Ice Shortage Hits Elyria as Heat Bites Hard
Record heat drives ice demand in Elyria with Walton Ice and Fuel Co reporting daily deliveries of 65 tons of ice tea and 3 tons of cubes. The plant struggles to meet city needs, with in-bound imports from Willard and Lorain. statewide shortage persists beyond normal season start in June, now August, and may last through September with none of the demand easing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elytia
K. P. Walton
Walton Ice and Fuel Co. Ine
Sble
Willard
Lorain
Walylon
Loran
Elyria
Sandusky
Prices At Noon and Local Traffic Crashes Reported
A jumble of price listings from United Press and several traffic incidents appear. A car driven by Ferenci near 1224 East Avenue crashed into a tree at 12:07 p.m., with Ferenci taken to Elyria Memorial Hospital. In another collision on Lake Avenue and High Street at 10:14 p.m., Paula Miller’s and Earl Schneider’s cars were damaged as Schneider turned left. Eugene Miller suffered facial abrasions after his motorcycle skidded on Gulf Road near Poyploar Street. Willan Thompson’s car door was damaged when Lee Stage struck it while reversing at 311 East Broad Street corner.
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Filomena Bernina
Middle Avenue
East Avenue
Ferenci
Ferencz
Elyria Memorial Hospita
Paula Miller
Lake Avenue
Earl Schneider
R. D
Abbe Road
Bigh Street
Schneider
Hightreet
Miller
Eugene Miller
Valley View
Gulf Road
Noar Poyplar Street
Willan Thompson
Quit Road
Lee Stage
Mentiel Court
Thompson
Acomt
East Broad Street
Nath
Stige
Playmakers Begin Ninth Season in Elyria and Eye Own Theater
The Playmakers start their ninth season in Elyria with Dear Ruth at Elyria High School auditorium September 26 and 27. The cast includes ten returning performers and three newcomers led by Caralyn Celana, with veteran members Mary K. Miller and Edward Chatplan among others. The group aims to secure a dedicated theatre space, reviving their earlier dream of a local venue, and invites interested locals to join as active members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ely
Dear Ruth
Norman Krasia
Elyria High School
Ah Cafter
Mary K. Miller
Benny Griffiths
Leona
Cam Mrs. Norwh
Mary
Edward Chatplan
Offvivers
Jack Coffman
Playmakers
Om Savesville
Ohio
Clarksburg
Whig
Sumner Stock
Pacific Coast
Geller
Hollywood
Pegey Buckey
Firat Lay
Lewis Mathis
Evelyn Withany
Frank Seward
Ruth
New York
Elyria
Ernest
Oscar Wilde
Rialto Theatre
Oneimall Theatre
Micky Ayville
The
Gray
Wie
American Legion Post 12 Elects Officers in Biya District
The American Legion Post 12 schedules elections for coming year with two candidates seeking the post commander role. Notable figures include attorney Ro Ashentieh and Williams Croambing, both World War I veterans, amid a field centered on leadership of the local post.
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Biya
American Legion
Yun
Ashentieh
Willinm
Fred Taig
USNR Interview Program in Elyria Wednesday Evening
Lorain County Unit of the United States Naval Reserve will hold another interview program at the Blyrla YMCA at 7:40 p.m. Wednesday. Local officers and enlisted personnel from Elyria and nearby areas will interview interested veterans and non veterans aged 17 to 25 about the peacetime Naval Reserve. The program notes benefits include monthly pay from $10 to $40 for two hours of training weekly and potential two week annual training cruise with full time duty pay and allowances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
United States Naval Reserve
Blyrla
Elyria
Peactime Naval Reserve
Senator George Favors Tax Cut In 1948 Campaign
Washington Senator Walter F. George urged Congress to consider income tax reductions next year even amid foreign relief funding. He supported a plan similar to the GOP bill vetoed by Truman, arguing a moderate cut would ease living costs and stimulate production. He noted labor data showing real earnings lagging prices, and warned against larger cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Walter FP. George
Congress
George
Senate
Indst
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Goode
White House
Eugene Minsin
Cole
Senate Finance
GOP
Truman
Elyria Firmen
Margaret Duperow
Avon Lake
Margaret
Cleveland Tree
Perow
Gulf Road
Norman Avenue
Airs
Mil
Will
Jon Moses
Columbus Street
Fron Takewood
Altax
St. James Vhureh
Carroll Resco
Em-Pheris
Republican National Cemininute
Ber
General Industries
Elyria
Edward Birmingham
Florence Gaul
Edward Birmingham Jr
Lakewood
Daniels Funeral Home
Detroit Avenue
Holy Trinity
Loa Warls
Elmwood Cemetery
Death Records for Harriett Elaine Gunder and William Moore
Harriett Elaine Gunder, infant daughter of Rodger S. and spouse, died Sunday at Elyria Memorial Hospital. Survived by parents, sisters Ruth and Lois, brother Rodger Jr, and grandfather L. B. Wissinger. Funeral Tuesday at Sudie Curtis Funeral Home, Rev. Ulvich officiating, burial North Murray Ridge cemetery. William Moore, 62, Elyria resident, died Saturday at home on North Street. Survived by sister Cora Tucker of Park Union VA. Body at Wainwright Funeral Home. funeral arrangements to be announced.
