Death Toll In Train Wreck Reaches 23
Reno dispatch reports 23 dead after the City of San Francisco derailment when a broken rail caused the Southern Pacific streamliner to plunge into the Humboldt river. FBI opened no solid saboteur leads as investigations focus on wreckage, victim identifications, and inquiries by Interstate Commerce Commission and Nevada officials.
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Reno
Nev
U.P
Nevada
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Elko
Henry Pepper Vaux
Rosemont
Susan
Henry Speck
Sparks
Pyramid Lake
Humboldt River
Carlin
Sheriff's
FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
A. D. McDonald
United Press
Interstate Commerce Commission
Nevada Public Service Commission
Charles Sexton
Weather Report For Ohio And Surrounding Areas
Generally fair tonight and Wednesday with slight warmth in northern portions. Cooler near Lake Erie by Wednesday. Tropical disturbance tracked over Alabama with lows centered across Ohio and Eastern Montana. Showers across the South Atlantic and East Gulf states. Upper Lake Region, Kansas, Alabama and Northern Texas report heavy activity near the tropical disturbance. Temperature changes were mostly slight.
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Alabama
Ohio
Montana
South Atlantic
Ares
Washington
Regon
Uth Atlantic
East Gulf States
Upper Lake
Kansas
Alahoma
Texas
Europe Eyes Peace Talks Amid Danzig Dispute Furore
Reports of possible negotiations over Danzig and Germany’s claims circulated after Adolf Hitler’s Berchtesgaden visit. Karl Burckhardt’s role unclear as Britain informs France and Poland. The Times urged peaceful revision, while Turkey began early maneuvers near the Bulgarian frontier as Germany massed up to two million troops by September.
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Europe
Danzig
Germany
Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Karl J. Burckhardt
League of Nations
Pope Pius XII
Britain
France
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Burckhardt
London
Poland
Foreign Office
London Times
the Times
Mussolini
Paris
Turkey
Republicans Picnic Set at Cascade Park in Lorain County
Plans were completed for the Lorain County Young Men's Republican Club picnic at Cascade Park on Thursday. Richard Stevens president of the club said the event will begin at 5 p m and will include a softball game as part of the program.
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Lorain County
Young Men's Republican Club
Cascade Park
Richard Stevens
Man Is Fugitive From Inheritance Perplexes Police
CHICAGO Aug 15 Police hunted Fred Sharpe a 35 year old fugitive from a $45000 inheritance who prefers sleeping on a park bench to a hotel. His cousin from Mt Pleasant West Virginia arrived seeking him. Sharpe shrugged off the money saying perhaps Tuesday and adding I might go fishing. Neighbors say he will work briefly then quit and he stays well dressed while dozing in the sun. Police plan to hold him on technical arrest until West Virginia relatives arrive.
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Chicago
Fred Sharpe
Sharpe
Mt. Pleasant
W. Va
Dozin
West Virginia
Employ Teacher For Eaton School
Miss Mabel J. Brown of Oberlin was hired as first and second grade teacher at Eaton School to replace Beatrice Preston who did not seek reappointment. Brown, a graduate of Oberlin School of Kindergarten Training, recently completed a four year Kent State University program and has 11 years of teaching experience in Huntington and Elyria. Her appointment leaves no current vacancy in county schools though a resignation is anticipated at one school that could create another vacancy.
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Mabel J. Brown
Oberlin
Eaton School
Beatrice Preston
Miss Brown
Oberlin School of
Kent State University
Huntington
Elyria
Woman hurt in collision with Lorain car at Routes 113 and 53
Mrs Harry Kieman 26 of Lakewood suffered an injury to her right leg at 7 40 PM yesterday after a car she rode in with her husband collided with a car driven by Lester A Fauver of 1443 Rest Erie avenue Lorain at Routes 113 and 53, sheriff department report says.
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Harry Kieman
Lakewood
Lester A. Fauver
Rest Erte Avenue
Lorain
Seven Year Old Girl Injured In Sprague Road Accident
Margery Gordon, seven, of Sprague road in Columbia township, was struck while walking with her mother on Sprague road. She was crossing then turned back and was hit by Russell Dowley of Columbia Station. She was thrown 27 feet and suffered a severe arm laceration and a head cut.
