Oberlin seeks halt on 250000 light bonds sale
A suit filed in common pleas court seeks to restrain Oberlin from accepting bids for 250000 dollars of municipal light plant bonds set for April 14. Charles R. Summers leads the suit alleging illegal dual purpose in the bond legislation. A hearing before Judge A R Webber is scheduled tomorrow. Harold Burton to represent the village. Mayor Earl Morris confirms the legal action and notes prior failed talks with Ohio Electric Power Co. voters approved the bond issue at the last election.
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Oberlin
Common Pleas
Charles R. Summers
L. A. Sears
Beulah Feakins
A. R. Webber
Harold Burton
Cleveland Law
Earl Morris
Ohio Electric Power Company
Prices rise as Chicago wheat pits heat up
The Chicago wheat market roared higher with May at the lower 13 8 to 15 8 cent gains and July to September at the higher levels. After a brief dip from a September peak near 62 1 2 cents, buying renewed and prices edged up while corn showed small losses.
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Chicago
Rotary Dinner Show Delights Elyria Group
Elyria Rotary Club at the Elks Club hosted a father son and daughter dinner with D A Baird chairing and Lawrence Webber assisting. Wayne Garland's orchestra provided music with solos and instrumental acts as college students joined the turnout for the spring vacation period.
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Elyria
Edwin Wright
Don Marsh
James Agate
Leonard McDaniels
Junior Haylor
Consideration of Mortgage Bill Begins in House
Washington April 11 House Democrats moved a special rule to assure passage of Roosevelt's 2 billion Farm Mortgage Relief Bill without amendment. Hillsboro Ohio April 11 Highland county petty juror fees cut from 3 to 2 by Common Pleas Judge Craig McBride.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Hillsboro
Highland County
Common Pleas
Craig McBride
Ohio Weather Forecast Clouds and Rain East Portion
Ohio forecast calls for cloudy cooler conditions with rain in the extreme east tonight. Wednesday turns fair and cooler in the far east.
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Ohio
National League of Women Voters Council Meet in Washington
The general council of the National League of Women Voters convenes in Washington D C from April 25 to 27. President Miss Belle Sherwin will preside with executive vice president Mrs Henry Grattan Doyle and secretary Mrs Quincy Wright assisting. Mrs Edward Carter of New York chairs the planning committee.
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National League of Women Voters
Washington, D. C
Belle Sherwin
Henry Grattan Doyle
Washington
Quincy Wright
Chicago
Edward Carter
New York
League studies cost of government via county employee survey
The Lorain Tax League, Inc. announced a questionnaire aimed at collecting data on every county employee. It asks marital status salary in 1932 job skill level work importance and whether relatives also work for the public sector.
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Lorain Tax League, Inc
League
William E. Ashbolt
The
Near Showdown on Inflation in Roosevelt Era Battle
Washington faces a likely week long clash over inflation with President Roosevelt's leadership tested. Senator Borah of Idaho pushes a 2 billion dollar currency expansion tied to farm mortgage bonds, while Senator Thomas of Oklahoma backs silver purchases and other moves. House Democrats plan to tighten rules to require 18 votes to force a bill from committee, limiting administration power.
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Washington
Roosevelt
William E. Borah
Idaho
Borah
Thomas Democrat
Okla
Senate
House Democrats
House
Three Men Marooned On Ice Floes Near Lake Superior
Three fishermen Hal Beach and brothers Allie and Charles Baker were reported adrift on two ice floes in Whitefish Bay drifting toward Lake Superior. Lighthouse keeper E C Byrnes sighted them and coast guards planned a rescue from Dollar Settlement as wind pushed the floes farther from shore.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Whitefish Bay
Lake Superior
Hal Beach
Allie
Charles Baker
Cedarville
Midh
E. C. Byrnes
Iroquois Island
Coast Guards
Dollar Settlement
Mayor to Confer With Relief Board Over City Commission
Mayor W. H. Van Oster plans a morning conference with the county relief commission to decide on a new chairman for the city relief commission. Frank Wilford resigned as Elyria relief chairman effective April 15, citing insufficient time for summer relief duties.
