Treasury drive for currency inflation gains momentum on Capitol Hill
Washington December 15 the drive for currency inflation gathered momentum on Capitol Hill and threatened to split open the money mood with President Roosevelt. Senator Thomas proposed seizing large potential profits from devaluation by requiring all gold to be delivered to the government and remonetizing at new dollar values the treasury would profit about 4.325 billion dollars if a 50 percent devaluation occurred. The plan would ban further gold coinage and melt gold into bars for redemption only in bars.
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Federal Reserve Banks
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Congress
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Two Ohio CWA Workers Killed in Separate Incidents
William Holly aged 50 of Sandusky was killed by an automobile as he left for work. John Casino aged 65 of Bellaire died from a dynamite blast on a CWA road job near Neffs. Each man left a widow and three children.
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Ohio
CWA
William Holly
Sandusky
John Casino
Bellaire
Neffs
Weather forecast for cloudy with light snow and cold snap
The forecast calls for cloudy skies with light snow tonight and in extreme north portions. Thursday will bring slightly milder conditions in the east and somewhat colder readings in the west.
Coast Guard probes burning tanker after Pacific loss near Point Pinos
Coast Guard cutters and survey boats hunted a storm wreck near Point Pinos where a burning tanker and wreckage were seen after distress flares. No bodies found. Several tankers reported safe, including the Emidio, and Lurline relayed word of flames.
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San Francisco
Coast Guard
Pacific
Point Pinos
Emidio
P. C. Nelson
Khepper
Monterey
Tamaroa
Smith
Guide
Lupine
San Pedro
Lurline
Lebec
Frank T. Drum
F. H. Hillman
J. A. Moffett
Geodetic Survey
Banks Await Federal Action on Elyria Deposits Plan
Conservator A. J. Robinson and J. B. Seward report two local banks have filed data with the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and await Washington approval. A plan would allow 50 percent of restricted deposits to be released now with the rest as liquidity improves, enabling a return to more normal service in Elyria.
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A. J. Robinson
Elyria Savings and Trust Co
R. F.C
Washington
Chronicle-Telegram
Robinson
J. B. Seward
Savings Deposit Bank and Trust Co
State Banking Department
Cleveland
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Elyria
Kiwanis To Hear Sanatorium Head At Elyria Meeting
Lorain county tuberculosis sanatorium work explained to Elyria Kiwanis Club members tomorrow at noon. Dr. A N Smith, superintendent, will speak at the Hotel Newell. The club plans its annual Christmas party for children and their mothers. Presents will be given to the children.
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Lorain County
Head of Depositors Committee Statement on Bank
E L Hakill chair of the Elyria Depositors committee reports constant contact with State Banking department officials H F Ashley and A J Robinson. The committee expects bank reopening soon but not before January first and notes RC decisions in Washington will determine actions. The same conditions apply to the Savings Deposit Bank and Trust Co as to Elyria Savings and Trust Co.
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E. L. Hakill
Elyria Depositors Committee
State Banking Department
H. F. Ashley
A. J. Robinson
Washington
Savings Deposit Bank and Trust Co
Elyria Savings and Trust Co
Battle over state liquor monopoly moves to floor action
In Columbus Ohio the legislature tilts toward Governor White as House and Senate committees pass the liquor bill favoring a state monopoly. A tied vote defeated McCluskey’s amendment to strip monopoly provisions in the House, and the Senate panel backed the administration bill. Debate and probes into lobbyist activity were shelved as the fight continues on the floor.
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White
House Judiciary Committee
B. J. McCluskey
Cleveland
McCluskey
Senate Judiciary Committee
Fb. R. King
Vinton County
House
George J. Harter
Union
Senate
Mayor To Greet Santa Claus At Four O'clock Tomorrow
Santa Claus will arrive by plane Just Tony at La Porte airport between three and four tomorrow afternoon. He will be welcomed and escorted to City Hall where Mayor W. H. Vanoster will present him the key to the city at four o clock. Police will escort Santa on a motorcycle as he travels through Elyria visiting downtown streets and Ely Park before the official welcome and informal visits with local children.
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Styria
Chronicle- Telegram
Tony
la Porte
City Hall
W. H. Vanoster
Santa
Elyria
East Avenue
Broad Street
West Avenue
Second Street
Ely Park
Burglary Attempt Alleged by Two New York Youths
Two youths Henry A. Anna 24 of Buffalo and Norman J. Gibbon 18 of Elton faced burglary charges after allegedly attempting to break into the Johnson Oil Company service station at Prospect and West Lorain streets Oberlin. They pleaded not guilty and bond was set at 2500 pending Friday hearing.
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New York
Poolice
Johnson Oil Company
Prospect
West Lorain
Oberlin
Henry A. Anna
Buffalo
Norman J. Gibbon
Elton
Joseph Petro
Charles Beck
Erie Street
Elyria
Fred Bongs
C. B. Barnhart
Middle Avenue
Beck
Lindberghs Plan West Indian Island Flight Homeward
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh prepared to depart Port of Spain Trinidad at daybreak to fly north along the West Indies toward Florida and home. The couple arrived off Venezuela amid heavy rains and then stayed indoors at Government House with no formal reception. The proposed route spans the Windward and Leeward Islands, the Lesser Antilles and the Greater Antilles including Puerto Rico Haiti and Cuba.
