Hitler to reject Roosevelt as mediator in war settlement
Berlin dispatch reports predicted that Adolf Hitler will refuse any role for Franklin D Roosevelt as mediator in any settlement with the Allied powers. The speech to the Reichstag will re assert German policy since World War I and emphasize peace while dismissing Roosevelt’s proposals. Goering met Yugoslav and Hungarian officials as Nazi leadership readied mobilization and counter moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Reichstag
Rosevelt
Germany
Hitler
Roosevelt
United States
Woodrow
Neville Chamberlain
Metropole Theatre
Marian Verne
Naz Storm Troop Organ
War Ministry
Storm
Storm Troops Corps
Hermann Goering
Jugoslav
Alexander Cincar-Markevitch
Paul Teleki
Count Ssaky
Japan Aims Compromise With Germany and Italy
Tokyo officials report Prime Minister Hiranuma plans a conference with German and Italian ambassadors to explain Japan will not join a general front against the democracies. A three point compromise would permit a Germany Italy alliance against Soviet Russia and expanded if democracies ally with Russia. An anti communist pact would share information and supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Premer Kuichiro Hiranuma
Japan
Baron Hiranuma
Britain
France
Russia
Germany
Italy
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Reichstag
Truck Drivers Beaten By Miners in Coshocton
In Coshocton Ohio on April 27 Willis Ruidenbaugh aged 23 of Bernice was beaten by a crowd of 209 miners and other county drivers were warned they would be hanged from telephone poles if they hauled non union coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coshocton. O
Willis Ruidenbaugh
Bernice
Coshocton County
Thes
Weather Summary: Cloudy with slight cooling in Plains
Over New York and New England this morning pressure remains low while Texas shows relatively low readings. Rocky Mountain Plateau reports high barometers rising over the Great Plains. In the past 24 hours showers and thunderstorms were general from the Central and Southern Plains to the Upper Mississippi Valley and eastward to the Atlantic, with fair weather in the Western states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New England
Texas
Rocky Mountain Plateau
Great Plains
Plains
Mississippi Valley
Atlantic
Plains States
Mayor Burton To Be Mother s Day Speaker
The eighth annual Mother's Day Pilgrimage to the Elyria Home for the Aged will be May 14 with hundreds of Methodists from the Northeast Ohio Conference expected. Hon Harold H Burton mayor of Cleveland will speak at three in the afternoon, accompanied by Mrs Burton, as open house, refreshments, and live loudspeakers welcome visitors. Mayor Joseph Petro of Elyria will greet guests, and the First Methodist Choir of Cleveland directed by Griffith Jones will perform. Grace Schmuck of Wooster, president of the Ladies Aid Society, attends to assist, with the slogan An Auto Load From Every Church. The Home, started in 1900, has cared for 260 elderly persons. plans for a 40th anniversary next year are under way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Home For
Northeast Ohio
Church
Harold H Burton
Cleveland
Burton
Elyria Women’s
Joseph Petro
Elyria
First Methodist Church of
Griffith Jones
Qnakeside
Grace Schmuck
Wooster
Ladies’ Aid Society Oraanization
President Roosevelt Plans Quiet Hyde Park Visit for Norwegian Royalty
President Roosevelt prepared the Summer White House at Hyde Park for Crown Prince Olav of Norway and Princess Martha. The royals will travel aboard the Potomac and stay through Sunday, with a Danish crown prince couple arriving next for a 24 hour visit. Roosevelt drafts a major address for the New York World's Fair as peace proposals loom from Chancellor Hitler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olav
Norway
Martha
Washington
Roosevelts
Hyde Park
New York City
West Point
Frederick
Ingrid
Duchess County
Rhinebeck
N. Y
New York
Hitler
Lindbergh Heads to New York After Dayton Stop
Col Charles A Lindbergh lands at Wright Field at 11 15 a m after a trip from Indianapolis and departs for New York at 11 58 a m to greet his wife and sons. He makes no public statement. Earlier he inspected a new army aircraft motor by Allison Engineering Corp as War Department investigator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Charles A Lindbergh
Wright Field
Indianapolis
New York
Stout Field
England
Lindbergh
War Department
Army Aircraft
Allison Engineering Corp
Kalamazoo Courthouse Tour Spurs Local Bond Plan
Lorain County officials view Kalamazoo’s new courthouse as a model for a possible local project. A bond issue of about 425000 would fund 45 percent federal aid for construction and a total cost near 763000. The delegation included Commissioners Davidson and Dunn and bar association leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalamazoo
Mich
PWA
John E. Davidson
Oscar G. Dunn
Lorain County Bar Association
J J Smythe
Worth Fauver
Don W. Myers
A. H. West
Walter Harland
Hastings May Know Verdict By Nightfall
