Roosevelt to Address Nation on Relief Program and Fireside Chat
President Roosevelt pauses major engagements to draft a relief message to Congress and a fireside chat. He plans a 4.5 billion dollar program split between public works, relief, and business lending, with a chat possible Thursday night. Announcement follows days of relief and spending agency meetings and congressional briefings.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Stephen ‘T. Early
Exchange Club Returns To Elyria
Elyria sees the revival of the Exchange Club after nine years with the formation of the Elyria National Exchange Club at a Noon meeting in the Graystone Hotel. Merriman serves as preliminary president with Dr. Novatney as vice president and Mark Byers as secretary, while Arthur J. Robinson acts as treasurer. A charter presentation is expected in about three weeks as officers and board members are named and recruitment continues.
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Elyria
Graystone
Elyria National Exchange Club
Exchange Club
Plub
Elvic
Harry J. Gould
National Exchange Club
Merriman
Harvey W. Merriman
R. C. Novatney
Mark T. Byers
Arthur J. Robinson
Board of Control
A. J. Lehman
Henry G. Peat
T. D. Welsh
Will J. Foster
Carl W. Wagner
Carl L. Taylor
Robinson
Peat
Ohio Weather Outlook For Tonight Through Wednesday
Mostly cloudy tonight or Wednesday with probable showers near Lake Erie and cooler readings in the northeast. Pressure remains high across central and eastern states while a low lies over the western states from the northern plains to Utah. Light rain has fallen along the North Pacific coast and scattered showers extend from Saskatchewan to Quebec. Temperatures are several degrees higher this morning but colder in the northern lake region.
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Ohio
Lake Erie
South Atlantic
Ontario
Plains
Utah
North Pacific
Saskatchewan
Quebec
Lake
Republicans to Hear Hamilton in Sandusky Dinner
Local Republicans announce a Sandusky dinner Monday April 25 with John D. M. Hamilton RNC chairman as principal speaker. Dudley White congressman from the 13th district and John W. Bricker governor candidate join, with Frank A. Stetson coordinating tickets. Dinner set for 6:30 at Sandusky Junior Mish School building.
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Hamilton
Sandusky
John D. M. Hamilton
Republican National Committee
W. J. O'Brien
R. T. Rogers
Erie County
Republican Committee
Lorain County
Dudley White
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Frank A. Stetson
Rkepublican Executive Committee
Mather
Sandusky Junior
Board Defers Action On Annexation
New figures on the financial phase of the Murray Ridge annexation to the Elyria City School District were presented to the Elyria Board of Education by Superintendent R. C. Maston. The board deferred action at the request of Murray Ridge spokesman Mrs. Elmer Beal, scheduling a further special session for April 25. Estimates show the costs likely outweigh revenue, with net gain from annexation shrinking to about 5,460 dollars and annual operating costs at Murray Ridge projected higher than the expected income.
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Murray Ridge
Elyria City
Elyria Board of Education
R. C. Maston
Elmer Beal
Murray Ridge Group
Murray Ridge Committee
Maston
Elyria
Elyria High School
Prepare For Annual Enumeration In Elyria Schools
Elyria Board of Education authorized the Elyria Council of Parent Teacher Associations to conduct the annual school enumeration for 1650 dollars, the amount paid in recent years when council workers handled it. Funds support stay at home vacation camps. board to decide new arrangements at May meeting if PTA council opts out.
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Elyria
P.T. A. Council
Daladier Seeks Power to Rule by Decree in France
Paris reports Premier Edouard Daladier asking parliament for emergency decree powers through July 31 and a new defense loan plan. The measure aims to unify budgets, boost revenue, revise tariffs, curb fraud, and support firms under national defense contracts while addressing strikes and rearmament delays.
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Paris
Edouard Daladier
Bank of France
Ims
France
Former Standard Trust President Granted Parole
C Stirling Smith former president of Standard Trust Company of Cleveland is granted conditional parole by the State Parole Board. He may be freed for deportation on or after April 29 1938 and the case may be reconsidered in June 1938 if federal authorities do not request him. Smith was sent to Ohio Penitentiary Oct 28 1934 to serve three sentences for embezzlement and improper use of funds. A deportation warrant to return him to Canada is on file at London Prison Farm.
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Columbus
C. Stirling Smith
Cleveland
London
State Parole Board
Smith
Standard Trust Company of
Ohio
London Prison Farm
Canada
Elyria Merchants Plan Summer Wednesday Closings
The Elyria Chamber of Commerce executive committee approved summer Wednesday afternoon closings for Elyria stores. The plan runs from June 8 to September 15, with stores staying open during the weeks of July 1 and Labor Day.
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Elyria
Merchants’ Division
Elyria Chamber of Commerce
Dynamite Bomb Destroys UAW Building in Kansas City
A dynamite blast early today wrecked the front of a Kansas City building housing a United Automobile Workers unit at Ford. Several families slept inside. The Ford plant strike has been ongoing since December. Earlier, a trust market in a tenement area was damaged by a bomb from a moving car.
