Lorain Paving Proposal Hits Snag
Lorain officials failed to win state funds for Broad Avenue paving with Highway Director John Jaster Jr saying state aid cannot cover municipal paving. A WPA option was floated as a cheaper path while county figures push for local funding. Local critic Oscar Dunney alleges state bias against Lorain County.
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Broadway
Lorain
John Jaster, Jr
Columbus
Dragter Caid
State Highway Department
WIA Jaster
Commission Board
Edward DeChant
WPA
Akron
DeChant
Uum
Oscar G Dunney
Lorain County
Dunns
Mover
Ripten
Hallane Road
Oberlin
Brookdale Cemetery
Dunn
Krotea
Oxford Defeats Cambridge In Thames Classic
Oxford's powerful crew halted wind swept waters on the River Thames to win the 26th renewal of the oldest intercollegiate varsity race by two lengths over Cambridge.
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Oxford
Cambridge
Putney
Eng
Onsford
Thames
March Income Tax Hit All Time High For March
The treasury reported March income tax receipts of 723,002,013 dollars, a record for the month, surpassing March 1937 by 23,000,600 dollars. Officials noted expectations near 730,000,000, and Morgenthau cited signs receipts might fall short of forecasts, prompting a 50,000,600 dollar short term borrowing via bills.
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Washington
Treasury
Treasury Daily Statement
Morgenthau
Ohio Weather Forecast for Ohio and Adjacent Regions
Generally fair conditions in Ohio with colder pockets in the southeast and frost tonight. Sunday sees fair skies and warming in the west while Atlantic states face low pressure and high pressure dominates west of the Mississippi. Light snow affects the middle and south Atlantic states, Lower Lakes, and Ohio Valley. Cold temperatures extend into Central and Southern Plains and Texas northward.
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Ohio
Atlantic States
United States
Mississippi
South Atlantic
Lower Lakes
Ohio Valley
Plaina States
Lake
Texas
Murray Ridge School District Transfer Voted
Lorain County Board of Education voted to transfer Murray Ridge from Elyria Township to Elyria City schools effective June 1. A delegation supported the move. Elyria City Board must decide on petition conditions. No opposition at last night’s meeting. prior opposition favored keeping the territory in Elyria Township.
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Murray Ridge
Elyria Township
Elyria City
Lorain County
Elyma Township
C. A. Gibbons
Elytia Towns Ship
Elv Cry
Elyria City Bward Wilk Hald
Tegal
Gladys Beal
Vurray Ridge
State Department
Murray Ridge Seloct
Gibbeng
EB. F. Cotton
Gibbons
R. C. Maston
Elyria
J. H. Hogan
Trials Set to Open May 2 in Belden Gas Well Case
Prosecutor Howard R. Butler announced May 2 as the start date for criminal trials here, with five former Ohio Fuel Gas Company employees among the first on the docket. Non residents of Loram County, they face charges of malicious destruction of property for allegedly damaging a gas well in Belden during labor unrest. The incident occurred over a year ago.
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Howard R. Butler
Guy B. Findley
D. A. Cook
Butler
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Loram County
Belden
Meeting On C. & O. Control Is Delayed
New York April 2 The special stockholders meeting of Chesapeake Corporation to determine control of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway has been delayed to April 8. The session was to be held April 4 in Baltimore and was called by Chesapeake's president Charley T.L. Bradley, one month before the regular annual meeting and 15 days before the railway system annual meeting with management elections.
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New York
Chesapeake Corporation
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Baltimore
Charley TL. Bradley
Railway Lystem
Strikers Hold Electrical Service Of Two Thirds Of Lower Michigan
SAGINAW Mich April 2 Striking utility workers seized power plants across the Lower Peninsula to press wage guarantees for next year holding service to about two thirds of the region The action followed a contract expiration and came ahead of a peace conference ordered by Governor Murphy The union claimed most plants remained open under guard and despite a minority of workers the area served includes Saginaw Flint Bay City Owosso and about 200 towns with 1 993 000 people served by Consumers Power Company unions and employers prepared for talks while police kept order
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Saginaw
Mich
Sacnaw Valley
Lower Michigan
Thei Mercy
Sionkus
Utility Workers Organizing Committee
Frank Murphy
Delroud
Murphy
Florida
Committe For Industrial Organization
Consumers Power Company
Mase Weetings
Ziwauhee
Sagi- Naw
Pint
Lans- Jine
Worhere
Fhnt
Thomas W Wolcott
Flint
Bay City
Owosso
Cancer Serum Victims Report 10th Death in Orlando
In Orlando on April 2 Edward Bolte 79 formerly of Chicago died in a hospital becoming the 10th cancer patient to die after a new treatment. Lab technicians rushed analysis of two preparations given interchangeably to sufferers. The nine women and one man who have died showed initial relief but the preparations believed to be a bacero-filtrate may have been contaminated with tetanus. Four other patients treated remain in Orlando hospitals.
