College Editor Quits Under Pressure
James Franklin Long, 26, of Baltimore, resigns as editor in chief of Heidelberg College's Kilikilik, saying he quit under pressure that stifled free expression. He cites editorials criticizing a local committee and notes defense of student rights by the college president and trustees. Long, a senior and former Ohio College Newspaper Association president, also withdraws as Heidelberg’s representative in the state oratorical contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiffin
James Franklin Long
Baltimore
Kilikilik
Heidelberg College
Kilikillion
Tiffin Civic Forum Committee
Long
Ohio College Newspaper Association
George C. Kalbfleisch
Board of Trustees
Kalbileisch
Clarence E. Josephson
Earl Browder
Heidelberg
Herd Improvement Association To Add Another Section
The Lorain County Herd Improvement Association plans a new section after a successful annual meeting in La Grange. It now spans two sections with 58 herds and 1203 cows tested monthly, with reelecting leaders and reemployment of testers to handle growth. Ohio State extension specialists spoke on economical production, roughage value, liming rotated land, pastures, and manure use to boost hay and grain yields.
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Lorain County
Ray Eppley
Norman Leininger
C. L. Blackman
Earl Jones
Ohio State University
Blackman
Jones
County Association
Revival Service At Salvation Army Hall
Rev A E Sammons returns to conduct a one night revival at the Salvation Army Hall on Sunday evening. He spent years in India and has led evangelistic services across the country. The program starts at 7 45 with special music and singing. The public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Sammons
Salvation Army Hall
Rev
Sammons
India
Ward Electric Co to install conduits on Lorain bridge
County commissioners awarded Ward Electric Co of Lorain 36995 to install electrical conduits for lighting on the 21st street bridge under construction in Lorain. Only one bid was submitted. Cecelia M. Eastman granted a divorce from Foster Eastman by Judge Findley for neglect. Julia Slavik's divorce suit against Frank Slavik was dismissed. Sophia Koezan granted divorce from Stanley Koczan by Judge Findley for cruelty. Anna L. Braun seeks to enjoin county taxing officials from collecting $710 in assessments on a Lorain lot valued at 1400 with 710 due. William McKinley marshal of Sheffield Lake Village filed a mandamus suit to recover 110.78 salary balance since 1938, naming Village Clerk Harold K. Irish and Treasurer Helen M. Born as defendants. Fenders on cars driven by Barbara Meyer and Milton Geiger damaged in a Ridgeville collision at 5:15 P.M. per sheriff report.
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Ward Electric Co. of
Lorain
21Rst Street
Anna L. Braun
William McKinley
Sheffield Lake Village
Common Pleas Court
Harold K. Irish
Helen M. Born
Barbara Meyer
Stop 76
Ridgeville
Milton Geiger
Rocky Hiver
Russians widen attack on Mannerheim Line across four sectors
The communique reports a renewed Russian onslaught against the Finnish defenses. Four spearheads press from Summa to Punnusjoki Pasuri and Taipale sectors, extending an intermittent 60 mile front despite heavy losses and ten days of costly repulsion. No clear gains noted versus early war efforts.
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Mannerheim
Summa
Punnusjoki
Pasuri
Taipale River
Lake Ladoga
Roosevelt Attacks Resolution On Finland Aid And War Fears
Former President Roosevelt speaks against a convention's Finland loan resolution, denouncing the idea the Soviet Union would declare war on the United States as absurd. He criticizes the reasoning behind aiding Finland as imperialistic, expresses sympathy for the Russian people, and condemns Communist regimentation and purges while noting early gains in education and health.
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Soviet Union
United States
Roosevelt
Finland
America
Europe
Russia
Religion in 1939 Reviewed by Oberlin Pastor
Oberlin College students heard Dr. James A. Richards reflect on religion in 1939. He highlighted unity through corporate religion, warned against divisions from merger plans, noted events like the Amsterdam World Conference and the Vatican envoy, and discussed war’s impact on faith across major nations and in the United States.
