Three Fugitive Convicts Caught One At Large
London Ohio report states three of four escaping convicts were captured. Louis Vandervoort, condemned for killing a patrolman, eluded capture, aided by injuries and weakness. King, Curtner, and Adomack were recaptured or too frail to continue, with details of their journey from Lima to Springfield and back to the prison.
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London
Louis C. Vandervoort
Nathan King
Toledo
Harold Curtner
Troy
Lima
R. W. Steen
Eris
Charles Adomack
Cleveland
King
Curtner
T. J. Price
T. C. Jenkins
James Flennigan
George Keller
Springfield
Vandervoort
Emery McCreight
Wilmington
Wing
Kenton
Erie
Adomacix
Murphy Interprets Hatch Clean Politics Act
Attorney General Frank Murphy issued the first formal reading of the Hatch act ruling that federal officials may not seek public office without resigning. He told Uhl of Pittsburgh and his assistant Ray to relinquish posts before running for state offices, and told Frazier of Chattanooga he may run for Congress if he resigns. The decision marks the act’s initial application to named cases and clarifies prohibitions for federal employees not in policy making roles.
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Washington, Au
Frank Murphy
United States
Charles F. Uhl
Pittsburgh
John D. Ray
James B. Frazier, Jr
Chattanooga
Tenn
Frazier
Sam D. McReynolds
Murphy
Roosevelt
Weather report for Ohio and surrounding regions
Fair and warmer conditions forecast in Ohio western areas tonight and Sunday with lighter disturbances in Ontario and Western Canada. Highs centered over the Ohio Valley and North Pacific. showers along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts with generally fair weather elsewhere. Cooler conditions in the Ohio Valley and surrounding regions, warmer across the Missouri Valley and Upper Great Lakes.
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Ohio
West Portion
Ontario
Canada
Ohio Valley
North Pacific Canal
Atantic
Gulf
Bruthwest
Ottio Valley
U Region
Missouri Valley
Lekegion
Box Score Of Congress For Session Now Near Close
Washington August 5 The Congressional box score for this session notes Roosevelt’s modified reorganization bill aims to start agency re-jugglings with initial savings estimated over 30 million over four years. The defense program 2 billion proceeds with Guam air base, a 2 billion stabilization fund and monetary powers face legal cloud due to Senate filibuster. The 1940 relief program totals 1.7556 billion but with restrictions. A Roosevelt Memorial Library will be built at Hyde Park New York with government support. A neutrality act lifting the arms embargo was denied. A 3 billion lending program and 800 million housing bill were killed in the House. Congress passed Hatch bill limiting political activity by federal jobholders. A 50 thousand dollar National Labor Relations Board investigation was launched. The undistributed profits tax was dropped in a revised tax bill not enacted. Railroad relief legislation awaits next session, farm program revised, Wagner Labor Relations Act and Wage-Hour amendments postponed. Townsend 200-a-month old age pension bill defeated 3 to 1. Congress exceeded the President’s budget by over 300 million.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Guam
Senate
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
House
Congress
National Labor Relations Board
Voters Face Levies in Two Lorain County Townships
Lorain County boards face November levies to cover new school tuition costs under a state law shifting expenses from state to sending townships. Russia Township faces one mill, Pittsfield two mills, to fund the added operating costs. Other townships expect no extra burden. totals include West Carlisle 1869 dollars, Ambhers 8695, Elvira 1600, East Carlisle 2009, with some townships having no additional costs.
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Lorain County
Gibbons
Russia Township
Pittsfield
Russia
Russias
West Carlisle
Black River
Ambhers
Rochester
Huntington
Elvrra
East Carlisle
Robbers Use Shotguns In Van Wert Gas Station Heists
Two men used sawed off shotguns in the robberies of Razoline stations in Van Wert Ohio last night. George Garrett station attendant was robbed of 22.40 dollars and 11 gallons of gasoline. Earl L. Lintemoot an employee of another station was robbed of 30 dollars and eight gallons. Roy Eichar and Officer M L Kennedy fired on two men in a stolen car earlier. The pursuit extended south of Van Wert after the exchange of gunfire.
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van Wert
George Garrett
Earl L. Lintemoot
Roy Eichar
M. L. Kennedy
Lima
Here
Elyrian Hit By Auto Suffers Lacerations
Frank Harbour of 212 Boston Avenue was struck while crossing Broad street between Middle and East Avenues. He suffered lacerations to the right temple and cheek and abrasions. Harbour was taken to Elyria Memorial Hospital at 4:45 p m. by a car driven by Thomas P. Quigley of Port Richmond, Staten Island, with bystanders assisting.
