Four Cleveland men arrested in steel plant bombings
Three men admit placing bombs at the Superior Division of the Steel and Tubes Company and the transmission tower on Stoney Ridge road Avon. Carl Adams and Janvus Turos confess. Rudolph Koperka denies. Arraigned before Justice Preston Coon with bonds set. Turos seeks a preliminary exam. Turos says he drove others to Elyria for plant picketing by the ME SA union.
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Cleveland
Superior
Steel and Tubes Company
Cleveland Wuminating Company
Stoney Ridge Road
Avon
Apri
Carl Adams
East 67Th Street
Janvus Turos
Liberty Avenue
Parma
Clarence W. Dick
Rudolph Koperka
East 140 Street
Preston Coon
Adams
Coon
Turos
Beme
Srand
M. FE
Elyria
ME. S. A
Truscon Steel Company
Conspiracy Charge Ties Davey and Roosevelt in Ohio Election
Washington reports Chairman Henry P Fletcher accuses Gov. Martin L Davey and President Roosevelt of conspiring to delay an Ohio special election for the at large seat to next spring. The vacancy arose after Rep Charles V Truax’s death. Republicans push for an immediate vote to test New Deal policy opinions.
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Washington
Henry P. Fletcher
Republican National Committee
Ohio
Martin L. Davey
Roosevelt
Charles V. Truax
Davey
Rhode Island
Britain Proposes Early Naval Conference
Britain sends formal notes to the United States Japan France and Italy proposing an informal naval conference in October as a precursor to a wider multilateral talks. Official circles say notes were delivered to embassies in London on dates between August 3 and August. Preparations for the conference are to be hastened with separate conversations planned with France Italy and Russia in September or early October before broadening to a multilateral format.
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LOCON
TPB
Great Britain
United States
Japan
France
Italy
London
Britain
Russia
Weather Outlook for Ohio Persists Tonight and Saturday
Partly cloudy skies with a chance of showers tonight and on Saturday. Cooler readings expected in the northwest portion by Saturday afternoon as the day progresses.
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Ohio
County Officials Plan Lobb y to Secure Aid for Cities and Counties
A Lorain County committee led by Lorain city auditor Frank Ayres met to map a lobbying plan to obtain financial relief for counties and larger municipalities next year. They concluded public funds cannot be used and proposed funding the effort via a salary-based assessment on county and municipal employees to cover lobbying costs.
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Kiefer-Traxler School Foundation
Lorain County
C. S. Kelser
Ilt
School Foundation
Frank Ayres
Harvey Cheney
Elyria
Howard Butler
Wesley Kiis
Lorain
William Latti
Rabbi Tells Of Conditions In The South
Rabbi Carl Miller of Helena Arkansas spoke to the Kiwanis Club at Hotel Newell on Social Conditions in the South. He described the sectional divisions in geography industry and agriculture and explained terms like planter tenant farmer and sharecropper. he warned of credit systems with high interest affecting farmers and noted the reliance on cotton and tariffs shaping the region's economy.
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Carl Miller
Helena
Arkansas
Kiwamis Club
South
Hotel Newell
Miller
James Trueslow Adams
Steel
Elyria
Pietiene
London
Eoen
Sueck
Steel Operations Continue Climb in Mahoning Valley
Mahoning Valley steel operations rose further with two new open hearths at Carnegie Steel Ohio works. The rate hit 60 percent today and is expected to reach about 63.5 percent by Monday as three more open hearths at Brier Hill plant of Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co are added this weekend, signaling a continued regional rise.
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Youngstown
Mahoning
Continue Hunt For Husband Of Slain Bride
Lorain Ohio August 16 police continued their hunt for Joseph Meluch 28 in connection with the murder of his bride of six weeks Dorothy Kline formerly of Dearborn Michigan A first degree murder warrant was issued after the body of the wife was found beaten in the bedroom Meluch left the house five hours earlier and no trace or clues to his location had been found The family says Meluch claimed to be a government agent K 23.
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Lorain
Joseph Meluch
Dorothy Kline
Dearborn
Michigan
Meluch
Wallace Kline
Metuch
Martial Law In Terre Haute Strike Leads To Pledge
Leaders of 400 striking metal workers under martial law vowed to curb violence after Terre Haute's general strike. Maj Eat Weimar commands National Guardsmen who have kept martial law since the city walkout a month ago. Pickering of Terre Haute Malleable and Manufacturing Co. faced prohibition under military rules as 400 foundry workers demand seniority recognition.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Maj Eat] Weimar
Pickering
New Deal work relief drive aims to create 40k jobs daily
Washington August 16 government officials say the 4 billion work relief plan must average over 40,000 jobs a day for the next 10 weeks to end the dole by November 1. Needy on federal payrolls reach 2,500,990 with 692,009 already employed. WPA reports 550,000 employed in August and CCC lists 400,000. WPA has hired 125,000 more. federal agencies account for 25,000. CCC now 442,900 in camps. WPA projects added 6,009 jobs worth 135,000 dollars. Government departments show a net 42,000 more workers, Hopkins to push 450,990,000 in works through presidential approval soon.
