Tornado Strikes Jacksonville Causes Massive Damage
A tornado, hailstorm and cloudburst swept through Jacksonville and four counties injuring more than 140 people and leaving about 5,000 homeless. Homes were leveled or roofed, streets blocked by debris, water 10 to 20 inches deep. Emergency wards treated 70 victims at the State Hospital for the Insane. Telegraph and telephone services were disrupted. fires threatened several buildings and farm losses were heavy. Recovery teams searched wreckage as authorities assessed crops and local facilities.
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Jacksonville
Jil
Cits
State Hospital For the Insane
Brown
Morgan
Cass
Mason
Havana
St. Chandlerville
Aiterberry
Woodson
Virginia
Jacksonvile
Tom Mi
Edward Perry
Imlay City
Michigan
State School For the Deaf
Jimo College
Lima Faces No Operating Funds for 1935 Budget Rise
On July 12 City Auditor Clyde Welty warned Lima will have no operating funds for 1935 unless new tax revenues are found. The drafted budget totals 769,689, up 61,39 from 1934, while Allen County struggles to retire 2.1 million in Westwood and Lost Creek sewer bonds, with 231,322 delinquent and threat of legal action.
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Lima
Clyde Welty
Allen County
Westwood
Creek
Eleven Arrested In Milwaukee Steel Plant Riot
MILWAUKEE July 11 Two shots were fired and 11 men were arrested in a riot at the Wehr Steel casting plant during a strike. The clash occurred as two automobile loads of workers tried to pass a picket line at the plant entrance. A policeman and another man were injured by the cars.
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Milwaukee
Wehr Steel Casting
Fined for Possession of Illegal Liquor In City Court
John Smith of 1827 West Avenue was fined $25 and costs for illegal liquor possession after arraignment before Mayor W. H. Vanoster. Police reports say a gallon of liquor was found concealed under the hood of his car by Motorcycle Patrolman C L. Miller yesterday.
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John Smith
West Avenue
W. H. Vanoster
C L. Miller
Smith
Ohio Weather Forecast Showers and Thunder Tonight
The forecast for Ohio calls for showers and thunderstorms tonight and Thursday with no change in temperature. Expect unsettled conditions across the region, with possible localized downpours and gusty winds as cold fronts move through.
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Ohio
Methodist Church Conference Set for Elyria Host
The North East Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church will convene at First Methodist Episcopal Church of Elyria from September 11 to 17. Nine districts Akron Cambridge-Barnesville Canton Cleveland Mansfield Norwalk Steubenville and Youngstown will be represented with 489 appointments and 542 ministerial members. Bishop Ernest Henderson will preside over the second largest annual conference, with about twelve hundred attendees daily. Elyria hosts this twenty third session, a repeated honor since 1857 1865 1892 1901 and 1926.
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North East Ohio
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Episcopal Church of
Elyria
Akron
Cambridge-Barnesville
Canton
Cleveland
Mansfield
Norwalk
Steubenville
Youngstown
First Methodist Episcopal Church of
Ernest
Henderson
Philadelphia
Pretty Co-ed Found Dead in Norman Campus Tragedy
In Norman Oklahoma a Delta Upsilon house cook is held as a material witness after co ed Marian Mills 20 is found dead in her duplex apartment Neal Myers 21 is missing sought as the last person seen alive Authorities say quinine castor oil and other medicines were present and Myers a pharmacy student is suspected to have supplied them His father and Marian Mills brother participate in the investigation with no clear clues yet about motive or causation
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Norman
Okla
Marian Mulls
University of Oklahoma
Neal Myers
el Reno
Myers
Paul Updegraff
Hazel Brown
Delta Upsilon
Marian
Bodies of two elderly spinsters found in Oakland boarding house
In Oakland on July 11 the bodies of Adelle Merrill Ti and Millie Foote, aged elderly spinsters, were discovered with crushed skulls. The slayings are believed to be the work of a night prowler. The room showed signs of a ransack, indicating a burglary gone wrong.
