Rotarians Hear Appeal For Safety
P Whitehead of the Ohio State Safety Council spoke at Migria Rotary Club urging safer highway use, especially in rural areas. He cited National Safety Council data showing rural traffic deaths far outpacing urban deaths from 1924 to 1936, with urban deaths rising modestly while rural deaths surged about 16 800 by 1936.
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P. Whitehead
Ohio State Safety Council
Migria Rotary Club
Elke
Whitehead
National Safety Council
Britain France and US in talks on Chinese situation
London dispatch from July 14 reports British foreign secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons that Britain is consulting with the United States and France on the Chinese crisis. He said London would not rush and aims for a peaceful solution while avoiding clash in the Far East.
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London
Britain
France
United States
China
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Eden
Far East
Court Fight To Go On Says Senator
Washington July 14 Sen George Berry Tenn first senator to see President Roosevelt after the death of Sen Joseph T Robinson said the court fight will go on He believed the death changed no votes in the Senate An appeal in a Weidemann Co v Florence and E W De Chant case was filed in common pleas court challenging service on Lorain County garnishee Judge Petro overruled the motion and the appeal seeks a ruling Steubenville July 14 mill worker John Hainsworth 45 died from heat exhaustion at a local mill
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Washington
George Berry
Tenn
Roosevelt
Joseph T. Robinson
White House
Weidemann Company
Florence DeChant
E. W. DeChant
Avon Lake
Common Pleas Court
Steubenville
John Hainsworth
Court Grants Wycosky Divorce on Wilful Absence
In And About The Court House Charles J. Wycosky was granted a divorce Tuesday from Margaret Wycosky on grounds of wilful absence for more than three years. Judge D. A. Cook granted the divorce. Wid McConnell reported to the sheriff's department yesterday that one of his herd of Ayreshires was missing, a yearling bull. Irving Robinson filed suit in common pleas court for 460 damages to his automobile and loss of use after an accident on Route 2 in Avon caused by driver negligence. Robinson seeks 400 for damage and 50 for loss of use. Mrs Coletta M. Gaten filed for divorce from James M. Gaten after remarriage, stating cross neglect and seeking custody of their two minor children.
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Charles J. Wycosky
Margaret Wycosky
D. A. Cook
Wid McConnell
Wellington
Sheriff's Department
Common Pleas Court
Irving Robinson
Robert T. Wolf
Fremont
Wolf
Robinson
Route 2
Avon
Coletta M. Gaten
James M. Gaten
Elyria
Gaten
Valley City Short Items Update
Mrs Howard Grabenstetter and Dean Harrigan of Cleveland spend the week at the William Grabenstetter home. About 75 Hut tinger and Haeffler family members gather for a Sunday reunion at the school building. Sunday visitors at Ed Steyer’s home include Mr and Mrs Wally Steyer Mr and Mrs George Burgholz Joseph Stever and Clayton Knable of Cleveland. Mr and Mrs Dick Mellen return from a three week visit with Mr Mellen’s Worcester, Mass parents. George Bauer recovering well after appendectomy at Elyria Memorial Hospital. Janice and Joan Areck visit Cleveland with grandmother Anna Schaeffer. Mrs William Grabenstetter spends week at Frisk home in Toledo with daughter Mrs Ray Frisk and grandson James of Cleveland. Mr and Mrs Joseph Lerech attend Sunday at William Reutter’s home.
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Howard Grabenstetter
Dean Harrigan
Cleveland
William Grabenstetter
Huttinger
Haeffler
Ed Steyer
Wally Steyer
George Burgholz
Joseph Stever
Clayton Knable
Dick Mellen
Mr. Mellen
Joseph Lerech
William Reutter
A. B. C. Club Hosts Social and Fair Plans
Mrs. Carl Hauck and Miss Maude Hauck hosted the A. B. C. Club with high scores by Miss Maude Hauck Miss Bertha Schaeffer and Mrs. Lamar Harper. A committee led by Miss Bertha Schaeffer and including Maude Hauck Helen Stoskopf and Ella Yost will begin plans for meals at the August street fair.
