Farmers Fight to Save Corn from Insect Invasion
Lorain County farmers struggle to protect corn as chinch bugs threaten crops. Creosote barriers cresting about fifty miles, with 6900 gallons supplied by federal and state programs, mainly to deter the infestation. Farmers report shortages and supplement with private purchases. Hummel notes progress but danger remains as barriers must stay in place for days. The pests already damaged fields before barriers fully formed.
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Hummel
Judge sentences Fazekas for embezzlement in 1952 case
Geza Fazekas of Lorain was sentenced by Judge W B Thompson to one to ten years in the Columbus penitentiary after pleading guilty to embezzling $632 from the First Hungarian Dramatic and Sick Benefit Society in 1952. He returned from Europe and surrendered himself to the sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geza Fazekas
Lorain
Columbus
W. B. Thompson
Dramatic and Sick Benefit Society
Fazekas
Europe
Officers Remove Belts and Holsters in Heat
Police officers on beat wear lighter gear after Chief B J Stankard allowed removal of Sam Browne belts and holsters from blue coat uniforms. Belts tightened coats, making heat feel worse, said Patrolman George Walton who weighs about 200 pounds. Officers now carry revolvers in hip pockets.
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B. J. Stankard
George Walton
Ohio Weather Forecast Calls For Showers And Cooler
Ohio residents can expect showers and thunderstorms tonight with a cooler air mass moving in Saturday bringing fair skies and much cooler temperatures across the state. Moderate risk of residual thunderstorms diminishes by afternoon as highs reach seasonal levels.
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Ohio
Notre Dame Names Rev. John F. O Hara as President
Rev John F O Hara C D C is named president of the University of Notre Dame at South Bend Ind after serving as acting president during Rev Charles L O Donnells illness He also handled recent athletic appointments including Elmer Layden as football coach.
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John F. O'Hara
C. D.C
University of Notre Dame
South Bend
Ind
Charles L. O'Donnell
Elmer Layden
Injury proves fatal to boy in freight yard accident
Paul Lombardi a 16 year old from Handcock New York died at Memorial Hospital after attempting to hop a freight train near Sumner street Monday. He tripped on a swivel wheel and was fatally injured. Survived by four brothers and four sisters his body will be sent to Handcock from Bittner Funeral Home this evening.
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Paul Lombardi
Handcock
N. Y
Chicago
Paul
Hlyria Memorial Hospital
Sumner Street
Memorial Hospital
John Lombardi
St. Paul’ Church
Bittner Funeral Home
Creosote Allocation Boosts Lorain County Supplies
Approximately 1 250 shipping gallons of creosote will enter Lorain County immediately, with at least 25 more drums allotted from the government supply. Used to combat chinch bug, the material is distributed to farmers at about two cents per gallon for transportation. The new supply is expected to be ready for distribution tomorrow, per C I Hummel, county agricultural extension agent.
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Lorain County
Loram County
Cleveland
C. J. Humrugs
Columbus
C. I. Hummel
Hummel
Strikers Beat Up Tractor Operators at Seabrook Farm
Bridgeton N F July 6 Hundreds of angry farmers clashed with 100 striking Seabrook farm workers as police rushed to the scene to avert violence. Four tractor crews were attacked earlier, with constable Jack Saunders and driver Jim Gould critically hurt. Deputies and the cannery superintendent Maurice Peck aided security as about 300 workers were driven from the farm. The union, blamed by officials as Communist controlled, demanded reinstatement of about 100 laid off temporary pickers and canners from Philadelphia.
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Bridgeton
N. F
Seabrook Farm
Badh
Jack Saunders
Jim Gould
Jack Stephenson
Maurice Peck
Royal
Philadelphia
Oldest US physician Dr. W E Thompson marks 99th birthday
Bethel, QO July 1 Dr. W E Thompson celebrated his 99th birthday at home while still ready to answer calls. Believed to be the oldest practicing physician in the United States he rises at night in all weather to reach patients. He began practice 77 years ago in Bethel riding horseback later using a sulky and now travels by automobile driven by a chauffeur. His only surviving boyhood friend John Moyer near Williamsburg nears 100 and needs care Dr Thompson also attends him.
