New Grafton School Near Completion
Grafton school officials expect their new 225000 senior building to be ready for occupancy when the new school year starts in September. Superintendent Walter Jantz reports rapid progress with plastering finished in grade school rooms and woodwork being installed. Equipment has been moved into one room and more is to follow. Officials believe remaining work can be finished without interfering with school activities.
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Grafton
Walter ‘. Jantz
Urafton
Tear Gas Clash At Standard Steel Plant Strikers Battle
Pittsburgh August 19. Strikers and sympathizers at the Coraopolis Standard Steel Spring plant faced tear gas from non striking workers in a 30 minute battle as windows shattered and rocks flew. Police and deputies dispersed crowds after a severe breakout during a strike led by the Steel Workers Organizing Committee seeking union recognition, higher pay and a 40 hour week.
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Pittsburgh
Coraopolis
Standard Steel Spring Company
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Jam TL. Lewis
Allegheny County
Standard
Townsend seeks postponement of Cleveland hearing
Chicago August 19 reports Dr Francis Townsend asks to delay a Cleveland receivership hearing to Monday due to ill health and weariness from a lengthy speaking tour and heat. Townsend’s attorney Hubbell cited medical examination showing low vitality and urged rest. The accounting suit seeks a $1,000,000 contribution to the Townsend organization and appointment of a receiver.
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Chicago
Francis B. Townsend
Cleveland
George Kerr
Cuyaborza County
Francis KE. Townsend
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court
Charles WH. Hubbell
Pr. L. J. Earle
Townsend
Weather Ohio showers tonight into Thursday morning
A brief weather note reports showers in Ohio tonight with some lingering rain into Thursday morning. Expect cooler temperatures and scattered showers across affected areas as a weak system moves through the region.
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Ohio
Four Men Trapped In Coal Mine Rescue Efforts Underway
MOBERLY MA August 19 Mine crews fight water and poison gas as they work to reach four men trapped 119 feet below the surface after a fire toppled the tipple and timbering in the main shaft. Rescue teams crawl through debris and a flooded ventilating shaft trying to reach the men believed alive in a 110 foot level tunnel.
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Moberly
Mobberly
Palmatory
Topple
Local boy injured after street crossing accident
Robert Vosburg 12 of Rush street suffered a minor injury to his left forearm after being struck by a car driven by James Linway at 909 Lake avenue while crossing Cleveland street around 10 p m yesterday. The driver offered medical aid but Vosburg declined and went home. Roy Martin and James Dahath of Medina escaped injury when a Madison Pickle Company truck overturned on Route 18 near Wellington around 11:45 p m. Junior Sinegar of 12L Spruce street, driving for Harold Beal of Elyria, damaged a car that crashed into a telephone pole on Sugar Ridge road near Elyria about 8 p m yesterday.
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Robert Vosburg
Rush Street
Cleveland Street
James Linway
Lake Avenue
Roy Martin
James Dahath
Medina
Madison Pickle Company
Route 18
Wellington
Ed. Monroe
Chalmer Davidson
Junior Sinegar
Spruce Street
Harold Beal
R. D
Elyria
Sugar Ridge Road
Gee
Traffic Barricades Removed After Water Main Test
Traffic barricades on Lake Avenue between Road and Elyria Avenue were removed yesterday afternoon after completion and testing of the city's new 30 inch water main. Service Director I. D. Faxon reported the road was blocked for about one month, forcing traffic to detour over West River Road.
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Lake Avenue
Elyria Avenue
I. D. Faxon
West River Roan
Unified Farmer Labor Party plan announced in 1940
MADISON Wisconsin August 19 unions of the Farmer Labor groups of Wisconsin and Minnesota announce a plan to build a unified National Farmer Labor Party of 1940 after a meeting of executive boards. The move signals party consolidation across states amid wartime political realignments.
