Jobless Office Still Awaiting Manager Here
Workers at the Elyria Ohio Unemployment Compensation office awaited a manager after Carroll R. Strong, appointed yesterday, delayed his decision. Nearly 400 appointment cards were issued for filing claims as the office operated without a permanent head.
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Elyria
Ohio Unemployment Compensation
Carroll R. Strong
Allison Avenue
Lorain
Strong
Charles Leasure
Ohio Unemployment Compensation Commission
Ohio State Liquor Store
France Sends Riflemen To Somaliland
In Marseilles the port echoed as about one thousand Senegalese riflemen boarded the steamships Sphinx and Chantilly to join the garrison at Djibouti amid anti-French activity in Italy. Gen Rene Olry reviewed the troops as crowds cheered from the docks.
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Marseilles
France
Sphinx
Chantilly
Djibouti
Italy
Rene Olry
Lorain Sheriff Names New Deputy Goohs To Fill Vacancies
Lorain County Sheriff Carl R. Finegan announced Peter Goohs, 33, of 3247 Lexington Avenue Lorain, as deputy to fill one of two vacancies. Goohs, married with an eight year old daughter, will begin duties tomorrow. He is a pipe filter worker formerly employed by American Shipbuilding Company for 13 years and was laid off last June.
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Carl R. Finegan
Peter Goohs
Lexington Avenue
Lorain
Goohs
American Shipbuilding Company
Lorain Countians Appointed Junior Interviewers
Marie D. Leahy of Wellington and Raymond S. Morris of Elyria are named junior interviewers by the Ohio Unemployment Compensation Commission. Junior salaries run from 105 to 150 dollars monthly. No Lorain County residents were listed among senior interviewers with salaries from 135 to 225 dollars.
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Lorain
Ohio Unemployment Compensation Commission
Columbus
Lorain County
Marie D. Leahy
Wellington
Raymond S. Morris
Elyria
Ohio Weather Report Sees Snow Flurries in North
Cloudy and partly warmer in the south tonight with possible snow flurries in the north. By Sunday expect partly cloudy skies and a dip in temperatures, with likely snow flurries in the northeast portion.
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Ohio
Roosevelt Expected to Deliver Vigorous Congress Message
President Roosevelt prepares to address Congress with a strong defense stance and a forceful repudiation of dictatorship. The speech, set for noon Wednesday before a joint session, signals a shift from domestic focus to broader world affairs while revisiting budget deficits and WPA politics and noting potential Republican gains.
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Congress
Washington
Roosevelt
House
Senate
76Th Congress
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Harry L. Hopkins
Commerce
Aubrey Williams
National Youth Administration
Treasury
Severe Cold Wave Eases With Warmer Night Expected
Forecaster H A Downs in Chicago said the nation would see rising temperatures except in Upstate New York Northern New England and parts of the Northwest. Light snow was forecast for Minnesota Iowa Wisconsin and Michigan as a warm Pacific air current moderates the extreme cold. Temperatures had fallen to 26 below in some spots but rebounded, with Bemidji rising from 22 below to eight below and Chicago dropping to 5 above before climbing toward 11 and then 20 by night.
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U.S
H. A. Downs
Chicago
New York
New England
Northwest
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Michigan
Pacific Coast
North Central States
Mercury
Bemidji
Minn
Devils Lake
N. D
Green Bay
Wis
Des Moines
Mrs Rousseau Condition Worse After Shooting and Killing
Elyria Memorial Hospital authorities reported today that Mrs Mae Rousseau is in less favorable condition. She suffered a shotgun injury on December 23 when she was shot and her husband was killed during the incident involving a Christmas tree taken from William Case, a Columbia township nurseryman.
