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The Chronicle Telegram

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 01, 1939

Page

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Violent Storms Follow Drought In New England

Violent storms in New England and a wind shift in southern New York and New Jersey worsened drought effects across the Atlantic northeast. Cloudbursts cause new damage in Massachusetts and Connecticut. two boys drown in Mulford, Conn. Boats capsized in Boston harbor. rain floods Boston streets. Agriculture officials warn only a three day soaking rain can save many Massachusetts crops. Park damage in New York City and widespread potato losses in Maine. Upstate New York gains moisture for second crops but dry air from the southwest heightens concern. Estimated New York City park damage tops $300,000.

New York New England New Jersey Atlantic Massachusetts Mulford Conn Robert Howe Gardner Mass Hudson Boston Quincy Bay Wiliam Casey Rochester Maine New York City

Real Estate Board To Meet Tomorrow

Elyria Real Estate Board will hold a noon meeting and lunch tomorrow in the dining room of the Elks Restaurant on Second Street. J W Smith president announced several important statements on government and state activities affecting real estate.

Elyria Real Estate Board Elks Second Sfreet J W Smith Smith

Weather synopsis for Ohio and surrounding regions

Partly cloudy and warmer in the southwest, cooler in the northeast tonight. Wednesday predicts cloudy skies with scattered showers in the west. Disturbances center over the northeast with a trough from Manitoba toward the Missouri Valley and Moghs over Ontario, the southeast, and Pacific Northwest. Light showers reported from the northeast, the South Atlantic States, the northern Rockies, and the Missouri Valley. cooler over Canada except Manitoba and westward into Montana. warmer from Manitoba southward through the Mississippi Valley toward the lower Great Lakes region.

Ohio Manitoba Missouri Valley Ontario British Columbia Washington Atlanta Rocky Mountain Canada Montana

Community Picnic Facts In Brief

Cascade Park hosts a community picnic on Wednesday afternoon and evening. Activities run 130 to 330 PM with athletic contests baseball games and races plus swimming and pitching speed meters. A picnic supper is planned 530 to 630 PM followed by announcements and bugle corps drills from 730 to 8 PM.

Bugle Corps

Hungarian Guard Wounded In Frontier Clash

Budapest reports a third frontier clash with Romanians along the Theiss River. Hungarian guards say Romanian forces fired across the river with machine guns and rifles, wounding one Hungarian guard as both sides exchanged fire at dawn. The incident follows rising tensions over territory seized after World War I.

Budapest Hungary Theiss Rumemars Tecsce Rumania Bucharest

Order Election To End Auto Union Dispute

The National Labor Relations Board ordered separate elections within 20 days at 11 Chrysler plants and two grouped plants to resolve a dispute between UAW factions. About 78,000 employees at Chrysler, Br ges Manufacturing and Buggs Indiana Corp, and Motor Products will vote on CAW-CIO, UAW AFL factions, or neither, with shorter timelines for some sites. The decision rejects a single unit across all plants and specifies plant by plant ballots in Detroit and Indiana areas.

Washington National Labor Relations Board United Automobile Workers Union JCurywer_ Corps a : Manufacturing Co Motor Products Co Detroit Congress of Industrial Organizations UAW Chrysler Br Ges Manufacturing Co Buggs Indiana Corp Menigan Indiana Motor Products Caw-Cio American Federation of Labor

Fall From 125 Foot Smokestack Proves Fatal

In Cleveland Ohio on August 1 Andrew L Wurstner 39 president of the National Smokestack Co died after a hoisting rope failed while he was climbing the Werdeman Co smokestack. He fell from the stack to the roof of the plant.

Cleveland O Andrew L Wurstner National Smokestack Co Wurstner Werdeman Co

Tax League Demands Action On Ohio Industrial Commission

The Citizens Tax League of Ohio criticizes the Industrial Commission for failures in duties and calls for immediate action by Governor Bricker, a grand jury probe, and leadership changes. They urge modernization of Workmen's Compensation and Industrial Commission acts and seek investigation into alleged collusion between commission staff and claimants.

Ohio Industrial Commission Tax League Columbus O John W Bricker Citizens Tax League of Ohio League J. W Beall Democratic Commission Bealls Columbus. O Ofio Industrial Commissions House Citizens Tax League of Ofro & Non-Pertian Grand Jury Industrial Commissioners John W Bricher J W Beall Workmens Compensation and Industrial Commission Ask Frank’ N County Commission S P. Bush Columbus Commissun

Brownhelm Trustees Refuse Pay Increase

Brownhelm township trustees Milo McQueen Lloyd Bacon and Robert L Leimbach along with clerk H L Brandau declined to raise their $250 yearly compensation. A new state law allows up to $525 based on spending, but the trustees say tax burdens are already high and will not vote themselves more.

Brownhelm Township Milo McQueen Lloyd Bacon Robert ~L Leimbach H L Brandau Brownhelm Lorrd Bacon Brownhelm Trustes

Minneapolis Star Journal merger ends Journal publication

Minneapolis and Buffalo papers suspend separate newspapers and merge the Minneapolis Journal with the Minneapolis Star to form The Minneapolis Star Journal. The sale excludes real estate, specifics undisclosed, as subscribers receive the combined edition from the Star’s plant. The Buffalo Times ends publication after long service since 1879 under various owners. It had become a daily in 1883 and shifted ownership before the recent decision.

