Strike Ties Up Transportation In Columbus
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co and the striking street car union moved toward resuming talks as transport remained paralyzed. Mayor Wessaman arranged mediation with officials from the U S Department of Labor and the Regional Labor Board to end the two day stalemate over wage gains and a closed shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co
Carmen
Myron B. Wessaman
U. S Department of Labor
Phillip G. Phillips
Cincinnati
Regional Labor Board
John L. Conner
Cleveland
Labor Department
Phillips
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electre Co
Ben W. Matt
John C. Gellen
Columbus Federation of Labor
Myron B. Gesgaman
R. E. Anderson
Hugh 2. Friel
U. S. Department of Labor
Electric Company
Ohio Weather Summary: Cloudy, Cooling Near Lake Erie
The Ohio forecast notes cooler conditions near Lake Erie with scattered showers in the east and north, and generally fair, cooler conditions in the north tonight and Tuesday. Pressure is low over Canada and northern states with low centers over Ontario and Saskatchewan, while high pressure sits over the South Atlantic and Pacific states. Rain reported from the Gulf states and showers from the Mississippi valley to New England, with minimal temperature changes in the last 24 hours.
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Ohio
Lake Erie
Canada
Ontario
Saskatchewan
South Atlantic
Pacific States
Gulf States
Mississippi Valley
Ohio Valley
Lake Region
New England
Northwest
Garner Takes Firm Stand Against Pump Priming
Washington April 18 Vice President John N Garner is reported to have a firm stance that the New Deal pump priming must stop. He argues it would erode morals and threaten the federal credit while remaining uncertain about his role in upcoming Congress sessions and possible clashes with Roosevelt policies.
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Washington
John N Garner
Roosevelt
Garner
Congress
British Leaders Await Visit Of French Officials
London officials anticipate Daladier and Bonnet visiting on April 28 to discuss extending the British Italian pact to France, rearmament plans especially air expansion, Spain policy after the Civil War, and central Europe in light of the Czechoslovakian situation. Britain ready to aid France with air force expansion, technical advice, pooled resources, and financing.
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London
Edouard Daladier
Georges Bonnet
France
Bonnet
Paris
Daladier
Spain
Central
Europe
Auto Crash Injures Edward Waldron at Bedford
Edward Waldron a 35 year old resident of 526 Furnace Street suffered painful injuries when his car was struck by another vehicle around 1130 p m yesterday in a Bedford traffic collision. He was taken to Bedford Municipal Hospital for observation and expected to be discharged home today. Three other passengers were not seriously hurt.
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Edward Waldron
Furnace Street
Bedford
Waldron
Frank Waldron
Bedford Municipal Hospital
Over 100 Made It By Ptomaine Poison
More than 100 Preble county pupils and teachers recovered from ptomaine poisoning after a county spelling and arithmetic contest at Monroe township centralized school. Luncheon for about 500 attendees. school closed while investigators seek cause. None believed serious.
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Eaton, CO
Preble County
Monroe Township
Wea
Seek Removal Of Homer Martin As UAW President
A rank and file rebellion seeks Homer Martin’s ouster as president of the United Automobile Workers. The challenge was brought to CIO Chairman John L. Lewis by Martin’s Progressive and Unity factions led by Ed Hall and Wyndham Mortimer. A special UAW convention may be called to replace him with a new leader.
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Washington
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers of America
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Martin
Ed Hall
Wyndham Mortimer
UAW
DiMaggio Denies Signing With Yankees for 40000
In San Francisco on April 18 Joe DiMaggio said he has not signed for forty thousand dollars and denied a New York Sun report that he capitulated to Col. Jacob Ruppert and would accept twenty six thousand.
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Joe DiMaggio
San Francisco
New York Sun
Col
Jacob Ruppert
New York Yankees
Local Veteran Killed in Auto Train Collision near Wooster
Ralph Airhart, 38, father of three and lifelong resident of Wayne County, was killed when his car was struck by a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train near Wooster Ohio. Airhart served overseas in World War I and was wounded in action.
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Wooster
Ralph Airhart
Here
Pennsylvania
Wayne County
Leaders Confer With President On Program
Congressional leaders met with President Roosevelt to discuss the administration's 4.5 billion dollar lending and spending plan. Spokesmen said the conference was general and no decisions were reached though leaders expect Congress to approve without delay. Key lawmakers warned against further pump priming, while committees moved to advance highway and flood control funding and the Civilian Conservation Corps appropriation.
