Political Fate Of McAdoo At Stake Today
In California a heated primary tests President Roosevelt and Sen. William Gibbs McAdoo. Downey and Preston challenge McAdoo in a crowded Democratic field while Ray Riley leads Republican Senate contenders. Gubernatorial races feature Merriam versus Hatfield and Culbert Olson among Democratic hopefuls as seventeen of California’s congressmen seek renomination.
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San Francisco
Roosevelt
William Gibbs McAdoo
the Treasury
California
Senate
McAdoo
Sheridan Downey
John W. Preston
California Supreme Court
Deniis
Frank Merriam
George Hatfield
Culbert Olson
Epic
Record Ship to Shore Telephone Communication
Lorain County Radio Corp officials announced a record ship to shore telephony link. A yacht party in Georgian Bay connected to Switzerland, completed in 30 minutes via ship to shore lines, Lorain to New York by land lines, and New York to London by radio telephone.
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Lorain, O
Lorain County Radio Corp
Georgian Bay
Switzerland
Don Heisner
Lorain
New York
London
Conductor Killed Driving Auto Near Willoughby
CLEVELAND Aug 30 Walter Beebe 62 conductor on the Twentieth Century Limited New York Central train was killed today when his automobile struck a tree while driving home to Willoughby after finishing his run here.
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Cleveland
Walter Beebe
Twentieth Century Limited
New York Central
Willoughby
LaGrange Townsend Club Plans Open House During Carnival
The LaGrange Townsend Club room will be open every afternoon and evening of the LaGrange Carnival on September 13. Members and visitors are invited to use the facilities. J. B. Thomas of Cardington Ohio spoke at the last meeting on the square, with attendees from Elyria and Oberlin clubs.
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LaGrange Townsend Club
J. BR. Thomas
Cardington
Ohio
Elyria
Oberlin
California Man Seeks Cure For Eyes Turning To Stone
In Pasadena on August 30 a 32 year old man identified as Mr X suffers an unusual disease that removes calcium from bones and deposits it in soft tissues. Doctors report this is the first known case of calcium depositing in the eyes.
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Pasadena
Cal
Mr. X
Boy Hurt At Fair In Columbus Ohio
Stanley Freshwater ten year old Powell Ohio was treated at a hospital after falling at the Ohio State Fair and chipping a bone in his right forearm. Edward Heinold sixteen Warren Ohio was taken to a hospital for examination amid concerns of appendicitis in the Junior Fair dormitory. Canada’s Royal Canadian Air Force now numbers more than the Royal Canadian Navy.
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Columbus
Stanley Freshwater
Powell, O
Edward Heinold
Warren
Chile
Canada
Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Canadian Navy
Daughter of Elyria minister contract tropical fever aboard ship
Mrs. Dr. Lois Moffatt, former Lois Ketcham and daughter of the Rev R T Ketcham, who served at First Baptist in Elyria, returned to the United States from the Amazon mission field aboard the Sheridan after contracting a tropical fever. The voyage was perilous, with Coast Guard and Navy assistance and an emergency medical plan as she neared Norfolk. Dr Hazelton remained aboard to treat her, and she was transported to Norfolk General Hospital for intravenous and vitamin therapy as her condition remained critical but showed signs of improvement by noon Monday.
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Dr. Moffatt
Lois Ketcham
R. T. Ketcham
First Baptist Church
United States
Norfolk
Virginia
New York
Sheridan
Lois
Coast Guard
Unt States Navy
United States Naval Base
Dr. Hazelton
Wesson
Sherid
Hazelton
Hampton Roads
Leis
Alsat
Norfolk Ge
Eoen
Memorial Service for Edith Christy Held by National Woman's Reef Corps
At the Oberlin August convention the National Woman's Reef Corps plans a memorial service in Des Moines Iowa for Edith Mason Christy former national president and Oberlin resident. The service will occur September 6 at her installation church with past president Mrs Cody of Detroit delivering the address. Christy organized Junior Clubs and promoted citizenship and morals. about 150 clubs remain active nationwide.
