Identifying America’s 60 richest families questioned
Washington rushes to list the so called 60 richest families after speeches by Harold L. Ickes and Robert H. Jackson cite Ferdinand Lundberg’s America’s Families. The book estimates fortunes and income tax data for names like Rockefellers Morgans Fords Vanderbilts Whitneys and duPonts.
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Washington
America
Harold L. Ickes
Robert H. Jackson
Jackson
Ickes
Verdinand Lundberg
Lundberg
Wall Street
New York Herald- Tribune
United States
Rockefellers
Standard Oil
Morgan Inner Group
Morgan Partners
Morgan
Morgan Corporation
J. P. Morgan and Co
Fords
Ford Motor Co
Harknesses
Mellons
Aluminum Co
Bedfords
Cutlers
Flaglers
Pratts
Benjamins
duPonts
E. I. duPont de Nemours
McCormicks
International Harvester
Chicago Tribune
Bakers
First National Bank
Nyc
Fishers
General Motors
Guecenheims
American Smelting and Refining Co
Fields
Marshall Field and Co
Curtis-Boks
Curtis Publishing Co
Dukes
American Tobacco Co
Berwinds
Berwind-White Coal Co
Lehman Brothers
Wideners
American Tobacco and Public Utilities
Reynolds
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Astors
Penney Co Carries Case Higher in Ohio Supreme Court
The J C Penney Co seeks to overturn Lorain County judgments in Hervey Leach's personal injury suit. Leach, an itinerant waste paper collector, was injured May 6, 1936, when a fire door bar in the store's stock room struck him on the head. The common pleas court had ruled for Penney, the appellate court reversed and remanded.
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Columbus
J. C. Penney Co
Lorain
Ohio Supreme Court
Hervey Leach
Leach
County Common Pleas Court
Penney Company
Police Court Receipts Show Big Increase
December police court receipts totaled 797.40 up from 560.30 in November per mayor's clerk Grant Schrock. Itemized totals include Fines 554.00 Costs 206.10 Liquor licenses 20.00 Wine 7.50 Beer 5.00 Soft drinks 1.00 Dance permits 1.00 Disposing of dead dogs 2.00 long distance calls 0.80.
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Grant Schrock
Schrock
Wealthy Tycoons Who Paid Family Taxes Listed by Lundberg
Beginning with Thomas Fortune Ryan, Lundberg says his list names individuals who paid family taxes. Some of them are dear but Lundberg said most of them left their fortunes to their families. The roster includes magnates from banking, steel, railroads, and industry with multi million dollar holdings and extensive estates across New York and beyond.
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Winthrops
Stillmans
National City Bank
Timkens
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Pitcairns
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
Warburgs
Kuhn, Loeb and Co
Metcalfs
Rhode Island Textile Mills
Clarks
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Phipps
Carnegie Steel Co
Kahns
Greens
Patterson
Chicago Tribune, Inc
Tafts
Deerings
International Harvester
DeForest
Goulds
Hills
Drexels
J. P. Morgan and Co
Thomas Fortune Ryan
H. Foster
Cleveland
Eldridge Johnson
Victor Phonograph
Arthur Curtiss James
C. W. Nash
Mortime
Schiff, Kuhn, Loeb and Co
James A. Paten
Charles Hlayden
Orlando F. Weber
Allied Chemical and Dye Corp
George Blumenthal
Lazard Freres
Ogden L. Mills
Michael Friedsman
Edward B. McLean
Rining
Eugene Higgins
New York Real Etate
Alexander §. Cochran
Mrs. L. N. Kukwood
Helen Tyson
Archer D. Huntington
James J. Storrow
Jee Higginson and Co
Julius Rosenwald
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Bernard M. Baruch
Stock Market
S. S. Kresge
Lundberg
Institute To Open At Brownhelm On Monday
The Brownhelm Farmers Institute will be held Monday and Tuesday January 3 and 4 at Brownhelm High School auditorium with speakers Mrs. Paul Maxwell and J. W. Farnsworth. Five sessions run 9:30 Monday to 1:15 Tuesday, featuring music, talks on agriculture, economy, government for the people, and a play, with multiple local participants and organist performances.
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Brownhelm Farmers’ Institute
Brownhelm High School
Paul Maxwell
Cardington
Morrow County
J .W. Farnsworth
Waterville
Lucas County
Russell Miller
H. E. Weber
Marjorie Howe
Frances Eckert
National Daily Show
Wayne Leimbach
Pat Pourri
Mrs. Maxwell
Mr. Farnsworth
C. I. Hummel
Ralph Hasenpflug
Jane Baird
Arlene Northeim
Clyde Bacon
Donald Baetz
Raymond Bechtel
Miss Howe
O. Shilts
Alvin Portman
Moving Pictures
Arthur Northeim
R. E. Albright
Cathryn Fowell
Florence Baetz
Political clash over New Deal strategy in class warfare debate
Congressional factions split over the administration’s attack on monopoly and the White House push for private initiative. McCarran faulted Ickes and Jackson for misrepresenting the President. Some saw the speeches as a rebuttal after recent blows by critics, others as a bid to seize the offensive while reassuring business. Ickes accused strikers against the government.
