Taking Of 1940 Census Begins In Elyria
85 enumerators will take the census in Lorain County with 25 in Elyria and 35 in Lorain. Albert R Matuszak announced squad leaders William France and Bert Radasé who will operate from the Eagles Club and in Lorain respectively. Supplies and forms distribute. start times vary between late today and tomorrow morning.
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Elyria
Lo-rain
Albert R Matuszak
Lorain
Matuszak
William France
Glendale Court
France
Eagles Club
Bert Radase
Census Bureau
Akron
More Contributions Received For Salvation Army
Three additional pre campaign gifts boost the Salvation Army building fund to help reach an $18,000 goal. Donors include the Ladies Auxiliary of the Eagles the Nettie Finch Webber Club and the women’s class of the Second Congregational Church. A fund dinner opens at 4 pm tonight at the Church of Christ. Campaign chair C F Bronson said city friends away during the drive may leave gifts at Ohio Fuel Gas Company offices or with treasurer A J Robinson at the Elying Savings and Trust Company.
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Salvation Army Building Fund
The
Eagles
Nettie Finch Webber
Second Congregational Church
Church of Christ
C. F. Bronson
Friends of the Salvation Army
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
J Robinson
Elying Savings and Trust Company
Ohio Weather: Showers and Warmer Tonight and Wednesday
The forecast notes showers and a higher temperature tonight and again on Wednesday. High pressure remains over the Great Lakes and Atlantic States while a western disturbance shifts to the Plains. Over the past 24 hours precipitation was widespread from the Rocky Mountain Plateau to central Ohio and Wisconsin to the central region. Temperatures are slightly lower in the Mountain States with minimal change in the Central and Eastern States.
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Ohio
Great Lakes
Atlantic States
Plains States
Nebraska
Rocky Mountain Plateau
Wisconsin
Mountain States
First Elyrian to Be Enumerated in 1940 Census
The Chronicle Telegram notes the start of the 1940 census and asks residents who think they were interviewed first to report the time the enumerator visited. Elyria has 25 enumerators, so up to 23 calls may indicate who was first, depending on start times.
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Chronicle
Sugeesting
Elyria
Two Boards Reemploy All Applicants for 1940 41
Avon Lake and Brighton Township boards reemployed most of their 1939 40 staff and renewed contracts for key leaders. Avon Lake renewed J J King as superintendent at 2800 dollars annually and retained nearly all teachers under salary schedules. Brighton Township kept Paul E Rhodes as superintendent at 2000 dollars yearly and reemployed all current teachers under established payscales. County-wide salary schedules cited by County School Superintendent C A Gibbons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avon Lake Board
J J King
King
Mildred Crowder
Dorothea Carr
Crowder
Ruth Gongwer
Sheffield Lake
Brghton Township Board of Education
Paul £. Rhodes
Rhodes
Brighton
J H. Russell
Brighton Township
C A Gibbons
Elyria Recreation Board Seeks More Funds for Summer Playground
The Elyria Board of Education discussed needs of the recreation board for extra money to run the summer playground program but took no action on boosting the appropriation. The request sought to raise from 500 to 900 after city council cut city funding from 3800 to 2500, with most of the playground program estimated at 1400.
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Elyria Recreation Board
Elyria Board of Education
Recreation Board
City plans bond issue to retire unpaid taxes
The council gave first reading to an ordinance authorizing 48044 in bonds payable over ten years from delinquent tax revenue. Proceeds will retire 26044 for street lighting, 10000 for WP and sewer projects, and 12000 to retire remaining 1933 scrip. Bonds may be callable at under 3 percent and sold to the sinking fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lnance
Wp&sewer
Petro
Two Men Missing In Roaring Blizzard At Mount Hood
Searching parties of veteran mountaineers return to the canyons of Mount Hood to look for two men missing since early Sunday in a roaring blizzard. Gerald Hermann, 28, Milwaukee, Oregon, and James Lorentz, 19, Oregon City, Oregon, are the missing climbers.
