Roosevelt proposes sweeping federal agency reorganization plan
President Roosevelt asks Congress to approve an omnibus order realigning and consolidating Social Security, Works Progress, and other agencies into four main groups. The plan aims for substantial annual savings, with effects starting 60 days after approval, though some provisions face congressional opposition and possible later action.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Maor
Social Security
Budget Bureau
Central Statistical Board
Naional Resources Committee
White House
House
Senate
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Federal Housing Administration
Commodity Credit Corporation
Electric Farm and Home Authority
Social Security Board
U. S. Public Health Service
National Youth Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Public Works Administration
Works Progress Administration
Agriculture Bureau of Public Roads and Procurement
Forestry Service
Agriculture
Interior Department
RFC
Commerce Department
Administration
Grand Jurors Reconvene To Consider Four Cases
Grand jurors reconvened to pay for four cases not finished last week and to review new matters. One case involves Joseph Braadech 52 of Lorain charged with wife murder on April 7 and a suicide attempt. Jurors also weigh burglary charges against Alfred Bignall and robbery charges against John Pavitch and Mike Jessen.
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Joseph Braadech
Lorain
Braadech
Aite
Anna Marie Hahn
Alfred Bignall
Wellington
John Pavitch
Mike Jessen
Howard R. Butler
Surgeon Slain In Chicago No Clue To Killer
Chicago police questioned former patients of James McDonald Scott a 73 year old surgeon after his slaying near a West Side office. Investigators seek motive and details as they pursue possible revenge connections.
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Chicago
James McDonald Scott
Scott
West Side
Kyran Phalen
Earthquake Shakes Lima in Violent Morning Tremor
A powerful earthquake struck Lima Peru at 7 55 a m local time. It was one of the most violent quakes since 1932 causing alarm and potential damage reported today.
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Lima
Peru
Ohio Weather Bulletin Could Bring Rain Tonight
Occasional rain and warmer conditions in the southeast, cooler in the extreme northeast this evening. Scattered showers expected Wednesday with cooler north portions. The 24 hour weather overview notes a Dakotas central disturbance guiding low pressure toward the Texas Panhandle and Lake Region east to Long Island. High pressure sits along the South Atlantic and Pacific coasts with widespread showers in the lower Mississippi Valley and broad warm, wet conditions across the Northern States. Temperature changes over the past 24 hours have been minor.
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Ohio
Dakotas
Texas Panhandle
Canadian Prairies
Lake Region
Long Island
South Atlantic Coast
Pacific States
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Washington
Oregon
Trustees Elected by Elyria Community Chest Group
Five trustees were reelected and one new member chosen at the Elyria Community Chest annual meeting. Rodney G. Rockwood was elected to replace retiring F. A. Smythe after Smythe asked to withdraw. J.B. Seward won an unexpired term. others were reelected for three years. Financial report for 1938 and results of 1939 campaign were presented.
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Elyria Community Chest, Inc
Community Chest
F. A. Smythe
Rodney G. Rockwood
Savings Deposit Bank and Trust Company
Guy B. Findley
A. M. Hannaford
A. C. Hudnutt
A. R. Kemp
T. L. Moise
J.B. Seward
Elderly Lady Repays Ohio For Pension
In Columbus a senior woman repaid the Ohio State Division of Aid for the Aged after learning the state had paid her more than 1000 dollars in pensions over three years. State Administrator Tom McCaw received a check for the amount signed by the woman who asked to remain unnamed.
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Columbus. O
State Division of Aid For
Tom McCaw
McCaw
Relief Matching Program Faces Collapse in Ohio
In Columbus on April 25 the relief matching program faced collapse as federal objections to diverting local automobile tag tax funds for relief purposes threatened to cut federal aid. Legislative leaders had relied on the device to let local governments match state relief grants, but the Federal Bureau of Roads warned diversion could forfeit matching federal money.
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Columbus
Federal Bureau of Roads
Unusual reunion planned at Solet home after 30 years apart
The Solet family on Diagonal Road near Elyria prepares for a Friday night reunion to bring Anna Solet together with her parents after a 30 year separation. Anna, now 34, and her sister Clara 25, have endured a long journey from Hungary with multiple visits and delays including a trachoma diagnosis and U S entry obstacles.
