Two Cleveland Men Enter Guilty Pleas
Two Cleveland men, Alex Berlin and Ernest Daniels, pleaded guilty to grand larceny after being arrested October 28 with 79 suits stolen from Foster Fitch Co. They face prison terms up to 15 years on burglary or 1 to 7 years on larceny. Daniels seeks probation. Berlin has prior convictions. Police recovered 75 suits and $500 missing. accomplices sought.
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Alex Berlin
Ernest Daniels
Cleveland
Foster Fitch Company
Howard R. Butler
Charles F. Adams
Adams
Daniels
Berlin
Mansfield Reformatory
Fred Bonga
Corwin Butter
Cleveland Street
Abbe Road
Melsin Witter
Foster Fitch
Guy B. Findley
High School Supervisor To Visit Lorain County Schools
C. W. Howell, state high school supervisor, will visit 18 Lorain County high schools starting next Monday. He plans about two weeks of inspections in villages and rural schools, after two postponements due to illness.
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C. W. Howell
State Department of Education
Lorain County
C. A. Gibbons
Howell
Cloudy Ohio Weather With Light East Rain Tonight
The Ohio area will see light rain in the extreme east this evening with cloudy skies. Friday brings more rain mainly in the east and south, with warmer temperatures there. High pressure sits over both coasts this morning, while temperatures rise in the east and fall in the northwest. General light to moderate precipitation coats the Ohio and Mississippi valleys, Great Lakes, and South Atlantic states, with heavy rain and snow in Oregon and southern Washington.
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Ohio
Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Quebec
Roseburg Ore
Manitoba
Pas
Mississippi
Great Lakes
South Atlantic
Oregon
Washington
Compromise Moves On Court Reform Divide
Washington February reports show a new compromise on Roosevelt's supreme court reorganization proposed by Sen. Burke with praise from Sen. Borah. Administration leaders push toward a showdown while hoping to secure 55 of 96 Senate votes, but a solid coalition against enlarging the court remains.
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Washington
CRP
Edward R. Burke
Nebr
William E. Borah
Ida
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Senate
Chamber
Mr. Roosevelt
Sen
Sherman Minton
Congress
White House
Mary Astor Denies Marriage Reports After Elopement
Mary Astor, famed film star, arrived at Union Air Terminal and dismissed claims she wed Manuel Del Campo in Yuma. She said reporters were "ridiculous" to report an early morning ceremony and explained they traveled to the Mexican border for papers to return him to the United States.
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Tas Angeles
Mary Astor
Union Air Terminal
Manuel Lel Campo
Yuma
Miss Astor
del Campo
Manuel
United States
Henry C. Kelly
Hollywood
Mary
Armies Lock In Battle Near Madrid
Nationalist artillery and air attacks blast Madrid as royalist and nationalist forces clash on the capital’s southern approaches. A midnight raid left 11 dead and 72 wounded, with shells hitting near embassies including Belgium’s. Loyalists reportedly pushed 2.5 miles south of Madrid along the Jarama River, threatening to decide the siege.
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Madrid
Jarama
New Castille
Germans Protest Detention in Russia Amid Purge Inquiries
Berlin reports German ambassador Friedrich Von Der Schulenburg lodged serious protests with the Russian Foreign Office over 58 Germans held without trial in connection with Moscow purge trials. He sought embassy access to interview prisoners as charges remain unfiled. The detainees include Nazis and former Liberals, Socialists, and Communists suspected of sabotage and espionage.
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Berlin
Friedrich von der Schulenburg
Russia
Schulenburg
Moscow
Leon Trotsky
Lindberghs Land At Bahrein Island
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh arrive at Bahrein Island in the Persian Gulf at 1 20 P M on their flying holiday to India from Rutbah Wells Iraq They plan to spend the night on the island off Arabia and fly to Karachi in northwestern India tomorrow
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Bahrein Island
Persian Gulf
Charles A. Lindbergh
India
Rutbah Wells
Iraq
Arabia
Karachi
Ten Men Die As Scaffold Fails On Golden Gate Bridge
Coast Guardsmen continue to search near the Golden Gate for bodies after a travelling scaffold on the bridge fell 220 feet, killing nine of ten workers. One man was recovered. two survivors describe a fall that snapped a safety net and plunged workers into the bay. Work halted until the net is repaired. past Bay Bridge duty records note 23 deaths where no net existed.
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San Francisco
Coast
Golden Gate
Golden Gate Bridge
Oscar Osberg
Evan C. Lambert
Tom Casey
Osberg
State Industrial Accident Commission
Pacific Bridge Company
Lambert
Fred Dummitten
Casey
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
Elyria Schools Observe Washington's Birthday Holiday
Elyria school students will have a holiday Monday while village and rural county schools remain in session. Elyria schools close in observance of Washington's Birthday. county schools mostly stay open as usual.
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Elyria
Washington
Governor Davey to address relief plan and tax reform
Ohio Governor Davey will present a permanent relief bill and broad tax revision to the legislature and public next Thursday night. He estimates about 20 million dollars is needed for 1937 relief, with local subdivisions contributing half and the state matching the rest. He critiques local reluctance to match funds and says he will also discuss Ohio Valley flood damage.