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Harriett
Elaine Gunder
Rodger S. Gunder
Lerain Boulevard
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Ruth
Lois
Rodger, Jr
L. B. Wissinger
Luraln
Sudie- Curtis Funeral
Fred Ulvich
William Moors
William Moore
Elyria
North Street
Tleia
Cora Tucker
Park Union
Wainwright
Oberlin family obituaries mark Oberlin events and service
James Thome Faire and Ruth Edwards of Oberlin are noted in social notices. The text details memorial plans for Oberlin College founder’s son, Fairchild, at Fairchild Chapel Oberlin, with burial in Westwood Cemetery. Other notes cover local society, church and college ties, and upcoming meetings in Oberlin.
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Oberlin College
Oberlin
James Thome Fairechild
Grant Hospital
Columbus
Fairchild Chapel
Obert Graduate School of Theology
Edward BP
Bosworth, Bean
Ober+ fin College
Westwood Cemetery
Mtr
Fairchild
Obe
Bethlehwin
Pamoore
Tix
James WH. Pairchild
Oqherlen College
Oubority
Fadrehild
Oberon
Tabor College
Town
Fisk University
Nashville
Possonday
Je Larniune Graham
Dorothy
Helibelem
Ralpina. Reynolds
Allee
Colmings
I&dis
Roberts Morse Woodbury
Miedredi
Bren Mawr
International Labor Organization
Geneva
Switzer- Sand
Gdse Laurvite
Abldred Painchild Graham
Mary I Reynokis
James
Ryookis
Alen
Ober
Mes
Burma
Dickinson Faure
Fiorehill
Ueisuner
Pohertia
Roenadergsarten
Prana Sebel
Wirvereatys
Aknhalls
Fas
Ball Dade
Prankfort
Mic
Walker
Morgan Sieet
al Gataida
Harald Rivas
Gietint Houreide Park
Uh Schdas
Two Vets Seek Housing Help From Lorain County Office
Two veterans facing eviction from three room apartments seek assistance from Lorain County Veterans Service Office. Each served four years incl overseas duty, with one child each aged four and three. One family houses seven in a three room unit, the other six in a similar space. Neither has secured a new home yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain, County
Veterans Service Office
Armed Forces
YMCA Membership Drive Plans Meeting Tonight
Division leaders and team captains in the annual YMCA campaign will receive campaign plans at a diner meeting at the YMCA building tonight at 6 30. The campaign starts next Monday with Reverend G Rue sel Hargiule named as campaign chairman.
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Anual Y. M. C. A
G. Ruesel Hargiule
Exchange Club to hear GM manager Ray Marrs speaker
Ray Marrs personnel manager of the Brown-Gripes Chapel division of General Motors Corp will address the Elyott Exchange Club Elks Chapter at a luncheon on Tuesday. Marrs is expected to discuss personnel practices and industry outlook. The event will be hosted by the Elyott Exchange Club at the local Elks Lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exchange Club
Ray Marrs
Prices and production tensions spark debate in Congress
A report on price stability and production costs shows disagreement between business groups and merchants over factors driving prices. Critics blame export controls and taxes. manufacturers cite export demand and raw material costs as key drivers amid inflation fears.
