League Faces Balkan Tension at League of Nations
Paris and London leaders Pierre Laval and Anthony Eden led pacific efforts as Jugoslavian and Hungarian delegates clashed at Geneva. They sought a general condemnation of political terrorism and motion to refer the Yugoslav Hungarian dispute to the council for a peaceful resolution amid rising Balkan risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Geneva
Pierre Laval
Jugoslavia
Balkan
League of Nations
France
Hungary
Dee
Europe
Balkans
Anthony Eden
Feeling Is Bitter In Hungary Amid Refugee Crisis
UPI report from Budapest describes destitute refugees arriving at frontier posts as Jugoslavian bands cross the border. Frontier authorities, Hungarian police, and civilians scramble to shelter and aid arrivals while political tensions mount and Archduke Albert takes refugees to his estate.
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United Press
Budapest
Nev
Hungary
Jugoslavia
Roegzke
Archduke Albrecht
Austria-Hungary
Magyarholy
Szeged
Weather forecast for Ohio cloudiness and light rain
The forecast reports cloudy conditions in Ohio with possible light rain tonight and gradual temperature rise. In the western portion, light showers may occur Sunday as temperatures increase.
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Ohio
Sanday
City Club To Hear Chief Engineer Paul Lannerd
City Club will hear Paul Lannerd chief engineer of General Industries Company as the first speaker of the newly organized group. Meeting at 7 P M next Wednesday at the Elyria M C A will also feature gymnasium basketball practice and plans for winter tournament teams and ping pong events led by Byron Morris 6.
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Paul Lannerd
General Industries Company
City Club
Elyria
Byron Morris
Airmail Pilot Dies In Crash Near Columbia
Lew Bowen of Kansas City a Braniff airmail pilot was killed when his plane crashed beside U S Highway 40 near Columbia Missouri. The burning wreckage left the body badly burned and the tail with 106 W designation and possible route cities Kansas City and Chicago. Most mail cargo was destroyed and only scattered letters remained.
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Columbia
Lew Bowen
Kansas City
Braniff Air Lines
Here
Bowen
Chicago
Munitions Inquiry Will Be Continued
Senate investigators continued the munitions inquiry into postwar activity by American makers. Nye and Vandenberg pressed to end private munitions production, citing evidence of secret processes sold to foreigners. Du Pont executives challenged claims that war and navy information reached foreign manufacturers.
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Washington
Senate
Ameren
Special Arms Committee
Gerald P. Nye
N. D
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Mich
Nye
United States
du Pont Company
War
Navy
Quake Recorded At Colleges In Denver
An earthquake of third or fourth degree intensity lasted about 15 minutes and was recorded at Regis College Denver. Seismologist Father A W Forstall estimated the quake occurred 1 400 to 2 000 miles away, possibly on the American continent or off the coast. The tremor began at 2 44 AM reached peak at 2 50 AM and ended at 2 59 AM. It was felt more sharply here than the Honduras quake that caused many deaths.
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Denver
Colo
Regis College
A. W. Forstall
Father Forstall
Porstall
Honduras
Broker Believed Kidnapped Returns Home
YULSA Okla Dec 8 W A Delaney Sr Tulsa broker returned home today after a night absence during which it had been feared he was kidnapped He used a frozen automobile radiator on a business trip delayed his return here.
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Yulsa
Okla
W. A. Delaney, Sr
Tulsa
Holiday Buying Heavier This Holiday Season 1934
Christmas stockings will sag under a load about 16 percent heavier this year as shoppers seek gifts like red wagons climbing monkeys silks ties and silverware. A United Press survey in 26 cities shows trade up as much as 53 percent from last year with merchants averaging an 16.8 percent rise.
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Kansas City
United Press
Increase Schedule At National Tube Plant Lorain
National Tube Company in Lorain will boost blast furnace and open hearth output next week. Number one blast furnace to be blown, number five remains, two more open hearth furnaces start, total ten. Rail mill four days, skelp and butt mills five days, number two seamless mill all week, number three seamless two days, no lapp mills.
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National Tube Company
Lorain
Bessemer
Plan for Industrial Peace Aided by Major Groups
Washington December 8 1934 Assistant Labor Secretary Edward F McGrady urged a joint effort by the AFL United States Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers to forge an industrial truce. He said peace in industry means progress and highlighted that labor and management had each backed recovery plans but remained distant. He noted labor’s reluctance to quiet the fight for rights without broader gains and referenced new industrial relations boards and NRA studies affecting steel textile and auto sectors.
