Seventeen Missing In Oklahoma Flood at Elk City
A severe Washita River flood after a heavy storm threatens efforts to locate more victims. Ten or more lives lost and property damage over 1 million dollars. Seventeen missing include Mrs. Arthur Adams and four Fenter family members. Stella Mae Fenter, 19, is the only body recovered. Rescue efforts involve National Guardsmen Red Cross and state authorities.
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Elk City
Washita
Stella Mae Fenter
Arthur Adams
L. Fenter
National Guardsmen
Red Cross
Lorain County PTA Council to Elect Officers Next Tuesday
Lorain County P T A Council plans its spring meeting at Ridgeville school with three nominees for president, vice president, and treasurer. The afternoon session features talks by County Superintendent R P Vaughn and Lorain schools official Martin McGill, plus a puppet show and music. The evening program includes Dr Garry Myers and county orchestra, plus remarks by the council president and a puppet shadow play.
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Lorain County
Ridgeville
Elmer Love
Brownhelm
Albert H. Goodspeed
East Carlisle
Lillian Hardy
Vincent
R. P. Vaughn
Martin McGill
Lorain
Koontz
Smith
Hospital Sees 91 Patients Registered in One Day
Elyria Memorial Hospital reported its busiest day in two years with 91 patients registered yesterday. Superintendent Frank W. Hoover said the figure is the highest since March 1932 and noted the daily average runs around 599 during the year and about 0 during normal times.
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Elyria Memorial Hospital
Frank W. Hoover
Hoover
Ohio Weather Forecast Dark Clouds and Rain Tonight
Ohio forecast calls for cloudy skies with probable rain in the extreme west tonight and Friday. Central and eastern portions expect rain Friday as well, with slightly warmer temperatures in the northwest tonight and in the northeast Friday.
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Ohio
Women sacrifice safety as dormitory burns at Massillon hospital
Massillon Ohio April 5 seventy two women patients at the State Hospital for the Insane were led to safety as Cottage D a 35 year old dormitory caught fire at midnight. Night superintendent Grover Siffert directed an orderly evacuation to a nearby building. Firefighters from Massillon contained the blaze to the basement and extinguished it in under an hour with damage estimated in the thousands and investigators citing suspected defective wiring.
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State Hospital For Insane
Massillon
Massillon State Hospital For
Grover Siffert
Massiflon
Edward J. Huntsinger
Grand jury to hear charges against two alleged bandits
Lorain jurors were to consider highway robbery and shooting to kill charges against Charles Carol 38 and Edward Minnich 28 two of an alleged trio who led a gun fight with police through Lorain last week One bandit Frank Bojonowski was killed when a pursuit ended in a ditch Carol surrendered Minnich fled and was later captured near Shroudsville Ohio He admitted driving the bandits car and is held on 21000 bond with Carol Awaiting grand jury Also slated for grand jury action were auto theft charges against Guignette Lasky Vietzen and Vargo of Elyria grand larceny against Leonard Hamilton assault charges against George Cave and Turjanica plus an assault and battery charge
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Charles Carol
Edward Minnich
Lorain
Frank Bojonowski
William Murphy
Carol
Minnich
Shroudsville
New Philadelphia
Cleveland
William Duffy
Meister Road
Hess and Hess ‘Drug Company
George Guignette
Mike Lasky
Wilson Vietzen
Jos Vargo
Elyria
Leonard Hamilton
George Cave
John Turjanica
Pittsfield
Labor Secretary Points To Gains In Recovery Program
In Cleveland on April 3, Frances Perkins said employment and production have reached their highest levels since the recovery program began. She noted February gains and that by end of March the index surpassed October's peak. She warned wages for low-income workers must be kept up to sustain the recovery.
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Cleveland. O
Roosevelt
Frances Perkins
Miss Perkins
Dozen Families Sought for East Ave Home Listing
A Chronicle Telegram rental ad notes twelve families visited an East Ave house over three days. The redecorated two or three bedroom unit drew wide interest. advertisers touts the ad as highly effective with broad reach. Phone numbers 24-235 and 4412-4415 appear.
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East Ave
Chronicle - Telegram
Income Taxes Face Increase in Senate Revenue Bill
Washington April 5 Increased taxes on incomes in the middle and higher brackets appeared certain as the Senate, racing to finish debate, sped consideration of the 530 million Revenue Bill. Democratic leaders said the measure might pass today and go to conference with the House. The discussion focused on sur tax amendments with compromises proposed to hasten enactment. Pat Harrison signaled liberalizing moves, including annual corporate salary disclosures for executives earning 15000 or more to curb avoidance. LaFollette pressed estate tax changes starting at 25000 against current 50000 thresholds.
