Brakeman Killed As Express Hits Train Near Coal Dock
William Jay Hoffman 64, a New York Central freight brakeman since 1918, was killed instantly at 7 35 p m yesterday when struck by a westbound express and mail train while stepping from a caboose. The accident happened west of the coal dock as his train from Youngstown was being broken up. Engineer G R Cowrse of 218 Stanford Avenue saw Hoffman cross the tracks moments before the express struck. Hoffman's mangled body was taken to Sudro Funeral Home and later to Sandusky. He was born in Sandusky and resided at 509 Decatur Street there.
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William Jay Hoffman
New York Central Railroad
Youngstown
G. R. Cowrse
Stanford Avenue
Hoffman
Iis
Sudro Funeral Home
Sandusky
Floffman
Decatur Street
Ohio Faces Renewed Cold Wave After Brief Break
Ohio enters a new cold spell after a 48 hour thaw as meteorologist W H Alexander forecasts the wave will end sooner than the prior eight day stretch. Forecasts promise fair skies tonight with rising temperatures by weekend and mid twenties next week. statewide readings fall below zero with high winds and light snow. Conservation chief Lawrence Wooddell estimates the January cold and snow have eliminated 69 percent of the quail population.
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Ohio
W. H. Alexander
Alexander
Lawrence Wooddell
Hospital Company Annual Meeting on February 12
The Elyria Memorial Hospital Company will hold its annual dinner meeting on February 12 with Judge Paul H. King of Detroit presenting a talk. Five directors will be elected to fill three deceased members and two who have moved from the city. Also speaking will be F. A. Smythe and E. F. Allen, with Dr. C. H. Heyman delivering a paper on Gates Hospital for Crippled Children.
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Paul H. King
Detroit
International Society For Crippled Children
Elyria Memorial Hospital Company
Hospital Company
Frank W. Hoover
A. G. Bean
Charles Fell
Glade B. Thomas
Hall Kirkham
Alex Williamson
King
F. A. Smythe
E. F. Allen
Gates Hospital
C. H. Heyman
Cleveland
Elyrian Recovering In Lorain Hospital
Michael Simko a 21 year old resident of 110 Hazel Street was reported recovering at St Josephs Hospital Lorain after suffering facial and hand burns yesterday at Lorain Glass company 1215 Broadway when turpentine spilled on a hot stove and ignited firemen put out the blaze causing 150 dollars in damage Simko was hospitalized and is recovering today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Simko
Hazel Street
Lorain Glass Company
Broadway
Lorain
Simko
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Weather Ohio Sees Fair, Cold Tonight Then Warmer Saturday
Forecast calls for fair skies and continued cold tonight in Ohio with Saturday expected to be fair and temperatures gradually rising. No precipitation and light winds anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Inflation Fight Shapes Senate Strategy Over Bonus Bill
Washington Jan 31 Senate leaders weigh tactics to block inflationists who seek currency expansion riders tied to the soldiers' bonus. Glass chairs appropriations panel and hints at attaching the measure to independent offices or deficiency bills to avoid floor clashes. Patman units pressure for options including using treasury gold profits or notes against gold and silver to fund the bonus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Carter Glass
Senate Appropriations Committee
Glass
House
Wright Patman
Tex
Patman
Treasury
Birthday Ball Dances Draw Elyria Crowds For Charity
Five hundred Elyrians danced last night at the Elks and American Legion Home for the President's Birthday Ball honoring Roosevelt's 54th birthday. Dances ran from 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. with crowds peaking at 11 p.m. A CCC camp quartet entertained and radio kept the president’s talk audible at both halls. Funds support Gates Hospital for Crippled Children and a national infantile paralysis fund.