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Oberlin
James A. Richards
First Church of
Oberlin College
Finney Chapel
Vatican
United States
Richards
Germany
France
England
Canada
Great United Church
Elyria Township Corrects Fire Protection Charge
Elyria Township reported a misprint in last year’s financial report as $1,000 for fire protection. Township clerk John E. Hecock announced the correct figure is $100, correcting the error and ensuring accurate records.
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Elyria
John E. Hecock
Excitement Causes Death of Woman in Urbana
Excitement caused the death of Mrs. Jane Pence, 80, from a heart attack last night as firemen attempted to revive her daughter-in-law, Mrs. C. M. Pence, 57, who had been overcome by carbon monoxide fumes from a hot water heater during a bath. She is expected to recover.
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Urbana
Jane Pence
C. M. Pence
Roosevelt Urges Within System at Youth Congress Parade
President Roosevelt spoke to 3,500 Youth Congress delegates amid rain and banners. He urged working for changes within constitutional government, welcomed all citizens who believe in the U S system, and noted police and Secret Service scrutiny as delegates entered the grounds.
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Mr. Roosevelt
Youth Congress
Constitution Avenue
Martin
Metropolitan Police
Secret Service
Roosevelt
United States
White House
Oberlin Church News Highlights Local Services and Pulpit Exchange
Oberlin church notices list services at First and Rust Methodist churches with sermons on The Religion of Abraham Lincoln and The Divine Demand. Plans include a pulpit exchange, a two week Mission at the Sacred Heart, and events by the Oberlin Women's club and Townsend Club with readings and dances.
Amherst High Activities Snapshot Reflects Feb Events
Amherst residents followed a busy agenda at Amherst High and the First Evangelical church. The junior senior chapel featured Miss Thelmas Mays and Valerie Eppley with Oberlin Conservatory musicians. Lincoln talkset for next week. Cloverleaf Club hosted five hundred and a lunch. student council inducted three new freshmen. PTA plans a science and biology demonstration, chemistry display, and Girls Glee Club in new gowns.
Union Lenten Service in Amherst at St Peter Church
A union Lenten service sponsored by the Amherst Ministerial Association will be held Sunday evening at 7 30 in St Peter Evangelical church led by Rev. M A Hayes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amherst Ministerial Association
St. Peter Evangelical Church
M. A. Hayes
All Officers Of Wool Growers Group Reelected
Lorain County wool growers renewed leadership at the annual banquet at the Pittsfield Methodist Church. R. E. Campbell, H. T. Breyley and H. G. Portman were reelected to president vice president and secretary treasurer respectively with three new township reps named. Shipments dates to Columbus tentatively set for April 22 May 6 and June 3. The group will sponsor the Four-H dinner and heard remarks from T L Rummell on farming efficiency and from L A Kauffman on lamb improvement efforts in two Ohio counties.
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Lorain County
Camden
Ohio State Wool Growers Association
Columbus
Four-H Club
T. L. Rummell
Ohio Council of Retail Merchants
Germany
Italy
Russia
Ohio
L. A. Kauffman
Ohio Wool Growers’ Association
Medina County Wife Killer Ends Life at Farm
Medina County authorities report Bhilin Berner aged 60 killed his wife Theresa aged 58 with a shotgun early today on their Medina farm a mile northwest of town and then hanged himself. A quarrel is believed to have sparked the tragedy.
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Medina, Q
Medina
Bhilin Berner
Theresa
Ministers To Exchange Pulpits Tomorrow
In observance of Inter-Racial Sunday Elyria ministers will exchange pulpits tomorrow. Rev Stewart of Second Baptist and Rev Ade of Gospel Tabernacle will deliver messages. St Peter's choir directed by Mr Winter will provide special music. Participating churches are St Peter's First Evangelical Methodist and Foursquare.
