Settlement contracts signed for Lorain bridge projects
Lorain County officials report 22 settlements totaling 143703 for property damage and right of way on two new bridges. Board agreed to hold a 10000 advance for Walker and Weeks until deeds are delivered, with 22 negotiated transactions by local appraisers.
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Lorain
Board of County Commissioners
Joan E. Davidson
Walker
Weeks
F. A. Sanford
Michael Peer
Frank Billings
Elyria
Sqa Atas
Forty Trapped as Denver Hotel Blaze Forces Jump
Denver fire department officials report a lighted match started a blaze gutted the hotel third floor. Forty residents were trapped as flames spread. Charles Hall, 36, suffered multiple injuries and Grace Hansen, 28, jumped to safety with severe burns and suspected internal injuries. Firemen aided others to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Charles Hall
Hall
Grace Hansen
Hansen
Case of Rabbit Fever Reported in Elyria
Elyria records its first tularemia case in years, with victim E. R. Vincent of 1002 East River Street. Health Commissioner Dr. G. E. French urged hunters to handle rabbits carefully due to infection risk from wounds, noting no danger once rabbits are cooked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
G. E. French
E. R. Vincent
East River Street
French
Weather in Ohio Tonight Through Saturday
Occasional rain tonight and likely Saturday morning with warmer conditions in eastern areas on Saturday. Light precipitation has fallen in the Mississippi Valley and western Ohio, with heavier rain on the north Pacific coast. High pressure moved from Ontario to New England while plains fall in pressure. coolest in the northwest and warmer in the Mississippi Valley and Lake Region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
East Porch
Ontario
New England
Plains States
Oklahoma
Manitoba
Mississippi Valley
Indiana
North
Pacific Coast
Northwest
Lake Region
Lorain Tax Rate Cut to 14.34 Mills in Black River Area
Lorain city’s tax rate was set at 14.34 mills by the county auditor, a 0.06 mill reduction from the prior levy. The decrease mainly reflects a 0.46 mill cut in the school bonds and interest levy, affecting Black River township. Sheffield township rate stands at 14.41 mills, down 0.04. Taxpayers in Black River will pay 14.34 dollars per 1000 valuation, Lorain. Elyria’s rate has been set at 17.25 mills per 1000 valuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain City
Horn
Black River Township
Sheffield Township
Lorain
Elyria
Elks Leader Urges Neutral U S at Elyria Program
Christian J. Bannick, Cleveland attorney and past exalted ruler of the Cleveland Lodge of Elks, urged strict neutrality for the United States during an Americanism Night at the Elyria Elks Lodge. He argued geography and resources could keep America independent in a future crisis, traced U S history since 1890, noted the rise of Nazism Fascism and Communism, and urged Americans to share equal opportunity with future generations. The talk stressed Elkdom patriotism, with George Colburn introducing Bannick and the Elyrians Quartet providing music. A brief business meeting followed for Dr Edward J McCormick class candidates to be initiated December 13.
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United States
Christian J. Bannick
Cleveland
Cleveland Lodge of Elks
Elyria Elks’ Lodge
America
Order of Elks
Bannick
George Colburn
Elyrians Quartet
Edward J. McCormick
May Turn Relief Back Again To Subdivisions
County commissioners consider returning direct relief to subdivisions as a 1:30 p.m. meeting with subdivision representatives weighs issuing additional relief bonds. State Relief Examiner Klebold says consent of every subdivision is required. without it, subdivisions would issue bonds themselves. If county issues bonds, about $100,000 could cover three months of relief, saving each subdivision about $150 in costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Klebold
Klebold
John E. Davidson
Oscar G. Dunn
Davidson
Davidson and
Dunn
Italian Nation Ready To March Against France
Rome reports the Giornale d Italia says Italy will march against France if needed amid rising tensions over colonial claims in Tunisia Corsica and Nice French protests and declarations adhere to demanding explanations for Fascist rhetoric from Galeazzo Ciano and the Franco Italian diplomatic row Virigino Gayda of the French press is cited as signing the controversial article
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Giornale D'Italia
France
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Tunisia
Corsica
Nice
Haly
Galeazzo Ciane
Andre Francis-Poncet
Virginio Gayda
British Exporters Plan Fight Against German Competition
London December 2 British export industries plan a large fighting fund to meet German subsidized goods in world markets. R S Hudson secretary of overseas trade warned in the House of Commons that Britain is prepared for a commercial fight unless Germany changes trade policy. Shipping and coal interests have consulted with officials on how to compete against German subsidies and bartering systems used to undercut other nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
R. S .Hudson
Germany
Hudson
House of Commons
Britain
Lawyers To Hear Berea Professor
Prof. William C. Paultz of Baldwin Wallace College will address the Elyria Lawyers' Club at the Graystone Hotel at noon tomorrow on foreign affairs. The announcement was made today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Paultz
Baldwin-Wallace College
Elyria Lawyers’ Club
Graystone Hotel
Paultz
Train Hits Auto Kills Two Men in Prospect
MARION O Dec 2 A Chesapeake Ohio freight train struck an automobile in Prospect yesterday killing Harry Patterson 50 and Henry W Northrup 48 both of Prospect The accident occurred as the car was on the tracks with the train unable to stop in time.
