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CHRONOLOGY
OF 7949
DuAa1ezA
JunuuV

yss Jonuory
l-Three-foot snowfall il
Teheran n d othe
1ranian towns causes
earthen houses to collapse, killing 60
S-Tornado demolishes Warren, Ark.
killing 512, injuring 275. High gales
floods, cold wave kills 80 in western
Europe.
1+Cold waves on West coast kills citru:
crop. Billiards roar through Rock
les, causing 121 deaths.
2-At least 600 Chinese missing follow
ing collision of two steamers of
: Shanghai coast.
February
S-Bhzzards in western and mountain
states cause 600 deaths and property
damage of $500 million.
o-Twenty-eight die when Scandinavian
plane crashes off Swedish coast.
I'm express tr a n
plunges down 40-foot embankment,
killing 30
S+Crash of Cathay Pacific plane from
Manila on northern Hong Kong is
land kills %. Twenty-Five die in air
crash at Cuzco, Peru.
27-Nine students die in fire destroying
dormitory at Kenyon college. Gam
bier. Ohio
March
2+Tornadoes kill &c in south and south
west Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas,
Mississippi and Louisiana.
April
6-Seventy-four die in Effingham. III.
hospital fire
1s-sixty-two persons are killed in earth
quake that rocks CENTRAL Chile.
23-CraSh in South Africa of three cleo
trio trains kills "a
Moy
4Italy's entire world champion soccer
team dies in plane crash at Turin.
21-Tornadoes kill 46 persons in Mis-
souri,. Indiana IllinOiS IOLXa and
Kentucky.
June
6-Twenty-two killed in Greek air crash
near Athens. Crack-up of plane near
Florianopolis, Brazil, kills 27.
7-Fifty-four persons killed in crash Of
plane San Juan, Puerto Rico.
July
2-Eighteen persons killed in air crash
near Perth, Australia.
R-Thirteen American correspondents
killed in air crash near Bombay. Air
crash near Los Angeles kills SO.
3o-Sixteen persons killed when navy
Hellcat hits Eastern Air Lines plane
near Fort Dix, N. J.
August
5-Between 1900 and 1000 persons
killed by Ecuador earthquake.
e-Western states forest fires take l3
lives.
Is-Manchester. England. air crash
takes lives Of "a.
September
6-Crazed war veteran slays IS in
Camden. M.
s-Airline crash near St. Joachim, Que |
bee. kills %. Nine die as cabin |
cruiser is swamped in Nantucket |
Sound.
17-Steamship Noronic burns In Toronto |
pier taking 130 lives.
October
18-One thousand die, 10000 left home
less in Guatemala floods.
2o-Forty-eight die in air crash in
Azores. including boxer Marcel
Cerdan.
November
1-Fifty-five killed at Washington, DC,
airport as P-38 hits airliner.
17-Eighteen killed as two B-29's collide
near Stockton, Calf.
2e-Airliner crash at Dallas kills %.
December
2-Dormitory blaze at University of
Oklahoma kills three.
ll-Nine killed by tornadoes in Missouri |
and Arkansas. Seventy-ton slab of
granite falls off cliff near Victor
vile. Calf. killing four.
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July

