Tragic Korea Train Crash Kills 35 Soldiers
In Korea 35 American soldiers died and 35 injured when a speeding Korean train struck a stalled troop train named the Liberator 80 miles south of Seoul. Witnesses cited engine trouble and lack of safety signals as factors. the wreck also killed one Korean and injured four others.
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Seoul
Korea
Here
Liberator
Fusan
Napain
Melborn Penry
Flushing
N.Y
Gil Hit By Auto Escapes Serious Injury
Margo Belgrano 7 daughter of Mr and Mrs Donald Belgrano of Butternut Ridge road treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital at 6 30 p m yesterday for minor bruises and brush burns after being struck by an automobile at Route 10 and Indian Hollow road Sheriff reports Also reports of several other minor auto incidents involving Rudolph Menich Mildred Zdur Donna Davis Fred Steele Clarence Smith and others on local streets.
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Margo Belgrano
Donald Belgrano
Butternut Ridge Road
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Route 10
Indian Hollow Road
Rudolph Menich
Brooklyn
N. Y
Charles Gange
Stanford Avenue
East River Street
Names Added To Local Draft Roll Increases Non Veterans
Local Board No. 72 reports 790 new registrations over Monday and yesterday. 378 are non veterans, 247 veterans, 38 transient non veterans, 27 transient veterans and 18 year olds. Registrations follow birth years 1928 1929 and 1930 with dates set for Friday Saturday and optional Friday makeup. Volunteer registrars at Elyria YMCA include Lois Meyer Madeleine Hoch and Mrs George Smith among others.
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Elyria Registration Center
YM. C. A
Lois Meyer
Madeleine Hoch
George Smith
Carl Curtis
A. R. Tite
Jack Hultz
Robert Gollmar
Russell Stokley
Gerry Gorham
Sarah Cushing
Cleveland Area Forecast Northeastern Ohio Warms Thursday
Partly cloudy with little temperature change. East winds 8 to 12 miles per hour this afternoon and tonight. Thursday will be fair and warmer in the afternoon. Low tonight around 54 degrees and high Thursday near 82 degrees.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Whitey Ries and His Tune Toppers at Gray Stone Lounge
Whitey Ries and his Tune Toppers headline a week long engagement at Gray Stone Cocktail Lounge tonight through the week. Air conditioned venue promises a riotous, fan favorite show with lively numbers and Ady APTRI WE ace as part of the act.
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Whitey” Ries
India mobilizes for war as Hyderabad invasion unfolds
New Delhi declares full war footing under a public safety ordinance to requisition resources for an anticipated Hyderabad invasion. Indian troops report capture of Rajasur near Hyderabad and advance with negligible resistance toward Secunderabad while Aurangabad surrenders without loss of life. Maj. Gen. J N Chaudhri leads the main drive toward Hyderabad City.
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New Delhi
India
Hyderabad
Aurangabad
Naldrug
Rajasur
Hyderabad City
Secunderabad
Ohio Democrats To Hold Their Convention Tomorrow
The Ohio Democratic Party meets in Columbus for a two day state convention led by Frank J. Lausche’s governor bid. Mayor Thomas A. Burke of Cleveland delivers the opening keynote at 8 p.m. EST with 1124 delegates and 1124 alternates. Main tasks include adopting a platform, backing Lausche, and selecting presidential electors.
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Columbus
Democratic Party
Frank J. Lausche
Thomas A. Burke
Cleveland
Lausche
Michael V. Disallo
Toledo
Ohio
President Truman
Thomas J. Herbert
Elyria Woman Sings Holland As Land Of Happy People
Elizabeth Masseling of Elyria visited Holland for three months and returned with a rosy view of postwar recovery. She described Rotterdam as being rebuilt after the German blitz while noting the Dutch people’ s resilience and cheerful spirit despite wartime scars.
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Elyria
Holland
Elizabeth Masseling
Cornell Avenue
Europe
Rotterdam
Masseling
Hurricane Blows Out Over Ocean
A Bermuda hurricane moved into the North Atlantic and weakened near 200 miles southeast of Sable Island, with 50 mph winds. No coast danger remains though ship crews are urged to exercise extreme caution. Two Bermuda injuries reported and heavy property damage from the five hour storm.
