Elyria School Appropriations Near Last Year’s Levels
Elyria Board of Education voted a 1939 operating fund total of 699,566.59, up 44,537.52 from 1938, with most of the rise in the bond retirement fund. The general fund stands at 526,797.67, only 3,328.33 higher than last year, and the largest general fund item is the teachers payroll at 353,651.50.
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Elyria
Elyria Board of Education
W. ©. McClellan
Massey Trust Fund
General Fund
General Administration
Health Department
Natree Textbook Fund
School Foundation
Injuries Fatal To Marion Fireman
Marion Ohio January 10 Harlan Simpson a 61 year old city fireman died today from injuries after being struck by an automobile on a fire call Monday night He stepped from a fire truck into the path of a car driven by Edwin Wilson near Marion The driver was exonerated.
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Marion, O
Harlan Simpson
Edwin Wilson
Marion
Weather Summary for Ohio and Regions Tonight
Mostly cloudy and much colder tonight and Wednesday with snow flurries in the north. A disturbance moved from the Plains to eastern Ontario, intensifying as a system. High pressure rests over the South Atlantic, Manitoba and the Pacific States while precipitation runs across the Central Valleys, Lake Region, St. Lawrence Valley and northern border states from Minnesota to Washington. Weather is warmer in the Ohio Valley and the Middle and South Atlantic but colder across the Plains.
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Ohio
Plains States
Ontario
South Atlantic
Manitoba
Pacific States
Lake Region
St. Lawrence Valley
Minnesota
Washington
Ohio Valley
Middle
Ambassadors Report Grim View of European Peace Prospects
Ambassadors Joseph Kennedy in London and William Bullitt in Paris told a joint session of the House and Senate Military committees that Europe faces an “utterly chaotic condition” under Hitler and Mussolini. They traced events from the Munich Conference and described the deteriorating outlook as the United States prepares President Roosevelt’s defense expansion proposals. They also discussed British and French policies and the danger of appeasement.
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Washington
W.P
Europe
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Joseph P. Kennedy
London
William C. Bullitt
Paris
Congress
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Munich
Hitler
Mussolini
Ambassadors to present defense plan to Congress
United States ambassadors to Great Britain and France Joseph P. Kennedy and William C. Bullitt will appear before a joint House and Senate Military Affairs committee to back President Roosevelt's national defense program. They will report on European affairs since Munich, endorse arming the U.S. to defend the Western Hemisphere, and meet with Roosevelt and Sumner Welles as Hull returns from Lima.
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Washington
Great Britain
France
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Joseph P. Kennedy
William C. Bullitt
London
Paris
Europe
Mr. Roosevelt
United States
Western Hemisphere
Kennedy
Bullitt
White House
Sumner Welles
Congress
Hull
Vanoster Elected President of Elyria School Board
W. H. Vanoster of Fay Hosiery Mills and former mayor of Floria was chosen president of the Elyria Board of Education for 1939 by unanimous vote at the organization meeting. He succeeds Richard F. Stevens. Frank Spencer Jr. was elected vice president for 1939. Spencer and Vanoster began their terms together.
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W. H. Vanoster
Harvard Avene
Fay Hosiery Mills Company
Floria
Elyria Board of Education
Vanoster
Richard F. Stevens
Frank Spencer, Jr
Spruce Street
Elvria
Board of Education
Spencer
Absence Leaves Granted To Two Elyria Teachers
Elyria Board of Education approved leaves of absence for two Elyria High School art teachers. Dorothy Jones will work toward a master’s degree at Western Reserve University on a half day schedule with half salary. Helen Davenport was hired half time to teach art during Jones absence at $90 monthly. A leave of absence was also approved for kindergarten teacher Louise Baumhardt at McKinley School due to illness, with Gerald Frank teaching as substitute and possibly replaced by another contract teacher after review.
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Elyria Board of Education
Elyria
Dorothy Jones
Western Reserve University
Helen Gilbert Davenport
Miss Jones
Louise Baumhardt
McKinley
Gerald M. Frank
R. C. Maston
Boston Food Shortage Eases as Pickets Move Food
Striking truckers and freight handlers began moving an estimated 3000.00 dollars worth of perishable foodstuffs in Boston to relieve a six day food shortage while police investigated a shooting attributed to roaming pickets. Food handlers returned to work as officials consider emergency measures.
