Wealthy Tire Pioneer Harvey Firestone Dies At 70
Miami Beach reports Harvey Firestone 70, famed tire magnate, died suddenly at his winter estate Harbel Villa. Founder of Firestone Tire and Rubber, he built a global company employing over 20,000 and championed mechanized industry alongside Edison and Ford. Russell Firestone announced the death. body to be moved to Canton, Ohio for burial.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Harvey
Firestone
Harbel Villa
America
Henry Ford
Thomas A. Edison
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Highast
Fe O
Edison
Ford
Russell Firestone
Arren
Wichal Liter
Harvey Firestone A Simple Man Of Vast Rubber Empire
Harvey S Firestone died today in Miami Beach Florida at age 69 born a farmer's son in Columbiana County Ohio He built the great Firestone rubber empire with factories and mills worldwide He spoke of the burden of possessions and lived a life of simple tastes and modest roots
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Akron
WPI
Harvey S. Firestone
Miami Beach
Fla
Columbiana County
Ohio Weather: fair tonight with cooler Tuesday rise
Weather report notes fair conditions in Ohio tonight with a Tuesday gradual temperature rise. Disturbances linger off the North Atlantic and Washington coasts while high pressure centers over Alberta and the Middle Mississippi and along the Pacific coast shape conditions. Temperatures run above normal across most of the country this morning.
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Ohio
North Atlantic
Washington Coast
Alberta
Mississipppi
Pacific Coast
Rivers Go On Rampage In Michigan
Floods and ice jams across Michigan drive hundreds from homes as 58 degree warmth brings storms. Evacuations surge along Clinton Grand Rouge and Pine rivers while bridges close and boats aid refugees. Sheriff's deputies dynamite jams to prevent further damage and protect livestock as floods rise statewide.
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Detroit
Sourcher
Michigan
Dlrlland
Thumb
Wetrart
Clinton River
Mt. Clemens
Grand River
Comstock Park
Grand Rapids
Hugh Blackloch
Rouge River
Childsdale
Rockford
Sheru
Rouge
Grand
Alma
Likearsley Creek
Flint
Inside facts on Lorain County educators to be shown
Lorain County school superintendents and principals will hear inside facts about their lives at the monthly Kipton meeting. Autobiographical sketches from local educators will highlight career high points, beginning with a dinner at 6:36. The program committee includes H. W. Baetz, J. L. Oppelt, Gerald M. Frank, and Charles J. Browne.
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Lorain County
Kipton
H. W. Baetz
J. L. Oppelt
Boys Register For Camp At Elyria YMCA
Three boys have registered for the first period of the 1938 season at Camp Iys See Kes on the Vermilion River. Fred Steinhauser Jack Leber and Jack Cook are listed as early registrants per Herman Geyer YMCA boys' work director.
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Camp Iys-See-Kes
Elyria Y. M. C. A
Vermilion River
Herman Geyer
Fred Steinhauser
Jack Leber
Jack Cook
Morristown youth pleads guilty in murder case start
Wendell Forrest Bowers aged 20 changed his plea to guilty at the outset of his trial today in Morristown for the murder of Wilma Carpenter a 94 year old widow.
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Morristown
Wendell Forrest Bowers
Peale Oa
Wilma
C I O group to seek renewal of steel contract with Big Steel
United States Steel and C I O bargaining groups begin secret talks for renewal of last year’s contract. Philip Murray leads the CIO team with Van A Bittner and Lee Pressman, while wage cuts threaten stalemate. Benjamin Fairless warns wage reductions needed for price policy, Lewis vows resistance.
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C. 1.O. Group
Big Steel
United Press
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Steel Workers Organizing
Philip Murray
Murray
van A. Bittner
Chicago
the & W. QO. C
Lee Pressman
Clinton S. Golden
Pittsburgh
Steel Corporation
Carnegie Illinois Corporation
U.S
Benjamin K. Fairless
Steel
Roosevelt
Lewis
Death summons John F. Glosser
John F. Glosser 65 retired telephone service veteran for Matsfield Elyria and Cleveland died at 2 39 PM Sunday at his home 122 Neuter Court after six weeks illness He lived in Elyria since 1913 and worked for Elyria telephone exchange then Ohio Bell Cleveland He enjoyed gardening and woodwork and was a First Congregational Church trustee and Mason He is survived by wife Anna two sons Edwin and Frederick two daughters Ethel and Elizabeth four grandchildren and several siblings Funeral services Tuesday 8 PM at First Congregational Church with Rev William Muir Auld burial Ridge Hill Memorial Park.