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Carl Hauck
Maude Hauck
Bertha Schaeffer
Lamar Harper
Orlin Wolfe
Helen Stoskopf
Ella Yost
Ratio Of Divorces To Marriages Shows Increase
Lorain County year ending July 1 shows 454 divorce suits filed and 881 marriage licenses issued. Divorces granted totaled 128, with wives filing 326 suits and obtaining 192 divorces versus 12 for husbands and 63 grants. Wives won custody in 99 cases, alimony in 91, and grounds skewed to gross neglect 309 cases and extreme cruelty 95.
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Lorain County
Clerk of Courts
H. EB. Agate
Sheffield Lake Considers Joining County Relief Unit
Thomas Peebles, former county commissioner, told Lorain County officials that Sheffield Lake’s relief funds are nearly exhausted. A county auditor advance was discussed and the plan to join the county relief unit was deferred pending access to funds. The village has previously handled its own relief cases.
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Sheffield Lake
Lorain County
Thomas Peebles
Ohio lists many professionals on state rolls
Ohio employment service shows 34 ministers 74 lawyers 16 physicians and 14 dentists on its rolls in Columbus. In Urbana a Chicago visitor identified a crash victim he knew from Oak Park high school class. In Milwaukee dense fog led David McLaughlin to walk onto a pier and fall into Lake Michigan before friends rescued him.
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United Press
Columbus
Ohio State Employment Service
Urbana
William Mather
Chicago
Mather
Earl Ellis
Oak Park High School
Milwaukee
Landon
David McLaughlin
Lake Michigan
Portman Reunion Held at Ruggles Beach
The Portman reunion at Ruggles Beach near Henrietta drew forty two attendees. Local Henrietta members included Elmer Portman and family Phyllis Lois Frederick and Elmer Jr Bob Gilbert Jack Elsie Donald Carol Darren Mildred Venice McGrew Jake Doris and Russell Portman among others. In afternoon elections Louis Ladrach of Birmingham was named president with Mrs John Portman of Brownhelm as vice president and Mrs M G Johnson of Oberlin as secretary and treasurer.
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Henrietta
Portman
Ruggles Beach
Elmer Portman
Phyllis
Lois
Frederick
Elmer
Albert Reusser
John Hostettler
Bob
Gilbert
Jack
Elsie
Jesse Portman
Donald
Carol
Darren
H. G. Portman
Mildred
Venice McGrew
Jake Portman
Doris
Russell Portman
Oficera
Louis Ladrach
Birmingham
John Portman
Brownhelm
M. G. Johnson
Oberlin
Choosing a canoe for a safe and joyful trip
Article explains selecting a canoe for wilderness trips, stressing water tightness, true keel, smooth gunwales, and proper size. It compares canoe handling to horseback riding, warns against cantankerous hulls, and guides matching model to trip type and region. Copyright 1937 North American Sportsman's Club.
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North American Sportsman's Club, Inc
Oberlin School Board Approves Budget and Hires Two Teachers
Oberlin Board of Education approved the tentative budget for the coming year and set July 15 for a public hearing at 7 PM in the high school superintendent's office. Two new teachers were hired: Elizabeth Martin to second grade at Pleasant Street School and Mrs. Rachel Metzler Hannon to oversee the opportunity room.
