New Material To Speed Plane Production
Chicago January 21 George Meyercorde reveals a durable plastic called duramold from Haskelite Clark Aircraft and Bakelite. A ship built and tested using the material signals mass production could begin within a week. The process uses dies to cast fuselage or wing sections at once, with glued internal spars for strength and waterproofing, lighter than aluminum.
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George Meyercorde
United States
Duramold
Hhis Firm
Haskelite Company
Clark Aircraft Company
Hagerstown
Clark Company
Army
Navy
Tumor Fatal To Director Of Ohio Commission
Fred L. Biechele 45 executive director of the Ohio Unemployment Compensation Commission died of a brain tumor at Grant Hospital Columbus today. He had led the commission since 1936 and previously held posts in the State Highway Department. Born in Canton he attended Central High School and served in France with the 308th regiment engineers during World War I. He was connected with the Fagles' order in Dover and the Canton Elks Lodge.
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O. Jan
Fred L. Biechele
Ohio Unemployment Compensation Commission
Grant Hospital
Door Plan
Biechele
Canton
Central High School
308Th Regiment Engineers
France
New Philadelphia
State Highway Department
Fagles' Order
Dover
Court Grants Armless Man Driver’s License in Ohio
Xenia Ohio January 21 Judge George H Smith upheld Paul E Layton 21 born without arms as fit to drive a car after a test ride and review of his skill. The state had refused a license claiming failure to pass testing but the court found Layton uses his feet and body to operate a vehicle like a normal driver.
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Layton
Weather Summary for Ohio and Surrounding Regions
Light rain tonight changing to snow flurries Sunday with warmer conditions in the southeast and colder in the northwest. A high pressure system remains over the Gulf and Atlantic states while a substantial high overlies the northwest. Light snow reported in the Eastern Lake Region, Pennsylvania, Manitoba, and scattered Rocky Mountain plateau stations.
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Ohio
Northwest
Saskatchewan
Mississippi Valley
Gulf States
Atlantic States
Lake Region
Pennsylvania
Manitoba
Rocky Mountain Plateau
Montana
North Dakota
Canadian Northwest
Barcelona Bombed as Franco Blows Toward Loyalist Capital
On January 21, Franco’s forces bombed Barcelona with 18 German planes in four raids causing heavy damage and early casualties. Loyalists fought but the Nationalists broke through near Igualada, encircling the town by early afternoon and pressing toward Barcelona from multiple fronts.
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U.P
Francisco Franco
Barcelona
Tgualada
Barccelona
Cornell
Espelt
Caserio Capaon
New Comet Discovered by Amateur Astronomer Peltier
Harvard Observatory reports the first new comet in 18 months found by Delphos garageman Leslie C. Peltier. He alerted the observatory from Cambridge, noting the object is eighth magnitude and visible only with telescope as astronomers prepare charting from last night’s photos. No comets were found in 1938.
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Mass
U.2
Harvard Observatory
Leslie C. Peltier
Delphos
Garageman
Peltier
Harvard
Two Brothers Plead Guilty To Robbery
In Cleveland on January 21 two brothers Peyton and Quentin Wilson pleaded guilty to robbery. Police Judge Joseph Silbert set bonds at 40 000 each, stating he would raise to 100 000 if needed to keep them in jail. The pair, son of a Chicago meat packing family, confessed to several crimes linked to their aviation society circles.
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Cleveland
Joseph Silbert
Peyton
Quentin Wilson
Wilsons
Chicago
Julian Inglefield
Lillian
New Orleans
Louisiana
South
New Archbishop of New York Will Be Named Soon
Vatican City reports point to imminent appointment to succeed the late Patrick Cardinal Hayes. A prominent cleric says the official communique will reveal the decision, with a consistory likely next month to name new cardinals. Possible nominees include Stephen J. Donahue, Edward A. Mooney, John T. MacNicholas, Thomas J. Walsh, and Joseph F. Rummel.
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Vatican City
New York
Patrick Cardinal Hayes
Vatican
United Press
Stephen J. Donahue
Edward A. Mooney
Detroit
John T. MacNicholas
Cincinnati
Thomas J. Walsh
Newark
N. J
Joseph F. Rummel
New Orleans
Elliott Roosevelt Sees Pact Between Business and Government
Elliott Roosevelt returning from a White House visit said in a radio talk he has inside information on a new movement for business government harmony. He predicts within two months the government will seek an understanding with utilities and Congress will draft a reform of the freight rate structure while likely revising the Agricultural Adjustment Act. He also forecast a year for the petroleum industry to reorganize. He cautioned the views may not reflect his father’s stance.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Elliott Roosevelt
White House
United States
Congress
Roosevelt
Lakewood Schools Head Addresses Elyria Group
G A Bowman Lakewood superintendent spoke to the Elyria Education Association and guests at the Elks Restaurant on Thursday night. He covered teacher tenure, married teachers, state education director appointments, Ohio School Foundation funding and noted favorable signals from the state administration. The meeting included reports, musical numbers, officer notes, and a bulletin committee appointment. next dinner is March 16.
