Cleveland fights to hold Newburg steel plant
Cleveland city council moved to save the Newburg plant of the American Steel and Wire Company from transfer to Lorain. A special committee will seek to persuade United States Steel to keep operations in Cleveland. A mass meeting may be held Sunday pending replies.
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Cleveland
Newburg
American Steel and Wire Company
Lorain
John P. MccGreal
United States Steel Corporation
McGreal
Wiliam R. Hopkins
Beldt
Joseph Artl
Ernest J. Bohn
Lorain County Humane Society elects officers for year
At the annual meeting held in Elyria, Mrs. Alice Fisher of Elyria was named president, and Mrs. Tempa Burrell of Lorain vice president. Mrs. A. C. Schilleman of Elyria became secretary treasurer, and Frank E. Stevens was reappointed attorney and general agent. Three new directors were chosen and reports from humane agents were presented.
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Lorain
J. C. Bins
Elyria
Rose Vorhees
Jennie Edwards
Twelfth Street
Jane Patterson
East River Street
State Examiner
J. J. Howlett
A. E. Harden
Stevens
City water works clerk elimination proposed to save 900 per year
Councilman C E Rankin urged dropping the water works plant clerk position to save about 900 annually. He said the clerical tasks are minor and could be handled by the superintendent. The idea was sent to a committee for further study.
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C. E. Rankin
Rankin
Ohio Weather Turns Colder With Rain and Snow
Ohio forecast calls for rain and colder conditions tonight. On Wednesday rain shifts to snow in the south and east, with snow continuing in the northwest. Much colder Wednesday and Wednesday night across the state.
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Ohio
Five in bold hold up mail across street from post office
Five men seized a registered mail carrier and guard in Chicago near the main post office, fleeing with 163 parcels. Banks valued loot from 25000 to 1000000 dollars but could not estimate a precise total, promising a full count after checks.
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Chicago
Hoover, Mills and Stimson Confer Over War Debts Crisis
President Hoover met with Secretary Mills and Secretary Stimson after the cabinet session to once again discuss the war debts crisis. The three key administration figures reviewed intricate financial details and policy options amid ongoing negotiations.
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Washington
Hoover
Mandatory home loans bill introduced in House
Rep Cochran introduces a bill to amend the Home Loan Bank Act. It would require banks to make loans to individual homeowners up to 80 percent of the present appraised value of the property. The proposal aims to insure prompt loans for homeowners.
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Washington
Home Loan Bank Act
Rep
Cochran
Dem
Few Applicants For Citizenship In Cleveland Court
The article notes 83 applicants received final citizenship papers before Judge W. B. Thompson with Mario Ventura as the naturalization officer. It contrasts current $25 costs with former $5, suggesting many qualified individuals cannot raise the money to naturalize amid low mood and economic strain.
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United States
W. B. Thompson
Mario Ventura
Cleveland
Times
Citizenship exams offered twice yearly
The examinations are conducted twice each year. In earlier years it was common to see a class comprise two to three hundred examinees.
County Approves Animal Claims and Hydrophobia Bills
County commissioners yesterday authorized payment of animal claims totaling about $200 for sheep and cattle killed by dogs over the past three months. They also authorized Pasteur treatment bills for hydrophobia cases totaling $185 in the same period.
Council approves relief funding and rejects lighting plan
Elyria city council passed a relief appropriation totaling 21546 to be funded this week from county relief bonds and defeated a 106 lighting ordinance for decorative Christmas lights on city property. The session was short with one dispute over the frontage based cost split for downtown lighting.
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Harvey Chefey
O. E Rankin
Rankin
Ed, Notley
Elyria
W. H. van Oster
Anna Kennedy
Walter Koln
Kennedy
Notley
Kohn
Leonard Smith
Carl
Merchants to Carry Out Project After City Refusal
The Merchants division of the Chamber of Commerce says it will finance the Christmas street decoration project on Broad street Middle avenue and Court street after the city council declined to pay its share. The group notes the city’s portion would be less than 15 percent of the total cost and about two thirds of last year’s contribution. The $106 city payment would cover roughly 300 feet of frontage, with 25 cents per front foot charged to the city, banks, merchants and other firms alike.