Police Department News From Oberlin and Nearby Towns
Police reported multiple fines for driving under the influence and reckless driving in Oberlin Elyria and Blyria with names including Robert Super Paul Hrueger Ernest Thomas and Godfrey Williams. A 12 year old was found hanged in Cardington and William Alexander a former postmaster died at 72 in Miamisburg.
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Maiamisburg
William Alexander
Wight
Markets and Livestock Prices Read Across Mixed Commodities
The market notes show mixed livestock and grain quotes with steers and heifers trading around 18 to 22 for medium quality, hogs and lambs varying with quality, round steers near 22, feeder cattle around 12 to 16, and sheep and lambs around 20 to 21. Corn and oats prices appear alongside miscellaneous grain figures, with mention of market activity and general steadiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Huser
Buen
Eroweuhl
Shaye
Europe Needs Coal and Wheat for Recovery
Secretary of Commerce W Averill Harriman told the Cleveland World Trade organization that Western Europe must gain coal from Britain and wheat from the United States. He urged Britain to boost production and Americans to eat fewer animal products to free wheat for export. He warned that Britain increasing coal output could reduce U S coal transport costs and support Europe’s recovery by exporting 30 to 40 million tons to Europe and lifting industrial productivity.
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Cleveland
W. Averill Harriman
Britain
United States
Harriman
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
Cleveland World Trade Organization
Europe
Newcastle
World
Amherst court fines and jail for concealed weapon charge
Michael Puclowski 92 of Amherst was fined 30 dollars and costs and sentenced to county jail after arraignment before Mayor Henry Kane on a concealed weapon charge. He paid the fine and costs, officials said. A paternity suit by Alta Phillips against Lawrence Kibber was dismissed. Divorce suit against Gladys Palmer granted of 404 dollars. Counts budget, Pleasant View Sanitarium, waterproofing plan discussed. Ohio Fuel Co request to install gas line on Leim Hilliard road referred to engineer.
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Michael Puclowski
BR. D
Amherst
Henry Kane
Alta Phillips
Lawrence Kibberw
Guy B. Prindley
Vaner
Duebet
Gladys Palmer
D. AL Cook
Ohio Fuel Gu. Co
Paper sale at Gates School this Thursday
A paper sale is planned at Gates School on Thursday September 18. Donors may arrange pick up by calling 37 364 or 7055 to donate old papers, magazines and tips.
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Gates School
Forty two boys join safety patrols at St Marys and St Agnes
Forty two boys are named as members of Student Safety Patrols for the new school year at St Marys and St Agnes. St Marys patrol includes captains Frank Smith and Robert Koht with lieutenants Diedrich Archer Baker and others. St Agnes patrol lists captain Michael Kozel and lieutenant Richard Kaiser among a group of students.
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St. Mary's
St. Agnes School
Frank Smith
Robert Koht
Leutenant
Thomas Diedrich
Gerald Archer
Gerald Baker
Hatton Beard
Michael Bodnar
Thomas Boone
Jay Bossett
Thomas Clarksson
William Crow
Thomas Davis
John Diedrich
Francis Kohler
Eusgene Mittler
David Peters
Theodore Plas
James Ross
Robert Ryan
Richard Seward
Ralph Schubert
Jack Traxler
Richard Wash
Kenneth Webber
St. Agnes
Michal Kozel
Joseph Herman
Neutenant
Richard Kaiser
Kenneth Schuster
Robert McCran
Eugene Myers
Robert Congrad
Lynn Rader
R. Yourkiwiecs
Arthur Gula
Charles Smith
John Hahn
Donald Hutman
Richard Reitz
Donald Will
Roger Wisniski
Robert Guy
Carl Dombroski
Probe Death Of Woman Found On Highway
Dayton patrolmen investigated the death of Mrs. Rose Smith a 36 year old mother of two found unconscious yesterday on U S Route 35 near New Lebanon. She never regained consciousness and died soon after in a Dayton hospital. Police doubted a hit and run but believe she may have been thrown or fell from a moving vehicle. Relatives said she left home in a taxi late Saturday night without explaining where she was going.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Rose Smith
New Lebanon
Four Flying Hunters Die In California Plane Crash
Lone Pine California reports four men on a hunting trip killed when their private plane overshot Tunnel Meadows airfield and crashed in National Forest. Victims include pilot Ray Jones and hunters James Delmonego Harold Barnes and George Owens. Robert White of Lone Pine recovered the bodies to a Bishop mortuary. Also noted are Elyria Legion leaders attending state committee meetings and a New Zealand wartime conscientious objector demobilization.