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Halifax
N. S
Bermuda
North Atlantic
Nova Scotia
Dominion Weather Office
Sable Island
Canadian
U S
New Church To Be Dedicated On Sunday
The Ninth Street Church of God will dedicate its new church at 244 Ninth Street with morning afternoon and evening services led by Rev C E Byers from Spring field Ohio and cantons Zion Male Quartet. Rev Warren C Bears of Canton will speak at the evening service and Rev C A Quinn of Anderson Indiana will offer the dedicatory prayer at 2 30 p m. The day begins at 10 a m with worship and Sunday School followed by a 2 30 p m dedication service and a 7 30 p m evening service marking over six months of remodeling.
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Ninth Street
C. A. Quinn
Anderson
Indiana
The
Missionary Board
Body of man missing since July 18 found in cornfield
William J. Graden, 69, who vanished July 18 from Wakeman, was found by Charles S. Clark in a cornfield near Route 60 and Route 303. Coroner ruled death from natural causes, likely the disappearance date. Graden, born in Chester, Pa., 1873, longtime Wakeman resident and Spanish War veteran, survived by wife Anna, two sisters, and two brothers. Funeral services set at L. D. Gerber Funeral Home and Wakeman St Mary’s Church with interment in Wakeman St Mary’s Cemetery.
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Wakeman
William J. Graden
Charles S. Clark
J. D. Bradish
Chester
Penn
Cleveland
Co. B
6Th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Ralph BE. Lawrence
Norwalk
Anna
Ernest Craxton
Alliance
Thomas Evans
Thomas C
Harry E
North Royalton
Youthful Hunter Wounded in Squirrel Hunt Incident
Eugene Firment, 15, of Loram, remains hospitalized in Amherst with a bullet wound to the left leg after a hunting mishap during the squirrel season opening. Accompanying youths William Boone and Donald Brunger, ages 138 and 15 respectively, were on quarry road when Boone discharged a .22 rifle, striking Firment above the knee and prompting emergency transport by Lorain resident Joseph Contrane.
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Eugene Firment
Loram
Amherst Hospital
Eugene
William Boone
Clearview
Donald Brunger
Elyria Avenue
Quarry Road
Brownhelm
William
Joseph Contrane
Lorain
Bevin warns of danger in Southeast Asia policy
London British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin told the House of Commons that greater care is needed to avoid another world struggle and warned against the Cominform pushing opposition out of Southeast Asia. He cited India’s invasion of Hyderabad and urged UN action as Eden said relations with Russia and Western powers are growing tenser.
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Ernest Bevin
House of Commons
Cominform
Southeast Asia
Bevin
Hyderabad
India
Anthony Eden
Russia
Eden
Riturn
United Nations
Commons
Communist Information Bureau
Malaya
Britain
Injured Man In Critical Condition After Rail Car Accident
Allen Hospital Oberlin reports Andrew Valencic of Cleveland remains in critical condition with minimal improvement and ongoing oxygen therapy under constant nurse care after last Fridays U S Mail truck and motor rail car crash. Thomas Padgett of Cleveland is listed in fair condition and not yet out of danger. The truck driver was uninjured and the motor rail car driver was discharged after initial treatment.
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Oberlin
Allen Hospital
Andrew Valencic
Cleveland
U. S
Valencic
Thomas Padgett
Cleveand
Two Men Killed In Motorcycle Crash
In Zanesville two men died when their motorcycle crashed into a bridge abutment while racing with two others. Victims were Dale Shepard 27 of Port Washington and Kenneth Howard 26 of Zanesville. Suspects Benjamin Harrier 22 and Herbert Summers 23 were arrested at the scene for investigation.
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Zanesville
Dale Shepard
Port Washington
Kenneth Howard
Benjamin Harrier
Herbert L. Summers
Harrier
Summers
Disabled Vets To Meet Tonight at VFW Clubroom
The Elyria post Disabled American Veterans will meet at 8:15 today in the VFW 1079 clubroom on EB Bridge Street. They will finalize plans for a forget me not sale on September 25 and appoint a sale chairman. All post members and other disabled veterans may attend.
