Mayor Names Committee to Study Slum Clearance Plan
A three citizen committee will be appointed by Mayor Joseph Q. Petro to study a slum clearance proposal under the United States Housing Authority. The plan requires a Metropolitan Housing Authority, 60 year financing, and 90 percent federal funding with local cost sharing, aiming to replace unsanitary housing with modern, heated and refrigerated rental rooms at about $4 per room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Q. Petro
United States Housing Authority
Congress
Petro
William H. Conrad
Elyrian
Weinberg, Conrad and Teare
Cleveland
Lakeview Terrace
Conrad
Europe
England
Germany
Sunday marks 45th anniversary of Anti-Saloon League
Rev Will Foster notes Sunday is the 45th anniversary of the first Anti-Saloon League meeting held in the City Hall Opera House. He says Dr Howard H Russell, organizer, told him at a Columbus churchmen convention. Others in charge then were Judge A R Webber and Wayne Wheeler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Foster
Church of Christ
Anti-Saloon League
City Hall
Opera House
Foster
Howard H. Russell
Columbus
A. R. Webber
Wayne Wheeler
Ohio Weather Outlook With Showers and Thunderstorms
The report notes showers and likely local thunderstorms tonight and Sunday in Ohio with little temperature change. Monday may bring more thunder showers. Over the past 24 hours conditions show general showers and storms from Kansas and Nebraska eastward to the Ohio Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Lake Region
Gulf States
Ohio Valley
New England
Plains
Kansas
Nebraska
Atlantic
State rulings complicate Lorain County school bus plans
County superintendent C. A. Gibbons reports two state rulings will affect Lorain County boards. The Education Department will not fund transport for buses over eight years old under the Foundation Program. The attorney general bans purchases via installment leasing, hindering boards that paid over time for new buses. Some boards seek exemptions, Ridgeville receiving one for a bus over eight years.
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Boards of Education
Lorain County
C. A. Gibbons
Lorain
State Department
Gibbons
Ridgeville
Stock Market Still Booms In Active 1938 Session
New York July 2 The stock market boomed again today with prices reaching new yearly highs in one of 1938’s most active sessions. Prices rose for the tenth time in thirteen sessions as buying came from outside public investors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
President Roosevelt to tour with four major speeches
President Roosevelt outlined a itinerary for at least four major speeches across states from Washington to California beginning July 7. He will focus on liberal primary candidates and will make formal and extemporaneous remarks, including July 8 at Latonia racetrack Covington Kentucky and stops in Louisville and Bowling Green. The trip ends July 16 in San Diego before a voyage to the Galapagos Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Washington
California
Houston
Galapagos Islands
Ecuador
Pork Barrel Measures Up To Governor
A Ohio bill started with 150000 for a Sandusky Soldiers and Sailors’ hospital and grew to a total of 642600 for many projects. Senate and House amendments raised the total by 211100, with items including Xenia Orphans’ Home construction 125000 and Lake Erie park site acquisitions 200000. Other allocations cover Cutler Hall Athens 55000 G A R Encampment Dayton 15000 Guilford Lake improvements 5000 Nimisila creek reservoir 20000 boiler for Gallipolis epileptic hospital 30000 Junior Fair Building at state fair 20000 Army Navy union 1500 Mill Creek headwaters 10000 Fort Meigs Memorial labor 1100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Legislative Mills
Soldiers and Sailors
Sandusky
Martin L. Davey
Senate
House
Soldiers and Sailors’ Home
Soldiers and Sailors Orphans’ Home
Xenia
Lake Erie
Cutler Hall
Ohio University
Athens
Dayton
Guilford Lake
Columbiana County
Nimisila Creek
Summit County
Gallipolis Hospital
State Fairgrounds
Army and Navy Union
Ohio Department
Mill Creek
Mahoning County
Fort Meigs Memorial
Decrease in County School Absences Reported
Allan T. Smith told the Lorain County Board of Education that absences fell 43 percent in the county schools last year, to 50,544 days, due to attendance efforts. The 1937-38 total included adjustments from Amherst Village Carlisle Township and Russia Township. state funds loss was about 9,529.69 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larak County
Allan T. Smith
Lorain County
Amherst Village
Carlisle Township
Russia Township
Smith
C. A. Gibbons
Ohio School Foundation
Building Restrictions Upheld By Court Of Appeals
Lorain court of appeals upholds Lake View Allotment building restrictions overturning a prior ruling. The injunction bars Phil White from building a restaurant and requires removal of any non dwelling structure under construction. Marie I Hageman and neighbors sued to stop commercialization of the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Appeals
Lakeview
Lorain
District Court of Appeals
Common Pleas
Guy B. Findley
Phil White
Marie I. Hageman Et al
Judge halts hot mix contracts as fraud upon the state
A Columbus judge barred about $100,000 in payments to hot mix highway contractors and called the awards over 1935 to 1937 a fraud upon the state. He held highway department officials conspired to stifle competition and charge excessive prices, with taxpayer suits following graft findings. The restraining order allows payments on in progress projects to avoid work stoppage while suits proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Common Pleas
Henry L. Scarlett
Highway Department Administration
State Highway Department
Ohio
Scarlett
Highway Department
Agnes B. Dickinson
Ohio Senate