Three common pleas judges in Norwalk are hearing the case of Harold Hastings 33 accused of the automobile murder of Carl Schlett 29 husband of Hastings’ claimed lover Mrs Coletta Schlett 28. Closing arguments questioned whether Hastings ran down Schlett and whether immunity was promised to Mrs Schlett. Hastings testified about his affair with Mrs Schlett as two character witnesses and Dr Samuel Geiber autopsy were offered. A verdict by night fall was anticipated with a 2 to 1 judge vote enough for conviction or acquittal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Common Pleas
Harold Hastings
Carl Schlett
Sandusky
Hastings
Ben Lindas
Schlett
Coletta Schlett
Lindas
Carpenter
Foy
Samuel Geiber
Cuyahoga County
Schlitt
Wppy
Huron County Common Pleas Court
G. Martin
U.ani
Bucyrus
A. V. Baumann
Fremont
Rex. F. Bracy
Bellevue
Eight Babies Born Within 24 Hours At Elyria Hospital
Elyria Memorial Hospital set a new 24 hour birth record with eight babies born in the period. Six were girls and two were boys, including births to Schroeder and Young families and three girls born yesterday to Shuman Read and Roberts families. additional two boys and three girls born today to Griffiths Jackson Schriver families in Elyria Amherst Avon Lake Grafton area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Wm _ Schroeder
East Broad Street
William Young
Avon Lake
Stuart Shuman
R. D
Elyria
Adrian Read
Robert Jackson
Middle Avenue
Henry Schriver
Grafton
Route 58 Improvement Planned From Lorain to Oberlin
Eight miles of Route 58 will be improved from Lorain to Oberlin as part of a $15.8 million road building program. The project, announced by Harry D Metcalf of the state highway department, is among the first 20 to start within two weeks. State funds of $3.6 million cover equipment and supervision, with work running until April 18, 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Oberlin
Harry D Metcalf
State Highway Department
Nations Await Hitler Reply With Anxiety
United Press reports European governments preparing for any outcome from Adolf Hitler speech to the Reichstag. Britain eyes rapid conscription approval. France seeks a united anti aggression front with Romania. Russia moves toward Turkey. Germany and Italy mobilize as encirclement tensions mount. Germany eyes Far East leverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolf Hitler
Reichstag
Roosevelt
London
Neville Chamberlain
Britain
Europe
Paris
Georges Bonnet
Grigore Gafencu
Romania
Germany
Turkey
Istanbul
Italy
Cologne
Far East
General Marshall Nominated For Chief Of Staff
President Roosevelt nominated Brig. Gen. George Catlett Marshall to succeed Gen. Malin Craig as chief of staff of the U S Army. Marshall will hold full general rank. Craig retires August 31. Marshall, 58, a Uniontown, Pennsylvania native, rose without West Point training and served as Pershing aide and early War Department war plans leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
George Catlett Marshall
Malin Craig
U. S. Army
Marshall
Craig
Army
War Plans Division
West Point
Military Academy
Uniontown
Virginia Military Academy
John J. Pershing
Dr Hicks to Preach Baccalaureate Sermon
The Elyria Ministerial Association met at 1 A M to decide the annual baccalaureate service for the high school commencement. Dr Frank L Hicks will be the preacher this year with the location to be announced. Attending were Rev E B Redhead Rev Bela P Basco Rev Will J Foster Dr William Muir Auld Dr A E Kemp Rev G A Brown and Rev Ernst Irion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Ministerial Association
Frank L. Hicks
E. B. Redhead
Bela P. Basco
Will J. Foster
William Muir
Methodist Unification Conference Hears Roosevelt Message
President Roosevelt urges freedom of conscience as democracies face today’s conflicts. He writes the torch of liberty must burn for all, addressing 900 delegates from eight million Methodists. Delegates also seek unity across Methodist branches and discuss a national day of prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Roosevelt
Methodist Unification Conference
New Methodist Church
Uniting Conference
Isaac Foot
Plysmouth
Eng
Privy Council
Great Britain
Conscription Debate Signals Britain Facing Security Test
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain told the House of Commons that peace in Europe hangs on a narrow margin and conscription is vital to Britain's security. He warned a general election could follow if opposition blocks the plan to call up 300000 men, saying since March 29 the situation has radically changed and guarantees to Poland, Romania, and Greece must be backed with action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Chamberlain
Commons
London
U.P
Europe
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Labor
Faure
Poland
Brita
Romania
Greece
Ashbolt Reaches Peace With Governor Bricker
Ohio State Rep. William Ashbolt of Lorain County, after accusing the Governor’s office of being closed to him, finds the door open following a 10 minute meeting arranged by Speaker McCulloch. He seeks state aid for Lorain road projects and labor bill support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Wiliam Ashbolt