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Bethel
W E. Thompson
United States
Thompson
Dr. Thompson
John Moyer
Williamsburg
Fire consumes Oles market in Youngstown blaze
A $50,000 fire swept Oles market in downtown Youngstown last night, filling adjoining stores with smoke and halting traffic as every city fire company battled the blaze. Fire Chief Harry Callan blamed a defective incinerator for the incident attracting about 10,000 spectators.
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Youngstown
Oles Market
Harry Callan
Secretary Wallace Has Hard Job Steering Rural Economic Program
Washington July 6 Henry Agard Wallace reacts to the AAA impact on farmers and himself as he steers a sweeping rural economic program. The profile notes his formal, patient shift from earlier boldness, weight gain, and growing composure amid conflicts with meat packers and milk distributors, marking a transformation since becoming secretary.
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Wallace
Henry A. Wallace
Towa
Secretary of Agriculture
AAA
Frederick C.othman
Washington
Henry Agard Wallace
Agriculture Department
Women Celebrate Legislation After Congress Adjourns
Washington women celebrate gains from the 73rd Congress including nationality equality for U S women citizens and ratification of the 1925 Geneva trade in arms publicity treaty. Key advocates Mrs Bannerman of Nation and PTA, Miss Alice Paul led the equal rights effort. Mrs Luckie of Chester and Miss Vernon directed lobbying for peace and freedom groups.
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Congress
Washington
Equal Rights
United States
W. T. Bannerman
Nation
Congress of Parents and
National Woman’s Party
Alice Paul
Blair Luckie
Chester
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Mabel Vernon
Women’s International League For Peace and Freedom
S. Blair Luckie
William T. Bannerman
Germany Names Economic Dictator in Crisis Crisis
Berlin July 6 The government named Kurt Schmitt as economics dictator with blanket authority to promote trade and industry through October 1. The move follows boycotts, industrial slowdowns, gold depletion, and fears of debt-driven trade wars. Schmitt’s powers include fines and imprisonment for orders.
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United Press
Berlin
Kurt Schmitt
Schmitt
France
Kurt von Schleicher
Ernst Boehm
Flensburg
Rudoll Hess
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Franz von Papen
von Papen
President Roosevelt Arrives in Puerto Rico on Vacation Tour
President Roosevelt arrived in Mayaguez at 7:45 am aboard the Houston, greeted by Gov. Blanton Winship as crowds cheered and a band played. Destroyers escorted the ship into harbor and thousands lined the docks. He will spend the night in the San Juan palace, with towns along the 200 mile route decorated and people greeting him at multiple stops.
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Mayaguez
Puerto Rico
U.S
Houston
Roosevelt
Blanton Winship
Io San Juan
Penfield Woman Fatally Hurt by Auto
Mrs. Anna Grill, 78, of Penfield, was fatally injured at about 10 30 a m when struck crossing Route 18 in front of her daughter Mrs Cora Kleimans home. The driver, Mr Briggs of Michigan, stopped and helped move her to the house where she died about an hour later. Sheriff Dick and Deputy Moehi investigated. survived by four children including Mrs Kleinhats George Grill of Lakewood Amy Wess of Phoenix and Louis Grill of Montana.
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Anna Grill
Penfield
Cora Kleimans
Route
Grill
Briggs
Michigan
Clarence W. Dick
Henry Moehi
Kleinhats
George Gril
Lakewood
Amanda Wess
Phoenix
Arizona
Louis Grill
Montana
Water bills due monthly under new policy warning
Service Director Fred A Underhill warned residents who received water bills to pay by June 10 to avoid a 10 percent penalty. Bills go out monthly by city section with due dates varied, the eastern section around the tenth payable the twentieth, and the western section payable at month end.
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Fred A. Underhill
Relief bond Sogue sold by Lorain County
Lorain county sold its latest relief bond issue of 47500 dollars to Stranahan Harris and Company of Toledo at 2.5 percent interest with a premium of 90.25 dollars. The bid was the best among several received. Bonds to be retired and interest paid from bank returns.
