15 Helpers To Be Required At Postoffice
Postmaster C. J. Sartor sees rising Christmas mail at Elyria post office and forecasts about 15 extra helpers needed late this week. Regular carriers will be overloaded with packages and cards from across the nation. A state highway department truck may assist with parcel post during the rush. Mail early to ensure Christmas delivery and stamp cards in advance to avoid long lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
C. J. Sartor
Sartor
Elyrians
State Highway Department
Mother And Three Children Perish In Akron Blaze
A Akron fire killed Thomas family members including Mary 30 and children Magdaline 13 Anna May 12 and George Jr 8. Thomas 37 and his wife escaped but re entered to save others and perished. The blaze started from hot ashes in a pasteboard box. Rose Rice and her daughter Rosalie 18 and another third floor family escaped.
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Thomas
Mary
Frank Vernotzy
Rose Rice
Rosalie
Magdaline
Anna May
George, Jr
Break Deadlock In Maritime Strike Break Deadlock In Maritime Strike
San Francisco reports a surprise settlement ending 45 days of deep sea labor unrest on the Pacific coast. The sailors union and major ship companies settled most disputes, 230 vessels released, western shipping to resume. Two issues remain for arbitration and committee approval. Spokesmen expect quick agreement after meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Sailors Union of the Pacific
Sailors Union
Maritime Workers
Harry Lundeberg
Illustrated Travelogue Open To The Public
This travelogue show, titled Power Under Control, debuts this evening at the British Empire club. Mr Downer, aided by Ben Abrams, presents a film of interest and the entertainment is open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Downer
Ben Abrams
Ohio Electors Cast Ballots For Roosevelt Garner
Twenty six presidential electors named by Ohio voters gather in Columbus to cast ballots for Franklin D Roosevelt and John N Garner. They meet in the state senate chambers to perform formal duties as the inauguration date moved to January 20, prompting an earlier ballot.
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Columbus
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John N. Garner
Roosevelt
Garner
Senate
Death Record Mrs Rose Phoebe Arndt at 42 in Brownhelm
Mrs Rose Phoebe Arndt 42 of Brownhelm died at Amherst hospital after an operation. Born in Henrietta township she moved to Brownhelm Station 15 years ago. Survived by husband John mother Elizabeth Arndt Amherst three sisters Mrs Ralph Godfrey Brownhelm Mrs George Clauses Elyria Mrs Ernest Emmerick Amherst and brothers Charles Ott Elyria Fred Ott Lorain. Funeral services at Zilch Funeral Home 2 pm Tuesday conducted by Rev S I Roger with burial in Brownhelm cemetery.
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Rose Phoebe Arndt
Brownhelm
Amherst Hospital
Arndt
Henrietta Township
Brownhelm Station
John
Elizabeth Arndt
Amherst
Ralph Godfrey
George Clauses
Elyria
Ernest Emmerick
Charles Ott
Fred Ott
Lorain
Schermerhorn of Wooster Dies After Illness
Charles F. Schermerhorn of Wooster Ohio died last evening at 10 at his sister Mrs. Gertrude Engle 133 North Maplestreet after a lingering illness. Survived by wife Jennie and five sisters Mrs Jennie Braun Mrs Sadie Taylor Mrs Jessie Wick Mrs Gertrude Engle and Miss Hattie Schermerhorn. Funeral Wednesday at 2 pm with Rev Ralph Neighbour officiating. Burial in Oberlin.
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Charles F. Schermerhorn
Wooster
Ohio
Gertrude Engle
North Maplestret
Jennie Schermerhorn
Jennie Braun
Sadie Taylor
Lorain
Jessie Wick
Cleveland
Hattie Schermerhorn
Elyria
Ralph Neighbour
Oberlin
Death of Charlie G Wood at Murray Ridge
Charlies G Wood died at his home on Murray Ridge this morning. The body was removed to Taylor Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.
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Charlies G. Wood
Murray Ridge
Bedy
Taylor
School Boys To Be Guests Of Y M C A
Elyria Y M C A invites seven local school groups during Christmas vacation. McKinley boys report December 28 at 9 30 a m, Jefferson Junior High at 4 p m the same day, Gates Edison on December 29, Franklin December 30, and Hamilton Roosevelt on December 31. Each group has gym time pool swim period and lobby use, with regular Y M C A schedule continuing.
