Giant Gas Bag Bursts Near The Middle
Rapid City South Dakota July 11 The second attempt by army fliers to ascend in a National Geographic Society and U S Army giant balloon ended in disaster when the gas bag exploded during inflation at about 300 000 cubic feet of gas in a craft with a capacity of 8 700 000 cubic feet No one was injured Ground crew of Fort Meade cavalrymen were nearby Captain Albert Stevens flight commander and Captain Orvil Anderson pilot escaped and observers opened an investigation into the cause The crew had previously survived Expiorer I crash and hoped Explorer II would set a new altitude record of about fifteen miles above sea level
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Rapid City
National Geographic Society
United States Army
Fort Meade
Albert Stevens
Orvil Anderson
Stevens
Washington
Anderson
Nebraska
William Kepner
Army Air Corps
Veteran Wooster Publisher Dies at 89 in Ohio
Albert Dix, 89, chairman of the Wooster Daily Record and Daily Record at Ravenna, died at his home in Wooster. One of Ohio’s oldest active newspaper men, he moved to Wooster in 1898 from Hamilton where he published the News. He is survived by his son Jackson Dix and five grandsons Albert V and Robert in Ravenna, Raymond, Gordon and Harlan in Wooster.
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Wooster, O
Albert Dix
Wooster
Ohio corn crop prospects show large yield
Ohio's corn crop is projected at 111,708,000 bushels for the year, despite wet spring planting delays. This compares with last season's 92,200,000 bushels and the five year average of 123,701,000 bushels.
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Columbus
Ohio
State
Federal Agricultural Service
Weather Update for Ohio Thundershowers and Fair Weekend
Local thundershowers expected this afternoon or tonight with a fair Saturday in the north portion. In the south portion thundershowers tonight should clear by Saturday morning, with cooler temperatures tonight and Saturday.
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Ohio
North Portion
South Portion
Crash Victim’s Body Taken To Detroit
The body of Mrs. Helen Zakobielski, 48, died at Elyria Memorial Hospital after injuries from a bus auto crash on Route 20 near Stetson Road on July 4. Her death raised the death toll to three. L. H. Dunton, bus driver, faced manslaughter charges. his hearing was postponed awaiting sheriff’s return. Funeral services for Mrs. Zakobielski were planned for Saturday.
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Helen Zakobielski
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Detroit
Zakobielski
Autoist Freed Of Charge Of Manslaughter
Harry Sadowsky, 25, a Cleveland chewing gum salesman, was freed after a leniency hearing in Justice of the Peace Joseph Q. Petra's court on a manslaughter charge. King, 76, of 17929 Larchwood Ave., Cleveland, was struck while walking along Route 2 in Sheffield Lake. Sadowsky claimed he was blinded by oncoming headlights and that he hit no car. Evidence showed King walked in the road. the judge dismissed for lack of probable cause to convict.
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Harry Sadowsky
Sandusky
Lenathy
Justice of the Peace
Joseph Q. Petra
Sadowsky
William King
Larchwood Avenue
Cleveland
Sheffield Lake Village
Sheffield Village
Lorain
King
Carl Bailey
Amherst
Elva Spore
Adelbert Street
Laura Ingalls Aims to Break Earhart Eastward Record
Laura Ingalls prepares the Vendetta plane to beat Amelia Earhart Putnam’s eastward transcontinental mark of 17 hours 7 minutes 30 seconds. She departed New York at 4 30 a.m. and, after a tense night, landed in Los Angeles at 18 hours 19 minutes 30 seconds, seeking a faster eastward crossing.
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Los Angeles
Laura Ingalls
New York
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Miss Ingalls
Lockheed
Union Air Terminal
Amelia
Floyd Bennet
Shively Returns To His Desk Today
Elyria High School principal C. P. Shively resumes duties at his office today after nearly a month away recovering from a major operation performed shortly before the recent high school commencement.
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Shively
C. P. Shively
Elyria High School
County officials attend Northeastern Ohio auditors convention
Three county officials traveled to Akron to participate in a convention of auditors from the northeastern Ohio counties. Lorain County Auditor C. S. Kelser Deputy County Auditor C. A. Horn and County Treasurer Walter Wright attended.