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Boston
Mass
Appropriations Set Up For Health Work
Lorain County General District Board of Health approves 1939 budget totaling 20877.48 dollars for county health department operations. County funds cover 19303.48 dollars with 324 from Oberlin for water testing, 250 from Western Reserve University for field nursing, and 1000 from a state subsidy, plus reemployment of staff including Dr. F. R. Dew and Ruth Paddock.
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Oberlin
Lorain County Health Department
Lorain County General District Board of Health
Oberlin Village
Western Reserve University
Health Department
F. R. Dew
Ruth F. Paddock
Hazel M. Worcester
J. S. Wetherill
Charity M. Sherod
Mabel E. Wade
R. P. Fowler
Beulah K. West
Christina Mahan
Ethel Agate
Helen Hoy
Valeria Starkey
Albert Szabo
Mother of Elyria Woman Passes funeral held for Martha Bell
Funeral services were held at Chalfant in Coshocton County for 85 year old Martha Dickerson Bell mother of Mrs. R C Maston Elyria school superintendent's wife. Bell recalled Custer as her first school teacher at a Beech Point one room school and remembered his sorrel horse and Morgan era Civil War raids. Born in Coshocton she moved to Harrison County as a child and returned to Coshocton before dying Sunday morning.
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Chalfant
Coshocton County
Martha Dickerson Bell
R. C. Maston
Elyria
Beech Point
Harrison County
Custer
Little Big Horn
Montana
Citizenship Classes To Resume This Week
Citizenship classes resume this week with the first meeting at 7 p m tonight in the Washington building at Middle Avenue and Sixth street. Classes meet every Tuesday and Thursday.
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Washington Building
Middle Avenue
Sixth Street
County Faces Serious Lack of Finances
County officials met to discuss 1939 budget shortfalls with only 559 581 for general operation against 765 423 required. Proposals include diverting special tax funds to general use, or a welfare levy, while welfare funding may be handled after general appropriations. A tax source earmark loosening option was also raised for state legislative relief.
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Board of Commissioners
See Floor Fight On Relief Fund
Washington plan to fight over an $875,000,000 relief appropriation as House leaders consider blocking a cut. Deficiency subcommittee members favor a smaller amount to sustain works through July 1. Democrats reportedly plan a move to curb WPA salaries by tying civil service status to staff.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
WPA
Clifton A. Woodrum
Bricker to Order Grand Jury Probe of Ohio Government
Ohio Governor Bricker plans to empower Attorney General Herbert to convene a special grand jury within days to investigate state government conduct over the past four years. The inquiry could cover graft and corruption findings from the Senate probe, with jurisdiction potentially in Franklin County and across all 88 counties.
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Bricker
Grand Jury
Ohio
Columbus
John W. Bricker
United Press
Thomas J. Herbert
Franklin County
Senate
Nquor
Herbert
Navy stages 66 planes for Caribbean maneuvers
SAN DIEGO California January 19 The navy launched two massive aerial defense drills beginning with 66 planes. A dawn flight of 18 Sikorsky amphibians and Grummans headed for Miami and Guantanamo Bay while 48 Boeing bombers followed non stop 2500 miles to Coco Solo. Commanders Mitsheer and Price coordinated the formations as the flights joined in the Caribbean war games maneuvers.
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San Diego
Calif
Navy
Caribbean
Miami
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Coco Solo
Allan Price
Marc A. Mitsheer
Bricker Has Four Blisters On Hand After Inauguration
Governor John W. Bricker arrived at the State House after a day of handshakes leaving four blisters on his right hand. He faced congratulatory telegrams and received a metal desk book end gift from Thad C. Rose. In his office, portraits include Herrick Cooper Willis and Harmon. The first administration staff to report were Secretary of State Earl Griffith and Attorney General Thomas Herbert.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
State House
Thad C. Rose
Mahoning County
Midyear Exams On Friday the 13th
Lorain County students in village and rural schools face midyear exams this week marking the end of the first semester of 1938 39. Examinations run Thursday and Friday in county schools except Wellington where the semester closes a week later per County Superintendent C A Gibbens.