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Frank Harbour
Boston Avenue
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Broad Street
Middle Avenue
East Avenue
Harbour
Thomas P. Quigley
Port Richmond
Staten Island
N. Y
Quigley
Walter Lee
R. D
Elyria
Edward Elbert
Kenyon Avenue
CIO To Represent Workers In 42 Auto Plants
DETROIT AUG 5 General Motors plants to 42 units by United Automobile Workers CIO exclusive bargaining rights in 42 GM plants. Strikes affecting 12 plants voted yes with wage adjustments and a no work interruption during the 1940 model season until grievances exhausted. Nearly 8,000 strikers to return Monday, plus 7,000 idle workers returning as 1940 model prep resumes.
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Detroit
General Motors Tool
United Automobile Workers
CIO
General Motors
Plans Completed For East Ave Water Line Extension
County Commissioner Edward DeChant said plans for the East Avenue water line extension to LaPorte are finished and sent to the State Highway Department for approval. After approval, a hearing will be called to consider the improvement entailed for the project.
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East Ave
Edward DeChant
East Avenue
LaPorte
State Highway Department
Congress Ends Seven Month Session At Roosevelts Capital
Congress adjourns after a seven month session marked by a rebellion against President Roosevelt and a record spending total of 13 billion. Senate approval of the third Deficiency Appropriation Bill clears adjournment with conferees to reconcile House and Senate versions. Leaders plan to send Social Security Act amendments to the White House and many members begin departing the capital.
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Washington
U.P
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
House
White House
John N. Garner
Uvalde
Tex
Alben W. Barkley
Two Men Fined in Police Court After Lodi Street Crash
Two Cuyahoga County residents faced fines in police court this morning for reckless driving and intoxication after a crash at Lodi and West River streets at 10 40 p m yesterday. Eugene Johnson was treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital for arm lacerations while Bert Szabo reported back injuries but declined hospital care.
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Cuyahoga County
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Lodi
West River Streets
Wilbur Sullivan
E. 66Th Street
Cleveland
James Hyland
Hugewood Avenue
Lakewood
Sullivan
Joseph Q. Petro
Eugene Johnson
Lakewood Heights Boulevard
Bert Szuapac
West River Street
Szabo
Cleveland Street
Holiday Train Plunges in Glasgow Disaster
Glasgow Scotland August reports say a Glasgow to Ardrossan holiday excursion engine plunged down an embankment dragging three carriages. Initial figures indicated several deaths and many injuries with people trapped as workmen and firefighters began rescue operations.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Ardrossan
Rooster With Opposite Wings Draws Attention in Wellington
Donald Maybaugh of Lincoln Street Wellington reports a 9 month old Buff Minorca rooster whose wings have grown opposite to the normal direction. The fowl belongs to his niece Joan Wright of Brewster Ohio. The rooster also exhibits a contrary temperament and a wanderlust that sends neighbors chasing him back home.
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Wellington
Donald Maybaugh
Lincoln Street
Maybaugh
Joan Wright
Brewster
Ohio
Many Hats To Go In Ring For Nominations
Washington on August 5 1940 headlines mark the start of the presidential campaign with Taft Van denberg and Dewey as forefront Republican candidates while Democrats including McNutt Garner and a possible third term bid by Roosevelt loom. Calvert Club endorses Tydings. Farley Hull Barkley among favored sons. Polls show Dewey popular. Taft and Vandenberg active in Congress. Continued on Page 2.
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Washington
U.P
Congress
Robert A. Taft
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Mich
Thomas E.dewey
New York
Dewey
Federal Security
Paul V. McNutt
John W. Garner
Ygre
Demird
McNutt
Roosevelt
Garner
Calvert Club of
Baltimore
Millard EF. Tydings
Maryland
Tydings
Taft
Vandenberg
Bertram Benedict
Hopkins
Secretary of Commerce
Florida Ship Canal
Labor Board asks court to affirm Republic Steel reinstatement order
The U S circuit court of appeals heard a petition by the National Labor Relations Board seeking affirmation of an order requiring Republic Steel to reinstate 5,000 workers with back pay. The case, tied to 1937 strikes led by SWOC, questions hearing adequacy and the evidence of unfair labor practices, with Republic disputing board proceedings.
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Philadelphia
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
National Labor Relations Board
Republic Steel Corporation
Republic
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Fest
Republic Steel Aheering
Ev Wcnue
SWOC
Republic Steel
Stirirs
Ohio State Girls Softball Tournament Set for Elyria Aug 18 20
The First Annual Ohio State Girls Softball Tournament will be held in Elyria at Ely Stadium August 18 to 20 after Harmon Field was ruled unavailable on Sunday. Local officials from the Recreation Board Elyria Softball Commission City Council and Chamber convention committee backed the move noting past tournaments boosted the city economy. The group discussed sites with Ely Stadium favored and Lorain County Fairgrounds as an alternative.