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Akron
Ohio
Lorain County
C. S. Kelser
C. A. Horn
Walter Wright
Purvis Resigns as Crime Fighter in Chicago Office
CHICAGO July 12 Melvin H Purvis the man who captured John Dillinger resigns as America s top crime fighter He leaves as special agent in charge of the Chicago office of the DOJ Bureau of Investigation to settle down in Chicago He plans to get a pipe and sit on a front porch Hoover accepts the resignation and Danial W Ladd will succeed him in Chicago
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Chicago
Melvin H. Purvis
John Dillinger
America
Purvis
Department of Justice Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover
Washington
Danial W. Ladd
Playgrounds Open Tomorrow In Lorain County FERA Plan
Lorain County FERA Recreation Project expands with playground and sketching activities in Elyria. Lead by John G. Olmsted and Ernest E. Holmes, programs run 9 am to 12 noon at three city schools and 9 am to 11 am across five sites for sketching next week, with nature study sessions for Elyria boys and girls and a travel and recreation course at the Y MCA on Tuesdays.
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Lorain County
FERA
Elyria
John G. Olmsted
Ernest E. Holmes
McKinley
Phyllis Pearson
Jefferson School
Alice Wilcox
Garford School
Richard Moffat
Grace Schulke
Ely
Hamilton
Y. M
Cascade Park
Vincent
Holmes
See Hulls Concern Not Welcomed by Italy
Rome reports that Secretary Hulls concern over the Italian Abyssinian crisis is unwelcome in Italy and seen as unwarranted. Sources say the dispute is not an American problem and note surprise at Hull's warning to Ambassador Rosso. Hoares speech in Britain signals a realist shift and possible British support for Italy’s claims.
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Rome
Hull
Italy
Auguste Rosso
House of Compans
Samuel Hoare
Abyssinia
Paris
United States
Nation wide attack on tax plan announced
Roosevelt tax the rich program likely to reach the House floor without a gag rule as leaders push for passage. Business opposition grows with the chamber of commerce and Du Pont leading protests nationwide, urging stockholders to contact Congress.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Congress
Robert L. Coughton
Ways and Means Committee
White House
Joseph W. Burns
John J. O'Connor
Rules Committee
Clmber of Commerce
United States
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co
American Liberty League
Chamber of Commerce
du Pont Company
National Association of Manufacturers
New Deal Shipping Reports Stir Political Temperature
Washington dispatch reports Democratic scouts surveying the nation for signs the New Deal is losing strength. Emil Hurja and James Farley tour the North Central and Midwest as Hopkins relief policy draws libel action that was later dropped. Henry Wallace departs. Roosevelt plans trips if Congress adjourns. Drewry says polls show steady support, with near-term Democratic House majority ahead.
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Washington
New Deal
Roosevelt
Emil Hurja
Democratic National Committee
James A. Farley
Ohio
Martin L. Davey
Harry J. Hopkins
Henry A. Wallace
Seattle
Wash
San Diego
Calif
Boulder Dam
Patrick Henry Drery
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
United Press
Trying To Force Vote On Inflation Bill
Washington July 12 The House battle over the 3.9 billion Frasier Lemke inflation farm relief bill intensified as Democratic leaders move to block a petition to force a vote. The petition has 210 names, six short of the threshold, with support from conservative Eastern Republicans aiding Rep William Lemke. Democrats say the move would embarrass the administration.
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Washington
Ohio Women's Golf Final Narrowly Sees Tie at Maketewah
In Cincinnati on July 12 the defending champion Mrs. Burt Weil of Cincinnati and Mrs. Lin ton Fallis of Toledo were even after the first 18 holes of the 36 hole final in the Ohio Women's Golf championship at Maketewah Country Club.
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Cincinnati
Burt Weil
Lin Jton Fallis
Toledo
Maketewah Country Club
Boulder Dam workers walk off the job border strike
Boulder City November 12 workers at the Boulder Dam halted operations on the 49 million project. A general strike followed an earlier walkout by 400 carpenters and iron workers over lunch break time, disrupting progress on the giant structure.
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Boulder City
Boulder Dam
Ask Resignation of New Orleans Mayor
A resolution demanding the resignation of Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley was unveiled at an old regular Democratic party caucus in New Orleans. The motion marks a significant move in Huey P. Long's strategy to seize broad control of city and state government.
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New Orleans
T. Semmes Walmsley
Democratic Party
Huey P. Long
Utilities Bill Is Sent To Conference
Washington July 12 The House sent the Wheeler Rayburn utilities bill to conference with the Senate and urged conferees to insist on the House version which excludes the death sentence for utilities holding companies. Five House conferees are split three to two against the death sentence.
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Washington
URI
House
Wheeler-Rayburn Utilities
Senate
Favorable Report on Outlawing Gold Suits
The House Banking and Currency Committee voted to report favorably the administration bill to outlaw suits for payment on former gold basis. It provides cash redemption of gold bonds and notes on a dollar for dollar basis until January 1 1936. The secretary of the treasury may order cessation of this redemption after September 1 1935.