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John F. Glosser
Matsfield
Elyria
Cleveland
Neuter Court
Mansfield
Black River
Cascade Park
Mr. Glasser
First Congregational Church
King Solomon Masonic Lodge
Anna D. Glosser
Edwin FR. Glosser
Frederick HK. Glosser
Lorain
Ethel Glosser
Elizabeth Losser
Peru
Nebraska
North Carolina
Darling
Pennsylvania
Buffalo
William Muir Auld
Ridge Hill Memorial Park
Nichols Funeral Home
U.S. Fiscal Snapshot For The Current Year
Washington reports the government has spent 4.55 billion dollars from July 1, 1937 to February 4, 1938 while receipts reach 3.61 billion. The deficit stands at 935.9 million and the public debt totals 37.61 billion.
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Washington
Capone seeks Supreme Court review of tax sentence
Alphonse Capone asked the Supreme Court to review the validity of a one year jail term and $20,000 fine that he must fulfill after completing an 11 year sentence for income tax charges currently being served.
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Washington
Alphonse Capone
Chicago
Supreme Court
Three Fail In Attempt To Gain Freedom
Florence Arizona February 7 three convicts tried to escape from the state prison two fell from yard walls and the third was shot as he fled across the desert Warden A J Barnes said Earl Williams 36 was shot in the knee after breaching the twenty foot wall He stumbled about 100 yards and tried to hide A collie dog owned by yard captain P B Lopas chased Williams until guards captured him
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Florence
Ariz
A. J. Barnes
Earl Willams
P. B. Lopas
Williams
Former Deputy Sheriff Dies in Elyria at 79
Loren Steve Wood, 79, longtime Elyria resident and former deputy sheriff under his uncle A. E. Lord, died Sunday at Elyria Memorial Hospital after retiring from the Elyria Street Department in 1934. Survived by nephew Clifford Wood and three nieces, the family will receive visitors at Sudra Curtis Funeral Home with services Tuesday at 3:30 PM officiated by Rev. Will Foster, burial in Ridgelawn Cemetery.
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Loren Steve Wood
A. E. Lord
Lorain County
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Mr. Wood
Wilson Little
Island Road
Eaton Township
Elyria Street
Elyria
Clifford Wood
Frank Butler
Charles Wicks
Lake Worth
Florida
W. K. Patterson
East Cleveland
Sudra- Curtis
Will Foster
Church of Christ
Ridgelawn Cemetery
Revised Crop Bill Ready For Congress
Washington February 7 The House and Senate conferees on the administration farm bill prepare to present a revised crop control measure to Congress amid potential controversy. Senator Joseph C. O Mamoney Denn Wyoming and the Western bloc oppose the plan claiming it will undermine cattle grazing states. Conferees chairmen Ellison D. Smith and Marvin Jones expect early approval of the report as they say it tightens controls on wheat corn cotton rice tobacco while seeking price stabilization.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Joseph C. O’mahoney
Wyo
El-lison D. Smith
D. C
Marvin Jones
Texas
O'Mahoney
Retired Banker Charles Paul Dies in Miami Beach
Charles A. Paul, 77, a retired banker from Norwalk, Ohio, died yesterday in Miami Beach after a weeklong illness. Former president of Citizens National Bank of Norwalk and a director of United National Bank of Cleveland, he had been a winter visitor there for 10 years.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Charles A. Paul
Norwalk
Paul
Citizens National Bank of
United National Bank of Cleveland
Hull Appeals For Promotion Of Peace
Secretary of State Cordell Hull urged nations to pursue peace through reciprocal wade treaties and armament limits while affirming U S readiness to strengthen military and naval forces. He warned against disarmament gaps and called for normal international trade relations as the path to security, amid pressures over Japan and global rearmament.
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Washington
United States
Cordell Hull
Hull
Great Britain
France
Japan
Rees
Huil
Roosevelt
Recreation Director Will Speak Here at Elyria PTA
Noel H. Petree recreation director under Public Welfare of the Ohio Congress of Parents and Teachers will address a Elyria High School Parent-Teacher Association meeting Wednesday evening. The talk and Play session will show playground and gym activities for boys girls and adults. Petree formerly spoke at the North Central District conference and previously served as state recreational director for WIA.