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Marion, O
Chesapeake & Ohio
Prospect
Harry Patterson
Henry W. Northrup
Tragic Bus Train Crash Kills 24 In Utah Blizzard
SALT LAKE CITY December 2. A Denver and Rio Grande freight train crashed into a rural school bus carrying 40 students and 1 adult during a blizzard. Twenty four youths aged 12 to 18 died, three were gravely injured, thirteen more hurt. Driver Farrold Silcox perished. survivors recalled the bus stopping at a crossing before the collision. Investigations point to no human error. authorities consider electric warning signals and crossing speed restrictions for safety. The dead include Silcox and 23 students. exact identities listed for many.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver & Rio Grande
Salt Lake City
Denver and
Rio Grande
Farrold Silcox
Righof
David Witter
Denver
Utah
Silcox
Robert Egbert
William Glazier
George Hunt
Lois Johnson
Rosa Larson
Bayard Larson
Helen Lloyd
Rae Muller
Virginia Nelson
Blaine Page
Kenneth Peterson
Dwayne Parkinson
Harold Sandstorm
Viola Sundquist
Carol Stevenson
Dean Winward
Helen Young
Naomi
Wilbert Webb
Naomi Lewis
Neal Densiy
Ole Peterson
Trouble Between Japan And Russia Comes To A Head
Tokyo reports a sharp clash over fishing rights as Japan refuses to abandon its claim in Russian waters. The foreign minister will urge the Soviet government over a two year delay in renewing the 1905 Portsmouth treaty privileges, while the foreign office condemns the Soviets for breaking treaty commitments.
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Tokyo
Japan
Russia
Portsmouth
Foreign Office
Crazed Indian Kills Woman and Injures Four in Vancouver
A 37 year old Siwash man, George Wallace, released from Chilliciwak prison, killed one woman and injured four others with a heavy steel axle and a wooden club in Vancouver. He surrendered peacefully after terrorizing the city, targeting Mrs Mary Hawthorne and her family, and attacking Emma Killeen and Mrs Shephard and her daughter in separate incidents.
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Vancouver
B. C
Amuck
George Wallace
Chilliwak
Mary Hawthorne
A. Shephard
Betty
Dorothy Hawthorne
Emma Killeen
Dan Kujwan
Wallace
Kujwan
Not An Empty Stocking Group To Meet Tuesday
Not An Empty Stocking plans to insure real Christmas dinners for Elyria families by forming a committee. The first meeting will be held Tuesday at 7 pm in City Hall council chamber. The program mirrors last year and invites all organizations to send representatives to prevent duplication while distributing baskets for needy families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Council Chamber
City Hall
Elks Memorial Service Set For Sunday in Elyria
Memorial services for Elyria Elks Lodge members who died in the past year will be held at the Elks Hall at 3 P M Sunday. Oliver D Everhardt Barberton attorney and Rotary district governor will speak. Probate Judge H H Nye chairs arrangements. Elyrians Quartet to provide music. Exalted Ruler Gerald C Nau and lodge officers will participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Elks’ Lodge
Elks’ Hall
Oliver D. Everhardt
Barberton
Rotary
Elks
H. H. Nye
Elyrians Quartet
Gerald C. Nau
200 Jewish Refugee Children Arrive in Harwich England
Two hundred Jewish refugee children from Germany arrived in Harwich to begin a new life as adopted British citizens. They are the first group of 5,000 the British committee hopes to evacuate to Great Britain soon, with another 300 arriving next week. Ages range from five to 17, from Berlin Hamburg Leipzig and Breslau. The children will remain in a camp until private homes can host them.
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Harwich
England
Germany
Great Britain
Berlin
Hamburg
Leipzig
Breslau
Minister Found Shot To Death In Bainbridge
The body of Pr. Russell H. Bready, 62, pastor of Bainbridge Methodist church and former Pontiac mayor, was found near the Bainbridge village school. He was shot in the left temple. a pistol and wine were in the parsonage. His son Robert, 29, was held for questioning as investigators traced a turbulent evening and past military ties.
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Chillicothe
Russell H. Bready
Bainbridge Methodist Episcopal Church
Pontiac
Mich
Bainbridge
Ohio
Dr. Bready
Robert
Don Lowery
Ross County
Earl Edgington
Lowery
Methodist Parsonage
Ed Shoemaker
Shoemaker
Kingston
Edington
Kiwanis Club
Here
Pontiac Civic Enterprises
Bready
Michigan
Cadillac
Big Rapids
Grand Rapids
Detroit
Port Huron
Convinced Trip That Father Has No Money
Mary Brown an eighteen year old convent student from Oxon Hill Maryland says she was kidnapped for ransom and released after convincing her abductors her father had no money. Doctors report minor bruises from a half mile walk. police seek three dark complexioned men with one having a mustache.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxon Hill
William B. Brown
Mary
Brown
Maryland
Elmer F. Munshower
Maryland State Police
Notre Dame Academy Business School
Munshower
One More Pipe Mill To Operate At National Tube
National Tube Company Lorain announces tentative next week schedule with one additional pipe mill starting, while three blast furnaces and 10 open hearths stay in operation, Bessemer converter at half capacity, rail mill idle, skelp mill timings extending to Sunday and Tuesday, butt and seamless mills operating five days from Monday, schedule subject to change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Tube Company
Lorain
Bessemer
Skelp
Medical Staff Elects Officers for 1939 Elyria Memorial Hospital
The Elyria Memorial Hospital doctors staff last night elected Dr. S. F. Basinger president for the next year, Dr. J. L. Sullivan vice president, and Dr. R. J. Schork secretary. A group hospitalization plan, to form a non profit organization to broaden access to hospital service, was discussed. Manufacturers at a Monday meeting expressed favorable impression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Elyria Memorial Hospital
S. F. Basinger
J. L. Sullivan
R. J. Schork
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Laurie DeSatis
Margaret Long
Cendon and
Morroth
Frances Ruft Barnable
William Watkins
Arse Apie
PE Caves
U.S
Berea
Jordan High School
Midvale
Marjorie Groves
Bulletin
Trip
Father
Mary Brown
National Tube
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