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United Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Edward F. McGrady
McGrady
American Federation of Labor
United States Chamber of Commerce
National Association of Manufacturers
National Labor Relations Board
NRA
Vegetable Growers to Meet Thursday in Lorain County
Lorain county vegetable growers plan winter season activities at a meeting next Thursday night with C. J. Hummel county agricultural extension agent. The committee aims to schedule general meetings and spring projects, with members including Lester Youtzy H K Seimbach C B McAllister John Rose and T J Nasdorfer.
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Lorain County
C. J. Hummel
County Extension Service
Lester Youtzy
H. K. Seimbach
C. B
Santa to Arrive by Plane Next Saturday in Elyria
The Elyria Chamber of Commerce reports Santa Claus will depart the North Pole Thursday and fly in by plane to Elyria next Saturday around 1 p.m. He will circle the downtown area then land at LaPorte air field and travel by car to greet local children. He will update Elyriana if any plan changes arise.
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Santa Claus
Elyria
Chamber of Commerce
North Pole
LaPorte Air Field
Elyriana
Wallace Lays Out New Social Policy For Wealthy
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace challenged the nation s wealthiest families to back a new social policy. He warned that if those earning over 75 000 annually repeat the Bourbons error the social pyramid will invert and cause woe. He urged constructive national proposals beyond catch phrases and warned against purely selfish individualized views.
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New York
America
Henry A. Wallace
France
Roosevelt
Wallace
Riceh
Seaman Roy BE Hall Lost In Caribbean Hurricane
The American steamship Cold Harbor, en route from New York to Liverpool, hove to for 48 hours off Queenstown during a hurricane. Seaman Roy Be Hall of Seattle was swept overboard and lost while Seaman John J. Hoffson of Philadelphia was saved by Chief Officer O Connor as a large wave struck the deck. One lifeboat broke from its davits and others were twisted.
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Queenstown
Irish Free State
Cold Harbor
Roy BE
Hall
Seattle
Wash
John J. Hoffson
Philadelphia
O’connor
Hall and Hudson
New York
Liverpool
Rotarians To Hear Discussion Of Taxes
Elyria Rotarians will hear J B Johnson Ohio Public Service Company manager discuss "The Rising Wave of Taxation" at the Elk's club next Tuesday. The group plans Christmas gifts for city children and asks members to bring gifts to the December 18 meeting. the Christmas gathering will be Monday December 24 since Christmas falls on Tuesday.
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Elyria Rotarians
The
Elk's Club
J. B. Johnson
Ohio Public Service Company
France To Default On Debt Payment
Paris reports a cabinet drafted note to Washington stating France will default its December 16 war debt payment of 22.3 million dollars. The note awaits cabinet approval on Monday before dispatch. France’s action sets a critical prewar financial stance and could affect allied funding.
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France
Paris
United States
Washington
President to seek $1 billion for home loan bonds
Washington December 8 President Roosevelt will ask Congress to authorize issuing 1 000 000 000 in bonds for the Home Owners Loan Corporation to assist all eligible loan applicants Rep Frank Hancock Democrat of North Carolina on the Banking and Currency Committee predicted the move
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Frank Hancock
N. C
House Banking and Currency Committee
Foremen's Club Nominates Candidates for Officers
Elyria Foremen's Club announces nominees for next year's officers from its nominating committee. One candidate each for president and first vice president. three for second vice president. and three for third vice president. Additional nominations may be submitted before the December meeting.
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Elyria Foremen’s Club
Glenn Shoemaker
Western Automatic Machine Screw Company
Howard Gollmar
Elyria Foundry Company
Ernest Jones
Cleveland
Carl Miller
Steel & Tubes, Inc
Henry Townsend
Prandler Company
Verne Unger
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Deane Burns
Harshaw Chemical Company
B. Simpkins
Colson Company
Carl Kohler
General Industries Company
Abandon Hope For Pacific Fliers Abandon Hope For Pacific Fliers
In Honolulu a Pacific search for the Star of Australia and its three crew members continues as authorities express no hope of revival. Rewards total 6,000 for rescuing or recovering wreckage and bodies from Captain Charles Ulm Leon Skilling and George Littlejohn. The missing plane was a land type likely to stay afloat only 48 hours after ocean landing.
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Honolulu
T. H
Star of
Australia
W. P. W. Turner
Charles T. P. Ulm
Leon Skilling
George Littlejohn
Pacific
California
Street cars collide injuring thirteen in Los Angeles
Thirteen people were treated at hospitals after two street cars collided at midnight in Los Angeles. Motorman L Garmain suffered a skull fracture and was not expected to live. The westbound car struck a faulty switch, jumped the tracks, and veered into a southbound car piloted by Garmain.