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Merchants’ Division
Chamber of Commerce
Broad Street
Middle Avenue
Court Street
Hunger Marchers Parade On Capitol Demand Relief
Hunger Marchers moved on the Capitol under a flag of truce after talks with Maj. Ernest Brown. They demanded unemployment insurance and $50 direct relief per jobless person, while police kept guard and a nine piece band led the procession from a camp to the Capitol. Ann Burlak led 12 girls from Massachusetts in front.
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Bulletin
Washington
Congress
Curtis
Capitol
William Reynolds
Reynolds
Cutis
Jon
Ernest Brown
White House
Treasury Department
Scottsboro Boys
Ann Burlak
New York Avenue
Massachusetts
Veterans of Foreign Wars Hold Busy Meeting Card
The Veterans of Foreign Wars met in club rooms last evening and discussed several questions. A donation was given to the American Legion Toy Shop to aid repairing toys for Christmas. The Degree Team demonstrated degree work for Caleb Strohmeir.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Caleb Strohmeir
Clapp
Thomas Mihalis
T. A. Shattuck
J. M. Powell
Shattuck
Powell
Brown
Child 9 Struck by Car Near Home Injuries Reported
Laura Scheiring age 9 of 1602 Lake Avenue sustained minor injuries at about 505 p m yesterday when struck by a car driven by John Raab of Adelbert Avenue. Police say she ran from behind a parked truck into the street near her home and was knocked to the pavement.
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Laura Scheiring
Lake Avenue
John Raab
Adelbert Avenue
Pittsfield Farm Bureau Elects Officers for Year
Pittsfield Township Farm Bureau prepares for the annual meeting at Pittsfield M E church tomorrow night. J W Heven er of B F Goodrich will speak and a tire making film will be shown. A report on the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation meeting at Columbus will be presented.
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Pittsfield Township
Grand Jurors Convene Today For Second Session
Grand jurors meet for their second session of the term to review eight cases and hear testimony from 32 witnesses. The opening case involves arson charges against Severan Ott for alleged destruction of straw stacks on the Squire farm on La Grange road. Jurors are expected to pass on more than half of the cases before adjournment.
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Nho
Severan Ott
Squire Farm
la Grange Road
Highlights of President's Message
Washington December 6 Hoover outlines three directions to spur recovery. Cut government expenditures, reorganize the banking system, and seek broad international economic cooperation. He proposes continuing the furlough plan for federal workers with a 11 percent salary reduction above 1000, and seeks cuts to veterans services payments. He also calls for extending the manufacturers excise tax to most manufacturers and issuing executive orders consolidating agencies.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
Veterans’ Services
Eame
Elyria Tax Rate Declines in 1933 Announcement
Elyria officials announce a 1933 tax rate of 22.86 mills, down from 23, with Lorain at 21.6 mills from 23.4. Based on a $41 million valuation, Elyria expects $916,760 in revenue. Council cites school board cuts and rising delinquencies as factors shaping the levy.
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Elyria
Lorain
Lorain City
C. A. Horn
C. 8
Kelser
Horn
Lorain County
Hoover calls for banking reform and broad tax plan
President Hoover urges wholesale banking law revision and foreign cooperation to restore confidence and stabilite economy. He backs a uniform manufacturers tax, extra government salary cuts, and a major reorganization of agencies. He outlines three action directions and previews a 1933 34 budget showing large cuts offset by some uncontrollable costs.
Welty to Speak at Ridgeville Tax Study League
Former Lorain County Auditor Welty will address Ridgeville Tax Study League tomorrow evening in Ridgeville Town Hall. The meeting was moved from tonight to tomorrow due to a scheduling conflict with another meeting.
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Monoe Welty
Lorain County
Ridgeville Tax Study League
Ridgeville
Christmas Gift Guide Promises Early Shopping Ideas
A Christmas Gift Guide appears on today's Classified Page, suggesting many items at low prices to help readers remember family members and friends. The guide urges early shopping and highlights a wide range of useful gifts for mother father sister brother baby wife and sweetheart.
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Wisconsin
Eleanor
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Haresfoot
Elea
Neckerman Nor
Neckerman
Elkhorn
Wis
House of Representatives
Robert Crosser
Crogser
Mel Underwood
New Lexington
Crosser
LLU
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Ely Park
Seventy-second Congress
Central Press
Hunger Army
Pittsfield
Farm Bureau
Cales Tak
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