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Orlando
Fla
Edward Bolte
Chicago
Bolte
State Senator Emerson Campbell Dies at 68 in Baltimore
State Senator Emerson Campbell, 68, in his third Ohio Senate term, died last night at Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore after jaw infection surgery. He was a leader among anti administration hatchet men and sat on the graft investigation committee. A month earlier fellow committee member Senator Bernard Donovan of Toledo had died.
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ST. Clairsville
Lmerson D. Campbell
Ohio
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Sen. Campbell
Oto Senate
Senate
Bernard R. Donovan
Toledy
Roosevelt to end vacation and return to Washington
President Roosevelt will end his vacation late today and depart Warm Springs, Georgia, by special train for Washington. On Monday he plans to meet with John C. Peelley and railroad officials to discuss the critical railroad situation.
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Roosevelt
Washington
John C. Pelley
American Association of Railroad Executives
The
Brotherhood
Elyria High Hosts 40 Seniors in State Scholarship Test
Silence filled the Elyria High School study hall as 40 Lorain County seniors from various schools tackled the annual General Scholarship Test. Fifteen students came from Elyria while others represented area districts, with the same exam administered statewide for scholarships. Subjects included mathematics natural science social science English and functional reading.
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Elyria High School
Lorain County
No Trace Of Wreckage Of Bomber Found
Naval aircraft from Pearl Harbor prepared to search a possible clue to a VP-IS patrol bomber missing since Wednesday with six aboard. Anahola residents reported smoke near the Water off Anahola lighthouse. villagers searched the beach but found no wreckage. The U.S. Fleet continued its search and later returned to sea, with over a thousand officers and men on shore leave before sailing again April 4.
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Honolulu
TF. H
Pearl Harbor
Vp-Is
Anahola
Kauai
Anahola Lighthouse
Lahaina Roads
Costly Hangar Blaze Destroys 14 Planes at Miami Airport
Fire gutted the main hangar at Miami municipal airport early today, torching 14 aircraft including Col. Alexander P. De Seversky’s pursuit ship, The Texan owned by M. L. Benedum, a Gruman Amphibian owned by Gar Wood, and other idle planes. Loss estimated at $500,000. Fire units from Miami, Hialeah and Opa-locka fought the blaze. cause and preceding explosion to be investigated by city inspectors.
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Miami
Fla
Alexander P. de Seversky
M. L. Benedum
Pittsburgh
Rimmie Mattern
Arctic
Miami Fire Department
Reporter Faces Big Job if Case Is Appealed
Morgan warned a records task could take a month to compile if the Edward Hensley appeal proceeds. Hensley was convicted of the murder of Louise Hornbeck in Grafton and sentenced to imprisonment. A motion for a new trial has been filed, pending resolution. The eight day trial before Judge Guy B. Findley is pivotal as the case moves toward the Court of Appeals.
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Gate Morgan
Edward Hensley
Court of Appeals
Hensley
Louise Hornbeck
Grafton
Morgan
Common Pleas
Guy B. Findley
Opponents Force Reorganization Bill Into Hazardous Position
Washington reports a Republican insurgent Democratic coalition moves to block the Governmental Reorganization Bill. Leaders including President Roosevelt discuss strategy as they face a likely extended fight. Debates spill into next week with votes seen edging toward defeating further consideration and killing the measure.
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Washington
U.P
Administration
Roosevelt
House
Sam Rayburn
Texas
William B. Bankhead
Lindsay Warren
N.C
Democratic House
Comptroller General's Office
Civil Service Commission
D. Tex
John J Cochran
D Mo
Loyalists Restructure Command On Catalonian Front
Spanish Loyalists conducted a major military shake up on the Catalonian front replacing key regimental officers with civilian volunteers. Sebastian Pozas was replaced as commander by Juan Perea with Amireto Carvajal named chief of staff. The front was split into north under Javier Linares and south under Antonin Cordon, forming the new army of the east. The International Brigade was reformed after heavy Belchire casualties.
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Hendaye
Civ
Regar
Sebastian Pozas
Lietti
Juan Perea
Madrid
Amireto Carvajal
Catalonian Front
Javier Linares
Antonin Cordon
Jose Ignacio Manteron
Army of the East
International Brigade
Belchire
France To Send Refugee Soldiers Back To Spain
Paris reports the ministry announced 4000 Spanish Loyalist soldiers refugees in southern France would be returned to Spain immediately. Cabinet ministers weighed international repercussions before deciding on placement in Loyalist or Nationalist territory.