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W. H. van Oster
County Relief Commission
City Relief Commission
Frank Wilford
Elyria Relief Commission
Two Pleas of Guilty Before Judge Webber
Two pleas of guilty were entered in common pleas court before Judge A. R. Webber. Robert Waitfield Lorain admitted breaking into a garage and stealing a fire worth 10 dollars, receiving an indeterminate term at Mansfield reformatory. H. G. Klermund Oberlin pleaded guilty to misrepresenting the motor number in a motor vehicle bill of sale and was fined 59 dollars plus costs.
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Common Pleas
A. R. Webber
Robert Waitfield
Lorain
Mansfield Reformatory
H. G. Klermund Oberlin
David Grear
Eddie Nixon
Sam Petroff
Union Savings and Loan Company
John Black
Michael
Martha Lipinski
John Holoback
Charles McDaniels
Hydoplane Disaster Drowns Five French Sailors
Five crew members of a French hydroplane were drowned when the aircraft plunged into Etang de Berre near Marseilles today. The incident occurred during routine operations.
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Marseilles
France
Etang de Berre
Middletown Doctor W M Warner Dies at 64
Dr. W M Warner a Middletown city commissioner dies at 64 after a five month illness. He practiced medicine in Middletown for 21 years and was active in civic and fraternal affairs.
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Middletown
W. M. Warner
Warner
Depositors to Meet in Elyria City Hall Tonight
Depositors of Elyria’s three banks under restrictions are urged to attend a 7:50 P M meeting in city hall council chambers. The gathering, called by H B Irvin, aims to form a permanent depositors organization to guard their interests and assist the city during the banking emergency. All depositors are urged to participate in the first general meeting.
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Elyria
City Hall
H. B. Irvin
Depositors Committee
Electric League Sets Meeting on Wednesday in Lorain
A general meeting of the Lorain County Electric League will be held in the council chambers Wednesday at 7 30 P M to discuss electric rates. Mayor Joseph Conley, the league chair, announced the gathering and T O Kennedy of Ohio Public Service Company may attend. The league aims to present its newly adopted rate schedules to Kennedy.
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Lorain
Tax Commission Extends Tax Return Deadline
The state Tax Commission warns that all tangible property must be listed by April 15 to avoid a 50 percent penalty. Business property, stocks, bonds, farm tools and similar items must be filed with the county auditor. extension from March 31 to April 15 adds cost to the state and counties. Assessor C. A. Phinney reports about 8,000 of 10,000 returns completed.
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State Tax Commission
Tax Commission
Conservators Report Progress On Elyria Banks Recovery
Conservators in charge of Elyria Savings and Trust Co and Savings Deposit Bank and Trust Co with Lo rain County Savings and Trust Co officials advance plans to reopen banks. T O McEldowney from the State Banking Department visits Elyria as depositors prepare for a public meeting at City Council Chamber. The conservators explain their role to conserve assets, accept new deposits only in trust or government bonds, and withhold pre holiday deposits and new loans until liquidity improves. The aim is safe, efficient resumption of normal banking services with eventual withdrawal of restrictions.
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Elyria Savings and Trust Co
Savings Deposit Bank and Trust Co
Lorain County Savings and Trust Co
A. J. Robinson
J. B. Seward
State Banking Department
I. J. Fulton
T. O. McEldowney
Elyria
McEldowney
City Council Chamber
Chronicle-Telegram
United States
Wiield
Ohio State Banking Department
Old Timers at Lorain Tube Plant Plan April 20 Banquet
The Lorain plant of National Tube celebrates its thirty eighth anniversary with an Old Timers banquet on Thursday April 20 at 6 30 P M in the plant restaurant. Invitations go to Johnson Company pensioners and long time U S Steel employees plus their wives seating is limited and tickets must be reserved by Monday night through Ira Wissinger at his Lorain Pearl Avenue store.
