Council approves billboard licensing and related measures
City council on final reading authorized Building Inspector Hart Dickason to license billboards and ensure compliance with construction standards, with about 250 dollars in annual fees and restrictions against residential area placements. It also advanced music and vacation ordinances for city employees and police two way radio equipment, and approved payments to Ruth Richwine for secretarial work. The council agreed to sell water to several districts for five years at a 10 percent premium and rejected installing a street light near the ABA Second Congregational church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Public Service Company
Solons
Ruth Richwine
Boxing and Wrestling Commission
Spring Valley
Penfield
Highjend
Carlisle
LaPorte
West Street
ABA Second Congregational Church
Blind Relief Fund Faces May First Exhaustion
Lorain County blind relief funds will run out by May 1 unless the commissioners approve additional appropriations. Mary Brandt, administrator, said the fund costs about $1100 monthly and 52 residents receive blind pensions under a $30 monthly limit. Since July 1936 the fund has disbursed $30,023 with state $4,556 and federal $1,952 contributions. county contributed $14,415.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Mary Brandt
President Roosevelt Enters War Zone Maneuvers
President Roosevelt moved into a war zone as the divided fleet conducted maneuvers to test defenses of the Panama Canal. Reports from the cruiser Houston place him near southeastern Cuba, ready to join naval strategists directing war games involving over 100 ships defending American shores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Roosevelt
Panama Canal
Houston
Cuba
Weather in Ohio and Surrounding Regions
The report notes cloudy conditions with light snow in East and extreme South portions, colder in the south, and partly cloudy skies with a slowly rising western temperature. A secondary disturbance moved from Southern Texas to the South Atlantic, bringing heavy rain along the East Gulf Coast and light to moderate snowfall in the Ohio Valley and Lower Lake region. A broad high barometer governs the Great Plains, Mountain States, and Canada, with generally fair, cold weather. The coldest reading reported is 52 degrees below zero at White River Ontario, with zero readings extending south through the Upper Mississippi Valley to Southern Kansas and freezing conditions into Southern Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Texas
South Atlantic States
East Gulf Coast
Ohio Valley
Lower Lake Region
Great Plains
Mountain States
Canada
White River
Ontario
Mississippi Valley
Kansas
Battle Looms Over Ohio Civil Service Ripper Bill
In Columbus on February 2 opponents and supporters of the Ripper bill clashed before the House committee on state government. The measure would replace the two member Civil Service Commission with a three member board and create a personnel administrator chosen by examination. Debates centered on veteran preference, transfers from federal lists, and the bill’s rigidity with Bricker administration lukewarm to changes. Mrs. C C Shively spoke for the League of Women Voters urging less partisan action and faster handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Civil Service Commission
House Committee On
Robert T. Slason
Ohio Civil Service Council
Ralph Emmons
Carl Smith
Emmons
Martin Blum
Cuyahoga
Bricker
House
Senate
Brickjee
Mason
C. C. Shively Columbus
League of Women Voters
League
Italian Press Attacks Roosevelt in Rome Headlines
Italian newspapers unite in renewed attacks on President Roosevelt. Regima Fascista led by Roberto Farinacci accuses him of provoking war and claims Israel under world Jewry leadership aims to start a war to rule the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Roosevelt
Regima Fascista
Roberto Farinacci
Israel
Great Democrat
Child Falls From Auto Still In Serious Condition
Arthur Bodnar three is son of Mr and Mrs Bodnar of North Ridge Road remains in serious condition at St Josephs hospital Lorain after being thrown from a car driven by his uncle Louis Betzel. He suffered a fractured skull and bruises as he rode in the back seat with his grandmother when the door flew open. His mother held Bert Jr seven months as they returned from a Lorain shopping trip just west of Vincent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Bodnar
Bert Bodnar
North Ridge Road
St. Joseph's Hospital
Lorain
Louis Betzel
Frank Betzel
Bert Jr
Vincent
Bombers Hit Canton Hong Kong Rail Border Bridge
Japanese bombing raid on February 21 struck the Canton Hong Kong railroad area. At least one British Indian constable killed and 98 people died in Chinese territory with 100 wounded. Two planes crossed into British territory aiming at a British train and a concrete bridge marking the border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
Wip
Shum- S Chun
Shumchun
Kowloon
Lowu
Kowloon City
Canton
Lent
Middlesex Regiment
Shanghai
Lanchow
China
Public Offices To Observe Holiday Tomorrow