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Washington
Senate
House
Pat Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Harrison
Congress
Robert M. LaFollette
Wisconsin
LaFollette
Flames Destroy 70 Buildings In Japan
HARODATE Japan April 5 A fresh terror struck the northern fishing port as fire swept through the city destroying seventy buildings. Residents recount previous disaster last month that left about 1000 dead and huge property loss. Two people died and five were injured. Thousands fled anew to the surrounding hills seeking shelter.
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Harodate
Japan
12 B Class At Elyria High Elects Officers
Elyria High School selects its final 12 B class officers for the coming year. John Maiden of 148 Clinton Avenue is president, Marian Nilsen is vice president, Florence Smith treasurer, and Oliver Townsend secretary. The class will graduate in January next year.
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Elyria High School
C. P. Shively
John Maiden
Clinton Avenue
Marian Nilsen
Florence Smith
Oliver Townsend
Tax League To Study Bills In Elyria Township
Ohio legislature tax measures will be studied by Elyria Township Tax League at Lake avenue school Friday night. President J. H. Hogan said speakers will discuss the bills and their effects on Elyria Township.
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Ohio
Elyria Township
Long in pugnacious mood during finance panel clash
Sen. Wuey P. Long of Louisiana clashed with lawmakers in a crowded Senate Finance Committee room over Edward Righter’s appointment as Internal Revenue Collector. Long denounced a New Orleans race track remark as an infamous falsehood and defended his own record while questioning Kentucky horse owner Co. E. R. Bradley about his track interests and influence on staff hires.
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Washington
Wuey P. Long
Senate Finance Committee
Edward Righter
D. D. Moore
Long
Rightor
Co. E. R. Bradley
Kentucky
Louisiana
Righter
New Orleans
Pat Harrison
Miss
Moore
Internal Revenue Post
Harrison
Bradley
President Roosevelt Begins Second Week of Ocean Vacation
President Roosevelt continues his tropical cruise aboard Vincent Astor's Nourmahal in the Bahamas. He seeks the elusive marlin off Elbow Key, aiming for a calm schedule with fishing when convenient and reading, lounging, and talking with companions between bouts of leisure at sea.
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Miami
Fla
Roosevelt
Elbow Key
Bahamas
Vincent Astor
Nourmahal
Jobless Prepare To Demonstrate In Lima
In Lima Ohio on April 5, about 2000 unemployed and workers on public projects gathered for a planned demonstration. Police stood ready as pickets were placed on several job sites and a mass meeting the night before prepared participants for today’s rally as part of a statewide protest.
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Oculletin
Lima
Recipe page seeks favorite dishes with weekly prizes
The Chronicle Telegram invites readers to send in their favorite recipes for the recipe page. Each week two prizes of 1.90 dollars are awarded for the best recipes, and readers are reminded to watch for the recipe page every Tuesday.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Mrs Elbert Gary Dies In New York Home
Mrs. Elbert Gary widow of United States Steel chairman died at her Fifth Avenue residence. Born Emma Townsend in California she married Judge Gary in 1905. She was a famed society hostess for 22 years of married life and the Gary mansion was famed for its wealth and security.
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U.S. Steel Corporation
New York City
New York
Apri
Elbert Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Fifth Avenue
Gary
Emma T. Townsend
California
Marie of
Murray voices complaint over relief commission appointments
County Commissioner C D Murray denounces the board as a rubber stamp for the County Relief Commission. Laurel Hines asks approval of William B Young of Elyria as surplus commodity distribution clerk at 100 dollars a month plus expenses, funded from relief administration funds. Shaw supports the appointment, saying it is temporary, and the resolution passes unanimously. May Sakala, 29, drowns in a bath at a Cleveland rooming house after fumes from a gas heater.
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County Relief Commission
C. D. Murray
Relief Commission
Murray
Laurel Hines
William B. Young
Elyria
Lorain County
Hines
Harry L. Shaw
Muray
Shaw
Young
Relief Administration
Cleveland
Round Up Pass of Dillinger and Green Mark a Federal Sweep
In St Paul on April 5 the escape by John Dillinger and Eugene Green triggered a major federal roundup. About fifty agents seized Green’s gangster circle while authorities questioned Green, his wife, and the machine runner who helped blast away from federal operatives. The crackdown targeted patrons of a saloon once run by Dan Hogan, who died in a bomb blast after a payroll theft.
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ST. Paul
John Dillinger
Eugene Green
Green
Danny’ Hogan
Dillinger
John Hamilton
Washington
Foremen's Club to Meet on April 19
Elyria Foremen's Club schedules its April meeting at the Y M C A with a 1933 sports review film and a talk by Cleveland sports writer Ed Bang. Music will be provided by a quartet of Harland Brown Walter Smith Robert Burns and Alan Van Wormer.
