Giant Explorer balloon to lift from Rapid City sky
Major William F. Kepner and Capt A W Stevens prepare to launch the 3,000,000 cubic foot Explorer balloon from the Black Hills near Rapid City in an eastward flight of about 900 miles. Weather is crucial for a dawn ascent. safety gear includes a 50 foot parachute and life-support chemicals.
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Rapid City
S&s BD
William F. Kepner
A. W. Stevens
Tom Berry
South Dakota
National Geographic Society
United States Army
Denver
Black Hills
Lee
E. L. Hoffman
Wright Field
Republicans To Hold Rally At Lorain
A county wide Republican rally will be held Friday night at 7 30 PM at the East Side Republican Club headquarters 229 Colorado Avenue Lorain. All state and county candidates are invited to speak and enjoy a guitar orchestra a and accordion troupe. A free fish fry will follow. Louis Gasper secretary clubs serves as chairman.
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East Side
Republican Club
Lorain
Louis Gasper
Colorado Avenue
Gasper
Ohio Weather Forecast Sees Fair Tonight and Tuesday
Ohio expected to have generally fair weather tonight and Tuesday. Showers possible Tuesday afternoon in the extreme north. West portion may warm tonight and become warmer again on Tuesday.
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Ohio
New Roosevelt Speech Due On Return To U.S.
President Roosevelt plans an important speech supplementing his social message to Congress. Stephen Early said he will speak in Green Bay Wisconsin on the return journey from Hawaii, after arriving in Portland Oregon August 2. The address will cover old age pensions and unemployment insurance.
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Toledo
Roosevelt
Congress
Stephen T. Early
Early
Great Lakes
Portland
Ore
Green Bay
Wis
Washington
Satuation 15 Quiet Again in Germany Berlin
Berlin July 9 Germany seemed back to normal after a week of crisis. Rudolph Hess spoke to world peace and Germany’s patriotism warning of abroad attacks. Cardinal Faulhaber addressed 50,000 in Bamberg on church rights amid Nazi insistence on order. The address followed Hess’s broadcast review of Hitler’s role in the Storm Troopers revolt.
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Berlin
Germany
Rudolph Hess
Adolf Hitler
Faulhaber
Bamberg
Hitler
Woenigsberg
Plane Crash Kills Matoher Family Near Lexington
Three people die when a charter plane bound for Ellenton Florida crashes near Lexington on Saturday. Alex Frederick Mokher 39 his wife 35 and daughter Marjorie 16 were killed. Dorothy Molcher 11 survived with a broken leg and possible internal injuries. Mokher had flown from Chicago.
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Lexington
Dorothy Molcher
Ellenton
Fla
Alex Frederick Mokher
Marjorie
Mokher
Dorothy
Chicago
Taxpayers Clash Over Road Contract Bid in Lorain County
In an injunction case brought by taxpayer A. Horvitz against Lorain County officials, attorneys allege a $39,900 road surface treating contract was awarded to Henry J. Hart of Elyria by force account, potentially saving $5,000 if competitive bids had been used. The hearing examines bids, conspiracy claims, and the legality of force account work amid protest from Horvitz and defense by officials and Hart’s representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Henry J. Hart
Elyria
Board of County Commissioners
H. L. Shaw
C. D. Murray
W. J. Hillier
J. W. Warden
Hart
Frank 4. Stevens
Stevens
Legislatura
Don W. Myers
E.©. Blosser
Highway Construction
Horvitz
Worth Fauver
John Love
Blosser
Shaker Heights
John Fisher
Allied Products Company
Cleveland
Louis Deemer
Tiffin and
G. G. Garland
Moon Recess
Hopkins Has Job Of Seeing That No One In America Starves
Editor's note surveys Harry L Hopkins as Roosevelt's relief chief. He organized 4,000,000 jobless during the Civil Works Administration, oversaw vast relief spending, and became the world's largest purchaser of cotton and pork. Now in Europe for a "hair cut" and other tasks, he remains central in the New Deal, despite graft and politics scandals dogging the CWA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkins
America
Harry L. Hopkins
Roosevelt
Civil Works Administration
Europe
Washington
Old Country
Mortgage Relief Committee To Meet
Lorain County Mortgage Relief Committee to meet on July 19 to help farmers and homeowners with mortgage problems. George Cotten, committee chairman, urged submissions by next Monday for study and advisory guidance. The panel, appointed by Gov. White, acts only as an advisory body with no lending power.
