Lorain County to seek 185400 bond for courthouse annex
The Lorain County Board of Commissioners voted to place a $185 400 bond issue for a courthouse annex on November ballots. A $151 690 federal grant covers 45 percent of the $337 090 project cost, with the county financing the rest. The plan ties to a separate Lorain bridges campaign, with bar association input expected before any campaign action.
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Board of County Commissioners
PWA
Lorain
Courthouse Annex
Don W. Myers
Lorain County
Bar Association
Thom
German Army Maneuvers On Larger Scale
London reports German army maneuvers planned for later this month on a larger scale than usual. Reservists will be called to join regular forces, though the British foreign office says the reports do not justify alarm. Officials say speculation of a crisis with Czechoslovakia is purely speculative.
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London
United Press
British Foreign Office
Foreign Office
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Disturbance Near Grand Cayman Grows Toward Hurricane Strength
Winds of 70 mph lashed Grand Cayman as a tropical disturbance intensified toward near hurricane force. At 7 a.m. EST, the system centered near Grand Cayman and was forecast to move northwest or west-northwest. Hurricane winds of 75 mph plus were expected in northern Yucatan, western Cuba, the Yucatan Channel, and the Gulf of Mexico.
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Miami
Fla
Grand Cayman
Caribbean
Federal
Yucatan
Cuba
Yucatan Channel
Gulf of Mexico
Weather Ohio Fair Tonight Through Saturday
Ohio forecast notes fair conditions tonight and Saturday with temperatures rising slightly. High pressure dominates the Great Lakes and Central Valleys, while a trough stretches from the Canadian prairies to Arizona. Overall, fair weather across the U S with cooler Lake region and Ohio Valley temperatures and somewhat warmer conditions in the northern plains.
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Great Lakes
Canadian Prairies
Arizona
United States
Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Plains
Member Of Jap Mission Shot By Russian Agent
A Japanese mission member touring the Manchukuo Siberian border was shot by a Russian Secret Police agent at Saghallen as Japanese and Russian commanders met at Changku feng to exchange notes on a frontier peace agreement. The victim was part of Ryukichi Toshirogi's party. details remained scant.
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Tokyo
Domeinsemni
Shikika
Saghallen
Changkufeng
Ryukichi Toshirogi
Vigsitiog
National Tube plant at Lorain shows slight rise in operations
Operations at the National Tube Company plant in Lorain will show a slight improvement next week over this week according to a tentative schedule. Two blast furnaces and five open hearth furnaces are planned with the Bessemer converter operating double turn. The rail mill will be idle and five days of operation are slated for skelp mills No 1 and 4 seamless mills No 1 and 3 and butt mills No 2 6 and.
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National Tube Company
Lorain
Bessemer
Skelp
Japanese Deny U.S. Officials' Request
Japanese naval authorities in Shanghai refused a request by United States officials to allow the gunboat Oahu to relieve the Monocacy at Kiukiang. The denial signals stronger Japanese control of the Yangtze River amid ongoing river traffic and concern about safety, though warships and transports continue to move upriver.
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Shanghai
United States
Oahu
U.S
Kiukiang
Yangtse
Rioting at Pittsburgh Steel plant in Monessen
At the Pittsburgh Steel Company plant in Monessen Pennsylvania rioting broke out during a duel collection campaign by Steel Workers Organizing Committee members. Police reported two men injured but treated by the company doctor and returned to work. Officials denied injuries. victims included a stab wound and a head injury from a flying brick.
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Monessen
Pittsburgh Steel Company
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Committee For Industrial Organization Union
Ohio Republicans to Meet August 17 to plan campaign
Ohio Republicans face Aug 17 meeting at state headquarters to set campaign plans for the fall, pick a date for the state convention to draft a platform, and decide if Schorr will stay as chairman of the State Executive and Campaign Committee. Strong bets favor Schorr’s retention. The Democratic group schedules a similar Aug 24 gathering.
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Columbus
Republican State Central Committee
Id Schorr
Schorr
Cincinnati
Democratic Organizatio
Hire Three New Teachers for Grafton and East Carlisle
The Grafton Village Board of Education announced the appointment of three new teachers. David J. Kieselbach becomes coach and mathematics teacher at Grafton High, replacing Harold Block who moved to Elyria. Edith Louise Deckman of Cleveland is hired as first-grade teacher at East Carlisle to replace Ruth Williams who moved to Elyria.
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Grafton
East Carlisle
Grafton Village
Piney Fork
Ohio
Ohio University
New East Carlisle
Edith Louise Deckman
Cleveland
Ruth Williams
Elyria
Deckman
Clark Griffith Releases Wes Ferrell From Nationals
Washington owner Clark Griffith announced the unconditional release of right hander Wes Ferrell. Ferrell was acquired from Boston in mid season last year. Griffith said there are no immediate plans for a replacement.