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Noel H. Petree
Department of Public Welfare
Ohio Congress of Parents and Teachers
Elyria High School
Parent-Teacher Association
Tme
Petree
North Central District
WIA
Confession Reported in Hornbeck Attack Murder Case
A 22-year-old Grafton Prison farm trusty confessed to the Louise Hornbeck attack murder of October 18 in Graf ton. He also admitted a prior assault on Miss Bernadette Bater, 22, of Grafton and admitted taking a gun from Swan’s quarters. Authorities report the case linked by location and time and a third confession has been obtained.
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Prison Farm Trusty
Hornbeck
Louise Hornbeck
Grafton
Grafton Prison Farm
Bernadette Bater
County
William G. Smith
J. M. Rule
Howard R. Butler
Lorain County
Massillon State Hospital
Smith and Butle
Arthur Hyde
Alexander Maneff
Maneff
West Homestead
Hyde
Lima Institution
Walter Maples
Miss Bater
Thornbeck
Miss Hornbeck
Earl Hornbeck
Mr. Hornbeck
Swan
Ray Taylor
William F. Grail
Bater
Miss Holmbeck
Conviction Of Dr Townsend Is Upheld
The U S Court of Appeals upheld the conviction of Dr Francis E Townsend, old age pension advocate, for contempt of a house committee. He faces 30 days in jail and a $100 fine after interrupting a March 12, 1937 hearing and decrying inquisitorial methods. Justice Miller affirmed the act as deliberate, stating Congress may probe broadly, while Justice Stephens dissented, urging reversal.
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Washington
U. S Court of Appeals
Francis E. Townsend
House
Townsend
Circuit Court
Justin Miller
Dr. Townsend
Justice Miller
Congress
Harold Stephens
Revolvers Found In Car As 18 Year Old Taken To Custody
Police seized a 32 caliber revolver from a car where an 18 year old youth sleeping in the rear was taken into custody. A second 22 caliber revolver was found in a cheap suitcase along with shoeskates a new suit with labels removed and other disguises. The youth said he bought the car in Lansing Michigan for 500 dollars on February 2 and that he lives in Benton Illinois. He claimed CCC work in Michigan before, then a warehouse job.
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Roosevelt School
Lansing
Mich
Benton, Ill
CCC
Michigan
Permits Sought Fast For Elyria Food Handlers
Elyria sees rapid influx of applications for food handling permits as March first deadline nears. City health commissioner Dr G E B French notes the ordinance requires a permit for every person in food or drink establishments and mandates physical examinations. Unclear cases await further review but none rejected so far.
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Elyria
G. EB
French
Have No Clue In Killing Of Minister
In Frederica Georgia on February 7 a 75 year old preacher Rev Charles H Lee was shot through the temple in his parsonage while preparing a Sunday sermon. Police fear they may never know who killed the benignant pastor connected to the Lees of Virginia and Christ Church tracing to John Wesley. A .38 caliber pistol fired through a window struck him as two bullets shattered the pane within thirty minutes. The first embedded in the wall. The second killed him.
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Frederica
St. Simons Island
Charles H. Lee
Lee
Lees of
Virginia
Robert E. Lee
Historic Christchurch
John Wesley
Cleveland Man Is Sentenced To Penitentiary
Andrew Jones a deacon in a Cleveland church was ordered sent to the Columbus penitentiary instead of Mansfield Reformatory after the court learned he is 37 not 25 He was given eight days to produce character witnesses for a probation and has not produced any witnesses yet Jones pleaded guilty to stealing a car owned by Vivian Scott of Elyria Avenue and driven to Virginia Scott has interceded for a parole Jones had no prior record
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Andrew Jones
Cleveland
Penitentiary
Columbus
Mansfield Reformatory
D. A. Cook
Jones
Vivian Scott
Elyria Avenue
Virginia
Miss Scott
Mrs Hahn Denied New Trial in Cincinnati Poison Slayings
The Hamilton County Court of Appeals upheld the lower court’s ruling that refused to set aside a death verdict for Mrs Anns Marie Hahn, the Cincinnati poison slayer, keeping her conviction and sentence in place.
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Cincinnati
Anns Marie Hahn
Hamilton County Court of Appeals
Three Unions Expelled From Federation
Miami February 7 The American Federation of Labor executive council today expelled from membership three unions including the Committee for Industrial Organization Unification Union At the news the President Willem Green Federation resigned his membership in the United Mine Workers.
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Miami
American Federation of Labor Executive Council
Federation Three Committee For
Willem Green
United Mine
Wenger
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Columbiana High School
Clinton
Rivers
Haryes S. Firestone
Capone
Hull Appeals For
Youngstown
C. H. Swan
Prison Farm
Marshall
Manoff
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