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G. A. Bowman
Lakewood
Elyria Education Association
Elks
S. S. Rodwood
Elyria City
Ohio School Foundation
Ohio Education Association
Josephine Wilcox
Elyria
State Association
Columbus
Mabel S. Herd
Jefferson
Kathryn Hopwood
Eric D. Chapman
Vanita Hubbard
Evalyn Lehman
Dorothy Mann
Elizabeth Brown
Association
County to Receive 38225 Sales Taxes
Lorain County will receive 38225 from State Auditor Joseph Ferguson as its share of a 1560058 sales tax distribution announced from Columbus today.
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Lorain County
Joseph Ferguson
Columbus
Seeks To Force B. And O. Into Receivership
Os car Getz of Chicago holder of 10000 in Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bonds files suit in U S District Court seeking receivership for the B and O rail line and securities. Named defendants include the railroad trustees and Central Hanover Bank and Trust James N Wallace and George W Davison. The complaint seeks restraint on disposition of pledged securities, accounting of assets, damages to bondholders removal of trustees and a receiver for the securities and railroad.
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New York
U.P
Oscar Getz
Chicago
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
U. S. District Court Today
Central Hanover Bank and Trust Company
James N. Wallace
George W. Davison
Getz
Hitler Strikes at Reichsbank as Bankers Are Removed
Adolf Hitler removed Reichsbank vice president Dr. Friedrich Dreyse and director Dr. Ernst Huelse after dismissing Dr. Hjalmar Schach. Rudolf Brinckmann named vice president, former secretary of state in the economics ministry. Goebbels denounces the United States as the press radio and film industry align against Germany.
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U.p
Adolf Hitler
Hjalmar Schach
Reichsbank
Friedrich Dreyse
Ernst Huelse
Nazi Reich
Dreyse
Funk
Rudolf Brinckmann
U. S
Hitler
Paul Joseph Goebbels
United States
Goebbels
Japan's Push for a New East Asian Order
Tokyo reports a determined drive to create a new order in East Asia despite opposition from foreign powers. Diet speeches pledge intensified armament and tighter domestic control while Foreign Minister Arita urges foreign nations to cooperate on Japan's terms and condemns aiding China. Finance Minister IshiwatarI eyes budget gains and cheaper troop transport.
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Tokyo
Asia
Diet
Hachiro Arita
East Asia
Japan
China
Sotaro Ishiwatari
Gallipolis Doctor Found Dead in Car Near City
Dr. William E. Howell, 68, a Gallipolis physician, was found dead in his automobile near Gallipolis today. Police believe a heart attack caused the death.
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Gallipolis, O
William E. Howell
Gallipolis
Here
Former Lorain Countian in Farnsworth TV patent story
A former Lorain County man, George Everson of San Francisco, played a pivotal role in early television development. The Senate committee heard Philo Farnsworth recount his work while Everson, now Farnsworth TV Company secretary and treasurer, supported Farnsworth since his high school days, with Everson’s Brighton Township family closely following the progress.
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Lorain County
Washington
United States Senate Monopoly Investigating Committee
George Everson
San Francisco
Philo T. Farnsworth
Brighton Township
Everson
Wellington
Oberlin College
Oberlin
Columbia University
Russell Sage Foundation
United States
Chamber of Commerce
Salt Lake City
Utah
Philo Farnsworth
Young Farnsworth
Senate
Farnsworth
Farnsworth Television Company
Heraing
Brighton
Charles Everson
Walter Everson
Norman Everson
Newton Moore
Howard Everson
Cleveland
Webber Seventy-Third Birthday Celebration Noted
A R Webber former Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Spain County marks his 87th birthday quietly in Elyria. Born in Hinckley Medina county he recalls little about the event but enjoys congratulations. He came to Elyria in September 1876 and has long been active in Lorain County and Ohio politics, including temperance advocacy. A church gathering last evening honored him with tributes and the latest William Allen White book. He will host a birthday gathering at the home of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Webber tomorrow with his granddaughter and daughter-in-law present.
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Court of Common Pleas
Spain County
Chronicle-Telegram
Elyria
Lorain County
Ohio
Congress of the United States
Church of Christ
Mr. Webber
William Allen White
Judge Webber
Lawrence Webber
Elizabeth Maxwell
Cleveland
Vote On Hopkins Expected Early Next Week
Washington January 21 The Senate agreed to a final vote early next week on Harry Hopkins's confirmation as Commerce Secretary with a one speech per senator limit and 30 minute cap. Critics acknowledged a likely favorable outcome but expected as few as 30 votes. Senator Walter F George threatened to oppose Hopkins amid debate over relief handling and political involvement.
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Debote
Senate
Harry
Hopkins
Works Progress
Roosevelt
Walter F. George
George
Merchants to Discuss Downtown Parking Solution in Elyria
Downtown Elyria merchants meet at the Chamber of Commerce offices to consider parking meters as a fix for the citys parking problem. Jack Hanna ford, chair, says Ohio cities Toledo Youngstown Zanesville already use meters and Mansfield Cleveland Columbus plan to. The proposed sanction agreement for Elyria merchants will also be on the agenda. The meeting starts at 9 30 a m Tuesday with all downtown merchants invited.
