War enters United States with Germany in 1917
On April 2 1917 President Wilson asked Congress for war against Germany. The Senate and House passed the declaration, signed April 6, paving U.S. entry into World War I. The Navy seized German ships, wireless stations came under Navy control, and Hoover began leading the Food Committee. National Guard units Mobilized, a 5.0 billion war loan approved, Mongolia fired the first American shot, and drafts expanded the Regular Army to 287 000 with calls for a 1 000 000 man army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Congress
Senate
House
United States
Germany
Navy
Herbert C. Hoover
Mongolia
England
Rural Women Club to Re-cane Chairs at April Meeting
Eaton section Rural Women's Club plans a chair re-caning project at the April 7 meeting hosted by Mrs. A. B. Martin. Cane supply will be available and work starts at 10 30 a m. Members and guests from the community or nearby areas are welcome. Bring chair and a tureen for dinner. A brief business session follows in the afternoon.
Glamorous Costume Wins Get Acquainted Day Honor
Mrs Rose Gulgin won top honors for the most glamorous costume at the Get Acquainted Day gathering for farm women in Elyria on Tuesday. She wore a costume she made in Roumania as a girl, fashioned from sheer white material embroidered all over.
Local Social and Family News From Eaton Township
Twenty three ladies attended a fine design gathering with gold thread in Eaton Township. Several residents visited, hosted dinners shared among families, and many illness cases noted including the Eliza Reisinger family amid flu. The soil conservation committee led a 1937 plan briefing at the town hall with follow up on farm schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eaton Township
Russell Carpenter
Columbia
R. H. Durkee
George Harrison
Alfred Stumpf
Jack
Russell Niederlein
Cleveland
Soil Conservation Committee
Elmer Fullmer
Lee Walkden
Nova
W. R. Hawke Ace
Monay
Book reviews headline Ladies' Aid meeting at Terrell home
Mrs. Le roy Shirkey will present two Pearl Buck book reviews at the Ladies' Aid meeting at Mrs. Lee Terrell's home on Thursday April eighth. The works are The Exile about Buck's mother and The White Angel about her father. A seed and bulk exchange will also occur with seeds brought for sale to fund the Sunshine Treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Shirkey
Ladies’ Aid
Lee Terrell
Pearl Buck
Hfe
Sunshine Treasury
Evangelistic Meetings Draw Crowds as 13 Baptized
Pre-Easter week services reported strong attendance with about 200 in Bible School. Thirteen individuals responded to the gospel and were baptized Sunday evening. Loyalist campaign signs up for ten weeks. Flowers from services distributed to the sick. Plans underway for a school auditorium presentation of St. Claudia by Elyria Church of Christ youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bible School
St. Claudia
Elyria
Robert Jameson Sr Prepares Vessel for Summer Lake Run
Robert Jameson Sr travels to Lorain to ready the vessel for the summer boating season. He serves as assistant engineer aboard the lake freighter Mrs. E. M. Hathaway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Jameson Sr
Lorain
Social News and Local Visits From Across Town
Blanche Tite and Mrs. Clarence Cowley visited Bay Village with Mrs. George Schmidt while John Rule and relatives traveled to Green Springs. Mrs. A T Brightman of Cuyahoga Falls spent Friday with her mother Mrs. Cornish. A new dairy barn wall is being laid at the State farm with base ment storage planned. Terry of Mansfield reform school oversees construction. Miss Mary Caixing dies March 31 at Gallipolis State Hospital after twenty years confinement. funeral at Gallipolis with interment beside her sister.
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Blanche Tite
Clarence Cowley
West View
George Schmidt
Bay Village
John Rule
Miss Marian
Jack
Green Springs
A.T Brightman
Cuyahoga Falls
Marie Cornish
Terry
Mansfield Reformatory
Mary Caixing
Gallipolis State Hospital
Nn Calkins
Addies
Gallipolis
Wakeman Red Caps Erect 10 Foot Fence at Park
Wakeman’s Red Caps are building a 10 ft 4 in fence around their baseball park and plan all night games this season. A Garden Club meeting at Cooper Street hosted by Mrs. C. H. McMann featured talks on nature and garden plants.