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Washington
Clark Griffith
Washington Nationals Today
Wes Ferell
Boson
Griffith
New Pumper May Be Delivered Next Week
Fire Chief W N Bates reported Elyria hopes to receive a new pumper next week after it passed a first official test in Elmira New York. The Ohio Inspection Bureau chief engineer H J Manning gave the test his complete satisfaction and Safety Service Director I D Faxon witnessed the run.
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Elyria
W. N. Bates
Elmira
New York
H. J. Manning
Ohio Inspection Bureau
Safety Service
I. D. Faxon
Girdler Sees Strike Hearing as One-Sided Picture
Washington Aug 12 The Senate Civil Liberties Committee closed four weeks of hearings on last year’s steel strike after questioning Republic Steel chair Tom Girdler He said the process painted a wholly one sided view of the conflict between Republic Steel and the CIO and urged affidavits from 12 witnesses to be subpoenaed He defended his company against charges of factory relations and attacked labor leaders and their drive to organize workers
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Washington
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Republic Steel Corporation
Tom Girdler
Republic
Girdler
Robert M. la Follette, Jr
Prog
Wis
Republic Steel
CIO
T. F. Patton
la Fallette
Suboenaed
Phil Murray
Czechoslovakian Reserve Officers Demand Authority Stance
The Czechoslovakian League of Reserve Officers, a major national group, today demanded that the government refuse concessions of authority to minority groups. This statement reflects strong, uncompromising positions within influential circles in Prague.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakian League of Reserve Officers
Steamer Haikong Grounded by Severe Typhoon Near Tung Chow
Manila August 12 Globe wireless reports the British warship Cumberland relayed that the steamer Haikong flashed an SOS at 10 30 PM Manila time saying she was grounded off Tung Chow by a severe typhoon. The message arrived via Globe wireless tonight. The status of the crew or vessel was not stated in the brief telegraphic dispatch.
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Manila
Globe Wireless
Cumberland
Tungchow
Snead Seeks To Take Lead In Golf Tourney
Slammin Sam Snead, the era’s top money winner, posted a 35 on the first nine of the second round in the Cleveland Open, aiming to overtake three leaders who shot 60s in the opening 18. The event totals 19,000 prize money and unfolds in Cleveland.
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Snead
Cleveland
Ang
Sam Snead
He Honght
Roosevelt to address nation in 16 minute radio broadcast
President Roosevelt will deliver a 16 minute radio speech Monday night from 9 30 to 9 45 P M EST marking the anniversary of the Social Security act. The White House announced the address will be nationwide and carried live by network outlets.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
2000 Delegates At Disabled Vets Meeting
Grand Rapids Michigan August 12 Boston received heavy support for selection as the 1939 convention as delegates began arriving for the National Disabled Veterans convention which opens tomorrow. Sessions run through next Friday for about 1000 delegates.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Boston
OOD
Roosevelt Returns From 5-Week Tour
President Roosevelt arrives in Washington after a five week tour, ready to press party unity and challenge conservative Democrats. He aims to control his party and promote broad New Deal objectives. In Columbus, a man named Max Gorfine, aged 34, dies from a five story fall at a rest home.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Columbus
Max Gorfine
Former Lorain Countian Lived In Same House With Corrigan
Ralph Dickason, a former Lorain Countian now in Detroit with Pennsylvania Central Air Lines, lived in a Ryan Aircraft Company boarding house with Douglas Corrigan in Los Angeles for about a year. He recalls a flight with Corrigan that ended with a minor gear mishap and hopes soon to meet Corrigan again to hear details of the famed Atlantic crossing. Dickason expects Corrigan to tour major cities and aims to see him during the trip.
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Douglas Corrigan
Lorain Countain
Los Angeles
Atlantic Ocean
Lorain
Ralph Dickason
Wellington
Detroit
Pennsylvania Central Air Lines
Pittsburgh
California
Ryan Aircraft Company
Corrigan
Ryan
Atlantic
Dickason
Employers And Employees Fund Social Security Totals
The Treasury reports three year figures for Social Security with $887.9 million in taxes collected and $1,232.6 million spent, a bookkeeping deficit of $344.6 million. Old age reserve holds $700.3 million in securities with $17 million in interest earned. employers and employees paid $737.5 million for old age pensions.