Minneapolis, Mann Minneapolis Journal Minneapolis Star Minneapolis Star-Journal Journal Star Minneapolis Buffalo Times Times Norman Lyach Wiliam Jennings Mack The Scripps-Howard Organization George H Lyon Earl J Gaines

Hooded Bandit Appears In Northwest Ohio

A hooded bandit struck in northwestern Ohio starting a fresh police hunt. Raymond Nye, manager of a Tiffin station, was robbed of 228 dollars. Nye described the robber as steel-nerved and the suspect carried a shotgun, unlike the earlier confederate who used a double-barrel gun. Police Chief Charles Mutchher noted the suspect’s nervous temperament and that the longtime Highway Bandit has not been seen recently.

Tiffin. O Ohio Raymond Nye Tiffin Charles Mutchher Nye

Local Athlete Diewald Dies At Work At 18

C David Diewald 18 of 154 Abbe road Elyria High senior and softball player collapsed at Schro Coal Co on Cleveland road around 11 am and died shortly after. Cause believed heat prostration or heart condition. He worked three weeks at the coal company and helped unload a car with Earl Wohleber. Diewald was pronounced dead at the hospital. Survived by parents four brothers and seven sisters. Body taken to Sudro Curtis Funeral Home for coroner investigation.

C. David Diewald Abbe Road Elyria Schro] Coal Co Cleveland Road Earl Wohleber Wohleber Sergt C E Parker Diewald George Diewald Reed Jewelers United Presbyterian Church Gilbert Roy Raymond Earl Mildred Ursula Dolleva Patricia Dorothy Dolores Joan Sudro- Curtis Funeral Home S C. Ward

Violence Flares as Cleveland Strike Unrest Grows

In Cleveland, police and firefighters faced 3000 strikers and sympathizers in violent clashes near a factory as 27 UAW officials named as worst scabs were circulated to workers. Riot zone orders and safety director Ness sparked protests while union leaders accused police of provocation amid street clashes and gas shells.

Fisher Body Cleveland Acme United Automobile Workers Union CIO Paul Miley Eliot Ness Miley Fay Thomas Harold Houston Nes Hitler

President Roosevelts Likely Sign Bill Limiting Federal Politic

Washington August 1 authoritative White House sources indicate President Roosevelt will act within 24 hours on the Hatch Bill to bar most federal employees from political activities. A veto or signature before the Aug 3 deadline is expected, with a possible explanatory statement forthcoming. The President has endorsed the bill's aim but criticizes some language and implications.

Washington White House Roosevelt

Boy Hit By Car Suffers Only Minor Injuries

Howar Sittinger three son of Mr and Mrs Edward Sittinger of Duguane Avenue was treated at Liyra Memorial Hospital at 5 pm yesterday for an abrasion on the left forehead and other minor injuries after being struck by an automobile driven by Newton McBeth of Stop 5 Lake Avenue near his home. McBeth took him to the hospital for treatment and then home per police report.

Howar Sittinger Edward Sittinger Duguane Avenue Liyra Aemorial Hospital Newton McBeth Lake Avenue McBeth

Hitler Orders Celebration Tomorrow Of 25th Anniversary

Berlin reports that Adolf Hitler ordered a nationwide celebration tomorrow marking the 25th anniversary of World War I. Ceremonies include parades at garrisons, decorated armories, and evening military band concerts. Contemporary estimates compare Germany’s current armed strength and air force to 1914 levels, noting Goering’s reorganization amid debates on overall power.

Hitler Berlin Russia Germany

Michigan Lawmaker Proposes CIO Probe and Picketing Bill

Rep Clare E Hoffman introduced a resolution calling for an investigation of the Congress of Industrial Organization and all affiliates. He also sponsored a bill to make it a crime to block production in interstate commerce, citing aims to protect peaceful picketing and bargaining rights amid CIO efforts for a closed shop and union check-offs in motor packing and farm processing.

Washington Clare E Hoffman Rhich Congress of Industrial Organization Hoffman CIO

50 000 Set Up For Labor Board Probe

The House approved 50 000 dollars for a forthcoming special investigation into the National Labor Relations Board by a five man committee led by Speaker Witham of Alabama. The move funds the probe as part of ongoing oversight of federal labor policy and agency actions.

Labor Board Washington House National Later Relations Board

Controversy Bill Givess Final Blow

Washington August 2 The House defeated the rule to bring a loan authorizing bill for consideration totaling 1 950 000 000 leaving the measure unable to be acted upon by that method in Congress The defeat came from a solid Republican minority aided by Democratic conservatives with 193 to 166 votes against adopting the rule to proceed.

Washington U.P Homset Midleg Jene Neat Congress House

Lending Bill Debated in House as Republicans Try to Halt Action

The House opened debate on its version of President Roosevelt's 3.6 billion dollar lending program with Republicans seeking to kill the rule allowing debate. Minority leader Joseph W Martin Jr. and allied New Deal Democrats pressed for substantial reductions as the Senate had already trimmed the bill to 1.615 billion. The debate followed a Senate vote 52 to 28 approving a much reduced measure that favored farm aid and cut railroads highways and foreign loans.

Washington House Republians William B. Ere Whee x Cy J Roosevelt

Permits Issued By Dickason In July

Building Inspector Hart Dickason reports July permits total 74 with valuations 32245 dollars. New dwellings 20000, alterations 2070, storefront and commercial alterations 9600. Permit fees collected total 120 dollars.

Dickason Hart Dickason

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