Fame For His Independence Won By Borah
Idaho Senator William Borah built international fame for independent action and eloquence. His Jan 11 last speech defended the Bill of Rights amid concerns over emergency powers, warning against assaults on free speech and liberty and praising the Constitution as a shield against government overreach.
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Washington
William E. Borah
United States
Idaho
Senate
Borah
Charles Edison
Congress
Roosevelt
America
Fire Starts In Waste Paper Basket At Lodi Street Apartment
Elyria firefighters answered their 25th fire alarm of 1940 at 10 54 a m today to Martha Brown s apartment on 60 Lodi street The blaze began in a kitchen waste paper basket scorched the table and a window casing and damaged two window panes Firemen from Squad Company No 1 and Engine Company No 3 investigated The cause was not determined but discarded cigarette butts were suspected as the ignition source
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Elyria
Martha Brown
Lodi Street
Sheriff mails departmental report to public groups
Sheriff Carl R. Finegan mailed about 500 letters citing his office actions from the 1999 annual report. He says stationery and postage were paid from his personal funds. Zander Hawk, 46, of 29 Chestnut Street, treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital at 6:30 am for a lip laceration and forehead abrasions after being struck by a bottle at 28 West Avenue.
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Carl R. Finegan
Zander Hawk
Chestnut Street
Elyria Memorial Hospital
West Avenas
Court settles $5,000 Lorain personal injury suit
A $5,000 personal injury case by Mrs. Gertrude Egan of Lorain against the estate of Mrs Florence Buckley was settled after opening arguments in Judge D. A. Cook's court. The incident occurred last spring when Egan was injured in a car driven by Buckley. the driver was killed. Separately, Carl L. Backer of Toledo was fined $5 and costs for speeding a truck and trailer 52 miles per hour on Route 18 near Wellington. A divorce action by Dorris Henke against Francis 0. Henke of Elyria was dismissed at the defendants costs.
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Gertrude Egan
Lorain
Florence Buckley
D. A. Cook
Carl L. Backer
Toledo
Justice Holton
Wellington
Dorris Henke
Francis
Henke
Elyria
Death notices and funeral plans from Lorain area
Death records report Amanda Friend funeral at Keith Andrews funeral home with Dr. C W Record officiating and burial at Greenwood. Also notices Henry Koitzman, 141 Bath street, died after a heart attack. survived by five sons and four daughters. services in Johnstown and burial in St Marys cemetery. Julia Fioira Boughton died at daughter’s home in Lorain. funeral at Zalch Funeral Home with Rev Victor Peterson officiating. burial at Crown Hill Cemetery. Joseph Heber died at Lorain County Home aged 76. born in Poland. survived by one son Louis. arrangements incomplete.
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Friend Funeral
Wellington
Amanda Friend
Keith Andrews
C. W. Record
Greenwood
Henry Koitzman
Bath Street
Johnstown
Elyria
National Tube Co. Fe
St Agnes Church
Rose
Louis
Charles
George
Harry
Frank
John Gallagher
Charles Kintry
Fred Cur
Rederick
Jacob Holtzman
Bittner
Immaculate Conception
St Mary's Cemetery
Joseph Heber
Lorain
Mr. Bober
Poland
Louis Bober
Amherst
Julia Fioira Boughton
Judeat
J. W. King
HamiMoor Avenue
Boughton
Brandsons
Brune Johnson
Cleveland
Roughton
Hebekah
Women's Genet
Zalch
Victor Peterson
Emmanuel Evangelical Church
Crown Hill Cemetery
Flower Growers To View Pictures On Thursday
Lorain County flower growers will view slides of flower gardening along the Pacific coast at a meeting Thursday night in Elyria MCA. G H Parsonia State Univ horticulture specialist will present cross sections of flower stems.
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Pacific Coast
Lorain County
Elyria
MCA
Parsonia State Univ
Elyria Postmaster Attends Campaign Meeting
C J Sartor the Elyria postmaster joined several northeastern Ohio postmasters in Cleveland for a campaign meeting against infantile paralysis. He was invited by Cleveland postmaster Michael F O Donnell, general chairman of the campaign now being started in Cuyahoga County.
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C.J. Sartor
Ohio
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Sartor
Michael F. O Donnell
Ahora County
One Elective Office Held By Borah
William E. Borah, Idaho Republican, served as United States Senator from Boise. The long career spanned six terms from 1907 to 1940, with service on Foreign Relations, Education and Labor, and Judiciary committees.
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Washington
William E. Borah
United States
Idaho
Senate
Congressional
William Edgar Borah
Boise
Wayne County
Southern Illinois Academy
Enfield
Kansas State University
Lawrence
Lyons
Kans
United States Senate
Borah
Foreign Relations
Education and Labor
Hver
Miny
Public Lands Sd
Sheriff Warns of New Ammunition Over County Fight
Sheriff Carl R Finegan declared he would use Section 7634 of the Ohio General Code to assert control of the county courthouse and its staff if the commissioners push back. He cited duties under county direction and threatened to shift county jail laundry to the commissioners to cut costs, noting current trustee handling costs soap and water only. The dispute followed a meal allowance cut from 38 to 16 cents for prisoners.