Suy
1-Justice department files anti-trus
suit in US. district court in Chicago
aimed at breaking up du Pont EN-
pire.
15-Charles. lucky, Luciano. ex,New
York vice king, barred from Rome
after being questioned about mar
coticS ring.
25-Thomas Mann receives Goethe prize
for literature in first visit to native
Germany in 16 years
August
@Photometer. which accurately meas
| ures constituents of single cells, is
demonstrated at Columbia univer-
| sity.
4Dispute over federal aid to religious
schools between Cardinal Spellman
and Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt ends.
| 19-FCC announces ban on radio and
! television quiz programs.
September
General larry Vaughan defends
himself in "5-per center" probe and
keeps White House job. Defense
Secretary Johnson wants to abolish
senator's world trips at government
e-American expedition to find Noahs
Ark fails.
BUS. district Judge restrains FEC
from enforcing prohibition of give
away programs.
29-Tokyo Rose found guilty of treason.
October
3-Agriculture department reports
Americans spending per cent less
of their incomes for food than last
year. Vatican reports 423 million
Catholics in the world.
17-Ilse Koch. convicted as murderess
of Buchenwald concentration camp
in Germany, formally released from
military prison after her life SEN
tence is commuted.
27-Dr. Walter Hess, Zurich, and DR..
Antonio Moniz, Lisbon, divide Nobel
prize for medicine for work on brain
November
4Dealers urge no boarding of coffee
during shortage.
16-Shah of Iran arrives for American
visit.
l8-Vice-President Alben Barkley mar
ries Mrs. Carleton Hadley of st.
Louis.
1s-Eighteen of 20 who went down on
B-29 near Bermuda rescued.
29-New drug. neomycin, works wonders
in ending kidney infections.
December
2-U.S. may have booster bomb to
Etna eruptions threaten Sicili2n
towns.
5-Former Rep. Andrew J. May 3D.,
Ky.) enters federal prison on fraud |
sentence. Census bureau says en- |
ployment is up. Shirley Temple gets |
divorce on "liquor and lipstick"
8-New Jersey citizens told to curtail |
use of water. G.I. found hiding in |
tent in Germany with fraulein and 4;
baby. New German drug reported |
as promising" treatment for can
Ger.
l0-Vice-President Barley satirizes self
at Gridiron club banquet.
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VA SuIuuiy
! IA 1-Sir Malcolm Camp
/ bell, first man to ex
ceed 300 mph ol
3Robert Ingerson Aitken, sculptor.
4-Dr. August Herman Pfund, author
ity on infra-red and other rays ane
5-Joseph H. McNabb. Bell and Howell
11-Nelson Doubleday. book and maga
zine publisher.
February
l0-Isoo Abe, who introduced baseball tc
Japan.
12-BattIing Levinsky, former ngh,
heavyweight boxing champ.
23-Francis Edwin McMurtrie, editor OF
"Jane's Fighting Ships"
28-John Sanburn Phillips, co-founder OF
McClure's Magazine and founder OF
American Magazine. Charles Han
son Towne. author. poet. editor
March
4-Arthur Atwater Kent, inventor. phil
anthropist, famous host.
6-Sen. Joseph Melville Broughton,
Democrat. NC, former governor of
his state.
7-Rep. Sol Bloom, chairman of house
foreign affairs committee.
11-Gen. Henri-Honore Giraud. French
hero of both world wars.
April
15-Wallace Beery, veteran screen star.
27-Frederic c. Wallcott, Republican
senator from Connecticut. 1929-34,
author of RFC bill.
Moy
3-Joseph Peter DiMaggio, father of
ballplayers Joe, Dominic and Vincent
DiMaggio.
6-Count Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian
poet and dramatist, author of THE
Blue Bird"
1o-Sam Breadon, ex-president of st.
ii Louis Cardinals; Meysa McMeln, ri4ar por-
18-Dr. James Truslow Adams, histor-
ian, Pulitzer prize winner.
22-James v. Forrestal. former secre-
tary of defense. by suicide.
June
10-Sigrid Undset. Danish-born Norweg-
ian novelist.
14-Charles B. (Uncle Charlie) Moran,
National league baseball umpire.
Russell Doubleday. retired publisher
and author.
26-Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, interior sec
retary in Hoover cabinet.
July
2-Georgi Dimitrov. Communist premier
of Bulgaria.
8-Harold H. Knerr, cartoonist who
drew Katzenjammer Kids.
1e-Frank Murphy, associate justice OF
the supreme court.
August
1-George Moran CSearcy). survivor of
Moran, and Mack. the two oiaek
crows"
12-Al Shean. survivor OF Gallagher and
Shean, comedy team.
16-Margaret Mitchell, author OF Gone |
with the Wind"
18-Dr. Samuel Green, imperial wizard |
of Association of Georgia klans |
(K.K.KD
September
&Maj. Gen. Walter Short, army COM
mander at Pearl Harbor when Japan
attacked.
8-Richard Strauss, German composer.
10-Wiley Blount Rutledge, associate JUS
tce of supreme court.
15-Ernest Edward Bonham, Pittspurgn
Pirate pitcher, former Yankee star.
18-Frank Morgan, film star.
le-Will Cuppy. author. critic and humor'
ist.
October
6-Robert Emmett Hannegan, ex-post
master general and Democratic ma
tional chairman. Col. Matt j. Winn,
who made Kentucky Derby famous.
6-Rex Mays. leading auto racing
driver.
a-Slyde M. Reed. senator from
Bill Robinson. dancer.
27--William H. King. four-tcrm Demo-
cratic senator from Utah.
December
l1-Clifford Bergman, editorial cartoon
ist for Washington Star.
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.S:@oaN
JunuoY

