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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1940
Page
16
The article notes Joseph P Kennedy may step down as ambassador to the Court of St James's as health declines and he appears too frank for the London scene. It also mentions Henry Wallace and Perkins pursuing plans linked to cotton stamps and surplus handling amid wartime economics.
Mrs Eugene Meyer and Eleanor Patterson clash over gowns at the American Society of Newspaper Editors reception. The piece notes publishers' frictions, the Norway invasion dinner, and Jesse Saugstad of the State Department. It discusses labor policy clashes, the Smith amendments, and potential political consequences for Roosevelt and the GOP in 1940.
Elyria firemen from beds were called at 4 15 am to a vacant property on Abbe road west side. The blaze spread over several acres but caused no property damage. Investigations point to matches by children. two earlier grass fires also caused no damage at Cleveland Eady and Cleveland Abbe intersections.
Three men sentenced to die in the electric chair, Eugene Harms, Joseph Di Marco, and Anthony Cirasole, received reprieves from Ohio courts of appeal. Harms has until June 20 for review while Di Marco and Cirasole’s executions were indefinitely stayed due to a heavy docket.
In Washington April 30 the House faces a test as parity payments of 212000000 are considered replacing wage hour debates. A Senate approved parity amendment to the 1941 Agriculture Department appropriation bill could derail the economy bloc. Conferees failed on items totaling 304,721,743 with parity payments as the principal. Rep. Tarver is expected to move to agree with the Senate and fund parity, while a strong bloc among 56 House members pushes to broaden funding for surplus disposal and tenant programs.
Hamilton School principal Harry Frankfather and Ely School principal Richard Outland joined colleagues at the Spring conference of the Department of Elementary School Principals of the Ohio Education Association in Columbus on April 27. The theme focused on responsibilities and opportunities in elementary school leadership with Dr. Walter L. Collins concluding on the principal's role in shaping the state’s new elementary education program.
The Loram Co Children’s Home invites all former residents and the public to an open house Saturday from 2 to 4 PM. A home-coming day is proposed for May to honor the hundreds who have lived there over the past forty years. Program led by Oberlin College YMCA and YWCA figures includes May Queen, scouts, dances, acrobatics, tumbling, and drum majorette performances.
A date was proposed for the defendants' hearing following a prior schedule that had them to be executed on July 26. Officials discussed setting a formal date to review the case and impose final judgment.
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