Elyria official to report on school expenditures
Elyria Board of Education members will receive a detailed report on school expenditures prepared by Superintendent R C Maston. He challenges the Ohio Chamber of Commerce figures, arguing they omit factors needed for fair comparison. Maston cites $112,493 in items he’d exclude and notes bond financing would alter operating expense totals. He also notes state reimbursements for handicapped classes and vocational school costs affecting net costs.
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Elyria
R. C. Maston
Car
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Ohio
Maston
Lasi Girt
Hio Chamber
Ohio Chamber
Jaston
Erk
Elya
Jefferon
Russian Thrusts Lose Punch North of Lake Ladoga
In Helseinai, forces northeast of Lake Ladoga pressed desperate assaults to breach Finnish lines. Official censors cautioned against Scandinavia reports of a Russian division shattered, noting continued attacks past Sunday night with reduced punch and lost coordination.
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Helseinnai
Fland
Lake Ladoga
Ohio Weather Forecast and Fronts Crossing the Plains
Rain this afternoon in Ohio giving way to light snow flurries and a cooler night. Wednesday clouds pass with colder air. A Texas disturbance shifts into Kentucky with stronger low pressure near the North Pacific Coast. Temperatures rise in the Middle and South Atlantic while the Northern Plains grow cooler. Rain covers eastern Texas to Alabama and the Ohio Valley with heavy rain in the Lower Mississippi Valley and the far Northwest reporting heavy rainfall.
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Ohio
Texas
Kentucky
North Pacific
Atlantic
Rocky Mountain Plateau
South Atlantic
Plains
Alabama
Ohio Valley
Mississipi Valley
Davidson Requests Itemized Accounting From Soldiers Relief Commission
County Commissioner John E. Davidson said he will request an itemized accounting of all money disbursed by the Soldiers Relief Commission. He noted $30,000 was allocated this year for soldier relief and argued the board should know who receives funds and how they are spent. He said the board already gets detailed direct relief records and wants similar detail for the soldiers program.
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John E.davidson
Soldiers Relief Commission
Davidson
Davidsor
Mayor Orders Review Of Pinball Gambling Concerns
Mayor Joseph Q. Petro pressed for an ordinance to outlaw pinball and non token devices used for gambling after safety committee findings against legislation. The matter was referred to a special committee. several council members favored licensing as revenue, while the mayor opposed any gambling license provisions.
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Safety Committee
Joseph Q. Petro
Anna Kennedy
Petro
Black
Nelson
Cone
Toledo
New York State
James Scott
Mrs. Kennedy
John Kolopos
Edward Wilcox
Henry Ault
Leonard Fowls
Henry Sass- Manhausen
Carlisle Township Fire Protection Extended For 11 Months
Carlisle council extended fire protection to Carlisle Township for the rest of the year at 900 dollars with one dissenting vote. If continued next year the rate would be 100 dollars per month. Last year Carlisle paid 750 and prior to that 500. Leonard Fowls opposed sending East Side equipment to Carlisle, saying it deprives Elyria of protection. A request from Elyria Township for protection was referred to the safety committee for a future report.
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Carlisle Township
Sclons
Carlisle
Leonard Fowls
Elyria
Elyria Township
Safety Committee
Elyria School Officials Planned to Attend National Meeting
Elyria City Board of Education informally approved attendance of at least two, possibly three, officials at the American Association of School Administrators annual meeting in St. Louis later this month. Superintendent R. C. Maston and Elyria High School principal C. P. Shively are planning to attend, with elementary supervisor Harriet Hubbard possibly joining them.
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Elyria City
Delphos Sees First Five Weeks With No Arrests
Delphos Ohio reported no arrests by city police in the first five weeks of 1940. Mayor W D Swihart stated the city bore the distinction of having no crime during that period, underscoring a crime free start to the year.
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Delphos
Ohio
W. D. Swihart
Roosevelt Returns to White House After Hyde Park Weekend
President Roosevelt returned to the White House today after spending the weekend at Hyde Park New York. He resumed duties at the desk in Washington and was reported in good spirits following the weekend stay.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Hyde Park
N. Y
Dies Committee Center of Hot Controversy
Washington reports that William Dudley Pelley denied authorship of forged letters linking him to Chairman Martin Dies of the Dies Committee. David Mayne testified the letters were manufactured and not genuine. The House Rules Committee held a public session while considering expunging the related charges. Attorney General Jackson may review the matter.
