Relief program enacted by assembly shapes Ohio aid
Ohio lawmakers completed a 63 hour special session emergency measures to fund hunger relief and unemployment aid. The package creates a five member state relief commission, funds school children aid, allows bonds for relief, permits use of tax revenues for direct relief, and extends the tax return filing window not more than twenty days for the new intangible tax. Governor White’s program remained the guiding principle throughout.
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Columbus
General Assembly
George White
Ohio
Senate
Ilouse
House
State House
White
Dearmond Bittinger
Eberle-Harding
Boards of Education
Espy Roberts
Pringte- Roberts
Gunsell-Elsass
State Relief Commission
Assembly
State Tax Commission
Robert A. Taft
Cincinnati
300 Persons At Meeting Of Democrats
More than 300 attendees at the Elyria Democratic Men's Club gathering at Eagles Hall heard 20 local candidates listed for the May 10 primary. Akron candidate Don Harter spoke on national issues while Councilman W. G. Smith chaired and introduced the local hopefuls.
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Elyria Democratic Men's Club
Eagles Hall
Don Harter
Akron
Congress
Harter
W. G. Smith
The Weather Forecast Ohio: fair and warmer tonight
Ohio forecast calls for cloudy skies tonight with warmer temperatures. Occasional showers are possible tomorrow as a weak weather system tracks through the state. Expect highs in the mid 60s and overnight lows near the upper 40s.
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Ohio Fair
Use of Radium Water Endangers Lives of Hundreds
New York dispatch reports Dr. Frederick B. Flinn linking Radithor radium water to radium poisoning in more than 100 patients. Eben M. Byers of Pittsburgh died, prompting federal and medical probes. autopsy planned. Radithor sold for years, each bottle about 30 dollars, contained radium and estherium.
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Pittsburgh
New York
Weh
Eben M. Byers
Frederick B. Flinn
Flinn
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University
Byers
Josephs. Wheelwright
Wheelwright
Academy of Medicine
Federal Trade Commission
Southampton
Aiken
Phisiians
Wheellwright
Detectives Confer at Lindbergh Home in Hopewell
April 1 report from Hopewell New Jersey notes a triangle of New York Philadelphia and Worfolk as likely sources of clues in the Lindbergh baby kidnapping. Private investigators Bernstein and Krasnow met with Col Lindbergh’s representative, saying their lives would be ruined if details were shared. They discount claims the child is held near Norfolk and describe raids on narcotic joints in Brooklyn guiding their inquiry. They recount two late night visitors and efforts to negotiate with the kidnappers, with Philadelphia premises cited and police watching a woman offering information to a prominent society woman. Col Schwartzkopf says 60 offers of intermediary services arrived, three Norfolk residents accepted. Telephone threats and fears of ongoing danger surface as the Norfolk story continues.
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Hopewell
New York
Philadelphia
Worfolk
Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr
Norfolk
Morton Bernstein
Samuel Krasnow
Lindbergh
Sour
Brooklyn
H. Norman Schwartzkopf
Col. Lindbergh
John BH. Curtis
Dean H. Dobson-Peacock
Guy H. Burrage
New Official Joins General Industries in Elyria
Allen W. Fritzsche arrives from Glen Ridge New Jersey to serve as vice president and treasurer of General Industries and president of General Phonograph Manufacturing Co. His wife and two children plan to join him in Elyria this Sunday, residing at 316 Washington Avenue.
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Allen W. Fritzsche
Elyria
Glen Ridge
N. J
General Industries
Chronicle-Telegram
Fritzsche
General Phonograph Manufacturing Co
Elytia
Washington Avenue
Elyria Days Sales Draw Crowds Downtown
Elyrians and visitors from outside the city flocked to Elyria for the two day Elyria Days sales. Merchants offered spring and summer merchandise at exceptionally low prices across nearly all lines, drawing large crowds and signaling Elyria as a premier shopping destination for the area.
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Elyria
City to Bid on Food Store for Relief Purchases
Elyria plans a city commissary on the first floor of city hall to dispense groceries for relief recipients. Grocers are invited to bid on 36 bulk items to supply the store, aiming to save relief funds and reduce costs. Mayor Van Oster cites Barberton as a model and says bids are available at city hall.
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Elyria
W. H. van Oster
Barberton
Clay Scott
van Oster
April Fool's Day cautioning tale from a playful note
A playful tip sheet warns readers to be wary on April 1 as tricks may abound. It notes people may be distracted by offers and candies while recalling a quotation from 1790 about All Fool's Day. The piece ends with a nod to prudent humor and avoiding embarrassment.
Appointment of Elyria Township Justice of the Peace
Justice of the peace in Elyria township will be filled after the funeral of S J George, who died of a heart attack. Trustees W J Hiller J Shaw discussed candidates, with John C Dunaway and J B Lyons named as possibles. The term covers the two years remaining in Georges office.
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Elyria Township
George
S. J. George
Justice George
Masonic Temple
George Cotton
Lake Avenue
Cotton
W. J Hiller
J. Shaw
Elyria
Iwo
Will Discuss Handling of Crop Loans Meeting Tonight Lorain County
A county committee appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture will hold a meeting at the county agricultural extension service office to discuss handling of crop production loans for Lorain county. Committee members include W. N. Hitchcock chair mwan, F. D. Holcomb, Clarence Smith, G. B. McAllister, and Reuben Miller.
