Production And Buying Habits Being Studied
A federal study on America’s production capacity and consumer spending patterns will sample 300000 average families to gauge spending and product demand. Led by Dr. Gardiner C. Means and Dr. Hildegarde Kneeland, the project spans New York, Chicago, six other cities, and rural areas. Roosevelt backs the effort and aims to guide economic policy. The results, compiled from 500000 families, will be published in June.
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Washington
America
National Resources Committee
Roosevelt
United States
New York
Chicago
Ohio
Columbus
New Philadelphia
Mt. Vernon
Resources Committee
Gardiner C. Means
Brookings Institution
National Survey
Hildegarde Kneeland
Bureau of Home Economics
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Relief Labor
Tle
White House
Hopkins States Policy on WPA Reductions
Administrator Harry L. Hopkins said WPA roll cuts must be justified by private reemployment. Roosevelt plans to revise the 1938 relief budget and proposes significantly reduced WPA expenditures to Congress next week.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress Administration
Roosevelt
Congress
Weather Summary for Ohio and Central States
Fair with frost tonight and Sunday sunshine with slightly warmer temperatures. High pressure centered over Manitoba and Louisiana governs the interior while a coastal low off New England and low western mountain pressure shape the broader pattern. Light snow flurries in the Ohio Valley with moderate Atlantic Coast precipitation from Cape Hatteras northward and on the North Pacific Coast. Temperatures remain below normal in the east with widespread freezing in Ohio. the northwest shows a trend toward warmth.
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Ohio
Manitoba
Louisiana
New England
Ohio Valley
Atlantic
Cape Hatteras
North Pacific
Northwest
Farm Women Council to Meet in Lorain County
Lorain County Farm Women's Home Council plans its spring quarter meeting at Mrs. J. H. Sheldon's home on Indian Hollow road near Grafton. Officers will be elected for the coming year and plans set for extension service projects and the Northeast Ohio District Home Council meeting at Elyria on June 18. Morning session at 10 o'clock will appoint a nominating committee and discuss goals for extension work.
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Lorain
P. E. Portman
Henrietta
E. C. Cotton
Elyria Township
J. J. Prindle
Rebels Face Heavy Losses At Dawn Assault North Of Madrid
Madrid April 10 Rebels suffered heavy losses when they attempted a dawn assault to break the Loyalist siege of Madrid. Insurgent waves in the El Pardo sector north of the city were repelled as Loyalists held new positions in the great park and advanced in eleven sectors to the south and west with aviation and artillery support.
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Copsright
United Press
Madrid
el Pardo
Great Park
Seek Settlement of Canadian Strike
Detroit April 10 Homer Martin UAW president arranged a conference with General Motors Corporation of Canada officials to settle a strike affecting 3700 workers at Oshawa Ontario. He said the US agreement ending a 44 day strike in GM plants may apply across the border.
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Detroit
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers Union
General Motors Corporation of Canada
Oshawa, Ont
Michigan
Martin
General Motors
United States
Sit-Downers Ejected From Davey's Office
Battered but defiant, about 350 members of the Ohio Workers' Alliance were ejected from Gov. Davey’s state house reception room after a three day sit down strike. They rallied reinforcements and pledged to press relief demands and no soup kitchens. Six were jailed after a clash with deputies and state house police as they refused to leave by the 5 p.m. deadline.
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Columbus, CO
Ohio Workers
W Alliance
Martin L. Davey
State House
Ben Gray
Cleveland
Short
Dynamic Alliance
Franklin County
Alliance
Daveur
John Carew
Caren
Carl Wahl
State House Police
Gray
Alliance Executive Committee
Ohio
See Sharp Battle In Judiciary Committee
Senate leaders forecast a sharp fight in the Senate Judiciary Committee over changes to Roosevelt’s plan to enlarge the Supreme Court. Administration backers and opponents unite in urging passage of the President’s bill as written, with edits expected during executive session later this month.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Administration
Committee
Carl A. Hatch
N. M
George McGill
Kan
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Wyo
Ford Plans Basic Wage of 10 a Day
Henry Ford hinted at higher wages for about 150000 workers as he attacked labor unions. He said Ford would demonstrate wages and production as the strike mess ends, using new methods for more skilled, higher pay and greater employment.
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Ways
Henry Ford
Ford Company
Ways Plantation
Ford
United Automobile Workers
General Motors
Chrysler
National Tube plant to cut open hearth furnaces next week
The Lorain National Tube Company plant will trim operations with one fewer open hearth furnace next week and the rail mill remaining idle. Four blast furnaces stay in operation while the Bessemer converter runs double turn. Several mills and skelp units will operate per the tentative schedule, which may change with orders.
