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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1947
Page
1
Elyria merchants report minors request cigarette sales. Secretary Mrs. Willette Bellingham seeks guidance and receives federal notice that sale to minors is prohibited under all circumstances. Notes forged by minors carry no legal weight and do not authorize sales. Federal inspectors have fined retailers in past cases for violations.
Early indications show strong citizen interest in Elyria Civic Forum series with season tickets advancing toward full capacity at Elyria High School. A sponsors meeting next Monday expects sales to near 802 tickets as organizers push for strong attendance and marquee performers including Marita Farrell and Frank Wennerholm.
Nellie J. Krehbiel of North Olmsted dies at Lornin Convalescent Home. Surviving daughters Mabel Wolf Chivas Wilking and Mary, son Richard Krehbiel. seven grandchildren. Registration deadlines and voting rules for Elyria Lorain areas outlined for veterans and new residents. Mary Remelius of Grafton dies in Elyria Memorial Hospital with service at Fulton Funeral Home. Elizabeth Wadsworth, Elyria resident, dies at home after brief illness. funeral at Taylor Funeral Home.
Classified ad seeks a dealer to sell Premapric and Sectional Army Barrack buildings for various farm and shelter uses. Respond with self description and space available to display, listing Kinsman Road Cleveland firm for contact.
Ohio Democrats met in Columbus to plan a 1948 comeback and discuss possible gubernatorial nominees. Rep. Michael J. Kirwan urged unity and hinted at endorsing guidance, while State Auditor Joseph T. Ferguson urged a price control resolution to President Truman.
The Lorin County Forum resumes after summer recess Monday at 8 p.m. in the YMCA with Seward Black speaking on the Financial Plight of Cities. The meeting serves as a reorganization with officers elected. Merritt Powell will preside, and Glenn Baxter will present the program.
Market shows steady cattle and lamb prices with broader weakness from Friday highs. Hogs and sheep mixed with feeders and calves trading at lower weights, grain prices steady to higher on No 1 red wheat and No 2 red corn in track trading. buyers cautious amid overall market softness.
Oberlin news notes Farm Bureau 3B Council gathering at Mrs Gertrude Bryant residence with about twenty members present led by George Cotton Elyria and Glenn Hobby. Officers elected during campfire style meeting, next session set for October 15 at Rudolph Neumann home Route 20.
Police report lists Frank Souled of 308 Broad Street to appear in police court on a warrant for disorderly conduct. Mary A. Bartow of Valley View fined $25 for petit larceny after stealing a wrist watch from a washroom at Elyria Telephone Co. Frances I Brikhart’s watch recovered. Bartow’s connection to a four month old child noted. William Morarty of Huron Street Railroad Camp fined $5 for intoxication after police intervention. Jeff Mays also fined $5 for intoxication in city park.
The narrative mixes flood coverage with court events. U S Army units aided evacuations at Kanamachi station and Hit areas while typhoid cases emerged. The Army estimated up to 2,000 Japanese deaths across 100 prefectures and 40,000 houses damaged. Separately King and Catalano faced probation hearings with private conferrals and a possible confession, Judge Findley continuing proceedings as prosecutors and defense negotiate.
Hudson Motor Car Company halted 1947 production today and plans to roll out a new line of “revolutionary” automobiles within weeks making it the first to offer a new model for 1948. Packard announced a new model for its convertible line with final assembly to occur in a few weeks, though dealer showrooms may not have the cars for up to two months.
The Cuyahoga County Mayors Association requested more federal funds to combat Dutch elm disease. City forester Ed Scanlon said the illness had reached Cuyahoga County and that prior funding had been cut for scouting and laboratory work toward its cause and cure.
A Kent State University extension course in school health will begin Monday evening at Elyria high school technical building room 104. The five hour course meets every Monday night through the Fall quarter, with an organizational meeting at 7 p.m. A Lorain County school system dinner for county officials is set for next Wednesday at Martin’s Day in Oberlin at 6 30 p.m. County Superintendent CALS Gibbons reported.
Bernard Marks, aboard Exodus survivor, alleges the British destroyer rammed his vessel 25 miles off Gaza on July 18, ramming for 3 1/2 hours. He cites 3 killed and 200+ injured as refugees repelled boarding parties with milk bottles and tins while tear gas and firecrackers were used.
Julius Ockaik of 1045 Bell Avenue secured a city building permit for a new one story frame home at 1100 Bell Avenue. The 34 by 28 foot dwelling is estimated at 8000 dollars and Ockaik plans to do his own work.
Nie representatives of UAW 10 Local No all here were to day in Muskingum for participa tion in two school programs to be held here during the coming on Ray Chiff Carl Fulmer Bet Golecen and Lyle Schenefelt wit attend an eight-day Summer school with political action public refi fiohs in and around the community leadership training time study and reception to be among the subject discussed. George Scott Ray Stauffer A l Totter Ed Plickinger and Ed Lomw are to attend a four-day schop through the weekend ith specia attention in his school to begin to political action and to discussion of the General Mojors and Ford pension pktns. The schools were t a open last High! with a session featuring & talk by Henry Wallace.
Probate court filed an estimate showing Frank R. Ocilke of Amherst left a $15,945 estate to his widow Minnie with $2,975 real estate and $12,970 personal property. Various divorces and charges, including Henry K. Moore’s probation for illicit support and Huffman’s intoxication case, are recorded along with a threat accusation in Carlisle township.
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