marvin Pyle
Monite mothproofed garments at Crystal Clear Dry Cleaners
All garments cleaned by us are Monite mothproofed. Crystal Clear Dry Cleaners, Adv.
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Crystal Clear Dry Cleaners
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Deetz, Inc
Chrysler-Plymouth
W. Broad
Pope
Stardust
W. T. Grant Co
Plymouth
New Old Mill
Oberlin Rd
Darnell Motors
Bulletin
Mental Hygiene Board
Whitey Russ
Graystone
Chronicle + Telegram
Wade
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