Ridgeville School Ends Year Early After Levy Defeat
The Ridgeville Township Board of Education moved to end the 1939-40 school year on April 19, four weeks early due to failed three mill levies. Officials expect to finish work by the new closing date while saving about 5,000 dollars through bond levy reductions and increased operating funds. The district still faces a possible fall start decision as voters defeated the levy twice. AKRON, O. Feb 2 Andrew Sneed, 15, was hospitalized with a serious abdominal gunshot wound, allegedly inflicted by his older brother Aaron who was handling a revolver.
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Ridgeville Township
Nis
Akron
Andrew Sneed
Aaron
Weather Ohio Tonight And Saturday Partly Cloudy
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with colder conditions in the extreme south. Slight warmth near Lake Erie Saturday as western highs spread across plains. Cooler morning in Ohio and lake region, little change in Great Plains. Warmer Atlantic and Gulf states with snowfall across Ohio and eastern lake region to the Atlantic. Precipitation reported in Pacific states and the Southwest.
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Ohio
Lake Erie
Plains States
Virginia Capes
Pacific States
Lake Region
Great Plains
Atlantic
Gulf States
Southwest
Charred Truck Drivers Sent Home For Burial
Two New York truck drivers, George Jarose and John Romeo, perished when their semi collided with a Western Express unit on Route 1. Romeo’s brother Frank arranged burial in Troy while Jarose’s body was returned by telephone. A Western Express driver, John Ostaf, survived with lacerations and a bruised leg and was recovering at Elyria Memorial Hospital.
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New York
George Jarose
Choes
John Romeo
Troy
Detroit
Western Express
Cleveland
Motor Express Co
Western Express Co
Frank Romeo
Jaruse
John Ostaf
Medina
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Finland's Need For Planes Is Urgent
Feb 2 Hararanda Sweden on the Finnish frontier reports Finland appealing for foreign airplanes after a raid by 43 Russian planes on Rovaniemi. Two Russian planes were shot down. bombs damaged a hospital area, killing two horses and wounding eight people. Churches and other buildings were wrecked or damaged as raids targeted civilian sites.
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Hararanda
Sweden
Tiifi
Finland
Rovaniemi
Rovaniem
Russia
East Liverpool Water Supply Threatened Again
East Liverpool Ohio Feb 2 water supply threatened for the second time in a month when a pumping main broke along the Ohio River Highway. Officials rush repairs to decide if the break affects a 10 inch or 20 inch main and could force shutting water to most of the citys 23329 consumers. A January break cut water to 83 percent of the population.
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East Liverpool
Ohio River
Terry
Defiance College organ professor dies at 58
Mrs. A. H. Latchaw a 58 year old professor of pipe organ and voice at Defiance College for nearly 25 years died of a heart attack last night in Defiance. Local obituary notes her long service and teaching career in music.
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Defiance
A. H. Latchaw
Defiance College
Russians Launch Strong Attack on Karelia Isthmus
Russian forces with 130 airplanes, armored sledges, tanks and heavy artillery attacked Summa in the center of the Mannerheim line on the Karelian Isthmus. Finnish troops resisted at all points as smoke screens and fierce fighting continued for hours, with communication to Finnish cities hampered.
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Karelian
U.pi
Summa
Mannerheim
Red Army
Vilpuri
Lake Ladoga
Death Summons E. K. Mussey At His Winter Home
Eugene Kendall Mussey 85 lifelong Elyria resident and grandson of an early settler died yesterday at his winter home in Dunedin Florida after a short illness. His death followed two weeks after his son Kendall Kidder Mussey died in New York on January 18. Born August 13 1854 in Elyria he was the son of Henry E and Caroline Kendall Mussey. He married Bertha Kidder in 187? and later Helen Lester in 1882. they had several children none survived long. He operated quarries with H E Massey and Company and lived at 338 Fifth Street except for winters in Florida for about 40 years. Continued on Page 11.
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Eugene Kendall Mussey
Elyria
Dunedin
Florida
Kendall Kidder Mussey
New York
Mr Mussey
Mr. Mussey
Henry E. and
Caroline Kendall Mussey
Mr. Massey
Elyria High School
Bertha Kidder
Sandy Hill
Henry E
Howard Eugene
Birmingham
Ala
Kendall Kidder
Mussey
Helen Lester
Sharon
Fifth Street
Eight County Probate Workers Face Salary Cuts
The eight employees in the probate court office faced pay reductions during the county economy drive, seeing monthly salaries fall from $5 to $14. Other cuts included Commission Clerk pay from $200 to $185 and Soldiers Relief Commission from $85 to $75. Payrolls show chief deputy Stanley R. Scho? dropping from $185 to $178.33 and several female staffers adjusting their wages accordingly.
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Probate
Fred C. Ruth
Soldiers Relief Commission
Stanley R. Scho
Florence Steger
Edna Johnson
Elizabeth Bradbury
Janice Holzhauer
Marion Kimpton
Major Russian Attack Repulsed on Karelia Isthmus
Helsinki February 2 Finns repulsed a major Russian attack on the Karelia Isthmus. Russian parachute patrols were captured or killed and five to eight Russian airplanes were shot down. Attacks on fortified islands near Lake Ladoga and on Summa in the Mannerheim line were also repulsed without bombs strikes in central Helsinki.
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Helsinki
Karelan
Lake Ladoga
Finns Break Up Attacks With Hand Grenades
On the Karelian front the Red Army renewed a strong frontal assault against the Mannerheim line with massed planes. Trojan Horses armored sledges were pushed ahead of tanks and repelled by Finnish hand grenades, halting the attack.
