Railroads seek nationwide freight rate hikes to cover rising costs
The Association of Railway Executives asks the Interstate Commerce Commission to grant early hearings on proposed increases totaling about 170.9 million dollars annually. The plan targets mostly class one lines, with higher costs for wages and materials driving the request, and sets specific per ton and per hundredweight rises for short and long hauls across regions including iron ore and coal shipments.
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Washington
Interstat C Commerce Commission
Association of Railway Executives
Union
Atlantic City
J.C
Thich
Rev Amore to Leave Brownhelm and South Ridge Churches
Rev Amore will complete five years serving Brownhelm and South Ridge Evangelical churches and will move to Marion Ohio to lead a new church starting next week. Appointed at the Ohio Conference meeting in Cleveland, the successor is Rev F Pferrer. Mrs Elizabeth Lowlow, widow of John Lowlow and longtime crown bearer with the John Robinson Circus, dies at 86 in Cincinnati.
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H. Amore
Brownhelm
South Ridge
Trey. Amore
Marion
Ohio
Ade
Cleveland
Ht. F. Pferrer
Clow
Cincinnati
Elizabeth Lowlow
John Lowlow
John Robinson
The Weather Forecast JHIO Partly cloudy with showers in north
Partly cloudy conditions with likely showers in the extreme north tonight and Tuesday. The south remains slightly warmer tonight while the north turns cooler on Tuesday.
Fall Fatal To Greased Pole Climber at Garibaldi Festival
Mitch Monage reports at St Joseph's school grounds where 2500 attendees watched a greased pole contest return a fatal result. Joseph Mathes, 434, climbed to about 25 feet before the rope snapped, sending him to the ground where he died shortly after.
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Monage
Mitch
St. Joseph’s School Hare
Garibaldi Society
Joseph Mathes
Buying power of farmers boosted by AAA estimates
Washington reports that farm incomes may exceed 1935 by about 1 billion dollars this year despite drought. AAA estimated total benefits payments reaching over 5 billion nationwide, with 252.9 million distributed by Aug 25 across cotton, tobacco, wheat, and corn hog programs.
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Washington
AAA
Louis H. Bean
Lnst
Ward M. Buckles
AAA Finance Division
Chester €. Davis
Germany called prison by Dorothy Thompson in Paris
Dorothy Thompson, wife of Sinclair Lewis, said Germany is the loveliest and cleanest prison in the world and that the population is in prison. She was expelled for anti German articles and blamed blasphemy against National Socialism. She alleged Nazi efforts to terrorize foreign correspondents and cited possible orders from Hitler or Goebbels. Thompson planned to visit the Saar Territory and sail home in September.
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Paris
Germany
Dorothy Thompson
Miss Thompson
Sinclair Lewis
Adolf Hitler
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Misa Thompson
Saar
United States
Roosevelt Receives Chart of New Deal Gains
Donald R. Richberg presented President Roosevelt with a chart outlining employment and business gains under the New Deal. The first 16 months added 4,129,000 workers to payrolls, with NRA and PWA projects creating millions of jobs and rising manufacturing payrolls from 96 to 132 million by mid-1934.
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Washington
Donald R. Richberg
Roosevelt
NRA
PWA
Richberg
Executive Council
Harold L. Ickes
Ickes
Congressional Campaign
Alek Hart Former Elyrian Boxer Dies by Gas
Alek Hart, once a top lightweight contender and rival of Benny Leonard, was found dead in his New York City apartment yesterday from gas in an apparent suicide. Relatives in Lorain were alerted that his body would be shipped home. Hart’s career included bouts with Lew Tendler and other notable fighters, with his last fight in Lorain about four years prior, ending in a foul win over Marty Mc Hale.
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Alex Hart
West 118Th Street
New York City
N. Y
Hart
William Hart
Lorain
Mart
Mildred Seward
Mary A. Seward
George Street
Seward
Benny Leonard
Lew Tendler
Marty McHale
East
County Political Groups Meet in Lorain County
Organization of the Lorain County Republican and Democratic Central committees will be affected at meetings this week. Republicans meet Wednesday at 1 30 at the county courthouse chaired by Guy E Wells. Democrats convene tomorrow at the Eagles Hall at 8 o clock. Alyria candidates endorsed for the county executive include F A Stetson William Schuur Goldie Perry and Nancy Jenkins.