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Kansas City
United Automobile Workers of America
Ford Motor Company
Ford Company
Traveling Case Presented To Essay Winner Miss Ostrov
Miss Ruth Ostrov of Elyria received a fitted traveling case from R. F. Leemhuis of American Legion Post 12 as thanks for winning the state essay contest. She had earlier received the state award certificate entitling her to a nine day all expenses paid trip to Washington, D C. The trip will be escorted by James V. Suhr and Mrs Suhr, with W L De Weese involved in the state award process.
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Ruth Ostrov
Eastern Heights Boulevard
Elyria
American Legion
R. F. Leemhuis
Post No. 12
Post
Miss Ostrov
W. L. de Weese
Columbus
Junion
Department of Ohio of the American Legion
Washington, D. C
James V. Suhr
Dept. of Ohio
Garner Opposed To Big Spending Report
Washington April 12. President Roosevelt and Vice President Garner were reported in conflict over new pump priming expenditures amid a bitter battle foreseen to keep spending under congressional control if a large fund is voted. The White House minimized the clash while noting Garner’s anger at policy shifts and Roosevelt’s plan to request 1.25 billion for relief for the first seven months of the next fiscal year.
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Washington
Roosevelt
John N. Garner
Garner
Congress
White House
National Broadcasting Companies
Mr. Roosevelt
Madrid Under Heavy Shelling Again Reported From Madrid
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Madrid says Spanish Nationalists shelled the city heavily from 11:36 AM to 12:30 PM wrecking many houses. Casualties were feared to be high as a result of the bombardment.
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London
Madrid
Federal Highway Aid Cut and Agriculture Bill Reported
Washington April 12 House appropriations committee backed President Roosevelts 6 percent cut in federal highway grants to states and reported a 797,222,159 agriculture department supply bill for 1934. The highway cut leaves 93,000,000 in funding, aided by a 74 million reduction from the 167 million 1938 appropriation. The agriculture bill totals 951,746,224 with 154,524,065 permanent funds, and includes 147,000,000 tariffs receipts. The committee trimmed administration estimates by 9,994,763 and reduced soil conservation benefits to 485,000,000.
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Washington
pRy
House Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
Agriculture Department
House Roads Committee
Congress
Appropriations Committee
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Tax Revision Bill Goes To Conference
The House sent the new tax revision bill to conference after a Senate change dispute. Speaker Bankhead named conferees including Doughton Cullen Vinson Treadway Crowther and Cooper. Rep. Lemneck urged using the bill to restore business confidence.
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Washington
House
Senate
William B. Bankhead
Robert L. Doughton
N. C
Ways and Means
Thomas H. Cullen
Fred. L. Vinson
Allen Treadway
Mass
Frank Crowther
Jere Cooper
Tenn
Doughton
Arthur Lemneck
Ohio
United Spanish War Veterans Reenact 1908 Scene in Elyria Banquet
Major Woodworth Camp of United Spanish War Veterans marks its thirtieth anniversary with an April 21 banquet in Elyria Elks Dining Room. The event reenacts the 1908 “muster in” ceremony and honors charter members now living, with leaders Pettijohn and Fanning returning. Over 100 attendees expected from local camp and auxiliary, toastmaster Daniel Kathe.
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Eblyria
Elks
Woodworth
United Spanish Wareterans
O. J. Pettijohn
Elyria Evening Telegram
Akron
Col
Fred Fanning
Cleveland
Scott Wehe
Chile Supreme Court
Elyria
Daniel
Kathe
Myron T. Herrick
United States
France
United
Craneman's Helper Dies At Work In Lorain
Enrico Piscione aged 60 of Step 48 Lorain county was found dead at a drainage excavation site on Seneca Avenue East 261 Street Lorain. Officials reported a possible electrocution when the crane touched a high voltage line reportedly 23000 volts. Coroner's office would not confirm cause pending possible postmortem. Funeral set for St Peter's Lorain.
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Enrico Piscione
Here
Lorain
Piscione
Amien
Sam Trifiletti Company
Seneca Avenue
East 261 Street
George Merva
East 36¢ Street
Merva
John Gascoigne
Boom
Wyatt Oglesbe
Elyria
C. Ward
Ohio Industrial Commission
Rossella
Alex
Albert
Victor
Vito
Armand
Augustine
Helen
Genevieve
Yolanda
St. Peter's Church
Plan Sanitary Improvements At County Jail
Plans for sanitary improvements at the county jail costing about $10,000 won informal county committee approval ahead of state board action in Columbus. The plan adds toilets and drinking fountains for all cells on the first two floors plus minor changes, with ventilating fans proposed as an extra. Silsbee and Smith prepared the design for the officials and county commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Charities
Columbus
H. H. Nye
H. BK. Agate
Local Masons To Attend Maundy Thursday Ceremony
Elyria Masons and families plan a Cleveland trip for the second annual Maundy Thursday observance by Ariel Chapter of Rose Croix in the Scottish Rite Auditorium at 8 p.m. The event precedes Easter and features music from the Glenville First Baptist Church choir directed by Maynard England. Speakers include Dr. Louis C. Wright and Oliver T. D. Riverhard, with the Supreme Council represented by Frank A. Smythe. The observance is open to the public.