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Elyria
Rev
Stewart
Second Baptist Church
Ade
The
Gospel Tabernacle
First Evangelical Church
St Peter's Church
Winter
St. Peter's
First Evangelical
Scout Birthday Service and Local Events Summary
A special service at the Congregational church Sunday at 10 45 a m honors 30 years of Scouting in America with Amherst Boy Scouts and Scoutmaster Samuel Wrage in attendance Rev Kenneth Kuntz will speak on Stepping Stones and the choir will sing Follow the Gleam The Elyria Legion auxiliary meeting Tuesday evening was postponed due to a county meeting at Lorain high school where the national commander will speak Members will attend and meet at Town Hall at seven o'clock Past Presidents Parley will be held Thursday evening at Mrs Edith Hoffner's home Funeral services for Leslie Hampton Timons will be held Monday at 2 p m at the Baptist church on West Avenue Elyria with burial at Crown Hill Cemetery Amherst O H Baker Co in charge Discharges Walter Urschel South Amherst.
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Oberlin
James A. Richards
Gev. Clarke M. Cochrane
W. R. Morrison
Abraham Lincoln
Meeets
James Brand House
Nelson Eldred
Methodist Church
Dean Graham
First Methodist Church
Harold B. Williams
Vincent Hart
Charles B. Copher
The
Rust Methodist Church
Epworth League
Robert Mueller
Osborne Scott
Theological Seminary
Thomas W.graham
C. H. Yorom
Forest Street
Herbert G May
5. C. Clifton
King Street
Copher
Rev. Williams
Jesus
Rev
Troy
St. Louis
Church of the Sacred Heart
Redemptorist Fathers
Lima
Joseph Schagemann
C. Ss.r
Father Schagemann
Congregational Church
Scouting In
America
Amherst Troops
Boy Scouts
Samuel Wrage
Kenneth Kuntz
Elyria Legion Auxiliary
Amherst
Lorain High School
Edith Hoffner
Church Street
Leslie Hampton Timons
Baptist Church
West Avenue
Elyria
Stewart
Crownhill Cemetery
O. H. Baker Co
British Plane Bombs German Air Base at Sylt
A British aircraft bombed the German North Sea air base on Sylt Island near the Danish border. German fighters and heavy anti aircraft fire clashed with the raider. Two bombs hit Hoernam and two hit Randum. Six German planes launched as the British plane departed westward. Danish observers saw the plane dive to evade pursuit ships and smoke from fires lingered at Hoernum an hour and a half later.
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Toender
Denmark
Sylt
Hoernam
Randum
Hoernum
Approval Seen for Export-Import Bank Capital Increase
Senate Democratic Leader Barkley said the bill to raise the Export-Import Bank capital by 100 million dollars would pass with overwhelming support, while opponents claimed they could block or trim the increase to 20 million dollars. The measure would also permit a 20 million dollar non military loan to Finland.
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Washington
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
Barkley
Finland
Vandenburg To Make Important Talk Tonight
PAUL Minn Feb 10 U S Sen Arthur H Vandenburg R Mich tonight will deliver his first important address of the campaign year Republican leaders accepted his selection of St Paul for the speech as an attempt to secure the support of farm states Vandenburg who has remained silent regarding his own political ambitions will address the Minnesota Lincoln Republican club the speech will be broadcast nationwide from 9 15 to 9 45 p m
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Paul
Minn
U. S
Arthur H. Vandenburg
Mich
St. Paul
Vandenburg
Minnesota
Lincoln Republican Club
Grain and Feed Prices and Ohio Population Note
Markets list grain and hay prices from Sheets Elevator Co and Montana Milling Co with oats corn wheat milled products and hay straw values. Includes ranges for milling outputs and a note that Ohio population rose 00 percent from 1800 to 1810.
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Sheets Elevator Co
Montana Malling Co
Timothy
Ohio
Europe Skeptical Of Roosevelt Peace Initiative
Europe greets President Roosevelt's peace plan with mixed views. Sumner Welles begins a mission to assess Europe while Cordell Hull coordinates with neutrals seeking peace. Belligerents push war, neutrals fear broader involvement. Welles heads to Britain, France, Germany, and Italy, skipping Russia.