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National Tube Company
Lorain
Bessemer
Skelp
Lapp
Scamlegs Mill
Tugboat Radiant Sinks. Seven Crewmen Missing
Seven men are missing after the tug Radiant sank in the Delaware River near Gibbs town New Jersey. DuPont employees rescued Captain Reuben Daisey and Engineer R Robertson, while officials report conflicting crew lists. The vessel carried an oil barge and went down with the bow and funnel above water.
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Philadelphia
Radiant
Delaware River
Gibbstown
N. J
DuPont Company
DuPont
Reuben Daisey
R. Robertson
DuPont Transportation Department
Robertson
Sheridan Company
Delaware
Gulf Refining Company
Girard Point
Bridgeton
Daisey
Real Estate Board Opposes Repeal of Tax Limitation
Elyria Lorain County Real Estate Board elected Z. J. Graber as president and re elected R. S. Griswold as secretary and treasurer. The group adopted a resolution opposing H. J. R. 48 to raise the tax limit from 10 to 15 mills, citing 62 tax-raising bills in the Ohio legislature.
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Elyria-Lorain County Real Estate Board
Elks
Z. J. Graber
Elyria
R. S. Griswold
J. W. Smith
Ohio State Real Estate Association
Columbus
Lorain County Board
Ohio
Smith
State Association
H. L. Johnson
Cleveland
Appeals Court Will Hear 28 Cases
The District Court of Appeals will hear 28 cases when it convenes on April 26. Included are two criminal appeals Tony Ciarcia of Cleveland for extortion and Joseph Gole for grand larceny. Other appeals involve Grafton village over a $5,737 verdict for services and the Elyria Eagles lodge over a $2,500 injury verdict for Charles Parker after an elevator accident.
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District Court of Appeals
Clerk of Courts
Tony Ciarcia
Frank DeFazio
Elyria
Ciarcia
Grafton
Herschel G. Holland
R. W. Vandemark
Frederick Robinson
Cleveland
Elyria Eagles Lodge
Charles Parker
Parker
Eagles Club
Spring Cleanup To Start On Monday On East Side
East Side residents are warned to place rubbish at the curb or alley for free city pickup next week. Crews begin Monday in the Abbe road and Cleveland street area, moving north of the New York Central tracks, with others completing the East Side in sequence.
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East Side
Abbe Road
Cleveland Street
New York Central
J. D. Faxon
Health Day To Be Observed In Lorain County Schools
Preparations for Health Day in Lorain County schools focus on April 30 or May 7. C. A. Gibbons, county superintendent, says principals and teachers were told by the State Department of Education and Health to observe the day, with materials provided by the State Health Department.
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Lorain County
C. A. Gibbons
State Department of Education
State Department of Health
Oshawa GM plant strikers permit trucks after mayor’s appeal
Oshawa Ontario April 10 striking workers at General Motors Canada plant allow about 100 employees to enter the parts and service unit after Mayor Alex Hall and union organizer Hugh Thompson intercede. Police and mayor warned against blocking highways as 1,000 pickets eye the entrance at gate E.
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Oshawa
Ont
General Motors
Alex Hall
Hugh Thompson
Toronto
Mp&pp
General Motors Corporation of Canada
United Automobile Workers Union
Parts and Service Department
Parts Department
Wickens Surprises Probation Hearing in Wellington Case
Clarence McDaniels 19 of Wellington faced a surprise at a probation hearing when Assistant Prosecutor William Wickens introduced testimony about a forged check attempt while on bond. McDaniels and Walter Anderson were indicted for taking Rolland S. West's car on January 21. Anderson has probation, McDaniels denies forging the check. The Y M C A secretary testified about the Cleveland check in the name of K O Townsend, former stepfather of the defendant, and the judge adjourned the hearing to next Saturday for corroborating evidence.
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Clarence McDaniels
Wellington
William Wickens
McDaniels
Cleveland
MecDaniels
Walter Anderson
Rolland S. West
Anderson
Wickens
Cook
K. O. Townsend
Wellington Bank
Townsend
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International Labor Defense
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Montgomery County Workers’ Alliance
Judiciary Committee
Chronicle-Telegram
Dayton Daily News
Ohio Circulation Managers Association
Dayton
Keefe Brassell
Melvin Clapp
International Circulation Managers’ Association
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Yard
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Edsel
National Tube
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