Authorized Employment of Engineers for Water Main Project
An emergency ordinance approves hiring a corps of engineers from water works funds to continue the Elyria Avenue to city water main project. It sets salaries up to 225 for a resident engineer, 200 for an assistant, five junior engineers at five dollars a day, and six inspectors at six dollars. An amendment requiring Elyria residents to be engaged was added, passing without dissent. Nelson opposed the emergency clause.
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Corps of Engineers
Elyria Avenue
Elmer Nelson
W. G Smith
Elyria
Frank Henke
Nelson
W. H. Vanoster
Water Works Department
Illinois Primary Signals First New Deal Test Across State
Springfield April 3 voters in Illinois face 27 seats in the lower house primary. Democrats favor Roosevelt’s program with Henry Rainey banner. Eleven downstate districts foreground New Deal issues as incumbents seek reelection and Republicans battle past tallies.
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Springfield
Illinois
Congress
Henry T. Rainey
Ilinois
James Hamilton Lewis
United States Senate
Former Manhattan sheriff dies after surgery in New York
Thomas M. Farley former sheriff of Manhattan died today in a New York hospital from complications after an emergency appendectomy. His long career included the Lin Sox fund repository noted during the Seabury graft probe shaping city politics.
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Manhattan
New York
Thomas M. Farley
Lin Sox
Seabury
New York City
Ohio Weather Forecast Cloudy Rain Likely North West
Ohio forecast shows cloudy conditions with likely rain in the north and west through to Wednesday. Warmer in the north and west portions tonight, then colder in the west and central areas Wednesday.
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Ohio
Two Indicted In Dillinger Break At Indiana Jail
Crown Point Indiana April 3 UP Deputy Sheriff Ernest Bunk and Sam Cahoon Lake county jail trusty were indicted today for aiding the escape of John Dillinger from the county jail. They were indicted by the special grand jury that investigated the Toy Gun escape. The jury also censured state officials circuit court Judge William J Murphy and Sheriff Lillian Holley for negligence.
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Crown Point
Ind
Ernest Bunk
Sam Cahoon
Lake County
Dillinger
State
Murray
Holley
Ohio Legislature Adopts No Tax Plan for Distressed Cities
Columbus reports increasing signs the Ohio General Assembly may adjourn without a revenue program. Hamilton and Cuyahoga delegations debated a taxation plan, Democrats faltered, and the sales tax proposal seemed dead. A caucus was planned to seek a tax agreement amid possible adjournment.
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Columbus
Hamilton County
Ohio
Cuyahoga County
Harold Mosier
Cuyahoga
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Mosier
Ohio General Assembly
Assembly
Simiar
Relief Bonds Sold By County
County commissioners report eleven bids for the $50,000 relief bond issue. The Hayden Miller Company of Cleveland won the award at a premium of 106 with four percent interest. Bonds will be paid from excise and selective sales tax revenue.
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Hayden Miller Company of
Cleveland
Leaders Pick Outstanding Organization for 1933 Service
Grace Morrison Poole of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs is asked to designate the year’s top community service group. National figures include G M Bowman Minnie Bradford and John A Lang. A $1000 reward is offered by a Community Forum magazine. manuscripts due by June 1 with judging June 15.
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United States
Grace Morrison Poole
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Geline MacDonald_Bowman
Minnie Bradford
E. A. Hayes
John A. Lang
G. M. Bowmen
Grace M. Poole
National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
National Student Federation
American Legion
Community Forum
Insull Appeals to Turkish Supreme Court for Extradition Halt
In Istanbul on April 3 Samuel Insull appealed to the Turkish Supreme Court to stop his extradition to the United States on fraud charges. He argues extradition decisions are appealable and that pretrial imprisonment was illegal. Legal experts doubt the second ground will succeed.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Samuel Insull
Turkish Supreme Court
United States
Insull
Stamboul
Detention House
Princeton Coach Addresses Elyria Kiwanians
H O Fritz Crisler Princeton University head football coach spoke to a large Elyria crowd. He called football a character builder and maker of men crediting athletics with educational value and moral virtues. Crisler cited coaching career highlights from Minnesota to undefeated 1933 Princeton team. He was introduced by C P Shively.
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H. O
Fritz” Crisier
Princeton University
Crisler
Diayers
C. P. Shively
Elyria Pish School
Kiwanians
Crisier
Elyria High Moderts
Princeton
New Jersey
University of Minnesota
Coach Stresses The Value Of Athletics
H O Crisler former Princeton football and basketball coach urged Elyria High students to value athletics as prep for life after graduation. He recounted experiences at Chicago Minnesota and Princeton and warned against making alibis while praising Starg and the Chicago influence on his era. In Columbus Thomas Orcutt 16 died after cramps while attempting to retrieve a duck in swollen Scioto River.
