D R Sharp Attacks Congress Defenders Of Neutrality Bills
President Roosevelt, with Mrs Roosevelt beside him, criticizes Congress for defeating neutrality and relief bills. He vows to dispose of remaining measures, then heads to the Tuscaloosa for a vacation while warning voters of the stakes in war, relief, and public works programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. R. Sharp
Myde Park
U.P
Washington
Roosevelt
Conmimodity Credit Corporation
White House
U. S.S
Tuscaloosa
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland
Congress
PWA
Congressional
Big sunflowers reported with heights over 12 feet
The Chronicle Telegramreports two tall sunflowers. One at J. L. Krause’s home on West Eighth Street stands 12 feet 3 inches and continues to grow. A second, 14 feet tall, is on property of Mrs. Tillie Bowers on Elbe Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chronicle-Telegram
J. L Krause
West Eighth Street
Tillie Bowers
Elbe Street
Car break in at General Industries Co lot reported
Alex Gudzen of 3158 Camden Avenue Lorain reported to police at 1240 AM today that someone forced the door of his car while parked at the General Industries Co lot. The gasoline gauge was loosened and the distributor was damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Gudzen
Camden Avenue
Lorain
General Industries Co
Fenders Damaged in Route 20 Collision Near Oberlin
Fenders were damaged last evening on cars driven by Elizabeth Fodor aged 14 of RD 1 Oberlin and James West aged 44 of 305 Herrick Avenue Wellington when they collided on Route 20 about a mile east of Oberlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Fodor
RD 1
Oberlin
James West
Herrick Avenue
Wellington
Death of Mrs Arnold Taylor in Hobart Indiana
Mrs Arnold Taylor died at her home in Hobart Indiana last night at 830 PM aged sixty two. Word of her death was received by Mrs Earl Taylor of this city. She was formerly Katherine Kearns, born and raised in Hobart and left about thirty years ago. She leaves her husband a brother Thomas Kearns of this city and aunts and cousins here. Burial will be in Hobart Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Taylor
Hobart
Indiana
Earl Taylor
Taylor
Katherine Kearns
Thomas Kearns
Buhial
Two Brothers Severely Injured in Avon Lake Bus Crash
At 8 o clock this morning Charles Price age 20 and his brother George 18 were severely injured when their car hit the rear of a Lake Shore Coach Company bus at Stop 60 Lake Road Avon Lake. They were taken to St. Joseph hospital Lorain where George received 40 stitches and Charles 12 for wounds to head face neck and arms. The car struck the eastbound bus as it stopped to take on a passenger James Bowman. The brothers are sons of Mr and Mrs A Price of Lake Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Shore Coach Company
Lake Road
Avon Lake
Charles Price
George
St. Joseph Hospital
Lorain
Charles
Howard Drake
James Bowman
Afr
A. Price
The
Exchange Club To Sponsor Gas Model Airplane Flight
Elyria Exchange Club votes to sponsor a gas model airplane flight on Sunday August 13. Detroit champion Robert Besse expected to visit. awards include cash and model kits from local sponsors. Event runs 1000 am to 413 pm at Indian Hollow Road field between Guinston and Butternut Ridge Roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Exchange Club
National Exchange Club
Detroit
H. P
National Aeronautic Association
Douglas ML Nichols Pisces
Browd Jr
Elgiia Exchange Club
Elyria Airplane Shop
Cleveland
Cloudste
Cleveland Model & Supply Company
Itas
Robert Besse
Indian Hollow Road
Guinston Road
Butternut Ridge Road
Pressure To Keep CCC Camp In County Area
County commissioners urged action to retain the CCC drainage camp amid reports it may be disbanded October 1 under a federal rule limiting four-year stays. Drainage Engineer Ray Hollis noted indications of dismantling and the camp, opened July 25, 1935, faced reassignment. A telegram to Congressman Dow W Harter seeks intercession, while Orton Jones, chief engineer, was ordered to report next week to CCC headquarters at Lansing for reassignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CCC
Ray Hollis
Dow W Harter
Orton Jones
Lansing
Wich
Car Crash Damages Vehicles on Broad Street
John Veres of R D 1 Elyria backed from a parking space on Broad Street when his car collided with a vehicle driven by Irene Bihm of R D 3 Medina. The rear bumper and body were damaged, per police report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Veres
R. D 1
Elyria
Irene Bihm
R. D 3
Medina
Veres
Broad Street
Judging Of Fair Exhibits Under Way At Lorain County Fair
Livestock judging in 17 departments proceeds on day two of Lorain County’s 93rd annual fair. The event features keen competition in horse cattle sheep and swine, with 500 attending a pageant on opening night. Tonight includes mule and pony races and a baseball game between Oberlin and LaGrange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
RJ Agate
Fair Association
Oberlin
LaGrange
Granges
Agate
Forster Meets Hitler in Berchtesgaden Visit
The talks were called an important step toward settling the Danzig question. Forster left Berchtesgaden for Danzig by plane at 3 AM after a two day visit and will address a mass meeting tomorrow on alleged Polish threats to bombard Danzig.
