Retail Trade Gain Cited By Hopkins
Secretary of Commerce Harry L Hopkins reported a 6 percent rise in first half 1939 retail trade to 17.9 billion dollars, with the second quarter up about 7 percent over 1938. Prices were lower overall, with general merchandise down about 2.5 percent and food costs down about 3.5 percent. Department stores, apparel shops, variety stores, and mail order houses accounted for 3.8 billion of sales, up roughly 5 percent. food sales reached 4.2 billion, modestly higher. durable goods sales totaled 4.3 billion, up about 20 percent from 1938.
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Washington
Harry L Hopkins Hopkins
Hopkins
15 Day Shutdown on Oil Fields Sparks Gas Price Rise
Oklahoma Texas Kansas and New Mexico declared a 15 day shutdown on oil fields, withholding up to 58 percent of daily production. They pressed for reinstating a 20 cent per barrel crude price cut and warned of larger cuts if refiners resist. Crude markets varied by state, with refiners silent as producers prepare for possible nationwide impact.
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Oklahoma City
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
New Mexico
Louisiana
Michigan
Colorado
Arkansas
California
Pennesylani
Wyoming
Montana
Indiana
Kentucky
Illinois
Truck And Threshing Machine Collision In Amherst
A truck driven by James Wiley, 16, of 437 N Main Street Amherst, collided with a threshing machine towed by Benjamin Michel, 49, of Leavitt Road, on Kolbe Road about a mile north of Foster Park Road. The crash occurred around 9 PM yesterday, causing damage to both vehicles.
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Kolbe Road
Foster Park Road
James Wile
Main Street
Amerst
Benjamin Michel
Leavitt Road
Weather outlook for Ohio and surrounding regions
Generally fair tonight in Ohio with patches of clouds and a few showers lingering in the south. Cooler conditions are noted across the Upper Lake region with a trough of low pressure extending from Manitoba to Arizona and a tropical disturbance still over Alabama.
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Ohio
Alabama
St. Lawrence Alley
Manitoba
Arizona
Lake Reon
South Atlantic
Iberia
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Atlantic
Gulf States
Orth Dakota
Iowa
Kansas
Mexico
Pper Lake
Northcot
Warner
Gion
Brenner Wins Elyria Soap Box Derby in 15 Seconds
Nathan Brenner won the 1939 Elyria Soap Box Derby on Water Street Hill with a 15 second final heat. He outran Louie Kaplan by two feet to take the title as about 5,000 spectators watched. Brenner also posted the fastest time in both the first heat and the finals among nineteen entrants.
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Nathan Brenner
Kaplan
Elyria
Water Street Hill
Brenner
Louie Kaplan
E. J. Stankard
Bethlehem Co Fights Labor Board Order
Bethlehem Steel Co petitions the US Court of Appeals to set aside a National Labor Relations Board ruling that disestablishes a 21 year employee representation plan. The board found violations at 10 plants in Pennsylvania Maryland and New York and said the plan was employee dominated. Bethlehem contends the violations do not affect interstate commerce and seeks a hearing unbiased by alleged board bias, signaling a possible Supreme Court challenge to labor board powers.
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Washington
Bethlehem Steel Co
US Court of Appeals
National Labor Relations Board
Bethlehems
Labor Board
Pennsylvania
Maryland
New York
Bethlehems Appeal
Bethlehem
Supreme Court
Boy Has Luck Free Call Brings Money From Home
New York August 16 Robert Craig Akron a high school boy who slept in barns and thumbed rides east was pulled from his rough journey by a lucky free telephone call at the American Telephone and Telegraph exhibit He used the line to beg his mother to send money for bus fare and she telegraphed funds to bring him home The scene included several listeners to the conversation as he spoke with his mother Mrs E R Craig
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New York
Robert Craig
Akron
E R Craig
Robert
Methodist minister dies in Ashville Ohio
Rev T M Ricketts aged 7 a longtime minister in the Ohio Conference of the Methodist church died at his Ashville home last night He was graduated from Ohio University in 1881 into the Ohio Conference ministry over many years with service in Columbus and nearby towns
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Columbus
T M Ricketts
Ohto
Methodist Church
Ashville
Ohio University
Danzig Border Guards Shoot Polish Soldier
Danzig border guards fatally wounded a Polish soldier at Kohling on the Danzig frontier after guards warned him three times and he reportedly trained a rifle at them. Nazi officials claim Polish leaflets were being brought into Danzig. the shooting happened more than two hundred yards inside Danzig. Arthur Greiser to meet Polish diplomat Marian Cho dackki at noon.