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Oakland
Cal
Adelle Merrill Ti
Millie Foote
Three Thousand Bolvians Die in Gran Chaco Fight
In Fort Ballivian area of the Gran Chaco, Paraguay forces report three thousand Bolivians killed yesterday. Official counts place Bolivian losses on the front unofficially around five thousand as fighting continues with Paraguayans advancing on multiple lines to seize the key fort.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Fort Ballivian
Gran Chaco
Alleged Leader of Striking Onion Weeders Jailed
McGuffey O July 11 Jer ome Raymond a Darton youth and alleged leader of striking onion weeders faced sentencing totaling 90 days after conviction on three charges. He received 30 days and a $50 fine for rioting and, after further hearings before Justices Ballet and Hautenschild, two more 30 day terms for resisting arrest and assault plus a $25 fine. Eleven other strikers earned suspended sentences. charges against another group of pickets were not yet lodged.
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McGuffey
Jerome Raymond
Darton
Raymond
E. D. Ballet
Roy Hautenschild
Genial Postmaster General Farley Refuses To Be Worried
Washington July 11 James Farley the Postmaster General and Democratic committee chairman remains genial amid New Deal pressure. He dispenses patronage while keeping factions calm, faces art stamp glue stamps air mail controversy and the Whistler Mother stamp flap. He shows no worry and keeps mixing work with play as a sports fan.
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Farley
James A. Farley
Hoover Republicans
Jim
Washington
James Farley
Democratic National Committee
Army
Whistler
Taxpayer suit over road contract ends in adjournment
The suit by 5. A. Horvitz against county commissioners and surveyor over a $30,009 Toad surface treatment contract was taken under advisement by Judge W. B. Thompson. Hart denied broader involvement beyond bidding, and the county defended bid practices as within law. The court will rule soon as work remains halted by a temporary injunction.
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J. W. Warden
Horvitz
Murray
Cleveland
Highway Construction Company
The
Lorain Journal
Hart
Henry Hart
Walden
Don W R Myers
Middle Avenue
Myers
Frank Stetson
Joseph Lefkowite
Lefkowitz
Stetson
Thompson
Cabinet Reorganized in Vienna Amid Nazi Suppression
President Wilhelm Miklas approved a reorganized cabinet formed by Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss. The move marks a stern campaign against Nazis terrorizing Austria with bombings as the government tightens control.
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Vienna
Wilhelm Miklas
Engelbert Dollfuss
Republican Women to Hear Bettman Dinner Speaker
Gilbert Bettman former attorney general of Ohio will speak at a county wide dinner tomorrow night at the First M E Church under the Elyria Republican Women's Club sponsorship. Members and others from all parts of the county expected. Dinner at 6 30 P M with the club chorus providing vocal numbers.
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Gilbert Bettman
Ohio
M. E. Church
Elyria
Republican Women’s Club
Figures on Court Costs in Common Pleas Court
Costs assessed in criminal cases handled by Common Pleas court are largely borne by taxpayers, per Ben F. Thomas's annual report for the year ending June 30. Criminal costs total $4,192.16 with $216.90 paid by defendants, $300 by the state, and $816 uncollectible due to nailed or not guilty verdicts. $2,859 remains due from defendants. Previous year’s unpaid criminal costs totaled $1,356. The year saw 189 criminal cases brought and 171 decided. 402 criminal cases pending. Many pendings are non-support cases used to pressure alimony. Fines collected last year were $485 of $864 assessed, while the prior year had $540 of $655 collected. Criminal jury fees were $964, $112 below the previous year. Grand jury fees totaled $703, down from $1,199. Civil branch filed 1259 cases, up from 1171. disposed 1122, down from 1189. Pending civil cases now total 922, up 137. There were 440 judgments taken.
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Common Pleas Court
Judge Webber Reviews U S History at Elyria Rotary
Judge A R Webber spoke to the Elyria Rotary Club at the Elks Club giving a brief résumé of key moments in United States history and naming notable figures. William Spencer reported on a visit by the crippled children’s committee to the Gates Hospital clinic. The coming week’s committee includes Harry Reynolds and Robert Hand.
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United States
A. R. Webber
Elyria
Harry Reynolds
Robert Hand
San Francisco Readies General Strike Amid Mediation Failure
San Francisco tenses as a 64 day marine workers dispute nears a general strike set for tomorrow morning. Some 23 000 workers across the coast may walk out with 32 000 additional union members voting to join. Federal mediator Roosevelt boards and Archbishop Hanna press for arbitration amid port deadlock and possible riot conditions.