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Ohio State
Ely Stadium
Elyria
Recreation Board
Carl W. Wagner
Harmon Field
Lorain County Fairgrounds
Frank Henke
Sixth Ward
W. E. B. Notley
George Gould
Martyrdom in Chicago as Langer family tragedy unfolds
Karel Langer, a Czechoslovak refugee, is guarded after his wife Adele and two young sons die by suicide. The coroner's jury finds Adele killed herself and the children while temporarily insane from persecution. The Czechoslovak National Council vows funeral services and calls Adele a martyr for exposing Nazi fear.
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Chicago
Karel Langer
Langer
Adele
Karel Thomas
Jan “Mischa
Prague
United States
Czechoslovak National Council
Secretary of Navy May Not Be Named Until Fall
President Roosevelt may not appoint a successor to the late Claude A. Swanson until fall. Senator David Walsh said the Senate should allow Assistant Secretary Charles Edison to serve as acting secretary until a successor is named, with a decision expected in about two months. Swanson died last month after a long illness.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Navy
Claude A. Swanson
David I. Walsh
Mass
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Senate
Charles Edison
Swanson
Walsh
Delay Awarding Of Certificates To School Bus Drivers
The Lorain County Board of Education will not act on awarding school bus drivers certificates until the September meeting. At the regular monthly session last evening, Dink of county schools and C A Gibbem informed the board that about a dozen certified applications are already on hand, but action is deferred to September.
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Lorain County Board of Education
Japanese Abuse Americans In China Story Grips Peiping
Reports from Xochow and Peiping describe Japanese abuse aimed at missionaries and foreign civilians in China. British and American missionaries evacuating a church were forced to flee as buildings were demolished. In Peiping, Japanese proxies seized two priests from the American Catholic University to extract names of students planning to travel to Southern China. One priest, Rev. Henry Kroes, resisted and knocked down captors before being dragged away, a shot fired but not confirmed as wounding him.
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Washington
Tokyo
China
Xochow
Supankee
Sheaga
Ang
Peiping
Catholic University
Henry Kroes
Father Kroes
Marion Youth Narrowly Escapes In Route 18 Crash
Floyd Radebaugh, 18, of Marion, Quebec, escaped injury when his 11 2 ton truck rear ended a State Highway truck stopped for road repairs about a mile east of Penfield. He said he fell asleep and did not see the other vehicle. The highway truck tipped onto its side, carrying sand and road patching material.
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Floyd Radebaugh
Marion
Route 18
Penfield
Radebaugh
Miss DeWitt Dies In 93rd Year In Elyria
Elizabeth C. DeWitt aged 93 died near midnight at the Elyria Home for the Aged. Born September 3, 1844 in Elyria she lived there all her life and had resided at the Home since July 6, 1927. She left no near relatives and was noted as a cultured longtime resident with many friends.
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Elizabeth C. DeWitt
Elyria
Miss DeWitt
Home For the Aged
Rijah DeWitt
DeWie
Nathonel Renk
Miyria
Four Die as Tunnel Accident Kills Workers in Somerset
A 166 foot fall inside the tunnel construction zone near Somerset hospital claimed the lives of William John Leach 33 Boswell B Daley 28 Kenneth Schooling 25 Seicoet and Leonard Anderson 35 R D 5 Somerset. The Hunkin Donkey Construction Co of Cleveland holds the contract for boring the highway tunnel financed by the PWA. The incident followed a labor dispute over a $15 initiation fee to the American Federation of Labor and an independent union joining the Congress of Industrial Organizations.
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Somerset
William John Leach
Boswell
B. Daley
Kenneth
Schooling
Seicoet
Leonard Anderson
R. D
Hunkin Donkey Construction Co
Cleveland
PWA
Pennsylvania
American’ Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial’ Organization
John T Henderson Oberlin School Head Dies at six
John T Henderson of Oberlin died at Lake Side Hospital Cleveland after an operation two weeks earlier. He led Oberlin School of Commerce for 55 years and headed People's Banking Company since 1906. Survived by Ada Lawrence Henderson and four children including Elmer coach of the Detroit Lions. Funeral Monday at 2 p.m. First Methodist Church. Interment Westwood Cemetery.
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Lakeside Hospital
Cleveland
Mr. Henderson
McConnelsville
Morgan County
Ohio
Balwin-Wallace College
Oberlin
Oberin School of Commerce
People’s Banking Company
Anti-Saloon League
The
Methodist Church
Oberlin School of Commerce
Ada Lawrence Henderson
Elmer
Detroit
Detroit Lions
Huarokd
St. Paul
Minn
Minnesota Institute of Government Research
Herbert
Indiana Archery and Toy Company
Evanston, I
Alice Close
First Methodist Church
Westwood Cemetery
Vote To Renew WPA Renovating Project In County Schools
Lorain County Board of Education voted to renew the WPA renovating project across Lorain schools. County Superintendent C A Gibbens noted the program began long ago and many schools have not yet benefited. Officials indicated work completion timing and reimbursements will affect school supplies and funding under the extension.
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Lorain County
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Hatch
Sue
Elyrian
Congressmen
United Press
John T. Henderson
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