Navy Increases Aviation Forces and Training Program
The Navy plans a material rise in aviation training to augment active forces. Rear Admiral WC Watts announced more naval aviator candidates from college and MOJERNG? courses, with 60 days of preinduction training. Selected applicants enter the naval aviation program at Pensacola Florida for commission as officers. Volunteers from Naval Reserve units total 400 to form ship crews and air crews for onshore duties.
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Ninth Naval District
Mojerng UN
Meuthenad
Pennsacola
Florida
Ale Latre
Admiral Worts
Naval Reserve
Mexico Coffee Output Rises, Germany Sells Amber Shipment
Mexico produced twice as much coffee this season as its people can consume while Germany shipped over 45,000 pounds of raw and scrap amber to various countries. The report notes cross border trade activity and large commodity movements this year.
Suburban Calendar Highlights Local Meetings and Events
Community calendar lists dances at Avon Lake Grafton and North Ridgeville events. Alumni meetings in La Grange, Kiwanis and Lions club gatherings in North Olmsted, Penfield, and Grafton. Performances include The Red-Headed Stepchild in Avon Lake.
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Fields
North Ridgeville High School
Fields Methodist Church
Avon Lake
Young Ladies Sodality of
Holy Trinity Church
American Legion
Sons of the Legion
Chateau
North Ridgeville
National Honse Society
National Honor Society
North Olmsted—Kiwanis Club
Coe
Crop Season In Ohio Delayed By Cold Weather
The federal state crop reporting service says cool weather delays Ohio's 1940 crop season opening. Wheat remains in fair shape with April 1 production at 34,510,060 bushels. pastures slow to start, rye at 79 percent. corn stocks near last year at 63,102,000 bushels. oats 10,940,000. sugar beet 363,000 tons. per cow milk 154 pounds, April 1 average 15 pounds above 10-year mean.
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Federal State Crop Reporting Service
Ohio
Grafton Mothers and Daughters Banquet Planned
The Grafton Mothers and Daughters banquet will be held Wednesday April 17 at 6:45 p m in the Grafton School auditorium. Mrs C B Finley chairs the program with past mistress Mrs Dwight Reisinger scheduled to speak. Guest speaker Mrs Axel Skjerne from Oberlin will address guests.
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Grafton
Mothers and Daughters
Grafton School
C. B. Finley
Dwight Reisinger
Blanche Edwards
Edna Taylor
Martha Jane Shriver
Girls Glee Club
Jeanne Wise
Axel Skjerne
Oberlin
The
Men's Brotherhood of the Grafton
Recreation Notes From Wellington Gather Weekly Activities
Wellington Ohio April 13 events highlight the Rec Center weekly program with Gills Den con chairing the girls committee aided by Anna Lee Bovard and Sizerr Dennis. The Dramatic club staged readings by Mrs Eve Piper and assigned copies of two plays, with casts undecided. Paper drives by Wellington School elements raised several tons under Miss Mabel Clark. High school annual honors Rasph Ryder of class of 1939. Garden club postponed speaker J A Van Cleeck due to storm. R L Walden led slides and seed giveouts for the fair. Various family moves, club meetings, and trips to Cleveland and Toledo are noted, with social events at Ramser's and local homes.
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Gills Dencon
Anna Lee Bovard
Sizerr Dennis
Latio
Mirs
Eve Piper
Mabel Clark
Rasph Ryder
Belden Churches Host Men's Dinner Service
The Belden Methodist churches report men in full charge of preparing and serving the dinner, with both congregations organizing the event and overseeing duties.
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Belden
Belden Grange Calendar Includes Dance And Lectures
Belden Grange opened with Master Herman Gest presiding and announced a dance at the hall on Friday night April 12. The local degree team will confer 3rd and 4th degrees at Columbia on Tuesday April 16. Belden Grange guests Penfield May 1 and a seed lecture by Leo Vailem of the Farm Bureau attended. Henriettta Grange to present safety program next meeting. St Johns Ladies Aid of Grafton entertained with Cootie entertainment and prize winners Rev Armin Schroeder and Mrs Gretchen Krause. Next meeting at Town Hall with Edith Tran and Mrs Dewey program leaders. Guests and visitors attended events in Elyria and Cleveland.