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John Solet
Diagonal Road
Elyria
Anna Solet
Hungary
Clara
Anna
Rabacsanakh
Cleveland
Budapest
United States
Mrabacsanak
Probers Drill Alleged Job Racket On Lorain Bridges
County commissioners vow investigation into an alleged labor racketeering scheme on the two Lorain PWA bridges. Slavic Civic League members accuse a union official of steering jobs and charging up to 128 dollars. The board urged affidavits, planned inquiries with bridge superintendents and union officials, and noted PWA rules require labor from relief rolls or state unemployment records.
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PWA
Lorain
Slavic Civic League
George Janosik
Janosik
Pete Vrbancic
Joseph Tkach
Nick Sykuta
Andy Olszewski
Ask
Lord Lothian Named British Ambassador to United States
London reports the Marquess of Lothian, a Cliveden Set member who opposed appeasement, will become Britain's ambassador to Washington this summer. He succeeds Sir Ronald Lindsay, retiring after nine years as dean of the diplomatic corps.
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London
Marquess of Lothian
Cliveden
Europe
Washington
Lord Lothian
Ronald Lindsay
Spring farm work surges as oats seedings begin in Lorain County
Lorain County farms bustle with spring activity as oats seedings roll ahead after cold wet spell. Garden planting resumes with warm spell boosting fruit buds while C I Hummel notes delaying frost damage, and urges delayed dormant spray for apples before predicted rain hinders protection against scab.
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Lorain County
C. I. Hummel
1 200 Tons of Slag Awarded Across Five Townships
County commissioners awarded 1,200 tons of slag to five subdivisions for spring road work. Sheffield township and Sheffield Lake Village each received 150 tons amid protests by Commissioner Edward DeChant who sought higher totals. Other awards included Wellington 250 tons, Russia 350 tons, and Huntington 300 tons for specific road improvements.
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Sheffield Township
Sheffield Lake Village
Edward DeChant
John E. Davidson
Oscar G. Dunn
DeChant
Peequemee
Davidson
Dunn
Wellington
Hawley
Quarry
Russia
Annis
West
Hamilton Street
Huntington Township
Stewart
Bursley
Hensley's Mother Plans Appeals To Higher Courts
Edward Hensley 23 convicted of attack murder of Louise Hornbeck 19 Grafton on Oct 18 1937 will appeal to Ohio Supreme Court and then US Supreme Court his mother Mrs Sidney Hensley of Youngstown says she will pursue the case despite counsel's input The Ninth District Court of Appeals sustained the verdict March 1938 trial began March 8 1938. Hensley sentenced to life imprisonment now in Columbus penitentiary.
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Edward Hensley
Louise Hornbeck
Grafton
Ohio Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Sidney Hensley
Youngstown
West Avenue
Ninth District Court of Appeals
Hensley
Elyria
D. F. Rendinell
Common Pleas
Guy B. Findley
Columbus
Methodists Plan Unification to Merge Three Branches
In Kansas City, 1000 church leaders including 60 bishops met to map a three week uniting conference. The goal is to merge the Methodist Episcopal Church, the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and the Methodist Protestant Church, creating the world’s largest Protestant denomination with about eight million members.
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Excelsior Springs
Earth
Four Corners
International Conference of the Church
Kansas City
Otto Meller
Berlin
Germany
John W. Robertson
Lucknow
India
John Nielsen
Geneva
Switzerland
Jashwant Rao Chitambar
Jubbulpore
Methodist Church
Thy
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Methodist Protestant Church
Uniting Conference
Methodist
Hitler to Reject Tone Down Reply to Roosevelt Peace Message
Berlin reports indicate Adolf Hitler will refuse to soften his Reichstag reply to President Roosevelt's peace appeal despite British urging. Neville Henderson arrives with instructions while Ribbentrop may not meet before the Friday Reichstag session. Munich-era animosity toward Chamberlain colors the stance.