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Elyria
Glenville
Maynard England
Oliver TD. Riverhard
Supreme Council
Ariel Chanter
Frank A. Smythe
Ohio
Supreme Council of Sovereign Grand Inspectors-G General
Ariel Chapter
Rose Croix
Louis C. Wright
Baldwin-Wallace College
Chaliapin Dies at 11 in Paris
Paris reported the death of Feodor Chaliapin the great Russian bass at age 11. Cause listed as pernicious anemia after several weeks illness at his home. His wife and five children were at his bedside as he remained conscious until death.
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Paris
Feodor Chaliapin
Basso
Humane Agent For Lorain Appointed
A. M. Bradley of Lorain was named humane agent for Lorain and northern Lorain County by the Lorain County Humane Society directors. Judge Findley backed Mayor Bretz in blocking Ralph Weimer as city agent, leaving Bradley as the city and county representative. Bradley begins in Lorain immediately and outside the city May 1, with $50 monthly salaries from both city and county. Weimer was asked to resign May 1. The society planned Be Kind to Animals Week from April 4 to 30 with posters to Lorain County schools.
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A. M. Bradley
Lorain
Lorain County
Bretz
Wille
Bradley
Weimer
The
Humane Society
Crash of Auto in Deep Ditch Proves Fatal
James Brennan 40 of Amherst died after a Sunday morning crash along Oberlin avenue near Lorain. He died at St Josephs Hospital Lorain from fractured ribs a punctured lung and other injuries. Brennan worked for The Western Automatic Machine and Screw Company and is survived by two children and three brothers.
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James Brennan
Pear] Street
Amherst
Western Automatic Machine and Screw Company
Brennan
St. Joseph's Hospital
Lorain
Oberlin Avenue
Dorothy
James
David
Jack
New York City
Thomas
Cleveland
A F O L Opposes New Wage And Hours Bill
The House Labor committee meets to dissect a proposed Wage and Hours bill amid sharp AFL opposition. AFL President William Green calls the plan dictatorial and accuses it of controlling employer employee relations. Chair Mary Norton expects adjournment after today as Congress rushes toward recess. The bill would set an escalator wage system under an independent board to adjust standards to industry ability to pay and living costs, a point Green rejects vigorously.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
American Federation of Labor
Federation
William Green
Mary T. Norton
Labor Committee
Congress
Robert Ramspeck
Special Officers Jailed In Chicago Election Battle
In Chicago two special police officers from State's Attorney Courtney's office were arrested at the Irving Park station after attempting to book two men for a ward disturbance. The officials claimed lack of authority while Courtney's faction had sworn in 120 election policemen.
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Chicago
Thomas J. Courtney
Salaction
Herbert Burns
Irving Park
Lauren Light
Albert Gordon
Courtney
Burny
Light
Gordon
Wilbur F. Crawley
Burns
Henry Horner
James P. Allman
Carry C. & O. Fight To Stockholders
Cleveland, Apr 12. Charles L. Bradley and Joan P. Murphy of Cleveland carry their bid for control of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway to stockholders with a proxy solicitation for the annual meeting next Tuesday in Richmond, Virginia. They say they will vote C and Co proxies for the same directors as those backed by an enlarged Chesapeake Corp Board.
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Cleveland
Charles L. Bradley
Joan P. Murphy
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
C. and O
Richmond
Chesapeake Corp
Bubonic Plague Kills Eight In South Africa
Port Elizabeth reports an outbreak of bubonic plague with eleven cases. Eight deaths are confirmed, highlighting severe spread and local health concerns.
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South Africa
Toronto Perlisher Dies After Auto Crash in Ohio
Forest Richmond 58 publisher and editor of the Toronto Ohio Tribune and former newspaperman here died today from an automobile accident. He served as a state representative and highway department executive under Governor Myers Y. Cooper and was a leader in the good roads movement advocating Ohio River Highway improvements.
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Toronto Perlisher
Liverpool
Forest Richmond
Toronto
Ohio
Tribune
Richmond
Myers Y. Cooper
Wilkinsburg
Grandmother at 35 at Delmar Today
Mrs John A Hotating Sr became a grandmother at 35 as her son and daughter-in-law ages 18 each welcomed a baby girl. She wed at 16 following her mother’s marriage at 16.
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Delmar
John A. Hotating
Company To Ignore Labor Board Order
Chicago report that Inland Steel Company will not comply with a National Labor Board order to negotiate with the Steel Workers Organizing Committee. Officials say the ruling, issued April 6, is erroneous and will be challenged in federal court.
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Chicago
Inland Steel Company
National Labor Board
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Amil 6
Usich
Committee For Industrial Organization
J. H. Walsh
Itland Works
U. S
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Alben W. Barkley
Daladier
Standard Trust
Aips Auto Workers
Legion
AAA
Department
Budget Bureau
Bureau of Animal Husbandry
Craneman
Chaliapin
Humane Agent
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