Plans To Rebuild Storm Torn Cities
United Press reports federal, state, and local authorities outline plans to rebuild Gainesville Georgia and Tupelo Mississippi after devastating tornadoes. Debris removal, model city concepts, and rapid housing efforts proceed with WPA and emergency funds guiding reconstruction.
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United Press Federal
Gainesville
Tupelo
Miss
Anglet
Morkmen
Red Cross
Ville
Arkansas
South Carolina
Alabama
Tennessee
WPA
Roosevelt
Mississippi
Georgia
National Emergency Council
Works Progress Administration
Tennessee Valley” Authority
EVA
RE F. Peonard
Norris
Tenn
Earl Draper
M. J. Miller
Democrats Hold Busy Meeting at Hotel Xeweil
Elsra Democratic precinct committeemen and booth workers gathered at Hotel Xeweil to review unregistered voters ahead of the coming primary. They will contact those voters before the Monday April 13 registration deadline. William M. France, head of the Lorain County Old Age Pension Office, explained the law and answered questions.
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Elsra
Democratic
Booth
Hotel Xeweil
William M. France
Lorain County
France
Italy says it shipped poison gas via Suez to Ethiopia
In Geneva on April 9 Italy announced to the League Council committee that 200 tons of poison gas had been shipped to Ethiopia through the Suez Canal. British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden disclosed the claim at the meeting.
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Geneva
Italy
Ethiopia
Suez Canal
Anthony Eden
League Council
Weather update for Ohio shows rain tonight and Friday
Occasional rain is forecast for Ohio tonight and Friday with little temperature change. The brief advisory notes a steady pattern and minimal variation.
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Ohio
Italians Begin Drive Toward Dessre
Italian forces launch a grand scale operation across four caravan routes from Lake Ashangi to Lake Tana aiming for Dessre and Addis Ababa. Five divisions plus corps and a flying column push toward central Ethiopia as Mussolini seeks to annihilate Haile Selassie’s army, with 100000 workers building supply routes behind the lines.
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Rome
Emperor Haile Selassie
Dessre
Haile Selassie
Addis Ababa
Lake Ashanzi
Lake Tana
Asmara
Italian Eritrea
Lake Ashangi
Third Army
Socota
Marthais Pistro Badoglio
Italy
Ethiopia
Sakanda
Korem
Echansi
Mondar
Magdala
Dessye
Third
Gondar
Tana
Jijiga
Harar
Rodolfo Graziani
Benito Mussolini
League of Nations
Bricker asks probe into state employee political contributions
Ohio Attorney General John W. Bricker asked the state civil service commission to investigate reports that classified civil service workers are being pressed to contribute to political campaign funds. He also sent copies to prosecutive attorneys to pursue offenses and cited penalties including fines, imprisonment, and disqualification from office. Four complaints have been received by the commission, three unsigned.
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Bricker
Columbus
John W. Bricker
State Civil Service Commission
Ohio
Civil Service Commission
Attorney Generals
Highway Department
Commission
Suli
Attorney General's Department
Eenersi
Hincker
Carey
Fic
Brieker
Ralph Emmons
W. B. Francis
Lower Rate On Insurance Aims Of Faxon Plan
Elyria city aims to cut insurance costs through improvements directed by Safety Service Director D. Faxon. Major item is a new 2000 gallon gasoline tank and outside pump at Central Fire Station to lower fire hazard, with other upgrades at the sewage treatment plant, Waterworks pumping station, and city barns. Final savings await post completion survey.
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Elyria City
Safety Service
D. Faxon
Central Fire Station
W. XN. Bates
Faxon
Re Waternoras
Former Local Man Killed In Accident At Gibsonburg Plant
Arthur C. Clark, 54, a former resident of Gration Elyria and North Ridgeville, died yesterday afternoon in an accident at the Gibsonburg Ohio sume plant where he worked. He had moved to Gibsonburg seven years ago and previously worked for Eisria Enameled Products Company in Bisria. He was the son of the late L D and Fannie Clark, and his death is the first among nine siblings. He is survived by his wife and six children Edgar Lyle John Alen and Charles Ellen. Eight surviving brothers and sisters include John Clark of Grafton Albert Clark of Buchanan Michigan Mrs W F Stapleton of Lorain Mrs E Kilgore of Greenwich Mrs W C Burr of Pasadena California Mrs U S Rourkes, Marie Clark and Claude Clark. Funeral services will be held Saturday at Vehs Funeral in Gibsonburg with burial there.
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Arthur C. Clark
Gration
Elyria
North Ridgeville
Gibsonburz
Ohio
Sume
Bisria
Eisria Enameleds Products Company
L.D
Fannie Clark
Mr. Clark
Edgar
Lyle John
Alen
Jhome
Charles
Ellen
John Clark
Grafton
Albert Clark
Buchanan
Michigan
W. F. Stapleton
Lorain
E. Kilgore
Greenwich
W. C. Burr
Pasadena
California
U. S
Sartor Proposes Postal Service Improvements in Elyria
Elyria postmaster Charles J. Sartor urges residents to aid the mail system during his first month in office since March 16. He cites small mail boxes and multi family delivery as key issues, noting substitutes on 40 hour routes complicate box locations, and urges address changes be clearly posted during spring moves.
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Sartor
Elynans
Elrria
Examiner Reports On Carlisle Township Funds Misallocation
State Examiner A M Hares detailed a Carlisle township audit covering 1954 to 1935 finding 359 pounds of road funds charged to the general fund. Deposits on March 11 1936 totaled 16818 dollars while the 1934 335 trustees’ appropriation ledger was misplaced. George W Hobson requested the examination after P W Bruce resigned due to ill health.