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Lorain
Wellington
C. A. Gibbens
Temperance Day To Be Observed In County Schools
Lorain County schools begin preparations for Temperance Day to be observed Friday of next week due to midyear exams. State law designates the Friday nearest January 16, but January 20 is chosen. County superintendent C A Gibbons notes late Department of Education materials hinder timely program planning. Each school will develop its own schedule.
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Lorain County
C. A. Gibbons
State Department of Education
Gibbens
Alliance Demands Over Billion In Relief Funds
Police rushed to the House office building as 200 Pennsylvania members of the Workers Alliance urged congressmen to back a 1.05 billion dollar relief appropriation. Led by M D Weiner and Joseph Kres, they sought a record vote while David Lasser urged full funding to July 1.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Workers Alliance
M. D. Weiner
Joseph Kres
Alliance
David Lasser
House
Roaring Noise Alarmed Brooklyn Residents
A mysterious roar last night unsettled Brooklyn from Coney Island to Brooklyn Bridge. Weather instruments showed a mild 15 mile per hour wind, but residents compared the sound to a hurricane or a giant roller coaster. Thousands searched the skies and phoned stations as police offered no explanation.
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New York
Brooklyn
Coney Island
Brooklyn Bridge
One Drowned One Injured In Bridge Collision
The freighter Waukegan collided with the St Georges bridge over the Chesapeake and Delaware canal in Delaware. Bridge tender Robert Quinn drowned after being thrown into the canal. bridge foreman seriously injured. The wreck blocked canal traffic and disrupted the Du Pont highway, a major Delaware route, with fears of long-term impact.
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ST. Georges
Del
Waukegan
Kearny
N. J
U. S. Maritime Commission
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
Robert Quinn
England
Delaware
Truck And Auto Collide Two Men Killed
Two men died and two others were seriously injured when an automobile collided with a trailer truck on the Three-C highway north of Columbus, with Kelsey E. Neal and Edwin Fisseell killed. Clyde Thompson and Jack Makeever, Mt Gilead residents, were injured. Oscar Carrier of Cincinnati, truck driver, reported the sedan tried to pull out of line before the crash. The car caught fire but all four men were removed before patrol arrival.
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Columbus, CO
Here
Kelsey E. Neal
Edwin Fisseell
University Hospital
Mt. Gilead
Clyde Thompson
Jack Makeever
Fissell
Makeever
State Highway Department
Thompson
Conservation Division
Oscar Carrier
Cincinnati
Columbus
Carrier
Highway Patrol
Elyria School Board Considers Advance on Tax Funds
The Elyria Board of Education, starting 1939 with a $5,292 general fund balance, authorized clerk treasurer W. O. McClellan to seek an advance of up to $60,000 from the county treasurer against anticipated tax collections. With about $17,000 in tangible tax receipts due February, total cash available could reach roughly $77,000 before the March 1 School Foundation distribution, easing operation costs until tax funds arrive.
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Elyria Board of Education
W. O. McClellan
McClellan
Supt of Correction Appointed in Columbus
W F Amrine of London, who resigned as superintendent of the London Prison Farm in 1935, was appointed Superintendent of Correction by State Welfare Director Charles L. Sherwood at a salary of 5900. Barbara Danford of Columbus, executive secretary, is reinstated after abolition of her post in 1937 and resumes a 3300 salary.
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Columbus, Q
W. F. Amrine
London
Charles L. Sherwood
Barbara Danford
Columbus
Sherwood
Danford
Amrine
Davey
Thomas Jenkins
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Cordell
Lima
Peru
Cordell Hull
C. A. Horn
C. S. Kelser
Howard R. Butler
Kelser
County Auditors Association
John E. Davidson
Davidson
Oscar G. Dunn
Edward Dechant
Mose Wilder
H. E. Agate
Harry L. Dunham
Walter J. Wright
Carl R. Finegan
H. H. Nye
Horn
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