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Lorain County
Republican
Democratic Central Committees
County Court House
Guy E. Wells
Wellington
CO. E. Cooper
Amherst
L. A. Snell
Lorain
D. W. Seward
Elyria
Carl Curtis
W. J. Gray
Alyria
F. A. Stetson
William Schuur
Goldie Perry
Seven Killed In Ohio Accidents This Weekend
At least seven persons died in Ohio over the weekend in traffic and other accidents. Names and ages include Walter Chorpenning Jr., 19, and Joseph Laslavic, 20, from Youngstown. George B. Crouch and Henry Yablinski of Cleveland after a freight train collision in Bedford. Anna Curcio, 71, and Babe Lamie, 5, struck by autos in Columbus. Geneva Harrison, 9, Cincinnati, shot accidentally by her cousin Harver Frye, 14.
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Ohio
United Press
Youngstown
Walter Chorpenning, Jr
McConnelsville
Joseph Laslavic
Bedford
George B. Crouch
Henry Yablinski
Cleveland
Columbus
Anna Curcio
Babe Lamie
Geneva Harrison
C. O. Harrison
Cincinnati
Harver Frye
Schall Fires Fresh Charge Over Press Censorship Fight
Senator Thomas D Schall blasted President Roosevelt over press censorship in a new two page letter. He accused the administration of seeking to curb the press via legislation and government influence, naming a national news service plan and figures tied to banks and Today magazine. The exchange followed a blunt presidential telegram calling the earlier charges a closed incident.
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Washington
Thomas D. Schall
Roosevelt
White House
Schall
Nowise
United States
Today
Brain
Raymond Moley
Vincent Astor
Nourmatal
Germany
Hitler
Vigilance committee warns onion weeders amid strike defiance
McGuffey O H Aug 27 A vigilante group of non union townspeople warned onion weeders any further violence would be dealt with summarily after the seizure and beating of farm union leader Okey O'Dell. O'Dell defied attackers from his home and vowed to pursue federal kidnapping indictments as deputies claimed limited force. The town remains tense with armed displays and threats against strikers while federal mediator Rov er Fox is dispatched to urge wage hikes to 35 cents an hour for an eight hour day amid a background of typhoid cases and relief housing.
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McGuffey
Okey O'Dell
Hardin County
O'Dell
Godfrey Ott
Forest Black
O’dell
Kaylor
Black
Toledo
Onion
Rover
Fox
Perkins
Land
Patty Patterson
Floyd Collins
Petitions Filed as Four Lorain Banks Seek Reopening
Four Elyria and Lorain banks faced a preliminary hearing in Lorain County on petitions to resume normal business. Judge Huston set September 14 for final hearing as banks await FDIC insurance arrangements and plan to reopen by September 15. Waivers on deposits are requested, with plans approved by 99 percent of stockholders and 90 percent of depositors.
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Lorain County
County Court House
Co. H. Huston
Mansfield
Conks
J. J. Fulton
Elyria Savings and Trust Company
Savings Deposit Bank and Trust Company
Elyria
Central Bank Company
Lorain
Amherst Park Bank Company
Amherst
Huston
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Fulton
Federal Code of Ohio
State Banking Department
City Banking Company
Tall Elytia
Amherst Bank
Lorain Bank
Hurricane Heads for Texas Coast from Gulf
A tropical hurricane nears the Texas coast between Port Arthur and Galveston as warnings go up. The Washington Weather Bureau had earlier noted a tropical storm approaching and now predicts a hurricane moving in this afternoon along the gulf shore.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
Port Arthur
Galveston
Washington Weather Bureau
Bandits Hold Up Bank Here Escape With 3000 Dollars
Two bandits robbed the First National Bank at Three Springs near Huntington today, escaping in a small blue sedan with 3000 dollars after locking the cashier in the vault.
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Huntington
First National Bank
Three Springs
Pleads Guilty To Reckless Driving In Ridgeville
Jack Bailey of Ridgeville pled guilty to reckless driving and was fined 2 dollars plus costs before Mayor W H Vanoster after being arrested Saturday night for speeding on Cleveland Street. Officer Ernie Oldag stated Bailey was driving about fifty miles per hour.
