Proposed merger of steel giants outlined for stockholders
Cleveland August 28 plan to merge Republic Steel with Corrigan-McKinney and Truscon Steel, assets about 323.9 million, ingot capacity six million tons annually, Republic ranked third among U.S. producers. Merger subject to stockholders’ ratification with 24 million funding planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic Steel Corporation
Corrigan-McKinney Steel Company
Cleveland
Truscon Steel Company
Republic
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Tom M. Girdler
Donald B. Gillies
Corrigan-McKinney
Truscon
Republic Securities
Girdier
Republic Common
Policy framing for NRA IO nearly ready in reorganized structure
Washington reports the NRA has completed a reorganization into 22 major industry classifications and about 700 codes, aiming for an overarching administration policy by Sept. 16 under Gen. Ufugh S. Johnson and President Roosevelt. Four basic enterprise groups cover production, fabrication, services, and distribution with new divisions for utilities and textiles, and deputy-led master codes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
NRA
Ufugh
S. Johnson
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Johnson
United Press
School Clothing Relief Project Readies For 1934 35 Year
The Rural Recovery Division's women workers prepare school clothing for needy children as the 1934 35 term nears. Hundreds of yards of cloth arrive at the Masonic Temple office and are distributed to sewers whose husbands are in the Rural Recovery Division. About 120 dresses and 240 underwear pieces will be made, with no cash pay but credit slips exchangeable for yardage or surplus food. E. W. Garfield requests a $600 September sewing materials grant for Lorain County, after August's $300 allocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rural Recovery Division
Masonic Temple
Relief Office
E. W. Garfield
Lorain County
Ohio Weather Forecast Turns Cool Tonight Into Wednesday
Ohio forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Wednesday with cooler air. The outlook notes a dip in temperatures across the region, bringing a refreshing change after recent mild periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Dollfuss Death Blamed on Germany Documents Claim Nazi Putsch Built Across Border
Geneva reports state that Kurt Schuschnigg will present to the League of Nations and foreign ministers papers accusing Germany of engineering Chancellor Dollfuss's assassination and the July 25 Nazi uprising. Austrian statements name Theodor Habicht in Munich and imply possible Hitler involvement or acquiescence.
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Geneva
Kurt Schuschnigg
League of Nations Assembly
France
Great Britain
Italy
Engelbert Dollfuss
Germany
Munich
Theodor Habicht
Adolph Hitler
Theft of Three Loud Speakers From Elyria High School
James F. Brown business manager reports three R A loud speakers stolen from the Lincoln Building Elyria High School last night. The value is about 30 dollars. Police were notified of the theft occurring over Sunday night.
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FE. N
Elyria High School
James F. Brown
Brown
Lincoln
Expulsion of Dorothy Thompson Lewis Draws Wide Criticism
International reaction mounts after the Nazi regime expels Mrs. Dorothy Thompson Lewis wife of Sinclair Lewis for sharp criticism of Germany. Her articles on Germany have appeared in multiple American newspapers.
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Adolf Hitler
Germany
Dorothy Thompson Lewis
Sinclair Lewis
Lewis
United States
County awards lumber and steel contracts for county roads
County Surveyor J W Warden awarded lumber and steel contracts for Lorain County roads, bridges, and culverts. Beal Lumber Company won 26 000 board feet of lumber for 841.50 dollars, the low bid among 10. Inter-City Coal and Supply Company won five tons of steel for 245 dollars, the lowest of five bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
J. W. Warden
Beal Lumber Company
Inter-City Coal and Supply Company
Elyria
Bear Lumber Company
Wood Lumber Company
Parsch Lumber and Coal Company
Hospital Busier Than Last Year With More Patients
Elyria Memorial Hospital reports busier seven months in 1934 than 1933 with 70 patients daily on average and a July high of 71. Births rose to 213 in seven months this year from 194 last year, while crippled child admissions jumped to 81 from 49.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Frank W. Hoover
Hoover
Budget study group meets officials to seek office cost cuts
Lorain County budget study committee opens talks with Sheriff Clarence W. Dick and Clerk of Courts Ben Thomas about possible reductions in office expenses. They cite prior cuts and promise further savings while noting increases in clerk hire across several county offices as tax delinquencies and tax limits press the budget.
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Thomas
Sherif Clarence W. Dick
Ben Thomas
Citizens’ Budget Study Committee
Cr. H. Smith
Lorain County
Remonus
Auditor's
Treasurer
Clerk of Courts’ Office
Recorder’s Office
Surveyor’s Office
Prosecutor’s
Sheriff's Office
Hlyria
Hae
Democrats Organize Tonight in Lorain County Meeting
The Lorain County Democratic party holds its organization meeting tonight at the Eagles Hall at 8 o clock. Endorsement of Elyria members to the county executive meeting and election of a chairman for both committees will be completed. L. A. Snell of Lorain chairs the county committee. D. W. Seward of Elyria chairs the executive group.
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Lorain County
Democratic Party
Eagles Hall
Elyria
L. A. Snell
Lorain
D. W. Seward
Repairs To Be Made At Bridge In Lorain
County Surveyor J W Warden was authorized by the county commissioners to prepare plans and specifications for installing a new boiler and replacing protective piling at the East Erie avenue bridge in Lorain. The old boiler, 36 years old and condemned, is needed only when the other boiler cannot be used. Piling around the west pier will be replaced to protect the pier from boat impacts.
