City Council Acts On Budgets and Projects
City council approved a $100 or less settlement authority for the city solicitor with finance consent, and referred Mayor Petro’s sidewalks study to three committees. Debates covered depositories for wax funds, a $410 payment to Ruth Richwine for stenographic work, a private water main on West 16th Street, and the Bath street trucking depot dispute. A study of the East Side storm water flow was called for with a round-table with the city engineer, in response to flooding on Garford Avenue and Broad Street. Spencer Gas and Oil Co was referred to permit a 12 000 gallon bulk station at Lake Avenue and Adams Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Petro
Ed Notley
Notley
Ruth Richwine
Josing
West 16Th Street
Acpeet
J. DD. Faxon
Bath Street
L. A. O’brien
Faxon
Eservice
East Side
Council
Cire
Jack Powell
Eastern Heights
Garford Avenue
Broad Streets
Spencer Gas and Oi Company
Lake Avenue
Adams Kleet
Comauut- Ca
Business Advisory Group To Meet The President Tomorrow
President Roosevelt will host 50 business men from the business advisory council to discuss economic recession. The meeting, arranged Dec 1, aims to push lighter tax burdens and clearer labor policies for business. New moves include talks with automobile executives on credit and sales practices, Bulkley's plan for a national council of diverse groups, and NAM forming a national policy coordination committee.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Business Advisory Council
Department of Commerce
President
Business
Congress
Robert J. Bulkley
Ohio
Senate Manufacturers Committee
National Association of Manufacturers
Weather update for Ohio and surrounding regions
Clotdy tonight and Wednesday with a chance of snow in the western areas. Slightly colder in the extreme south tonight, temperatures rising slowly in the north and central portions by Wednesday. High pressure over eastern Canada and another high over California and Nevada. Lows over Oklahoma and Puget Sound. Light snows in the lake region, light rains in the gulf states, and light to moderate rain in the far western states. Older morning readings show 30 degrees below zero in Ontario.
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Ohio
Clotdy
Canada
California
Nevada
Oklahoma
Puget Sound
Lake
Gulf States
Middle Atlantic
Ontario
Parker Anders Confesses Slaying Charles Ross in Kidnapping Case
Federal agents disclose Peter Anders, 30, confessed to killing Charles S. Ross, an elderly Valentine manufacturer, and his partner Atwood Gray after kidnapping Ross near Chicago. The ransom of 350000 partly recovered. Anders fled across the country until captured at Santa Anita racetrack. Hoover announced the case solved.
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Charles Ross
Valentine
Fort Worth
Texas
U.p
Peter Anders
Charles S. Ross
American Airlines
Memphis
New York
Los Angeles
Chicago
Widow of Kidnap Murder Victim Near Collapse Veiled Home
CHICAGO January 18 The luxurious apartment home of Charles S Ross kidnap murder victim was veiled in secrecy today His widow near collapse and the family attorney Edmund S Cummings Jr refused to discuss the case G men warned Ross relatives to say nothing Ross left his home Sept 25 after dining with Miss Florence Freihage and was abducted ransom paid about 50000 in secrecy The Chicago office head Daniel M Ladd declined to comment and investigators indicated the suspects were not Chicagoans Search for the bodies continued with activity near Rockford Illinois and a roadhouse near the Wisconsin line
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Hoover
Anders
Ross
Gray
Chicago
Spokane
Seattle
Portland
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Miami
New Orleans
Los Angeles
Miss Freibage
Charles S. Ross
G-men
Edmund S. Cummings, Jr
Florence Freihage
Cummings
Sycamore
Ill
Miss Freihage
Jassie
Daniel M. Ladd
Bureau of Investigation
Mlinois
Peter Anders
Atwood Gray
Rockford
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Line
Lonely Wolf Road
Double funeral for mother and son after Eaton township fire
Mrs. Ethel Stocking and her son Wayne Cale, both killed when a newly lit gasoline stove exploded, will be laid to rest tomorrow at Sudro-Curtis Funeral Home. Deputy sheriffs say gasoline vapor sparked the eight room house fire on Island Road, trapping Daniel Stocking outside. Ethel Stocking, born 1892 in Cleveland, and Wayne, born 1922 in Litchfield, leave husband and four other children. Services led by Rev. A K Stevenson of North Eaton Church of Christ with burial in Medina Cemetery.