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Danzig
Forster
Berchtesgaden
Hitler
Night air raid drill tests shield and spread across Britain
London conducts a large scale air defense exercise with 1300 airplanes and 60,000 airmen amid blackout measures. Defenders use lights and observers while balloons blanket the sky and towns are photographed for damage scenarios. Millions participate in coordinated civil and military roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
France
England
Air Ministry
Territorial Army
Terriers
Red Crocs
Nominees For Mayors Of Ohio Cities By United Press
Ohio municipal primaries nominate mayors in many cities. The list names contenders by party and notes incumbents where shown, including Mt. Vernon, Lancaster, Crestline, and several others across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
United Press
Mt. Vernon
Lloyd M. Bell
Forrest L. Sparks
R. Tiffin
James M. Dunn
Charles S. Yingling
Lancaster
Noble Coen
Gallon
O. R. Kackley
Wilbert M. King
R. Urbena
Roy Siders
Dallas McCreery
R. Wooster
Ross S. Weygandt
Ralph E Fisher
R. Ashland
Art Mason
Howard
Luth
Newark
Edgar Baker
Glenn Wright
R. Troy
J. D. Beak
C. W. Cookson
R. Crooksvile
Frank Dillehay
Ross K. Hoops
R. Fremont
L. Heschel
A L. Wrigley
R. Delaware
Sidney A Rowland
D. Hosea
A. Spaulding
London
D. M Levering
D. Ned Speasmaker
R. Lisbon
E. L Chaffee
Cecil Rauch
Manetta
Earl Schole
P. W. Griffiths
R. Marysville
William Asman
Leo Scheiderer
R. Woodafield
Stephen Dougherty
Otto Mann
R. Mallon
Harry Haberman
Russell Snare
Mansfield
Claude M Hunter
William J. Locke
Cuyahoga Falls
E. A. Andrews
John W. Haines
Trio of Fugitives Captured Near McArthur
Three jail escapees Alfred Law Roy Moore and Walter Andrews were recaptured near McArthur after an overnight air search aided by state patrolmen and a posse. The men who escaped from Vinton County jail by picking a lock Tuesday morning had been held for Grand Jury action on felony charges. Beggars of Kegalle Ceylon oppose a new rule restricting begging to the infirm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McArthur
Vinton County
Shelf Tim Thompson
Alfred Law
Roy Moore
Walter Andrews
Council Adopts Village Budget OBERLIN
The 1940 village budget was presented and adopted at the regular council meeting on August 9. Receipts in the general fund for 1940 are estimated at 28732.46, nearly two thousand less than 1938. Major income will come from general tax about 14000 and sales tax about 7000. Community picnic planned on the lawn of WI and Mrs J H Kutscher. Also notes attendance at funeral of J T Henderson and various local visits and trips by residents and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
J. H. Kutscher
H. E. V. Porter
Jamestown
National Association of Accredited Commercial Schools
J. T. Henderson
Jennie Powers
Port Huron
Mich
Owen
Utica
Marian
Alton McKenzie
F. R Dew
Zon Jim
Mondas
New England
S. C Carnes
New York City
Frances Brandt
East College Street
Lakeside
Kent Richardson
Charles Herrick
Robert
Minneapolis
J. E Wickler
West College Street
West
Initiatory Degree to be conferred at lodge meeting tonight
The Initiatory Degree will be conferred at the regular meeting of the Odd Fellows lodge tonight. Members of the Initiatory Degree team are urged to be present as well as all other lodge members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Fellows Lodge
Local Residents and Election Returns Note Contests
Miss Edith Husted visits Oberlin to secure housing for herself and her mother during a year’s furlough from Kobe Japan. Various local residents entertain relatives and travel, ward council races show close results, and a late report notes 1,200,000 tons of phosphate rock mined on Nauru Ocean Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Husted
