Elyria High to Graduate 77 in 1988 Commencement
Forty four boys and 33 girls compose Elyria High School’s class slated for 88th commencement on January 28. The board approved the diploma list subject to exams, noting the 77 members may not all graduate. Pre-commencement events include a marionette show, Senior Distinction Day, baccalaureate at First M. F. Church, and senior chapel.
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Elyria High School
Elyria Board of Education
M. F
Betty Mae Agate
Gates Avenue
Isadore J. Babich
West Street
Bertha Mae Battle
Foster Avenue
Betty Ann Bishop
East River Street
Fredaline Yvonne Bliss
George Street
Lawrence W. Bodine
Roosevelt Avenue
Jean Harriet Brillhart
West River Street
Mike Pawlikowski Jr
Garvin
Kenneth B. Pitts
East Avenue
Iva Lee Pollack
Elleen L. Reising
Elm Street
Edith B. Rigg
Jean Robertson
Lake Avenue
Dorothy E. Rowley
Elyria
Lile Co. Scott
Winckles Street
Robert B. Strand
Park Avenue
Alford L. Sweet
Tannery Street
A Reva Leota Taylor
Lincoln Court
Walter Norman Thompson
Leona Marion Tompkins
Louisiana Avenue
Gaza Toth
Roger E. Vanek
Quincy Street
Bob Vaughn
Brandston Avenue
Jack W. Ward
F. Josephine Whitmore
Ohio Weather Update Shows Rain and Temperature Swing
Occasional rain expected tonight and Thursday across Ohio. Warmer conditions tonight give way to a colder Thursday afternoon and much colder Thursday night. Friday may bring further chill as temperatures fall.
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Ohio
Elyrian believed to win Kate Smith hero award
Mrs. Max L Pember of East River Street is expected to receive the 500 Kate Smith hero award for rescuing three year old Boyd Cameron from the Black River. The check will be presented in New York tomorrow during a radio broadcast. The sponsorship covers travel and expenses, with other finalists receiving 100 prizes. Continued on Page 2.
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Max Pember
Chronicle-Telegram
Jack Roche
New York
Max L. Pember
East River Street
Miss Smith
Mrs. Pember
Thirty Americans Refuse To Leave Madrid
In Madrid on January thirteenth thirty Americans refused to depart the city despite a strong warning from Charge D Affaires Eric C Wendelin urging immediate evacuation as danger grows. Only two would comply. War reports note strict secrecy on defense preparations with troops fortifying fronts. A hospital case tells of a militiaman found after nine days in a shell hole near the trenches amid a lack of food.
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Madrid
Eric C. Wendelin
Wendelin
State Department
War Ministry
War Office
Felix Alonzo Blanco
Poison Liquor Kills Eleven Indians in Devils LakeArea
At Fort Totten Reservation in North Dakota an apparent poisoned liquor party led to eleven deaths with six dying Sunday night and four more Monday night plus one Tuesday. a twelfth person remained critically ill at the Indian Agency Hospital as a coroner's inquest was ordered to determine the liquor's source. Names of the deceased include Ben Mallard and his wife, Raymond Mallard, Mrs. John Drake, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Abraham, Alex Yankton, Mrs. Alice Walker, Henry Longle, Cecelia Blackshield, and Phil Feather.
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Devils Lake
N. D
Fort Totten Reservation
Indian Agency Hospital
Ben Mallard
Raymond Mallard
John Drake
Henry Abraham
Alex Yankton
Alice Walker
Henry Longle
Cecelia Blackshield
Phil Feather
Kidnapped Boy Slain Autopsy Details Brutal Death
Ten year old Charles Mattson was stabbed in the back and bludgeoned to death by a kidnapper, according to an unimpeachable federal autopsy. G-men and about 1,000 officials hunt the former asylum inmate suspected of the crime. Evidence includes flesh under nails and bluish clay, suggesting a desperate struggle before death.
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United Press
Tacoma
Wash
Charles Mattson
G-men
Washington
Washington Asylum For the
S. M. Cresswell
Charles McCall
E. J. Connelly
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Charles
Puget Sound
Parental Leaders Gather In Lorain County Council Event
Six hundred parents and teachers from Lorain County packed the Grafton School auditorium for the winter session of the Lorain County Council of Parent-Teacher Associations. Dusty Miller of Wilmington spoke on The Good Citizen urging constructive attitudes and positive civic work.
