Hotel Blaze Kill Two Firemen at Park Avenue Hotel
A blaze at the Ratz Tower on Park Avenue caused two firemen to die and 13 others to be overcome or injured. Smoke blanketed 57th Street as rescue crews in gas masks battled the fire from a basement origin near a paint shop and an explosion is suspected to have spread the flames.
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New York
Ratz Tower
Park Avenue
Consolidated Gas Company
Pananza
57Th Street
Crosstown
Bernstein and Lange plead not guilty in Ohio embezzlement cases
Cleveland dispatch reports Alex Bernstein former Cuyahoga County deputy treasurer and Joseph Lange also pleaded not guilty to indictments charging embezzlement of 177000 and 2097 respectively. Seven Republican leaders indicted in a half million dollar treasury shortfall face trial September 6. The piece notes related loans mortgages and payments tied to the Bernstein family and associates amid ongoing probes. David Ingalls governor hopeful suffers a broken collarbone when his horse fell during a polo match in Cleveland.
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Cleveland, O
Alex Berrstein
Cuyahoga County
Treasury
Joseph F. Lange
Maurice Maschke
Charles Bernstein
Henry A. Beckerman
Maschke
Herman H. Felsman
Beckerman
Herman H. Finkle
Ohio
Bernsteins
Alex Bernstein
Charles Rosenblatt
Beckerton
Felsman
David S. Ingalls
Ohio Weather Forecast Cloudy With Showers Likely
Ohio forecast shows cloudy skies with showers late tonight or Tuesday. Temperatures rise slightly in the southwest portion on Tuesday.
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Ohio
Communists And Catholic Party Hold Balance Of Power In Germany
Berlin tally shows Communists and Catholic party holding balance after a Sunday vote. Nazis doubled their Reichstag seats but no working majority emerged, opening path for Papen to lead and possible dictatorial moves amid a fractured parliament.
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Germany
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Bruening
Hitler
Attack Fatal To Communist Leaders In Koenigsberg
A Communist leader Sauff was shot and stabbed to death in his bed in Koenigsberg and Socialist leader Zirpins lay critically wounded after attacks blamed on Nazis. Attackers escaped as two Left Wing newspapers faced bombing attempts in the same region.
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Koenigsberg
Sauff
Zirpins
Fear and unrest surround Salmie mine siege in Indiana
Hundreds of union pickets crowded the Dixie Bee Coal Mine at Salmie as 100 non union miners entered the shaft in Terre Haute. Sheriff Dreher asked Governor Leslie for state aid to restore order and keep highways open. A federal injunction shields the mine while surly union miners patrol nearby.
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Buclletix
Terre Hauth
Ind
Dixie Bee
Jos Dreher
Harry G. Leslie
Die Bee
Alleged radicals arrested in Lorain
Lorain police chief Theodore Walker moved to halt future meetings by arresting three leaders linked to Cleveland and Lorain. Police with 30 officers and deputy sheriffs dispersed a crowd after the arrests on suspicion charges. Sheriff Clarence Adams supported the action, pledging quick mobilization if needed.
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Lorain
Cleveland
Theodore Walker
Labrary Park
Walker
Clarence Adams
Ely Park
Adams
Elyria and
National Tube Company
Elyrians Narrow Escape When Street Car Destroys Auto
M. J. Elton, his wife and two children of 235 Eastern Heights Boulevard escaped injury Sunday at 8:15 p m when a street car demolished their automobile at a crossing one and a half miles west of Vermilion. They jumped to safety as the car bore down. The Frank Wilford and Max VanWormer families, in two autos, followed and escorted the Elton family home.
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M. J. Elton
Eastern Heights Boulevard
Vermilion
Eltons
Elyria
Frank Wilford
Max VanWormer
Elton
Work on Route Twenty Will Begin Soon
The Hill and Hill Co. of Elyria has been notified by the State Highway department that it won the contract to widen U S highway 20 from the Cuyahoga County line to Elyria. Formal signing is expected in a few days and work will start promptly with a rush to finish before snow. About three hundred men applied for work with the Hill and Hill Co. today.
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Hill and Hill Co
Elyria
State Highway Department
Bean
Cuyahoga County
Chronicle-Telegram
Proposed Budget Cuts Highlight Department Head Pay Reductions
Councilmen Carl Curtis and W G Smith plan to present a proposed budget tonight featuring salary cuts of 25 percent or more for department heads and elective officials, 10 percent for other employees, a temporary suspension of the building department, and sizable cuts in engineering, park, and health departments. Total reductions are about 48000 dollars.
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Carl Curtis
W. G. Smith
Flames Destroy Home Killing One In Ohio Farm Fire
A farm home one mile north of Champion Center, Warren, burned entirely today. Joseph Smith, owner, leaped from a window and sprained an ankle while escaping. A 24 year old farmhand, Joe Sporik from Cleveland, died in the blaze. Steve Tirigi of Warren was burned on face and body while escaping.
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Warren
Joseph Smith
Champion Center
Joe Sporik
Cleveland
Smith
Steve Tirigi
Federal Reserve Opens Direct Loans to Businesses
Washington Aug 1 The nations largest reservoirs of credit opened today to rush funds directly to business men and industries when their banks decline to loan. The Federal Reserve Board directs 12 great banks to make loans directly to individuals and firms under the unemployment relief act. Loans require adequate security and a genuine need, funds to be used for current operations only.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Reserve
Federal Reserve Ooard
Well Known Elyria Woman Passes
Florence Rauh wife of Joseph Rauh of Washington avenue died at Elyria Memorial Hospital after surgery. She was daughter of John and Mary Dyke and survived by four brothers and four sisters. Former widow of David Lewis founder of Lewis Mercantile Co. Funeral Wednesday at 3 from Washington avenue home with Rev. E B Redhead officiating. Burial Ridgelawn Cemetery will be private.