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Elks’ Club
American Legion
Roosevelt
CCC
Harvey J. Johnson
The
Elks and Legion
Sartor
Elyria
Gates
Elyrians Injured In Lake Road Crash Near Cedar Point
Mr. and Mrs. J. Ed. Robson of Washington avenue were injured in an automobile accident on Lake road near Cedar Point. Mrs. Robson suffered a broken ankle and both were cut about the face by glass when their car was crowded off the road by a truck. They were en route to Sandusky to visit a sick relative and are staying with Mrs. Leon A Selman on Ohio street after their home burned January 19. Mr. Robson expects to return to Elyria tomorrow morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Ed. Robson
Washington Avenue
Sandusky
Lake Road
Cedar Point
Mrs. Robson
Leon A Selman
Ohio Street
Mr. Robson
Elyria
Business Like Bandits Enter St Charles Bank
Five to six calm bandits held up the St Charles National Bank. They timed the vaults with the time lock, securing about $20,000. They captured employees including cashier C Jay Marvin and assistant cashier W J Riordan, while tellers Carl Larson and Ruth Johnson were among those confronted. Ruth Johnson raised the alarm shortly after the retreat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Charles
Ill
St. Charles National Bank
Fred Ogborn
C. Jay Marvin
W. J. Riordan
Carl Larson
Ruth Johnson
Johnson
Governor Signs Relief Bill in Ohio Controversy
Governor Davey signed an $11,600,000 relief bill and appointed a state relief commission. Members include Judge Roy Wildermuth of Columbus, Frank Kleinhenz of Cleveland, Mrs. E S Kiplinger of Toledo, and Gom er Jones of Gallipolis. He denounced the measure as atrocious and poorly drafted, saying innocent people might suffer if it were disapproved.
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Columbus
Davey
State Relief Commission
Roy L. Wildermuth
Frank Kleinhenz
Cleveland
E. S. Kiplinger
Toledo
Gomer Jones
Gallipolis
Jones
Ohio State
Minor Blaze At Lorain Stove Works
Three fire companies raced to the National Stove Works plant at 2:45 this morning and confined the blaze to an enamel drier. The loss was about 25 dollars. Officials blamed an overheated drier.
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Lorain, O
National Stove Works
Four Indicted In Antlers Hotel Lottery
Four men linked to a $101,000 Antlers Hotel lottery face 16 counts for using the U S mails to promote tickets sold at $1 each last summer. Promoters aimed to pay a $100,000 prize and buy the hotel for the Lorain Elks, with $125,000 for purchases. Also two indictments charging Edward A. Campbell with misapplication of bank funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Albert E. Willams
Lorain Lodge
Beneolent and Protective Order of Elks
Federal Grand
Fred W. Wills
Lorain
A. S. Cole
Philip Schoenburg
Edward Clark
New York
U. S
Antlers Hotel
Lorain Elks
Emerick B Freed
Antlers
Cleveland Securities Co
Lorain Elks Lodge
Williams
Edward A. Campbell
First National Bank of Massillon, O
Wyim
India Tire & Rubber Co
City of
Massillon
WPA
Sisters of Holy Humility of Mary College
Massillon Chamber of Commerce
Twenty Convicts Burn To Death In A Truck
In Scottsboro Alabama on January 31 UP reports twenty convicts died when a fire they built inside the convict truck to keep warm spread to a 30 gallon gasoline drum causing an explosion. Two escape and two guards were injured while others perished. Onboard were twenty two Black convicts and two white guards en route to Lee Highway work site three miles out of town.
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Scottsboro
Ala
Alabama
Here
Lee Highway
Everett editor slain by snub-nosed gun identified
MINNEAPOLIS January 31 A snub nosed machine gun gleamed in the hands of Walter Liggett slayer a moment before the cru sad ing editor was killed Wesley Anderson testified on cross examination identifying Tsadore Kid Cann Blumenfeld as the killer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Walter Liggett
Wesley Anderson
Tsadore
Kid Cann) Blumenfeld
Two Explosions And Fire At Factory Here
Two explosions and a fire at the General Industries Company Bakelite department in Elyria cause about 1000 to 1500 dollars in damage. Worker Harvey Piersall slightly burned, treated and released. Fire confined to Bakelite area. sprinkler system and firemen extinguished flames and dampened beams while several machines were temporarily affected.
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General Industries Company
Olive and
Taylor Streets
Harvey Fpiersall
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Charges Farmers Contaminated By Politics
In Columbus Ohio on January 31 Stanley I. Morse executive vice president of the Farmers Independence Council warned that farmers must not become objects of charity and accused agricultural policy of political contamination. Ohio branch officers announced include G W Rittenour Piketon president Lee BR Palmer Pataskala executive vice president Charles E Haigler Washington DC second vice president and William A Martin Kenton secretary treasurer Palmer was the 1932 Republican nominee for lieutenant governor Haigler sought the 1934 Republican gubernatorial nomination.