- January
L-----.=-------I 1-Barbara Ann Scot
wins Lou e Marsh
memorial trophy as
Canadas outstanding 1943 athlete.
Joe DiMaggio signs 1949 contract
with Yankees for 100000.
e-U.S. court reverses lower court dis
missal of Danny Gardella's damage
suit against New York Giants.
l+Calumet's Coaltown ties record for
mile and l/9 at 1876.
March
Joe Louis retres as heavyweight
champion. turns promoter.
l2-Hamline of St. Paul defeats Regis
of Denver for National Assn. of In
tercollegiate Basketball champion
ship.
2s-Kentucky wins National Collegiate
IA basketball tournament in Seattle.
Russian Hero wins Grand National
Steeplechase at Aintree, England.
April
18-Baseball season opens.
23-Olympia. Eddie Arcaro up, wins
Wood Memorial
8-Tony Zale, ex-middleweight champ
retires from boxing.
So-Coaltown. Steve Brooks up. wins Gal
liant Fox handicap.
Moy
6-Rocky Graziano, ex-middleweight,
reinstated by NY. athletic con.-nis-
report bribery offer.
7-Ponder, Calumets 16-1 shot, Steve
Brooks UP. wins Kentucky Derby.
23-Joey Maxim defeats Gus Lesnevich
for US. Hghtheavyweight title.
3o-Indianapolis motor speedway Memor-
tal classic won by Bill Holland in
record average speed Of 121.327.
June
1o-Frank Frisch, New York coach, be-
comes Chicago Cub manager.
Illus. open golf championship goes 10
DR.. Cary Middlecoff. Capot, Ted
Atkinson up. wins Belmont Stakes
The 18 players suspended from US
pro baseball because they jumped to
Mexican league re-instated by Com
missioner Chandler.
14-Jake LaMotta wins world middle
weight title from Marcel Cerdan.
22-Ezzard Charles win world heavy
weight title by defeating Jersey Joe
Walcott. New York and England re-
fuse to recognize title.
July
2-Ted Schroeder takes mems singles
G Wimbledon. England, tennis
championships; Louise Brcugh takes
women's singles: Frank Parker
Richard Gonzales take mems doub-
les; Mrs. Margaret Dupont and Miss
Brough take wonnen's doubles.
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DeaMA

Jonuuy
1-Sir Malcolm Camp
bell, first man to ex-
A4al am ronh nv,
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HURZLER
HOTEL
Telephone Users
MIR. and Mrs. w. Gerke

One person in every 38 in the
world had a telephone at the be-
ginning of 1949. Total number of
phones in use was 6O,6OO,0OO Min
neapolis ranks fourth among Amer
lean cities of over $4,000 population,
in telephone development.
, 1949-10-18
Sole of Surveyed
Property

Bids are invited for the pur-
chaseand removal of
4-door Chevrolet Sedan.
1910 model Engine No.
3605968 located at the Fort
Yard in Frederiksted.
Bids forms may be procured
from the Office of the Depart
ment of Finance, either in
Christiansted or Frederiksted.
open in Christiansted at
o'clock am. October 81,
1949.
HARRY E. TAYLOR
Administrator for st. Croix
, 1949-10-18
MODERN ETIQUETTE
by Roberta Lee