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Sudro-Curtis
Ethel Stocking
Wayne Cale
Island Road
Eaton Township
North Eaton High School
Samuel Paonessa
John B. Judge
Daniel Stocking
A. K. Stevenson
North Eaton
Amherst Rotary Club Receives Its Charter
Amherst Rotary Club received its charter at Amherst High School auditorium with 220 attendees. Charter number 1420 lists 24 members and the event featured Dr. Alen D. Albert as principal speaker, plus visits from Rotarians from Lorain and nearby towns. Walter Nord was named president, with Finnegan, Wiseman Jr., and Zilch in officers roles.
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Amherst High School
Amherst Rotary Club
Amherst Club
Alen D. Albert
Pars
Rotary Internatonal
Albert
Japan
England
China
France
Rotary
Harold
Covault
Lorain
157Th
Elorria
Huron
Willard
Vermilion
George W. Garthe
Amherst
Walter G. Nord
New Club
Rotary International
Herman J. Nord
Cleveland Rotary
Earl English
Clarence E. Cooper
Paul Bunn
M.A. Burris
D. J. Thomas
Thelma Mays
Emma Dreschler
Drothy Jones
Philip Yeager
Oliver D. Everhard
Barberton
Mass
Nova Scotia
Amherst Rotary
Thomas Finnegan
G. R. Wiseman, Jr
Werner Zilch
Serjeant-At-Arms
Needs Of Fire Dept Outlined To City Council
Fire Chief W N Bates outlined equipment needs costing about 340000 to council in a letter presented by Service Director L L Faxon at Mayor Joseph Petro’s request. Proposals include an 85 foot ladder truck with a pumping unit, a 1000 gallon pumper at No 1, and two additional pumpers, to replace aging units dating from 1906 to 1920. The plan, aligned with Howard Manning’s authority on fire equipment, was referred to safety and finance for report.
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W. N. Bates
L L. Faxon
Joseph Petro
Bates
No. 1
East Side
Robinson
Fast Side
No. 1 Hose Company
Howard Manning
Faxon
Safety and Finance Committees
Public Employees Now Covered By Pension System
More than 75,000 municipal and county workers in Ohio become eligible for the state retirement program. The plan expands a system already serving 16,000 state employees, with about 4.5 million dollars diverted annually from salaries to a pension fund. Governor Davey signed the bill, with urban centers to be included first, and meetings to outline plan features for new eligibles.
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Columbus
Ohio
Davey
Employes
Wilson E. Hoge
State Employes Retirement System
Filibuster Leaders Express Confidence in Antilynching Bill
Proponents of the Antilynching bill urged night Senate sessions this week to break the filibuster now in its sixteenth day. Filibuster leaders answered that the Senate cannot stay in session more than two nights, and predicted the bill would never be enacted.
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Washington
Senate
Nelson Proposes An Athletic Commission
Councilman Elmer Nelson urged a city athletic commission to replace the boxing board and oversee all sports. The panel would manage the $500 playground fund, support ball diamonds, and promote broader sports under PTA direction, gaining council approval and study by a three member committee appointed by Council President W. Kk. B Notley.
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Elmer Nelson
The
P.T. A
Council
W. Kk. B Notley
Byrnes Aims Quick Unemployment Aid Through Social Security Reform
Senator James F. Byrnes said he would seek an amendment to the Social Security Act to speed unemployment payments by shortening the reserve-build period from two years to one. The plan would push participating states to begin payments sooner with a target of state-wide payments by October if passed. The proposal comes as mayors urged expansion of work relief programs and a federal role in allocating funds to states under new oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James F. Byrnes
Senate Unemployment and Relief Committee
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
New York
Harold H. Burton
Cleveland
Angelo J. Rossi
San Francisco
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Committee For Community Mobilization
6000 Daring Chinese Attack Japanese Near Shanghai
Shanghai dispatch reports six thousand Chinese irregulars attacking Japanese forces a few miles from central Shanghai. Irregulars claimed to have captured a village with 270 Japanese troops, prompting a halt of Pootung dock activity and suspension of foreign cargo removal. Skirmishes continued between Chaokachiao and the Yangtse River, with reports of Chuensha captured and hostages held. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek was said to visit the Hsuzhow front as 400,000 troops mass nearby.
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Shanghai
Pootung
Whangpoo River
Chaokachiao
Yangtse River
Chuensha
Chiang Kai- Shek
Hsuzhow Front
Prosec
Chantemps Seeks Radical Socialist Cabinet in Paris
In Paris on January 18, iii-Ca mille Chantemps won authorization from the radical Socialist Party to form an all radical Socialist cabinet if the Socialists back it with a popular front program. A meeting was called to decide support, as Chantemps had warned he might form a crisis cabinet if rejected.