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Washington
Works Progress
Harry J. Hopkins
Civilian Conservation Corps
WPA
CCG
Hopkins
Mahoning Valley Endures Severe Storm Damage
Mahoning Valley residents survey extensive storm damage after an electrical storm last night. One race horse was killed another injured a man stunned and 15000 people routed as lightning struck buildings and rain drenched the Warren fairgrounds in Youngstown Ohio on August 16.
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Youngstown
Mahoning Valley
Warren Fairgrounds
Senate Passes Tax The Rich Measure in Senate Vote
The Senate approved the tax the rich bill by a 57 to 22 vote, advancing to conference with the President's $250,000,000 measure amid an eight month session. Seven Republicans joined 48 Democrats plus one Progressive and one Farmer-Laborite in support, while 12 Republicans and Democrats opposed. The text notes differences from the House version, including stayed inheritance tax changes and adjusted estate tax proposals, with continued debate on broader revenue measures and potential amendments.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Finance Committee
House
LaFollette
Robert M. LaFollette
Wis
John N. Garner
Plane Crash Kills Wiley Post and Will Rogers Near Point Barrow
Seattle dispatch reports Wiley Post and Will Rogers died when their Lockheed Orion crashed 15 miles south of Point Barrow Alaska after taking off in fog. Both men were killed instantly. Rogers and Post had been touring Alaska and planning further flight plans before the tragedy.
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Point Barrow
Alaska
Wiley Post
Will Rogers
Famous Air Duo
Here
Post
Walkpi
Rogers
Motor Failure Cause Of Crash
The plane carrying Wiley Post and Will Rogers crashed near Barrow Alaska after takeoff, killing both. Official reports cite engine failure about 50 feet in the air as the cause, with the craft losing control and sinking into a river. natives witnessed the event and aided recovery efforts led by Staff Sergeant Stanley R. Morgan.
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Washington
Wiley Post
Will Rogers
Alaska
Rogers
Post
Point Barrow
War Department
Signal Corps
Stanley R. Morgan
Barrow
Greist
Here
Tragedy Shocks Officials At Washington
Washington mourns the deaths of Will Rogers and Wiley Post in an Alaskan crash. Coast guard orders cooperation with Alaska relief efforts and bodies to be returned to the United States. Officials contact Mrs Rogers and arrange services. The crash June in Nome area is tied to a high speed Lockheed Orion plane. Hurley proposes Will Rogers statue in the Congressional Hall of Fame.
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Washington
Will Rogers
Wiley Post
United States
Coast Guard
Northland
Point Barrow
Nome
Gibbons
Rogers and Post
Department of Commerce
Col
J. Carroll Cone
Bureau of Air Commerce
Alaskan
Murray Hall
Bureau
Anchorage
Alaska
Patrick J. Hurley
Congressional Hall of Fame
Capitol
Will
Hurley
Mrs Post Unable To Discuss Tragedy In Oklahoma
Mrs Wiley Post, who planned an Alaskan aerial tour with her husband and Wl Rogers, learned of their deaths and could not discuss the tragedy. She had left Seattle to visit L. B. Gray in Ponca City, Oklahoma, where she remained today.
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Poncgacity
Okla
Wiley Post
Wl Rogers
Seattle
L. BE. Gray
Miss Rogers Rehearsing Aviation Melodrama When Death Reaches
Lakewood Me August 16 Ironically Will Rogers daughter Mary rehearsing for Ceiling Zero an aviation melodrama with the Lakewood players here today when the report of her father's death was received
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Lakewood
Will Roger
Mary
Lakewood Players
Milk Producers Of County To Incorporate
Lorain County Milk Producers Association plans incorporation as a county organization independent of Cleveland. A meeting will be held Monday night at Milton Baus's home Route 59 four miles west of Elyria. Contracts are ready for signing and members are urged to attend to save time and expense. The decision to incorporate was approved at the last meeting at the Simeon Nash farm.
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Lorain County Milk Producers’ Association
Cleveland
Milton Baus
Route
Elyria
Baus
Simeon Nash
Plans new city Laguna Vista in Rio Grande Valley
Brownsville Texas reports 90 year old Dr. S. K. Hallam plans a new city in the Rio Grande Valley. The town would sit on the Lagunas Madre seven miles from Port Senbei and be named Laguna Vista.
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Brownsville
Tex
5. K. Hallam
Rio Grande Valley
Laguns Madre
Port Senbei
Laguna Vista
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