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H. O. He. Crisler
Princeton University
Elyria High School
Crisler
Elyria Kiwanis Club
University of Chicago
Chicago
Minnesota
Princeton
Dartmouth
A. A. Starg
Snom Crisler
Chicaco
Crisier
Columbs
Thomas Orcutt
Columbus
Sciotn
Tiger
Permanent air mail bill to create federal aviation commission
Washington April 3. Rep John S Wood launches a new permanent air mail bill to establish a non partisan federal aviation commission issuing certificates of public convenience for airlines. The measure fixes air mail rates at 5 mills per pound per mile for initial shipments and aims to depoliticize mail transport while barring interlocking directorates. The post office will drop temporary policies if the bill passes before April 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Aviation Commission
House
John S. Wood
D. Ga
McCarran
Senate
Post Office Department
Oberlin Professor to Address Lorain Republican Club
Dr. Nohery FE Brown of Oberlin College will speak on Qualifications for Public Office at the Lorain County Young Men's Republican Club meeting in the Y M C A Friday night. Members seek to study candidate qualities as they plan to select officers. Brown is well known in Elyria for past talks. The event starts at 8 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nohery FE. Brown
Oberlin College
Mmeeting
Lorain County
Young Men’s Republican Club
Becaus
Brown
Elyria
Pope Extends Holy Year to Sunday After Easter
Vatican City reports the Pope issued a decree extending the Holy Year from April to the Sunday after Easter. The move aims to broaden penance and spiritual renewal for Catholics worldwide.
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Vatican City
Teday
Possible Cages Of Tuberculosis Found In Tests
Evidence of possible tuberculosis infection found in from 10 to 25 percent of school children given skin tests in Wlyria and Lorain County. Dr. G. B. French and Dr. H. R. O'Brien report hundreds tested. the program aims to test all city and county schools. In Elyria 276 children were tested with 35 to 40 positive, highest at South Amherst 26 percent and 20 percent at Aton Lake. Wellington had 10 percent. Positive does not confirm disease. further exams including X rays advised by physicians.
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Wlyria
Lorain County
G. B. French
Elima Health
H. R. O'Brien
Lorain
Elyria
Elyria Public
South Amherst
Aton Lake
Wellington
Discontinue Airmail Company Stock Probe
Washington April 30 The Senate Banking committee voted to discontinue its investigation into airmail company stock transactions prior to cancellation of airmail contracts due to high costs. Kean withdrew his resolution citing a $100000 estimate for a full motive inquiry. Pecora said reports offered no clear motive clues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Hamilton F. Kean
Ferdinand Pecorz
Kean
New York Stock Exchanse
Pecora
Three Die In Freight Train Derailment Near Hudson
Three people were killed when a freight train on the Chicago & Northwestern near Hudson Wisconsin derailed today. Victims listed as J Utter Minneapolis engineer C W Lang St Paul fireman and Rien Parle Minneapolis brakeman. Engine and 12 cars were derailed and scattered down a steep grade.
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Hudson
Wis
Chicago & Northwestern
J. Utter
Minneapolis
C. W. Lang
St Paul
Rien Parle
Mines Closed in Belleville District Protest
Operators of 15 Belleville area mines ordered indefinite closure in protest of the seven hour day for bituminous coal set by NRA officials. About 5,000 miners idle. reopening not stated before the April 9 amendments to the coal code.
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Bulleten
Belleville
NRA
Bank Directors View Progress at Elyria Savings and Trust
Elyria Savings and Trust Co directors met to review progress toward re licensing. Over 55 percent of depositors have consented to the plan, with refinancings through the Home Owners Loan Corporation surpassing $200,000. The State Banking department requires all depositors to sign before license restoration and lifting restricted deposits.
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Elyria Savings and Trust Co
Home Owners Loan Corporation
State Banking Department
Widow Pleads Innocence In Two Deaths
COSHOCTON OH April 3 A 43 year old widow Mrs Amelia Rivers Webb stood silent under questioning as she maintained innocence in the deaths of her son and daughter with authorities awaiting a Columbus chemist report on Iona Webb Senter 23 said to have died in 1952 to determine if arsenic poisoning caused the death and whether the two murders are connected
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coshocton, O
Amelia Rivers Webb
Coshocton County
Russell E. Lyons
Lyons
Ray Daling
Fire destroys two-story building in Cleveland
Firefighters battled a three hour blaze in a two story Cleveland business block, causing about 40000 dollars in damage and injuring a 40 year old man named Charles Lattman who slept in the basement. Arson investigators and police arson squad sift debris for a possible incendiary origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
James E. Granger
Casket Company Grants Wage Increase in Springfield
Springfield, April 3. Increased wages have been granted to employees of the Springfield Metallic Casket Company and the Springfield Branch of the International Harvester Company. Casket workers receive a 10 percent raise while Harvester workers gain pay increases offsetting a reduction in hours from 40 to 36 per week.
Signs of business revival spark cautious optimism
A 1934 United Press report from New York notes mixed mood as America debates if an economic corner has been turned. Industrial leaders From Myron C. Taylor to Alfred P. Sloan express cautious to strong outlooks, citing rising production, sales forecasts, and improved employment. Dow Jones and Federal Reserve Bank data show rising activity, larger building contracts, and payroll gains. R F C expenditures exceed earlier estimates, signaling gradual improvement across sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
America
Jsm
Myron C. Taylor
United States Steel Corporation
Samuel M. Vauclain
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Alfred P. Sloan
General Motors Corporation
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Ford Motor Company
Dow & Bradstreet, Inc
Dow, Jones & Co., Inc
Detroit
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Jesse H. Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
R. F.C
Caged for Life in London Mansion Linked to Poison Death
A man kept in a cage in an old London mansion, hair matted, piercings wild, and speaking only gibberish, lived on straw and crawled on all fours. He was tied to the poison death of John Tait as a dramatic, moral tale unfolds.
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London
John Tait
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Council
Indiana
Robert G. Estill
Ingull
H. ©. Crisler
AMR
Aviation Commission
Oberlin
HOLC
Blaze
Caged
Chronicle-Telegram
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