Nelson Blocks Ordinance On Relief Set Up
City council deadlocks over a relief administration plan as Nelson blocks the ordinance citing Mrs Marie S Gilman as unsuitable due to Carlisle township residency and bowling controversy. Mayor Petro and Service Director D Faxon favor Mrs Gilman for $75 monthly relief post, with use of Associated Charities offices, while seeking a resident candidate. A special meeting is set after seven votes are needed to suspend rules and fund relief notes.
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Henrietta Colburn
Pasadena Avenue
Joseph Q. Petro
Marie S Gilman
Carlisle Township
Colburn
Elmer Nelson
Marie S. Gilman
Relef
Nelson
Gilman
Elyria
Dan Symons
Ellsworth Albert
Edward Wilcox
Associated Charities
Relief Headquarters
FERA
Weather Ohio sees cloudy with light snow likely eastern side
The region faces cloudy skies with light snow tonight and Friday morning in the east. Cold air moves in from the west and north with a moderate cold wave Friday. Temperatures have moderated in central valleys and eastern states under a low pressure system from eastern Ontario to Texas. A severe cold wave tracks south and east from the northern plains with subzero readings into Nebraska and Wisconsin. light rain moves from the Gulf states and light snow in the lake region.
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Ohio
Ontario
Texas
Plains
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Gulf
Lake
Elyria Man Appointed Junior Attorney for SEC in Washington
Arthur James Buswell of 329 Kenson Avenue has been named a junior attorney with the Securities Exchange Commission and will begin duties in Washington on January 3. A lifelong Elyria resident, he was admitted to the bar on August 12 this year and has worked with Prosecutor Howard R. Butler on land acquisition for Lorain’s two new bridges. He is a graduate of Elyria High School, the Oberlin School of Commerce, Ohio Wesleyan University in 1985, and the University of Michigan Law School this year. He credits a former Ohio Wesleyan professor for the appointment by suggesting he contact a Washington connections friend.
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Arthur James Buswell
Kenson Avenue
Securities Exchange Commission
Washington
Elyria
Buswell
Howard R. Butler
Ohio Wesleyan University
University of Michigan Law School
Ohio Wesleyan
Will Give Blood To Try To Save Life
NEW YORK December 29 James Clegg of Toledo Ohio undertaker arrived to donate blood to save the life of Reverend Jeremiah Toomey gravely ill from a rare streptococcus infection Doctors said the transfusion could double his chances of recovery Clegg had previously battled the disease and recovered
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New York
James Clegg
Toledo
Jeremiah Toomey
Harold X. Connolly
Toomey
Clegg
New Cold Wave Rolls Eastward From Arctic
A new Arctic cold wave moved east across the western and central plains, adding hardship for blizzard weary regions. Forecaster J. R. Lloyd predicts the wave will end by the Mississippi Valley, with Montana and the Dakotas already affected. Temperatures fall to 20 above on the coast and 22 in Boston. a brief respite occurs in the Mississippi and Ohio valleys as the first wave retreats. Snow falls in northern New York and parts of New England and the Midwest, with more expected in the north central states and Michigan. Ontario reports five deaths and a missing person from the severe storm. Edmonton records 44 below zero. Northern Florida braces for subfreezing weather. A Toledo water shortage ends as winds shift and Maumee River drainage eases.
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U. S
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Death Summons Catholic Bishop in Kansas City
The Rt Rev Thomas F. Lillis, 77, Catholic bishop of Kansas City, died today after a brief illness. He had led the diocese since 1910 after serving six years as bishop of Leavenworth. A native of Lexington, Missouri, he observed the 33rd anniversary of his ordination this week.
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Kansas City
Thomas F. Lillis
Lillis
Leavenworth
Kan
Lexington
Boy Injured by Accidental Rifle Discharge in Elyria
A .22 rifle discharged while three youths shot at a target near Poplar Street. Robert Perry, 16, of 124 Longford Street, received a minor wound in his right foot. Owner Charles Swartzel and Emery Meredith accompanied Perry to Elyria Memorial Hospital for treatment.
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Robert Perry
Longford Street
Perry
Charles Swartzel
Longfellow Avenue
Emery Meredith
East 28Th Street
Lorain
Poplar Street
Meredith
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Tree Not On Case Property in Rousseau Killing
County survey shows the Christmas tree, struck by William Case 84, was eight feet nine inches inside the right of way at Boone road, not on Case’s private property. Case killed Willhin Rousseau and wounded Mae Rousseau during a theft attempt. he remains free on bond as the grand jury weighs a manslaughter charge. Mae Rousseau’s condition improves slightly in Elyria Memorial Hospital. Willhin Rousseau was buried in Grafton yesterday.
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Willhin Rousseau
William Case
Columbia Township
Boone Road
Case
Rousseau
Grafton
Mae
Geraldine
Sarah
Sarah Dahm
Hull
L. Dunham
Dan Patterson
Patterson
Howard R Butler
Butler
John Getz
Robert Smith
Indiana
Stores Open Here Saturday Evening
Elyria retail stores will remain open until 9 P M on Saturday night as usual. The merchants committee of the Elyria Chamber of Commerce decided to follow the normal policy despite New Year Eve.
