Relief Funds Run Dry For Ohio Needy As Crisis Deepens
Ohio relief machinery halted with 350 000 people in need. The state relief commission’s last 500 000 was allocated to the 450 most distressed counties, leaving cities and townships to feed and clothe the poor for about ten days. Gov. Davey blamed lobbyists and warned names may be named. The Senate and House clashed over Huml Nichols relief measures, ending with a deadlock and a plan to use flood and poor relief balances for a short-term halt.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Reliefs Commission
House
Senate
Davey
Paul P. Yoder
Mlt
Keith Lawrence
D. Cuyahoga
State Relief Commission
Verner H. Metcalf
Washington
Weather report for Ohio and Indiana with cold, showers, and temperature shifts
Cloudy and colder conditions spread across Ohio with showers in the northeast tonight while northwest areas rise in temperature Friday. Indiana sees partly cloudy skies tonight and Friday with cooler readings in the south and extreme east. A low pressure system moves through Alberta while high pressure lingers over Lake Superior and the Gulf region. Temperatures drop across the Great Lakes and plains, rise along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts, with strong winds and scattered thunderstorms over the Ohio Valley.
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Ohio
Indiana
Lake the Inches
Cleveland
Ohio Valley
Alberta
Lake Superior
Gulf of Mexico
California
Geat Lakes
Mississippi
Plains States
Gulf and
Atlantic Coast
Wysor Named President of Republic Steel
R J Wysor elected president of Republic Steel Corp succeeding M Girdler who remains chairman and chief executive officer. Wysor, 51, has been with Republic since 1930 and previously led operations as vice president in charge of operations and executive vice president. The board cites growth from acquisitions and integrated operations since 1930.
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M. Girdler
Republic Steel Corp
R. J. Wysor
Girdler
Republican
Wisor
Republic
Corrigan, McKinney Steel Co
Gulf States Steel Co
Truscon Steel Co
Wysor
Wyser
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Plane Crash Victims At Wooster Recovering
Thomas George of Philadelphia and his brother Henry of Washington are recovering in a Wooster hospital after a plane crash on takeoff. An investigation into the accident’s cause has begun.
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Wooster
Thomas
George
Philadelphia
Henry
Washington
Plot Of Prison Inmates To Mutiny At Dartmoor
Inmates at Dartmoor prison plotted a mutiny on Coronation Day May 12 amid anger over expected no amnesty. Violent incidents caused by agitation included bowls thrown at wardens and strikes, with clashes on the prison farm and a planned escape attempt. Dartmoor sits fortress like on bleak Dartmoor in Devonshire southwest England, a hard-to-escape site.
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London
Dartmoor
Great Britain
Devonshire
England
E L King Elected Moose Dictator
E L King was elected dictator of Elyma Lodge No 778 Loyal Order of Moose at a meeting held last night in the club rooms on Second street. Officers named include Henry Dickens vice dictator Edward Diedrich prelate R F Hobill treasurer and P L Dunham secretary with trustees L P Tufford George Sweda and Andrew Chismar. Installation set for Wednesday evening April 28 following a well attended gathering with refreshments.
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E. L. King
Elyma Lodge
Loyal Order of Moose
Second Street
Henry Dickens
Edward Diedrich
R. F. Hobill
P. L. Dunham
L. P. Tufford
George Sweda
Andrew Chismar
Rubber doll mistaken for newborn body in river scare
Firemen and police searched a 60 foot pit behind the Elyria Milling Company on the Black River after reports of a body. Lieut Burnet descended the shaft and found a large rubber doll whose arm was pulled off as a souvenir before the rest floated away.
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Fire Department
Elyria Milling Company
Black River
William J. Burnet
Robert Curtis
Burnet
Proposed Gas Tax Hike Is Defeated In Ohio House
The House Taxation Committee rejected a proposed half cent per gallon increase in the liquid fuel tax for relief. The motion to recommend passage failed 5 to 14 in Columbus on April 15.
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Columbus
House Taxation Committee
Auto Strikes Cost Near Half Billion
A United Press survey estimates four major automobile industry strikes since January cost Michigan manufacturers, workers, and the state about 477 million dollars. Losses include 267.9 million in unreleased car production and 45.75 million in workers’ wages.
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Coppeight
Unilul Press
Detroit
Michgan
United Press
General Motors
Chrysler Corporation
Hudson and
Rey Votor
Chrysler and Hudson
Reo
Reeder’ Industries
Michigan
Flint
Draper Allen
Demands To Be Presented To Packard Co
The United Automobile Workers will present formal demands including recognition to Packard Motor Car Company officials. A meeting is set for Friday April 16 1937 at 2 p m in Packard offices to present demands on behalf of organized employees. Packard employs 15 000 to 16 000 workers at peak production with about 5 000 units produced weekly.
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Detroit
United Automobile Workers of America
Packard Motor Car Company
Alvan MacCauley
Richard T Frankensteen
Macauley
Automobile Manufacturers’ Association
Packard
Noted Balloonist Speaks Here This Evening
Elyria Fore men’s Club prepares for a capacity audience at the April meeting at the YMCA tonight. Ward T. Van Orman, a renowned balloon racer and Lorain native, will speak after a 6:39 dinner. Reservations reached 140, and public admission opens at 7:20.
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Elyria Foremen’s Club
Ward T. van Orman
van Orman
Lorain
Son of Tate Senator Fess Seeks Congress Nomination
Lowell Fess of Yellow Springs Ohio son of the late U S Senator Simeon D Fess announced he would seek the Republican nomination for Congress in the seventh Ohio District in 1928.
