Steady Increase in Employment Seen by Officials
Washington officials forecast the return of more than 5 million men to work before mid 1936, alongside Civil Works jobs. Industrial production is projected near 1931 levels for July 1, 1935, with unemployment estimates fluctuating but showing improvement as the year begins.
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Washington
Civil Works Administration
American Federation of Labor
Federation of Labor
Roosevelt
Eads
Fugitive Bank Robber In Holdup
Two robbers, including Neil Bowman, who had escaped Lima State Hospital for Criminal Insane, held up Carl Geiger at his Zanesville filling station. They obtained 140 dollars, 19 gallons of gasoline, and gasoline tickets before fleeing as Geiger helped start their dead car. Bowman was identified in a police photo as the driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zanesville, O
Neil Bowman
Lima State Hospital
Carl Geiger
Geiger
Bowman
Desperado
Ohio Wesleyan Dean Resigns
Delaware Ohio January 6 Dr William E Smyser resigns as dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Ohio Wesleyan University He will remain a professor of English and had held the dean post since 1917 Ill health kept him from duties last year and he had taught English since 1900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
William E. Smycee
College of Liberal Arts
Ohio Wesleyan Universty
Edmund D. Soper
Smyser
Temperance Day Set For Ohio Schools In January
Ohio officials announce Temperance Day in public schools on January 15. Pupils will receive two hours of programming on temperance history and physiology. The event marks a milestone for the Ohio Liquor Control Board as the first glass permit sale is issued to Col. John A. Hughes on that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Schoools
B. O. Skinner
Ohio
Ohio Liquor Control Board
John A. Hughes
Chicago Milk Strike Paralyzes City Market
Chicago's milk supply dwindles as a farmers' strike against the Pure Milk Association takes hold. Officials say the stoppage is about 85 percent effective with 4,000,000 pounds sold daily, and four major distributors warn deliveries may be cut by tomorrow morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Pure Milk Association
Federal action to curb bootleggers begins in Middle West
Internal Revenue agents start the first major drive against speakeasies and bootleg operations. Revelations show millions of gallons of illicit liquor entering legal channels after repeal. State authorities join to close unlicensed saloons and target remnants of the Al Capone syndicate amid hints of high officials possibly involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Middle West
Internal Revenue
al Capone
Washington
Fire Damages 9th Street House in Elyria
A blaze at 462 West Ninth Street in Elyria damaged a two family home, with estimated losses around 3500. The fire began in the basement when a hot soot filled pasteboard carton ignited, spreading to the basement ceiling and first floor. Four fire companies fought the fire for nearly an hour.
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Elyria
West
Ninth Street
W. N. Bates
Kenneth Peters
Charles Norrington
Doctor Wynekoop Sanity Plea May Be Filed
Possibility arose today that Dr. Alice L. Wynekoop will enter an insanity plea. She is slated for trial next week on charges of plotting the death of her daughter in law Rheta, a case that has drawn broad attention in Chicago.
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Wynekoop
Chicago
Alice L. Wynekoop
Rheta
Lake Serpent Sightings Rally Scotland Shoreline Crowd
About 150 observers testified to glimpsing a Loch Ness monster along Inverness shores. Reports describe a 10 to 20 foot amphibious creature with a hippo like body and two front flippers, drawing crowds and cautious police watchers.
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Inverness
Scotland
Loch Ness
Invernessshire
George Spicer
London
Mary Reid
Inverfaiigaig
Arthur Grant
Edinburgh
James
Glen Urquhart
Grant
Findley Announces Candidacy for Judge
Guy B. Findley announced his candidacy for Judge of the Court of Common Pleas subject to the Republican primaries on August 14. He has 26 years of legal practice in Elyria and Lorain County, holds a University of Michigan Bachelor of Law, served as City Solicitor and as prosecutor, and was Government Appeal Agent during World War II. The Findleys reside at Finwood on Abbe road.
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Guy B. Findley
Court of Common Pleas
Mr. Findley
University of Michigan
Elyria
Lorain County
Findley
Mrs. Findley
Finwood
Abbe Road
Murder Probe Involving 17-Year-Old Detroit Student
Charles Bertle, a Central High School senior, was found murdered in his Detroit home. Coroner E J Knoblock called the death a horrible murder by strangulation, with the body trussed by a cord. Detectives questioned high school peers to find motives or enemies.
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Detroit
Charles Bertle
E. J. Knoblock
Caroline Bertle
Louis T. Bertle
Knoblock
Young Bertle
Bertle
Central High School
Per Capita Debt In U S Will Be Raised To 254
The article reports that in six months the federal government will run a deficit of 6.9 billion dollars, needing to borrow from the public and banks. Including an additional 2 billion in the near fiscal year, total debt would rise to 31.834 billion, equating to about 254 per person, up from 210. Inflationary effects on business are anticipated from increased borrowing and spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Washington
Nexs
Roosevelt
Elyria backs President Birthday Ball for Warm Springs
A meeting at the Elk's Restaurant led Elyria citizens to back a January 30 President Birthday Ball. The event aims to raise funds for the Warm Springs Foundation in Georgia to aid infantile paralysis treatment. Charles Sartor leads planning with 25 member committee and various subcommittees for publicity, tickets, radio, music, and decorations.