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Washington
Congressional
Roosevelt
Congress
Townsend Pardoned By The President
President Roosevelt pardoned Dr. Francis H. Townsend, longtime advocate of old age pensions, shortly after he surrendered to a U S marshal to begin a 30 day jail term for contempt of a House Pension Committee. The White House cited clemency after appeals from lawmakers and officials. Townsend hailed the act as vindication and planned immediate return to Los Angeles.
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Washington
AUPR
Roosevelt
Francis H. Townsend
House
White House
Townsend
U S
California
U. S. District Court
U. S
John Colpoys
Subpena
House Pensions Investigating
Supreme
U. S. Supreme Court
Rep. C. Jasper Bell
Gaunt
Cray
Congress
Los Angeles
Plants Closed By Union Dues Drive At Buick Flint
In Flint Michigan Buick Motor Company shut its final assembly line after Fisher Body plant No 1 closed due to a union dues collection campaign. About 1 200 Buick workers were affected and 3 700 at Fisher’s plant were idled. Police chief James V Cole said protection would be provided when the Fisher plant is expected to reopen. Union leaders plan continued pickets and bars on non union workers or delinquent members. A strike vote among Buick workers is reported as likely Wednesday.
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Flint
Mich
Buick Motor Company
Fisher
Buick
James V. Cole
Frustrate Plot To Overthrow King Carol II
In Roumania on April 18 government officials said a plot to topple King Carol II was foiled with the arrest of Corneliu Zelea Codreanu and 1,600 Iron Guard followers. Interior Minister Armand Calinescu led the roundup with royal approval. Gen Ion Antonescu, War Minister, took 30 days leave and departed abroad amid reports of Iron Guard sympathy.
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Bactiarest
Roumania
UPF
Carol II
Corneliu Zelea Codreanu
Iron Guards
Armand Calinescu
Carol
Bucharest
Ion Antonescu
Octavian Goga
Antonescu
Iron Guard
Biggest Oriental Battle Looms in Shantung Clash
SHANGHAI APRIL 18 China rushes about 1,000,600 men into southern Shantung to meet an estimated 500,000 Japanese as fighting intensifies around Yihsien. Chinese claims say 10,000 Japanese surrounded near Yihsien with heavy casualties on both sides. The battlefront reports suggest the most violent fighting of nine months, as the Good Friday battalion leads a Chinese breakout against outer defenses and aims to secure the vital Langhai railroad gateway cities to Hankow. Japanese air raids hit Nanchang and Hankow as the conflict threatens a historic shift in the war.
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Shanghai
China
Shantung Province
Yihsien
Shantung
Chiang Wai- Shek
Taserhchwang
Langhai
Hankow
Strategic City
Suchow
Sunghai
Tientsin-Pukow
Shan Tung
Shansi
Henan
Nanchang
Kiangsi
Children Roll Eggs On White House Lawn
An army of 50,000 children and escorts crowded the White House grounds for Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt’s annual egg rolling event. The White House supplied the grounds while escorts provided more than 100,000 eggs in rainbow colors. Police kept order as children rolled eggs back and forth with simple, festive aim.
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White House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Washington
Whits House
Man And Boy Are Accident Victims
An Elyria boy and Canton man Chester Dunn both injured in school accidents. Dunn, 25, suffered second and third degree burns on his right leg when a gasoline can caught fire at Ridgeville School while he cleaned the building for termite protection. He was admitted to Elyria Memorial Hospital. The Elyria incident at Allen School ground left Jimmy King, 12, with a fractured left forearm after a swing fall. he was treated at the hospital and sent home.
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Elyria
Ridgeville
Canton
Chester Dunn
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Allen School
Jimmy King
H. T. King
Longfellow Street
Flood Bursts Drench Jackson O Area Forcing 60 Families Out
A small cloudburst near Jackson O April 18 caused Salt Creek and tributaries to overflow, flooding the northwest district and driving 60 families from their homes. No injuries reported as mud and water breached house exteriors. Water rose after dawn.
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Jackson, O
Jackson
Bill Sets Up 172000 For Lorain Harbor
War Department Civil Works Appropriation Bill reported favorably in the House allocates funds for multiple rivers and harbors projects. Lorain Harbor is set at 172 900 dollars along with other Ohio sites such as Ashtabula and Cleveland harbors. The bill also lists Great Lakes to Hudson waterway inland routes and several river projects across Pennsylvania Ohio and West Virginia with varying sums.