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Danzig
Kohling
Poland
Arthur Greiser
Free City
Marian Chodackki
Miss Fowls Named Assistant Matron At Oberlin Home
Miss Mildred Fowls is appointed assistant matron of the Lorain County Children's Home at Oberlin succeeding Miss Doris French who becomes cook. Mrs Amelia Parman leaves Talcott Hall at Oberlin College for the cook position. Fowls will oversee the kitchen one day weekly dormitories two days weekly conduct a Sunday School class and a home economics class.
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Mildred Fowls
Lorain County Childrens Home
Oberlin
Doris French
Brownhelm
Ohio State Employment Service
Miss French
Amelia Parman
Parman
Talcott Hall
Oberlin College
Miss Fowls
Levy Renewal Sought by South Amherst District
The South Amherst Village School District filed a resolution with the board of elections requesting a three mill levy for five years for school purposes to be presented to voters at the November election. The measure would renew an existing levy.
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South Amherst Village
Board of Elections Today
Quarter at Bottom Of Pool Becomes A Button
A 15 year old boy and two companions were found wading in Ely Park pool at 10 30 pm by Patrolman George Walton. The youth claimed a shiny button looked like a quarter at the bottom. Walton escorted them to Police Chief E J Stankard for a report.
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Ely Park Pool
E J Stankard
George Walton
Walton
Police
Stankard
Governor asks Ohioans to cut ragweed to curb pollen
In Columbus on August 16 Governor Bricher announced a statewide appeal for all state departments to reduce ragweed growth to fight hayfever and asthma pollen. The action follows a letter from Ray Phillips of Bryan urging the broad public appeal.
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Columbus
Bricher
Ray Phillips
Bryan
Hillsboro Truck Crash Kills Bailey. Cales Hurt, Creed Charged
In Hillsboro on August 6 16 Gra den Bailey 26 of West Union died after his bakery truck collided with a coal truck ten miles south of town Donald Cales 21 of Greenup Ky riding with Bailey was seriously injured Roy Creed 22 of near Lynchburg the coal truck driver was held on a reckless driving charge in the crash.
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Hillsboro
Bailey
West Union
Here
Donald Cales
Greenup
Roy Creed
Lynchburg
Change In Date Of Thanksgiving Arouses Critics
Retail interests backed President Roosevelt while governors and civic groups condemned moving Thanksgiving from November 30 to November 23. New England states split, with Maine New Hampshire and Vermont resisting. Massachusetts governor Leverett Saltonstall expected to join opposition. The National Retail Dry Goods Association praised the move as boosting Christmas shopping. Plymouth, Massachusetts, maintained the traditional last Thursday celebration despite broader dissent.
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United Press
Roosevelt
New England
Providence
New World
New
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Lincoln
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Martin L Davey
Ohio
Buffalo
National Retail Dry Goods Association
Secretary of Commerce
Harry S Hopkins
Plymouth
Mass
Prof Pitkin to Analyze Elyria Questionnaires
Prof Walter B Pitkin, educator and founder of The American Majority, will supervise analysis of thousands of Elyria questionnaires this week. More than 1300 distributed with two refusals. Distribution spans Eastern Heights and the Black River area. responses will guide future local activities.
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Walter B Pitkin
Elyria
Middle Avenue
Eastern Heights
Black River
F Neuger
Prof Pitkin
Elyria High School
Cincinnati youth given life term for holdup slaying
Cambridge Aug 16 Louis W Pope 19 of Cincinnati sentenced to life imprisonment today by Judge M H Turner for the holdup slaying of R E Willis a tourist camp operator. The jury had recommended mercy and Pope will be committed to Ohio Penitentiary Thursday.