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Washington
House Banking and Currency Committee
Secretary of Treasury
Creek On A Rampage Claims Four Drown In Colorado Flood
Famar Colorado July 12 At least four persons drowned and seven were missing today after Wolf Creek surged through Granada. Bodies recovered include Mrs Alvada Kart Mrs Antone Eder Glen der 17 and a ten year old girl. Seven others including Antone Eder and several Eder children remain missing as the flood washed away their home and damaged nearby property.
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Famar
Colo
Wolf Creek
Granada
Here
Alvada Kart
Antone Eder
Glender
Eder
Karn
Tornado Hits Eidon Missouri Demolishes Buildings Injures Several
A tornado ripped through the town of Eidon, 32 miles southwest of Jefferson City, demolishing buildings and injuring several people. Communication with the area was cut off as telegraph and telephone lines were down and roads were blocked.
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Jefferson City
Eidon
Here
Last Day For Voters To Register In Lorain County
The Lorain County Board of Elections reports Tuesday July 23 is the final day for unregistered voters or those who moved since the last election to register. Registration can be completed at the board offices in the Elyria Savings and Trust Building, open daily until 5 p.m.
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Lorain
Will Break Ground Monday For School
Ground will be broken Monday for a new $25,000 school building at the county tuberculosis sanatorium. Ray Hallis of the FERA works division announced the project. Excavation will be done by hand with 12 men on site. The school will be located between the main building and the power house at the sanatorium.
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Ray Hallis
Fera Works Division
Ohioan Chamber Attacks Roosevelt Tax Plan Before Congress
Secretary George B. Chandler of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce testified before the House Ways and Means Committee denouncing President Roosevelt’s tax the rich program as a plan to replace capitalism with socialism. He termed the proposal an orgy of spending and a disguise to redistribute wealth through taxation, criticizing graduated corporate taxes as demagogy and predicting poverty redistribution.
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Washington
George B. Chandler
Ohi Chamber of Commerce
House
Ways and Means Committee
Roosevelt
United States
Chandler
Chamber of Commerce
Senate
United States Chamber of Commerce
William A. Wirt
Gary
Ind
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Constitution
Supreme Court
Russia
Davey Names Labor Leader To Board
In Columbus Ohio on July 11 Governor Davey appointed William M Morgan of Newark as a member of the Ohio Industrial Commission. Morgan, former congressman from the 17th district 1921 to 1931 and longtime executive board member of the State Labor Federation, succeeds Carl Niswander with the term starting next Monday.
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Columbus
Willam M Morgan
Newark
Ohio Federation of Labor
Davey
Ohio Industrial Commission
Morgan
Carl Niswander
State Labor Federation
Elyria Chamber Directors Attend Lorain Exposition
The Elyria Chamber of Commerce sent five directors to represent the city at last night’s Lorain Exposition. The delegation included A. H. West George Day C. J. Helfrich Mayor W. H. Vanoster and J. C. George.
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Elyria
Mercury Goes To 113 In Kansas
A heat wave ending with cool air and storms cut US heat levels. 113 degrees was recorded in Phillipsburg Kansas as fatalities rose across Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and neighboring states. Crops face stress but livestock losses are limited.
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United Press
Kansas City
Southwest
Kansas
Texas Panhandle
United States
Phillipsburg
Kaw
Chicago
Texas
Oklahoma
Missouri
New York
Nebraska
Minnesota
Arkansas
Towa
Illinois
Indiana
Prairie States
Cooler Weather Forecasted in Ohio Amid Heat Wave
Ohio endures another day of record heat with temperatures in the nineties and numerous heat prostrations reported across cities. The Weather Bureau predicts slight relief through tonight into Saturday as thunderstorms move in, while pavement on state highways experiences "explosions" from expanding materials.
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Ohio
Government Weather Bureau
Doubted constitutionality of AAA processing tax in suit
In Minneapolis a three judge federal court granted temporary relief to 15 Minnesota firms delaying collection of the AAA processing tax. The court questioned the act’s constitutionality, casting doubt on the basic farm relief program while keeping injunctions in escrow on May and June taxes already paid.
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Minneapolis
United States
Minnesota
Tse
Bent
Auits Ivolve
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Thomas Corcoran
Ralph O. Brewster
Maine
House Rules Committee
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Corcoran
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Drewry
Treasury
New England
Charles Michelson
Mercury
Unitedpress
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