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Columbus
Davey
House
Senate
Ohio Valley
Lorain County Farmers to Receive Soil Conservation Checks
Lorain County farmers will travel to Elyria on Saturday and Monday to collect checks totaling 13128.01 for soil conservation on 239 farms in 1956. The payments are the second group from more than 300 applications, part of a program that has already paid out over 25000 to date. Farmers are asked to visit the county soil conservation office in the Elyria Savings and Trust Building to pick up their checks, with a new batch of 500 applications en route to Columbus to expand total filings to over 1160.
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Lorain County
Elyria
County Soil Conservation Committee
County Soil Conservation Office
Elyria Savines and
Columbus
Negotiations At Detroit Make Progress
Detroit Feb 18 negotiations between General Motors and United Auto Workers continued in a friendlier atmosphere. Both sides agreed to revise tactics and resumed talks on wages hours and working conditions not in the 44 day strike settlement. The union proposed a neutral investigator for production time and discussed seniority based on service. Capacity aims to 225000 cars a month by March with divisions resuming operations.
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Detroit
General Motors
United Automobile Workers
Wyndham Mortimer
Auto Union
Mortimer
No Objection To Liquor Department Probe Says Davey
Governor Martin L. Davey said he would welcome an investigation of the state liquor department and he has no possible objection to an investigation by a competent authority. He would consider answering a subpena if the auditor's questions are legitimate, noting uncertainty about the auditor's legal authority and contrasting current funding with prior years.
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Columbus. O
Martin L. Davey
State Liquor Department
Joseph T. Ferguson
Francis W. Poulson
Davey
Suffer Nose Injury In Wellington Crash
P. E. Bachtell of Medina suffered a painful nose injury and minor cuts when his car struck a freight car at the West Main street crossing in Wellington about 3 a.m. today.
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P. E. Bachtell
Medina
West Main Street
Wellington
Earhart Putnam Drops In At Cleveland Weather Bureau
Amelia Earhart Putnam and husband George Putnam visit the Cleveland Airport Weather Bureau where weather limits flight plans. The party, with Captain Manning and mechanic Me Kneeley, considers east or southeast routes while delaying departure for California to girdle the globe. Amelia defends safety progress amid recent air tragedies and notes fuel needs preclude her husband from joining.
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Cleveland
Amelia Earhart Putnam
R. A. Garrett
Garrett
Amelia
New York
George Palmer Putnam
Harry Manning
Bo Me Kneeley
Florida
Putnam
Mrs. Putnam
California
Washington
Life of the American Indian Described in Elyria Talks
Wilmer E. Cochran traveler and lecturer described life of the American Indian to Elyria students at a high school assembly. He used a tepee model, Indian sign language chart, and wore Indian costume. He appeared with a black bear, a raccoon, and two dogs and spoke at Kiwanis and several schools in Elyria.
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Elyria
Wilmer E. Cochran
Elyria High School
Cochran
Elyria Kiwanis Club
Ely
Hamilton and
Jefferson
Allen and Garford
Heads Of Navy Called In By The President
President Roosevelt meets Assistant Secretary Charles Edison to discuss Britain’s defense program and Walsh Healy Act impacts on U S naval construction. They seek to speed ship production as navy yards report no bidders under Walsh Healy steel rules.
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Washington
Roosevelt
England
Charles Edison
Britain
William D. Leahy
United States
Edison
Lorain County allocates 314500 sales tax funds
The county budget commission today allocated 314500 in sales tax funds for Lorain County this year. County Auditor C S Kelser announced allocations with Lorain city receiving 103000 Blyria’s share 73000 and the county’s share 36000. Villages will receive 35600 and townships 1190. Distribution based on need explains the varied amounts among subdivisions. Amherst 7500 South Amherst 1609 Avon 400 Avon Lake 6000 Grafton 1200 LaGrange 500 Oberlin 7000 Sheffield Lake 7500 Sheffield 1000 Wellington 2400 Rochester 500. Townships include Amherst 2000 Black River 200 Brighton 1000 Brownhelm 1000 Camden 500 Catsle 200 Columbia 1000 Eaton 500 Elyria 200 Grafton 800 Henrietta 800 Huntington 500 La Grange 700 Penfield 200 Pittsfield 200 Ridgeville 500 Rochester 800 Rusha 2500 Sheffield 2500 Wellington 500.
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Lorain County
County Budget Commission
C. S. Kelser
Budget Commission
Blyria
Lorain City
Com Paty’s
Commission
Amherst
South Amherst
Avon
Avon Lake
Grafton
LaGrange
Oberlin
Sheffield Lake
Sheffield
Wellington
Rochester
Black River
Brighton
Brownhelm
Camden
Catisle
Columbia
Eaton
Elyria
Henrietta
Huntington
la Grange
Penfield
Pittsfield
Ridgeville
Ruszia
Dunn And DeChant In Tilt Over Appointments
County Commissioner Oscar G Dunn the sole Republican on the three member board denounced political appointments as undeserved by job fitness. Democratic member Edward DeChant challenged Dunn on appointments for child welfare investigators, while fellow official Dana and others weighed independence and partisanship in county staffing.
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Oscar G. Dunn
Ben ™. Harris
Harris
Commissioners
Dunn
Edward DeChant
Oscar
Dana
Countrelfare Board
Horace H. Nye
DeChart
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Ase
de Iner
Philbrick
J. B. Comstock
Nebraska
John 8. Comstock
Inez Philbrick
Lincoln
University of Nebraska
Lindberghs
Bulletin
Venice
Cal
Boise City
Oklahoma
Southwest
Acme
Liquor Department
Amelia Putnam
Dunn and DeChant
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