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Chamber of Commerce
Jack Hannaford
Merchants
Chamber
Ohio
Toledo
Youngstown
Zanesville
Mansfield
Cleveland
Columbus
Removal Charges Filed Against Highway Personnel Director
Columbus Ohio January 21 removal charges were filed with the Civil Service Commission against J Matthew Carr Dennison state highway department personnel director by Director Robert S Beightler The order of removal effective January 26 accuses Carr of ordering and permitting destruction of files under his jurisdiction unlawfully soliciting funds for partisan political purposes and neglect malfeasance misfeasance and nonfeasance Carr was given a 30 day suspension last week and has ten days to appeal to the Civil Service Commission.
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Columbus
J. Matthew Carr
Dennison
State Highway Department
Civil Service Commission
Robert S. Beightler
Carr
Beightler
County relief notes hinge on subdivisions unanimous consent
County officials debate whether to continue county relief administration or return it to subdivisions. Commissioner Davidson said his decision depends on subdivisions unanimously approving relief notes. Four of eight townships refused consent recently. another joint session with township clerks is planned. If all consent, county could transfer funds to subdivisions by need, and issue up to 230000 in relief notes using 1938 WPA expenditures as match.
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John &—. Davidson
O. P. van Schoik
Howard R. Butler
van Scheik
Avon Lake
Amherst
LaGrange
Butler
G. A. Horn
Ernest Holmes
Split of Auto Union Divides UAW Leadership
In Detroit on January 21 fifteen suspended members of the UAW executive board suspended President Homer Martin and ordered him to stand trial. Martin in turn suspended the 15 board members, who impeached him and demanded his trial. The move marks a split in the union, which has about 350,000 members and contracts with most automakers except Henry Ford.
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Detroit
United Automobile Workers Union
Homer Martin
Henry Ford
Martin
Extreme Cold Wave to Blanket Middle West and East
The Weather Bureau warned of the most extensive cold wave of the winter sweeping the Ohio Valley, Tennessee and the Lower Great Lakes region tonight and forecast plummeting temperatures within 36 hours. Eastern states including Pennsylvania New Jersey Maryland and Delaware would see colder weather Sunday night with a two day spell, followed by a gradual warm up beginning Monday.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Great Lakes
Canada
North Dakota
Montana
Middle West
Pennsylvania
Delaware
New Jersey
Maryland
British Flying Boat Cavalier Down At Sea
The Coast Guard reported that the British Imperial Airways flying boat Cavalier is down at sea about 230 miles east of Ocean City Maryland completely disabled. The distress was relayed from Norfolk Virginia via Pan American Airways Baltimore. Coordinates given were longitude 23.07 and latitude 69.357.
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Washington
Coast Guard
British Imperial Airways
Cavalier
Ocean City
Norfolk
Pan American Airways
Baltimore
Seedless Pears and Cherries Announced at Ohio Hort Con
At the Ohio Nurserymen's Association annual meeting in Cincinnati on January 21 two new crops were unveiled. Cope Brothers of Salem introduced a Bartlett type seedless pear described as nearly seedless and easy to grow. An Amish Wooster area farm yielded a Fall-bearing cherry noted as sweet. New trees are priced around $2.50 each.
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Cincinnatio
Ohio Nurserymen’s Association
Cope Brothers
Salem. O
Wooster
Ski Jump Collapses One Day Before Tourney
Medina Ohio January 21 Twenty men rushed to rebuild the 90 foot Weymouth ski jump near here after heavy snowfall caused collapse. The Lakewood Ski Club’s annual national tourney, slated for tomorrow, will proceed as planned. Lakewood Club president Norman Johnson confirmed the program.
Bonded Messenger And $28,000 Gone
Boston police and eight states issued a search for George E. Derome an 18 year old bonded messenger who vanished with more than 28000 in cash certified checks and bonds entrusted to him by a brokerage firm He had delivered millions in stocks and bonds in the past year and is sought for failing to deliver valuables to Chandler Hovey Co from F L Putnam Co Investigators report 23000 in certified checks 5000 in negotiable securities and about 600 in cash were in his possession
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Boston
George E. Derome
Postal Telegraph Company
Boston Financial District
Jerome
Chandler Hovey & Co
F. L. Putnam & Co
Three Men Drown In The Mississippi
MEMPHIS Tennessee January 21 Rivermen searched the Mississippi for four men who drowned after their motorboat stalled 360 yards off shore and they tried to swim to land. The dead are T L Sullivan 26 Adolphus Lanier 23 Leslie H Bullard 24 and Hughton Patterson 20 all employed by Firestone Tire and Rubber Company of Memphis A fifth man J L White 33 swam to Mud Island where he was later picked up.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi
T. L. Sullivan
Adolphus Lanier
Leslie H. Bullard
Hughton Patterson
Firestone Tire & Rubber Company
J. L. White
Mud Island
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