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Los Angeles
L. A
Real Estate Tax Rate To Be Reduced In Elyria
The Lorain County courty auditor’s department revealed a tentative real estate tax cut of about five mills in Elyria for next year. Chief Deputy Auditor A Horn said final rates may drop further after the general sales tax bill is adopted, with adjustments to balance school needs and municipal funding. The tentative Lorain rate stands around 17.41 from 21.40, with hopes of greater reductions once sales tax allocations are finalized.
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Elyria
A Horn
Wigma
Horn
Ohio
Lorain County
Lorain
Ransom Money Recovered in Urschel Kidnap Case
Federal agents recovered 124000 dollars of the Urschel kidnapping ransom. Thirty thousand dollars were found in the hills near Portland Oregon and fourteen thousand more nearby. Eighty thousand had been found at Paradise Texas. The money will be returned to Charles F Urschel. many kidnappers have been convicted in the St Paul area.
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Washington
Urschel
Department of Justice
Portland
Ore
Paradise
Tex
Department
Charles F. Urschel
Oklahoma
Justice
St. Paul
Minn
Direct Credits Leader To Speak At Elyria High School
Alfred W. Lawson, commander of the Direct Credits Society and noted aircraft authority, will headline a meeting at Elyria High School auditorium tomorrow at 2 30 p m. His topic is Purchasing Power Equal to One's Production Power, presented under the local society branch with William Richards of Elyria as district official presiding.
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Alfred W. Lawson
Direct Credits Society
Elyria High School
Lawson
William Richards
Elyria
Warning Against Skating on Black River Ice
Police warn the public not to skate on the Black River as ice remains unsafe. Several boys were seen skating on the east branch this morning and officers are working to keep them off until the ice thickens enough for safety.
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Black River
Snow Delays Travel Across Central Ohio Roads
Snow blanketed central Ohio and lightly the north, slowing highways trains and planes. Temperatures ranged from 18 in Toledo to the twenties in the south. Officials predicted rising temperatures Sunday and clear skies in northern areas where snow arrived early Friday. The wintry wave spread across the Middle West.
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Columbus
Ohio
Toledo
Middle West
Cold Wave Breaks Across United States and Canada
Weather Bureau forecasters predicted a slight break in a cold wave that swept the U S and Canada. Temperatures rose in many areas while severe lows were set in Rochester and White River. Rain and snow affected the Gulf States and regions east of Colorado and Montana as the storm eased.
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Chicago
Weather Bureau
United States
Canada
Rockies
Hurson
Rochester
Minn
White River
Ont
Old Forge
Los Angeles
Miami
Florida City
Galena
Gulf States
Colorado
Montana
Rug Making And Clothing Projects In Lorain County
Lorain County farm women will attend rug making and clothing projects in three communities next week per Miss Alice Bird the county agricultural extension agent. Rug making meets are set for Avon Lake Tuesday under Mrs H G Castle, Henrietta Wednesday on clothing selection, and Gulf Road Thursday chaired by Mrs Lester Youtzy with all day sessions for hands on rug work using their own materials and equipment.
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Lorain County
Alice Bird
Avon Lake
H. G. Castle
Henrietta
Gulf Road
Lester Youtzy
Tuga
Ohio Legislature Sets New Record
The 90th General Assembly ended its final session in Columbus after 169 days in actual session, the longest in Ohio history. Lawmakers elected in 1932 began January 2, 1933, with about 40 additional days by senators and representatives on special or joint committees during recesses.
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Columbus
90Th General Assembly
Ohio
Senate
House
Bandits Steal Five Thousand From Rural Farmer Family
Three men posing as state officers forced entry to the Mary Gerber farm home near Hamilton Ohio dec 8 tying Mary and two cousins John and Andrew Gerber and forcing Lucy to reveal a satchel and tin can containing $5000. They ripped a telephone from the wall before fleeing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Theste
Mary Gerber
State Equor
John
Andrew
Lucy Gerber
Governor Vows Veto if Schools Can Escape Crisis
Governor George White said he would veto the $60,000,000 bracket three percent sales tax bill if study shows schools, cities and other political subdivisions can avoid financial crisis until March. Carlton Dargusch, chair of the state tax commission, was asked to report the exact financial condition of schools and subdivisions.
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Columbus
George White
Carlton. Dargusch
State Tax Commission
Svernor
Senate
House
White
Martin L. Davey
Assembly
Joint Conference Committee
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
Ohio Council of Retail Merchants
W. B. Bilsa
Ohio Education Association
B. O. Skinner
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League Studies Dispute
Santa
Y Wallace
Foremen’s Club
Direct Credits
Bulletin
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