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San Francisco
Teamsters
Alameda County
Bay
Roosevelt
National Longshoremen's Board
Edward J. Hanna
San Francisco Central Labor Council
Mediation Board
Bay Region
Lorain County teachers face salary cuts in 1933-34 report
The Lorain County Board of Education report shows elementary teachers averaged a 12 percent pay cut to 915 dollars for 1933-34, high school teachers 11 percent to 1271 dollars, and principals 14 percent to 2496 dollars. The district lists 262 teaching staff, 251 teachers in schools plus 10 music and special class instructors, with 5,157 elementary enrollments and 2,180 high school students. Transportation relies on 76 buses serving 4,421 pupils, and district buildings value about 2.08 million dollars with equipment at 154,650 dollars.
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Lorain County
Boards of Education
Personal Property Tax Delinquents Summoned
About 300 individuals and 50 business owners will be summoned by State Tax Commission representatives within 10 days for failing to properly list personal property for taxation. Deputy County Auditor Clark Phinney said notices are going out, with most delinquents forgetting to file and a few attempting to evade. Penalties of 10 percent may be charged if returns are not filed by March 31.
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State Tax Commission
Clark Phinney
Court House
Phinney
Drys Victorious In Mississippi
Jackson Miss July 11 Drys victorious in yesterday s referendum to retain Mississippi s 25 year old bone dry statutes expected their two to one majority to be widened today when counting dates from rural districts was completed Jefferson Davis County took advantage of the balloting and voted to prohibit sale of four per cent beer under the option granted counties in the beer legalization act of 1934 Delta Counties along the Mississippi river and coastal counties were Bet
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Jefferson Davis County
Delta
Mississippi River
Tesla reveals super death ray with vast destructive power
New York July 11 Nicia Tesla, noted electrical pioneer, announced a man made invisible lightning beam of 50 000 000 volts. He said it could drop an army of 1 000 000 men, destroy two fleets of 10 000 airplanes at 250 miles, and surround a country with an invisible wall. He outlined four new production methods and plans to present details before scientific bodies and at the Geneva Disarmament Conference.
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New York
Nicia, Tesla
Tesla
Grand Jury to Convene on July 13 in County Probe
Private detectives hired by County Prosecutor Frank B. Stevens prepare evidence on gambling and open slot machine operations for the grand jury meeting July 13. Judge W. B. Thompson summoned the jurors, with the prosecutor's quiet investigation aiding proceedings. The panel also faces about a dozen other cases including arson burglary assault and non support.
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Frank B. Stevens
W. B. Thompson
Stevens
Thompson
Depositors Consent to Reopen Bank Under Plan
J B Seward of the Savings Deposit Bank and Trust Co says hundreds of stockholders and depositors are sending in consents to the bank's reopening plan. He adds progress in the campaign has been very satisfactory.
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J B. Seward
Savings Deposit Bank and Trust Co
Chronicle-Telegram
Mr. Seward
Wheat Supply Getting Low Int
CHICAGO July 11 W P The American bread basket is rapidly sifting down to crumbs Grain experts on La Salle street after studying government crop estimates released yesterday were pessimistic regarding the wheat situation in the United States Veteran statisticians predicted that wheat in surplus bins soon would be scraped to a dangerously low level and that by July 1 1935 the country will be forced onto an import basis Nat C Murray crop expert for Clement Curtis Co termed the official report startling Supplies of wheat would be at alarmingly small figures if the government prediction becomes a reality B W Snow of Bartlett Frazier Co a known grain authority called the report sensational and said he could not predict a bright outlook with European nations near famine Drought the worst of a generation and a vast insect plague were blamed for a 1934 wheat crop not exceeding 484000000 bushels 49000000 bushels less than last year’s 30 year low yield
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Chicago
la Salle Street
United States
America
Nat C. Murray
Clement Curtis & Co
B. W. Snow
Bartlett
Frazier, & Co
Snow
Ultimatum Given In Twin Cities
Minneapolis workers reject last minute arbitration offer. Five thousand union truck drivers and 5000 inside workers threaten a general strike with 30,000 national union members expected to join, aiming to halt operations and plunge the metropolitan area into darkness.
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Minneapolis
Twin Cities
North West
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Repubean Women’s Club Chorus
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