75th Congress To Convene With Large D Democratic Majority
The 75th Congress assembles in January 1937 under a Democratic supermajority aiming to push the New Deal program. Key aims include living and working improvements, continued recovery, and protections against future wars, with budget retrenchment, social security, relief spending, and war debts shaping the agenda in a year of expected debate and partisan lines.
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Washington
America
74Th Congress
United States
Roosevelt
Senate
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Farmer Labor
Progressive
Congress
Carter Glass
Weather: Light Snow Tonight Then Colder Tuesday
Light snow falls tonight with rising temperatures. Much colder Tuesday and Tuesday night, bringing sharp temperature drops and gusty winds across the region.
Ground To Be Broken Tomorrow For First Of Series Of Cottages
Ground will be broken tomorrow for the first of a series of cottages at the Elyria Home for the Aged under a new retirement plan. The one floor cottages provide private living plus access to institutional care when needed, mainly to be used by retired ministers and their wives. The first unit, a memorial to Samuel Austin of Willoughby, costs 3500 to 4560 dollars and will be fully furnished with rent about 50 dollars monthly. Notables attending dedication include Dr. Charles B. Ketcham, Dr. Wager, Dr. Stanley Smith, and Rev. E G Yocom.
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Elyria Home For the
Karl Meister
Meister
Bo Henry Heidrich
Kenneth Heidrich
Samuel Austin
Willoughby
Charles B. Ketcham
M. E
Warren
Vv. W. Wager
Norwalk
Methodist Episcopal Church
Stanley Smith
Youngstown
The
Methodist Church
E. G. Yocom
Oberlin
Seven Farmers Institutes Planned in Lorain County
Lorain County prepares seven Farmers Institutes with programs, entertainment, and music. The openings begin next Monday in Columbia and run through February at Henrietta. State speakers include William Manahan, Mrs. Foster Tyler, W. E. Litterby, Mrs. Mary Cartwright, W. H. Matthews, and Mrs. Richard B. Morrow. Attendance is expected to be large across Columbia Belden Huntington Brighton Brownhelm Eaton and Henrietta.
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Lorain County
Columbia
Belden
Huntington
Brighton
Brownhelm
Eaton
Henrietta
Columbia Institute
William Manahan
Defiance County
Foster Tyler
Alexandria
Licking County
Denison University
W. E. Litterby
Fairfield County
Mary Cartwright
Delaware
Ohio Wesleyan University
Ohio Department of Health
W. H. Matthews
Salem
Ohio State Horticultural Society
Richard B. Morrow
Ohio State University Extension Service
Indiana
Bulletin on Pope Pius Condition Reports Anger Arteriosclerosis
Vatican bulletin states Pope Pius has arteriosclerosis affecting both heart and brain activity with prudence urged due to age. It notes potential gradual recovery though heart condition requires cautious expectations and summarizes illness over the past month.
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Clletin
Vatican City
Pius
Ohio Assembly Opens With Heavy Tax and Budget Tasks
Ohio's large Democratic legislature convened in Columbus facing funding for poor relief schools and old age pensions for 1937 38. The House has 105 Democrats and 31 Republicans in the Senate only five Republicans. Members will earn 2000 a year under a law from the last session, up from 1000. They must address the 68000000 tax program unemployment insurance law and needed budget revisions as a special committee begins work on the budget.
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Columbus
Ohio
House
Senate
92Nd
General Assembly
Fire destroys farm home on William Marett farm
NEW LONDON The house and land on the William Marett farm six miles southwest of New London on Route 13 were destroyed by fire late this morning, believed to start from an overheated stove. Firemen were hampered by lack of water, a creek hose fouled by ice, and the blaze spread before help could save the home. Damage was estimated at 7209, partially insured.
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New London
William Marett
Elyria Woman Heroism Dramatized on National Radio
An Elyria mother, Mrs Max Pember, 34, will be dramatized on the Kate Smith program Thursday as the hero of a December rescue. She smashed through ice on the Black River to save three year old Bord Cameron, son of Mr and Mrs Hugh Cameron, after hearing he had fallen in. The radio piece places her in nomination for a national hero award voted by listeners, with details of the daring rescue, including her two helpers and a tree limb used to reach the boy.