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Lorain County
Bridgeport Women Struck and Killed Crossing Street
In Bridgeport last night Mrs. Anna Manis, 70, and her daughter Mrs. Tina Thomas, 45, were struck and killed by a car. Floyd H. Ray of Sherrard, West Virginia, driver of the vehicle, was held for questioning after saying he was blinded by another car’s headlights and did not see the women.
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Bridgeport
Anna Manis
Tina Thomas
Floyd H. Ray
Sherrard
W. Va
Congress Debates Roosevelt Government Reorganization Plan
Congress oppositions threaten large parts of President Roosevelt's reorganization plan. Democrats and Republicans attack proposed eliminations and new offices, while Byrd's committee plans drastic economies and oversight changes. Senate may form a joint committee to draft legislation as leaders push for rapid committee work.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Civil Service Committee
Civil Service
House
John J. O'Connor
N. Y
Rules Committee
Harry F. Byrd
Byrd
Department of Social Welfare
Department of Public Works
N. M. Logan
William H. King
Utah
Robert Ramspeck
Byrd Committee
Joseph T.‘Robinson
Senate
Elyria Drives Ban On All Gambling Devices Citywide
Elyria sheriff William F. Grall announced an intensified crackdown extending beyond the initial city sweep to all territory under his jurisdiction to banish slot machines. Police Chief E J Stankard reported machines removed from city sites and vowed permanent enforcement while local leaders and civic figures voiced strong support for eradicating gambling devices and protecting youth from their influence.
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William F. Grall
Elyria
E. J. Stankard
Ona Holly
Ernst Irion
Elyria Ministerial Association
Ernest Holmes
Lorain County Relief
Chronicle-Telegram
R. C. Maston
Julia Martin
T. L. Moise
P. T. A. Council
Harlie G. Stevick
Troops Sent To Flint In Nationwide Sit-Down Strike Time
A troop train carrying about 900 National Guard members arrived in Flint Michigan to guard the city amid a sit-down strike at three General Motors plants. Governor Murphy ordered them to protect the public interest, with no martial law declared, as clashes sent 28 police and strikers to hospitals. Troops marched to quarters in a former high school, many young and tired after an overnight trip. equipment included several machine guns.
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Flint
Mich
National Guard
Frank Murphy
General Motors
Grand Trunk Station
McCarl calls reform plan a smokescreen in reshaping accounting
Former Comptroller General John P. McCarl charged today that the President's reorganiza tion program, especially the independent accounting system, was a smokescreen to deprive Congress of means to discharge its constitutional responsibilities to the government.
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Washington
John P. McCarl
Congress
Would Spend Millions For Air Safety
Senator Royal S. Copeland announced the air safety subcommittee would soon recommend expending about 10 million dollars to improve airplane weather reporting facilities. Government agencies intensified safety efforts after a string of fatal air transport accidents.
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Washington
Auto Strike Spreads to St Louis GM Plants
ST LOUIS MO Jan 13 A strike called today by Automobile Workers of America hits General Motors plants including Fisher Body and Chevrolet assembly. Local 25 secretary Des mond Garst says he acted with a week’s notice from Homer Martin national president. About four thousand workers are affected.
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ST. Louis
Automobile Workers of America
Fisher Body
Chevrolet
General Motors Corporation
Desmond Garst
Garst
Homer Martin
President Learns of Strike Situation
Assistant Secretary of Labor Edward F McGrady was summoned to the White House today to brief President Roosevelt on the Pacific coast maritime strike and the General Motors strike led by John L Lewis, giving an up to the minute view of the nation s major labor crisis.
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Washington
Edward F. McGrady
White House
Roosevelt
Pacific Coast
General Motors
John L. Lewis
Eight Workmen Die as Locomotive Hits Section Car
LAS ANGELES Jan 13 Eight workmen were killed when a locomotive struck their section car on the Union Pacific main line near the Nevada border. The mangled bodies lay along the right of way for 350 feet.