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Tate
Fess
Congress
Xenta
Lowell Fess
Yellow Springs
U. S
Simeon D. Fess
Ohio
Ashbolt And Rogers Cast Votes Against State Income Tax Bill
Columbus April 15 The Hull State income Tax Bill passed the house 81 to 44 and moved to the senate as critics warned of altered revenue. Amendments would raise exemptions for head of family and dependents, likely cutting annual revenue by about 65 million dollars. The bill imposes tax rates from three to nine percent and expands taxation on state employees. Half the revenue stays with counties. 60 percent for schools and 40 percent for local government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, CO
House
Senate
Lodis Huml
Cuyahoga
Huml
J. Harry McGregor
Coshocton
Flooding Hits Elyria as Heavy Rain Subsides
Heavy rainfall flooded cellars in Elyria homes and low-lying streets. Creeks rose forcing county bridge workers to suspend tasks, though no impassable highways or farm damages were reported. Water in Oxford Avenue reached three feet before receding by morning.
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Elyria
Harry L. Dunham
I. D. Faxon
Faxon
Oxford Avenue
J. Hummel
County Agricultural Extension
Powers Agree On Neutrality Scheme For Spain
London officials say 25 nations fixed April 19 as the start date for the Spanish neutrality control program. War supplies and volunteers will be barred via frontier land agents and a naval patrol supervised by Great Britain France Germany and Italy along Spanish and Portuguese coasts. The plan was ready to take effect with frontier observers arriving daily and the sub committee also discussing foreign volunteers withdrawal.
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London
U. P
Spain
Great Britain
France
Germany
Italy
Oberlin Chemist Isolates Pure Vitamin A Crystals
Pale yellow needle shaped crystals of pure Vitamin A, 4000 times more potent than cod liver oil, were shown at the American Chemical Society meeting in Chapel Hill. Prof. Harry N. Holmes and assistant Ruth S. Corbet presented the two year effort to isolate pure Vitamin A, the third such pure form. Tests at Penn State and Columbia corroborated results. Continued on page 15.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
American Chemical Society
Harry N. Holmes
Oberlin College Department of
Ruth S. Corbet
Holmes
Takahashi
Pennsylvania State College
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University
Atlantic No. 2
Montreal garment workers strike for higher wages and recognition
Nearly 5,000 women in Quebec walk out across about 190 plants, demanding higher wages, a collective agreement, and union recognition. The action, organized by the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, follows manufacturers' refusal to meet union officials in conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
U.R
International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union
John L. Lewis’ Committee For Industrial Organization
Quebec
Canada
Treasury to Sell New Weekly Bills for 50 Million
Treasury Secretary Morcenthau announced a new weekly series of 50 million dollars in treasury bills. The bills would be issued starting Monday and come due during the September tax period.
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Washington
Ae Treasury
Henry Morcenthau, J
Treasury
McCarran Proposes Flat Court Increase to Eleven
Senator Pat McCarran introduces an amendment to Roosevelt's court bill. The plan would raise the Supreme Court size from nine to eleven, removing the tenures mix and one new justice per retiree rule. The move aligns with administration support and seeks to ease a partisan stalemate over adding six justices.
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Washington
P -Sen
Pat McCarran
Nev
Senate Judiciary Committee
Roosevelt
High Tribunal
McCarran
Arrests After Yale and Towne Sit Down Clash
Detroit April 15 jailers say 128 of 134 arrested after the Yale and Towne sit down eviction were bonded by the UAW with 6 auto union organizers remaining in Wayne county jail. Circuit Judge Arthur Webster set bonds at 100 for men 50 for women. six held for investigation amid injuries from the eviction and police assault using tear gas and clubs.
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Detroit
Yale and Towns Manufacturing Company
United Automobile Workers’ Union
Wayne County
Auto Union
Walter Reuther
Victor
Gordon Bellaire
Raymond Glass
William Dane
Robert Kanter
Arthur Webster
Webster
Wyndham Mortimer
UAW
Score
Sheriff's Department
Yale and Towne
Heinrich Pickert
Penfield Youth to Represent Ohio in National Four-H Congress
Edgar Jones, 20, of Penfield, will represent Ohio as one of two boys at the National Four-H Club Congress in Washington this June. A ten year Four-H veteran, he has worked on dairy and hog production, colt raising, and hybrid corn projects, and has qualified for the Ton Litter Club three times.
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Edgar Jones
Penfield
Ohio
Washington
Jones
Lorain County
P. T. Burnside
Carl Webber
Two State Banking Examiners Named in Fourth District
Columbus April 25 two state banking examiners for the Fourth district with headquarters at Toledo were appointed by Samuel H Squire State Banking Superintendent at annual salaries of 2460. Appointments effective tomorrow. The new examiners are G Arn of Bellefontaine and Hat Badger of Fayette. They succeed William Haugerhof of Upper Sandusky and William D Carl of Elyria who resigned.
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Columbus. C
Toledo
Samuel H. Squire
G. Arn
Bellefontaine
Hat Badger
Fayette
Wiliam Haugerhof
Upper Sandusky
William D. Carl
Elyria
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Window Rock
Ariz
Republic Steel
Jayson
Moose
Packard Co
Bulletin
International Union
Tri-State
Galena
Kan
Ashbolt
Rogers
Oberlin
U.S. Treasury
Sen. McCarran
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