Elyria will close public offices schools and banks tomorrow in observance of Washington's Birthday while most businesses stay open. County schools will run as usual to meet the 180 day minimum. Elyria schools have a longer term. Unemployment Compensation and Old Age Pension offices will close. post office operations will pause except for special delivery. Local city and county offices and the library will close as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Washington
Ohio School Foundation
Woman Perishes In Fire At Williams Corner
BATAVIA Ohio Feb 21 Mrs Alice Luckett Holland 50 died in a fire that destroyed her two room house in Williams Corner near here early today Clermont county authorities searched the ruins to determine whether she had been robbed of 385 she had hidden in her bed There was a two inch fracture of her skull Coroner Sam White said it might have been caused by heat or falling debris The body was found near a stove She was alone in the house
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia.o
Alice Luckett Holland
Williams Corner
Clermont County
Sam White
Chief of Army Engineers backs Ohio River to Lake Erie waterway
Maj. Gen. Julien L. Schley, chief of Army Engineers, urged Congress to authorize a 207.3 million dollar project linking the Ohio River through Beaver, Mahoning and Grand river valleys to Lake Erie. He conditioned the plan on local cooperation and federal support, citing years of discussion among interested communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chief of Army Engineers
Washington
Julien L. Schley
Army Engineers
Ohio River
Beaver, Mahoning
Grand River
Lake Erie
Congress
Schley
Board of Army Engineers
Conclave Of Cardinals Opens March 1 At Vatican
Vatican City announces that the conclave to elect a new pope will begin on March 1 with all 62 cardinals expected to attend. Five Italians are already present. missing members include Cardinal O Connell in transit aboard the Saturnia and Cardinal Capello plus Cardinal Leme due by March 1. The O Connell plan dispatch via Neptune will reach Italy after Gibraltar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Bius XI
College of Cardinals
Cardinal O'Connell
Boston
Cardinal Capello
Buenos Aires
Cardinal Leme
Rio de Janeiro
Cardinal O Connell
Gibraltar
Neptunia
Italy
Elyria Man Dies Suddenly At Tube Co Plant
Max L. Pember 38 a plant electrician at National Tube died of a heart attack at 6 40 am after entering the gate for daily duties. Fellow workers took him to the plant hospital where he was pronounced dead. He had lived in Elyria all his life and worked at the company about 17 years. He is survived by his widow Lucy and two sons Donald 12 and Richard 6, his mother and an aunt. Burial will be at Carlisle cemetery after 2 pm Thursday services at Nichols Funeral Home conducted by Rev Will Foster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max L. Pember
East River Street
National Tube Company
Plant
Plant Hospital
S. C. “Ward
Lucy Pember
Kate Smith
New York City
Black River
Elyria
Pember
Common Pleas Court
Industrial Commission
Donald
Richard
Bertha Pember
Amy Freeman
Nichols Funeral Home
Will Foster
Carlisle Cemetery
Rivers Rising Flood Forecast in Coshocton Area
Tuscarawas and Walhonding Rivers continued rising as cold prompted a snow melt slow. Weather observer Owen Popham predicted flooding by nightfall with the Tuscarawas at 10.22 feet, eight-tenths below flood stage, rising about an inch and a half per hour. if 12-foot stage reached, six roads would go under water though all were open this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coshocton
Tuscarawas
Walhonding
Owen Popham
Chamberlain urges immediate armament buildup in Commons
London telegram reports Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain insisting Britain must continue heavy rearmament because lack of international confidence blocks disarmament talks. He says armaments are for defense alone as Britain debates a defense loan while King George VI launches a new battleship at Newcastle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Britain
George VI
Newcastle
One Hour Parking On Broad Street Recommended
The special traffic committee urged one hour parking on Broad street during business hours and until 9 P M on Saturdays with strict enforcement including possible car impoundment for unpaid tickets. The plan passed seven to two despite dissent from Henke and Nelson, and a new ordinance will be proposed next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council
Broad Street
Ellsworth Albert
Seward Black
Leonard Fowls
George Thompson
James Scott
Frank Henke
Elmer Nelson
Cleveland
Eliot Ness
I D. Faxon
Albert
Mit
Ohio
Harvey Cheney
Governor Bricker names two to Ohio Liquor Board
Governor John W. Bricker appointed Col. William E. North of Greenville and William F. Hess of Cincinnati to the Ohio Liquor Control Board. North succeeds Leon J. Kujawski and Hess succeeds Edith McClure Patterson. Hess is a Republican. terms run four years at $4500 annually. North is a Democrat, farmer, and auctioneer who backed Bricker in the recent campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
John W. Bricker
William E. North
Greenville
William F. Hess
Cincinnati
Ohio Liquor Control Board
Col. North
Darke County
Democratic
Leon J. Kujawski
Cleveland
Hess
Willam E. Hess
Brewers’ Association
Edith McClure Patterson
Dayton
Bricker
Civil War Vet Dies in Ross County
