Water Main Proposal Aims North Ridge Road Project
County and Clearview officials asked to meet with residents to discuss a proposed 8256 foot 10 inch water main linking Elyria city system to Vincent School and nearby properties along North Ridge Road Wilbur Heights Allotment would be traversed. Estimated total cost 24000 to 30000 with 169000 in materials, seeking PWA sponsorship and assessments for beneficiaries. Delinquent taxes hampered prior sponsor efforts but some have been cleared. Water from wells and cisterns has been low, creating shortages for farmers in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent
North Ridge Road
Elyria Avenue
J Durling
Clearview
J W Knight
Clearview Board of Education
Elyria City
PWA
Darling
Knight
Wilbur Heights
Charles Crehore resigns from Chamber of Commerce board
At a board meeting the resignation of Charles Crehore from the Chamber of Commerce board was accepted. Glenn Baxter was appointed to the vacancy. Baxter, a former board member and longtime high school teacher, is expected to be valued by the board and its associated groups.
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Chamber of Commerce
Charles Crehore
Crehore
Glenn Baxter
Baxter
Tax Collection Near One Million Three Hundred Thousand
County real estate tax collections were near 1.3 million with totals at 1.29 million by last night. Closing of books will begin soon after Friday and continue until March 10. A New York man with several lots redeemed forfeited parcels by sending a 1317.93 check after receiving delinquency notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter J Wright
Wright
New York
Weather summary from WHIO reports light snow and rain mix
Light snow in northern areas and ventral portions with light rain turning to snow in the extreme south tonight. Thursday cloudy with light snow in the north, colder in the west and north tonight. The 24 hour conditions show a persistent disturbance over Puget Sound and high pressure over the central states. warmer in the Atlantic states and colder in the lower Mississippi Valley with general precipitation from the Mississippi valley to the Atlantic coast and the Central and Northern Pacific coast.
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Puget Sound
Central States
Virginia Capes
Atlantic States
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi
Lake Region
Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Dakotas Oear Base
War Takes Toll Of Planes Subs Ships
London reports cite British air force raids over Berlin expanding to Hanover and Kiel while German claims of Dutch neutrality violations surface. The past 24 hours saw four aircraft losses, two submarines sunk, and several merchant ships. A trawler crew claims they shot down a raider, and a Simon rammed a U boat off Cape Finisterre. Pamphlets dropped over Berlin mark the air campaign, with Netherland gunfire acknowledged near Amsterdam and six pedestrians wounded in Paris area shelling.
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London
Royal Air Force
Berlin
Hanover
Kiel
Cuxhaven
Air Ministry
Amsterdam
Aberdeen
Arora
Briitsh
Helgeland Bight
Paris
Simon
Cape Finisterre
Bergen
Norway
Eriksen Kval
Hval
N NB
Holland
Providence
Utrecht
Geran
Heinkels
Forth
Northumberland
Nizam of Hyderabad
Twenty Die in Ras Explosion at Italian Mine
Rome feb 28 twenty persons were killed and 100 injured in a Ras explosion in the Arsa code mine today. It was feared more victims were buried in the wreckage.
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Rome
Finland Plays Frontline Refit at Mannerheim Line Fight
Helsinki reports heavy Red army casualties on the Mannerheim line as Finns rush reinforcements to the Karelian Isthmus. Artillery roars across fronts from the Isthmus to Petsamo while Italian planes are downed in ongoing combat. Russians push near Viipuri but are halted before the coastal defenses.
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Helsinki
Finland
Mannerheim
Karelian
Red Army
Mannerbeun
Viipuri
Petsamo
Nautsi
Lake Ladoga
Kuhmo Central
Ner Viipur
Germans Repulse Three Allied Attacks on Front
Berlin reports three Allied patrol attacks repulsed on the western front with enemy losses. Fighting west of the Moselle and southward involved French patrols under darkness and artillery support. An attack by enemy shock troops near Perl, east of the Moselle, was thrown back after a brief engagement with losses.
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Beriin
Moselle
Perl
Auto strike injures pedestrian in Broad Street crossing
Toy streets were responsible, at least in part, for seven traffic accidents reported yesterday to police and sheriffs. The only injury was Miss Katherine Barnes, 422 West Second Street, struck by an auto while crossing Broad Street at West Avenue at 8 p m. Her injuries were not serious, mainly bruises. Continued on Page 11.
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Toy Streets
Katherine Barnes
West Second Street
Broad Street
West Avenue
Warns Britain To Avoid War With Russia
David Lloyd George urged Britain to avoid war with Soviet Russia and warned that much of Western Europe’s strength is needed at home. He supported retaliatory aerial strikes on Germany if Nazi attacks target British civilians and emphasized no further risk-taking on roads that could steer Britain into war. He recalled Allied Russia intervention views from 1918 and cautioned about commitments to defend citizens at home if war looms. Meanwhile in Ohio, two cottages burned near Crystal Rock as firefighters saved adjacent structures amid dense fog.