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Los Angeles
Union Pacific
Nevada
Gold Bullion Arrives At New Depository Fort Knox
A welcome committee of about 1500 men met a special train carrying 200000000 dollars in gold bullion, the first consign ment of Uncle Sam's gold supply to the treasury's new depository at Fort Knox Kentucky.
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Fort Knox
Uncle Sam
Treasury
Russian Ship Halted By Spanish Rebels
In Gibraltar on January 13 a report stated that Spanish rebel ships halted the Soviet Russia vessel Petrovich in the Gulf of Vasconia, amid ongoing Spanish rebel actions in the region.
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Gibraltar
Petrovich
Gulf of Vasconia
Former Cleveland Official Killed in Air Crash
James Braden age 68 of Cleveland was killed when a Western Air Express liner crashed on a California mountainside. He headed Braden Sutphin Ink Co and was Ohio sales manager for V. & W. Specialties Co, traveling to Los Angeles. He formerly served as Cleveland city purchasing commissioner and resigned after less than a year in 1933-34. He was credited with saving the city $100,000 by opposing chiseling salesmen.
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Cleveland
James Braden
Western Air Express
California
Braden-Sutphin Ink Co
Ohio
V. & W. Specialties Co
Los Angeles
Braden
Rotarians Hear Safety Expert
Gordon C. Graham of the National Safety Council urged Elyria Rotarians to integrate education engineering and enforcement in a city safety campaign. He highlighted accident maps, hazard point analysis and intelligent traffic enforcement, noting the enormous toll of highway crashes and the need for sustained funding personnel and leadership to coordinate efforts.
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Elyria Rotary Club
Gordon C. Graham
National Safety Council of Chicago
Billinghurst
Graham
National Safety Council
T. L. Moise
Dever Hull
Parent-Teacher Associations
D. A. Baird
R. T. J. Martin
Woman's Club
K. W. Plocher
Junior Woman's Club
A. R. Agate
American Legion
R. E. White
Elyria Automobile Club
Harlie G. Sterick
R. C. Maston
E. J. Stankard
William Grall
W. N. Bates
A. H. West
Boy Scouts
Veteran Tariff Commission Member Dies at 70
Thomas Walker Pace, 70, veteran chairman of the U S Tariff Commission, died in Charlottesville after a brief illness. He died at the University of Virginia Hospital, where he had been confined for a few days. Pace was regarded as a leading expert on tariff questions.
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Charlottesville
Thomas Walker Pace
U. S. Tariff Commission
Page
University of Virginia
Explorer Johnson dies in Western Air crash near Los Angeles
Martin Johnson famed explorer dies after crash that killed James Braden of Cleveland and injured 11 others. Johnson and wife Osa were en route to lecture when the transport struck a mountain ridge 25 miles north of Los Angeles. Surviving passengers endured hours in the wreck before rescue.
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Los Angeles
Martin Johnson
Johnson
Good Samaritan Hospital
Osa
James Braden
Cleveland
E. E. Spencer
Chicago
Straamberg Electric Co
Pasadena
W. W. Lewis
C. T. Owens
Salt Lake City
Union Air Terminal
San Fernando Valley
A. T. Loomis
Omaha
Neb
Glendale
R. T. Anderson
Atlantic City
San Fernando Hospital
Pontiff Leaves Bed as He Improves at Vatican
Pope Pius, recovering from a grave illness 40 days in bed, was allowed to sit up in a wheel chair throne for the first time. Physician Aminta Milani visited at 6 A.M. and approved the change. Dr Vilani assisted the transfer. He attended Mass in a private chapel nearby.
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Vatican City
Pius
Aminta Milani
Vilani
Renters urged to use Want-Ad for vacancies on Chestnut street
Advertisers say RESULTS are what they obtain by telling renters about vacancies in Want-Ad notices. Listings mention 2 3 or 4 rooms and bath with rates and location on Chestnut street and West Side. Addresses and contact numbers appear as calls to place ads or respond to vacancies.
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George C. Beebe
Grafton M. E. Church
Norine Nichols
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Eaton School
William B. Bankhead
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Lorain
McCarl
Cleveland City
Tariff Commission
Explorer
Cleveland Man
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Bulletin
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