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Oberlin, O
Oberlin Board of Education
Elzabeth Martin
Oberlin
Oberlin High School
Pleasant Street
Martin
Brookside School
Shefield Lake Village
Rachel Metzler Hannon
Hannon
Brighton Township High School
Oberlin College
University of Wisconsin
Republican Club Organized Here at Oberlin Inn
Carl C Newsbery was elected president of a Republican club formed at Oberlin Inn by precinct workers. Officers include vice president Mrs Mary E Morann and secretary treasurer Paul J Stone. An executive committee will be announced soon. The group aims to push local Republican causes and coordinate with local, county, state, and national party bodies. Also notes a Girls 4-H Club meeting with pledge and planning discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl C. Newsbery
Republican Precinct Workers of the Village
Oberlin Inn
Mary E. Morann
Paul J. Stone
C. K. Fauver
Fine and Costs Levied on City Park Drunkard
George Schneider of Jackson Hotel was fined ten dollars and costs for intoxication when arraigned before Major Leonard Smith in police court this morning. He was arrested at City Park around 3 pm Monday after being released earlier that day on a fine for the same offense, and he was committed to city jail when unable to pay. Large hotels in Italy are crowded with tourists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Schneider
Jackson Hotel
Leonard Smith
City Park
City
Divide Insurance On Buildings At Fair Grounds
Lorain County commissioners redistributed county building insurance among agents yesterday. Nine policies were reassigned to agents with little or no prior county coverage, eight at 1350 dollars and one at 1745 dollars, totaling 12,545 dollars.
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Lorain County Fair Grounds
Lehman and Johnson
Mrs. Seward
J. L. Edwards
J. Price
F. A. Smith Insurance Agency
P. Kaiser
J. A. Strong
Fackler Agency
C. J. Ehrman
Death Record of Othella Roots
Othella A Roots died at home No 8 Shear street yesterday after seven months illness He was a paper baler and decorator born in Xenis Ohio January 18 1875 and lived in Elyria 25 years Survived by wife Dolly daughter Mrs Leslie Bemberry son Donald Roots five grandchildren Funeral Thursday at 2:00 from Sudro Curtis Funeral Home Burial in Xenta Ohio
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Othella A. Roots
Shear Street
Mr. Roots
Xenis
Ohio
Elyria
Dolly
Lesiie Bemberry
Donald Roots
Sudro- Curtis Funeral Home
Xenta
John Montigel
East Broad Street
Germany
Charles Montigel
Ted Smith
Olive Montigel
Columbus
F. B. Smith
Cleveland
Taylor Funeral Home
R. W. Neighbour
Ridgelawn Cemetery
China fights Japan war threat deepens as stocks fall
A published manifesto calls for united action by Kuomintang and Communist forces to resist Japan. The piece notes plans to dispatch reinforcements to the Peiping area and to purge traitors. Japanese ambassador Kawagoe warns of wide-scale hostilities and evacuations, while markets slide 10 to 12 yuan from prior week.
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Peiping
Kuomintang
Communist Party
China
Tsingtao
Central News Agency
Shigeru Kawagoe
Japan
Markets Bring Mixed Grain and Produce Quotes Across Regions
Chicago cash quotations show butter at 14,667 tubs firm and eggs at 16,410 cases weak. Wheat and corn prices listed for multiple grades with No. 1 red at 1.24 to 1.26, No. 2 red 1.24 to 1.26, and No. 2 yellow corn around 1.27. Livestock markets in Cleveland report steady cattle and air hogs, with calves and sheep showing varied gains and losses. butter and eggs track firm to weak locally.
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Olmdo Ghain
Sunar
Chicago
Eless
Plymouth Rock
White Rock
Plymouth Hock
Amull Wwe
Weese Lee
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
United States
California
Idaho Bliss
U.S
U. S
Cleveland
Ohio Apple Institute to Advertise Apples Meeting Planned
Plans for advertising Ohio apples will be explained to Lorain County fruit growers at a Elyria YMCA meeting next Tuesday evening. Dale Hilbish of Lake County will speak. County growers are invited as committees may be formed in counties to aid the institute, with Lorain and Medina grouped into a district with two trustees.
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Ohio Apple Institute
Ohio
Lorain County
Elyria Y. M
Institute
Ohlo Epples
Lorain
Medina
Hummel
Spencer Notes from Spencer M. E. and Baptismal Services
Spencer senior class of the M E church postponed meeting while the Rev L W Beckley of Spencer Baptist Church will conduct baptismal services Sunday afternoon at Black River on the Asa Firestone farm at three oclock. The M E church notes report Rev J G Koontz selecting For his text Fields Gods Parable for next Sundays sermon. Mrs Waller Rook hosted the Woman s Home Missionary Society meeting at her home with new officers Adah Brown Minnie Aldrich Sania Browand Bertha Browand taking office and a picnic supper enjoyed. Harvey Mantz was honored on Sunday by his daughter and her husband Mr and Mrs Harry.
