Townsend Speaker Delivers Educational Townsend Talk
A capacity crowd packed Court Room to hear W B Albers advocate the Townsend Plan at Elyria No 1 Townsend Club meeting. Albers praised Dr Townsend and urged support for HR 4199 Gen Welfare Act, outlining benefits and calling for vote for pro enactment in the next Congress.
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Elyria
Court House
No. 1 Court Room
W. B. Albers
Pres. Doane
Albers
Townsend
Dr. Townsend
Mr. Albers
Wright Park
Oberlin
Lorain
Olmsted Falls Town Hall
Coakwell
la Grange
Jerome E. Pease
W. C. Hill
Eaton Center
Church of Christ
Elyria Club No
Middle Avenue
Odd Fellows Hall
Broad Street
Landon to Speak Coast to Coast on Radio Network
Former Governor Alfred M Landon the 1936 Republican presidential nominee will address listeners coast to coast next Wednesday from 7 to 730 p m EST The Republican National Committee announced the broadcast details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Republican National Committee
Alfred M. Landon
Divorce suit alleges neglect and cruelty in Buser marriage
Louis Buser of Elyria files for divorce from Agnes Grentzer Buser of Cleveland charging neglect and cruelty in a marriage started in 1910.
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Louis Buser
Elyria
Agnes Grentzer Buser
Cleveland
Mabel Schieferstein
Louis Schieferstein
Lorain
Mildred Kerekes
Steve Kerekes
Court and Sheriff Activity Amid Theft, Divorces, and Tax Sales
A Boone Road resident reported 18 chickens valued at 20 dollars stolen from coops. Local court actions include fines for speeding and petit larceny, plus several divorces filed or granted. Tax sales of Spring Valley Land Company parcels reduced foreclosures to two, with parcels sold to Depositors Mortgage and John Buckley totaling 20 dollars. Other parcels offered or unsold included 30 and 13 acre tracts. Additional suits include paternity action, bank liquidator quiet title, and multiple divorce filings in Lorain area courts.
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Joseph Reznik
Boone Road
Columbia Township
Sheriff's Department
Spring Valley Land Company
Depositors Mortgage Loan Company
John Buckley
Wellington
Lorain
Avon
Death Record of Mrs Matilda Babik 74 Amherst Area
Mrs Matilda Babik aged 74 died at her Aspinwall Iowa home after several weeks illness. She is mother to Fred Barry Albert Wirth William Wirth Otto Haberli and others and grandmother to seventeen. Body to be brought to Amherst for burial in Evergreen cemetery.
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Matilda Babik
Amherst
Aspinwall
Iowa
Death of John Zaffer in Elyria
John Zaffer 67 died at home on July 1 after a five month illness. Born in Greece on December 15 1883 he lived in Elyria 31 years and ran a confectionery business for 20 years. He belonged to St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and the Ahepa lodge. Survived by wife Viola a son and three daughters and six grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday at nine from the residence with burial in Brookdale Cemetery. Friends may call at Bittner Funeral Home until evening.
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John Zaffer
East Bridge Street
Greece
Elyria
St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church of
Lorain
Elyria Eagles
Ahepa Lodge
Zaffer
Bittner Funeral Home
Funeral services set for Frank A. Steller
Funeral services for Frank A. Steller of 553 East Broad Street will be Sunday at 2 PM from Sudre Curtis Funeral Home with Rev Armin Schroeder of St John’s Lutheran Church officiating. Burial will be in Woodvale Cemetery Berea. Friends may call at the home until Sunday noon.
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Frank A. Steller
East Broad Street
Sudre-Curtis
Armin Schroeder
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Woodvale
Berea
Enrollment figures show modest growth across grades
The year ended with 6 024 students, up eight from 6 016 at year start, including 3 040 boys and 2 284 girls. Eighth grade had 634 students, seventh 597, fifth 543, with other grades ranging from 527 to 384 respectively, boys dominating elementary and girls in higher grades.
Divorce Today From Orville Lee Filed By Judge Cook
R A Dawson sues Katie Szabo and Bert Szabo for 128 dollars alleged for labor and materials furnished. divorce filing cites neglect by Judge D A Cook.
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John Kenneth Youtzy
Lethe Youtzy
D. A. Cook
Orville Lee
R. A. Dawson
Katie
Bert Szabo
Oberlin Clergymen Prepare Union Services Schedule
In Oberlin Ohio on July 2 the town announces a union service at First Church with Rev Clarke N Cochrane preaching on They Sought Righteousness. Various churches list services including Holy Communion at Christ Church and morning and evening worships at Rust and Mount Zion with a full slate of Sunday School times and midweek events. Dr Herbert G May will present stereoptical views of the Holy Land at Ripton Community Church Sunday night.