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Oberlin. O
National
Woman's Reef Corps Wll
Des Moines
Towa
Edith Mason Christy
Oberlin
Christy
Cody
Detroit
Ohio Department
WRC
Oberlin groups plan Children's Home picnic at Ruggles Grove
A committee of the Oberlin Business Men's club and the Oberlin Auto Club have organized the annual Children’s Home picnic for Wednesday August 31 at Ruggles Grove. Children will depart from the Home around 9 15 a m in cars provided by local businessmen. Food from Oberlin Inn will be served at noon. Activities include games contests and various sports with prizes for winners.
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Cjnimt
Oberlin Business Men's Club
Oberllin Auto Club
Ruggles Grove
Oberlin ‘Inn
Birthday Surprise for Rochester W. E. Crandall at Home
Former pupils gathered Saturday night at Rochester to surprise 73 year old Rochester W. E. Crandall with cake and ice cream. The event honored his long teaching career in Amherst and nearby towns and included many friends and former students. Black, injured in a steelwork accident near Semple Station, returned from Elyria hospital home to Rochester where his leg slowly heals and he now uses crutches.
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W. E. Crandall
Crandall
Amherst
Henry A. Slick
Natal
Africa
Edward Cooper
William H. Oldham
Harry
George T. Baird
A. J. Wittmer
M. L. Mathers
Elizabeth Ruth Mandell
Lorain
A. J. Cooper
H. L. Branden
Hayes Whittlesey
Bertha Miller
Katherine Schuster
Hulda Miller
Brownhelm
J. R. Lees
Henrietta
A. J. Bilton
Townsend
Frank Kuellmer
Elyria
Edwin Hasenphing
H. H. Patrick
Brighton
M. E. Pastor
Rochester
Hay Black
Semple Station
Elyria Hospital
Dinner guests and visitors at Crandall and Clifford homes
Mr and Mrs Don M Crandall of Crandall and Lorain were dinner guests of his father and wife Mr and Mrs W E Crandall. Sunday visitors at the Frank Clifford residence were Mr and Mrs.
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Don M
Crandall
Lorain
W. E. Crandall
Frank Clifford
County Schools Set Saturday Meeting for New Year Prep
Lorain County educators will gather at the county school office Saturday at 10 a m to finalize preparations for the new year. Safety instruction in public schools and issuance of school bus driver certificates will be discussed, with a state directive on safety also sent to officials. Schools open next Tuesday and plan Friday observance of School Day at the Lorain County fair including a softball tournament and bicycle races.
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Larain
C. A. Gibbons
Lorain County
County Board
Death Record Mrs Parlee Evans and Henry at County Home
Mrs Parlee Evans 37 wife of Charles W Evans of 317 North Street died at Elyria Memorial Hospital after six days illness. Born in Fayetteville Tennessee she wed in Elyria for 15 years. She leaves her husband and relatives in Tennessee plus four brothers and four sisters. Body to be shipped to Yuntland Tennessee for funeral Friday. Henry 47 a County Home resident for nine years died suddenly at 9 15 this morning in the workshop of the home. A cabinet maker by trade and noted violinst he had lived in Europe and Syria Loram County. Body at Bittner Funeral Home.
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Parlee Evans
Charles W. Evans
North Street
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Evans
Fayetteville
Tennessee
Elyria
Joe Gore
Re. Tennessee
Yuntland
Tenn
Henrys
Henry
Furr Pe
Syria
Loram
Europe
Ral|ates
Bittner Funeral Home
Navy budget to rise by 200.9 million for next year
Admiral William D. Leahy, after a White House conference with President Roosevelt, said it will be necessary to increase the navy budget by 200.9 million dollars for the next fiscal year. He cited rising building costs as ships under construction advance, noting two capital ships on the ways and four more to be laid down, with plans for at least four cruisers, six to eight destroyers and six to eight submarines.
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Washington
William D. Leahy
Naval Operations
Roosevelt
Leahy
Local visitors and callers in Chatham and nearby towns
Will Clifford and family from Chatham visited relatives in the vicinity along with Dr. George Roberts of Akron and Mrs. Jessie Noyes of Norwalk. Other guests included Ada Wheeler and Grace Colyer from Blissfield Michigan, Miss Ida Norman of Cincinnati, and Ervin Johns of Berlin Heights. County employees picnic attendees Clifford Hodgkin and the Murray family, with several local calls at Arthur Jewett and J. L. Knapp homes. The Home Maker’s Club will meet at Blanche Bursley’s home.