Robbery at East Bridge Street Store Entries Tonight
A Park and Shop Inc on East Bridge Street was entered between closing last evening and this morning. An office was ransacked and the cash register robbed. Thieves climbed onto the roof, broke a ceiling hole, and stole from a cigarette machine and groceries. Proprietor Walter W. Ferriman estimated about $3 taken from the cash register. The cigarette machine contents were removed and found behind the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park and Shop, Inc
East Bridge Street
Clare Parker
Walter W. Ferriman
State Bridge Bond Issue Awaiting Voter Approval
Lorain county commissioners approved a resolution asking the state tax commission to authorize a 1.58 million dollar bond issue for two bridges in Lorain. The plan calls for bridges at Erie Avenue and 21st Street as PWA projects, contingent on August 9 primary election approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Tax Commission
Lorain
Tax Commission
Erie Avenue
21St Street
PWA
Bittinger Named Slated State Relief Director in Ohio
Columbus rumor says J Freer Bittinger of Ashland will be appointed state relief director under the new administration bill. Former judge Roy E Wildermut h Columbus had been the expected appointee. Bittinger, ex speaker of the House, was among seven Davey lieutenants indicted by a special grand jury probing civil service payroll funding for Governor Davey’s campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
J. Freer Bittinger
Ashland
Davey
General Assembly
Roy E. Wildermuth
Bittinger
House
Elyrian Injured In Accident East Of Huron
Jack Banville 27 of 82 William street was treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital at 3 am for shoulder chest and leg injuries from a Route 2 crash east of Huron at 12 30 am. Car driven by Floyd Koehn 29 of 253 Columbus street skidded rolled over into a ditch. Koehn and Henke 28 of 407 Kenyon avenue escaped injury.
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Jack Banville
William Street
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Route 2
Huron
Floyd Koehn
Columbus Street
Eugene Henke
Kenyon Avenue
Henke
Koehn
Arthur Richwine
Denison Avenue
Gulf Road
31St Street
Lorain
NO PAPER ON MONDAY Chronicle Telegram to skip July Fourth edition
The Chronicle-Telegram will not publish Monday July fourth. The next regular edition will appear on Tuesday. The Fourth of July holiday will be observed by the entire staff.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Chronicle Telegram
Enactment of Relief Program Seems Assured
Ohio House struggles to secure two thirds for the tax extender as the Senate fixes July 8 for sine die adjournment. Bills authorize borrowing for relief, set admin rules, and allocate 125000 dollars for relief costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
House
Conference Committee
Senate
Relief Administration
Auditor’s Department
Relief Director’s Office
Moody Wins Wimbledon Title for Eighth Time
Mrs Helen Wills Moody defeated Helen Jacobs 6 4 6 0 in the Wimbledon final to become the first woman to win eight Wimbledon titles. Moody dominated the match after a close start, blasting winners as Jacobs struggled with a fading ankle and limited mobility.
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Mrs. Moody
Wimbledon
Eng
Helen Wills Moody
Helen Jacobs
Miss Jacobs
Gettysburg Parade Features Civil War Survivors Reunion
A two day Civil War veteran reunion in Gettysburg includes 2000 survivors from both sides. A parade with distinguished guests, Pennsylvania troops, and Army units winds through town, anticipated to last two and a half hours past the reviewing stand.
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Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
James K. Parson
Third Corps
Edward C. Shannon
George H. Earle
Overton H. Mennet
Grand Army of the Republic
John M. Claypool
Confederate Veterans
Calvin Gilbert
U. S. Army
Cemetery Ridge
Two Killed In Collision Near Mansfield
A three car crash near Mansfield Ohio killed Neil Thayer three months old and John Weiland 48. The Thayer infant died after being taken to a hospital with eight others injured. Mrs Mildred Deveraux driver of one car and her chauffeur Weiland died in the collision during a heavy rain pass. The Thayers were en route to Mt Sterling to visit a sister.
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Mansfield
Lakewood
Neil Thayer
Lowell Thayer
Mildred Deveraux
H. K. Deveraux
John Weiladin
Nutwood Farm
Deveraux
Wickliff
Weiland
Thayer
Margaret Bald
Mt. Sterling
Elsie
Louis C. Belding
Bald
Mathias Palmer
Emily
Parmer
Susan
Joseph
Fred Kinkle
Funds Allotted For New Post Office At Amherst
Washington announced allotment of funds for a site purchase and construction of a new post office and federal building in Amherst. Congressman Don W. Harter said the postmaster general and the Treasury secretary confirmed the fund approval. The Amherst project is among 280 public buildings tied to a $60 million construction fund under the 1938 appropriation act. The Amherst amount was not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amherst
Washington
Don W. Harter
Akron
Secretary of the Treasury
American Priest Wounded In Japanese Air Raid
Dispatches from Swatow report American residents seeking refuge on the U S gunboat Sacramento during a merciless air raid. Father William Downs Eric Pa a Maryknoll priest was wounded when a bomb demolished his home. One Chinese was killed and another wounded in the Berger building nearby. Massive casualties were feared from the raid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Swatow
United States
Sacramento
William Downs
Eric
Maryknoll Mission
Berger
Feas
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Elmer Tomas
Ardent New Dealer
Candi
United States Supreme Court
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