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Elyria
Elk’s
Charles Sartor
J. B. Johnson
Johnson
Henry L. Doherty
Warm Springs Foundation
Warm Springs
Georgia
National General Committee
United States
E. F. Allen
Allen
Roosevelt
New York
Albany
Alen
America
People of
Sartor
E. F
Daddy” Allen
Jim Armitage
Earl Bacon
D. A. Baird
George Colburn
James Elemes
William France
Aril Harper
A. C. Hudnutt
E. L. King
Walter Kohn
Leonard Kuss
W. O. McClellan
Harold Rorick
O. J. Shafer
June Shibley
Chauncey B. Smythe
S. H. Squire
E. J. Stankard
Robert Stephan
Wu. H. Vanoster
Walter Watts
Lawrence H. Webber
Myron Weiss
Earl Harper
J. Shafer
Cc. J. Sartor
Elyria CWA paving plan to repair brick streets
City Engineer J. M. Powell prepares a CWA project to repave brick streets in Elyria at an estimated cost of about 102000 dollars. Mayor W. H. Vanoster notes the plan would employ about 200 men for several weeks and restore worn sections by resetting bricks. M. A. Houghton urges township approval before submission and highlights Owil Works Service for women.
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Elyria
CWA
J. M. Powell
W. H. Vanoster
M. A. Houghton
Houghton
Owil
C. D. Murray
Real estate valuations cut by over a billion in Ohio
Ohio real estate tax valuations were reduced by 1 044 000 000 based on the 1933 abstract, with 1934 baselines set at 6 638 136 590. Ford Becker announced that local appraisals would further trim the grand duplicate to about 8.1 billion when utilities are included, noting Cuyahoga County led reductions from 1,680,047,300 to 1,396,499,920.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ford Becker
State Tax Commission
Cuyahoga County
Labor groups push 30 hour week and strict code enforcement
In Philadelphia, January 6, organized labor attacked NRA labor provisions at a conference. Sidney Hillman urged congressional enactment of strict Section 7A enforcement, while John L. Lewis pressed for a mandatory 30 hour week in all codes.
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Philadelphia
Organized Labor
NRA
American Academy of Political and Social Science
Sidney Hillman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
President
Labor Advisory Board
Ellis Searles
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
New York Mayor LaGuardia Faces Lehman Letter Clash
Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia faces a potential compromise or direct appeal to the people after Governor Lehman sharply criticizes his plan to seize city finances. Lehman’s public letter signals opposition to granting broad powers, warning democracy should not be scuttled.
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New York
Fio Tello H. LaGuardia
Herbert H. Lehman
LaGuardia
Lehman
Tammany
Albany
Memory of Napoleon's Mother May Be Interred at Invalides
A patriotic group urges transfer of Napoleon I's mother from Ajaccio to the Invalides in Paris. She died in exile at Rome on February 2, 1836 and would be made France's maternal patroness alongside Joan of Arc.
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Napoleon
Paris
the Invalides
Ministry of Education
Ajaccio
Corsica
Rome
France
Joan of Arc
Federal guarantee eyed for Farm Credit and Home Loan bonds
Washington reports a possible $4.0 billion increase in national debt liability to back refinancing of Home Owners' Loan Corporation and Farm Credit Administration bonds. The administration expects guarantees to lift Farm Credit bonds to par and Home Owners' bonds may gain a market, though notes trade below par.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Farm Credit Administration
Congress
Hkely
Roosevelt
Grand Jury to Consider 15 Criminal Cases in January Term
Prosecutor John M. Harding reports fifteen criminal cases on file for presentation to the grand jury convening Tuesday for the January term. Elyria cases include Art Schroeder and Stanley Yourkvitch for alleged theft of $108 in guns from La Grange Hardware last November, plus non support for John Jackson and Walter Marsh and a seduction charge against Thomas Cannon. Lorain defendants include Pete Stervis, Aurelio Dimas, Frank Kobac, Clarence Angell, Pete Yawkowski, John Carlson, Anton Cook, Joseph Yesterday, Norman Gibbon and Henry Anna of Buffalo, W. R. Solt Amherst, and William O’Farrell Oberlin in various alleged offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Harding
Grand Jury
Elyria
Art Schroeder
Stanley Yourkvitch
la Grange Hardware Company
John Jackson
Walter Marsh
Thomas Cannon
Lorain
Pete Stervis
Aurelio Dimas
Frank Koback
William O'Farrell
Oberlin
No Change in Steel Plant Schedule but Carshops Will Resume
Lorain Ohio January 6 The National Tube Company plant will operate about as last week with two blast furnaces eight open hearth furnaces and the Bessemer converter on single turn. Skelp Mill No 1 three days starting Wednesday Skelp Mill No 5 resumes Tuesday Number Two Butt Mill two days starting Thursday Number Five Butt Mill all week Number One Seamless Mill idle while Numbers Two and Three Seamless Mills run all week No lapp mills in operation. lorain car shops of the baltimore and ohio railroad will resume monday with 250 men recalled boosting payroll from about 200. workers will renovate and repair steel cars in anticipation of spring demand and railroad officials hope the work continues through 1934 shipping season outlook favorable.
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Lorain, O
National Tube Company
Earl W. Brown
Bessemer
Skelp
Lorain
Batimore and Ohio Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio
Senate Set to Debate Liquor Tax Bill Early Next Week
The liquor tax bill, approved by the House, moves to the Senate early next week with Democratic leaders seeking swift passage. Majority Leader Robinson expects a Monday or Tuesday start, no Senate hearings required, and a rapid debate likely to finish within a week. The plan taxes whisky $2 a gallon, beer $5 a barrel, and lowers wine taxes, aiming to raise about $659 million annually.
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Washington
House
Senate
Robinson
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Ohio Wesleyan
9Th St. House
Guy
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