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Hitler
Roosevelt
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Reichstag
Great Britain
Joachim von Ribbentrop
London
Nevile Henderson
Britain
Henderson
Ribbentrop
Sador
Neville Chamberlain
Germany
United States
Chamberlain
Munich
Britain’s Peace Move Meets Cold Reception in Germany
Great Britain seeks to sway Hitler toward peace but is met with delays and snubs as Sir Nevile Henderson travels to Berlin. Germany shows no rush to reciprocate while Balkans talks advance with Jugoslavia, Bulgaria, and Turkey under Axis pressure.
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Robert Coulondre
Berlin
Henderson
Hitler
Germany
London
Paris
Coulondre
Italy
Balkans
Roosevelt
Jugoslavia
Rome
Belgrade
Bulgaria
Turkey
Great Britain
the Marquess of Lothian
United States
Courthouse Roof Repairs Underway by Elyria Sheet Metal
Workmen from the Elyria Sheet Metal Co. repair gutters along the courthouse roof edge to stop water intrusion. The project costs up to $100 and includes removal of two loose metal sections from the dome structure.
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The
Elyria Sheet Metal Co
United States Cruiser Omaha Arrives for Malta Visit
The United States cruiser Omaha arrived in Malta for a visit expected to last about a week.
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Malta
Omaha
Leiserson Named to National Labor Relations Board
President Roosevelt nominates William M. Leiserson to succeed Donald Wakefield Smith on the NLRB amid Senate battles over Wagner Act revisions. Leiserson, 56, longtime labor economist and former National Mediation Board chairman, has held key posts since 1911.
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Washington
Roosevelt
William M. Leiserson
National (Railroad) Mediation Board
Donald Wakefield Smith
National Labor Relations Board
Leiserson
Senate
NLRB
National Medation Board
National Relations Board
American Federation of Labor
Smith
Mediation Board
NRA
National Labor Board
Petroleum Labor Policy Board
U.S. Commission On Industrial Relations
Toledo University
Antioch College
Arms Budget Near Three Billions
London April 25. The government presents to the House of Commons a 1939 1940 defense budget of 2 949 975 000 dollars the largest in peacetime history. Chancellor Sir John Simon warns of additional taxation while keeping the 27 1 2 percent basic income tax rate. New levies target automobiles sugar tobacco and movie films. Simon says defense spending may rise further as the country stands ready for sacrifice.
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London
U.P
House of Commons
John Simon
The
Excheuer
Simon
U S Mediator Breaks Deadlock in Appalachian Coal Talks
Federal mediator John R. Steelman enters eight state joint conference to resolve the Wage Hour contract deadlock that idle 340,000 miners since April 2. He works with management and labor under Secretary Perkins guidance. miners’ delegates are excused for private talks with Steelman.
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New York
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Conference of Representatives of Management and Labor
Frances Perkins
French ambassador to Berlin to depart for post
Paris reports that Robert Coulondre, French ambassador to Berlin, will leave for his post tonight after an agreement with Britain. He will carry no special instructions but has conferred with Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet and others on the general situation.
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Paris
Robert Coulondre
Berlin
Germany
Coulondre
Georges Bonnet
Elyria Masons Prepare Four Stage Super Excellent Masters Degree
Elyria Council No. 86 R and S M announces many locals will take active roles in the annual Super Excellent Masters reunion on Thursday. The program includes a reception at 5 20 p m a 6 15 p m dinner and a 7 39 p m degree conferral with H H Nye directing and Don G Sotherden assisting. Section One features emblems explained by F P Sasse and a lecture by Dr R Bevard. Section Two titled Captives in Babylon presents Ezekiel the Prophet with 11 Companions among the participants.
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H. H. Nye
Elyria
Grand Council
State of Ohio
Don G. Sotherden
R. J. Fitch
K. W. Plocher
A. E. Roper
J. D. Severs
C. J. Miller
C. A. Rawson
J. J. Vaughn
R. R. Bevard
L. A. Kuss
G. L. Tattersall
Claude Blanchard
W. A
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Earth’s Four Corners
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Methodists
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Fuehrer
U.S
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Bulletin
U. S
State Department
France
Rench
F. P. Sasse
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