Rodman M. Drummond 92 dies in Chillicothe leaving only four Civil War veterans in Ross County. He served in Company G of the Vis t regiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chillicothe
Rodman M. Drummond
Ross County
Drummond
Co. G Vist
Three Go On Trial For Alleged Theft Of Navy Secrets
In Los Angeles on February 21 a Federal court trial began for Mikhail Gorin his wife Natasha and Hafis Salich charging theft of Navy secrets for the Soviet Union. They allegedly stole data on the Japanese navy and munitions purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Los Angeles
Ralph Jenney
Russia
Mikhail Nicholas Gorin
Pacific
Intourist Inc
Natasha
Hafis Salich
Gorins
Salich
New York
Japan
United States
Firelands Area Scout Banquet Set for Lorain Thursday
Firelands Area Council of Scouts will hold its annual meeting at the Antlers Hotel in Lorain with more than 250 attendees from Lorain Erie and Huron Counties. Robert W. Chamberlin, assistant to Elliott Ness, will speak on police and Scouting relations in high delinquency areas after dinner. Sessions open at 2:30 p m with group discussions on Cubbing and Senior Scouting chaired by Henry W Ingersoll Jr and Lester Milkey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Firelands Area Council of Scouts
Lorain
Lorain County
Firelands Area
Cleveland
Henry W. Ingersoll, Jr
Elyria
Lester Milkey
Sandusky
New York anti Nazi clash as Bund rally prays Washington
In New York on George Washington birthday, 18,000 Bund supporters held an Americanization meeting at Madison Square Garden with tributes to Washington and praise for Hitler era symbols. Police fought six hours with anti Nazi crowds outside the venue, arresting 13. Traffic halted for hours. Bund leaders and stormtroopers kept interior security, while protesters taunted Roosevelt and other New Dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
N. Y
Madison Square Garden
Bund
Madison Square Gardens
Acme
Isidore Greenbaum
Fritz Kuhn
Greenbaum
Lewis J. Valentine
Bundsmen
Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
Herbert Hoover
Gerald P. Nee
Father Coughlin
Willem E. Borah
Idaho
Coughlin
County Infirmary Cost 60 Cents Per Day Per Person
A 1938 Lo rain County Home report to the county commissioners shows an average population of 161 and a net cost of 33367 dollars, or 60 cents per day per person. The facility is valued at 205000 dollars with 248 acres, housing 134 men and 26 women, including 48 born in Ohio, 20 in other states, and 94 in foreign countries, with ages 28 to over 65 distributed among 12, 74, and 76 residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Board of County Commissioners
Reuben Balls
Ohio
Fight Water Diversion In Great Lakes Cities Unite
Cleveland February meeting of Attorneys General from seven lake states to protest Chicago water diversions. They push Parsons bill in Congress to restrict 5 000 cubic feet per second and warn Lake Erie levels could drop four to six inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Great Lakes
Lake Michigan
Chicago
Lake States
Congress
Lake Erie
Training Ships Trapped By Ground Fog
Pensacola Fla Feb 21 Navy training flight faced dense pea soup fog trapping air planes for five hours after dusk. Of 12 planes only six landed safely with parachutes. Two pilots Lieut G F Presser and Lieut Norman M Ostergren died. Others parachuted to safety with minor injuries. Some crews recovered at Corry Field McDavid Myrtle Grove and Greenville. Page 2 continues with details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
Fla
Lieut
G. F. Presser
Naval Station
Earth
Norman M. Ostergren
Fort Peck
Mont
McDavid
Here
R. F. Chalmers
Corry Field
E. G. Osborne
Alfonso C. Horta
Thomas P. Cumming
Myrtle Grove
C. W. Harbert
Florida-Alabama
R. E. Harmer
Naval Air Station
Atmore
Ala
Federated Men's Clubs Dinner Tonight at Second Church
Preparations were completed for the annual Federated Men's Clubs dinner at 6 15 this evening at the Second Congregational Church. Dr Lothar Lubasch rabbi of Agudath Achim Bnay Abraham will speak about life in Germany where he resided until a year ago. Men from nearly all Elyria churches are expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federated Men’s Clubs
Second Congregational Church
Lothar Lubasch
Agudath Achim Bnay Abraham
Germany
Elyria
King George VI Launches King George V Battleship
King George VI arrives at Tyneside to launch the battleship King George V named for his father. He travels under heavy guard amid fears of Irish Republican Army demonstrations seeking Ireland policy changes. Royal party includes Queen Elizabeth, Earl Stanhope, and Ernest Brown with a large security detail aboard a 10-car train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastle
England
George VI
Scotland Yard
Tyneside
George V
Britain
Northern Ireland
London
Elizabeth
Earl Stanhope
Admiralty
Ernest Brown
Want-Ads Facilitate Daily Seller Buyer Exchange
Classified ads move furniture stoves typewriters bicycles clothing and baby buggies between private sellers and buyers on a routine basis, creating quick exchanges and mutual gains for participants.
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Ripper Bill
Tube Co
Chamberlain
State Liquor Board
Bulletin
Irs
Heeakice
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