Oberlin
D. S Husted
Husted
Womans Bible
Kobe
Japan
Ernest Fisk
East Liverpool
C J Wright
Woodland Avenue
Henry Tulk
East Lorain Street
Cleveland
Carter Hotel
Charles Garter
Frank Squires
Washington, D. C
J. S. Wetherill
West Lorain Street
Walter Carpenter
East Lerain Street
Sunbury
Columbus
Ohio
H K. Ankeney
Xenia
Nauru Ocean Island
South Pacific
Twenty One Qualify For Soap Box Derby Run
Twenty one boys qualified for the 1839 Soap Box Derby to be held August 16 on Waler street after car inspections and driver weighing at Red Mull on Breet. Officials Stan Keyes Harry Shryock and Harry Frankfather oversaw safety checks and measurements of frames bodies and weights with entrants listed by name age address and car weight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waler Street
Red Mull
Breet
Stanley Keyes
Harry Shryock
Harry Frankfather
Nathan Brenner
Muddie Avenue
Pete Elek
Parkview
Robert Elton
Eastern Heights
Boneward
Harry Gala
Eighth Street
Harlan Handy Side
St. Boston Avenue
Tom Haywood
Pasadena Avenue
Walter Hendrick
West 11Th Street
Phil Kaiser
Lod Street
Bul Kenny Well
Charles Court
Lowe Kaplan
Lodi Street
Robert Mello
Llz Har Vard Avenue
Tom McGuire
Kenyon Avenue
Russell Nichols
Columbia Avenue
Robert O'Donnell
Midhéle Avenue
Bill Penberthy
Sixth Street
Bill Phillips
Third Street
Bids invited for police car replacement
Service Director I D Faxon reported that bids on a new police car, authorized by council last Monday, will be received on August 24. The car is to cost no more than 900 dollars and an old vehicle will be traded in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Service
I D. Faxon
Council
Sunflower Reaches Fourteen Feet in Local Garden
A sunflower said to be 14 feet tall is reported growing in the garden of Mrs John Koka at 211 West River Street. Neighborhood observers note the towering bloom is visible from the street and attracts curious residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Koka
West River Street
Wing collision over Pittsfield sparks midair crash
Eyewitnesses report three planes overhead when one aircraft veered, clipping a wing of another and striking Pittsfield. Pittswoman Pitts was knocked unconscious and treated at a near by house. Freeman Lighthall said engine sputtering preceded the crash as a wing over maneuver failed. One pilot misjudged and the three planes collided in an instant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitts
Freeman. Lighthall
Eve lyn Nesbit seeks annulment from Robert Andreas
Evelyn Nesbit Andrea files suit for annulment of her six month marriage to Robert Andreas begun January 29 1939 alleging false statements about religion home and other matters. The petition asks divorce or restoration to her maiden name and notes Andreas pled guilty to theft of a watch and has been cold and indifferent. Also reports Robert Haehl bound to grand jury on embezzlement charge and Elizabeth Tourikis sues Peter Tourikis for alimony amid neglect and cruelty. Edwin Woods charged with non support to be heard August 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Nesbit
Andrea
Robert Andreas
Robert Haehl
Ridgeville
J. N. Rassler
Preston L Coon
Coo
Elizabeth Tourikis
Lorain
Peter Tourikis
Music Feature Of Rotary Program At Elks Hotel
Dr Franz Gruen led yesterday's Rotary Club luncheon at the Elks Restaurant with a music program. His group included 1st violin Jack Roberts 2nd violin Gladys McCullough viola Alvin Bemiscello and other members. Guests included Rube Miller and son Dale of Lorain William A Duff Ashland William Baughman Elyria Leland Rawson Long Beach Calif H A Cunningham Orrville and William Driscoll Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franz Gruen
Rotary Club