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Lorain County
Stranahan Hartis and Company of
Toledo
Motorist Fined For Wrong License Plates In Lorain
Frank Bardin of Lorain became the second motorist arrested and convicted for using plates issued for another vehicle. He was fined 325 and costs by Justice Joseph Petro on a warrant sworn by H A Bouton of the State Patrol. The judge suspended 15 of the fine at the officer's request, mirroring the prior case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Bardin
Lorain
Joseph Petro
H. A Bouton
Roosevelt's Regent Leads New Deal Emergency Committee
In Washington, Donald Richberg, counsel for the NRA, is shown heading a super-cabinet figure called the regent during President Roosevelt's absence. He oversees an industrial emergency committee with supervisory powers over key New Deal agencies as he goes to work on several problems.
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Roosevelt
Donald Richberg
Washington
Richberg
NRA
Fields Corners School to Close in Ridgeville Township
The Fields Corners School will close for an indefinite period at the start of the 1934 35 school year. The Ridgeville Board of Education cites cost reductions, eliminating three teachers and one janitor and about 54000 yearly overhead. Students, 78 in grades one to six, will be bused to Ridgeville Center School in September.
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Fields Corners
Ridgeville Township
Ridgeville Board of Education
Ridgeville Center School
Darrow Recovery Review Board Disbanded
Washington July 6 The Darrow recovery review board formally received its dismissal notice from President Roosevelt. The board had effectively ended six days earlier, but the executive order was overlooked in the rush of the President’s departure. The order cited substantial completion of work and resignations of three of six members, saying further investigations would not reflect the original board.
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Washington
Terror under normal Berlin surfaces in Nazi era report
Expert observer Webb Miller describes Berlin July 6 1934 as outwardly normal yet undercurrents reveal terror in Nazi Germany. He notes crowds in cafes parks and Unter der Linden, but warns that a dictatorship has entered a terror stage, unseen by many. Story continues on page 3.
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Nazi Germany
Webb Miller
United Press European
Germany
Miller
United Press Berlin
Berlin
Unter der Linden
Firegarten
Hitler
Soares
Pickets Dispersed as State Police Use Tear Gas at Jessup Mine
Scranton July 6 State police used tear gas bombs to disperse about 200 pickets gathered at an independent Jessup area mine after a multi day strike. Ten people were overcome by gas. a miner’s car was wrecked and others entering the shaft were stoned. Police ordered to guard the mine.
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Scranton
Jessup
Von Papen Plans Conference With Hindenburg
BERLIN July 6 Baron Franz von Papen vice chancellor plans to meet President Paul von Hindenburg to challenge the Nazi government he disputes. He demands proof against his staff and protection custody cases. negotiations with Hitler continue, but von Papen resists terms he cannot accept.
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Berlin
Baron Franz von Papen
Paul von Hindenburg
von Papen
Adolf Hitler
Hindenburg
von Papan
Hitler
Factories to Employ Relief Workers in Ohio
July 6 Ohio State Relief Commission moves to place relief clients in former trades. Delaware Chairs Inc and Tuytor Inc in Delaware leased by Ohio Surplus Corporation with Adjt. General Henderson and Finance Director Burk signing. Planned garment production at Tuytor and chairs at Delaware Chairs, with Toledo factory negotiations ongoing. Chair repairs and start-up at the chair plant expected in three to four weeks.
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Columbus
Ohio State Relief Commission
Ohio Surplus Corporation
Delaware
Delaware Chairs, Inc
Tuytor Inc
Adjt
Frank D. Henderson
Clarence H. Burk
Fred A. Miller
State Relief Commission
Ohio
Toledo
Body of Mme Curie Laid to Rest
Paris July 6 Mme Marie Curie co discoverer of radium was buried today at the village cemetery at Sceaux south of Paris. Her body was placed beside her husband in a crypt as her two daughters and son in law attended with Curie Institute scientists. Government and universities did not attend per the family's request. A memorial ceremony will be held in October.
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Paris
Mme
Marie Curie
Sceaux
Citles
Mme. Curie
Curie Institute
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Darrow Recovery Review Board
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