Davey Sees 100 Percent Success After White House Visit
Ohio Governor Martin S. Davey left Washington for New York after a White House session approving a $20 million welfare construction program for Ohio. He planned a special session to guarantee 45 percent repayment, with 44 percent as a federal grant, and hinted at coordinating a concurrent primary and presidential election to save taxpayers about $555,000. He remained upbeat about relations with the new deal administration and his Washington trip.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ohio
Martin S. Davey
New York
Columbus
Francis Poulson
Poulson
Paul Packard
Harold J. Iykes
White House
Harry Hopkins
Ren
Charles Truat
40 Hour Week For Postal Employees
President Roosevelt signed the bill establishing a 40 hour work week for postal employees. The measure, backed after Postmaster General Farley withdrew opposition, covers about 235000 workers currently at 44 hours weekly and could add 15000 to 30000 substitute workers. Eight hour day five day week, Saturday half day, at a cost of about 21000000 dollars.
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Washington
Aut
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Postoffice
Postoffice Department
Motor theft reported at Vermilion Nash boat house
James J. Dean reported to the sheriff that two men rented a boat and motor outfit from Nash boat house at Vermilion Tuesday and stole an outboard motor, battery, and fire extinguisher. The boat was found at Alberta Beach. the men, about 45, six feet tall in blue shirts, were described by Sheriff Clarence W. Dick.
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Nash
Vermilion
Sheriff's Department
James J. Dean
Alberta Beach
Clarence W. Dick
Weather Update for Ohio Shows Partly Cloudy Skies
Partly cloudy conditions with possible showers tonight. Friday remains mostly unchanged with cooler temperatures and light fall-like conditions across the state. Localized showers not ruled out in the evening.
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Ohio
Oberlin Graduate Heads Hull House
Mrs Adena Miller Rich of Chicago has been appointed head resident of Hull House Chicago succeeding Jane Addams who established the settlement fifty years ago Rich an Oberlin College honor graduate serves as director of the Chicago Women’s Club the Italy Grants Protective League and the Illinois League of Women Voters
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Adena Miller Rich
Ahave
Chicago
Hull House
Jane Addams
Rich
Oberlin College
Chicago Women's Club
Ita My Grants’ Protective League
Ollmois League of Women Voters
Peace Plan Submitted To Italy For East Africa Peace
A British proposal to preserve peace in East Africa was submitted to Italy. Eden outlined Britain’s plan to Laval, who was to report to Mussolini. The plan reportedly offers economic concessions to Italy in Ethiopia, rights to colonize upland areas, and an Ethiopian sea outlet, possibly via a League mandate, with extra territorial arrangements hinted if Mussolini rejects the initial terms.
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United Press
Paris
East Africa
Italy
Benito Vasecc
Anthony Eden
Pierre Laval
Laval
Liron
Mussolini
Great Britain
Eden
Ethiopia
League of Nations
Britain
United States
Social Security Bill Signed By President
President Roosevelt signed the Social Security Bill as part of the New Deal, urging state action to place old age pension and unemployment insurance into effect. He aims to appoint a three member board before Congress adjourns, with names such as Edwin A. Whitte and Josephine Roche mentioned. The act classifies into old age security, unemployment insurance, and aid to dependent children and public health agencies.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Social Security Board
Congress
Edwin A. Whitte
the Treasury
Josephine Roche
United States
Senate Debates Broad Tax Bill Amid Contempt Citation
Senate maneuvers on a 250 million tax bill as Young Bob LaFollette pushes to broaden exemptions and lower brackets. Debate proceeds section by section while Howard C. Hopson faces a contempt citation in the lobby investigation. Chairman Harrison hopes for passage by Friday before Congress adjourns next week.
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Washington
Bob” LaFollette
LaFollette
Wisconsin
Senate
Howard C. Hopson
Pat Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Flames Destroy Tile Company Plant
Dover, August 15. The Marsh Wall Tile Co plant was destroyed by fire caused by a spark from an electric fan. Loss was estimated at 75,000. More than 0 men were left unemployed as Dover and New Philadelphia firefighters battled the blaze for over four hours.