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Florence Rauh
Joseph Rauh
Washington Avenue
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Elyria Drum and Bugle Corps Wins Belle Fontaine Contest
The Elyria Drum and Bugle Corps won first prize of 200 dollars in a nine corps contest at Bellefontaine Ohio. Berea took second and Lima third each with 100 dollars. Elyria plans to use the prize to help fund a state meet at the American Legion convention in Toledo this month.
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Elyria
Bellefontaine
Berea
Lima
Elyria Corps
American Legion
Toledo
Chamber urges city budget cuts to lower tax rate
The Chamber of Commerce votes to recommend salary cuts of 10 to 26 percent for all city employees and to apply savings to the city budget so next year’s tax rate can be reduced. Mayor and some council members favor cuts but not the budget linkage. The group urges taxpayers to contact council members and the mayor to push for a $20,000 greater budget reduction to truly aid taxpayers.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
W. F. Gollmar
Gollmar
Golimar
van Oster
Kennedy
Fiery Mayor Urges Butler Visit To Aid Veterans
In Johnstown Pennsylvania on August 1 Mayor Eddie McCloskey called General Smedley Butler urging him to visit and revitalize the morale of 5,000 B H F veterans facing a looming food shortage. Camp Waite reports half rations with no cooking facilities, four large cans for 5,400 meals, and breakfast not yet served. The mayor ordered men sent to chisel lava cans from restaurants and packing houses as the General’s possible arrival looms this week.
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Johnstown
Washington
New Hope
Eddie McCloskey
B. B
Doak Carter
Phil Burke
Robert Ellison
J. C. Batty
Lett
Harry Grimston
Smedley
Darlington Butler
McCloskey
Butler
Waite
United Press
Butler to Advise Smedley Butler Urges Johnstown Camp Return
Major General Smedley D Butler, retired Marine leader, plans to visit the Bonus Expeditionary Force encampment in Johnstown Pennsylvania to urge the men to go home. He criticizes the group as disorganized and says soldiers and veterans need a plan for those with no homes. The mayor, Eddie McCloskey, telephoned Butler urging immediate attendance.
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Newton Square
Smedley D Butler
Bonus
Johnstown
Tam
Butler
Eddie McCloskey
Eddie
Sheriff Plans More Traffic Patrols on Lake Road
Sheriff Clarence Adams announced plans to shift resources to traffic duty on Lake road west of Lorlawnow and near Route 20 from Elyria as work begins. Two motorcycle officers currently patrol. more manpower will be deployed without expanding the force due to rising accidents from speeding near the one way lane.
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Lake Road
Lora Lnow
Elyria East
Clarence Adams
Vets Plan Bonus City Near Washington
An alliance of World War veterans camps in the woods near Waterbury Maryland to hew out a new bonus city on Virgin Forest twenty miles from the capital. Commander Walter Waters leads the effort with support from Maud Edgell who donated land and envisions a self supporting colony for veterans and families displaced by federal actions in Washington.
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Waterbury
Washington
Walter Waters
Bonus Expeditionary Force
Maud Edgell
Waters
Johnstown
Washingon
Urge Shorter Work Week as Aid to Employment
President Hoover will return from Rapidan fishing camp for a conference with New England leaders urging a shorter work week to boost employment. Hoover plans to depart his camp in mid afternoon with a 9 p.m. White House session. New England officials had discussed with Secretary Lamont and planned to meet Secretary Doak in the afternoon.
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Washington
Hoover
Rapidan
New England
White House
New
Lorain County Seeks Federal Funds for Relief Bond Issue
County commissioners plan to borrow 131 245 dollars from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation using relief bonds as security. Representatives Squires Sanders and Dempsey will forward papers to RF C headquarters and then to the governor for a certificate with the Federal Reserve Bank in Cleveland. Lorain will receive 76 000 dollars, Elyria 16 066 dollars, with the rest distributed to districts seeking relief.
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Lorain County
Joan
Squires, Sanders and Dempsey
Wagton
Federal Reserve Bank
Cleveland
Lorain
Elyria
Costly Kenton Fire Destroys Several Downtown Stores
A major blaze in Kenton, Ohio destroyed the Grand Opera House and multiple downtown businesses. Damage is estimated at 100000 with flames still smoldering in ruins as firefighters from Lima, Marion, Bellefontaine, and Forest aided Kenton crews. Two men, Frank Bane and Harry Furlong, were overcome by heat and smoke while assisting. The fire reportedly started behind a dry goods store and damaged a clothing shop, restaurant, shoe store, and a second hand store.
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Kenton
Frank Bane
Harry Furlong
Lansing
Mich
Lima
Marion
Bellefontaine
Forest
Kenton Firmen
Opera House
Cleveland Driver Swerves to Avoid Chicken in Ditch
A Cleveland man swerved to avoid a chicken crossing the road and landed in a roadside ditch on Butternut Ridges near Eldred’s Road at about 6 36 AM injuring two passengers Polite David 36 and Jack Spratt 147 both of Cleveland and taken to a local hospital by Deputy Sheriff Bob Rodgers.
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Polite David
Jack Spratt
Bob Rodgers
Buttarnut Ridges
Eldred’s
Ial Hospital
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