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London
Roosevelt
Sumner Welles
Europe
Cordell Hull
Welles
Great Britain
France
Germany
Italy
Russia
Taber Considers Senate Bid in Ohio for 1940
Louis J. Taber of Columbus, master of the National Grange, virtually decided to seek the Republican nomination for U. S. Senator. An authoritative source says he will decide within 10 days and announce candidacy, weighing whether to retire from Grange leadership. He believes a run can avoid harming the Grange cause and would likely become a candidate, with term timing not expiring until 1941.
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Columbus
Louis J. Taber
National Grange
U. S
Taber
Grange
Ohio
National Organization
Illinois Proving Ground for Presidential Primaries
Springfield Feb 10 Illinois becomes the proving ground for presidential contenders as Roosevelt and Garner face off in the Democratic primary while Dewey La Guardia and Fish enter the Republican race. The April 9 primary tests third term advocates. Garner’s declaration accompanies his petition as the board weighs if declarations are required with petitions.
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Springfield
Til
Linois
Roosevelt
John N. Garner
Thomas B. Dewey
Fiorelo H. la Guardia
New York
Hamilton Fish
Garner
State Certification Board
Arrest of 200 Leading Swedish Communists
STOCKHOLM Feb 10 police raids in several cities arrested two hundred leading Swedish Communists on announced charges. U S postal savings deposits for the fiscal year 1939 totaled 1 297 dollars across the country.
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Stockholm
U. S
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Herd Improvement Association
Salvation Army
Frank Luppino
Lodi Street
Cecelia M. Eastman
Foster
Eastman
Guy B. Findley
Julia Slavix
Frank Slavik
Plantiff
Sophia Koezan
Stanley Koczan
Second Street
Invalid Car Service
Elyria Township
G. J. O'Connor
Esther Wood
Professor
Robert Herrick
Lorain St
Church News
First Baptist Church
H. Sch Foster
J. J. Oliverira
Portuguese Baptist Church of Providence
R_ 1
T. W. Graham
Christ Church
Dev. L. E. Daniels
Holy Communion
Church School
Charles Copher
Harold B.williams
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Homer J. Tucker
Grace Lutheran Church
H. <. Bowe
W.C. O'Loughlin
Oberlin Women’s Club
Walter R. Williams, Jr
Qberlin Townsend Club
L. E. Lord
Frances Nash
Carl D. Burtt
North Cedar Avenue
P. S. Peirce
I Morgan Street
Lucy Roemer
Axtel St
Amaehsl
Thelmas Mays
Valerie Eppley
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Fred Meyers
Duane Kline
Tom Cramer
Robert Forney
Kline
Meyers
Paul Higgenbotham
Geraldine Youkins
Lincoln
John Parsons
Cleveland
Drinkwater
Abie
the Stars
Beverly Bruce
Muriel Springer
S. Main Street
Lois Shibley
Miss Bruce
Elaine Springer
Lois Schipley
Springer
Miss Beverly Bruce
Phyllis Frank
Lois Schibley
Nancy Springer
Cloverleaf
Cloverleaf Club
George Mengel
Cleveland Avenue
Bles
Sam Wragg
Fred Ruth
A. C. Kreeger
C. A. Lauer
E. Martin Street
Amherst Hi
Shirley Ehlert
Albert Conrad
Elmer Reichert
Ray Freserick
Harold Kline
Robert Edwards
Mildred Xaser
Arthur Engle
von Gureicke
Glee Clubs
Union Lenten
Wool Growers Group
Medina County
Timons
Walter Urschel
South Amherst
Kel
Pes Nentist
Paradise
ISTRY
Honra
Clita
Poledo
Baec
Initiative For Peace
Sudro-Curtis Ambulance Phone
Florida Coal
Florida
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