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Jack Bailey
Ridgeville
W. H. Vanoster
Bailey
Cleveland Street
Ernie Oldag
Ed Bailey
Reports Demand for Domestic Heli
The National Reemployment Office here is rushed by requests for experienced house keepers with cooking experience and maids, it was reported today by Charles J. Cromling, district manager. Applications may be made with Martha Jane Wilson, in charge of the Women's Division.
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Charles J. Cromling
Martha Jane Wilson
Elyrian Bound Over To The Grand Jury
James Jackson of 1505 West Avenues was bound over to the grand jury under a $1009 bond after arraignment before Mayor W H Vanoster on assault and battery charges. He allegedly cut his wife Mary with a pocket knife during a quarrel at their home. Eight stitches were needed for Mrs Jackson’s wound at Memorial Hospital.
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James Jackson
West Avenues
Grand
W. H. Vanoster
Jackson
Mary
Deadline Near For Textile Strike Looms In Fall Walkout
Washington aug 27 the nation wide strike of 600 000 textile workers moves toward a Sept 1 deadline with no mediation in sight and 24 hours notice to mill owners. union leaders say plans for the walkout are ready and the actual stoppage may occur sept 4 after Labor Day weekend.
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Washington
Francis J. Gorman
United Textile Workers
Gorman
New York
United Workers
Atlantic Sear Board
Flames Destroy House And Barn On Lake Avenue
Fire last night destroyed a house and barn on the property of Joseph Ouezarek at Stop 13 Lake Avenue. Damage is estimated at $4,500. Deputies say the blaze started in the barn and the house later caught fire. both structures were completely destroyed. Family members managed to remove furniture from the house before the flames spread.
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Joseph Ouezarek
Lake Avenue
Pilot Reports He Is Safe After Forced Landing Near La Questa
A TWA mail pilot, Earl Fleet, reported by telegram to officials in Albuquerque that he is safe and his plane is undamaged after a forced landing at about 1 30 P M yesterday near La Questa about 20 miles south of Las Vegas New Mexico. The message gave no reason for the forced landing.
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Albuquerque
P. M
Kearl Fleet
TWA
la Questa
Las Vegas
N. M
Mathews orders reorganization of division in Ohio liquor unit
Columbus Aug 27 News that Edmund G Mathews enforcement chief announced a full reorganization of the state liquor department enforcement division to attack bootlegging from three angles. A raiding squad, permit inspector staff, and a secret service squad will operate with federal cooperation to break up whisky rings flooding Ohio with illicit liquor.
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Columbus
State Liquor Department
Ohio
Washington
Edmund G Mathews
Secret Service
Mathews
John A Hughes
Frederick W. Beltz
Internal Revenue
Lid
Cleveland
Akron
Two Injured In Auto Accidents In Lorain County
Two men were slightly injured in weekend auto accidents in Lorain County. Flord Lasecki of Elyria suffered cuts when John Novak’s car collided with an unidentified vehicle at Reid Avenue and Fifth Street. Lasecki was treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital. Carl Woldroup of Grafton sustained minor injuries when the car he rode in left the road and went into a ditch on Oberlin Road. Driver Jay Parker could not see a curve in the road. Additional accidents were reported on Route 20 involving Isaac Aycock of Cleveland and J. B. Finnell of Lorain, both cars badly damaged, and a minor collision on Second Street between A. Van Buren of Cleveland and Anthony Linder.
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Lorain County
Flord Lasecki
Seventeenth Street
John Novak
Elyria
Novak
Reid Avenue
Fifth Street
Lorain
Lasecki
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Carl Woldroup
Grafton
A. van Buren
Stearns Road
Cleveland
Anthony Linder
Second
Jewels Missing When Safe Opened in Cincinnati Office
Clarence E. Armstrong, comptroller for the West Virginia Coal and Coke Corporation, reported jewels valued at 1590 missing from a safe in his office. The strong box had been forced and the safe door was closed but unsecured when the office was opened. The incident occurred in Cincinnati, Ohio, on August 27.
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Cincinnati. O
West Virginia Coal and Coke Corporation
Clarence E. Armstrong
Armstrong
Youthful robbers hold up Ohio Loan Co in Cleveland
Two young men robbed the Ohio Loan Co in Cleveland, escaping with 200 after locking the assistant manager Anthony Rudolph in an office. They missed a small safe containing about 300. One robber, about 27, carried the gun and called his 20-year-old partner "Kid."
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