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Columbbus
Stanley I. Morse
Farmers’ Independence Council
Chicago
Morse
Ohio
The
G. W. Rittenour
Piketon
Lee BR. Palmer
Pataskala
Charles E. Haigler
Washington, D. C
William A. Martin
Kenton
Palmer
Haigler
City Adopts New Building Code Effective Tomorrow
The city enacts a building code requiring permits for all alterations or repairs costing 10 dollars or more, with exemptions for wallpaper hanging painting and floor scrubbing. Building Inspector L P Kaiser notes permits are needed before work starts and 24 cent fees apply for projects under 100 dollars.
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L. P. Kaiser
Kaiser
Miners Near Open Break With A F L
In Washington 1700 United Mine Workers convened as talk of secession from the American Federation of Labor spread. A resolution empowers the UMWA to withhold about 48 thousand dollars yearly in dues, signaling potential withdrawal with observers noting the risk of pulling seven other industrial unions into a broader split.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
United Mine Workers of America
A. F. of L
UMWA
John J. Lewis
Lewis
A. F. of L. Heads
Miami
Committee For Industrial Organization
Bus and Interurban Car Avoid Collision at Crossing
A Markley School bus and a Lorain Street Railway interurban car lightly touched at a crossing this morning as the bus driver Edward Mee Gucken returned home after delivering children. No one aboard the bus, both vehicles stopping per rules. Officials say neither vehicle was damaged and the incident involved a stop for a passenger and the school bus at the railroad crossing.
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Markley
Lorain Street Railway
Edward Mee- Gucken
Bna
Shareholders In Lorain Bank Lose In Suit
Shareholders of the defunct Peoples Savings Bank of Lorain lost a suit to disallow The Cleveland Trust Company’s $434,894 claim. Judge Philip Wilkins held the trust’s loan, not purchase, was motive, and warned of possible double liability if assets do not cover debts. He criticized administration costs as excessive and noted liquidation by the state banking department.
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Peoples Savings Bank of Lorain
Cleveland Trust Company
Peoples Savings Bank
Common Pleas
Philip Wilkins
Mt. Vernon
Peoples Bank
State Banking Department
Cleveland Trust
Peoples
Cleveland
Wilkins
Official Who Guided Banks in Crisis To Resign
Washington January 31 F G Awalt who steered the nations banks through the 1933 banking crisis will resign as deputy comptroller of the currency to enter private law practice. It was learned today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
F. G. Awalt
Stolen Rhode Island Reds Reported Near Penfield Farm
Tail Parsons of Route 18 near Penfield reported to the sheriff that 75 white Rhode Island chickens were stolen from his coop last night.
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Tail Parsons
Route
Penfield
Sherif's Department
Rhode Island
Situation Of U S Finances Being Studied
President Roosevelt warned that the new farm program must be financed by taxes and said methods to finance the 2 249 000 000 bonus are undecided. Administration advisors study possible new taxes to amortize the bonus as Congress seeks to avoid broader taxpayer costs in the campaign year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Roosevelt says tax bill needed this session
President Roosevelt stated there will be a tax bill this session but would not specify the amount, noting the tax plan remains under study. He said substitute taxes may fund any Farm bill, and that new taxes imply added levies to some minds. He warned against using unexpended relief funds to pay the bonus, and discussed veteran relief and claims before the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Ohioan To Seek Commandership Of The G. A. R.
Urbana Ohio January 31 Charles I McDargh aged 92 prepares to campaign for National Commandership of the Ohio department He serves as patriotic instructor and says he has received many letters urging candidacy for the National Encampment next September If his health improves he will run but the cold weather has weakened him and some days he feels better than others.
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Urbana
Charles I. McDargh
Ohio Department
McDargh
McDargbh
Engineer Who Sent Threat To President Gets Ninety Days
New York January 31 Austin Phelps Palmer a wealthy retired engineer was sentenced to 90 days in the Federal Detention Prison for sending threatening letters to President Roosevelt. He held the president personally responsible for shrunk investments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Austin Phelps Palmer
Roosevelt
Local bargains parade at used goods and real estate stalls
A reader notices a broad range of bargains from reputable dealers and individuals across used cats furniture radios machinery and other quality merchandise. Real estate listings from local men show homes and farms offered to today’s buyer amid miscellaneous items and attractive prices.
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United Press
Elyrian
Veterans Administration
Elyrians
Lorain Stove Works
Bulletin
William Schmittgen
Schmittgen
Hose Company Number One
Ladder Company Number One
W. N. Cooley
Tenth Street
Cooley
W B. Salzman
South
Maple Street
His Majesty
the King
England
Edward VIII
Welsh Guards
Acme Newspictures
Hugo Cecil
London
A. F
Lorain Bank
Ohioan
Amy
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