American Youth Congress Opens Citizenship Institute
The American Youth Congress begins a four day national youth citizenship institute in Washington with about 3,500 delegates. The Lincoln Memorial meeting will feature Attorney General Robert H. Jackson. A new anti Communist charge circulated last night, signed by Gent Tunney and four youth activists, accusing the Congress of undue Communist influence. Earlier criticisms came from the Dies Committee and John D. M. Hamilton of the Republican National Committee.
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Washington
American Youth Congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Youth Citizenship Institute
Robert H. Jackson
Congress
Gent Tunney
Dies Committee On un-American Activities
John D. M. Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Jackie Coogan Visits Cleveland to See Jeanne Carroll
Jackie Coogan, once a famed juvenile star, arrived in Cleveland to watch Jeanne Carroll in a theater show. He described their meeting in Los Angeles as friendship nothing more, spoke of domestic turmoil in his life, and said he would soon begin rehearsals for a new play. He planned to drive back to Los Angeles that night.
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Cleveland
Jackie Coogan
Jeanne Carroll
Coogan
Los Angeles
Id Coogan
Betty Gruble
Louis Weighs In One Pound Heavier For Title Fight
New York February 9 Heavyweight champion Joe Louis holds a one pound weight advantage over challenger Arturo Godoy as both fighters are weighed for their 15 round title bout in New York. Louis weighed 203 pounds while Godoy tipped the scales at 202.
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New York
Joe Louis
Arturo Godoy
Chile
Lews
Goday
Local Minister Revered for Building Nine Tabernacles
The Reverend Irvin E. Ade of Elyria Gospel Tabernacle, born November 7, 1903 in Norwood Ohio, has overseen the construction of nine tabernacles nationwide. His career spans machinist and radio work, evangelistic missions, and pastorates from Berlin Wisconsin to Superior Wisconsin, culminating in a nearly completed building in June 1939. He and his wife reside at 350 Sixth Street with children Lilah and Paul. he enjoys gardening and fishing in his spare time.
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Irvin E. Ade
Elyria Gospel Tabernacle
East Bridge Street
Norwood
Ohio
Chicago Gospel Tabernacle
Christian and Missionary Alliance Training Institute
Nyak
N.Y
Mason
Athens
Mi-lan
Pound
Wisconsin
Mentor
Minnesota
Athens Tabernacle
Brig
Faith
Fide
Senior Four-H Valentine Party Planned for Wednesday
Lorain county senior Four-H Club invites members sixteen and older and youths from Medina and Cuyahoga counties to a Valentine party at 8 30 p m Wednesday in Columbia town hall. Jackson's Orchestra will provide music. The club will also present its one act Doubt About Daisy at the Middle Ridge Community Club next Friday night.
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Lorain County
Columbia Town Hall
Medina
Cuyahoga
Daisy
Middle Ridge
Auto Collides With Dog On Cleveland Street
A car driven by Rev. D. A. Buser of Amherst struck a large dog in front of 230 Cleveland Street at 6 20 p m yesterday. The auto sustained a left front fender and damaged headlight. The dog fled the scene. William Davies of 124 Harwood Street, owner of the dog, said he would pay for the auto damage per the police report.
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Cleveland Street
D. A. Buser
Amherst
William Davies
Harwood Street
Auto Rams Into Train Killing Cleveland Man
A Cleveland bus driver, Jack Mansfeld, 34, was killed when the auto he rode in struck a slowly moving New York Central freight train. Passenger Frederick Wooton, 37, was injured in the crash. An unidentified man about 40 was killed at an Erie Railroad yard crossing when struck by an engine.
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Cleveland
Jack Mansfeld
Frederick Wooton
New York Central
Erie Railroad
Cook Announces For Commissioner in Elyria Race
Howard D. Cook of 200 Columbus Street announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for City Commissioner. Resident since 1895, he formerly supervised skelp mills at the National Tube plant in Lorain until May 1937 retirement. He has done vocational surveying for the Elyria Board of Education with the State Board for Vocational Registration. His wife, a daughter, and a son are in his family. He came to Elyria from Latrobe, Pennsylvania, where he worked with a steel concern.