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Elyria Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
EB. Bridge Street
Police Van Collision Kills Officer in Downtown Crash
A police van carrying 12 prisoners collided with a car at a downtown intersection. Pvt. Mortimer P. Donoghue aged 58 was killed, Pvt. Karl Johnson aged 48 the van driver was seriously injured, James J. Hartin aged 54 the other driver was unhurt, and the prisoners suffered lesser injuries.
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Washington
Mortimer P. Donoghue
Karl Johnson
James J. Hartin
Soviet Demand Punish Demonstrators in Berlin Rally
Soviet commander Kotikov urged British authorities to punish the 300000 strong anti communist demonstrators in the British sector for defiling a Soviet memorial and flag. A Soviet military court sentenced five German youths to 25 years hard labor for actions during the protest. One German killed and 20 wounded as Soviet sector police fired into the crowd. An American airman released to the American zone and a second expected back later were among those involved in the Berlin airlift incident.
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Berlin
Mazj
Alexander G. Kotikov
Kotikov
E. O. Herbert
Taegliche Rundschau
Herbert
Kotskov
U. S
Slacker
Hersfeld
Frankfurt
Wiesbad
Strikes Clash With Police in Paris Amid Labor Tensions
About 2,000 strikers from Sneema Aircraft Plant confronted 500 mobile guards in midtown Paris on the Boulevard Haussmann. More than 25 people were injured as police used batons and paving blocks were hurled. A workers’ delegation later met at the company HQ, then refused to leave before a second scuffle erupted, injuring several officers and demonstrators including a woman.
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Paris
Sneema
Red Belt
Boulevard
Haussman
American F-80 Jet Crashes Near Bavarian Base
An American Air Force F-80 Shooting Star exploded in flight near Furstenfeldbruck in Bavaria, killing a pilot. It was the third fatal P-80 crash in three days as a three plane formation routine flight broke apart. Parts damaged another craft, an Air Forces spokesman said.
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Frankfurt
Air Force
Furstenfeldbruck
Bavaria
Air Forces
Kaufbeuren
Buavaria
Board of Elections To Let Contracts
Lorain County Board of Elections will meet Thursday at 1 30 p m in Elyria to bid printing for the November general election. Agreements cover machine labels sample ballots instructional sheets and official returns forms for booth workers. Printing aims to cut costs through voting machine use.
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Lorain County Board of Elections
Election Board
Elyria
Five Mill School Levy Proposed At Ridgeville
Ridgeville Township voters will decide in November on a five mill tax levy for one year to fund a fireproof building at Ridgeville school. The aim is temporary classroom space to ease crowding, with plans to store buses later. The district expects about $30,000 from the levy and hopes for at least three, possibly four classrooms. Enrollment is 660, up 21 this year and 118 from last year, with Fields and North Ridgeville schools reopening extra rooms.
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Ridgeville Township
Ridgeville
C. A. Gibbons
Fields
North Ridgeville
Gibbons
North No. 2
Problem Of Colonies Up To UN
The disposition of Italy’s pre war African colonies Libya Somaliland and Eritrea was placed in the hands of the United Nations. The Security Council faced a deadlock as the Big Four failed to agree and a formal UN notification text was being drafted after a futile two day debate over procedural matters.
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Paris
Italy
Libya
Somaliland
Eritrea
United Nations
Security Council
Big Four
Council of Foreign Ministers
World Organization
Floods kill 149 in southern Japan with many missing
Official sources report at least 149 fatalities from floods that struck southern Japan last weekend. Another 67 are unaccounted for and 56 injured, with unofficial reports suggesting a higher toll. A national police survey states 271 houses washed away, Nagasaki and Saga prefectures the worst hit.
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Tokyo
Japan
Nagasaki
Saga
Man and Woman Held After Vice Squad Raids
Fourteen people were held here after two vice squad raids last night as police continued the drive to curb marijuana smoking.
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Cincinnati
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