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Madison
Wis
Farmer-Labor Progressive Federation of
Wisconsin
Minnesota Farmer Labor Party
Hoare Urges Neutral Stance on Spain to Avoid War
Sir Samuel Hoare, First Lord of the Admiralty, urged Britain to stay neutral in the Spain crisis. He warned that British intervention could trigger a wider European conflict, stressing the dangers of taking sides.
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Cromer
Norfolk
England
Samuel Hoare
Admiralty
Spain
Sit Down Strike Ends at Firestone Akron
Akron August 19 The sitdown strike that tied up Firestone's miscellaneous department since midnight Sunday was settled today after a conference between management and a union committee. The department was to reopen with the second shift as 1700 workers returned to their jobs.
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Akron. O
Firestone
Predict More Dry Summers For Ohio
Scientists at the Smithsonian predict two to four more dry summers for Ohio and drought-stricken states, with the present aridity peaking between 1938 and 1940 and a severe drought around 1980. Dr. Abbott links a 46-year solar cycle to fall patterns and a 23-year precipitation cycle, noting Great Lakes levels mirror these cycles and droughts recur in 23-year intervals. Continued on Page 2.
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Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Ohio
Charles G. Abbott
Institution
Abbott
Abbott Lay
Great Lakes
Ohio Labor To Organize For Roosevelt
Organized Labor in Ohio announced a mass meeting in Columbus on Sunday August 30 to organize efforts for President Roosevelt’s re election. A letter was sent to about 1200 to 1390 state unions asking locals to elect delegates for the meeting. The correspondence titled labor's non partisan League urged actions aimed at mobilizing roughly one million voters.
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Columbus
Ohio
Roosevelt
Tocals
John Owens
Cambridge
Qto Group
Ohio State Federation of Labor
Detroit Executive Hawking Dies Suddenly in Detroit
Norval A Hawkins, formerly head of Ford Motor Company merchandising division from 1904 to 1918 and later an adviser at General Motors, died of a heart attack yesterday in Detroit. His death interests Elyria as he was part of a group of Detroit capitalists linked to plans to purchase the Willys-Overland plant in Elyria.
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Elyria
Norval A Hawking
Detroit
Hawkins
Ford Mnator Co
Ford Motor Co
General Motors
Willys-Overland Co
Britain And Italy Share Anxiety Over Spanish War Spread
Britain secures assurances from Italy that Mussolini shares Britain’s fear of the Spanish Civil War widening. Italy says it has no plans with the insurgents regarding Morocco or the Balearics. Europe mobilizes with maneuvers and疑 reports of foreign troops aiding loyalists in Barcelona.
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United Press
London
Great Britain
Premer Benito Mussolini
Europe
Galearzo Crano
Italy
Morocco
Balearic Islands
Malta
Ita
Samuel Hoare
Admiralty
France
Russia
Rome
Germany
United States
Britain
Barcelona
Paris
Oaliue
News Chronicle
Nazi Germany
Hendaye
Exchange Telegraph Company
Netherlands
Fire marshal probes possible arson in Mound Street tragedy
Deputy State Fire Marshal John P. Hopkins leads the inquiry into the early Friday blaze that killed Mrs. William Cecil, 24, and her daughter Geraldine, 4, as relatives and local forces assist. Witnesses were questioned at the East Side fire station after the investigation was moved there. Hopkins cautioned no definite statement but said several aspects look “pretty bad.”
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Walliam Cecil
Mound Street
William Cecil
Geraldine
John P. Hopkins
Cleveland
East Side
Winckles and
Clark Streets
All Ohio Townsend Rally At Columbus
Dr Francis Townsend founder of the old age revolving pension plan Rev Gerald L D Smith leader of Share the Wealth group and William Lemke North Dakota congressman and presidential candidate will address an all Ohio Townsend rally at the State fairgrounds in Columbus on Sunday Also scheduled to talk are Senator Rush D Holt and Martin L Sweeney with about twenty six thousand nine hundred attendees expected to be present.