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Federal Security Fund
Washington
Treasury
Supreme Court
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Congress
District of Columbia
Alaska
Hawaii
Lorain County Wheat Allotment For 1939 Shows Big Cut
Lorain County announces a drastic 1939 wheat acreage reduction under the Agricultural Conservation Program. The county allotment drops to 16,641 acres from recent harvests of 27,500 and 25,551 acres, with estimates of a net profit for 1939 at 122,420 dollars and a loss of 275 dollars per 27,500 acres if yields reach 20.1 bushels per acre at 62 cents a bushel. Carryover national wheat totals and projected exports shape prices, while growers are urged to stay within allotments to avoid surpluses and qualify for program grants.
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Lorain County
Association
T. H. Breyley
Breyley
Three Killed In Head-On Crash In Indiana
In Decatur Indiana on August 12 a head on collision killed three people and injured five. Victims were Calais Monica 21 and Jerome Gase 22 both Decatur residents and Detlef R Petersen 23 Fort Wayne bureau manager of United Press. Petersen died at Memorial Hospital four hours after the crash. Injured include Linda Niehaus seris table, George Gaskill 22 fractured leg and head injuries and Joanne Colcis 17 Vincent Decatur plus Vincent Tanvis and James Wembett all not seriously hurt.
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Decatur
Ind
Calais
Monica
Gase
Jerome
Peterson
Detlef R
Fort Wayne
United Press Association
Miles
Nichauls
Linda
WOWO
Gaskill
George
United Press
Colcis
Joanne
Tanvis
Vincent
Wembett
James
Petersen
Miss Niehaus
Robert Zwick
Dallas Brown
Monica Collis
Miss Colcis
Memorial Hospital
Lift Martial Law Ends at Maytag Plant Newton Iowa
Des Moines reports Gov. Nelson Krasche ordered Adjt. Gen. Grahl to lift martial law at Newton Iowa home of the Maytag Washing Machine Co. The plant reopened under National Guard protection after a 13 week strike ended and workers resumed duties.
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Des Moines
Nelson G. Krasche
Adjt
Charles H. Grahl
Newton
Maytag Washing Machine Co
Maytag
National Guard
1795 Employed On WPA In Lorain County
The county shows 1795 WPA workers, with 1446 in six construction projects and the rest in 11 women and professional efforts. Projects include roads, sewers, street work, library expansion, nurseries, education and health programs. About 100 additional relief clients are certified for WPA work but not yet assigned. Direct relief clients total 1715, up 37 from last week.
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WPA
Lorain County
Fred Rowse
District Five
Ernest Holmes
Sara
Investigator Who Joined Bund Testifies
John C. Metcalfe, investigator for HUAC, testified that Nazi movement sympathizers in the United States aim to form a vast spy net and that Bund members penetrated the Illinois National Guard. He said the Bund collaborated with silver shirts and black shirts, and that 15,000 black shirt uniforms were sent from Italy, with 10,000 in use. He noted shared aims of dictatorship, antisemitism, and secularism opposition among the three groups, and stated the Bund has not penetrated the regular army.
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Washington
John C. Metcalfe
House
Unamerican Activities Investigating Committee
United States
Metcalfe
Bund
National Guard
Tlinois National Guard
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Joe Starns
D. Ala
Ilinois
German Plane Kept Under Police Guard
New York August 13 a German trans Atlantic air plane Brandenburg landed at Floyd Bennett Field after a nonstop Berlin to New York flight. Police and sailors surrounded the craft to deter anti Nazi demonstrations as it prepared for the return trip. Capt Alfred Henke and crew averaged 153 miles per hour over 3985 miles with a 26 passenger land monoplane bearing a Swastika on the tail.
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New York
Brandenburg
Berlin
Floyd Bennett Field
Alfred Henke
Henke
Rudolph von Moreéou
Paul Dierberg
Walter Kober
Roosevelt Attacks Two Senate Nominees by Name
President Roosevelt denounced two Democratic incumbents seeking renomination, naming Sen. Walter F. George of Georgia and signaling opposition to Sen. Ellison D. Smith of South Carolina. He urged voters to defeat the pro New Deal conservatives and indicated he would intervene in state primaries to remove “yes, but” men from Congress. He spoke at Barnesville, Georgia, beside a rural electrification project, stressing direct challenge to the lawmakers’ campaigns.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Walter F. George
Georgia
Ellison D. (Cotton Ed) Smith
South Carolina
Sen. George
Ellison PD
Cotton Ed
Smith
Sen. Smith
Barnesville
Sen
George
Lawrence Camp
Ond
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Mividsen
Oscar G. Dunn
Edward DeChant
Bar
Bert Sachs
Newport
George F. Anderson
Milwaukee
Carl Muth
Catherine Hatfield
Monroe
Esther Armstrong
Toledo
William Crawford
Dearborn
William Reichert
Olen Marshall
Norman Nadeau
Newport, Mich
Charles Taylor
Acme
Bulletin
National Tube
Ohio Republican
Wes Ferrell
Iowa
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