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Will Clifford
Chatham
Dee Robinson
Clifford
Akron
George Roberts
Westminster
Jessie Noyes
Norwalk
John Robert
Lew Johns
Frank Clifford
Neyes
Ada Wheeler
Grace Colyer
Blissfield
Mich
Forrest Burdue
Burdue
Ida Norman
Cincinnati
Ervin Johns
Berlin Heights
Russell Murray
Island Park
French Creek
Avon
Claude Hodgkin
A. T. Root and Co
Medina
Clinton Wells
Lake Wod
Arthur Jewett
Home Maker's Club
Blanche Bursley
Grace Williams
Harris Knapp
Philadelphia
J. L. Knapp
Sting Kills Woman After Wasp Sting in Londonship
Mrs Edith Harding of Old Windsor died ten minutes after a queen wasp sting to the head. Dr Forbes Alexander said the poison with a weak heart caused the collapse and death.
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Edith Harding
Old Windsor
Forbes ‘Alexander
Attorney General To Confer With Harry A Sparks
Columbus August 30 Attorney General Herbert S Duffy announced he had asked Harry A Parks former highway department engineer to confer with him Wednesday Duffy did not disclose the reason Sparks testified before the State Senate graft investigating committee that the state paid exorbitant prices for hot mix road materials Subsequently his position was abolished by Governor Davey Duffy recommended Sparks be reinstated He has written university professors who criticized highway department administration inviting them to discuss the report at his office
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Columbus
Herbert S. Duffy
Harry A. Parks
Highway Department
Duffy
Sparks
State Senate
Davey
Team Pulls 21 Tons For 22 Feet At Ohio State Fair
Queen and Jim, grey Percherons owned by John A Day of Springport Indiana, won the horse pulling contest at the Ohio State Fair. They pulled 21 tons for 22 feet, not matching last year’s 27 1 2 feet record. The next five finishers were Wheeler Kidd Martinsburg. Harley Mason New Holland. R J Emery West Alexandria New Holland. and Das and Flatter Greenville.
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Columbus
Queen
Jim
John A. Day
Springport
Ind
Wheeler Kidd
Martinsburg
Harley Mason
New Holland
R. J. Emery
West Alexandria
Earl Vincent
Das & Flatter
Greenville
Robbery at Marion gas station yields $18
Five men robbed a Marion Ohio gas station of 18 dollars early today and struck attendant William Zattan. Police believe the bandits were the same men who held up an Ottawa station a few hours later.
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Marion
William Zattan
Ottawa
Lorain Youth Fined for Reckless Driving
Lewis Van Hoosear a 19 year old resident of Lorain was fined 2 and costs for reckless driving after arrest by police patrol on Broad Street at 1 30 a m Sundar before Mayor Joseph Petro.
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Lewis van Hoosear
Lorain
Joseph
Trial transcript reveals bribery links in 1932 lottery case
Justice Pecora questions witness withdrawal as Dewey rejects delaying tactics. Assistant District Attorney Geib reads a stenographic record showing 1932 lottery arrests and Capshaw magistrates who allegedly faced bribery pressure from Hines. Dudley Brothwell testifies about visits by Hines and Schultz to his Fairfield stable, with further cross examination by Stryker.
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Stryker
Weinberg
Hines
Capshaw
Dudley Brothwell
Fairfield
Conn
Schultz
Foundry Industry Survey by Former Elyrian Writer
George A. Pope of The Foundry reports on a business survey across six midwestern and five eastern states. Most foundries expect better September business, with midwest optimism higher. Average operation around 44 percent capacity with about 3.5 working days weekly. 67 percent plan equipment purchases when warranted. Missouri leads Midwest with 49.3 percent capacity. Wisconsin notes four working days and 40.5 percent capacity, below Ohio.
