Murder at Louisiana University Amid Political Scandal
In Baton Rouge the death of George C. Heidelberg, NYA official at the state university, is ruled a suicide after he was found shot at home. Heidelberg, linked to a wider embezzlement case surrounding President Dr. James Monroe Smith, had not been questioned by federal or state grand juries. His wife, once secretary to Smith, was questioned and linked to information used against several indictments.
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Batom Rouge
State University
George C. Heidelberg
National Youth Aclor
Suickde
Heidelberg
James Monroe Smith
Paul M. Herbert
Smith
United States
Renee Viosca
New Orleans
Dr. Smith
Announce Rules For Gas Model Contest
The Chronicle Telegram clarifies gas model contest rules. Each model must have at least eight ounces per square foot wing area and a maximum gross weight of seven pounds. Engines run twenty seconds per official flight, with soaring ability judging performance after engine cut..models require a mechanical timing device and wing-area registration at field arrival. twenty five cents registration fee.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Exchange Club
Pittsfield Couple Set to Celebrate 60th Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hayes of Pittsfield prepare to mark sixty years of marriage on August 19. He is 83 and she is 79, with most of their life spent in Pittsfield and Wakeman. Their son E. J. Hayes lives in Vermilion and other children reside in Pittsfield Berlin Heights North Olmsted and Dover. They have 15 grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.
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W. H. Hayes
Pittsfield
Hayes
Wakeman
Mr. Hayes
Pittsfeld
E. J. Hayes
Vermalion
A. E. Hayes
Bertha Kuhl
Berlin Heights
J. S. Hayes
North Ol
Four Elyria students take civil service exam in Sandusky
Four young men who just finished courses at The Elyria Business College are in Sandusky today taking the United States Civil Service Examinations for Junior Stenographer and Typist. The examinees are Thomas Reese, Charles McCartney, Steve Smith and William Yuresko.
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Elyria Business College
Sandusky
United States Civil Service
Thomas Reese
Charles McCartney
Steve Smith
Wil William Yuresko
Court actions and a traffic incident reported in county line
The City Soam and Savings Co. sued James J. Sanders of Lorain for 130 dollars seeking foreclosure of a chattel mortgage on furniture. Steve Jazdzinski of Columbia Station was held for investigation after a Route 252 traffic accident involving Curtis Schlaker. William C. Krammerer of Cleveland filed suit against the Board of Education of South Amherst and Marvin R. Hahn for 391 dollars for consulting engineer fees on the South Amherst school addition.
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City Soam and Savings Co
James J. Sanders
BR. D. 2. Lorain
Steve Jazdzinski
Stallion Road
Columbia Station
Curtis Schlaker
William C. Krammerer
Cleveland
Board of Education of
South Amherst
Marvin R. Hahn
Elyria
Will Vacate Old Road At Gas House Hill
County commissioners report immediate steps to vacate the old Garfield road at Gas House Hill unused since the North Ridge road bridge was built. One landowner Frank Betzel would suffer about 2000 dollars if the wagon bridge is removed and he objects to the bridge unless restored, a cost estimate by County Engineer Harry L. Dunham exists.
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Gas House Hill
Garfield Road
North Ridge Road
Frank Betzel
Betzel
Harry L. Dunham
Board Acts On Two Paroles Today
The Ohio Parole Board acted on two Lorain county prisoners. Anthony Miller, jailed for burglary and larceny, will be paroled January 2, 1940 unless Michigan authorities reject the case. Charles Cummins, convicted of auto theft, is slated for parole on October 18.
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Ohio Parole Board
Lorain County
Anthony Miller
Michigan
Charles Cummins
Union Calls Colleges to Grant Barber Degree in Cape Town
Cape Town barbers push for a formal degree system to raise hairdressing to a learned profession. MPs reportedly back the move, with union officials arguing university courses would improve scientific treatment, disease understanding, and broader electrochemical therapies.
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Capetown
South Africa
Barbara
Olls
R. H. Ficet
Transvaal Hairdressers
Wiliam Green
Cape Hairdressers’ Employers’Association
Fleet
Sunflower scale rises as County Commissioner touts prize stalk
Ripton official John E. Davidson says he deserves honorable mention for sunflowers after displaying a photo of a stalk surpassing 18 feet in height. A recent report noted another stalk at 14 feet.