Lorain County
John W Bricker
Ashbolt
William McCulloch
Bricker
Lorain
Robert &. Beightler
Colorado Avenue
Leavitt Road
Oberlin
House Labor Committee
Pilot Boat Sinks Near Ambrose Lightship
The coast guard reports the pilot boat Sandy Hook sank one mile north of Ambrose Lightship after a collision with the Norwegian liner Olsofjord, inbound with Crown Prince Olav and Princess Martha aboard. A crew of 26 was rescued. the rescue vessel is not yet identified. The Olsofjord continued to quarantine to transfer the royal party to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Coast Guard
Ambrose
Olsofjord
Crown Prince Olav
Princess Martha
Norway
Sandy Hook
Princess
New York City
Grass fire near East Bridge street extinguished
Elyria firemen put out a grass fire spreading from a rubbish blaze at 132 East Bridge Street. The blaze covered about a half acre but caused no property damage and was cleared by early afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
East Bridge Street
Lorain County Adult Education Council Elects Officers
The Lorain County Adult Education Council held its annual meeting at First Congregational Church in Lorain last night. C A Gibbons was reelected president, Howard L. Rawdon vice president, Alice Platner secretary, and Ralph Holden treasurer. Executive members include Ona V. Holley, C I Hummel, and Edward Wells. Dr A Caswell Ellis urged ongoing adult education with six needed education types and noted 92 attendees. Accomplishments cited include an speakers bureau, an education directory, and leaders’ meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
C. A. Gibbons
Howard L. Rawdon
Oberlin
Alice Platner
Elyria
Ralph Holden
Lorain
Ona V. Holley
C. I. Hummel
Edward Wells
Wellington
Ellis
A. Caswell Ellis
Cleveland College
J. 5. Mason
Mariar King
Edna Moore
Elynia
Work Against Time In Appalachian Coal Tieup
Federal mediators raced to resolve the Appalachian soft coal wage dispute within a week to avoid nationwide disruption. The nine-state standstill risks 340,000 idle miners and could trigger shutdowns in the Pennsylvania Anthracite Industry. John R. Steelman led talks with James F. Dewey, aiming to bridge the gap on the closed shop issue before the May 4 work deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Mine Workers of America
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Pennsylvania
John R. Steelman
Federal Conciliation Service
Secretary of Labor
Frances M. Perkins
James F. Dewey
Steelman
Hitler Speech To Be Broadcast At Noon Tomorrow
Berlin April 27 Adolf Hitler will address the Reichstag in response to President Roosevelt peace appeal. The speech will be broadcast to the United States at noon tomorrow by Station DJL on 19.85 meters and by Station DJB on 19.74 meters. All three networks will carry the broadcast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Reichstag
Roosevelt
United States
DJL
DJB
Car Crash Kills Woman, Injures Husband Near Sheffield Lake
Mrs. Florence Gibson, 39, of Stop 8312 Sheffield Lake, died instantly when her car struck a large truck rear end at 1 a m. Her husband Earl, 48, a Lorain fisherman, was critically injured. The collision shattered the car’s top. Gibson had a skull fracture. Stewart Faris, 21, of East Cleveland, drove the truck and stopped after the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Gibson
Sheffield Lake
Earl
Gibson
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Roger and Warner Fisheries
Lorain
Harold
Stewart Faris
East Cleveland
Elderly Woman Found Dead In Her Home
Mrs. Clemence Servais aged 73 was found dead in a Stop 7 North Ridge cottage by Sheriff and deputies after a neighbor reported concern. Coroner says death likely from natural causes. she leaves four children not residing locally. Body taken to Taylor Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clemence Servais
Stop 7
North Ridge Road
Carl R. Fmegan
Taylor Funeral Home
Officers Installed By Moose Lodge In Elyria
Elyria Loyal Order of Moose members installed new officers at the lodge home on Second Street. E. L. King became dictator with Henry Dicken as vice dictator John B. Slack as prelate and Neil F. Moss as treasurer. Trustees are Theodore W. Blaine and Charles H. Parkey. Degrees were conferred by Les McLaughlin. A large crowd attended. A hash%E8nken was served at the close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Lodge
the Loyal Order of Moose
Second Street
E. L. King
Henry Dicken
John B. Slack
Neil F. Moss
Theodore W. Blaine
Charles H. Parkey
Les McLaughlin
Haschenk
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Spaperira
Mayor Burton
Harold Burton
White House
Col. Lindbergh
Kalamazoo County
M. J. C. Bulingham
Accom
United Press
General Marshall
Dr. Hicks
Methodist Episcopal
Methodist Episcopal South
L. D Dickinson
Michigan
George W. Henson
Philadelphia
John R. Mott
W. Frank Bryan
Huntsville
Orien W. Fifer
Cincinnati
Paul W. Quillian
Houston
Alf M. Landon
Topeka
Kans
Thomas S. Brock
Trenton
N. J
Oscar T. Olson
Adult Education Council
Moose Lodge
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