City government talk weighs options on form and leadership
Daniel E. Morgan, former Cleveland city manager, spoke at the Elyria Federated Men's Clubs dinner on Washington's Birthday. He compared mayor council, city manager, and commission forms, urged selecting leaders by role, and praised civil service while noting weaknesses.
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Daniel E. Morgan
Cleveland
Federated Men's Clubs
Elytia
First Congregational Church
Washington
Morgan
Cincinnati
City awards ejector station contract for Water Street sewer
City Engineer J. M. Powell announced Fred Ross of Elyria won the Water street sewer ejector station contract. Ross, third lowest bidder at 19091 74, will hire Elyria labor. Gallagher and O Hara of Youngstown bid 18392 80, T Gallozi Construction 18459 45. Work to be completed by late June. a Tannery street station contract will follow.
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Fred Ross
Middle Avenue
Elyria
J. M. Powell
Ross
Youngstown
T. Gallozzi Construction Company
Cleveland
Tannery Street
Powell
Ohio forecast: Partly cloudy tonight and Friday
Partly cloudy conditions cover Ohio tonight and Friday with little temperature change. Forecasters expect light breeze and no precipitation, keeping daytime highs near seasonal norms and overnight lows mild.
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Ohio
Japan to quit League if report condemns Manchuria
Tokyo reports Japan will renounce its League of Nations membership on March 1 if the league adopts its committee report condemning Japan's military policy in Manchuria The Nippon Dempo News Agency said the government is notifying the league of its intended action The league is set to vote on the report tomorrow.
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Tokio
Japan
League of Nations
League
Manchuria
Nippon Dempo
Chinese Dig In To Block Japs In Jehol Front
Chinese armies defend Jehol Province against a Japanese drive toward annexion by Manchukuo. Fronts stretch 250 miles with infantry cavalry artillery tanks and airplanes. Reports claim 300 Japanese casualties in initial fighting as anti Manchukuo forces mobilize eight groups and fortify Kailu Shingli chi and Shaunyang with anti aircraft guns and mortars. General Tang Yu Lin concentrates forces at Shaunyang while Gen Sun Ting Ying defends Hsiawa.
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Peiping
Jehol
Manchukuo
Nanking
Shaunyang
Tang Yu-Lin
Sun Ting-Ying
Hsiawa
Tax Collection May Reach 80 Percent
County Treasurer N. D. Backus announced final computations show the current tax collection will total between 75 and 80 percent of last year’s takings. Up to last night collections stood at 1,580,090 with more mail to process, while last year’s total was 2,048,000.
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N. D. Backus
Backus
Former Elyria officer aids capture in Lakewood gunfight
A former Elyria policeman now with Lakewood police helped wound and capture a robber during an exchange on Joslyn road. Patrolman Ralph Hall and Patrolman Robert Corbin fired 18 shots at two suspects as they confronted the pair near Fischer road and West 140th street. One robber identified as Joseph Baji, 35, of Bridge avenue, was wounded and escaped the scene. Police later identified Baji from witnesses Chester Rutledge and Carlotta Bedenbecker.
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Elyria
Lakewood
Joseph Baji
Bridge Avenue
Hall
Baji
Chester H. Rutledge
Carlotta Bedenbecker
Boys' Club to be Organized Tonight in Elyria
A junior high boys club is to be organized tonight at the Y M C A in Elyria. Fifteen boys have been invited to attend the organization meeting, decided upon at a prior gathering of a small group.
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Elyria
Sharp clash leaves heavy losses for Japanese and Chinese
In a fierce engagement near Nanking, Chinese forces reported heavy casualties on both sides after Japanese air raids and artillery. Japanese stormed Chinese positions with multiple bayonet charges, the Chinese described a desperate battle fought in storming weather.
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Peiping
U.P
Nanking
Roosevelt weighs cabinet picks from Farley list
President elect Roosevelt in seclusion at Krum Elbow works on filling high posts. Expected appointees include William Phillips as under secretary of state and Raymond Moley as chief economic advisor. Other names: Frank Murphy, Daniel Tobin, Archibald McNeil, Vincent Astor, Howard Bruce, Arthur OBrien, William Kemper, James O Mahoney, William Hawes, Gene Vidal, Henry Morgenthal Jr, Sumner Welles, Breckinridge Long, Bruce Kremer, Homer Cummings or Swagar Sherley for governor of the Philippines, Ben Lindsey for Hawaii, Bert Fish for Puerto Rico.
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James A. Farley
Roosevelt
Farley
New York
William Phillips
Massachusetts
Canada
Raymond I. Moley
Howard Bruce
Maryland
Col
Arthur O'Brien
Washington, D. C
Treasury
War Department
William T. Kemper
Missouri
Post Office Department
James O’mahoney
Montana
William H. Hawes
South Dakota
Gene Vidal
West Point
Commerce
Henry Morgenthal, Jr
Flames Damage North Olmsted Residence
An overheated furnace caused a fire at the A. D. Baldwin property on Lorain Road in North Olmsted. Firefighters extinguished the blaze but most of the interior was ruined. Damage estimated at $1000. The house sat behind the Baldwin residence.
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A. D. Baldwin
Lorain Road
North Olmsted
North Olmsted man killed in tree-fall accident
Lloyd Kelly age 28 of North Olmsted was fatally injured when a large tree toppled while he and two companions were cutting it at a Chestnut Ridge farm. He slipped as the tree fell, despite warnings about wind. Survived by wife and two children, body sent to Clifford Pease funeral parlors Dover Center. services Saturday at 2 PM.