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Elyria Memorial Hospital
Mae Rousseau
Engineering Dept Moves to Mason Temple Building
County Engineer Harry L. Dunham announced the Engineering Department will relocate Tuesday to the Mason Temple building. The new setup includes four rooms on the second floor and a basement blueprint room, with a 12 car garage leased for Temple court at 25 dollars monthly. Current rent is 60 dollars plus heat costs about 190 dollars in winter. The department has occupied its current Second Street Alley site for about four years.
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Harry L. Dunham
Masonic Temple
Second Street Alley
Dunham
Temple Court
Elyria Fire Loss Likely Falls Far Short of 1937 Total
Elyria’s fire loss for 1938 looked to end around $17,000, about one sixth of last year’s total, with 11 months tallied at $15,979.78 and December adding modestly. Fire alarms totaled 209 this year, a slight rise over 205 in 1937, and two new streamlined trucks costing about $40,000ικα enhanced the Central Fire Station’s readiness.
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Elyria
W. N. Bates
Federal judges age seventy retirement proposal urged
Attorney General Homer Cummings revived Roosevelt era ideas in his annual Justice Department report urging a constitutional amendment to retire all federal judges at 70. He also proposed 13 new circuit and district judgeships and a court administrator to oversee federal courts.
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Washington
Homer S. Cummings
Roosevelt
Cummings
Department of Justice
Congress
Democratic Party
Supreme Court
Taft
Justice Department
Chronicle-Telegram skips Monday edition for New Year
The Chronicle-Telegram will not publish on Monday in observance of New Year's Day. The next regular edition will appear on Tuesday, January 3, 1938.
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Chronicle-Telegram
New York Plans Riotous New Year Celebration
New York prepared for a record New Year revel with Times Square expected to draw a million roisterers and a citywide glow of orange and blue from the World’s Fair theme. Grover A. Whalen led many arrangements as hotels, night clubs, and theaters projected booming business and high prices across the holiday period.
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New York
Wall Street
Times Square
Grover A. Whalen
Fair Corporation
Broadway
Two Watchmen Named For Erie Ave Bridge
Lorain officials named two new watchmen for the Erie avenue bridge to fill vacancies created by the retirement of two pensioned workers. James McMannus and Charles W. Murath, both of Lorain and Democrats, were recommended by Joseph Conley of the Lorain Democratic City Committee to replace Andrew Yeager and William A. Robb. J P Corts, a Republican, had earlier filled a vacancy by replacing William H. Oldham. Edward Traxler becomes a regular after serving as substitute.
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Erie Avenue
Lorain
Board of Commissioners
James McMannus
Charles W. Murath
Joseph Conley
Democratic City Committee
Andrew Yeager
William A. Robb
J.P. Corts
William H. Oldham
Orders Chief of Gas Tax Division Reinstated
C Elbert Black of Columbus had been dismissed as chief of the Gasoline Tax Division of the State Tax Commission for refusing to solicit campaign funds for Governor Martin L. Davey. A Common Pleas ruling ordered Black restored to his $3600 annual post, but with back pay to be pursued separately.
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Columbus
Ohio
C. Elbert Black
State Tax Commission
Martin L. Davey
Common Pleas
Henry L. Scarlett
Black
Tax Commission
Scarlett
Ohio Supreme Court
Paul M. Herbert
Charles S. Druggan
Charles O. Wilson
Don’t Let Your Friend Get Into Trouble Tonight Auditorial
Night spots stay open to ring in the new year while revelers may overindulge. The piece urges friends to stop drunken driving, urging to take keys, arrange safe rides, and prevent tragedies. It stresses sober faculties post‑celebration and thanks for protecting lives.
Lorain County relief funds extended after discovery of credits
Lorain County officials announced $151,622 in relief credits found by Chief State Relief Examiner O P Van Schoik in Columbus. The windfall led commissioners to rescind plans to return relief administration to subdivisions and to continue county control indefinitely, with projected funds covering about five months of relief at roughly $30,000 monthly.
