Roosevelt Faces Test of Fire Over Reform Push
The piece notes growing Senate and House hesitation as Roosevelt’s program expands. Critics from bankers to real estate and railroads push back while foreign aid talks and public works plans spark concern. Opposition filings signal a high-stakes moment for Roosevelt’s leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Robinson
House
Earns
Congress
MacDonald
Tilerriot
Henry I. Harriman
United States Chamber of Fommerre
Muscle
Postpones Trial In Scottsboro Assault Case
In Decatur Alabama April 17 Judge James Horton indefinitely postponed the trial of the remaining Scottsboro assault defendants. The delay followed alleged defamatory comments by Samuel Leibowitz defense chief after Haywood Patterson was convicted and sentenced to death for a second time. Patterson’s execution was set for June 16.
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Decatur
Ala
Scottsboro
James &. Horton
Horton
Samuel Leibowitz
Haywood Patterson
Patterson
Leibowitz
New York
International Labor Defense
Ohio Weather Forecast Sees Rain Tonight and Tuesday
Occasional rain sweeps Ohio tonight and Tuesday with little temperature change. The forecast mentions scattered showers across the state and a steady cool pattern into the early week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Conservators Ordered to Seek Return of Inside Info Withdrawals
Conservators of state banks were ordered to investigate withdrawals by officers and connected firms prior to restrictions and to demand the return of funds. The order directs analysis of accounts and unauthorized withdrawals, plus authority to handle state and federal taxes but not bank income tax.
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Columnus. O
Ira J. Fulton
Cougics
Fulton
Additional Bank Conservators Named
The State Banking Department named conservators for Ohio banks. H G Ledegar of Lakewood to Citizens Banking and Trust Co in Conneaut and Joseph H Brant of Lucasville to Lucasville Bank. The department also licensed Miners and Merchants Bank of Smithfield to reopen for business.
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Columbus
State Banking Department
Ohio
H. G. Ledegar
Lakewood
Citizens Banking and Trust Company
Conneautoseph H. Brant
Lucasville
Miners and Merchants Bank of
Smithfield
Fire destroys Carlisle home on West State Street
Shortly after Clarence Bogart started work, his West State Street residence in Carlisle was engulfed by a fire that destroyed the structure and its contents. Elyria firemen, aided by city responses, battled the blaze for over ninety minutes amid strong winds and low water pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Bogart
West State Street
Carlisle
Itg
Elysia
Bogart
A. J. Stegman
Elyria
W. O. Bates
Carlisle Fire Protection Association
Bates
Mrs Gilman to Register Forest Army Applicants
Lorain County plans to recruit for the reforestration army with applications routed through relief groups. M A Houghton, Lorain County Relief Committee secretary, outlined steps from Columbus while noting Lorain’s quota is not yet known. Marie Gilman leads Elyria relief investigations as part of the county effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
M. A. Houghton
County Relief Committee
Marie Gilman
Elyria
Oberlin Bank reopens plan moves forward with depositors
The Oberlin Savings Bank Company is nearing reopening after a department led revaluation. Depositors' committee and conservators plan further talks while stockholders pledge over 70 thousand dollars to cover bond value losses and restore bank soundness. A general stockholders meeting is set at the Oberlin Inn to finalize funding and next steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank Depositors’ Group
A. J. Robinson
Elyria Savings and Trust Co
Robinson
State Banking Department
J. B. Seward
Savings Deposit Bank and
Oberlin Inn
Banking Department
Pond Is Named Relief Board Head
H. W. Pond of 254 Washington avenue was named chairman of the city relief commission to succeed Frank Wilford at a Saturday evening meeting of the commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Pond
Washington Avenue
City Relief Commission
Frank Wilford
Seven point program for Ohio bank depositor protection