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George A. Pope
Elyria
Foundry
Cleveland
Pope
John H. Pope
339
Second Street
Elyria High School
Wesleyan University
Middletown
Penton Publishing Company
Middle-West
Iittle
Olite Foundries
Missour
Ohio
Wisconsin
Deputies Kill Two Men With Rifles in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis on August 30, deputies killed two men who emerged from a halted taxicab firing pistols. The men, registered as Earl E. Lindsay and William H. Davis from Council Bluffs, were reportedly touring taverns displaying guns. Deputies ordered them to halt and approached with rifles. the cab passengers opened fire and fell. None of the deputies was wounded.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Earl E. Lindsay
William H Davis
Council Bluffs
Favors whipping post for drunken drivers in Cleveland
In Cleveland on August 30 Traffic Judge Joseph H. Silbert proposed a whipping post in Public Square to punish drunken drivers. He stated he would personally handle the whip and suggested about 15 lashes to deter drinking and driving.
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Cleveland. O
Cleveland Public Square
Joseph H. Silert
Silbert
County Officials Adjourn After Board Session Debate
Reporters were asked to leave after a session amid a dispute over a contract with Walker and Weeks. Prosecutor Butler urged the move to approve the contract before publication, while Dunn favored allowing reporters to stay. The contract outlined duties, a 5 percent fee, and progress payment terms.
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Butler
DeChant
Davidson
Dunn
Walker
Local Happenings and Events Roundup in Wellington
Wellington notes include visits by Miss Patsy Meal to grandparents the Shooks in Columbus and Shook relatives calling on the E L Sharp family. Prospective Scout merit badge awards planned Friday night. The Allison reunion occurs Sunday at the Hubbard home in Chatham. The 45th International Police Conference meets in Toronto on August 28.
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Patsy Meal
Columbus
J. W. Shook
Arthur Hylan
Ruth
Berea
E. L. Sharp
John Wight
Here
William Tennant
Cleveland
Skyline Drive
Smoky Mountains
Washington, D.C
Angelo Dublo
Glenn Dutridge
Ashtabula
Susanna Backus
Brighton
Allison
D. C. Hubbard
Chatham
Toronto
State department wary of European crisis potential
Officials expressed deep concern over a possible war in the immediate future. A separate note reports 9 percent of motor vehicles in fatal accidents during 1937 were defective.
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State Department
Chicago market quotations on grains meats and produce
Market report lists bids for wheat corn oats and vegetables with prices for various grades and lots. Includes beef cattle calves hogs lambs and poultry terms, with details on oysters apples beans celery corn cucumbers and other farm goods. Local delivery notes mention shipments and stock statuses.
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G. J. O'Connor
13Th St
R. W. Allen
Hast
College Street
Frank Wharton
New York State
New England
Mr. Allen
Woodstock
Vermont
St. Lawrence River
Alexandria
Ralph Williams
Allen
Myron Hume
Milan
W. P. Hume
West College Street
Hume
Presbyterian Church
Kenneth Willams
North Prospect Street
Helen Thompkins
Washington, D. C
George Cohran
H. C. Tuck
North Professor Street
William McPherson
College Economics Department
Esther Wood
Caring Wall
Querlin
Brookings Institute
George Sedgeman
George Bailey
Sedgeman
Tawa
B Machigan
Frederick Screinler
C. Ralston
The
Murbach Coal & Supply Co
Bridge Street
John Henry
Navy
Bulletin
Harry A. Sparks
ROB
Lorain Youth
Elyrian
Wellington
Otesee
Sudro - Curtis Ambulance
A. Humphrey Optometrist
Middle Ave
Cbs
Cars PLC
Poulyry Alive
Plymouth
White Rock
Leghoerth
Besse Lac
Old Vt
Agriculture Polat
Cotal
Jutma
Wisconsi
Uben
Stechton Discriet
Ruttauke
Thalia Bliss
Ofrom
Minnesota
North
Daleren
Bliss
Oregon
Ah Triumph
Sac
Buss
Mill
Smolredus
Sittin
Timi
Aden
Toledo Grain
Brotlers
Leghorn
Veghinrn
Janes
New Jersey
Ted EL
Idahogen
Anoles
Howegrowels
Markeier
Basker Escarol
Butane
Tore Baskeer
Pony Baskers
Lima Corians
UNION
Martlett
Warstap Rus Astuels
Suniel Tay
City Cab Co
Brown Hotel
AST Call
Ier
Moe Fay Co
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