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Frank Hook
Dem. N. M
House Rules Committee
Martin Dies
William Dudley Pelley
Hook
John J. Dempsey
Dies
Acme
Washington
Will OQ
House Committee
Pelley
van Dyke
Dies Committee
Rules Committee
Congressional
David Mayne
Robert H. Jackson
Tex
Jackson
Clare E. Hoffman
Mich
Hoffman
Department
Justice Department
Donald E. Montgomery
Agriculture Department
Consumer Council
Fines Fund Law Books in Ohio County Libraries
A new Ohio law directs revenue from arrests for crimes and misdemeanors to pay for law books and library maintenance in the county where the fine is assessed, up to 7 300 dollars annually. If all 88 counties meet this, 660 000 dollars could buy law books. Unspent money returns to localities minus 10 percent. municipalities may oppose as it cuts general funds. Lorain County Law Library expects to receive the full 7 500 dollars as the law takes effect.
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Ohio
Lorain County Law Library
Law Library
Dart Reech
Law Library Board of Trustees
Kew
Justice of the Peace Courts
Advance Sought For Schools Not Yet Needed
The county board authorized Clerk-Treasurer W C McClellan to request a $50,000 advance on upcoming tax money from the county auditor. The advance would cover payrolls due February 23, not the next Friday, and $30,000 is currently available. The board has used tax-advance borrowing for two years to avoid early operational loans.
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Elyria City
McClellan
Vote Special FBI appropriation to aid anti spy drive
The House appropriations committee approved a 2,488,000 special fund for the FBI to fight spies sabotage and subversive agents. The money backs 541 personnel nationwide with 10 agents in Washington and 250 agents plus 154 clerks in the field. Hoover cited heavy war related workload as the reason for the deficiency funding added to the 1941 supply bill.
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FBI
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
J. Edgar Heeger
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Justice, Commerce and State Departments
Roosevelt
Hoover
Justice Department
Governor General of Canada Injured in Ottawa
Lord Tweedsmuir, the Governor General of Canada, fell today in Ottawa and suffered a concussion of the brain. The incident prompted medical examination and updates on his condition are awaited from officials.
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Canada
Ottawa
Lord Tweedsmuir
Traffic Division to Expand as Police Buy Motorcycles
Council approves tightened patrols on Cleveland street and East Bridge street naming them speedways. A traffic officer will be stationed at Perry court and Cleveland street during rush hours and at Huron and Lake avenue. Two new motorcycles approved to replace four old ones a 1934 1933 and two 1938 models. A traffic officers salary fund is created and 3642 from the automobile license fund transferred to support patrol work.
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Council
Cleveland Street
East Bridge Street
Scions
Perry Court
Huron
Lake Avenue
Separate Elyria From Townships Seeks Tax Increase
Elyria plans to secede from Carlisle and Elyria townships to raise city income. Council delays action, referring the issue to building lands and planning committees for study and rapid report. City would gain about 3.5 tenths of a mill, increasing revenue from general tax sources from 17005 to 21000 annually, easing financial stress. The move would remove current ten mill limitation restrictions tied to township levies.
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Elyria
Carlisle
Seward N. Black
Finance Committee
George Thompson
Building and Lands Committee
Planning Commission
Elyria Township
Carlisle Township
C. A. Horan
Horan
W. H. Vanoster
Central Labor Union Opposes City Salary Cuts
The Elyria Central Labor Union spoke against any reduction in city employee salaries to reduce costs. In a letter signed by secretary Alva Kemp, the union urged other economies first and argued salary cuts would hurt living standards and wage levels in private industry. The council clerk ordered the letter filed.
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Elyria Central Labor Union
Alva Kemp
Hic
Canadian Pacific Liner Beaverburn Torpedoed
London reports the Canadian Pacific Steamship Line says all but one of the 77 crew of the 9,874 ton Beaverburn have been rescued after the cargo liner was torpedoed by a submarine off the southwest coast. The ship carried no passengers and was bound for Canada. details of the sinking are scarce. Rescue vessels began heading to the ship’s position after a sighting of a submarine.