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Washington
War Department
Civil Works
House
Ohio
Ashtabula Harbor
Cleveland Harbor
Conneaut Harbor
Fairport
Lorain Harbor
Rocky River Harbor
Pennsylvania
Erie
Great Lakes-to-Rudson River
Mississippi River
Missouri
Missouri River
Minneapolis
Ohio River
Allegheny River
Monongahela River
W. Va
Tygart Reservoir
Three Children Of Elyrian Win Race With Death
Three children of Elyria man Stanley Gutowski traveled to Elyria Memorial Hospital to see their father as he lay gravely ill. He died at 2 39 am after a two week illness. The reunion marked the first in 12 years. Survived by wife Janet and three Buffalo children, the deceased was born in Poland in April 1895 and had lived in Elyria 12 years, employed by Fox Furnace. Funeral plans were unsettled.
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Elyria
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Stanley Gutowski
Turner Street
Gutowski
Rose Gutowski
Buffalo
Mr. Gurtwoski
Poland
Flyria
Fox Furnace Company
Janet
Stanley Bandursky
Alex Sandel
John Kamcar
Bittner Funeral Home
Girl Scouts appoint part time director in Elyria
Scouting in Elyria gains added activity with over 150 Girl Scouts in seven troops and two Brownie Packs. The Lorain Council will lend Miss Anna Keleher as part time director, Ming Keleher, who will travel monthly for eight months to Elyria with offices at 312 Elyria Block.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Girl Scout Council
Lorain
Elyria Block
Council
Opera Star Injured in New York Train Crash
Opera singer Nino Martini was hospitalized with painful injuries after a collision involving two New York Central trains near Hudson. Martini was among twelve passengers and a brakeman hurt in the crash while en route to a concert in Denver. managers said his condition was being monitored.
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New York
Nino Martini
New York Central
Hudson
Martinis
Hart
Denver
Dover man faces manslaughter charge in hit skip death
A 45 year old Elyria man was charged in Dover with manslaughter for the hit and run that killed Thomas R Beggs, 78, as he walked with his wife along Detroit Road near Bassett Road. Beggs suffered a fractured skull and multiple injuries and was pronounced dead later at Lakewood Hospital.
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Elyria
Thomas R. Beggs
Dover Center
Detroit Road
Bassett Road
Elyrian
Sargeant Detective Co
E. Parker
West River
Lodi Street
Lorain
Parker
Herndon Papes
Cleveland
Papes
Dover
C. R. Grube
Prompt Passage of Naval Expansion Program Urged
The Senate naval affairs committee reported President Roosevelt’s 1.56 billion naval expansion plan to the floor and urged rapid passage. It warned the United States could be defeated without actual conquest and argued national defense must cover global supply chains and essential raw materials.
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Bulletin
Washington
Senate Naval Affairs Committee Today
Roosevelt
United States
Eighteen Called For Petit Jury Duty
Eighteen persons in Elyria and Lorain area were named by common pleas court officials to report for petit jury service starting April 25. Names include Edith Reaser Pearl Sherwood Harold Bortck John Halpin Blanche Kohler Clayton Harpster Gilmore Shaver Grace Weldon Iva Marsh Leona MeVetta Florence Quitman Mary Menkvee Laolla ete.
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Common Pleas
Elyria
Edith Reaser
15Th Street
Pearl Sherwood
Abbe Road
Harold R. Bortck
Denison Avenue
John Halpin
Glendale Court
Blanche Kohler
Cleveland
Clayton Harpster
Cornel Avenue
Gilmore Shaver
East River Street
Grace Weldon
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Utica
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Arthur Krock
New York Times
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Auto Union
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Federal Reserve Board
John N. Garner
Williams&. Bankhead
Alben W. Barkley
D. Ky
Sam Rayburn
D. Tex
Treasury
Civilian Conservation Corps
Senate Appropriations Committee
House Appropriations Committee
Edward T. Taylor
Colo
Taylor
Republican National Committee
John D. W. Hamilton
Dr. Townsend
Carol of
Bill
Girl Scouts
Donald Roots
Bath Street
C. R. Grubs
Edward E. Campbell
Beggs
Sara
Lakewood Hospital
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