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Lorain
National Tube Company
Old Johnson Company
U. S. Steel Corporation
Ira Wissinger
Elyria
Pearl Avenue
Kiwanians to Hear Cleveland Engineer on City Planning
CG. E. Conley chief engineer of the Cleveland City Planning department will address the Elyria Kiwanis at the Hotel Newell at noon Thursday. He is set to speak on City Planning and Zoning.
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CG. E. Conley
Cleveland City Planning Department
Elyria Kiwanis Club
Newell
Cleveland Banks Show Large Unsecured Loans Amid Conservator Reports
Conservators in Cleveland released statements on the Guardian Trust and Union Trust showing unsecured demand loans totaling about 35.4 million and 2.2 million respectively, with notes and bills another 14.1 million. Asset reviews underway as depositors’ committee and a state senate bank practices panel prepare to act.
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Cleveland
Guardian Trust Company
Union Trust Company
Guardian
Sidney B. Congdon
Oscar L. Cox
Union Trust
First National Bank
Cox
Senate
L. L. Marshall
Columbus
Guardian Trust
Enin
Congdon
Consdon
Western Reserve Mortgage Company
Clearing House
Attorney and ex congressman Ogden dies in Louisville
Louisvilles April 11 Ubi Charles F Ogden attorney and Republican congressman who served this district from 1919 to 1923 died here yesterday at an advanced age.
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Louisville
Ubi
Charles F. Ogden
Testimony of Wiley on Akron emergency action before naval court
Lieut Commander H V Wiley testified at the naval court of inquiry in New Jersey that swiveling propellers were not used to save the Akron as it fell. He said tilting props could help but depended on conditions and time, and that the ship was in fine structural condition despite prior damage.
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Naval Air Station
N. J
Naval Court of Inquiry
H. V. Wiley
Ralph G. Pennoyer
Wiley
Legion Speaker To Discuss Wickersham Report Unpublished Parts
Ralph Newman Cleveland attorney will speak at the American Legion Home tonight about removing whitewash from unpublished portions of the Wickersham report. He will explain sections deemed unimportant yet described as loaded with dynamite. A large Legion turnout and public access are expected.
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Wickersham
The
American Legion
Legion Home
Ralph Newman
Cleveland
Legion
Wickersham Committee
Norris Plans U S Senate Bill for Tennessee Valley Authority
Senator Norris unveiled a bill to create the Tennessee Valley Authority to operate the Muscle Shoals dam and nitrate plants and oversee flood control navigation power generation and agricultural use in the Tennessee Basin. President Roosevelt supports the plan and would urge related legislation, with broad powers for fertilizer production and military and civilian uses.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Norris
Great Alabama
South
Nortis
White House
Roosevelt
Congress
Tennessee Valley Authority
Muscle Shoals
Sheffield
Ala
Cove Creek
Clinch River
Tennessee
Tennessee River Authority
War and Navy Departments
War Department
Senate to act on five day week bill in April fight
Secretary Frances Perkins likely to reveal Roosevelt views as Senate weighs the Black Five Day Week bill aimed at expanding employment. Senator Black predicts Senate support while Senator Trammell seeks a reconsideration to attach a foreign labor embargo. Black calls the amendment unworkable.
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Washington
Frances Perkins
House Labor Committee
Senate
Miss Perkins
Roosevelt
Rainey
House
Senator Black
Alabama
Trammell
Florida
Black
United Press
Black Sah
Hatfield
West Virginia
Goering Named Premier of Berlin by Hitler
Adolf Hitler named Hermann Goering as Premier of Berlin in an unofficial report dated April 11, establishing his political leadership in the capital as the Nazi regime consolidates power.
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Goering
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Mann Goering
Ehied
Preesta
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