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Tottings Spencer
Phil
Spencer M. E. Church
L. W. Beckley
Spencer Baptist Church
Black River
Asa Firestone
M. E. Church
J. G. Koontz
Waller Rook
Woman's Home Misionary Society
Spencer M. &. Church
Adah Brown
Minnie Aldrich
Sania Browand
Bertha Browand
Harvey Mantz
Harry
Peace Settlement View Amid Pacific Tensions
Authorities favoured a peaceful settlement of the Paiping situation but stressed that any agreement must be honorable. Many doubted a peace viewed as honorable by China would satisfy Japan.
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Thorities
Paiping
China
Japan
County approves several new car purchases by commissioners
County commissioners discussed vehicle acquisitions with one new car bought for the dog warden at 700 dollars and a 300 dollar allowance. A sheriff’s department sedan up to 800 dollars will replace a three year old car. Bids will be sought for the new vehicle and a good used sedan will be bought for the auditor. An old car will be traded in.
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Leo R. Meyer Motor Company
Sheriff's Department
Board of Revision
Mantz 82nd Birthday Observed at Henge Home
Relatives and friends gathered at Henge to celebrate Mr. Mantz turning 82. Guests included Elsworth Breyley family Ed Mantz and two daughters Paunee, Richard Jameson and daughter Litchfield, John Mantz Lodi, Russel Eshelman Homerville, Lloyd Jackson family River Corners, and Algiers of Cleveland. A noon picnic followed a day of games. Dr. and Mrs. D N Jones attended the wedding of Elizabeth Hepkema and Charles Junge at the Junge home in Lakewood with Mrs. Jones at the piano. Mrs. Frank Browand surprised by visits from Youngstown neighbors at her country home.
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Henge
Mantz
Elsworth Breyley
Ed. Mantz
Paunee
Richard M. Jameson
Litchfield
John Mantz
Lodi
Russel Eshelman
Homerville
Lloyd Jackson
River Corners
Miss Algiers
Cleveland
D. N. Jones
Elizabeth Hepkema
Charles Junge
Junge
Lakewood
Jones
Frank Browand
Youngstown
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Ball A
Adar
Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau Co-op
Ase
Prenes
Rhein
Valley City
A. B. c. Club
John Reed
Martel, O
George Wolfe
Florence Dean
Irene Mercer
Ralph Feuchter
William Redburg
Fred Feuchter
Sherman Barnes
Bert Freese
R. M. Rodack
Marion
Rodack
Frank McClellan
Mechanicsburg
Fred Hasel
Paul Hasel
Agnes Putt
Chas Patunick
Columbia
Catherine Carr
American Legion Auxiliary
Post 202
Harry Bauer
Earl Arick
Western Reserve
Turner
Court Street
Fymerica
Ay Sig Olson
Wilds
Northamerican Sportsman's Bureau
Wrigley Bidg
Esther Wood
Professor St
Richard Clevenger
Linwood Park
Virginia Cooker
Dorothy Hobbs
Girl Scout
Vennet Lodge
Robert Wright
Frances Cooke
Diss State
Dawley
South Main Street
Mary Boatwright
Thomson
Georgia
Florida State College For
Miss Boatwright
Virginia Bower
Shaker Heights
Jane Braithwaite
Marblehead
West College and
Prospect
Kenney
South Prospect Street
Paul Adams
John Quincy
North Pleasant Street
Carl Berger
Frank Wilson
Cambridge
Berger
Republican Club
Schroll Coal
Italy
Sudro - Curtis Ambulance
Katherine Page
Laffayette Page
Bogart
Sandusky
Hubert Page
Rocky River
Donald Page
John Good
Elytia
Charles Good
North Amherst
Bittner
Evergreen Cemetery
South Amherst
Edwin Kirby
Colman Solet
Bath Street
Fox Furnace Company
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Ais
Virginia
Spencer
Stone’s Grill
The
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