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Margery Gordon
Sprague Road
Columbia Township
Russell Dowley
Columbia Station
Burns Prove Fatal in Despondent Dublin Man
Oliver Tuller, 69, of Dublin, Ohio, died in a Columbus hospital after he wrapped himself in kerosene soaked burlap and paper and set fire to it. Despondent over illness, he caused the self inflicted tragedy.
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Columbus, O
Oliver Tuller
Dublin
Columbus
Huge crowd eyed for Elyria 1939 Soap Box Derby
Elyria expects one of its largest crowds for the 1939 Soap Box Derby on Water Street Hill tomorrow afternoon with races starting at 1 30. Eighteen local youths built motorless cars to compete for city championship and prizes. State workers erect snow fences, police and Ohio National Guard keep order as announcer Robert Buol relays updates.
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Elyria
Water Street Hill
State Highway Department
Ohio National Guard
Robert Buol
Ed Erb
Confiscate Slot Machines In Fishing Boat Raid
Police may file charges against operators of a Lake Erie fishing boat raided by vice and gambling officers near Gordon Park. Two slot machines were seized aboard the vessel, with owners Edward Bissell and Robert Bradley named and Gabriel Pinkozic aboard as caretaker during the raid.
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Cleveland
Gerard Pilliod
Lake Erie
Gordon Park
Edward Bissell
Robert Bradley
Gabriel Pinkozic
Cheaper To Pay Fines Than Parking Charges
Miss Constance Kiehel a Social Security Board analyst proposes it's cheaper to pay fines for downtown parking restrictions than pay lot charges. Police say she received 22 tickets costing $66 over recent years, and she claims spending under $1 weekly.
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Washington
Constance Kiehel
Kiehel
Social Security Board
President Advances Thanksgiving Day A Week
President Roosevelt announced by his cruise at Campobello that Thanksgiving would move to November 23 1940 onward making Thanksgiving the second Thursday in November from 1940. Merchants foresee a longer Christmas shopping period while calendar makers warn of major losses. football schedules face disruption as many games were set for Turkey Day.
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Roosevelt
Campobello
N. S
Seattle
Wash
Frederica KE. Beker
H. G. Brace Calendar Co
Three Ill Relatives Evicted Amid Near Riot at Quaker Home
In Mantua New Jersey eight state troopers and constables evicted three bedridden members of the Evans family after a monthlong lie-down strike over tax foreclosure. An angry crowd of about 300 gathered, hoses were aimed at officers, and bystanders stoned the buyer, Charles Layton, who fled after the clash. Mrs Agnes Evans aged 83 and Custis Evans 28 were removed on stretchers to hospitals, while Mrs Mary Scott 56 left the house voluntarily. The home had been sold for nonpayment of taxes.
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Mantua
N. J
Agnes Evans
Custis
Mary Scott
Student Pilot Fatally Hurt in Ohio River Midair Collision
PARKERSBURG W V Aug 15 Two student airplane pilots collided in mid air over the Ohio River yesterday. Merne C Bowers 23 was killed when his ship fell into the river. Robert L Craft 37 of Wheeling W Va escaped with minor injuries after making a forced landing in a pasture near Belpre Ohio. They were testing for private licenses under KF A Goff Pittsburgh inspector for the Civil Aeronautics Authority. Bowers had worked in Parkersburg three years and was the son of Mr and Mrs D C Bowers Akron O.
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Parkersburg
Ohio River
Merne C. Bowers
Robert L. Craft
Wheeling
W. Va
Belpre
Ohio
Bowers
KF. A. Goff
Pittsburgh
Civil Aeronautics Authority
D. C. Bowers
Akron
Child Recovers After Drinking Kerosene at Home
Marilyn Smith, 19 months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Smith of Elyria, drank from a kerosene container at the rear of their home. She received care at Elyria Memorial Hospital yesterday afternoon and was discharged after observation. no serious trouble reported.