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Herman Gest
Columbia
Tuezday
Penfield
Leo Vailemme
Farm Bar
Eiska
Grange
Henrietta Grange
St. Joh’s Ladies Aid of Grafton
Carl Jantz
Cootie
Armin Schroeder
Gretchen Krause
Mirs Frank Jaxelsky
Schroeder
Emma Jentz
Jack Logan
Irs
Otis Lindes
Elyria
Jones
John Clark
Hezel Crawford
Alice Jones
Edith Tran
Dewey
Grafton Homemakers Club Registers 26 Members at Town Hall
The Grafton Homemakers Cio met Wednesday afternoon for the 1 Apm meeting at the Town Hall with 26 members and two guests in attendance. The session opened with group singing and routine business was conducted. Literature from the County Coun
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Apm
Coun
Funeral burial for Edwin Par in Greenwood Cemetery
Edwin Par’s body was brought from Canton for burial in Greenwood cemetery at 10 a m. Rev William T Moran of here conducted the grave service. He leaves two brothers Walker Par of Wellington township and another brother.
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Canton
Greenwood Cemetery
William T. Moran
Here
Walker Par
Wellington Township
Jimmie Fidler Warns Hollywood About Nautical Swag
Hollywood gossip column by Jimmie Fidler jokes about spring Hollywood society chasing yachts and nautical style. He mocks stars Ike Vik Air Lagien Jimmy Cagney Lee Tracy Eddie Albert and Mae West while noting Penny Singleton Margie Hart Joan Crawford Lana Turner Hedy Lamarr and others in various film and theatre ventures.
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Ike Vic Air Lagien
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Lee Tracy
Eddie Albert
Mae West
Jimemite Fidler
Penny Singleton
Phonograph Company
Margie Hart
Joan Crawford
Lana Turner
Hedy Lamarr
Dot Lamour
Carole Gable
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Paul Muni
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North Elyria Grange set for 20th anniversary on May 23
The North Elyria Subordinate Grange plans an anniversary program on May 23 to mark twenty years. A special meeting on April 25 will confer first and second degrees, with practice dates set for April 18 and 22. Members invited, past members urged to attend.
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Wilson AL Lytle
Ruth Miller
Corliss Miller
Howard Bennke
Ero
Leake Avenue Schecel
S. Argone
Albert King
Elyria
Margaret Hornyak
Virginia Cir Opens as Civil War Drama at Capitol Theatre
At Theatres, a dramatic Civil War romance blends with western melodrama in Virginia Cir, opening Sunday at the Capitol Theatre, promising varied action and period flavor for audiences.
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Roamance
Virginia
Capitol Theatre
Rancho Grande at Lincoln Theatre Opens Sunday
Gene Autry stars with Smiley Barrette and June Storey in Rancho Grande as it opens Sunday at the Lincoln Theatre. The Western tale follows Autry’s adventures in a frontier cattle town with music and action.
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Rancho Grande
Lincoln
Gene Autry
Smiley Barrette
June Storey
Sunder
Lincoln Theatre
College students in crash near Pasadena ditch turns over
AL Hayes, 17, driving with seven junior college students, swerved to avoid a truck and crashed into a ditch near Pasadena. The car rolled three times. Hayes exited unhurt and later broke an arm at a drive-in restaurant while others escaped injury.
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Pasadena
Cal
AL Hayes
Ottawa resumes ordinary mail service with Polish region
Post between Canada and a region of Poland has resumed normal delivery after a suspension tied to wartime occupation. The note mentions ongoing issues with German-Poland communications and a temporary halt in service to that area.
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