A Cuyahoga county bar association committee submitted a seven point program to an Ohio senate banking committee. The plan criticizes the current banking code as a tragic joke and calls for annual independent audits of bank loans with public results, smaller boards with active directors, and better separation of trust funds from general bank funds. The move comes as 98 Ohio banks are under conservatorship with deposits totaling 427 million dollars at year start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Cuyahoga County Bar Association
Ohio Senate
Mitchells
Kreugers
Senate Committee
Bar Committee
Max P. Goodman
Canada
Cleveland Man Held In Robbery Attempt
Deputies arrested George Lavelle of Cleveland, 23, after he tried to rob gas station attendant H. J. Humphrey of $15 at LaPorte. Lavelle, intoxicated and unarmed, fled with the bills but was detained by Humphrey and T. D. Dreganski until deputies arrived. a 20 year old Cleveland girl accompanied him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lavelle
Clinton Avenue
Cleveland
H. J. Humphrey
LaPorte
Lavelle
Humphrey
T. D. Dreganski
Lake Avenue
Arrests Clear Up Numerous Thefts
A score or more of recent gasoline and auto accessory thefts were cleared by the arrest of Ellsworth Harrington, 24, and Russell Fugitt, 19, along with a 15 year old resident of Adelbert street Elyria. Harrington was fined 25 dollars and costs and Fugitt 10 dollars and costs for petit larceny. The juvenile will face arraignment before Juvenile Judge H. C Wilcox. A witness reported Harrington’s battery theft leading to the search and device recovery. Confessions tied the trio to additional thefts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Chapman
Lloyd Sweet
Ellsworth Harrington
Axtel
Russell Fugitt
Adelbert Street
Elyria
Harrington
Fugitt
Joseph Petro
H. C Wilcox
Sheriff’s Department
Italian flyer believed found after Burma crash
A wrecked plane, possibly Captain Robbiano of Italy, was found on Sand Wip Island near Chittagong 200 miles east of Calcutta. Robbiano had departed Calcutta Friday aiming for England to Australia and had been missing since.
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Rangoon
Burma
Robbiano
Italy
Sandwip Island
Calcutta
Chittagong
England
Australia
Kidnapping of Jerome Factor Sharply Shocks Financier
John Factor, known as a financial wizard, waits for word from abductors who seized his 19 year old son Jerome in Chicago. The ransom demand is $50 000 in old money, and Jerome, a Northwestern University student, was taken last Wednesday night. The case ties to Factor’s London ventures and a 7 million dollar conspiracy allegation as the Supreme Court debates extradition to England.
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United Press
Chicago
John
Jake the Barber
Factor
Jerome
Northwestern, University
Morrison
Manilla
Factors
Gold Coast
Jacob Factor
England
London
United States
United Statees Supreme Court
Leonard Marcus
Marcus
Alvin
Jack Tegs
Diamond
Ohio educators warned to cut frills and cut costs
Columbus April 11 1931 Ohio lawmakers urged public schools to eliminate frills and do more with less to win sympathetic consideration from the legislature. The special committee chair Eliza Simes proposed fewer electives larger classes fewer athletic instructors and possible elimination of junior high grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Eliza Limes
Dem
Hardin County
Special Legislative Schools
Simes
Five Britons linked to sabotage in Soviet five year plan
Prosecutor Vishinsky claims five of six British defendants plotted to wreck the Soviet five year plan. He cites repeated outages at key plants including Moscow, Zlatooust, Baku, Ivanovo, and Chelyabinsk as evidence of a coordinated sabotage campaign. One Englishman, A W Gregory, he says acted as innocent or culpable per trial developments.
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Moscow
Andrew Vishinsky
Vishinsky
A. W. Gregory
Great Britain
Visninsky
Soviet Union
Zlataoust
Baku
Ivanovo-Vosniesensk
Cheliabinsk
Amherst Dismisses Suit To Delay Referendum Vote
The taxpayers suit to delay Amherst's referendum on the municipal light plant was dismissed after the village repealed its legislation calling for May 2 and enacted a June 20 special election. A Supreme Court ruling on special election legality could affect the outcome. the suit claimed aims to push the vote to November.