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Dover
Marsh Wall Tile Co
New Philadelphia
Rockefeller Gifts Move Massive Rockefeller Fortunes To Charity
Washington August 15 John D Rockefeller Jr has disposed of about one quarter of his oil holdings in The Standard Oil group in eight months totaling 77 million dollars guiding gifts to charitable and scientific institutions A June stock transfer of 2 1 million shares to Socony Vacuum occurred nine days after President Roosevelt called for higher estate and gift taxes The Securities and Exchange Commission records show Rockefeller held 10 percent or more of Socony Vacuum Standard Oil New Jersey and Standard Oil California before gifts His vast wealth estimated from 500 million to 1 5 billion includes major oil stakes and New York real estate He has long funded educational and scientific endowments The gifts were labeled as transfers or gifts to educational and scientific corporations If taxed as one gift current law would yield about 33 thousand dollars in gift tax rising to 38 million under the new bill Inheritance tax could reach about 55 million if held until death.
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Washington
John D Rockefeller, Jr
Standard O11 Group
Securities and Exchange Commission
Rockefeller
Socony-Vacuum Oil Company
Roosevelt
Congress
Socony-Vacuum
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Standard Oil Company
California
New York
Treasury
Three Youths Missing After Cape Cod Boat Cruise
Three youths sons of Cape Cod summer residents were missing after failing to return from a cruise to Edgartown. Coast Guards hunted the 18 foot outboard craft in Nantucket Sound as squalls swept the South Shore. Berg en Doran 19 Hyannisport David Gould 18 Hyannisport Jack Troy 20 Centerville were named among the youths feared capsized or carried to sea.
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Hyannis
Mass
Cape Cod
Nantucket Sound
Edgartown
Bergen Doran
Hyannisport
David Gould
Jack Troy
Centerville
Former Secretary Fall Fights To Save His Home
EL PASO Aug 15 Former secretary of the interior under Harding Albert B Fall says he will not give up without a fight to save his Three Rivers New Mexico ranch home. A mortgage foreclosure by Petroleum Securities Corp controlled by E L Doheny led to a sale plan of the property. Fall contends the ranch house and 100 surrounding acres were not covered by the mortgage. The ranch is valued at about 750000.
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EL Paso
Tex
Albert B. Fall
Harding
Three Rivers
N. M
E. L. Doheny
The
Petroleum Securities Corp
Cuyahoga County Votes on Council Plan
Cleveland Aug 15 The County Charter Commission approved a manager council plan for Cuyahoga County pending printing and filing for the Nov 5 election. The plan creates nine council members with a president and a county director. abolishes most offices except the prosecutor, who becomes a criminal prosecutor appointed by the council president. If approved, the new government would take effect Jan 1 1937 with a 1936 council election.
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Cleveland. C
County Charter Commission
Board of Elections
Open Water Main Bids Sept 5th
City to open bids Sept 5 for El tia’s new force main and a 1,000,000 gallon storage tank under the Public Works Administration. The 30 inch force main runs about three miles from Elyria Avenue to North Ridge Road, estimated at 225000 dollars, with the storage tank at Furnace and Belmont Streets priced at 75000 dollars. Contracts to be let separately, says City Engineer J M Powell.
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el Tia
J. M. Powell
Federal Public Works Administration
Elyria Avenue
North Ridge Road
Furnace
Belmont Streets
Senate Seeks To Question Hopson In Washington Standoff
Senate lobby investigators press for police powers to arrest 225 pound Howard Hopson, accused kingpin in the anti utility bill fight, after he defies a Senate subpoena. House rules chief O'Connor says action mocks the House as Hopson evades capture with a search ending in a hotel cocktail room.
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Howard C. Hopson
Henry J. Clausen
W. A. Hill
House Lobby Committee
Washington, D. C
Senate
House
Washington
Howard
Hopson
House Rules Committee
Associated Gas & Electric Co
John J. O'Connor
O'Connor
Atarms
Congress
Chexley Jarney
Jurney
Boston
William A. Hill
Hill
dJurney
WPA Demonstration Teaches New Canning Methods in Lorain
The WPA women's division sponsors a free canning demonstration in Lorain County at Lorain High School starting 10 a.m. Saturday. A WPA expert from Columbus will show hot water bath, pressure cooking, and other canning methods to interested residents.
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Lorain
WPA
Ohio
Lorain High School
Columbus
County Budget Plan to Review 1936 Funds
County commissioners to start examining the 1936 budget which may exceed this year’s general fund total of 637,683. Commissioner John E. Davidson urged timely public suggestions to be considered during budget review as Commissioner Qerar Dunn pressed for prompt action. Continued on Page 21.