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A. M. Hares
Carlisle
George W. Hobson
P. W. Bruce
Elections Office Open Until Nine O Clock
The Lorain County Board of Elections office in Elyria Savings and Trust Building will stay open until 9 p.m. on Saturday and Monday to assist voters. Deputy clerk S. H. Waite announced the extended hours. Voters who changed address or who are not yet registered must register to be eligible for the May 12 primaries. The office opens daily at 8:2 a.m.
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Elyria
Lorain
Sheep Killed by Three Dogs at Murray Ridge Farm
Early morning report from Dog Warden Lee Minkler details three dogs attacking on the F C and L H Eldred farm on Murray Ridge. Two sheep were killed and several injured as the dogs crowded a watering trough, one sheep drowning. Eldred fired at one dog to deter the others, which fled and were being hunted.
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F.C
L. H. Eldred
Murray Ridge
Lee Minkler
Barnare
J. H. Eldred
Minkler
Faught
Eldred
Wherry Funeral Service Set for Friday in Cleveland
Funeral services for Dr John G. Wherry will be held Friday at 2 PM from his home 230 Obie Street. Dean Thomas W. Graham of Oberlin College will officiate and burial will be in Ridgelawn Cemetery. Dr Wherry, who died Monday night, is survived by his wife Mary Willard Wherry, a son John a Oberlin College senior, and two sisters Maude and Jeanette Wherry of Cleveland. The body is to be moved from Studio Funeral Home to the late home this afternoon for viewing.
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John G. Wherry
Obie Street
Thomas W. Graham
Oberlin ‘College
Ridgelawn
Wherry
Mary Willard Wherry
John
Oberlin College
Accident Fatal To Former Elyria Man
Former Elyria resident Harry E. Lawrence, 33, a television engineer for National Broadcasting, was electrocuted in New York City at the Empire State Building while working with a charged condenser. Despite first aid and a doctor’s efforts, Lawrence died when 2000 to 5900 volts passed through his body. He had lived most of his life in Elyria, studied at Elyria High and Union College, and previously worked as a marine radio operator for RCA. His widow is Margaret Holdredge of Youngstown, with a six week old son Richard, and a brother Thomas survives. Funeral arrangements were not yet announced.
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New York City
Harry E. Lawrence
Lawrence
National Broadcasting Company
Empire State Building
Mr. Lawrence
Fred A. Lawrence
Cascade Street
Elyria
Elyria High School
Mr. Union College
Alliance
Radio Corporation of America
Great Lakes
New York
WEAF
T. J. Buzarski
R. C. A. Manufacturing Corporation
Camden
NS. I
Empire State
Tisma
Margaret Holdredge
Youngstown
Richard
Thomas
Lewisbug
Pennsylvania
Radio Engineers
President views storm ruins in Georgia aftermath
President Roosevelt toured Warm Springs Georgia observing flood damaged fields along his train route to Washington after nearly three weeks cruising and fishing in southern waters. He arrived at 9 a.m. and witnessed the tornado devastation during the transit through swollen streams.
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Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Georgia
Washington
Taxes and Relief Shape Up For Campaign Issues
Washington reports that taxes and relief measures dominate Congress and will influence the upcoming presidential campaign. President Roosevelt’s 799 million tax plan faces fierce partizan clash as House Ways and Means hammers it to fund farm aid and soldiers’ bonus while Appropriations weighs a 1.5009 billion work relief request. Democratic leaders anticipate passage in amended form amid Republican opposition and looming floor battles.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
House
Ways and Means
Harry Hopkins
Appropriations Committee
Supreme Court privacy ruling echoes New Deal era debate
In Washington April the Supreme Court limited SEC power to compel testimony on a withdrawn securities registration. The decision is framed as a political issue amid post New Deal reforms, with Alice Longworth noting the ruling may protect citizen privacy against government overreach.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Securities and Exchange Commission
Sixteen Year Old Heroine Rescues Orphans From Fire
A fifteen-year-old girl credited with saving 155 orphan children ranging from 2 to 16 years old during a morning blaze at St. Aloysius Orphanage in Cincinnati. Rose Mary Wurzelbacher sounded the alarm and helped marshal evacuees as debris and smoke blocked exits, with high school students aiding in evacuation before firefighters arrived.
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Cincinnati
St. Aloysius Orphanage
Rose Mary Wurzelbacher
King Edward VII Revives Ancient Maundy Custom at Westminster
At Westminster Abbey King Edward VII personally distributed Maundy money to forty two poor men and forty two poor women on Maundy Thursday. The ceremony included a parade by Yeomen of the Guard in medieval dress, prayers for the king's generosity, and gifts of silver Maundy money plus fifty shillings to each man and thirty five shillings to each woman. The oldest recipient was a 31 year old woman.
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London
Edward VII
Westiminister Abbey
Great Britain
George
Mary
Heaven
Edward
Minizs
Kire
Prince of Wales
County Granted Funds For February Veteran Costs
The state relief commission approved 1709 dollars for Lorain County as its February share of veteran costs under the Metzenbaum relief tax.
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New State Relief Commission
Lorain County
Play Ball Promises Season Start With Radio Advertisers
A want ad page urges readers to shop for radios or service needs and highlights attractive boys and dependable firms offering guaranteed service for the new season.
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Heart of
fAcme Phoie
Carlisle Two
Elections Board
Thomas Parran, Sr
United States Public Health Service
Thomas Parran, Jr
Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau, Jr
Parran
Bulletin
Alice Longworth
McNaught Syndicate
Lac
Tonz
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