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Oberlin, O
First Methodist
First Baptist
First Church
Clarke N. Cochrane
Summer Union
Bruce H. Davis
Herbert G. May
Oberlin Graduate School of Theology
Holy Land
Ripton Community Church
Christian Endeavor Society of the
Venn Named Acting Librarian at Oberlin College Library
Miss Mary C. Venn of Oberlin College Library is named Acting Librarian for the coming year replacing Julian Fowler who is on a year’s leave. Venn has headed the Reference and Circulation Department. Mrs. Ethel Agate and daughter Betty returned from Indiana.
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Mary C. Venn
Oberlin College Library
Venn
Julian
Fowler
Ethel M. Agate
Betty
Indiana
George T. Sedgeman
I. L. Porter
Elizabeth
Jean
Sedgeman
Tawas
Michigan
Lelia Holloway
Carnegie Library
New York City
Library School
Columbia University
Eugene Comings
Bryan
National Tube Co. Schedule For Coming Week
National Tube Company plants in Lorain reveal a tentative next week with steadier steel output. One blast furnace and three open hearths run, Bessemer converter on single turn except Monday idle, rail mill idle all week, four days of work for skelp mills and butt mills, Seamless mill No. 2 on Tuesday only. Schedule may change.
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National Tube Company
Lorain
Bessemer
Skelp
SenateOKs Tax Extension And Relief Bonds Plan
The Senate approved a compromise package authorizing local subdivisions to issue notes against 70 percent to 80 percent of delinquent taxes for immediate relief. Distressed counties may borrow about 7.196 million, with funds allocated through 1941 and matched by local governments. Sen Don Thomas opposed the plan as inadequate.
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Senate
Joint Conference Committee
House
Don Thomas
Montgomery
Auto License Plates Sales Jump in Elyria
Elyria reports a brisk sale of automobile license plates as the first quarterly price reduction takes effect. Motorists who delayed purchases rushed to obtain tags for use over the holiday weekend, with discounts totaling one fourth of the yearly price.
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Elyria
Kozelicky Convicted in Police Court Under In Toxication Charge
Steve Kozelicky of 364 Vulcan Street was found guilty on an in toxication charge before Mayor Joseph Q. Petro in police court yesterday afternoon. He was arrested Thursday evening on a complaint by his landlady and pleaded not guilty at arraignment yesterday morning. Mayor Petro fined him 1 dollar plus costs totaling 9.50 dollars.
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Frank Moran
West 45Th Street
Cleveland
Preston L. Coon
Tignor Pottery
Ridgeville
Steve Kozelicky
Vulcan Street
Joseph Q. Petro
Kozelicky
Petro
Whitfield Fined for Reckless Driving in Police Court
James Whitfield age 29 of 426 Fifteenth Street was fined $2 and costs after arraignment before Mayor Joseph Q Petro on a reckless driving charge. He was arrested Wednesday evening for allegedly driving 50 miles per hour on West Avenue.
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James Whitfield
Fifteenth Street
Joseph Q Petro
Whitfield
West Avenue
Pleads Not Guilty To Intoxication Charge
Polly Jones of 25 West Avenue faced the police court of Mayor Joseph Q. Petro and pleaded not guilty to an intoxication charge. She was arrested about 1 30 a m at Middle Avenue and 17th Street and her trial was scheduled for 2 p m on Tuesday.
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Polly Jones
West Avenue
Joseph Q. Petro
Miss Jones
Middle Avenue
17Th Street
Elyria Man Fined for Reckless Driving on Lake Avenue
Jack Crowell of R. D. No. 2 Elyria was fined 32 and costs after arraignment on a reckless driving charge. He was arrested about 11:35 p.m. yesterday for driving 50 miles per hour on Lake avenue.
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Jack Crowell
R. D
Elyria
Joseph Q. Petro
Crowell
Lake Avenue
Fire Loss in Elyria 1938 First Half Falls Sharply
Fire Chief W N Bates reports Elyria's fire losses for January to June 1938 totaled 10 362 67 dollars, about 25 7 percent of the prior year, driven largely by one explosion at the Troxel Manufacturing plant. Alarms rose to 118, aided by many grass fires with little or no property damage.
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Elyria
W. N. Bates
Troxel Manufacturing Company
Bates
Troxel
Court finds fraud in state hot mix contract process
The court rules that pricing analysis by Harry A. Sparks was fair and complete and clips two project splits by the highway department. It condemns awarding state contracts prior to bids as fraud, noting Cliff W. Simpson boasted association members would win contracts before bids.
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Harry A. Sparks
Highway Department
Butler County
Cliff W. Simpson
Athletic Fields At Two Schools To Be Improved
The Lorain County Board of Education approved WPA athletic field improvements at Wellington and East Carlisle Schools. Wellington will gain grading drainage seeding and a field house while East Carlisle will add a playground and skating rink with materials funded by the local boards and WPA supplying labor with no county cost.
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Lorain County Board of Education
Lastight
Works Progress Administration
Wellington
East Carlisle
East Carlisle Boards of Education
WPA
Library Closed Monday for Independence Day Observance
Elyria Library will close on Monday in observance of Independence Day. Miss Edna Moore, librarian, announced the closure.