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Columbus
Francis Townsend
Gerald L. D. Smith
William Lemke
North Dakota
Union Party
State Fairgrounds
Rush D. Holt
West Virginia
Martin L. Sweeney
Cleveland
War To The End In Spain Gover nment War Policy
Government announces ruth less war goals in Spain as Loyalist forces press on across fronts from Guadarrama to Zaragoza. Rebel attacks on open cities prompt calls for intensified action and possible use of tear gas in continued campaigns around Madrid.
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Toledo Alcazar
War Ministry
Batt
Jaus
Guadarrama Mountains
United Press
Guadarrama
Oviedo
San Sebastian-Iran
Teruel
Zaragoza
Barcelona
Huisca
Seville
Granada
San Sebastian Center Of Fighting Reported
San Sebastian faced sharp water ration cuts as Laya hats and besieging rebels resumed fighting. A government coast guard vessel shelled Rebel positions behind Tran from Fuenterrabia Day, near the French frontier, while Rebel warships shelled the town and Tran yesterday, killing four and wounding 48, mostly women and children. A Loyalist plane reportedly bombed the Nebel cruiser Almirante Cervera, opening a breach and causing a large explosion as it listed offshore.
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United Press
San Sebastian
Tran
Fuenterrabia
Nebel
Almirante Cervera
Buy New School Bus For West Carlisle District
West Carlisle district officials announce a new school bus purchase to serve elementary students and to supplement the existing Plas bus. The bus aims to improve transport to West Ridge and Murray Ridge Schools and to bring high school students to Elyria, with current plans for coordination with the LaGrange Board of Education for Southern No. 2.
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West Carlisle
Board of Education
Charles Plas
Elyria
LaGrange
West Ridge
Murray Ridge
Plas
Center
Ely‘tia
LaGrange Board of Education
Pope Calls for End to Spain Massacres in Strong Plea
In Castil Gandolfo Italy on August 19 the Pope addressed Maltese pilgrims and deplored the massacres in Spain against religion and priests. He urged prayer and divine aid, condemning Communist excesses and urging humanity to seek God’s help to end the violence.
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Casthl Gandolfq
Italy
Spain
Governor Olson Fights For Life
Rochester Minnesota August report indicates Governor Floyd B Olson of Minnesota battled a painful stomach growth believed to be cancerous. Paroxysms of pain required Mayo Clinic physicians to administer opiate injections for sleep as doctors moved between visits amid reports his condition worsened and sleep persisted.
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Rochester
Minn
Floyd B. Olson
Minnesota
Mayo Clinic
Rige
500 Boys Sign Up For Game Autos Needed
Elyria faces a potential 200 boy short for a Cleveland Indians game on Saturday as transportation falls short. H. G. Stevick and Greenlee Haynes report 500 boys signed and 500 tickets sent, but only 300 seats available with cars promised so far. They seek owners of trucks and passenger cars to help reduce disappointment, while adults plan to ride with their own tickets. A big pre-opening registration saw 427 boys registered in three hours at the YMCA.
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Elyria
Cleveland Indians
Cleveland
H. G. Stevick
Y. M.C
Greenlee Haynes
Cleveland Baseball Club
Stevick and
Haynes
M. CG. A
YMCA
Plot to murder Stalin charged in Moscow trial
Sixteen defendants face life terms in a Moscow trial for conspiring to assassinate Josef Stalin and top Soviet officials. Leading figures include Gregory Zinoviev and Leo Kamenev, already serving prison terms, as court spectators fill the Supreme Court courtroom.
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United Press
Moscow
Josef Stalin
Klement Voroshilov
Gregory Zinoviev
Leo Kamenev
Zinoviev
Kmenev
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Jaen
Villa Verdi
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Akron
United Press Madrid
Popular Front
Soustry
Pope Deplores
Governor Olson
Stalin
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