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Howard D. Cook
Columbus Street
Coun
Cook
Elyria
Skelp
National Tube Plant
Lorain
Elyria Board of Education
State Board For
Latrobe
Fenna
Markets Cleveland Livestock Hogs and Calves Prices
Market notes show hog receipts 280 300 pounds with steady tone and various bid prices. Cattle demand mixed with steers 110 pounds up to 320 dollars, butcher cows 5 to 6 dollars, bulls steady. calves receipts 250 slow with prime to good bids around 11 dollars. sheep and lambs active with several price ranges. homegrowers market lists apples celery lettuce mushrooms etc with multiple per unit prices.
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Cleveland
Ibs
Iso
American Majority criticizes budget game on 1940 county funds
The February Everybody's Business accuses the county budget commission of a hid-and-seek handling of an extra 15000 for county appropriations amid 1940 funding. Auditor Kelser explains revised estimates from 100 to 105 percent collections, while the piece questions why the initial 100 percent was used. It criticizes party political maneuvering, praises commissioners for curbing costs, and urges sheriff, treasurer, and coroner to protect gains and prudent budgeting.
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County Budget Commission
Everybody's Business
The
American Majority
C. 5
Kelser
Budget Commission
All Republican
W R C 12th District President Honored in Wellington
Mrs Lettie Stevick of Wellington president of the 12th District Women's Relief Corps was honored at an all day affair by the Hamlin Women's Relief Corps at the D A R Memorial Hall. Forty attended including sixteen guests from Elyria and Oberlin for the dinner. The Wellington Corps presented Mrs Stevick with a corsage of sweetpeas. After dinner six Wellington School students performed a playlet Old Maid and the Burglar and a violin solo by Betty Long with Violet Long at the piano.
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Lettie Stevick
Wellington
Hamlin Women’s Relief Corps of
D. A. R. Memorial Hall
Elyria
Oberlin
Wellington Corps
Stevick
Patrolman Herman Koch suspended over fatal hit run
Patrolman Herman Koch of Elmwood Place police faces suspension and charges of leaving the scene after a four day probe into the death of Glenn Wheeler a 22 year old itinerant worker from Gatesburg Lor. Wheeler was run down by a car and Koch reportedly admitted driving the vehicle during the inquiry.
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Cincinnati
Herman Koch
Elmwood Place
Koch
Glenn Wheeler
Highland Park Driver Fined for Reckless Driving
George A. Heth of Highland Park Michigan was fined ten dollars and costs with 39 suspended when arraigned before Justice Herbert C Cummings for reckless driving. Deputy sheriffs arrested Iith driver of a car transport truck carrying four new cars for speeding 55 mph on Route 58 at 615 pm. Heth held in county jail for non payment of fine and costs totaling 9 60 dollars.
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George A. Heth
Highland Park
Mich
Herbert C. Cummings
Iiith
Heth
Named to Club Council for county Four-H
Two county senior Four-H Club members were named to the county Four-H club Council. Leroy GOTRE of Elyria and Mrs. Lawrence Sooy of Wellington were selected to represent the club.
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Worain County
Leroy Gotre
Elyria
Lawrence Sooy
Wellington
Inverness Cemetery Plan Tied to Fairy Legend Site
A Scotland tale centers on Inverness where Tom-na-hurich, hill of the fairies, is laid out today as a cemetery. The spot is linked to numerous local myths as villagers mark the transition of land into a final resting place.