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John E. Davidson
Ripton
Davidson
Marijuana found on U S land near Anthony New Mexico
Deputy Sheriff Joe Neely destroyed 30 marijuana plants growing on U S government property just north of El Paso near Anthony New Mexico. The planter remains unidentified and the case’s motives are unclear.
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U. S
EL Paso
Tex
Sherif
Joe Neely
Neely
Anthony
N. M
Hunter 83 Defies Warnings and Goes Hunting
Hastings, 83, told by friends to stop hunting due to failing eyesight. He went afield anyway and used 25 shells, returning with 17 mudhene.
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Hunter
Nimrod
Kenton
James Hastings
Fred
Relief director may be related to county heads
Ohio Attorney General Thomas J. Herbert ruled that the anti nepotism clause of the relet act allows a local relief directory employee related to the county auditor or commissioners beyond second cousins. The ruling, delivered to Gallia prosecutor John W Howell, clarifies that a certifying agent for Federal relief eligibility may be related to a commissioner unless he is a local relief director, and such agents may be paid from poor relief funds.
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Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
John W Howell
Gallia
Herbert
Market summary from Toledo grain and produce markets
Toledo market notes show elevator prices for wheat corn oats and other grains with bids by bushel and hay by ton. Prices include No 2 red wheat, yellow corn, No 2 white oats, and various flour and feed products. livestock and produce quotes cover eggs, beef, pork, poultry, and dairy items with regional figures and seller notes.
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Toledo
Plex
Datse
Sheets Elevator Co
Montana Milling
Church At La Porte Being Improved Sign Board Erected
A La Porte Methodist Church sign board near two maple trees announces the church welcomes passersby. The memory of Orson Jewry Humphrey, founder, is honored by donors Mrs. C. P. Clement and Miss Clara Mae Clement. Exterior painting, cupola rebuilt, and new window sash completed with help from local and foreign friends.
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la Porte Methodist Church
Orson Jewry Humphrey
C. P. Clement
Clara Mae Clement
la Porte
Two More Petitions Filed By Candidates
Two petitions for reelection were filed today with the board of elections. Clerk Lee Terrell of Eaton township and Constable Louis Stolzenburg of Elyria township submitted their petitions for another term.
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Board of Elections
Lee Terrell
Eaton Township
Louis Stolzenburg
Elyria Township
Political party split echoed in Senate talks in 1940 era
Continued from page one, politicians across party lines discuss the two party dynamic. Sen Josiah W Bailey of North Carolina, a frequent critic of the administration, declines to comment. Sen Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma argues that only two parties remain viable and that Roosevelt or a liberal successor must carry forward liberal policies to avoid defeat.
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Sie
Josiah W. Bailey
D. N.C
North Carolina
Elmer Thomas
D. Okla
Aly. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Bombing plane crash and blackout partly failed
Reported early today a bombing plane crashed with five missing in the North Sea and two killed in separate fighter crashes during a morning blackout test. Death toll tentatively reaches 14 as pilots failed to identify targets and towns via instruments while a raid hit Ken sington district from 700 feet. Balloons were raised higher but the blackout remained only partial.
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North Sea
Kensington
London
Annenberg empire tied to Hearst countered by grand jury
The article traces William R Annenberg’s rise from Milwaukee distributor to Hearst circulation chief and owner of race information services. It notes his 1923 move to New York, his Cecelia Company holdings, and a family fortune across estates. A Chicago grand jury probes alleged monopolistic practices in race info services amid related tax inquiries.
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Milwaukee
Chicago
Wisconsin News
Hearst
New York Morning Telegraph
Annenberg
New York
Cecelia Company
Sadie Cecelia
Ceceha
Long Island
Miami
Fla
Philadelphia
Wyoming
William R Skidmore
Race Information Services
Death record for Mrs Clara Styles in South Sioux City
Funeral services were held yesterday at 10:66 in South Sioux City for Mrs Clara Styles who died there. The body is to be transported to Peas Funeral Home arriving Saturday morning for services at 2:00 PM. Interment follows at Wake Wan Cemetery.