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Timberline Lodge
Ore
Mount Hood
Gerald Hermann
Milwaukee
James Lorentz
Oregon City
Driver Dies in Truck Crash Near Cambridge
Justin G Sutter a 42 year old Columbus resident and Suburban Motor Corporation driver was killed when his trailer truck left the road near the State Highway Patrol barracks half a mile west of Cambridge. No witness to the wreck. The crash occurred early today as the vehicle overturned and burned.
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Cambridge
Justin G Sutter
Columbus
Suburban Motor Corporation
State Highway Patrol
Council Takes Action On Many Routine Items
The council failed to pass an emergency ordinance to buy a new air compressor and truck for the street department due to two absences and one negative vote. The $2,200 purchase was blocked by Councilman Elmer Nelson, citing city finances. The machine would aid WPA sewer projects. the water department’s current compressor is in near constant use.
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Elmer Nelson
James Scott
Henry Ault
Nelson
I. D. Faxon
City Water Department
Faxon
George Thompson
Taylor Street
Lexington
Winckles Streets
Frank Lindner
West Hiver Road
Salons
J.C. Crisp
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Bell Avenue
Neffner Named Secretary of State in Ohio
George M. Neffner of New Vienna was appointed Ohio secretary of state by Governor Bricker to succeed Earl Griffith who died last Saturday. Neffner, 67, has 13 years as statistician and chief election supervisor in the secretary of state's office and was inducted this morning in Bricker's office. He has published the roster of officials and the biennial election statistics and studied law by correspondence. He pledged to maintain Griffith's office organization and service to the public.
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Columbus
George M. Neffner
New Vienna
Ohio
John W. Bricker
Earl Griffith
Neffner
Secretary of State
Gov. Bricker
Gov Bricker
8000 Personal Tax Returns Filed
Deputy County Auditor Clark Phinney reported today that about 8,000 personal tax returns were filed before the deadline, out of an expected 10,000. Mail arriving this week will be accepted without penalty, but a 5 percent penalty applies after this week. Tangible tax receipts are expected at $340,000 and intangible at $110,000 for this year.
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Clark Phinney
Phinney
Grand Jury To Convene On Thursday
Lorain County grand jury summoned to convene Thursday to conclude its inquiry into why no prosecution followed the Lorain police confiscation of 23 slot machines from a private downtown club. The panel resumed with witnesses including Dave Crawford Jr and son George, and elusive William McIntyre. Also on docket are cases from break in at Hawkins Motor Co and charges against several defendants for fraud, concealed weapons, and rape.
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Lorain
Crawford
Florida
George
William McIntyre
McIntyre
Turn
Austin O'Toole
Grand Jury
O'Toole
Frank Jersey
Cleveland
Hawkins Motor Co
Loram
John Pawlak
Motor Company
Harry T. Hoitinga
Buffalo
Graystone Hotel
Thomas Stone
Lorenzo Reyna
Jerry Kimble
Oberlin
Richard VanHorne
Building permits rise in Elyria last month
Elyria saw $20 775 in new building values started last month per Building Inspector Hart Dickason. Fifteen new permits were issued including seven for new homes. Total permits for the month reached 62 with fees amounting to $103. The month's valuation matched January and February combined and topped March 1939 by $18 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Hart Dickason
Dickason
Bridges give way on Susquehanna flood in Wilkes-Barre
Eleven dead and five missing as flood waters from the Susquehanna river collapse bridges linking Wilkes-Barre to Kingston and Plymouth. The central span to Plymouth is carried away by the 15 mile per hour current. Two months to repair. no trolley service between the cities. Authorities bar access to the Wilkes-Barre to Kingston bridge due to weakening supports.
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Wilkes-Barre
Wilkes- Barre
Kingston
Plymouth
Susquehanna River
French Shoot Down Several Planes
French pursuit planes shot down several German aircraft in a series of air battles along the western front yesterday. French forces reported no losses. Reconnaissance planes were highly active above and beyond German lines as groups of German planes probed over the frontiers and northern France. Enemy artillery remained violent south of Saarbrucken and west of the Saar River.