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Elyria
Elyria Y. M. C. A
Association
McKinley School
Jefferson
Gates and Edison
Franklin
Hamilton
Roosevelt
De Seversky Sets Speed Record for Amphibians
Alexander P. De Seversky, air plane maker and Russian war ace, set a new amphibian speed record on the New York to Miami loop. He completed the trip in five hours 46 72 minutes at 205 mph despite adverse weather. The old record was 190 mph. He may try to beat Howard Hughes' four hours 21 minutes on the return leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Alexander P. de Seversky
New York-to
Seversky
Eastern Airlines
Howard Huces
Lorain Man Released Under Bond After DUI Arrest
Mike Banik of 1515 East 31st Street Lorain was released on bond pending trial before Mayor Don A. Baird on a DUI charge. He was arrested Saturday night after his car collided with a machine driven by Lester Harding of 173 Courtland Street at Adams Street and Lake Avenue.
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Mike Banik
East 31St Street
Lorain
Don A. Baird
Lester Harding
Courtland Street
Adams Street
Lake Avenue
Heavy Toll On Ohio Highways
A weekend of heavy winter travel caused eleven traffic deaths across Ohio. Cincinnati logged three fatalities, Akron and Columbus had two each, with losses in Lorain Sheffield Lake Lancaster and Massillon. Notable deaths include Cincinnati tenor Ernest Schnurr struck by a car driven by 23 year old John Dorman, and Albert Jetter, 29, at the Protestant Orphans Home. Continuous crashes involved Ray M. Bossier and his sister in law Adeline. Other victims include Clifford Alexander, 45, who hit a loading platform, Anton Sidowicz, 50, Lorain, killed after a car hit him and his wife, and Columbus deaths of Arew Seiler, 92, and John A. Schmidt, 67, both from traffic incidents. Police reported a hit-and-run driver in Sidowicz case. Sheffield Lake’s Mrs. John Balazs, 48, died in a truck collision. T. C. Stevenson of Saginaw, Mich., died later from injuries. Lee Frank, 36, Wooster, died after a pole crash. Fred Charnock, 60, Uhrichsville, serious after swerving to avoid a pedestrian.
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United Press
Cincinnati
Akron
Columbus
Lorain
Sheffield Lake
Lancaster
Massillon
Ernest Schnurr
John Dorman
Dorman
Schuurr
Albert Jetter
Setter
Clifford Alexander
Ray M. Bossier
Adeline
Lake Erie
Alarew Seiler
John A. Schmidt
Green Lawn Cemetery
Schmidt
Anton Sidowicz
Sheffield Lake Village
John Balazs
T. C. Stevenson
Saginaw
Mich
Lee Frank
Wooster
Fred Charnock
Uhrichsville
Dennison
King George Takes the Throne Amid Abdication Aftermath
Relays of page two continue with the new king’s accession, oaths by peers and MPs, and Baldwin’s expected address to Parliament. King George to stay at Piccadilly before Buckingham Palace, while public sentiment shifts to normalcy after Edward VIII’s abdication for Wallis Simpson.
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House of Lords
House of Commons
Stanley Baldwin
Commons
George
Piccadilly
Buckingham Palace
Edward VIII
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Edward
Marlborough Church
Earl
London
Canterbury
Church of England
Sowip
University Head Frank Expected to Resign in Wisconsin
MADISON Wis Dec 14 Reports say Dr Glenn Frank promised to resign as president of the University of Wisconsin amid a long running liberal split within state politics The next regents meeting on December 16 and La Follettes budget hearing the following day may reveal basis for the reports Frank and La Follette have clashed as liberal Republicans The pair have been accused of fostering communistic tendencies by stalwart Republicans
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Madison
Wis
Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
Phillip F. la Follette
Frank
University
Board of Regents
la Follette
la Follettee
Wisconsin
Zona Gale Breese
Oswald Garrison Villard
Nation
Pity and rebuke shadow the king’s troubled past
The author condemns a man once beloved as a betrayal of Christian marriage and native traditions while recalling his early promise and charity. The piece notes public surprise at King George VI’s stammer and asserts the monarch now speaks with steadiness, easing embarrassment for listeners.
Edward Rothschild at Austrian castle amid Christmas plans
The narration describes Baron Nathaniel Rothschild’s heir Edward in a castle suite overlooking the Danube countryside with age old statue filled parklands and a village economy tied to a munitions factory. Edward’s Salzburg statement confirms happiness with the journey and plans to stay in Austria for Christmas holidays with possible winter resort travel and rumored guest arrangements near Somber Castle.
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Nathaniel Rothschild
Edward
Great Castle
Searcer
Salzburg
Colliers Lesh
Austria
Mrs. Simpson
Princeec Ileana
Roumania
Archduke Anton
Austria- Hungary
Somber Castle
Enzesfeld
Last Day For Social Security Blanks At Elyria Postoffice
Postmaster C J Sartor warns that tomorrow is final for Social Security application blanks at the Elyria postoffice. Clerks report over 6 000 account number cards issued with thousands more waiting. Officials now expect near 10 000 cards to be issued, after a December 15 extension from the original December 5 deadline.