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Sioux City
Nebraska
Clara Styles
Peas Funeral Home
Wakewan Cemetery
Charles D Hutchins 86 Dies of Heart Attack in Clarksfield Township
Charles D Hutchins aged 86 died yesterday at his home in Clarksfield Township after a heart attack. Born in Auburn New York he lived in Cleveland and Chicago before settling in Clarksfield eleven years ago. A dress designer by vocation he worked at Marshall Fields in Chicago and in major Cleveland stores. No relatives are known. The funeral is set for tomorrow at 3:00 PM with Rev English of Vermilion officiating. Burial will be in Wakeman Cemetery.
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Charles D. Hutchins
Clarkfeld Township
Auburn
New York
Cleveland
Chicago
Clarksfield Township
Marshal Fields
English of
Vermilion
Wakeman Cemetery
Hunter Lee Shober Dies After Pneumonia in Ohio
Hunter Lee Shober born October 1 1887 in Martinsburg West Virginia died yesterday afternoon from pneumonia at id Dunbridge Ohio. He once lived in Elyria and is survived by wife Florence daughter Ruth Carol a sister Mrs Edward Fox of 112 Lake Ave this city two nieces and two nephews. Funeral services will be held in Perrysburg Ohio on Sunday afternoon.
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Hunter Lee Shober
Martinsburg
West Virginia
Dunbridge
Ohio
Elyria
Florence
Ruth Carol
Edward Fox
Lake Ave
Perrysburg
Funeral services for Ernest L Shatter in Wellington
Funeral services for Ernest L Shatter, who died Wednesday afternoon, will be held Saturday at 9 30 A M from Sharp Funeral Home with Rev Lonzo Green officiating. Burial will be in Sycamore Ohio.
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Wellington
Ernest L. Shatter
Sharp Funeral Home
Lonzo Green
Sycamore
Ohio
Rules Warren Man May Continue To Receive Salary
Columbus August 11 Attorney General Thomas J Herbert ruled that William S Ronald of Warren may continue to receive his annual salary of 5500 as executive secretary of the Public Institutional Building authority. He said the State Supreme Court in its recent decision did not strike down the act in its entirety and thus did not prevent payment of salary and compensation of officers and employees of the authority. Ronald is the only one of the three members who received a salary.
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Columbus
Thomas J. Herbert
William S. Ronald
Warren
Public Institutional Building Authority
H. D. Defenbacher
Herbert
State Supreme Court
Ronald
National Nudists Open Natl Convention at Redwoods Ranch
The American Sunbathers Association opened its national convention on an 82 acre Redwoods ranch near Santa Cruz California. About 300 delegates attended the event and stripped to relax. A sports program including volleyball badminton swimming hiking and dancing was planned with dancing requiring clothing. A barbecue will close the gathering with local officials editors and others in attendance.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
American Sunbathers Association
Redwoods
Louis P. Clark
Christian Church
Ohio
Clark
Chamber of Commerce
West
Richard Todd Campaign Expense Note A Democratic write-in candidate
Richard Todd listed his campaign expense at 1.40 in his expense account on file for councilman at large. The filing details indicate a minor expenditure as part of the write-in campaign documentation.
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Richard Todd
Board of Elections Today
Roosevelt on executive power to warn citizens at sea
Former president Roosevelt argued that the president holds ample executive authority to warn Americans about foreign flag ships during danger. He recalled Bryan's resignation after a prewar warning was not issued before the Lusitania sinking. The government would not go to war merely for a submarine attack on a ship carrying its citizens who ignore warnings.