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Elyria
Black River
Kate Smith
New York
Max Pember
East River Street
Bord Cameron
Hugh Cameron
Pember
Mra
Coninaca
Elyria Woman Saves Lorain Man's Life
A licensed masseuse, Mrs. Sigrid Hallman Amidon, 37, saved John Holly, 22, after a car crash on East Bridge street. Holly’s jugular vein was cut by glass, and Amidon pinched the wound until an ambulance arrived. The incident occurred while Walter Milosic, 24, drove the car involved.
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Lorain
Sigrid Hallman Amidon
Second Street
John Holly
Thirteenth Street
Holly
Walter Milosic
West 23Rd Street
Milosic
New York Central Railroad
East Bridge Street
Amidon
William Walker
Harwood Street
Nichols
Sil
Major Offensive Set For GM Strike Across 69 Plants
Auto workers union leaders ordered a major offensive threatening a 275000 worker strike in 69 General Motors plants with 135000 production jobs to be laid off this week due to material shortages. Governor Murphy offered to mediate while labor and federal officials monitored the escalating conflict and seven settlement conditions were proposed by the strategy committee.
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Flint
Mich
General Motors
Frank Murphy
Murphy
Frances Perkins
United Automobile Workers
William S. Knudsen
Pickets clash with Cleveland police at Fisher Body plant
In Cleveland Ohio January 4 1930 pickets numbering about 75 clash with police as plant manager Lincoln R Seafe tries to enter the Fisher Body plant a GM subsidiary. Police allege officers were struck by sticks others deny it 400 pickets line the plant while Safety Director Eliot Ness says Seafe will get a police escort for another entry attempt.
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Cleveland
Fisher Bedry Co
Peter Kekic
Lincoln R. Seafe
Scafe
Dickets
Kekic
Liam
Sergt
Patrick McNeeley
Fisher
Seafe
Fisher Pliant
General Motors
Lieut
Eliot Ness
Seate
Commissioners Name Oberlin Man Clerk
In a morning session the county commissioners elected Oscar G. Dunn as chairman and Fred C. Ruth of Oberlin as clerk, both chosen in a spirit of harmony. Ruth’s appointment covers three months at 150 dollars a month, with potential continuation. Ruth Knipper was rehired as assistant clerk at 120 dollars a month. The board unanimously reemployed many county staff and approved modest salary adjustments, with Dunn supporting a 10 percent raise for workers earning under 100 dollars monthly. They also reappointed F. M. Sponseller as jail physician and R. G. Pferrer as county home chaplain, and renewed a contract with Elyria Memorial Hospital for indigent care at 5.30 per day. Additionally, Wesley Miller was kept as assistant dog warden at 100 dollars monthly.
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Board of County Commissioners
Oscar G. Dunn
Fred. Ruth
Oberlin
Dunn
Davidson
Edward DeChant
DeChant
Fred C. Ruth
Oberlim
Ruth
Jack Kennington
Lorain
R. G. Vanaredale
Columbia Station
C. L. Lehman
Grafton
Kennington
Ruth Knipper
F. M. Sponseller
R. G. Pferrer
West Ridge Church
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Wesley Miller
New Officials Begin Duties At County Courthouse
Today four new county officers assumed duties in the courthouse while Sheriff William F. Grall moved his household to the sheriff’s living quarters at the county jail. Deputy Claude Adams remains in charge of civil work at his present $150 salary for six months. Charles Ives, ex council president, serves temporarily in the office.
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William F. Grall
Claude Adams
Adams
Grall
Charles Ives
Council Here
FE. G. Mathews
Ives
National Tube Company
Jane Murphy
Lorain
Milburn L Wilson Named Under Secretary of Agriculture
Milburn L Wilson, Assistant Secretary, is elevated by President Roosevelt to Under Secretary of Agriculture. He succeeds Rexford Guy Tugwell and is hailed as the father of the Agriculture Adjustment Act.