Q. If a guest is late for dinner
and the meal has already begun,
is it necessary for the men prA-
sent to rise in order to greet tina
latecomer?
A. No. The host and hostess
should rise, but it is less confus-
ing for the other guests to remain
seated.
@. If a fried of a bereaved ia
mily attends the funeral, is it ne
cessary to wear black clothes?
A. No; but one should wear
subdued clothes, and avoid any
gay colors.
Q. Should asparagus ever be
eaten with the fingers?
A. Never; cut off the edible tips
and use the fork to convey them
to your mouth.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-09-16

ned the program for the coming
year, There will be four book
reviews and a number of teas
during the fall, winter and spring.
l. H. Hilborn is visiting with
his daughter and family in North
Canton but will return to Lake
side for a time before going to
Toledo for the winter.
Mrs. Robert Witchner was a To-
ledo visitor Monday. Mrs. Marie
Kennedy, who has spent the sum
mer with her, accompanied her as
far as Pemberville.
Miss Esther Cronenwett mar
rowly escaped serious injury Sat,
uU.ay morning when her automo-
bile crashed into a pole on Erie
Beach Road. The car was badly
damaged but Miss Cronenwett suf-
fered only minor cuts and bruises.
Her deg, which was also in the
car, was uninjured.
Mrs. Lulu Hershey. of this place,
ard James Brown. of Kalamazoo,
Mich, We're united in marriage
Sunday afternoon, in the Metho-
dist parsonage here, Rev. Howard
Hillberry performing the cere-
mony in the presence of a few
relatives and friends. The bride,
who has been a resident of Lake
side for a number Of years, is the
daughter of the late Mr.. and Mrs.
J. w. Willis. She has had charge
cf The Brown Dress Shop here
for some time and has a large
following of friends. The groom
is one of the prominent citizens Of
Kalamazoo in which city they Will
make their home.
Mr.. and Mrs. F.. Il. Jacobs left
Wednesday for motor trip thru
Michigan
f. 7. Jacobs and Grant Con-
nell called on Harry Wideman in
Port Clinton Friday afternoon, and
Max Chenawith, of Mt. Sterling
Ohio, called on Mr.. Jacobs the
latter part of the week. All four
We're members Of the Lakeside
band and orchestra.
Mr., and Mrs. Russell Patrick
and family spent the weekend
with relatives in Carey.
Pro-. and Mrs. Grant Conneil,
of Columbus, spent several days
here this and last week. Prof.
Connell was, for n number of sea
sons, leader of the Lakeside Band
and Orchestra, giving two con
certs daily in Central Park and
an orchestra prelude every even
ing in the auditorium. He was
also head of the Capital College
of Music in Columbus. The couple
has many friends here.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-09-16
OUR NEIGHB0RS +
CATAWBA

John ]. King, Port Clinton, is
rcw making his home with his
Carl Sorgen, Sr. and Gail, Mr.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. c. Shores had
as dinner guest Saturday. Otto
JAM, and as Saturday dinner
night guests, MI. and Mrs. Ern-
est Carpenter and Nh. and Mrs.
John Nuber.
Nh. and Mrs. Perry Merrill of
Toledo spent Friday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Ludwig.
Among local people seen Fri
day night at the Sandusky Sta.
dium were Mr.. and Mrs. A. j.
Disher and sons, Mr.. and Mrs.
Carl Sorgen ST.. and Gail, Mr..
and Mrs. Melvin Ballard and Mrs.
Charles Haynes.
Mrs. Edward LATER and son
Richard were Toledo overnight
visitors Thursday.
Weldon Sheerer has resumed
his work as teacher in Sandusky
high school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Frye and
son concluded q weeks visit with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. V. A.
Frye Sunday and returned to their
home in Cuyahoga Falls. Add
ed guests at dinner Sunday were
Mr.. and Mrs. John Frye and son
oil Osborne, Ohio.
Catawba Island was we'll re-
presented at the Sandusky County
Fair in Fremont last week.
Miss Judy Won Thron was a
guest Of Columbus friends over
last weekend.
A large number of local young
people are making preparations
to leave for the various univer-
sities and colleges in the near
future.
The many friends Of Common
Pleas Court Judge William H.
Hunt were saddened Wednesday
evening to learn of his sudden
death. The Judge had spoken be-
fore various groups here on many
occasions.
The peach season is drawing to
a close. Demand over the week
end was very brisk, and many
growers are approximately thru
and are turning their attention to
apples. Grapes are also on the
market.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Bartel
have returned to Detroit where
Karen attends school.
After g very busy season, the
Miller Ferry to Put-in-Bay is on
a reduced schedule. Business
over the weekends is expected tc
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-09-16
GYPSUM