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David Lloyd George
Lloyd George
Russia
National Defense
Britain
Flood Waters Drive Hundreds From Homes
Flood waters from torrential rains in Northern and Central California drive thousands from homes, inundate farmland, disrupt transport and cause millions in damage. The Sacramento River overflows at Dunsmuir and Redding, threatening Gerber levees while a new storm hits the region. Irene Clement, 19, missing and believed drowned near Redding after a car crash into a creek. National Guard equipment authorized to aid refugees.
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San Francisco
California
Sacramento
Dunsmuir
Redding
Gerber
Garl
Irene Clement
Central Valley
Miss Clement
Gav Culbert Olson
National Guard
Mt Shasta Highway
Southern Pacific Railroad
Dursmuir Hospital
Polloch
Special Noonday Lent Services Announced by Elyma Association
The Elyma Ministerial Association schedules noonday Lent services the week of March 18 from 12:05 to 12:35 starting at the Church of Christ on Second Street during Holy Week with local pastors taking turns in leading and preaching. On Good Friday the gathering moves to St Andrews Episcopal Church for a three hour service. exact speakers are to be announced.
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Elyma Minsterial
Church of Christ On
Second Street
St Andrews Episcopal Church
Matthew Guhland
Will J Foster
Ernest Ir
William Muir Auld
E B Rethead
J L Urich
F L Hicks
R E Kemp
Britain seeks to tighten blockade across Pacific routes
London reports Britain opened talks with Canada to establish contraband control bases on the Canadian West coast to curb traffic from the United States and Pacific territories to Vladivostok. London also discussed U.S. exports of rubber tin and copper to Vladivostok for Soviet needs while House of Commons pressures grow for a tougher economic blockade against Germany. Churchill signaled readiness to tighten the blockade if needed amid neutral-nation tensions.
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London
Lpi
Canada
Canadian
United States
Pacific
Vladivostok
Britain
Washington
House of Commons
Germany
Russia
Soviet
Hamilton Sees 1940 As A G. O. P. Year
Washington February 28 Chairman John D M Hamilton stated that results of the China congressional elections indicate 1940 is a Republican year. He forecast a Republican president and GOP control of the House, noting Ohio gains as evidence and predicting about 80 seats won in the House. He argued the trends suggest a decisive Republican victory in November.
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Washington
Ilr
John D M . Hamilton
China
Republian
GOFP
House
Ohio
Harry McGregor
Frances Payne Bolton
Chester Bolton
House of Representatives
Two Bank Vault Robbery In Elmwood Place Pages $7000 Loot
Two bank employees Miss Louise Peters and Roland Hansen were forced into the vault at First National Bank of Elmwood Place by two robbers. One robber held a gun while the other stuffed bills into a black leather bag, with the loot estimated between $6000 and $7000. Police pursued leads as the thieves escaped.
FDR Fishes In Caribbean
President Roosevelt fished in the Caribbean aboard the destroyer Lang after inspecting Panama Canal defenses. He urged more air planes and anti aircraft guns for canal defense and called for broader outer defenses along the southeast Atlantic and Gulf coasts. He emphasized completing existing gun and plane acquisitions before considering further purchases.
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LANG
Roosevelt
Caribbean
Panama Canal
Canals
Canal
Southeast
Atlantic
Gulf Coasts
Auto and Truck Crash In Heavy Fog Near Clarksfield
In heavy fog on Route 18 near Clarksfield Ohio Roy Franklin 40 was killed when a westbound car driven by him was struck by a following semi truck pushed into a ditch. Franklin was a widower with four children. The accident involved a Paoli Indiana driver Austin Elliott and a Detroit Michigan driver Joseph Pape. State Patrol investigated.
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New London
Roy Franklin
Clarksfield
Austin Elliott
Paoli
Indiana
Welles to visit Berlin for conference with Hitler
Sumner Welles United States Under-Secretary of State arrives in Zurich en route to Berlin for a high level conference with Adolf Hitler. He travels from Rome after meetings with Mussolini and other Italian officials. He will overnight in Zurich, proceed to Berlin Friday morning, and later visit Paris and London. Welles met with German ambassador Hans Marsen and the British and French ambassadors.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Sumner Welles
United States
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Roosevelt
Rome
Mussolini
Hitler
Germany
Welles
Leland Harrison
Italy
Paris
London
Hans Marhensen
High School Burns To The Ground
A three story brick high school in a Roane County town burned to the ground on February 28. County School Superintendent GOR Karichhoff estimated losses at 60000 with part insured. The fire, whose cause was undetermined, gutted the middle section. without a water system or fire pumper, the blaze left only walls after about an hour.
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Walton
Roane
Gor Karichhoff
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Propose Water Main
N. Ridge Road
Charles Crehrore
C. of C. Board
Wars
Canadian Air Force
Ottawa
Elyrian
Sandusky
Crystal Rock
Here
E J Hall
Arde Lee
Findlay
Taylor
Pope Pius
Myron Taylor
Burton Wherler
Arthur Vandenberg
Mich
Wheeler
John Nance Garner
Robert Taft
Acme
Hamilton
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