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Paris
Camille Chantemps
Radical Socialist Party
Chautemps
Japan orders ambassador to leave China in new regime plan
Premier Fumimaro Konoye announced in Tokyo that ambassador Shigeru Kazaoi to China is to end his duties and return to Japan. He said Tokyo will foster a new regime in China. The statement was shared in a press interview setting.
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Tokyo
Shigeru Kawazoi
China
Japan
Fumimaro Konoye
Soviet Admits Arrest of Mr and Mrs Robinson
Secretary of State Cordell Hull announced the Soviet government has officially confirmed that the couple identified as Mr and Mrs Donald L Robinson are under arrest in Soviet Russia a development disclosed amid weeks of mystery surrounding their detention in Moscow.
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Soviet
Washington
Cordell Hull
Donald L. Robinson
Russia
Lineman Dies After Contact With 10,000-Volt Wire
Bernard Rosebrook, 36, a lineman for the Marion Reserve Power Co. died after touching a 10,000-volt line at the Delaware substation. His hands were burned away and coworkers lowered him from the pole by ropes.
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Delaware F, O
Bernard Rosebrook
Marion Reserve Power Co
Delaware
Lorain County Schools to Receive $32852 in State Funds
Lorain County and Oberlin districts will receive payments totaling $40,? in the latest Ohio School Foundation Program distribution announced in Columbus. The state department said the funds cover roughly half of the December 1 notes, enabling districts to retire about half of the issued certificates while remaining notes await further state funds.
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Lorain County
Ohio School Foundation
Columbus
State Department of Education
Lirria
Lorain
Oberlin
State Department
Surprise Nationalist Offensive Kills 3000 Loyalists at Teruel
Zaragoza dispatch says at least 3000 Loyalist soldiers were killed in a surprise Nationalist offensive against Loyalist held Teruel. The assault began less than a day ago and Nationalist officers claim brilliant successes and many prisoners. They expect ultimate capture of Teruel.
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Zaragoza
Spain
Teruel
Senate And House Back In Session In Ohio
In Columbus the Senate and House returned to work aiming to finish the poor relief financing bill quickly. A joint conference committee plans to embrace major Senate amendments, including cutting the utility excise tax to .65 percent and beverage tax to .25 cent per bottle. The Senate conferees expect to approve a two year effective period for the utility tax from February 1.
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Columbus
Senate
House
Joint Conference
Conference
Notes Tell of Success Of Expedition
A buoy with notes from the Baldwin Ziegler expedition to Franz Josef Land in 1902 was recovered by the icebreaker Rosanov at Tokhaya Bay on Hooker Island. The cork buoy carried notes stating the expedition’s success and its march toward the mainland.
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Moscow
Baldwin-Ziegler
Franz Josef Land
North Russia
Rosanov
Tokhaya Bay
Hooker Island
Cork
Fearful Toll At Sacre Heart College Dormitory Fire
A dormitory fire at Sacre Heart College in St Hyacinthe Quebec trapped 160 pupils and 30 priests. Thirteen bodies were recovered with fears the final death toll could reach 20 or more. many victims died in or near the hospital, while rescue efforts were hampered by freezing temperatures and dense smoke.
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ST. Hyacinthe
Que
Sacred Heart College
St. Charles Hospital
Jean Baptiste
Japs Plan Air Attack on New Canton-Hong Kong Highway
Hong Kong reports British authorities received a Japanese government communique warning of plans to bomb the Canton Hong Kong highway. The alert fuels speculation that a broader Japanese offensive toward Canton may be underway, given Canton’s role as Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek’s lifeline to the sea.
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Hong Kong
Canton
Chiang Kai-Shek
Ridgelawn Cemetery Expansion Approved by Council
Council authorized Service Director I. D. Faxon to buy a property fronting 99 feet on Columbus street adjoining Ridgelawn Cemetery as an expansion. Purchase not to exceed $1,000 and the property is owned by The Andwur Mortgage Loan Company. Faxon said the project would require additional funds to develop the plot.
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Council
I. D. Faxon
Columbus Street
Ridgelawn Cemetery
Andwur Mortgage Loan Company
Faxon
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Finance Committee
Charles Ss. Ross
Debonair Anders
Santa Anita
Department of Justice
J. Edgar Hoover
Mrs. Ross
Lindbergh
Frank Walen
Nelson
Athletic
Sen. Byrnes
Bulletin
Chantemps
Lineman
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