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France
Spain
Paris
cPi
Intervne
Nationalists claim Gandesa seizure. 2000 Loyalists captured
Burgos April 2 The official report states Nationalists occupy Gandesa on the Catalonian front near the coast, at 430 am. More than 2000 Loyalists are reported taken prisoner with large bands still surrendering.
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Burgos
Spain
Gandesa
Former President of Otterbein College Dies
Dr. George Scott, 88, Otterbein College president 1901 to 1904, died yesterday in Columbus. He taught classical languages at Otterbein, previously at Alfred College, and retired in 1931. Survived by daughter Leona Scott. Services Sunday at United Brethren Church in Westerville at 3 p.m.
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Columbus
Westerville
George Scott
Otterbein College
Rom
Scott
The
Alfred College
Alfred
Leona Scott
United Brethren Church
Ninth year old saves playmate from dugout cave in Norwalk
In Norwalk Ohio on April 2 eleven year old Peter McDonald was buried when a dugout cave in collapsed. His friend ten year old Emmet Gray grabbed dirt with his hands and uncovered Peter’s head, then ran for help. Three men freed McDonald after about half an hour. both boys were uninjured.
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Norwalk
Emmet Gray
Peter McDonald
Peter
Emmet
Ohio Delegation Defeats Debates on Government Reorganization Bill
In Washington on April 2, Ohio's House members voted 12 to 3 against closing debate on the government reorganization measure. Fifteen Ohio reps opposed limiting debate, with Brooks Fletcher and others named. four voted for the motion and several did not vote. The result signals strong opposition from Ohio to fast passage of the bill.
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Washington
Ohio
House
Herbert& Bigelow
Cincinnati
James G. Polk
Highland
Harold Claypool
Chilheathe
Thomas Jenkins
Fronton
Arthur Lampeck
Columbus
Lawrence Imnoff
St. Clairsville
Harold G. Mosier
Cleveland
Canton
Don Harter
Akron
John McSweeney
Robert Secrest
Caldwell
National Tube Co Operations Stay At Present Level
National Tube Company plant at Lorain will run next week at the improved level this week. One blast furnace and seven open hearths operate while the Bessemer converter is idle. The rail mill operates today and tonight and resumes Monday for five days. Butt mills No 2 and 6 five days starting Monday. lap mill No 2 three days. seamless mill No 1 five days. seamless mill No 2 four days. Skelp mills idle. Schedule tentative and subject to change.
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National Tube Company
Lorain
Bessemer
Murder Raffles Suburb of Cleveland
Jenevieve Wasniewska a 32 year old factory worker was found dead in suburban Cuyahoga Heights. Her head showed blunt trauma and her dress was torn. She had left a beer parlor with a man after midnight. Police seek the man while a blood stained pistol and brass knuckles were found on a hitchhiker. Coroner Roscoe Gerber to determine possible criminal assault.
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Cleveland, CO
dJenevieve Wasniewska
Cuyahoga Heights
R. Gerber
Rotarians Mark Twentieth Anniversary With Talk on 20 Years
Elyria Rotary Club observes its 20th charter anniversary at a Tuesday meeting. Gene Carr of WGAR Cleveland will give Twenty Crowded Years, reviewing two decades of club history and events since the 1918 charter. A special dinner, musical program by J. Martin Beck, and remarks by Dr. George D. Nicholis accompany remarks recalling early leadership and the club’s role in founding the Ohio Society for Crippled Children.
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Elytia Rotary Club
Gene Carr
WGAR
Cleveland
Columbia Broadcasting System
Elyria
J. Martin Beck
George D. Nicholias
Karl W. Plocher
Plocher
Ralph Murbach
W. C. McClellan
More Than 200 Women Join In Reunion
More than 200 Lorain County women who completed Red Cross and WPA home hygiene and home nursing courses joined a reunion at the Masonic Temple in Lorain. Sixty-six graduates received certificates. Participants included Mrs Pear Murphy, Joseph Jeverance, H C Cheney, Mrs Gifford, Wilbur Rock, Alice Plattner, and other Red Cross and WPA officials.
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Lorain County
Red Cross
WPA
Masonic Temple
Lorain
Mra
Pear
Murphy
Joseph Jeverance
H. C. Cheney
Chaiman
Kiyria
The
Mra. Gifford
Wilbur Rock
Alice Plattner
Raye
Eure
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Franco
Pyrenees
Loire
Acme
Mieh
Pickhels
Jane
Consumers’awer Company
UWOG
American Federation of Tabor
Miami’s
Bulletin
National Tube Co
Raffles
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