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Elyria Foremen's Club
Ed Bang
Cleveland
Harland Brown
Walter Smith
Robert Burns
Alan van Wormer
Hold Suspect In Torch Murder Near Marietta
Marietta April 5 Mike Smith known as crippled Mike was arrested as a suspect in a torch murder. A body was found on an abandoned farm near the Washington Monroe county line yesterday. Police say Smith lived on a houseboat on the Ohio river for a year and he allegedly admitted knowing details of a Wheeling gang murder last year, revealing intimate knowledge of yesterday's case.
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Marietta
Mike Smith
Mike
Es Farm
Washington-Monroe County
Smith
Ohio River
Wheeling
Stock Market Legislation On Program in Congress
Washington April 5 Speaker Henry T Rainey said stock market regulation is definitely on the legislative program this session He predicted the House might be ready to adjourn May 15
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Bulletin
Washington
Henry T. Rainey
Youths Encounter Huge Sea Monster Near Penzance Point
Penobscot tale from THOMAS G. RATCLIFFE describes Eric Warbasse and a companion in Great Harbor at Mass on April 3 as they spot and strike at a large sea creature described as a 30 foot long serpent with a tapered head and 3 foot diameter midsection. The pair, shocked yet curious, watch the creature submerge after a brief chase near a steamer wharf.
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Thomas G. Ratcliffe
United Press
Penzance Point
Mass
Eric Warbasse
Great Harbor
Eric
Wiliam Hulton
Dinner to defy superstition with Elyria Chamber event
Elyria Chamber of Commerce plans its annual dinner Friday April 13 at Hotel Newell. Morris Edwards of Washington DC, supervisor of district offices for the U S Chamber of Commerce, will speak on Congress and Your Business. Short annual reports to be presented. 6 30 p m start. open to all interested.
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Elyria
Congress
Morris
National Capital
Chamber
Untermyer Denounces Stock Market Measure Before Senate
On April 5 Samuel Untermyer, a Wall Street reform advocate, opposed the Fletcher Rayburn stock market control bill before the Senate Banking Committee. He cited 25 years of study in reform efforts and charged Lee Higginson and Company with a colossal swindle involving security holders of the Krueger and Toll properties.
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Washington
Samuel Untermyer
Wall Street
Fletcher-Rayburn
Senate Banking Committee
Untermyer
Lee Higginson and Company
Krueger and
Toll
Insull Receives Funds From London for Legal Fight
Samuel Insull, under extradition risk to the United States, receives £10,000 from London as lawyers press new grounds for appeal claiming illegal arrest and seeking bail. Reports from London say friends in Britain and backers in the United States are gathering funds to fund his defense if tried.
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Istanbull
Turkey
Samuel Insull
London
Insull
United States
Attorners
Supreme Appeals Court
Eskicher
The
Daily Telegraph
Great Britain
Mrs Roosevelt Visits Columbus for Tea and Address
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt arrives in Columbus on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to be hosted at tea by Miss Marty Louisa White, first lady of Ohio, from 4 to 8 PM. She will stay at the Neil House and is scheduled to speak at the Citizens Conference on the Crisis in Education Friday afternoon.
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Columbus. O
Franklin
Roosevelt
Marty Louisa White
Ohio
White
George White
State Mansion
Columbus
Baltimore and Ohio
Washington
Neil House
Theta’ Sizma Phi
Citizens’ Conference
Ohio House Delays Vote On Sales Tax Measure Today
In Columbus Ohio April 5 the House of Representatives did not vote on the 3 percent sales tax bill as debate opened. Rep Oakley Spaght argued for balanced taxation while defending the levy as shared government costs, with other tied measures discussed including the chain store license tax the Ward income tax and school program funding. The House adjourned at noon to resume this afternoon consideration of the program bills.
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Columbus
Ohio House of Representatives
Frank Cave
Ohio
House of Representatives
Oakley Spaght
Akron
O. Barr
Lima
Spaght
Ward
Gunsett-Roberts
Democrats
Caucus Sessions
White
Frank Aible
Cleveland
I. E. Ward
Geauga County
W. T. Roberts
Belmont County
House
Suspension of Hospital Head at Mendota State Hospital
A recommendation was sent to Gov. Albert G. Schmedeman to suspend Dr. M. K. Gree, superintendent of Mendota State Hospital for the Insane, along with his assistant and 26 employees, following an investigation into charges of patient abuse at the institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
M. K. Gree
Mendota State Hospital
Albert G. Schmedeman
Institutum
Murder Mystery Near London Marriage Ends In Death
Chief Inspector Pointer of Scotland Yard faces a puzzling case surrounding John Tait’s death in London streets shortly before his marriage. The tale unfolds with intriguing incidents and baffling twists as investigators seek truth behind the self-inflicted or external forces at play.
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Pointer
Scotland Yard
Jobn Tait
London
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P.T. A. Council
Ridgeville School
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Tax League
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Foremen’s Club
Harvard
Winnie
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Bill
Nigil
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