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Inverness
Scotland
Sixty four boys win YMCA archery emblems in class event
Sixty four Flyrna boys earned YMCA archery emblems after a bow and arrow contest at the YMCA. Herman Geyer announced awards ranging from red emblem arrows for 50 points up to gold medals for perfect 270. Top scorer was Jack Ferguson with 258. Robert Flynn and several others scored notably high. twenty four earned 100 plus points and many more reached lower thresholds.
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Flyrna
Herman Geyer
Jack Ferison
Robert Flynn
Earl Joviax
David Green
Junior Brouse
Ed Rusner
Ray Scarborough
Clare Anderson
Robert Klein
Stanley Olmstead
Ted Gilder
Steve Leko
Nelson Chester
William Pemberthy
Russell Nichols
Robert Cebula
Norman Simovitz
Joseph Seitz
Lloyd van Buren
Walter Burton
John Sarvingski
Joe Otten
Richard Armstrong
Frank Vancerson
Wm. Reninger
Robert Gamble
Andrew Androchek
Dan Weitzel
Robert Swancot
Nell Henson
Keith Kirk
Jerry Gaston
Douglas McKay
Lester Christian
Robert Willis
Don Kubuske
Robert Heilman
Robert Reichard
Jack Jenson
William Myers
Harry Mustin
John Taryon
Robert O'Donnell
Jack Daily
Zigman Bathory
Earl Brubaker
William Innes
Leon Altfeld
Frank Opra
Allan Webber
West man fined for intoxication arraignment
Louis Raymond West of West street and West River street was fined $3 and costs by Mayor Joseph Q. Petro today after arraignment for intoxication. He was arrested in front of City Hall at 10 30 p m yesterday.
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Louis Raymond
West Street
West River Street
Joseph Q. Petro
Carbolic Acid Fatal Defiance
Funeral services will be held Saturday for 16 month old Gordon Houck, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Houck of Evansport, O. who died after drinking carbolic acid taken from a bathroom cabinet.
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Defiance
Gordon Houck
Nelson Houck
Evansport
Oberlin Lawyer In Prosecutor Race
Oberlin lawyer John von Blum announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Lorain County prosecuting attorney, subject to the May primary. Born in Canton in 1903, he is a 1926 Oberlin College graduate and attended University of Michigan and Western Reserve law schools, admitted to the bar in 1929, and has since practiced in Oberlin and Elyria while also serving as a justice of the peace and working with the Home Owners Loan Corp. He is married and resides at 39 King Street, Oberlin, and holds memberships in multiple bar associations and civic groups.
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John von Blum
Oberlin
Larain County
Mr. von Blum
Canton
Oberlin College
University of Michigan Law School
Western Reserve University Law School
Cleveland
Chamberlin, Freer and Chamberlin
Oberlin and Elyria
Federal Land Bank of
Louisville
Home Owners Loan Corporation
von Blum
Kingstreet, Oberlin
Lorain County
Ohio State Bar Associations
National Exchange Club
Masonic Lodge
First Church of
Red Army Attacks Repulsed Say Finns
Helsinki reports say Finnish forces repulsed four Red Army assaults along the Mannerheim line killing about 70 Russians and inflicting heavy losses northeast of Lake Ladoga. The communique notes continued heavy fighting as Finnish lines hold and a major offensive seems to loom in Karelia with 48 Russian tanks destroyed.
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Helsinki
Mannerheim Line
Lake Ladoga
Lake Lodago
Bat Tron
Communiique
Karelia
Courthouse Closure Ordered for Lincoln Birthday
County commissioners voted to close the courthouse all day Monday in observance of Abraham Lincoln's birthday. Mayor Joseph Q. Petro said city hall will close at noon for a half day, while the post office will stay open with normal hours. Postmaster C J Sartor confirmed regular post office hours on February 12.
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Abraham Lincoln
Joseph Q. Petro
C. J. Sartor
County approves purchase of letter seller for treasurer office
County commissioners authorize buying a letter seller from Multipost Co of Rochester North Carolina at 81 dollars to replace a worn unit. They also receive 217.59 to help keep a county home resident and report an Erie county estate interest. Deputies arrest Harry Smith for contempt after a two day search. The Karnes divorce suit was dismissed for lack of service.