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Board of County Commissioners
John E. Davidson
Davidson
Qerar Dunn
Commissioners From Several Counties To Convene Here
County commissioners from Medina Erie Huron Ashland Richland Wayne Crawford and Lorain will meet at Elyria Country Club at noon on August 22 to discuss regional issues. Hal Spurs Summit County surveyor and Ohio Surveyors Association president will speak, along with County Auditor Kelser.
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Elyria Country
Chih
North Central
Ohio Commissioners and Surveyors Association
Medina
Erie
Huron
Ashland
Richland
Wayne
Crawford
Lorain
J. W. Warden
Hal Spurs
Summit County
Ohio Surveyors’ Association
Kelser
Four Killed In Plane Crash In Texas
Delta Airlines reported early today that four aboard a regular passenger and mail flight died when the craft crashed and burned nine miles north of Gilmer in East Texas. The dead include pilot Andy Dixon of Louisiana, co pilot J. W. Thompson of Wichita Falls, passenger Herbert Buckley of Atlanta, and passenger P. A. Ivy of Birmingham. Officials could not determine the cause of the accident.
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Dallas
Tex
Delta Airlines
East Texas
Gilmer
Andy Dixon
Herbert Buckley
Wichita Falls
J. W. Thompson
Atlanta
P. A. Ivy
Birmingham
Ala
Missionary to Ethiopia to Speak at Local Church
The Men's Missionary League of First United Presbyterian church invites the public to an open meeting on Monday evening August 19. Rev Bruce B Buchanan, a missionary to Ethiopia since 1923, will speak on conditions in Ethiopia from personal experience at Sayo. Buchanan is on furlough and attends a Visionary Conference at New Wilmington, Pa, August 16 to 23.
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Ethiopia
First
United Preshs
George A Brown
Elyria United
India
UP Church
Pathankot
Punjab
Howard Buchanan
Egypt
Foreign Guard
Sudan
Coleth Hill
Buchanan
Mats League
Little Change To Be Needed In Ohio's Pension Law
Columbus Ohio Aug 15 Little legislative action will be necessary to align Ohio's old age pension law with the National Economic Security Act. The 11 year residence rule must match the five year federal requirement and Ohio's $25 maximum award should be raised to $50. These are the only major changes anticipated.
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Columbus
Ohio
Obhio
Motive elusive in Lorain bride murder warrant issued
Lorain August 15 a first degree murder warrant was issued for Joseph Meluch 28 for the death of his bride Dorothy 22 found with head crushed in her bedroom last night Police say motive unclear and Meluch is at large The couple lived with Meluch’s parents at 125 West 23rd Street and investigators noted inconsistencies as Margaret Meluch admitted efforts to stage the death as self harm
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Lorain
Joseph Meluch
Dorothy
Meluch
Milton Friedman
West 23Rd Street
Elyria
Steve
Margaret
Joseph
Anna Meluch
Mildred Novak
Mr. Meluch
Frank
Paul
Robert
Helen
Theodore
Walker
Joe
C. Ward
Dearborn
Michigan
County Board Visits Institutions For Inspection Today
The county board of visitors led by Charles Sotherden and Maude Strickler of Elyria with J. J. Smythe of Amherst C B Rawson of La Grange Mrs Katherine Wire of Lorain and Mrs H C Burrell of Sheffield conducted today’s inspection of county jails and institutions. A written report of their findings will be filed later.
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County Board of Visitors
Charles Sotherden
Maude Strickler
Elyria
J. J. Smythe
Amherst
C. B. Rawson
la Grange
Katherine Wire
Lorain
H. C. Burrell
Sheffield
Epidemic Closely Watched by Crippled Children Society
Developments in infant paralysis in North Carolina Tennessee and Virginia are monitored at the International Society for Crippled Children offices. Weekly progress reports address prevention and cures, with emphasis on the new serum treatment as a key feature of this year’s campaign.
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Caroline
Tennessee
Virginia
International Society For Crippled Children
Deane & Rintner
Society
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Bulletin
Oberlin
Tile Company
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
New London
Conn
Coast Guard
Osterville
Fall
Cuyahoga County
Augustine Edwards
England
Santa Lucia
London
Mr . Edwards
Texas
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