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Carl R. Finegan
Rll
Quadruplets Are $1000 Richer After Gifts Reach Family
JASPER Ala Jan 20 The Short quadruplets were $1000 richer today after a check from M tC McGehee Houston Tex arrived along with four sweaters from Mr and Mrs W E Badgett of Texas for three girls and a boy born in 1939 The quads were reported doing fine after their sixth night of life
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Jasper
Ala
M. Tc. McGehee
Houston
Tex
Texas
W. E. Badgett
Explosion Fatal To Two Workmen At Newport Plant
In Newport Kentucky on January 20 two men died in a pit explosion at the Andrews Steel Company plant. Orville Tungate from Dayton Kentucky and Jesse Phillips from Cincinnati Ohio were burned to death as fellow workers looked on. Paul Brickler from Claryville Ohio suffered serious foot burns after leaping from the pit. The explosion occurred when a hoist dumping slag into the pit broke, releasing hot slag into the pit for cooling.
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Newport
U.etwo
Andrews Steel Company
Orville
Borah the Ideal and Enigma of Idaho's Senator
The article recalls Senator Borah's long press access and unique stance in U.S. politics. It notes his 1940 GOP views, readiness to back a capable vice president, and his paradoxical supports such as woman suffrage yet opposition to the 1917 draft act, shaping a complex legacy.
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Calvin Coolidge
Roosevelt
Chicago
New York
Republican Party
Idaho
Senate
Botah
Vandenberg
Taft
Bricker
Dewey
Borah
Garner
Burton K. Wheeler
Mont
Congress
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Democrats
United States
Molen
Labor Department
Louis D Brandeis
Supreme Court
Charles Evans Hughes
Two Girls Die In Middletown House Fire
Ahouse fire in Middletown Runnymede subdivision kills Pear Ballard 19 and her 2 year old sister Thelma as flames from an overheated furnace trap the Ballard family on the second floor Their parents Clark 40 Stella 49 and another child Louis 5 escape with burns and bruises Edward 14 Herman 12 Lorain update unclear
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Middletown
Ballard
Thelma
Runnymede Subdivision
Clark Ballard
Stella Ballard
Middletown Poice
Louis Ballard
Edward
Herman
Lorain
Vermilion on the Lake Residents Vote on Incorporation
Vermilion on the Lake residents vote today to incorporate the district for better police regulations. The earlier push failed after a court injunction. this election, run by the Lorain County Board of Elections, will determine if the area includes roughly a mile of lake frontage and land between the lake and Lake Road. Opponents warn higher taxes and district decline. supporters cite need for control of summer resort behavior.
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Vermilion-on-the- Lake
Lorain County
Frank A. Stetsup
Destroy Democracy Says Speaker At Rally
A speaker warned that socialization of property could end private enterprise and local self government, risking arbitrary Washington rule and a four year plebiscite. He criticized President Roosevelt for defending freedoms abroad and argued war would threaten American democracy more than a dictatorship. The speaker predicted a GOP return to power in 1941.
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United States
Washington
Roosevelt
Republican Party
Elyria Schools Open Despite Difficult Conditions
The county school superintendent C A Gibbons reported no closures beyond three previously noted. A rise in temperature brought brisk winds and snow, yet residents preferred mild weather as long as temperatures stayed above zero. In England, coal shortages push retired miners aged 65 to 80 back to work.
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C. A. Gibbons
Elyrians
England
Oberlin church and civic notices and events
Oberlin church listings include First Church in Oberlin with Rev J A Richards and activities for the day such as Morning Worship and Youth Fellowship at James Brand House, plus schedule details for First Methodist, Christ Church Episcopal, First Baptist, Grace Lutheran, Mt Zion Baptist, Church of the Sacred Heart, and upcoming meetings of the Eastern Star Auxiliary and Christy Junior Club. News notes cover Christmas Club lunch, Lutheran pastors conference, Oberlin Scouters dinner, and local American Association of University Women branch.
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First
Oberlin
J. A. Richards
Hey. Clarke M. Cochrane
W. R. Morrison
Brands
James Brand
First Methodist Church
H. B. Williams
Vincent Hart
Epworth League
Mary Novotny
Dick Hauser
H. C. Dawe
Grace Lutheran Church
Cleveland
Hotel
Nationally Known Archer Offers Monday Instruction
Leonard K. Osberg a nationally known archer now giving instruction leads a men’s archer class organized by the M G C A. The first class had fifteen men and more are expected. The group meets Monday and Thursday nights with Osberg usually present Thursday. A separate note mentions a luncheon where Miss Butt Paddack county nurse spoke on the Maternal Health Program.
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Leonard K. Osberg
M. GC
Anc
Clis
Osborp
Oberlin Inn
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