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McCarran
Ickes
Jackson
Charles L. McNary
Hamilton Fish
N. Y
White House
Boer War leg wound blamed for Bayswater captain death
Captain W. Longbottom dies in Bayswater England from a leg wound received in the Boer War 37 years ago. The longtime army officer had lived in retirement near the district for decades and his passing is noted in local obituaries.
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W. Longbottom
Bayswater
England
Faith Peirce and Harry Williams Engagement Notice
Mr and Mrs Paul S Peirce of Morgan Street announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Faith Peirce to Harry Williams of Daytona Beach Florida. The wedding will be in June. Miss Peirce teaches French and German at Coker College Hartsville SC. Mr Williams, a University of Delaware graduate, teaches French at the Florida Preparatory School Daytona Beach.
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Paul S. Peirce
Morgan Street
Faith Peirce
Harry Williams
Daytona Beach
Florida
Miss Peirce
Coker College
Hartsville
South Carolina
Williams
University of Delaware
Florida Preparatory
Christ Church Boys Choir to Debut in Evening Service
At Christ Church on Sunday evening at 7 30 the newly organized Boys Choir will debut presenting ancient Christmas carols and scripture readings by the boys. New vestments from England will be used for the first time and offerings taken to defray vestment costs. Oberlin Townsend club No 1 plans a meeting next Tuesday night January 4 at eight in the K P Hall with a pie social to follow. Past Chiefs of the Pythian Sisters meet Monday evening at Mrs E M Lyman’s home.
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Christ Church
England
Oberlin Townsend Club No. 1
K. P. Hall
Oberlin
Pythian Sisters
E. M. Lyman
Cleveland Livestock Market Report Cattle Calves Hogs and Lambs
Receipts show cattle steady with butcher grade ranges from $37 to $49 per hundredweight, calves weaker with primes around $13, hogs steady with 259-390 lb yields at about $27 to $29, sheep and lambs slow but steady with choice lambs near $28 and yearlings around $7 to $10, diverse weights and grades across cattle calves hogs and sheep reflected in mixed bids.
Grain and produce quotations from Sheets Elevator and Jontera Milling
Quotations on grain hay and flour from Sheets Elevator Co and Jontera Milling Co cover corn wheat oats and mill feeds by the bushel or ton for car lots. Prices span No 2 red wheat to various oats rye and hay varieties, with ranges for butter eggs live poultry potatoes and other Cleveland produce items.
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Sheets Elevator Co
Jontera Milling Co
Varrel
Toledo
King Tut Died at About Eighteen Years Old
Source notes that the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun died around age eighteen after ruling in the 14th century BC. Historians link his death to ancient illnesses and court life, with discoveries revealing his tomb and artifacts that sparked modern fascination.
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Tut
Local notes on residents and travel in Groveland area
Merwin apartments at 20 North Pleasant Street are mentioned alongside moves and visits. Robert Lyman of Groveland Street heads to Pittsburgh to take a mail clerk post at the terminal. Mrs. Lyman and their baby plan to join around February 1. Worcester couple returns home after visiting Nelson in Madison. George Lyman returns to Saginaw after a stay with E. M. Lyman. Etoll family visits Syracuse friends. Rolland Van Ausdale departs for Monclova to teach after vacation with Groveland Street family. Derby New York guests include Eileen Kelly. Mrs. Gunn entertains New Year guests from Cleveland and Detroit. Frank L. Huntley attends Modern Language Association meetings in Evanston, Illinois.
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Merwin
North Pleasant Street
Robert Lyman
Groveland Street
Pittsburg
Pittsburgh
George Lyman
Saginaw
Michigan
E. M. Lyman
E. &K. Etoll
Oberlin
David Kelly
Eileen
Derby
N. Y
R. D. A. Gunn
West Lorain Street
Burns
Cleveland
Conner
Detroit
Helen McKee
Frank L. Huntley
Evanston
Ilinois
Baritone To Sing At Church Dinner
Augustus Grist, leading baritone, to sing at Second Baptist church fifth annual dinner in YMCA dining room at Court and Third on Saturday January 1. Grist has appeared as soloist on the Cleveland Railway program over WGAR and given recitals in Cleveland and other cities. Dinner at 6 30 sharp with other prominent talents. reservations may be made at the YMCA.
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Augustus Grist
Second Baptist Church
Court
Third Street
Grist
Cleveland
WGAR
City Finishes Year With Balanced Budget Report
City Auditor A. C. Schilleman announced the city ends the year with a balance of $25,000 to be reappropriated next year. A full expenditure report is pending, but the auditor estimates about $270,000 spent on general operations this year.