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Elyria
Elyria Chamber of Commerce
Study Possible Electrocution In Deaths
Sheriff Carl R Finegan and Coroner S C Ward raised the possibility that Mrs Marie Cooley 36 and her daughter Kay 9 of Lincoln Park south of Lorain may have died from electrocution not suffocation after post mortems. They noted transformer trouble near the Cooley home and ordered tests by Ohio Public Service Company with results expected tonight. Neighbors reported repeated fuse blowouts and a sparking incident involving an electric sweeper near a steam radiator.
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Marie Cooley
Kay
Lincoln Park
Lorain
Carl R. Finegan
C. J. Cordy
S.C Ward
Cooley
Whimself
Marion Reserve Light Company
Finegan
Ohio Public Service Company
Well Known Grafton Man Found Dead In His Restaurant
John Mickey Bardon a Grafton restaurant operator and lifelong resident was found dead in his establishment by his son Stanley after closing at 1130 pm. He had a long heart ailment and likely died seven hours earlier. He would have been 63 on December 31. He is survived by his widow Loretta four other sons including J L Bardon Canton OH Edward T Bardon Sacramento Arthur Pontiac and John Grafton and daughters Mrs Fred Dostall and Mrs Carl Turner. Also survived by brother Edward Baltimore Ohio and sister Mrs Anna May Elvira. Body brought to Bitner Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Mickey” Bardon
Grafton
Stanley
Morris
Bardon
Barber
Loretta
J. L. Bardon
Canton
Ohio
Edward T. Bardon
Sacramento
Calif
Arthur
Pontiac
Michigan
Fred Dostall
Carl Turner
Kansas City
Edward
Baltimore
Anna May
Elvira
Bittner Funeral Home
City to complete year 1938 with credit balance of $8,000
City Auditor ALC Selsleman told council last night that the city will finish 1988 with a credit balance near $8,000, not cash by year end but tax collection credits due February next year. To cover a $22,000 accunlative street engine DHL bill, he asked to borrow $4,000 from the sinking fund, and the council approved. Excluding the lighting bill, general operations cost about $247,000 this year.
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Alc. Selsleman
Billy Ave
Schilleman
Counet
Council
Elyria Health Chief Marks 25 Years of Progress
Frank H. Williams nears retirement after 26 years as Elyria's sanitary police officer noting a quarter century of health gains. Early ordinances limited swine geese cows and goats while river cleanups reduced rubbish dumping. 1915 saw a smallpox surge with 58 July cases and Williams contracting the disease. today smallpox is rare.
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Elyria
Frank H. Williams
Williams
Health Department
Slow In Making Application For Compensation
Local applicants for Unemploy ment Compensation were slow today in making appointments for filing their applications Approximately 60 more made such appointments yesterday at the local office bringing total to about 120 since Tuesday morning but far below expectations. Those wanting claims dated January 3 must call by December 31. The station at 322 Broad Street near East avenue serves multiple townships with three scheduling stations in Oberlin city hall Grafton city hall and Falls Clinic Wellington open until noon Friday. Those who miss this week will have claims dated from the filing date. Continued on Page 12.
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Broad Street
East Avenue
Oberin City Hall
Grafton City Hall
Falls Clinic
Wellington
Elyria
Rochester
Huntington
Brighton
Penfield
Grafton
LaGrange
Pittsfield
Camden
Henrietta
Russia
Carlisle
Eaton
Columbia
Ridgevile
Oberlin Men Bring Issue Into The Open
Two affidavits sworn by Lawrence Lancashire and Ira L. Porter allege that Charles Leasure pressured to waive Lancashire's Civil Service ranking to favor Luetta Magruder for a Lorain County unemployment office managerial post. The matter, tied to a pending Ohio commission appointment, prompts League of Women Voters scrutiny and potential legislative confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles 5S
Leasure
Ohio Unemployment Compensation Commission
Oberlin
Lorain County
Robert Fduver
Lawrence Lancashire
Ira L. Porter
Porter
Lancashire
Elyria
Lorain
Luetta P. Magruder
Review Of Outstanding Happenings In Elyria 1938 First Half
A detailed chronicle of Elyria Lorain County events from January to June 1938. Includes mayoral inauguration, fire disasters, road and infrastructure plans, school and church milestones, notable deaths, unemployment and relief figures, weather impacts, sporting and civic developments, and regional anniversaries. Key names include Joseph Q. Petro Harry Calvert Perry Koplin Ethel Stocking Wayne Cole and William Graves Sharp.
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Elyria
Joseph Q. Petro
Lake Shore Electric Railway
Ohio Utilities Finance Company
Sandusky
Harry S. Calvert
Pfaudler Company
Lorain Harbor
War Department
Harry C. Weil
American Lace Manufacturing Company
Elyria City
Lorain County
WPA
NYA
CCC
Elyria Y. W. C. A
Chinese Industrial Leader Is Slain
In Tientsin a gunman identified as Chinese assassinated Wang Chu-Lin, 80, a prominent Chinese Chamber of Commerce leader and industrialist, then fled. The killing occurred outside a cafe with three point blank shots.
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Tientsin
China
UPS
Wang Chu-Lin
Wang
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