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Red Caps
C. H. McMann
Garden Club
Cooper Street
Roll Call
Robert Gerber
Beerbower
C. S. Clark, Jr
Hollywood Musings on Stars and Savings in 1937
A Patrick McNaught Syndicate column notes gossip snippets about Jimmie Fidler’s Hollywood musings. It covers actors like Fred MacMurray, Sally Eilers, Lee Tracy, and Jack Oakie, plus industry observations on incomes, dieting, and audience reactions, with Gracie Allen quipping about theater goers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Oakie
Cary Grant
Jack
Gracie Allen
McNaught Syndicate
April meeting set at River Street home
Dainty refreshments were served by the hostess with Mrs. Beerbower and Mrs. Elmer Beecher assisting. The April meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. F. E. Eastman on River Street. Mrs. C. S. Clark Sr. attends the 38th State Conference in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beerbower
Elmer Beecher
F. EE. Eastman
River Street
C. S. Clark, Sr
Columbus
W. J. Benson
Raymond Shinsky
Florence
H. Brumby
PWA Apartments Draw 1912 Applications for 1016 Units
Od Harbor Village in South Boston draws 1912 written applications for 1016 housing units, though the development opens next winter. Authorities note the strong demand from local families seeking PWA housing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PWA Apartments
Boston
Od Harbor Village
PWA
Fugitive Bride Follows Star Crossed Wedding Plot
Martha Halliday flees a betrothed wedding to Nick Garnett and hides in a resort hotel where she waits tables. She encounters dancer Nita Lombard and discovers Nick plans to meet Nita, triggering jealousy and a perilous escape as a storm looms. She contemplates escaping with two departing strangers in hopes of a fresh start.
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Martha Halliday
Nick Garnett
Plasboy
Momker
Nils Lombard
Martha
Oakville
Nita
Nick
Artha
Nita Lombard
Anna
Anne
McAetha
Oakvile Hotel
Examiners to Aid Vendors in Filing Tax Reports
Examiners will assist vendors in filing quarterly sales tax returns free of charge. New forms may require payment of any apparent deficiency. Examiner Baxter Sharp will be at the Courthouse on April 6 7 18 14 15, at La Grange April 6, at Grafton April 9, Wellington April 9 and 14, Oberlin April 13. Returns are due by April 15.
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R. ©. Perrott
Ninth District
Baxter Sharp
la Grange
Grafton
Wellington
Oberlin
West Ridge Honor Roll Half-Year 9 Weeks List
West Ridge honors list for the third nine weeks with students achieving at least a 90 percent average. Fifth grader Steve Toth is named. sixth graders include Patricia Fouil, Virginia Simms and Jack Wilford. seventh grader Judith is mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Ridge
Steve Toth
Patricia Fuowl
Virginia Simms
Jack Wilford
Judith
Local Students Named in 5th Grade Class Roster
Kirk, Warren Lauer, Virginia Supple, and Helen Soules join Jane Mason in the fifth grade roster amid school announcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirk
Warren Lauer
Virginia Supple
Helen Soules
Th Grade
Jane Mason
Carlisle Grange to hold regular meeting on Oberlin road
Carlisle Grange will meet at their hall on the Oberlin road Tuesday evening April 6. The Four-H Club plans a Thursday April 8 reorganization with mothers as guests and Miss Marian Lauer as hostess.
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Carlisle Grange
Oberlin Road
John Simms
Edith McClarren
Galion
Ohio
Marian Lauer
Emma Shauver
Russell
Maxine
Peters
Loretta
Lorain
Henry Shauver
Marjorie Pitcock
Murray Ridge
Shauver
Charles Schaible
West Ridge
B. O. Pope
Theodore Grills
Cornelius Smith
Edison Highway
John Miskow
Minnie Hostettler
B. QO. Pope
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Champ Clark
Marshall
Jeese
Sole Diery
Washington Navy Yard
Uncle Sam
National Guard
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Rural Women's Club
Drogrists
George Cornish
Jack Lyon
Chester Carpenter
Ethel Hoskin
Earl Tite
J. A. Tite
LaVerne Hawke
Nelson
Ivan Wahl
Nankin
W.R Hawke
David Sampson
Arthur Hawke
Louis Munn
Clarence Dyke
Kenneth Crowell
Albion, Pa
B. A. Martin
B. M. Crowell
Clyde Crowell
Henry
Albion
Pennsylvania
Cleon Crowell
Winifred Hills
Frank Mills
Lottie Munn
Lake Erie College
Painesville
Earl Hawke
W. R. Hawke
Pete Guigin
Kent College
Florida
Schroll
IO Review Books
Wakeman
Jimmie Fidler
Hollywood
George Raft
Nelson Eddy
Barbara Stanwyck
Martha Ray
Garbo
Grandma
Charlie Chan
ZaSu Pitts
Boris Karloff
Gene Raymond
Joe E. Brown
Oliver
Babe” Hardy
Andy Devine
Dick Powell
Gladys Swarthout
John Boles
Harold Lloyd
Fred MacMurray
Fred
MacMurray
Mac
Sally Eilers
Universal * Studio
Holly Wood
Lee Tracy
Lee
Isabel Jewell
Tit
Fugitive Bride
Ruth Louise Ayers
Wenn
Se Mech
Retvete
Pal
Col.lect
Broadway
Gould
Tego
Dr. Pierce
Dr Pierce
Ady
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