Elks Restaurant
M. B. Whitman
Gruen
Jack Roberts
Gladys McCullough
Alvin Bemiscello
Rube Miller
Son
Dale
Lorain
William A. Duff
Two Accused of Violating State Liquor Law
Charges of selling liquor on election day were filed against Sam Tarrant of the Silver Fox Grill and James Davis of the Davis Cafe. Sergt Parker seized two glasses of liquor. owner Charles Daney claimed orders against selling before 7:30. Davis and Schnur admitted serving before 7:30. Police Chief Stankard said the cases go to police court tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Tarrant
Silver Fox Grill
West Bronca Street
James Davis
Davis
Foster and
Adams Streets
Sergt
C. E. Parker
Sergt. Parker
Charles Daney
Florian Schnur
Davis Cafe
FE. J. Stankard
Tomortory
Bond Issues Split in Ohio Municipal Primaries
About half of bond issues and special tax levies were approved in Ohio primaries. Mansfield rejected two large bonds totaling 800000 for sewer and water upgrades while Portsmouth approved 250000 bonds for a flood wall right of way for a 6 million project. Dayton passed a 2 mill school levy. Portsmouth's 92 percent victory clears the flood wall along the Ohio and Scioto rivers to protect a 77 foot flood stage. Other referendums showed mixed results on bonds and levies across Akron Wellsville Massillon Bellevue Canton Newark Marion Delaware Glouster with several losses and a few carries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Mansfield
Portsmouth
Dayton
Scioto
Akron
Wellsville
Massillon
Bellevue
Canton
Newark
Marion
Delaware
Glouster
Case in Cas cade Park Assault Trial Against Mike Yepko
The trial of Mike Yepko of 3003 Denver Avenue Lorain on assault and battery charges after alleged molestation of 14 year old Marjorie Mack of 1840 Middle Avenue in Cascade Park proceeded before Mayor Joseph Q Petro. Yepko denied being in the park and said the girl was mistaken. case set to conclude this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Yepko
Denver Avenue
Lorain
Marjorie Mack
Middle Avenue
Cascade Park
Joseph Q Petro
Yepko
Reckless driving arraignment for K L Murphy
K L Murphy of 249 Eighth Street was fined five dollars with court costs suspended after arraignment before Mayor Joseph Q. Petro on a reckless driving charge. Patrolmen Fred Bongs and Francis Callahan reported he ran a red light at East Bridge Street and Gulf Road at 10 40 P M yesterday while stopped at the light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. L. Murphy
249
Eighth Street
Joseph Q. Petro
Fred Bongs
Francis Callahan
Murphy
East Bridge Street
Gulf Road
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Bluebird Restaurant
Soda - Grille
Exchange Club
O'Donnell Paint and Wall Paper Co
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Cambridge
James B. Stewart
Homer Sherrard
Nelonville
C. G. Dew
Lloyd Evans
R. St. Bernard
Martin H. Imholt
D. W
Sebring
E. F. Harmon
A. Bands
John K. Nece
Albert Matuszak
Harry van Wagnan
Port Clinton
Fred Slauterbeck
Carl Keller
Ravenna
Merle H. Patch
Seth B. Sloan
Kent
Robert M. McKibben
Alf C Loven
Shelby
D. B Young
W. R. Morris
Wellsvale
W. H. Daugherty
George D. Ingram
Salineville
Paul Strabley
J. F. Burns
Lebanon
Waldron Gilmour
Bellefontaine
Robert Cook
Philadelphia
C. E. Becker
Steubeni Wle
James Welch
Charles Baker R. Willard
E. L Wolff
F. E Suitor
Robert Herrick
Mrs. Esther, Wood
N. Professor St
E. Lorain St
Kegalle
Ceylon
Albert F. Balock
Charles E. Guth
J J. Elemes
Second Ward
C. S Haury
Third Ward
Martin Mueller
Fourth Ward
Richard Horan
Solicitor
Alten
Richard Todd
Todd
Sederis
Sudro - Curtis Ambulance
Edwin Woods
Marion, O
Mary Woods
Herbert Co. Cummings
Rotary
Adv
DR. Pennington
Graystone Cocktail Lounge
Richard
Horan
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