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Lorain
Lorain County
Mediation Board Begins Hearings in Coast Strike
San Francisco July 9 Roosevelt mediation board opens public hearings to resolve grievances of a maritime workers strike. It marks the first use of the labor disputes act on the Pacific coast as rioting shifts to martial law along the waterfront. Teamsters threaten an embargo on supplies to San Francisco and Oakland heavy industries unless settlements by Wednesday night.
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San Francisco
Roosevelt
Mediation Board
Pacific Coast
Maritime Workers
National Guards
Ten
Oakland
Teamster
Teamsters
Plans for Girls Camp Nearing Completion at Camp Iss-Seelies
Plans for the girls period at Camp Iss-Seelies along the Vermilion River are nearly ready as the MCC A group prepares to depart tomorrow morning at 9 AM. Thirty four girls are registered with potential for more as director Mrs. Hirsch Shannon coordinates with four lodge leaders. The younger boys group at the camp will return home tomorrow morning after a four day stay.
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Camp Iss-Seelies
Elyria
Hirsch Shannon
Parachutes Fail To Open Result in Teen Tragedy
Lok Marshall Miss Lois B Langelow 21 died after leaping from a plane with two parachutes unfurled at Churchill Valley Golf Club. Eyewitnesses watched as both chutes failed to deploy, one after another, leaving officials to investigate fainting as a possible cause. The incident drew about a thousand thrill seekers to the scene.
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Pittsburgh
Lok Marshall
Miss Marshall
Lois B. Langelow
Turtle Creek
Churchill Valley Golf Club
Tear gas and clashes erupt at Seabrook Farms strife
About 100 pickets clashed with 39 police and deputy sheriffs at Seabrook Farms Bridgeton New Jersey. Tear gas bombs water hoses and blackjacks were used as officers tried to quell violence injuring roughly a dozen strikers and two women strikebreakers. Children were moved to safety as authorities fought to disperse the crowd and arrest ringleaders.
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Bridgeton
N. J
Seabrook Farms
Malaca
Hammonton
State Police
Vineland
Millville
Vineland Volunteer Fire Company
L. Brown
George Haley
Bridgeton Hospital
Picksh
Twin Cities Threatened By General Strike
The threat of a general strike loomed over Minneapolis and St. Paul as the Minneapolis General Drivers and Helpers Union rejected a peace proposal. Leader William Brown pledged to seek talks with the Regional Labor Board while warning the deadline of 7 P.M. Wednesday would stand if demands were not met. Gov. Olson and labor conciliator Dunninger were to attend the meeting.
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Minneapolis
St. Paul
Minneapolis General Drivers
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Carl W. Martin Named Ass't Postmaster in Elyria
Announcement confirms Carl W. Martin as assistant postmaster at the Elyria post office effective July first after recent confirmation from Washington. Martin, a longtime Elyria resident on Tenth Street, has served as supervisor of the mails for 25 years.
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Carl W.martin
Elyria
Mr. Martin
Eric D. Chapman
Washington
St. Martin
Tenth Street
International spy ring case revived today
Paris July 9 The international spy ring case involving Mr and Mrs Robert G Switz of New York was revived as seven new warrants of arrest were issued by mining magistrate Andre Benon One warrant targets an American Mrs Pauline Jacobson Levine 32 The six others target French suspects Levine sought as intermediary between naturalized Canadian Benjamin Berkowitz alleged ring leader and lesser spies Police could not locate Levine though tracing her from hotel to hotel
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Paris
Robert G. Switz
New York
Andre Benon
Pauline Jacobson Levine
Creosote allotment increases to aid farm pests
Lorain County will receive about 1009 extra gallons of creosote, increasing the allotment to 2250 gallons in 45 drums. Some drums arrived. the rest are expected today. Extension agent C I Hummel warns barriers last about a week and urges farmers to kill collected bugs to prevent flying and future damage.
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Lorain County
C. I. Hummel
Hummel
Rockefeller in Failing Health on 96th Birthday
John D. Rockefeller enters his 96th year in frail health at the Lakewood estate. John D. Rockefeller Jr visits briefly, plans to stay until doctors deem safe transport to Pocantico Hills. Secretary Ward Madison says the family will not discuss health with outsiders and services are avoided at the estate.