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Karelian
Red
Mannerheim Line
Child Killed by Auto in Welcome Ohio
Millersburg February 2 Al bert Fites Jr Killbuck was exonerated today after his automobile killed 7 year old Dorothy Jean Lee as she played in front of her home in Welcome Ohio.
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Millersburg
Albert Fites, Jr
Killbuck
Dorothy Jean Lee
Nazi planned 10 to 12 billion mark war finance program
Berlin reports say Nazi leaders pursue a broad 21 point economic plan to raise 10 to 12 billion marks to tighten the war footing. Proposals include a war finance fund, wage certificates, national thrift campaigns, new luxury taxes, and part cash wages. Experts from ministries and industry are drafting details under Goering.
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Berlin
Hermann Goering
Nuel No. 2
Germany
Extending Social Security Coverage to All Unemployed
The Social Security board urged Congress to extend unemployment compensation to all seeking work. It recommended including small firms under state unemployment insurance, expanding the Federal Tax provision beyond eight workers, and liberalizing benefits where state funds are currently sufficient. The report also urged longer benefit periods during periods of enforced idleness.
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Washington
Social Security Board
Congress
Auto Dealers Sell 298 New Units In January Lorain County
Auto dealers in Lorain county moved 273 new cars and 25 new trucks in January, compared with 154 cars and 12 trucks in January 1930, per Clerk of Courts H. E. Agate. January sales were slightly below the previous month’s total of 278 cars and 27 trucks. Gealers sold $7 of the new.
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Lorain County
Clerk of Courts
H. E. Agate
Gealers
Chickens Stolen From Two Farms Near Belden
Deputy sheriffs investigated the theft of 80 chickens from the Clarence Wise farm on Route S7 east of Belden and 40 chickens from Howard Wise’s nearby farm. The Clarence chicken coop lay about 200 feet from the residence, and the Howard Wise birds had their heads wrung off. Foot tracks led to the road edge where the thieves left in a car or truck.
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Clarence Wise
Belden
Howard Wise
Bombing hits twenty places in South Finland
Helsinki reports two air raid alarms with no bombs striking central Helsinki as twenty localities in South Finland were bombed by the Russian air force today.
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Finland
Helsinki
Gable and Lombard Hunted After Missing Trip
Ensenada Mex Feb 2 Clark Gable and Carole Lombard were missing since yesterday after leaving a ranch 115 miles south of Ensenada in Gable’s station wagon. Heavy rain and rough clay roads hindered a search by MGM officials who fear an auto accident. Otto Winkler and Erick Carpenter flew to the ranch then searched along the road toward Ensenada with taxicab help and by circling tourist camps and a gun club. No sign of the car or occupants was found by late evening.
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Ensenada
Mex
Clark Gable
Carole Lombard
Metro- Goldwyn - Mayer
Org
Hattie Hamilton
Here
Gable
Otto Winkler
Erick Carpenter
M-G-M
Professional Engineers Plan Year's Activities
Lorain County Society of Professional Engineers held its regular monthly meeting at the Y M C A in Lorain with 25 members present. Walter Fleming, new president and bridge engineer, led the session. Committees were appointed and the group mapped out educational and social activities for the coming year. Refreshments followed the meeting.
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Lorain County Society of Professional Engineers
Lorain
Walter Fleming
Groundhog Shadow Decides Six Weeks More Winter Mood
Elyrians awaited the groundhog to signal winter’s end as gray skies lingered and coal orders rose for six weeks of cold. The creature failed to reveal a clear shadow on several sightings, leaving locals unsure if early spring would arrive.
Farm Bloc Vows To Halt Reductions In Agriculture Budget
Washington February 2 The House farm bloc pushes to restore millions to the Agriculture Department appropriation as Economy Committee members demand a final vote Rep Phil Ferguson Oklahoma predicts added funds while Rep Clarence Cannon Missouri says the bill will pass with no further cuts The bloc had restored 128 828 for dry land agriculture but the house rejected a 1 million boost for forest land acquisition Key fights loom over farm tenancy funds and sugar act repayments as the farm bill moves toward adjournment.
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Washington
House
Agriculture Department
Phil Ferguson
D. Okla
Farm
Clarence Cannon
Appropriations
Roosevelt
Marvin Jones
Tex
Leader Attacks Japanese Govts Policies in Diet Debate
Tokyo reports Takao Saito of the Minseira party delivering a sharp attack on government policy in the Diet. He demanded a statement on when the war in China would end and outlined plans for peace terms. His remarks drew criticism from party members and the army, with War Minister Shunroku Hata scheduled to respond in the Diet.
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Tokyo
Takao Saito
Minseila Party
China
Saito
War Ministry
Shunroku Hata
Japan
East Asia
Disbanding of American League for Peace and Democracy
New York February 2 The American League for Peace and Democracy with 14 000 members and 117 city branches has disbanded. Rep Martin Dies chairman of the Committee Investigating Un-American Activities called the league a communist front. It was founded in 1933.
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American League For Peace and Democracy
New York
League
Martin Dies
Tex
UN American Activities
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Romeo
Auto Forwarding Co
Claude Adams
Ridgeville
Ridgeville School
Death
E. K. Mussey
H. E. Massey and Company
County Fund
Olean
N. Y
William O. Kendrick
Census Bureau
Syracuse
Lucy Pettit
Acme
Gables
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