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Lorain County
O P. van Schoik
Columbus
William Klebold
Vin Schelk
Klebold
van Schick
van Schaik
John E. Davidson
Oscar G Dunn
Edward DeChant
DeChant
Davidson
Dunn
Elyria
Lorain
I. D. Faxon
Faxon
Council
Three Bandits Still At Large
Three men remain at large after a $35,000 hold up of the American Railway Express Co office in Youngstown. Ex-convict Steve Yagoditch is identified as one of the trio, with police in 11 states seeking the gang after they fled in a car toward Steelton, exchanging money bags and prompting shots from an express agent. Nine other victims identified Yagodich in photographs as the suspect.
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Youngstown, CO
Steve Yagoditch
American Railway Express Co
Express
Mahoning National Bank
Federal Reserve Bank
Cleveland
Express Company
Steelton
Charles McDowell
Joe Carosso
Youngstown
Carosso
Yagodich
U S Rejects Jap Program in China Open Door Policy Offered
Tokyo reports that the United States rejected Japan’s New Order plan for China and proposed joining an international conference on China’s future. Ambassador Grew delivered a note reaffirming treaties, urging multilateral action, and opposing unilateral Chinese settlement. The note followed news of Wang Ching-wei seeking peace with Japan.
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Tokyo
A.p
United States
Japan
China
Joseph Clark Grew
United States Department
Wang Ching- Wei
Chiang Kai-Shek
East Asia
Far East
Vacation In Schools Nears End In Elyria Lorain County
Christmas break ends for most Elyria and Lorain County students with most returning Tuesday while a few village and rural schools go back Monday. A. T. Smith says several districts shifted to Tuesday to meet 180 instructional days. Some will add make up days on Saturday Good Friday or field meet days. Elyria schools already exceed 180 days, so January 2 closing stands.
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Elyvia
Lorain County
Elyria
A. T. Smith
Ohio School Foundation
Rotarian Talk by Arthur C. Horrocks at Elvira Club
Arthur C. Horrocks, a noted author, lecturer, and industrial advisor, will address the Elvira Rotary Club at noon Tuesday at the Elks Restaurant. A Utah native who began as a cowboy, he rose through Baldwin University and Mt. Union College before joining Goodyear where he led the Industrial University training 43,000 young men. He later moved to Goodyear Public Relations as counsel and last year logged 53,000 miles in the United States and Canada for speaking engagements.
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Arthur C. Horrocks
Elvira Rotary Club
Elks
Horrocks
Cleveland
Baldwin University
Mt. Union College
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Goodyear Industrial University
Goodyear Public Relations Department
United States
Canada
Re-elect Barkley Majority Leader Won in Harmony Rally
Senate Democrats in Washington affirm Alten W Barkley of Kentucky as majority leader for the 76th Congress after a harmony rally. The re election reinforces leadership ahead of the new session and underscores party unity.
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Washington
Senate
Democrats
Alten W. Barkley
D. Ky
Quorum Hurdles Delay Leasure Confirmation in Senate
In Columbus on New Year’s Eve a scramble for a quorum delayed the confirmation of Gov. Davey’s appointee Charles Leasure to the unemployment compensation commission. Only 11 of 19 needed senators appeared as anti Davey forces and a switch in rules hindered action. If no quorum by midnight, Leasure’s six year term would fail.
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Senate
Hopkins
Senate Commerce Committee
Roosevelt
Vice Press- Garner
Columbus
Martin L. Davey
Charles Leasure
Zanesville
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Leasure
General Assembly
Davey
Arthur L. Limbach
Limbach
Clarence H. Kinsley
Bainbridge
State Industrial Commission
Sen. No. 3
Elyria Home for the Aged Counts Residents Over Ninety
A Chronicle Telegraph representative learned four residents at the Elyria Home for the Aged are over ninety, oldest 97, with 33 in their eighties and 44 in their seventies. The average age is about 76 as New Year arrives, and most elderly residents plan quiet reflections rather than celebrations.
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Elyria
Chronicle-Telegram
Aes
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