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Clark and
son, Junior, and daughter, Judy,
attended the funeral last week,
Thursday, leaving Wednesday af-
ternoon. Mr.. Clark's sister had
been a teacher for thirty-six
years in the teaching staff in Co.
lumbus. They returned Thursday.
Leo Wohlever and son, of
Ridgeville, visited Saturday in
Gypsum.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Thompson,
of Frankfort, Kentucky, are on
weeks honeymoon trip at Lake
side and called on Mr.. Thompson's
relatives, Mr.. and Mrs. E. P.
Rarden and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Muggy
and Mr.. and Mrs. Rex Jordan, of
Lakeside, are on a motor trip into
Michigan this week.
Benny Cox, of Versailles, Ken
lucky, was a guest at the Rar
den home the past two weeks.
William Voss left Saturday .af-
ter two weeks visit with rela-
tives and friends for his home in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Miss Jerry Hinston, of Lexing-
ton, Kentucky, visited several
days last week with Allen Rarden
and parents.
Dennis Walter left last week
Wednesday for his home in Santa
Barbara, California, after an ex-
tended visit with his grandpar-
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Denver Row.
ley, and Mr.. and Mrs. James
Rowley and twins.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. P. Rarden en-
tertained last Friday evening at
their home with a six o'clock din
ner in honor of their twin sons
birthday, Harold and Gerold Rar-
den. Those present were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Jim Thompson, Benny Cox,
Miss Jerry Hinson, Mr.. and Mrs.
Dick Garmhausen and daughter,
Carol, Mr.. and Mrs. Pete Balduff
and children, Sandra Kay and
David, of Port Clinton, and sons,
James, Allen and Elton, and the
host and hostess.
Herman Bahnsen spent Monday
in Toledo.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-09-16
be very good for sometime.

be very good for sometime.
The Oatawba PIT. A. will
sponsor dance to be held this
Friday night at Gem-Terrace
Beach. Proceeds of the dance
will be used to buy new equip
ment for the school during the
year.
The piece of fire-fghting equip
ment recently purchased from To-
ledo arrived Wednesday. A meet
ing for the public will be held
Monday evening in the school
building to discuss further plans.
The body of Robert Krieger was
laid to rest in Catawba cemetery
last Wednesday afternoon.
The wedding of Willard Lem
norman, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Zimmerman, and Miss
Gladys Dubbert, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. c. Dubbert, of Port Clin-
ton, has been announced for Octo-
Der s. G
Fam Bureau Advisory Council
No. a will meet Wednesday eve
ming, Sept. p, with Mr.. and Mrs.
Vincent Gill, Portage township.
Mrs. Robert Johnson and two
sons returned last week after. a
months visit with relatives in
Memphis, Tenn.
The Queen of Hearts All Club
and the All Mothers will meet
Monday evening, Sept. 10, in the
home of Mrs. Arthur Rofkar. The
meeting is being arranged to plan
activities at the Oak Harbor Fair.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-09-16
ERIE TWP.