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Elyria
Edna Moore
President's Midwest and West Swing Signals 150th Northwest Anniversary
The president plans speeches in Marietta Ohio on July 8 and in Oklahoma City and San Francisco with tentative talks in California. Two major candidates in the California governorship race are J F T O Connor and John Dockweiler. Observers note the Ohio speech may stay general amid potential renomination chatter.
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Oklahoma City
San Francisco
California
J. F. T. O'Connor
John Dockweiler
Los Angeles
Marietta
Ohio
Washington
Northwest Territory
Pow Wow Links Scouts Staff Publication in Legions Meet
The Southeast District Boy Scouts of America official paper Oak Chips held its first monthly pow wow at the Legion Home. Richard Hogue became art editor while David Huffman and Robert Stevenson were named city editor and advertising manager.
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Oak Chips
Boy Scouts of America
Legion Home
Richard Hogue
David Huffman
Robert Stevenson
Harold Dahnke
Richard Funk
Harry Koplin
Richard Slack
Jason Geisel
Richard Hopkins
Don Benz
Dick Slack
Swimming Marathon Begins at YMCA Pool
An all summer swimming marathon for boys and girls starts at the YMCA pool. Herman Geyer announces a distance record will be kept and totaled on a chart. The winner is the swimmer who records the greatest distance.
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Herman Geyer
Grain and market prices from Toledo elevator notes
Market roundup shows grain prices for wheat No 2 red 77 7/ se, corn No 2 yellow 87, oats No 2 yellow 59 8 plain, rye No 2 61 blades, white Vats 32 44c and No 2 white 26 by 19 Ge. Toledo produce lists R Extra one-pound prints price 4 25 sec eggs extras 298% 20%.
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Nogow
Toledo
Grain and hay prices from Sheets Elevator and Montana Milling
Quotations for grain hay and straw provided by Sheets Elevator Co and Montana Milling Co. Prices listed per bushel barrel ton and carload for oats corn wheat flour mill feeds and various hay and straw grades. Includes No 2 red wheat No 3 yellow corn and mill feed components with seasonal price ranges.
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Sheets Erevator Co
Montana Milling Cp
Witner
Grain and produce prices slide in Chicago market report
Chicago July 2 report shows butter at 1 526 334 pounds with easy tones, eggs unsettled at 12 487 cases, poultry live trades with 45 trucks and hens steady, potatoes 153 cars on track with United States shipments 802, and wheat corn oats barley price quotes across No 2 yellow and mixed categories, noting light demand for California White Rose and several regional quality changes.
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Chicago
Plymouth Rock Springs
White Rocks
Dept. of Agriculture
United States
California
Bliss
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Sacks
Busy Week Ahead for Y M C A Boys Division
Herman Geyer announces a packed schedule for the Y M C A boys division next week. Tuesday features a 9:30 a.m. Wiener roast. Thursday includes a 9:30 a.m. educational trip to Colson Corporation with 13 boys. another Thursday 5 p.m. trip takes 15 boys to Oberlin observatory for a moon sighting if weather allows. These join regular summer activities and future plant visits.
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Herman Geyer
Colson Corporation
Oberlin Observatory
Scalp Laceration After Domestic Altercation
Mike Zenich, 57, of 630 West Street, received treatment at Elyria Memorial Hospital for a scalp laceration believed caused during an argument with his wife. He was struck on the head with a milk bottle amid the ensuing dispute.
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Mike Zenich
West Street
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Zenich
Savings and Loan Sues Strouse For Foreclosure Action
The First Savings and Loan Company filed suit against Russell D Strouse and others for 1892 dollars and seeks foreclosure of property in Amherst Township.
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First Savings and Loan Company
Russell D. Strouse Et al
Amherst Township
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Shgp Inc
E. Bridge St
Wieners
Stokely
Dic
James McQueen
Vermilion
Freston L. Coon
Emil Kubishke
Lake Road
Nellie May Walker
Howard W. Walker
Walter Kowalski
Angeline Jarzmik
Lorain Municipal Court
S. H. Squire
State Superintendent of Banks
Amherst Savings and Banking Company
Luella Scibley Holmes Et al
Audrey McCarter
Jack McCarter
Elizabeth Lee
Esther Wood
Union St
Christ Church
Episcopal
L. E. Daniels
Christian Science Society
Rowland Hall
E. College Street
Rust M. E
J.E Wood
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Homer J. Tucker
Christian and Missionary Alliance
Elsie Gatherers
Young People's Meeting
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
W. C. O'Loughlin
Grace Lutheran. Church
H. Dawe
Holy Land Pictures
G. J. O'Connor
Ebone
E. 13Th St
National Tube Co
Almber
Sudro - Curtis
B. Wise
City Cab
Brown Hotel
Howard
Pete) Peters
Mgr
Scouts
Leudq Grain
Westinghouse
Chronicle-Telegram
Ohio Public Service Co
Rand
The
Ohio Public Service
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