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Paris
Pod
France
Saarbruecken
Saar River
Elyria Council Moves to Discourage More Liquor Shops
Councilman Leonard Fowls led a push to officially discourage new liquor establishments in Elyria after reports of another possible license on Lodi Street. City records show 25 liquorlicensed spots, 16 wine, 12 beer, and 107 softdrink licenses. The Ohio board of liquor control ultimately holds the limit, but a resolution opposing new shops may be considered next meeting.
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Leonard Fowls
Lod Street
Elyria
Lodi Street
Heneneth Barclay
Ohio Board
Richard Horan
Ohio Board of Liquor Control
Petro
Council S
State Liquor Board
Anna Kennedy
Floods Crest in Susquehanna Basin Deadly and Damaging
WILKES BARRE PA April 2 The flooded Susquehanna river crest eased briefly with 11 dead five missing and 30000 homeless. Nearby towns Sunbury Kingston and Plymouth faced critical conditions as the Lehigh Delaware Lackawanna and Schuylkill rivers overflowed. National Guard units aided relief while residents barricaded homes pumped out basements and aided evacuations. A dyke breach near Kingston forced 3500 from their homes and a gasoline fire burned out after explosions.
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Wilkes Barre
W.pi
Susquehanna
Enginetis i
Sunbury
Lehigh
Delaware
Lackawanna
Schuylkill
Juniata
Wilkes-Barre
Kingston
Plymouth
103Rd Cavalry
National Guard
Morris Michael
106Th Field Artillery
Crew scuttles German ship Mimi Horn after interception
The German steamer Mimi Horn of 4,007 tons was scuttled by her crew after interception by British warships in northern waters. The vessel, set afire by its crew, was the 28th German merchant vessel scuttled since the war began, with the act occurring sometime last week.
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London
Mimi Horn
Admiralty
Allies Limit Set in Economic War Against Germany
London reported Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain warned neutrals that the Allies would push the limit in their economic war on Germany. He outlined steps to curb Scandinavian iron ore shipments, curb Balkan trade, restrict neutral access to Empire products, and reject peace moves until common consensus. The remarks followed a Council meeting with France’s Paul Reynaud and amid protests from small neutrals fearing the blockade's tightening.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
Europe
Germany
Reich
Adolf Hitler
House of Commons
Supreme War Council
Britain
Norwegian
Hugh
Balkan
Soviet
Russia
Paul Reynaud
France
German Airplanes Attack Convoys In North Sea
German airplanes attacked convoys in the North Sea today and dropped bombs which failed to cause damage the admiralty announced. The attack ing planes were driven off. Earlier three British planes on patrol attacked and drove off two German planes over the North Sea apparently in search of merchant shipping.
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London
North Sea
Admiralty
Five Fire Calls Reported By Elyria Firemen
Elyria firemen answered five calls yesterday with no property damage. Four were fire alarms and one a smoke investigation. Incidents included a gas boiler smoke at 368 Bon Arr avenue and a bonfire at 181 Caroline avenue. Salvation Army site had coal smoke from a chimney. a brush fire burned about a quarter acre at Overbrooks road end.
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Elyria
Ernest Balas
Bon Arr Avenue
Mary Komiarsk
West Avenue
Ed F. Weber
Caroline Avenue
Weber
Fie
Salvation Army
Tarry Tavern
Broad Street
Overbrooks Road
Resignation Accepted at Roosevelt School in Elyria
Miss Martha Thomas, a Roosevelt school teacher, resigned and was accepted by the Elyria Board of Education. She married Saturday to Stanley Ro Turner. Mrs Mikie Denitk, a former Elyria teacher, will fill the vacancy temporarily until a permanent replacement is found.
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Martha Thomas
Roosevelt School
Elyria City
Fve
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Airview
Acme
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Carl Shamel
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