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London
U P.1
Canadian Pacific Steamship Line
Beaverburn
Canada
Kolopos Named Member of City Council
John Kolopos of 340 Foster Avenue, an insurance man and gasoline station owner, was unanimously elected councilman at large to fill the vacancy created by George Thompson becoming council president. Robert Chesler was the other applicant. Kolopos, a World War II veteran and former Elyria American Legion Post commander, takes seats on Parks and Bridges, Transportation, Gas, and Rules, chairing Transportation. Thompson presided as president and will oversee Kolopos’s committee assignments.
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John Kolopos
Foster Avenue
George Thompson
Council
Tie
Robert Chesler
Loci Street
Kolopos
Elyria
Joseph Q. Petro
Thompson
Petro
W. E. B. Notley
Parks and Bridges
Transportation
Gas
Seward Black
Elyria High School
Request Council Act To Make Bridge Safe
A petition with 75 signatures by Lewin and Levin asks the city to address safety on the Cascade Park stone bridge scene of a July double drowning. A letter warns of a suit if no action is taken while a Civic and Political Department note from The Elyria Woman's Club asks curb hedge removal at Seventh street and East avenue to improve motorist visibility. The council also rejects a request to fund WPA housekeeping aid maintenance at $253 monthly.
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George Thompson
Park and Bridge Committee
Lewin
Seventh Street
East Avenue
Fines Levied on Pittsburgh Union Officials and Firms
In Federal Court Pittsburgh 36 union officials and electrical contractors faced fines from $50 to $7,000 for pleas of no defense to collusive bidding on PWA aided projects. Top sanction was $7,000 against Michael P. Gordon business agent of Loral 5 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Hess & Barton also paid $2,000. The cases arise from a Grand Jury probe into building costs in the Pittsburgh district alleging conspiracy to destroy competition and a roughly $500,000 government loss.
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Pittsburgh
PWA
William G. Shord
Robert C. Carmack
Electrical Contractors’ Association of Pittsburgh
William F. Hess
Hess & Barton
Britain Will Ration Meat in March Announcement
In London on February 6, Prime Minister Morrison announced in the House of Commons that meat rationing will begin March 11. Rations will be value based with adults over six allowed 37 1/2 cents worth weekly and children under six 18 3/4 cents. Liver kidneys tongue and manufactured meats will not be rationed.
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Bulletin
London
Britain
House of Commons
William S. Morrison
Morrison
Child Struck By Truck Escapes Serious Injury
Norma Gene Kaiser age six of 263 Harwood street was bruised on the left hip after being struck by a rear part of a truck owned by Robert Lehman and driven by Arthur L. Kessler while crossing Cleveland street with sister Mary eleven. The driver did not stop until pursued by Ray Hildebrand who stopped the truck at Gulf road and the girl was taken home. Her injuries were not believed serious.
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Norma Gene Kaiser
Harwood Street
Cleveland Street
Mary
Robert Lehman
Fifth Street
Arthur L. Kessler
Snow Road
Avon
Kessler
Ray Hildebrand
Gulf Road
Hildebrand
Walsh Appointed Fireman by School Board
The Elyria City Board of Education approved the appointment of Richard H. Walsh as night fire man at the central heating plant of Elyria High School on East Broad Street. Walsh, now with American Lace Manufacturing, was the top candidate among three certified by the Civil Service Board. Other certified candidates were Rollen E. Lumley of Oberlin and Charles Walkden of Elyria. The board also placed C. N. Nickoloff on a regular $2,000 yearly salary for maintenance work, replacing hourly pay that averaged about $3,908 annually.
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Richard H. Walsh
East Broad Street
Elyria High School
Elyria City
Beverly Court
Larain County
Oberlin
Charles Walkden
East Avenue
Wy.m.c. A
C. N. Nickoloff
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Elmer Nelson
Safety Corner
FDR
State Department
Commerce
Justice
Federal Judiciary
Police Department
Central Labor Union
Walsh
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