The Quarterly Conference OF
the Evangelical United Brethren
church was held at the Lacarne
f. y. B. Church on Monday even
ing. Rev. D. d. CoN of the San
dusky Conference was in charge
Of the meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred kozma, La e.
carne, visited relatives in Michi-
gan for a few days last week.
Saturday Toledo shoppers were
Mrs. Clarence Tettau, Mrs. Gar
old Daup, Mrs. Mervin Meachen
and Mrs. Daisy Cover.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Kleinhans
spent Sunday in Elyria visiting
their son-in-law and daughter, Mr.,
and Mrs. Arlo Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pratt and five chill
dren have moved from Michigan
to the former Baker house in La
carne. Mr.. Pratt was formerly
affiliated with the Michigan di-
vision of the Standard Products
and is now working at the Port
Clinton branch.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lane, Janet
and John, visited in Toledo on Sum
day.
Weekend guests at the home of
Mrs. Walter Kirk fos the annual
reef fishing party were as follows
DR.. G. M. Brown and Lynn Brown
of Bay City, Mich, Mrs. w. G,
Waldron and son, Wilfred, of Te-
cumseh, Mich, Mr.. and Mrs. Hal
Brown, Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
Brown, and Mr.. and Mrs. Hal
Hagadorn, all of Adrain, Mich.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Kirk of
Toledo We're Sunday guests of
Mrs. Pearl Shimman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Bloom
field and daughter Of Millbury
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Up
ton and daughter on Sunday.
The All Boys entertained thei,
parents at their meeting on
Thursday evening. Three demon
strations were given by the boys
A Square Knot by George Libben,
Ways to Fasten Ends of Ropes by
Harold Lezotte, and How to Make
Homemade Ice Cream, by Ran
dali Finken and Derrill Floro.
The ice cream was served to the
group at the close of the meet
ing.
Erie Township School started
last week with an enrolment of
lis. Glass enrolment is as fol-
lows: 1st grade, ID; End grade
20; 3rd grade, Is, 4th grade, 16;
5th grade, 13; 9th grade, 8; 7th
grade, 8; and Sth grade, II. The
school cafeteria started on Mon
day, September 12.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Fritsche and
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Fritsche
Barbara, Kathleen and Ruth visit
ed Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Beatty,
Mary and Robert in Toledo Sun
day afternoon and evening.
Ray Ashenhurst of Kirkland
Ohio, has been holding cottage
services in various homes in the
township for the past two weeks,
Mr.. Ashenhurst is a guest at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin
Wadsworth, Lacarne, and has been
brought here by the Reorganized
Church of the Latter Day Saints
Of Locust Point. He illustrates
his discourses with slides.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Mackey en-
tertained Mr.. and Mrs. George
Cperber and Rudolph Nuppenau
at turtle dinner and cards Sat
urday evening.
Rudolph Nuppenau, who has
spent the summer at the George
Sperber and Rudolph Nuppenau
the Hazelton Marsh, left by auto
Wednesday for his home in Tilla-
nook, Oregon.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-09-16
DANBURY

Stanley Schweck, from the
Great Lakes Training School,
spent the weekend with home
folks.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Dayton and
Lloyd spent Sunday with Mr..
Dayton's sister and family, Mr..
and Mrs. Will Luebke, of Elliston,
Ohio. Mrs. Luebke, who had suf-
fered. a heart attack, was greatly
improved.
Mrs. Bertha Hallier, Gerald and
Audrey, spent Sunday with rela
tives in Cleveland. Miss Audrey,
who has been an efficient clerk at
Meter fruit stand this summer, re-
signed Saturday, and will enter
Bowling Green State College next
Monday.
Miss Annabel Kihlken had a
weeks vacation last week from
her duties at the 0. P. S.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-09-16

c. f. Burke. who has been en-
ployed by the Western Union
Telegraph Co. at Bowling Green,
is i'll at his home here.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-09-16

The Misses Edna and Gloe Rid
ley, of Ashland, Ohio, spent Thurs
day and Friday with their cousin,
Miss Sadie Franks.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-09-16

Guaranteed watch and jewelry
repair at Philips, jewelers.. 7-tf
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1949-09-16

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The Nome nugget., 1949-10-28
Ask Commission to Negotiate Rail Link Survey

WASHINGTON, P)-PreSident Truman signed a bill yesterday empowering him to seek an agree ment with Canada for survey or a proposed railway linking the United States with its defense out posts in Alaska.
 The survey would cover l,4OO mile gap between the existing railway systems of Alaska and British Columbia.
 If Canada agrees to it, MT. Tru- man is authorized to have the sur vey made, plans drawn and costs estimated
 Senator Magnuson O.-Wash0 suggested to undersecretary of state Webb later that a commits sion be set up to negotiate with Canada for an agreement on the railway surveys.
 The Senator told reporters that such a commission would be sat- isfactory to the President if the details could be worked out with the department.
 Magnuson and another Wash ington Democrat, Rep. Jackson,