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Mrr
Roosevelt
William Jennings Bryan
Woodrow Wilson
Bryan
Romeo With Four Wives To Answer Charge Of Bigamy
In Chicago on August 1 openly accused bigamy and confidence game charges against Howard L Shaw a plasterer known as Romeo who claimed four wives He was arrested after wife Janina La Boda learned of a wife in Ohio and police found loans totaling thousands from La Boda’s mother and Janet Middleton Shaw promised to repay using life insurance policies amid dramatic courtroom accusations and exchanges with his alleged spouses
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Chicago
Howard L. Shaw
Romeo
Janina la Boda
Ohio
Miss la Boda
Janet Middleton
LaFayette
Ind
Shaw
Mary Comstock
Lakewood
Miss LaBoda
Miss Middleton
Arthur
Rochester
N. Y
Purdue University
Gertrude Anderson
Mrs. Anderson
Middletown May Get Airplane Factory
In Cincinnati on August 11 floods and safety fears at Lunken Airport drive Aeronautical Corporation of America to consider relocating to Middletown Ohio. President Carl I Friedlander says a six acre site offers a $100 000 plant plus moving costs and utilities. The firm produced 311 ships last year and expects 550 in 1939 with half year gross of $500 000.
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Cincinnati
Aeronautical Corporation of America
Lunken
Middletown
Carl I. Friedlander
Friedlander
Girl's Body Recovered in Ohio Creek Tragedy
The body of Maxine Bland, 16, of Bolindale, was recovered from Mosquito Creek near Warren after drowning in seven feet of water. The incident occurred yesterday and is being investigated by local authorities.
Lorain County Fair Closes After 83rd Run
Lorain county's 83rd annual fair ended last night after three days. Fair Secretary J. Agate reported about 4,000 paid gate admissions and 16,000 to 20,000 in total attendance including passes and exhibitors. About 600 advance tickets sold at $1 and roughly 1,100 paid grandstand admissions for the agricultural pageant. A full financial report on income and expenses will be issued later today.
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Lorain County
J. Agate
Veteran Dayton Fire Chief Dies In Line Of Duty
Dayton Ohio August 1 Death ends the 33 year career of Fire Chief W W McFadden in the Dayton Fire Department He died at 11 42 P M after suffering a heart attack while fighting a 15000 downtown fire in which ten other firemen were overcome by smoke Eight companies battled a two alarm blaze in a restaurant and apartment building that displaced 30 families He had been fire chief since 1935 and was vice president of the Ohio Fire Fighters Association He planned to visit Columbus to discuss five new stations with PWA aid He is survived by his wife Odessa and two adopted sons Charles and John He was to attend a National Eagles Lodge convention in Chicago next week acting as Dayton Aerie president for three years prior to this year.
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Dayton
Dayton Fire Department
W. W.W. McFadden
McFadden
Charles W. McFadden
Ohio Fire Fighters’ Association
Columbus
PWA
Odessa
Charles
John
Chicago
National Eagles Lodge
Dayton Aerie
2200 From County Sign Pension Plan Petitions
A list of 2,200 Lorain county residents signed initiatory petitions for the Bigelow Old Age Pension plan. The board of elections received the petitions from the secretary of state for verification to put the proposed constitutional amendment before voters this November.
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Lorain County
Bigelow
Board of Elections
Secretary of State
Dismissed Civil Servants Barred From Petitions
The Ohio State Civil Service Commission warns dismissed professional employees they may not circulate petitions for a referendum on the new civil service law. The letter to department heads reinforces that provisional and classified workers cannot engage in campaign activity, though they may sign petitions.
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Columbus
State Civil Service Commission
Ohio
Democratic State Committee
Democratic Organization
Ohio Supreme Court
Child Critically Ill With Spotted Fever
CINCINNATI O Aug 11 The second case of Rocky Mountain spotted fever this Summer was reported today at Children s Hospital in Cincinnati. Frank Ahaus 9 son of Mr and Mrs Andrew Ahaus of Lawrencburg Ind was critically ill with the disease. He had several insect bites indicating a fever tick exposure. Joyce Rowe 8 of Cincinnati who contracted the fever last month was reported to be recovering by Miss Florence Essel hospital secretary.
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Cincinnati
Children’s Hospital
Frank Ahaus
Andrew Ahaus
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Joyce Rowe
Florence Essel
Donkey Baseball Game In LaGrange Tonight
LaGrange hosts a donkey baseball game featuring the LaGrange Business Men against the LaGrange Hardware at LaGrange High School diamond starting at 8:30 PM.
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LaGrange
LaGrange Business Men
LaGrange Hardware
LaGrange High School
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