Federal troops in readiness at capital
Federal troops were held in readiness as 3 000 hunger marchers neared Washington after clashes in Wilmington and Uniontown. Leaves at Fort Myer and Fort Washington were cancelled. Riot clubs issued to 700 Fort Myer infantrymen while police prepared to separate arriving groups unless housing is arranged.
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Washington
Wilmington
Del
Uniontown
Fort Myer
Fort Washington
Reichelderfer
District of Columbia Commission
District of Columbia
Herbert Benjamin
Ernest W. Brown
Brown
Benjamin
Seaboard
Balti-more
Cumberland
Cumberland Autthorities
Virginia
Pomona Grange Meeting In La Grange Today
Pomona Grange holds an all day meeting at the La Grange school building starting at 10 AM. Resolutions will be presented including a proposal to stop county authorized special improvements in special districts with county guaranteed payments.
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Pomona Grange
la Grange
Identifies Youths as HoldUp Men in Dean Road Robbery
Leonard Holton named two Elyria youths, Robert Daly and Frank Oldenburgh, as robbers in a Dean road hold up Monday night that cost him $100 and two sleeping pills. Holton, a Cleveland driver, said he was forced to drive to Cleveland with the suspects before they were detained. He resides at 340 Eastern Heights boulevard and aided authorities with the description after visiting Sheriff Clarence Adams and Deputy Paul Chapman.
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Robert Daly
Frank Oldenburgh
Leonard Holton
Dean Road
Holton
Cleveland
Clarence Adams
Paul Chapman
Elyria
Eastern Heights Boulevard
Weather Forecast Cloudy with Rain Ahead in Regions
Forecast shows cloudy conditions followed by rain Sunday across northern and western portions. Tonight, slight cooling in extreme northeast and northern and western areas.
Hoover and aides ponder reply to debt delay notes
Washington dispatches report President Hoover weighing whether to urge Congress to extend debt payments due December 15 by Britain and France. House Speaker Garner and Senate leaders say no moratorium. only Borah and Bankhead push for relief with reservations. Debtors face $124 million due amid pressure to choose payment or default.
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Hoover
Washington
Congress
Garner
Sen
Ate
Watson
Borah
Idaho
Bankhead
Alabama
London
France
United States
White House
State Department
Capitol Hill
Europe
Great Britain
Former Elyrian Addresses Club
Henry Percy Boynton, former Elyria editor now in Cleveland, spoke to the First Congregational church Men's Club on Thompson described as "the other Benjamin" and "the most important American you never heard about." He traced Thompson born 1753, early science interest, militia major, Tory label, two trials for British sympathy, and attempted appeals to General Washington, noting historians often overlook him.
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Benjamin Thompson
Benjamin
Henry Percy Boynton
Elyria
Cleveland
First Congregational Church
Boynton
Count Rumford
Thompson
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
Washington
Mellon and Baldwin discuss war debts at Geneva
United States Ambassador Andrew Mellon met for thirty minutes with Prime Minister Baldwin in Geneva during Ramsay MacDonald's absence. Baldwin signaled the debt issue would be carried to the World Economic Conference in 1933 and urged an international settlement to relieve both debtor and creditor nations from intolerable payments.
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London
United States
Andrew W. Mellon
Stanley Baldwin
Ramsay MacDonald
Geneva
Baldwin
Washington
Former County Auditor to Speak at Ridgeville
Monroe Welty former county auditor will discuss the tax situation at the Ridgeville Tax Study League meeting to be held Tuesday at eight o clock in Ridgeville town hall.
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Ridgeville
Tax Study League
Ridgeville Town Hall
Monroe Welty
House Debates Unqualified Repeal of 18th Amendment
Washington reports a sullen House moves toward a Monday vote on unqualified repeal. Speaker Garner and allies expect a two thirds tally despite Judiciary opposition. White House strategists claim southern and New York blocs will back repeal, while Republicans voice protest of method over sure repeal.
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House of Representatives
Washington
U.P
John N. Garner
Czar Cannon
House
Judiciary Committee
Garner
Rainey
Rep
Milligan
Texas
Georgia
Missouri
Kentucky
Maryland
Tammany
New York
Atlantic Seaboard
Garener
Michener
Republican Committee
Snell
Sumners
Car Collisions Injure Woman and Force Hospitalization
Mrs Emma End wife of Gas End and steward at Lorain Country Club suffered fractured ribs and multiple lacerations after her car struck a parked body truck on Cleveland road near Case road around 315 am. She was taken to Memorial Hospital. Earlier, a separate crash involved a car driven by Ciril Mikus on Cage road near midnight with minor head injuries reported.
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Emma End
Gas End
Lorain Country Club
Cleveland Road
Case Road
Memorial Hospital
Ciril Mikus
Cage Road
Mikus
Hunger marchers jailed after Wilmington disturbance
In Wilmington Delaware on December 3 two hunger marchers were sentenced to jail following clashes with police as about 1200 hunger army protesters arrived. Of 22 arrested thirteen were discharged and eight remain in trial.