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Amherst
Common Pleas Cours
Amherst Council
J. J. Smythe
Ohio Supreme Court
Smythe
Accidents Kill Several Over Easter Holiday in Ohio
United Press reports six fatalities in Ohio during the Easter holiday. Maurice L. Austin of Angola Indiana burned to death after a Toledo collision. Mary Ann Linehan of Swanton Ohio died in the same Toledo crash. Eugene Braun age six drowned in a Cincinnati creek. Others killed include Edith W. Bartlett of Columbus Clyde Stroup from Leavittsburg and Maurice Given of Dayton.
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United Press
Ohio
Maurice L. Austin
Angola
Ind
Toledo
Mary Ann Linehan
Swanton
Eugene Braun
Cincinnati
Edith W. Bartlett
Columbus
Clyde Stroup
Leavittsburg
Maurice Given
Dayton
Rainey Pushes Silver Currency Inflation Plan
Washington April 17 Speaker of the House Rainey urged passage of silver currency inflation legislation aiming for a long term 16 to 1 Bryan ratio. He said the movement for currency expansion is crystallizing in the House and that national support is growing rapidly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rainey
Council Set For Busy Session On Real-Estate Ordinances
The council plans a second reading of two real-estate ordinances after a public meeting held Friday afternoon. L. J. Myers led petitions against the two-year rate agreement favored by the referendum committee. Frank Wilford will present a full receipts and disbursements report for the city relief commission through April 1,019.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cas Committee of Council
Council Chamber
L. J. Myers
Miers
City Relief Commission
Frank Wilford
Commission
Macon’s Flight Delayed by Thunderstorms in Ohio
Scattered thundershowers over northern Ohio today delayed the maiden flight of the U S S Macon for a second time.
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Aeron. O
Ohio
U. S. S. Macon
GIVES PRESIDENT WIDE AUTHORITY TO BAN MUNITIONS
Washington April 17 The House passed an arms embargo resolution granting President Roosevelt power to ban munition shipments to nations at war. Speaker Rainey announced the vote as 252 to 110.
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House
Washington
President Roosevelt
Rainey
Robbers Hold Up Truck on Route 18 in Lorain County
Deputy sheriffs searched the southern Lorain county area early today for two highway robbers who flagged a truck on Route 18 two and a half miles west of Wellington. They robbed driver Harry Sheets of Akron of 166 dollars and passenger Floyd Martell of Akron of 2.50. Sheets, returning with cash from a Chicago trip, said the robbers had a flashlight and he mistook them for deputies. Both attackers were armed and authorities alerted neighboring counties.
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Lorain County
Route 18
Wellington
Harry Sheets
Beardsley Street
Akron
Floyd Martell
Sheets
Chicago
Sheriff’s Department
Elyria High School Band to Perform at Northern Ohio Festival
Elyria High School's 45 member concert band will join ten area high schools at the Northern Ohio Band Festival in Bucyrus on May 5 and 6. J. Martin Beck announced the event and the band will give a preliminary concert Friday at Gates School. The festival lineup includes Sandusky Norwalk Bucyrus Willard Clyde Bellevue Fostoria and Van Wert. A trumpet trio of Oliver Townsend William Lersch and Robert Lee is featured in the local band's program.
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Elyria High School
Willard
Clyde
Bellevue
Fostoria
van Wert
Oliver Townsend
William Lersch
Robert Lee
English Woman Flier Injured in Karachi Flight Crash
Miss Jean Batton, an English flyer attempting a London to Australia record, was severely bruised in a forced landing on a road near Karachi. Her plane was wrecked, and she intends to return to England for a new aircraft and another attempt.
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Karachi
India
Jean Batton
London
Australia
Lost and Found ads encouraged for downtown items
Weekly report notes many small items go missing in theatres, stores, and on streets. Merchants offer a service to return items and a Lost and Found list appears on today's Want-Ad page. Prompt returns rely on finders who see ads in the Chronicle-Tengress.
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Ariicles
Chronicle-Tengress
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