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Erie Avenue
Lorain
J. W. Warden
Warden
State Bureau of Inspection
Elyrian Horace Beaver Celebrates 71st Birthday With Plane Ride
Horace Beaver, a well known Elyrian, turned 71 today and celebrated by taking an airplane ride. Despite his age he was enthusiastic and boarded a plane at the La Porte airport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyrian
Horace Beaver
Beaver
la Porte
Two Gang Members Die in Den Dron Post Office Trap
Bulletin from Dendron Virginia reports two members of Norfolk’s south side gang killed when ten officers trapped four men at the Dendron post office. E. W. Austin died instantly, John Bernard died later in a Norfolk hospital. John Creekmore was wounded. Archie Austin escaped. Officer H. C. Gornto Sr. was lightly wounded.
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Dendron
Norfolk
E. W. Austin
John Bernard
John Creekmore
John Crank
Archie Austin
BE. W
H. C. Gornto, Sr
Norfolk City
Fletcher Attacks NRA and AAA Over Economic Plight
Washington August 28 Chairman Henry P. Fletcher of the Republican National Committee argued that the Richberg economic report shows the NRA and AAA caused, not cured, the nation’s ills. He said figures indicate conditions worsened since the measures began, noting declines in business activity and construction while auto production rose, and urged a clearer post July 1933 comparison. Fletcher warned about the impact of strikes and anticipated a detailed next report on losses from strikes in the past year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Henry P. Fletcher
Republican National Committee Today
Richberg
Roosevelt
NRA
AAA
Fletcher
Donald R. Richberg
Executive Council
NHA
Department of Commerce
Suspect Suit Linked to Local Store Hold Up
A blue coverall found this morning near a Cleveland street residence is identified by John Conry as the same suit used in last Friday's confectionery store holdup. Detective Lloyd Sweet suspects the suit may belong to a local garage and says garage owners are being checked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Conry
Cleveland Street
Lloyd Sweet
Eyria
Landlords Meet Tonight at Elyria YMCA
Elyria landlords organize under the Elyria Landlords Protective Association at a 7 30 p m meeting at the Elyria YMCA. The open meeting invites all city landlords to hear the association's aims and plans. The group seeks broad participation to address issues facing rental property owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y.M.C
Elyria Landlords’ Protective Association
Elyria Y. M. C. A
Roosevelt declares censorship incident closed after Schall volley
Senator Thomas D. Schall accuses the national administration of hamstringing private news associations to favor government press agencies. President Roosevelt calls the matter closed as Schall replies with a vituperative letter demanding evidence of censorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas D. Schall
Minnesota
Roosevelt
Schall
Hurricane hits Goast of Texas Freeport coast
A tropical hurricane from the Gulf of Mexico struck Freeport Texas with 80 mph winds, with 90 mph gusts along the coast six miles south of town. Evacuation had reduced damage and no lives were lost, as residents prepared along the coast toward Matagorda Bay and Corpus Christi.
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Freeport
Ten
Gulf of Mexico
Here
Matagora Bay
Palacios
Tex
National Guard
Corpus Christi
Angleton
Brazoria County
Cotton garment industry defies Roosevelt order
NRA officials said the cotton garment industry will not concede to the president's order cutting work hours while preserving wages, with actions deemed unnecessary as the code amendment invites objections or suggestions to be filed by September 35, 1933, before October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotton Garment Industry
Washington
Roosevelt
NRA
Train wreck near Piedmont kills two and injures one
A Southern Railway freight wreck near Piedmont, 20 miles south of Greenville, S C, leaves Eliin Neese and Henry Park dead and engineer P C Carter wounded with a broken leg and possible internal injuries. In Ohio, Republic Steel announces a five day work week for office clerks starting September 1, affecting general and district offices except for a single Youngstown clerk and major district offices in New York and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
8. C
Southern Railway
Piedmont
Here
Eliin Neese
Columbia
S. C
Henry Park
P. C. Carter
Greenwood
Loungstows
Republic Steel Corp
GB. F. Fairless
Youngstown
New York
Chicago
Refuses to Close Mattress Factory in Ohio
In defiance of Governor White’s order, Morrow County relief director Hugh Paxton said the local mattress factory will stay open until forced to close. The plant has operated since last Thursday in a former chemical building on the outskirts of Gilead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NT. Gilead
George White
Ohio
Hugh Paxton
Morrow County
One Thousand Convicts Strike at Graterford Prison
At Eastern State Penitentiary in Graterford Pennsylvania about 1000 convicts refused to work and went hungry as meals were not served. Guards and state police with machine guns and tear gas reinforced the power plant and kept order after convict leaders protested punishment for 15 rioters from Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graterford
New
Eastern State Penitentiary
Model Institution
Guy T. Holcombe
Prison Board of Trustees
Mother's Appeal to Science to Wake Sleeping Girl
Chicago August 28 A mother's appeal to medical science seeks a way to awaken Patricia Maguire who has slept about 30 months since February 1952. Physicians have tried blood transfusions oxygen tents serums and psychoanalysis with little success. Dr Eugene Traut forwarded the case to the American Medical Association for further expert input as the family endures a long, hopeful vigil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Patricia Maguire
Patricia
Atene
Epapher
Eugene Traut
American Medical Association
Entire City Threatened by Flames in Campana Blast
An explosion and massive fires wiped out the National Oil Company plant in Campana, Argentina, valued at 55 million dollars. Two bodies recovered, at least 14 dead and 40 injured, with 1,500 volunteers and six fire brigades battling spread of flames that threaten the city. Gavacho ranchers join the effort as two-thirds of a square mile lies in ruin and trains bring aid from Buenos Aires. The blast melted rails and halted all traffic as a safety boulevard was cut to avert further disaster.
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Campana
Argentina
National Oil Company
National Ol Company
Standard Oil
Oil District
Cty
Buenos Aires
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TEL
Postoffice
Fletcher Flay
Ama
Goaat
Texa
Cleveland, D
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Butler
Hugh S. Johnson
Washington Daily News
Alfred ¢. Pearson
Poland
Europe
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