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Multipost Co
Rochester
N. C
William G. Wickens
H. H. Nye
Ward Hadeen
Erie County
Maebelle Karnes
Delbert Derril Karnes
Common Pleas
Death of Dorothy Jean Murawski at 31 South Maple
Dorothy Jean Murawski died at her home February 8 after seven weeks illness. Born February 22 1933 in Elyria she was a second grade pupil at Holy Cross school and a member of Holy Cross church. Survived by mother Mrs Josephine Murawski sisters and two brothers Mary Edward Hari and others. Funeral services Monday at 8 30 am from the Bittner funeral home to Holy Cross church for Mass of the Angels at 9 00 am Reverend Lawrence Budny officiating. Burial in St Marys cemetery.
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Dorothy Jean Murawski
Maple Street
Elyria
Holy Cross School
Holy Cross Church
Josephine Murawski
Mary
Edward
Hari
Caraiesowski
Poland
Murawski
Bittner
of the Angels
Lawrence Budny
St. Mary's Cemetery
Leslie Hampton Imons Dies in Amherst at 53
Leslie Hampton Imons, 53, died last night at 11 30 from pneumonia at Amherst Hospital after admission Wednesday. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, he worked on the Carl Clough farm on Foster Park road for seven years. Body at O H Baker funeral home with arrangements to be announced.
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Leslie Hampton Tmons
Amherst
Leslie Hampton Imons
Amherst Hospital
Mr. Imons
Indianapolis
Indiana
Carl Clough
Foster Park Road
O. H. Baker
Car fender damaged in hit and run on Middle avenue
Police report states Jesse Reed of 418 13th street drove a car whose right front fender was damaged yesterday afternoon in a collision on Middle avenue with a truck that fled the scene. The truck’s license number was reported to police.
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Jesse Reed
13Th Street
Middle Avenue
Children Welfare Council Names Five Vice Chairs
Lorain County Children's Welfare Council directors selected five vice chairmen at last night's meeting led by president C. W. Cunningham. Appointees include Frank Maloy Lorain Wayne Bhick Avon Lake Arnold Kiplinger Wellington Mrs H E Dulmage South Amherst and Mrs C L Miller Elyria. Committees cover program publicity ways and means and a social service exchange feasibility study with members from Lorain Elyria Oberlin Wellington South Amherst and surrounding towns.
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Lorain County
C. L. Miller
Elyria
Arnold Kiplinger
Wellington
H. J. Tucker
Oberlin
R. S. McEwen
Blanche Danner
Vincent O'Dea
Lorain
Frank Malley
Clem T. Knechtges
Grafton
Fred Zarbaugh
Wayne Black
Avon Lake
C1. Miller
Elyvia
Frank Mason
Ridgeville
Paul Collins
R S. McEwen
Doris Todd
C. A. Gifford
O. P. Shilts
Andrew Rawsall
C. A. Gibbens
Lina Evans
Weekly Stamp Exchange at City Library
The Biyria Library will host a weekly stamp exchange for boys and girls at 2 p.m. in the children's department. Miss Linda Cuvier, children's department librarian, announced the event. Ten children attended last week's meeting.
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Biyria
Linda Cuvier
Richard Furk
Public Sale Near LaGrange List of Livestock and Goods
Public sale 1144 mile north of LaGrange on Route 301 Monday February 12 at 1 30 o clock features 2 horses 13 head cattle 6 cows Holstein Guernsey mix many calves heifers and a young Guernsey bull 2 registered Holstein cows poultry feed and grain milk equipment household goods and garden items Texas cash all items sold as is erms cash not listed or verified by buyer 1 30 sale time and location given with full inventory details in the notice
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LaGrange
Guernsey
Jersey
Texas
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