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Wilmington
Del
Hunger Army
Dues Reduction Adopted by Four County Farm Bureaus
Directors from Lorain Erie Huron and Cuyahoga counties adopted a resolution to cut Farm Bureau dues from 10 to 7 dollars a year. The change, approved by a narrow vote, allows each county to set its own dues at upcoming annual meetings. Lorain’s meeting is scheduled for January 14 with about 35 directors present from the four counties.
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Farm Bureau
Lorain
Erie
Huron
Cuyahoga
Lorain Man Fatally Hurt By Bakery Truck
Thomas Easterfield, 72, of 3421 Livingston Ave Lorain, was struck by a bakery truck driven by Arthur Gordon of Elyria as he crossed Broadway at 34th Street around 6 15 p m. He died an hour later at St Joseph Hospital. A possible grand jury probe may follow the Lorain police investigation.
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Thomas Easterfield
Livingston Avenue
Lorain
Arthur P. Gordon
Erie Street
Elyria
Easterfield
Broadway
34Th Street
St. Joseph Hospital
Hewitt Proposes Tax Relief by Cutting County Services
Former Elyria mayor James A. Hewitt spoke at the Elyria Township Tax League meeting at Markley School proposing abolition of the Farm Bureau and county farm extension agent, the county board of education, and some state experimental farms. He urged county consolidation to cut government costs and favored a sales tax while cautioning against diverting gasoline tax funds. He warned neglected roads raise future repair costs.
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James A. Hewitt
Elyria
Hewitt
Hurley Attacks Philippine Independence Legislation
Secretary of War Hurley in his annual report opposes the Hawes Cutting Hare bill pending in the Senate which would grant independence to the Philippines in about 20 years. He lists ten indictments, questions Congress power over territory, and argues the measure risks economic and moral obligations and could replace stable colonial governance with an untested insular system. He defends current prosperity under American control and calls for more equitable Army promotions and continued U. S. responsibilities.
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Washington
Hurley
Senate
United States
Islands
War Department
Philippines
Puerto Rico
Congress
U. S
U. S. Supreme Court
White
President-Elect Studies Ways to Cut Government Expenditures
President-elect Roosevelt limited access to most callers at Warm Springs Georgia to study a program for trimming federal spending. Senator Bronson Guiting of New Mexico, a Republican progressive, was the sole visitor. former Representative Sherley of Kentucky, once House Appropriations chair, is staying. Friends say Roosevelt seeks to prune expenditures by eliminating useless functions and overlapping bureaus, and by consolidating government activities to reduce overhead.
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Warm Springs
Roosevelt
Bronson Guiting
New Mexico
Washington
Swager
Sherley
Kentucky
House Appropriations
Car Hits Culvert. Man Dies in Coshocton Crash
Coshocton Ohio December 2 Francis Purcell twenty one Coshocton died of injuries from a car crash last night when his automobile struck a culvert on a local road. His companion Harold Tubbs twenty seven was treated for minor injuries.
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Max
Coshocton
Francis Purcell
Here
Harold Tubbs
Bright Spots In Business World
Exports of cotton from the United States this week totaled 352000 bales versus 317000 bales last year. White Motor trucks sold in November reached 158 units worth 485000 dollars, largest in five months. Bellanca Aircraft Corp received a 250000 dollar order from Brazil for Pace maker planes. Steel scrap sales in the midwest run heavier than two months, signaling higher auto production. Glidden Co earnings for the year expected to exceed last year per president A D Joyce.
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Cleveland
Elyria Boards Reduces 1933 School Budget Lower Tax Rate
The Elyria City Board of Education met in special session and cut the 1933 budget about 70,000 below the budget commission figure. The levy is reduced by 1.67 mills, lowering the city school tax from 24.08 mills to a smaller rate as approved this morning.
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Action Aaken
Commission
Elyria
Elyria City
Promise of tax rate reductions shocks Lorain county
Chief Deputy Auditor A Horn announced a major tax rate surprise for Elyria and Lorain as final rates are to be fixed Monday. Lorain county rates are expected near 22 mills, below current 23.45 and 23.6, while Elyria may also drop to about 22 mills with a 0.4 mill county reduction and school board cuts from 24.08 to around 23.0.
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Lorain County
A. Horn
Elyria
Lorain
Horn
C. & Kelser
Sheffield
Lorain-Black River
School Board Cuts Costs as Levy Drops and Library Fund Dropped
The school board reduced the operating levy from 2.71 to 2 mills and eliminated the $25,000 library building fund request, saving about $55,000 this morning plus a prior $15,000. The move means suspending new building projects under the pay as you go policy and could trigger salary cuts or a shorter term to stay within the revised budget while preserving school standards.
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Federal
Pomona
Alfred E. Smith
Samuel Seabury
New York City
Seabury
Elyrian Addresses Club
Men’s Club
Congregational Church
Mellon
Elyrian
Chronicle-Telegram
Betti Murphy
Marquette University
Milwaukee
Marquette Players
Dra
Philippine Islands
Bellanca Aircraft Corp
Youngstown
Acrop
Middlewest
Glidden Co
A. D. Joyce
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