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Milburn L. Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Roosevelt
Rexford Guy Tugwell
Kidnaped Boy Reported Well by Suspects
Seattle January 4 United Kingdom Governor Clarence Martin directed a statewide manhunt for two men who told Dr W W Mattson of Tacoma through an intermediary that his 10 year old kidnapped son Charles was well The Sheriff William Sevryn led deputies to a Lake Forest Park home after a neighborhood grocer reported a boy crying Officers found two men Arthur Cooke and an alias Johnson in the ramshackle house They were questioned and sent to the county courthouse for further investigation Undersheriff Lewis Forbes said the men had no connection to the kidnappings but understood Farmer's suspicion
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Seattle
Clarence Martin
W. W. Mattson
Tacoma
Charles
William Sevryn
Th County
Lake Forest Park
Robert Farmer
Arthur Cooke
Johnson
Lewis Forbes
Posse
Farmer
Father Receives Hopeful Message In Kidnapping Case
Dr William W Mattson father of kidnapped Charles Mattson said he was heartened by a message from two men via E Grubbe Shelton gate man stating all is well He declined to discuss the statewide manhunt and urged calm while news would Only Charles back alive can bring relief Tacoma churches prayed for the youth's safe return.
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Tacoma
Wash
William W. Mattson
Charles Mattson
E. &. Grubbe
Shelton
Charles
All Records For Production Of Steel Broken
Cleveland January 4 1936 world steel production set new records totaling over 129 million tons. Steel magazine reported ingots and castings reached 12364000 tons, up 26.8 percent from 1825. Pig iron output reached 89615900 tons, largest since 1929.
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Cleveland
Steel
Bullet Victim Is Taken To Jail
Nick Germano an 18 year old Cleveland resident shot by Matt Gardner gas station proprietor after Germano plus three others were captured at the station. Germano was released from the hospital Saturday night and taken to the county jail where he had been under guard since December 13. The four suspects face burglary charges and pending injury consideration of their case.
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Nick Germano
Cleveland
Matt Gardner
Germano
Pendins
Man Injured When Struck by Auto on Pearl Road Lorain
Daniel Naughton 64 of Stop 6 Lake Avenue is in serious condition at St Josephs Hospital Lorain after being struck about 6 30 am while walking on Pearl Road near Lorain city limits. Driver Cecil C Trott 920 Walnut Street Lorain said he did not see Naughton until after the collision. No charges filed. Naughton, National Tube employee, suffered both legs fractured plus multiple lacerations and bruises. Sheriff Gralls department investigating. Roy Gariss 410 East Broad Street received minor injuries Saturday crossing Lodi Street near Cascade Park. driver Arthur Ketchum 1154 East River Street. Gariss did not require medical attention. Two other accidents reported with minor injuries.
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Daniel Naughton
Lake Avenue
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Lorain
Pearl Road
Naughton
National Tube Company
Cecil C. Trott
Walnut Street
Trott
National Tube
William FP
Grall
Roy A. Gariss
East Broadtreet
Lodi Street
Cascade Park
Arthur Ketchum
East River Street
Gariss
Leonard Grasel
Reach High Mark In Receipts At Postoffice Here
Postoffice receipts in Elyria topped 150000 dollars for the year, with stamp sales totaling 151546.51, up 9125.90 from 1935. The peak period was December 1, when over 102000 postcards and letters were mailed in a single day, boosting annual totals.
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Elyria
C. J. Sartor
Elyrians
Developments In Spain's War
United Press reports ongoing Spanish civil war developments with exchanges between German and Basque authorities over seizure of ships in Santander. Britain protests a Nationalist raid on the freighter Blackhill. Berlin notes two incidents complicating its dispute with the Loyalist government while Valencia plans to refuse negotiations and seek international action. Moscow objects to German policy as Paris notes four Americans demobilize from the Loyalist air force. Madrid records twenty casualties from two air raids and insurgents threaten El Escorial Highway near Villa franca de Castillo outside Madrid.
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United Press
Santander
London
Britain
Berlin
Germany
Valencia
Moscow
Russia
Paris
Madrid
Ake Villafranca de Castillo
el Escorial Highway
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Texas
John J. O'Connor
Farmer Laborites
New Hampshire
W. F. Gericke
California Agriculture Experiment Staion
Berkeley
Ohio Assembly
Lorain Man
GMC
Spain
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