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Marilyn Smith
Dwight Smith
R. D
Elyria
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Opinion Divided On Earlier Date For Thanksgiving
Elyrians split on President Roosevelt plan to move Thanksgiving a week earlier to November 23. Supporters cite boosted Christmas business and longer shopping season. opponents urge preserving long standing tradition. Observers from education, post office, church, banking, and merchants weigh potential benefits and risks.
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Roosevelt
Chronicle-Telegram
W. H. Vanoster
Elyria Board of Education
Ernst Irion
St. Paul's Evangelical Church
J. B. Seward
Jack Hannaford
Retail Merchants’ Division
The
Chamber of Commerce
Japanese Sentry Strikes American Woman In Face
In Tientsin Aug 15 the American Consulate said a Japanese army sentry struck 59-year-old Mrs Frances Mary Richard of San Francisco after she was denied entry with a personal card. She attempted to pass the barrier at Asahir Road with vegetables and faced a search and basket emptying.
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Tientsin
China
Frances Mary Richard
San Francisco
Asahir Road
United States
Richard
N. Nishida
West Ridge Road Improvement To Cost About $30 000
County estimates for upgrading West Ridge road from Telegraph road south of Carlisle township place the project near 32000 dollars with two thirds covered by the WPA. Harry L. Dunham, County Engineer, and Elyria township trustees discussed taking the road into county control. A petition signed by 18 property owners asks the county to include the road in the county system and to proceed with improvements.
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West Ridge Road
Elyria Township
Telegraph Road
Carlisle Township
Harry L. Dunham
Bainbridge
Ridgeville
West Ridge
WPA
County to Help Repave Oberlin Avenue in Lorain
Lorain officials seek county participation in paving Oberlin avenue with the county to provide materials. Commissioner Chairman John E. Davidson noted the county may contribute about 10,000 dollars rather than the 18,150 dollars still owed from the Broadway paving agreement, as meetings are held to settle the basis of aid.
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Lorain
Oberlin Avenue
John E. Davidson
Davidson
Denial Of Health Order Violation In Lorain
John C. Trumpower and E. N. Smith, contractors for Lorain garbage collection, pleaded not guilty and were released on $100 bond each after arraignment before Justice C. C. Lord on charges of violating a health order issued by Dr. F. R. Dew. They allegedly failed to bury garbage and instead fed it to bogs on a farm in Murray Ridge reed area of Elyria township, prompting serious local complaints.
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John C. Trumpower
E. N. Smith
Lorain
Murray Ridge
Elyria Township
Mewday
Bandits With Machine Gun Rob Post Office Money
Five men robbed a Long Beach post office of about 70000 dollars. A bank messenger, a guard and a policeman were threatened as bandits armed with a machine gun emerged from a dark sedan. The car, stolen in New York, sped away with two men in back aiming the weapon. An eyewitness described the scene.
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Long Beach
N. Y
National City Bank of
Patrick Breen
New York City
New Road West of Lorain to Be Sought by Lorain County
Lorain County commissioners plan a meeting with state highway officials to push repaving Colorado avenue from Lorain to Avon and to seek the construction of a new outlet west of Lorain for the 21st street high level bridge. The plan includes a mile and a half stretch joining with Lake road near the Nickel Plate Railroad undercut.
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State ‘Highway Department
Colorado Avenue
Lorain
Columbus
Howard R. Butler
21St Street
State Department
Harry L. Dunham
Lake Road
Nickel Plate Railroad
Dunham
Affairs of Miami Will Be Aired
Washington August fifteenth. The Federal Bureau of Investigation prepares a thorough inquiry into political and crime conditions in Miami. Groundwork laid by FBI Director J Edgar Hoover during a recent visit. Hoover plans to move into Miami as in Kansas City and Louisiana cases involving political bosses and widespread scandals.
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Washington
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Miami
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Kansas City
Louisiana
Thomas J. Pendergast
O. John Rogge
200 Feet Of Road In Ashland County Sinking In Mucklend
Road segment in Ashland County shows sinking in wet mucklend conditions. Local crews assess stability and plan repairs after surface deterioration. Community advisory urges caution for motorists until safe passage is restored.
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Ashland County
Mucklend
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