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Elyria
C. J. Sartor
Sartor
Auto Dealer Fined By Justice Petro
George Spitzer a Grafton auto dealer was fined 25 dollars and costs with 20 dollars suspended after arraignment before Justice Joseph Petro on a charge of using dealers automobile license plates improperly. State Patrolman J A Bower filed the charge for December 10. Spitzer was placed on six months probation. Landsberry of Grafton also received a 25 dollar fine and costs with all suspended for driving a car for Spitzer and stopped December 11 on a similar offense.
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George Spitzer
Grafton
Joseph Petro
J. A. Bower
Spitzer
Bower
Petro
John H. Landshberry
Landsberry
Ohler Fined for Safety Stop Violation in Court District
Fred Ohler was arrested Saturday for failure to make a safety stop at Court and Second Street. Mayor Dow A. Baird fined him $2 plus costs today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Ohler
Court
Second Street
Dow A. Baird
Overcoat Stolen From Elria Elks Club in Lorain
John Sidney of 1115 West 21st Street Lorain notified police that his overcoat containing a pipe and $1 in change total value 35 dollars was stolen from the Elria Elks Club Saturday night.
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John Sidney
West 21St Street
Lorain
Elrria
Baking pan with hole for hot dogs patented at Bluffton
L F Siela announced a patent on a specially designed baking pan that creates a hole in the middle to insert hot dogs. In Columbus, Ohio, the conservation division will confiscate cars of anyone pheasant hunting out of season. In New York a tainted package to Howard S McGrath contained a wrist watch, a timid suitor’s gift, after police soaked it to reveal the item.
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Columbus
Ohio Conservation Division
New York
Howard S. McGrath
McGrath
Duke Allows Photos After Vienna Arrival
Mrs Simpson and the Duke plan no meeting until her divorce is final, possibly by late April. The Duke telephoned from Cannes after arriving, then rode by car from Vienna to Enzesfeld. Police and reporters, mostly Britons and Americans, were held back as the Duke allowed photographers to snap him at will upon arrival.
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Mrs. Simpson
Cannes
Vienna
Enzesfeld
Markets CLEVELAND LIVESTOCK AND TOLEDO GRAIN
Cleveland livestock markets show slow cattle activity with varied bids for cattle calves sheep and hogs. Prices for calves hogs and sheep listed with ranges and dotting notes, while Toledo grain markets report elevator bids for corn oats rye and wheat and track prices for No 2 yellow corn and various oats values.
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Cleveland
Toledo
Burglar suspects arraigned as Gardner’s police exploits recalled
Three men were charged with burglary and held on ten thousand dollar bonds after arraignment before Justice Joseph Petro. Germano remains in hospital with a warrant issued for the same offense. The narrative recalls Gardner’s earlier acts of gunplay at his station, including a boxed revolver ambush, a fatal shooting, and a self-made alarm system. Gardner, a Texas Ranger veteran, survived multiple gun incidents, lost an arm to a World War propeller accident, and carries a crippled leg.
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Joseph Petro
Germano
Gardner
Surplus Distribution Schedule Shifts to Wednesday
Lorain County surplus commodity distribution to relief families starts Wednesday after 2 p m and runs through Friday. About 2 1 2 tons of grapefruit and 2300 cans of meat will be distributed, with valued total for October around 3072 dollars for the county. Bring baskets to carry items and note the surplus includes textiles.
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Lorain County
W. B. Young
Young
Openings In Coast Guard Service Announced
The U S Coast Guard recruiting station in Washington announced today that applications are being accepted for enlistment. Men between 18 and 26, at least five feet six inches tall, with at least an eighth grade education, and character references may apply. Enlistments will be as apprentice seamen for three years. Applications to Room 109 1300 E Street NW Washington DC.
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U. S. Coast Guard
Washington
Coast Guard Service
Richard H. Bartnett
E. Street
N. W
Washington, D. C
Public Auction of Farm Goods Near Oberlin
Public sale to quit farming at the Old Muckleburg Farm two miles south and west of Oberlin on Wednesday December 16 at 12 30 P M. Selling 4 horses 16 head of cattle 50 chickens farm tools grain and household goods plus a new house trailer. Terms cash on day of sale. Auctioneers T P Hamlin Clayton H Sooy with L D Hamlin as clerk.
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Oberlin
Muckleburg
Jerseys
Guernseys
Guernsey
Jersey
Fairfield
T. P. Hamlin
Clayton H. Sooy
L. D. Hamlin
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O'Donnell
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Charles G. Wood
Y.M.C.A
Broad Street
Elyria Sheet Metal Works
Aek
S. Hoy
Dr. Frank
Rome
George VI
Justice Petro
Richman Bros
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Coast Guard
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