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Lakewood
N.J
John D. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Pocantica Hills
N. Y
Rockefeller
Ward Madison
John Merritt Hunter
All Saints’ Episcopal Church
Tarrytown
Canned Blood Used for Transfusions in Leningrad Hospitals
Moscow July 9 canned blood obtained from accident views and preserved with a small quantity of magnesium sulfate has been in use for blood transfusions in Leningrad hospitals for many months. Dr Alan Hirsch of New York, former chemical adviser to the government, revealed today.
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Moscow
Leningrad
Alcan Hirsch
New York
Mills Resuming Mills in Yorkville and Laughlin Plants
Twelve mills of the Yorkville plant of the Wheeling Steel Corporation resumed operations today while fifteen mills of the Laughlin plant of the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company will start work Tuesday recalling several thousand men. They had been idle more than a week.
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Martins Ferry
Yorkville
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Laughlin
American Sheet and Tin Plate Company
McCracken Wins Court Victory Over Senate Jail Sentence
Washington July 9 William MacCracken former assistant secretary of commerce won a victory against a 10 day jail term imposed by the Senate. The district court of appeals ruled the Senate had no jurisdiction to punish a witness for not producing documents in the air mail investigation. The ruling reversed a district supreme court decision dismissing his habeas corpus petition. The decision could limit future Senate or House efforts to punish witnesses for disobeying committee commands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Willam MacCracken
Senate
House
Harriman Goes to Prison in Bank Scandal
New York July 9 Joseph W Harriman the former bank head sent to Lewisburg penitentiary for four and a half years after facing charges tied to about 2.9 million dollars of Harriman National Bank funds. He left Doctors Hospital smiling and waved to the crowd while his wife stayed unseen in their hospital suite.
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New York
Joseph W. Harriman
Doctor’s Hospital
Lewisburg Penitentiary
Harriman National Bank
Lewisburg
More Names Considered for Middle Ave Rename
Local readers propose several name changes for Middle Avenue as city discussion grows. A prominent Elria businessman suggests Central Park War to reflect the park’s central location, while a reader urges Roosevelt Avenue due to federal New Deal funding. Official circles show little formal interest until a petition surfaces, with opposition noted. Meanwhile, street improvements continue and the Chamber of Commerce plans a committee to arrange a formal opening with state officials.
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Middle Avenue
Elrria
Central Park War
Roosevelt Avenue
Chamber of Commerce
Explosions in Abandoned Mine Shaft Tremor Hits Caldwell
Explosions in a Cam bridge Collieries Co shaft near Coalridge Caldwell CO caused weekend tremors. Residents found debris, several houses damaged and many windows broken. Authorities believed accumulated gas ignited in the abandoned mine.
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Caldwell, CO
Stalking Onion Weeders At Anivel
Twenty seven onion weeders were arrested as open warfare broke out in the Scioto marshland. Pickets attacked by deputies used knives slingshots and a machine gun in a pitched battle. Jerome Raymond Dayton 21 was jailed for riot incitement. Deputy Head Deputy Enderling was injured. The unrest followed the release of strike reader Okey O'Dell from jail. Sheriff Mitchell would not confirm changes in officer deployments.
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Bulletin McGuffey
Scioto
Jerome Raymond
Dayton
Cuton
Ora Enderling
Mitchell
Okey O'Dell
Hardin County
Kenton
Wilbur Mitchell
Clergy Expand Purity Drive Across Movies and Media
New York clergy from Catholic Protestant and Jewish groups met to extend a purity drive to the stage magazines and dance halls. Catholic officials and church leaders urged continued boycotts and cooperation. In Vatican City Pope urged ongoing action and Cardinal Dougherty received a blessing in farewell.
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New York
Mgr
Michael J. Lavelle
Sidney B. Goldstein
Hollywood
Patrick Cardinal Hayes
Vatican City
Dennis Cardinal Lougherty
Philadelphia
Federal Council of Churches
Pete Pius
Dennis Cardinal Dougherty
G O P To Seek Million For War Chest
CHICAGO July 9 Henry P Fletcher of the Republican National Committee and party strategists met to lay plans for collecting a million dollar campaign war chest. Party leaders coming from 26 0 P Birthday Party at Jackson Michigan will be in conference three days.
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Chicago
Chaisman
Henry P. Fletcher
Republican National Committee
Jackson
Mich
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McCracken
U.S. Senate
Harriman
Middle Ave
Shake Town
Clergy
War Chest
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