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Lorain County
United States Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
County Agricultural Extension Service
W. N. Hitchcock
Grafton
F. D. Holcomb
LaGrange
Clarence Smith
Elyria
G. B. McAllister
Reuben Miller
Brownhelm
Medical student Evelyn Chapman dies by suicide in San Francisco
Evelyn Chapman 23 a Stanford medical student and Surf California postmaster's daughter shot herself beside her sweetheart James Cary 26 a fellow student in San Francisco on April 4 authorities said.
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San Francisco
Evelyn Chapman
Stanford University
Surf
Calif
James Cary
Gas committee not ready to report on gas rates
Council member Leonard Smith, chairman of the gas committee, will miss Monday’s meeting due to legal work in Toledo. He says the committee will not be ready to report that night and notes data gathering continues on proposals from the Ohio Fuel and Gas Co. He hopes to present a full report when data is complete, but a rate contract without controversy remains uncertain. The next move lies with the gas committee and council awaits its report.
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Leonard Smith
Council
Ohio Fuel and Gas Co
Smith
Gas Co
New Law Allows Gas Tax Funds For Lorain County Relief
Lorain County commissioners report a new state law permitting use of gasoline tax and license funds for relief work could yield about 215000 for Lorain. They expect 50000 from gasoline tax this year and 165000 from license fees, though earlier receipts may not be usable for relief. They await clarified instructions before changing plans, noting opposition to using funds for direct relief due to road-labor employment and city auditor A C Schieleman says funds now support street and park work paid in script.
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Lorain Couny
Elyria
Red Cross Seeks Flour for Elyria Needy
The Elyria Red Cross plans to obtain flour from national relief stocks for local families. The chapter will send the order today and hopes for approval. At yesterday’s meeting, reports on local work were shared, committees named, and Mrs. Otto Greene chosen as delegate to the national convention in Washington from April 11 to 14.
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Elyria
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Otto Greene
Washington
Child Rescued After 12 Hours Trapped Beneath Rocks
Gerald Collins, a two year old, was rescued after 12 perilous hours trapped 17 feet below ground in a narrow shaft near Picher Oklahoma. Miners bored a parallel hole to reach him while floodlights lit the rescue. He was carried to surface and later taken to Miami hospital for observation.
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Picher
Okla
Gerald Collins
Gerald
Paul Collins
F. V. Merriwether
Miami
Cever
Tristate
Ten Weeks Old Girl Among Sixty At Crippled Clinic
A ten week old girl from Shelby was among 60 children examined at the Gates Hospital for Crippled Children clinic in Elyria. Sixteen new cases joined older patients, with attendees from 28 cities and villages within about 100 miles. Examinations were conducted by Dr. C. H. Heyman of Cleveland and Dr. F. A. Lawrence of Elyria.
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Shelby
Elyria
The
Gates Hospital
Lorain
Oberlin
South Amherst
North Haton
New London
Ashland
Nova
Nankie
Bellevue
Attica
Amsterdam
Alikanona
Hannibal
Norwalk
North Fairfield
Mansfield
Butler
Litchfield
Nevada
Galion
Dorset
Jefferson York
Conneaut
Chatham
C. H. Heyman
Cleveland
F. A. Lawrence
Ely“la
Bright Spots In Business World
New York Central Railroad will hire 7,000 workers in April to handle increased activity. William B Pollock Co. boosted operations after receiving a Ford Motor Co. order for hot metal equipment. Colgate Palmolive Peat Co. domestic tonnage rose sharply in February and March per president Cherles Pearce. Sherman Paper Co. noted improved paper industry performance as reported by J Victor Baron.
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New York
New York Central Railroad
Youngstown, C
William B. Pollock Co
Ford Motor Co
Chicago
Colgate-Palmolive-Peat Co
Cherles
Pearce
Syracuse
N. Y
J. Victor Baron
Sherman Papar Co
Heaviest tax bill ever passed in House of Representatives
The House Ways and Means Committee voted to tax dividend payments at the normal rate, adding about 80 million dollars in revenue. Secretary Mills warned the bill is 165 million short of balancing the budget, and the measure includes automatic repeal of the dividend tax on July 1, 1934. The package, expected to pass tonight, totals 999 million dollars in new taxes across 43 items, described as the heaviest tax bill ever enacted by Congress.
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Washington
Wpw
Treasury Mills
Ways and Means
Crisp
House
Secretary of Treasury
Mills
House of Representatives
House of Congress
Political hurricane awaits tax bill in the Senate
In Washington on April 1 a billion dollar tax bill faces a Senate battle as factions clash. The Anti Prohibition Bloc pushes for a beer tax rejected by the House. Proposals include higher import duties and a general sales tax. Insurgents seek steeper surtaxes on incomes from 40 thousand to 80 thousand dollars yearly. A bipartisan conservative group may try to cut top rates, which in the House could reach 45 percent on very high incomes.
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Senate
Washington
House
Insurgent Roll Calls Loom in State Tax Battle
Dissatisfied members press for roll call votes on key taxes as House balks at a 214 percent general sales tax and lawmakers seek decisive rolls on automobile taxes, estates, coal and oil levies, with leaders determined to hold lines through a three month struggle.
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Johnson
S. D
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