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Spaln
Trinidad
Charles A. Lindbergh
Port OF Spain
West Indian Islands
Florida
Home
Venezuela
Government House
Lindberghs
Windward
Leeward Islands
Lesser Antilles
Puerto Rico
Haiti
Cuba
Greater Antilles
Charges Dismissed in Embezzlement Case In Detroit
Embezzlement charges against Michael Denewsth and Jack Brown of Detroit were dismissed by Justice Joseph Petro at the request of Carl Puke. The pair faced $5,000 in fancy wines stolen from a $21,000 cargo en route from Buffalo to Chicago, alleged to be missing after the truck went into a ditch west of Lorain. Duke, an amell of the tracking concern, led the investigation.
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Michael Denewsth
Jack Brown
Detroit
Joseph Petro
Carl Puke
Buffalo
Chicago
Lorain
Duke
Nine Die As Rock Slide Slams Hill Project Crew
At Glade Park near Monument Canyon Colorado a dynamite blast loosens rock above a cliffside road project killing nine men and injuring another. Fifty federal CWA workers and CCC aides labored on a half tunnel when a delayed blast triggered a deadly rock avalanche.
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Colo
Glade Park
Monument Canyon
Here
Civil Works Program
Civilian Conservation Corps
CWA
Lake road project clears final obstruction with $2750 verdict
The last legal hurdle to Lake road improvements was removed when Hattie Ttrain received a $2750 verdict against the State Highway Department for land appropriation. The settlement allows widening and straightening, with nine large trees to be removed. attorney William A. Miller testified the amount suffices.
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William A. Miller
Lake Road
Order Increase In Freight Rates On Ex River Coal
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that current freight rates for ex river coal from Pennsylvania to Youngstown Ohio and nearby cities were unreasonably low and ordered railroads serving the area to raise rates.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania
Youngstown
Ohio
Sixteen Indicted in Toledo Slot Machine Racket
Thomas Yonnie Licasoh, former Toledo gang leader, and fifteen associates were indicted by the Lucas county grand jury over operations of the slot machine racket in Toledo Ohio on December 13.
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Yonnie’ Licasoh
Toledo
Lucas County
Grand Jury
Elyria Retail Code Board Moves to Enforce Violations
The Elyria Retail Code Authority, certified by the National Retail Council, will act on complaints of code violations across listed retail lines. Complaints must be signed and filed at the post office, then forwarded to the District Compliance Director in Cleveland for review and possible court action.
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NRA
Elyria
National Retail Trade Council
Washington
Terminal Tower
Cleveland
United States Court
Retail Code Authority
Earl D. Bacon
Chamber of Commerce
Coasters Warned After Boy Sleds Into Car on East Avenue
Police warn children about coasting on public roads after a near tragedy on East Avenue. A 14 year old boy, unnamed, struck a car front wheel near Wooster Court, receiving a facial cut and a leg cut. two companions fled.
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John Lanzdon
India Hollow Road
Wooster Court
East Avenue
Lanzdon
Three Die When Car Submerged In Cuyahoga River
The bodies of Capt. Frank Sammons, his wife Gertrude, and John Murphy were found in a car raised from the Cuyahoga river in Cleveland. The trio disappeared after the sedan slid off a dock near the Steamer Fontana on Monday night. Sammons, 39, skipper of the steamer Pam Schneider, his wife 37, a nurse and mother of two, and Murphy, 42, chief engineer of the steamer Marquette, were drowned inside the locked car.
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Cleveland
Frank M. Sammons
John Murphy
Cuyahoga River
Fontana
Murphy
Sammons
Pam Schneider
Gertrude Sammons
AoK Manufacturers Propose Elyria CWA Projects
Local manufacturers submit suggested CWA projects to the Elyria Chamber of Commerce. The chamber will present ideas to the city administration for study to determine which are most worthwhile.
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Elyria
CWA
Senator Elmer Thomas Backs Roosevelt Monetary Plan
Senator Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma, a leading inflationist, said he would support President Roosevelt's monetary program in Congress. He visited the White House to urge Roosevelt to act favorably on an Oklahoma City request.
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Washington
Elmer Thomas
Okla
Roosevelt
Congress
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White House
Okahama
Bullitt Presents Credentials to Kalinin in Moscow
William C. Bullitt the first US ambassador to Soviet Russia presented his credentials to President Mikhail Kalinin at the Kremlin today restoring formal diplomatic relations after the 1917 Bolshevik break. The next step is credentials by Alexander Troyanovsky in Washington.
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Moscow
William C. Bullit
United States
Soviet Russia
Mikhail Kalinin
Bullitt
Kremlin
Washington
Alexander Troyanovsky
Troyanovsky
Rockefeller Senior Suffered No Relapse Officials Say
Reports of John D. Rockefeller Sr.'s relapse were refuted by a Pocantico Hills spokesman who said his age rather than illness caused concern. The 94-year-old Rockefeller had been convalescing from a grippe and appeared to be recovering from a cold.
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N. Y
John D. Rockefeller Sr
Grippe
Pocantico Hills
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