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A. C. Schilleman
Police pledge to enforce closing hours with fairness
NUMBER FOUR stood through his department that it would follow the announced policy of the state liquor control department, and not enforce the 2 a. m. closing order, so long as reasonable propriety is observed. Police Chief E. J Stankard said that his department intends to "play fair" with proprietors at night clubs and other drinking establishments throughout the city in regard to the regular closing hours, but warned that if any reports of disorderliness are received the places complained of will be closed.
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State Liquor Control Department
E. J Stankard
Cleveland Man Hurt When Auto Skids
Edward Munford a 40 year old resident of 7006 Detroit Avenue Cleveland suffered a right leg and an ear laceration when a car he rode in skidded into a ditch at Sugar Ridge and Avon Belden roads, tipped over and burned at 9 30 last night. Driver Ralph Neubauer 25 of 16820 Larchwood Avenue Cleveland was uninjured. The Ridgeville fire department arrived too late to save the car. Munford was transported to Elyria Memorial Hospital by Don Gessner and was listed in fair condition today.
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Edward Munford
Detroit Avenue
Cleveland
Sugar Ridge
Avon Belden
Mumford
Ralph Neubauer
Larchwood Avenue
John B. Judge
Ridgeville
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Don Gessner
Fair Today
Underhill Dies Suddenly at 61 Royal Creamery Proprieter
Quinn A Underhill 61 died suddenly at his Middle Avenue home after a period of ill health since March. He owned the Royal Creamery for 12 years. Survived by sons Royal Theodore and Etabelle, a brother Harvey of Akron. Funeral Monday at 1 30 p m from Nichols Funeral Home with Christian Science service.
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Quinn A. Underhill
Middle Avenue
Mr. Underhill
Royal Creamery
Royal
Theodore
Etabelle
Harvey
Akron
Nichols Funeral
Christian Science Church
Court actions and divorces filed in Wellington area
Two personal injury suits were filed against Blake Smith of Wellington over a Route 58 collision near Sullivan on November 15 1936 by Florence Slavens and Clara Slavens of Edenburg C seeking 15000 and 7500 respectively. John H Russell obtained a divorce from Dorothea Pauline Russell for gross neglect. Laura Heath was granted a divorce from Albert M Heath for neglect. F A Hayes sued Belle Barnes for 6000 for services as a hired man on property at Wakeman.
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Blake Smith
Wellington
Florence Slavens
Edenburg
Clara Slavens
Route 58
Sullivan
John H. Russell
Dorothea Pauline Russell
Guy B. Findley
Laura Heath
Elyria
Albert M. Heath
D. A. Cook
F. A. Hayes
Belle Barnes
Wakeman
Death of Mrs Elizabeth Deacon Bishop in Mallet Creek Ohio
Mrs Elizabeth Deacon Bishop died at her home in Mallet Creek Ohio after a lingering illness. Born in Ridgeville August 3 1859 she lived in Mallet Creek 29 years and was a member of the Methodist Protestant church. She is survived by her husband Henry A Bishop and three sons Albert Elyria Lawson W Havana Cuba and Ralph at home. Funeral Sunday at 2 30 from the M P church in Mallet Creek.
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Elizabeth Deacon Bishop
Mallet Creek
Ohio
Bishop
Ridgeville
Henry A, Bishop
Albert
Elyria
Lawson W
Havana
Cuba
Ralph
Foreclosure Actions Filed in Lorain and Sugar Ridge Duels
Nes Bietka filed foreclosure suits totaling 3316 dollars against property in Lorain and Carey T. Sayers faced 6133 dollars in a mortgage foreclosure on Ridgelawn property at Sugar Ridge. Leo F. Vehlein of Lorain filed for divorce from Viola Vehlein on grounds of extreme cruelty, noting a one year marriage.
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Nes Bietka
Lorain
Carey T. Sayers
Sugar Ridge Road
Ridgelawn
Leo F. Vehlein
Viola Vehlein
Avon Lake man sues for warranty deed in purchase case
C. C. A. Knable of Avon Lake sues Thomas C. Terrett of Cleveland to compel delivery of a warranty deed under an alleged contract to buy Avon Lake property. The Home Owners Loan Corporation filed two suits today, one against Ag.
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C. C. A. Knable
Avon Lake
Thomas C. Terrett
Cleveland
The
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Blyria Building Growth in 1937 Highlights
Bly ria saw total building improvements reach 422,156 in 1937 up from 360,696 in 1936, per Building Inspector Hart Dicka son. The year yielded 24 new houses valued at 110,800 with average construction cost 4,200, and 1,108 permits overall with fees of 1,615.98. Building permits issued numbered 340 in 1937 versus 463 in 1936.
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Blyria
Hart Dickason
115 Young People Attend Lorain County Senior Four-H Party
A crowd of 115 Lorain Countians attended the Lorain County Senior Four-H Club holiday party at La Grange Town Hall. Four-H members joined as guests, with quadrilles square dancing and games led by Max Drake Medina County club agent who supplied the orchestra and caller. Refreshments followed the program.
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Lorain
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