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Cambridge
Louis W Pope
Cincinnati
M H Turner
Ohio Penitentiary
Pope
R E Willis
Comparison Of Old And New WPA Wage Scales In Ohio Cities
A brief comparison of monthly WPA wage scales across Ohio cities notes how earnings were set and which city topped the charts. It highlights shifts from the old to the new scales and the influence on municipal payrolls.
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Ohio
Columbus. O
West Virginia
Tean
Cinefaroll
Clevebend
Dome Replacement Urged for Courthouse Tower
A Bellevue state building inspector urged the county commissioners to replace or remove the courthouse dome after inspecting the tower. He found the galvanized covering and inner frame work badly corroded with wood braces rotted and rivets failing, though no immediate danger of collapse.
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John Godgers
Bellevue State Building Inspector
Odgers
La Grange Caucus To Choose Local Nominees Monday Evening
Nominees for La Grange village and township offices will be chosen at 8 PM Monday during a community caucus in the Town Hall council chamber. Residents will nominate village mayor, council members, treasurer, and clerk, with both Republican and Democratic participation expected.
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la Grange
Lage
Town Hall
Treasure
Boy Falls From Car But Escapes Injury
John Knight a two year old child, son of Mr and Mrs John Knight of 121 Longfellow Avenue, fell from a car at Broad Street and Middle Avenue as its door opened. Mrs Cyril Brecknock rode in the vehicle. Police arrived and rushed him to Elyria Memorial Hospital, but he was discharged after examination showed no injury.
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John Knight
Longfellow Avenue
Cyril Brecknock
Broad Street
Middle Avenue
Elyria Memorial Hospital
WPA Wage Schedule Revised Cuts Burden Eastern States
The Works Projects Administration issued a revised wage schedule affecting 2.2 million relief workers with gains in the South and West and reductions in the East. Effective Sept, the changes, approved by Congress with 1.477 billion dollars for 1940 relief, raise the average national monthly WPA wage from 53 to 55.50 dollars. The move aims to balance cost of living differences while limiting regional disparities.
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Washington Ang
Works Projects Administration
Congress
WPA
Disid Lasser
The
Workers Alliance
South
Thousands Seek City Jobs In Cleveland
About 7000 unemployed men and women gathered outside Municipal Stadium at dawn in Cleveland as registration opened for city jobs. Officials planned to hire 200 to 600 people from the crowd and the line stretched for blocks while some waited hours for a chance, many bringing food, others having traveled long distances.
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Cleveland
Municipal Stadium
Howrs
Fritz Kuhn Questioned by Dies Committee Hearings Begin
Fritz Kuhn leader of the German American Bund testifies before the Dies committee in Washington about Bund membership estimates and finances. He says 20,000 members exist with a larger sympathizer group and describes dues, expenses, and his legal commitments amid ongoing investigations.
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Fritz Kuhn
Dies Group
Washington
Bund
Ines
Mets
Kuhn
Nead
United States
Rhea Whitley
J Parnell Thomas
R. NJ
National Headquarters
Martin Dies
D. Tex
Dies
Whitley
Bund Leader Weak In American Geography
German-American Bund leader Fritz Kuhn admitted weakness in American geography during Dies Committee testimony. When asked to name Arkansas locations of Bund units, he named Kansas City and St Louis while mentioning Mississippi, revealing several inaccuracies in identifying U.S. cities.
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Washington
Bund
Fritz Kuhn
Dies Committee
Arkansas
Kansas City
Missisippi
St Louis
Road To Be Vacated In Garfield Hill Area
County commissioners moved to begin vacation proceedings for the old Garfield Hill road also called Gas House Hill after a description is prepared by County Engineer Harry Dunham. The issue is damages claimed by Frank Betzel whose access would be reduced if the old bridge is removed. he rejects an offer of the bridge due to maintenance concerns. The road fell out of use after the North Ridge road bridge was built.
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Garfield Hill
Gas House Hill
Harry
Dunham
Frank Betzel
North Ridge Road
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