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Lone Pine
Cal
Here
Tunnel Meadows
National Forest
Ray Jones
la Crescenta
James B. Delmonego
Harold A. Barnes
Inyok‘orn Naval Air Station
George BE. Owens
Chula Vista
Robert White
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United Preas
Central
Esate
Montgomery “Ward
BOG National
Sears Roebuck
Westinghouse Electric
Woolworth Con
ABM
Bendix
Cee
Ee Sum
General Motors
White Motors Republic Steel
U.S. Steel
Fulton
Grafton, Ohio
Murbach
Thorosea
Legion To Elect
Paul Carbin
Mgr
USNR
Sen
George Favors
Harry
Reece
Colegrove Ives
Lamvermeyer
AVON
John Lamvermoeer
St. Paul's Evangelical “Lutheran Church
Yetrowt Road
Westike
Huynal
Chapel
Death Records
Ruth Edwards
Ashland
Wadsworth
la Grange
Wellington
Obertin
Glenn Faulkner
Harold Edwards
Ezza Holland
Lodi
Watc Hho
Sloan
North Main Street
Ceres V
Charlotte Zavedsky
Ner ‘Mather-In
Alaska
Mies Marie Tei
Mand
Missy Maldred Lebtr
Colum
Peasl
Mitre Wall
Gleveland
Emale
Mildred
H.W. Stone Satan Gering
Stine
May Haran Didtey
Allan ‘Dudley
Susan
Joan Wight
Withogtos Myr
Robert Stone
Bowling Cregu
Russell Stone
Lewin
Hiri Borner
Miro G
Marie (Portes
Durand Porter
Sanaa al
Aari
Aferican Legion Auxiliary
Wniray
Langven
Germany
Hove
Dines Manufactorers
Armel
Hartel
Doritetee
Eerdiang
OS Sen Taeng M. Dees
Ron Yoonhack Potter
Gadmarnggs
Peice
Etic Pedy
Fos Fk
Nurse Johnston
Wakeman
Veiner
Elyria Monument
We Park Ave
Elyria, G
Police Dept. News
Pocorgmondrgroraagredorrmera Bre R Gop
Robert Super
R. D. Quarry Road
A. R. Agate
Agitar
A. mi
Asi Street
Paul Hrueger
Fourth Street
Eel Fa
Myron Schimidkons
Clark Street
Krueger
Middle l Avenue
Cleo Phillips
Grafton
Blois Wallace
A. RL. Agate
West Broad Street
West Avenue
Phillips
Ernest Thomas
Blyria
Joseph Horvath
Seneca Street
Dewey
Frank Kuzak
King Street
A.A. Agnice
Fen Garrison
Bath Street
Lake Avennue
Cut Street
Batunday
Godfrey Williams
Shear Street
All Shear
Joly Burke
Horan
Rairoad Ramp
Stanley Race
Zyk
1700
Post
MT. Gilead
Philip RK. Laroche
Walter Laroche
Cardington
Bellaire
Crain Tolfio
Frank Kautz
Sheffield Lake
Beyboas
Trustees of
Pleasant View Sangtoriant
Merritt
Powell
Farm Bureau
Cue
Operaive
Stanley Hosking
Assistel Co Opn
al Couch
Lorn County
Faro Bureau
Asthetid
Frrms
Stephen Goaeden
Lord Cockburn
Cavk
ESA
Elyria Office Equipment Coo
ORC
Paneiinnal
Lydia
Minkhell
Peinarkelle Bertetibs Tanktum
Pinkhans
Lima
Vecetasle
New Zealand
Vison
Sudro-Curtis Ambulance
Chronicle
Neoquarloy Ag
Ayruti
Piagie
Mary Worth
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