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Lloyd Kelly
North Olmsted
Pulmotor
North Olmsted Fire Department
Kelly
Don Bement
Russell Kelly
Lloyd
A. L. Romp
Chestnut Ridge
Emma James
Cook Road
Clifford Pease
Dover Center
Chicago Mayor Cermak Shows Signs of Improvement
Miami report states Mayor Anton J. Cermak of Chicago improved after a night of care. He slept at intervals with a normal temperature 98.2 and pulse 104. Two physicians stayed with him all night. Abdominal pains persist but no immediate danger was indicated.
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Miami
Fla
U.P
Anton J. Cermak
Chicago
J. W. Snyder
Roosevelt
Cermak
Frank J. Jurka
Jackson Memorial Hospital
Joseph Gill
Amherst Man Slugged and Robbed After Theater Visit
Harold Kunkel, 35, of Amherst, was assaulted in Cleveland near Carnegie Avenue and 18th Street after a theater outing with Chester Kabuski. He suffered a broken nose and a severe cut above the eye. the assailant fled with a small amount of money and failed to take his watch. Kunkel treated at home by Dr. A F McQueen.
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Amherst
Harold Kunkel
Tenny Street
Cleveland
Kunkel
Chester Kabuski
Carnegie Avenue
18Th Street
A. F. McQueen
Elyria Memorial Hospital reports solid year 1952 progress
The Elyria Memorial Hospital Company held its annual meeting and reported improved finances despite adverse conditions. Treasurer J. B. Thatcher noted decreased current liabilities by 18 309 17 and a bond debt drop of 7500, with operating deficits shrinking to 4939 66 and net worth rising to 602 834 54 as of December 1 1932.
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Elyria Memorial Hospital
Elyria Memorial Hospital Company
F. A. Smythe
R. B. Lersch
Assembly
E. F
Daddy” Allen
Arthur L. Garford
C. E Tucker
T. N. Cook
L. B. Fauver
A. C. Hudnutt
H. Squire
J. E. Thatcher
W. B. Timms
R. F. Vandemark
J. B. Seward
J. B. Thatcher
Thatcher
Howard Barbour
Nettie G. Johnson
Chile Quake Shakes Iquique In Morning Tremors
A violent earthquake struck Iquique at 4 A M with subterranean noises and lightning flashes. Initial reports noted no casualties or major damage, but a second shock at 4 15 AM raised fears of interior destruction as walls cracked and some collapsed.
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Iquique
Chile
County Schools May Share In Funds
R P Vaughn county superintendent reports Lorain County may receive a portion of 325000 in state aid funds for four state aid districts Henrietta South Amherst Penfield and Huntington Vaughn believes they will likely get a share but has not been advised. Regardless they will complete the term and expect a share in the next distribution if not this one.
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Lorain County
R. P. Vaughn
Vaughn
Henrietta
South Amherst
Penfield
Huntington
Roosevelt reveals nine men and one woman cabinet
President elect Roosevelt completes a diverse cabinet reflecting major party strands. The lineup includes Cor dell Hull as Secretary of State William Woodin as Treasury George Dern as War Thomas Walsh as Attorney General Claude Swanson as Navy Henry Wallace as Agriculture James Farley as Postmaster General Daniel Roper as Commerce Harold Ickes as Interior Frances Perkins as Labor with Miss Perkins noted as a key labor official and Mrs Paul C Wilson identified as liberal. Announcement of Hull and Woodin already made with others to come.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Republican Party
National Council
Cordell Hull
Tennessee
Treasury
William H. Woodin
New York
George H. Dern
Utah
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Claude A. Swanson
Virginia
Henry A. Wallace
Iowa
James A Farley
Democratic National Committee
Daniel C. Roper
South Carolina
Interior
Harold Ickes
Illinois
Frances Perkins
New York State
Hull and
Woodin
Ickes
Roper
Dern
Chicago
Interior Department
Johnson
California
Cutting
New Mexico
Senate
Miss Perkins
Paul C Wilson
American Car & Foundry Co
Big Business
Sales Tax Bills to be Explained in Lorain County Meeting
Lorain County sales tax committee of the Ohio Council of Retail Merchants plans a Sunday meeting at Lorain County Savings and Trust to discuss proposed state sales tax bills and their impact on merchants buyers and other professionals. Wax Goldstein leads with Nelson Fitch G E Gould Earths and Glade Thomas on the committee.
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Lorain
Lorain County
Ohio Council of Retail Merchants
Lorain County Savings and Trust Company
Merchants’ Division
Chamber of Commerce
Columbus
This
County
Wax Goldstein
Nelson Fitch
G. E. Gould
Earths
Glade Thomas
Lorain County Delegation Opposes Harter Redistricting Bill
Lorain Oberlin and Elyria members urged the House Federal Relations Committee to block the Harter bill linking Lorain and Medina with western Cuyahoga County. They argued the plan would concentrate urban power, harm Lorain harbor interests, and ignore rural county needs, calling for a district with other rural counties.
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Harter
Lorain County
House Federal Relations Committee
State House
Lorain
Oberlin
Elyria
Medina
Cuyahoga County
Ben Harris
George Canales
Lynton Rogers
W. A. Rowley
Frank A. Stetson
Earl Bell
A. C. Hudnutt
J. Clare George
J. N. Stone
W. H. Phillips
J. W. Hill
Henry Smith
Eugene Dick
Ira Porter
Malcolm Thomson
House
P. H. Rogers
Grafton
Stetson
Ohio
Medina County
Cleveland
Lakewood
Mr. Stetson
Congress
National Tube Co
American Shipbuilding Co
Harbor At Stake
A. Rowley
Cleveland Harbor
Rowley
Seiberling
Don Harter
Medina Counties
Truax
Charles Truax
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Cleveland City
William H. Wood In
Bulletin
Rudgevelt
Mem
Hyde Park
N. Y
Krum Elbow
Tale
Garold Padoe
Atten Hein
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