Republic Steel Nears Normal Operations at Mines and Mills
Republic Steel reports operations nearing normal with major expansion projects under way. A new 9 inch continuous strip mill in Cleveland aims to roll 25 miles of strip steel per hour and is slated for completion early fall. Gulf plants in Gadsden will increase open hearth and sheet mill capacity by 50 percent, boosting total finishing capacity to 73,400 tons monthly by year end 1937. More than $15 million in ongoing construction will lift steel making capacity to 6,653,000 tons annually. The company runs 14 of 17 blast furnaces, 55 of 80 open hearths, all Bessemer converters, and three of five electric furnaces. 37,101 workers were employed in mines and mills as of July 13, down from April. The Cumberland Maryland N and G Taylor plant and Moline Illinois bar mill remain to be opened. The Cleveland plant sits on a 211 acre site in the Cuyahoga Valley with three main buildings and 70 ton cranes on long mill runways.
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Cleveland
Gulf Steel
Gadsden
Ala
Republic Steal Corp
Republic
Bessemer
N. & G. Taylor Co
Cumberland
Maryland
Moline
Imnois
Cuyahoga Valley
Cuyahoga
75 Places Open In Regular Army
The United States Army recruiting station in Cleveland will accept 75 young men this month for service in the regular army. Applicants must be between 18 and 35 years old. Write or appear in person to Sergeant William A. Hart on the main floor of the Old Post Office Building in Cleveland for information.
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United States Army
Cleveland
Reglar Army
William A. Hart
Hart
Tallest Fishing Story Dolphins Herd Sardines
A Jugoslav periodical claims Adriatic fishermen in Novigrad trained dolphins to act as fish hounds. When sardine schools appear, the dolphins drive them toward nets while fishermen sit and smoke, awaiting a full catch.
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Prague
Jugoslav
Novigrad
Steel plant upgrades expand capacity at Gadsden facility
Major expansion adds two 150 ton open hearths to Gadsden works boosting capacity by 200000 tons. Open hearth line lengthened 264 feet with two large ladio cranes 210 and 70 tons. New floor charging machine and ingot prep facilities. Sheet mills receive extensions including 2000 HP motor, pack furnace and extra feeder tables. Cold mills reorganized with new drives. annealing and pickling capacity up, a new galvanizing pot built.
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Gadsden
Japanese And Chinese Make Ready For War
On the Tientsin Peiping Highway Japanese and Chinese forces fought a battle as officers began negotiations to resolve the Peiping crisis. Chinese troops reportedly fired on a Japanese detachment at Anping 27 miles southeast of Peiping, leading to a Japanese counterattack and disarmament of 100 Chinese. A second Japanese destroyer arrived at Tangku ready to act if talks fail. Japanese demands call for northern China autonomy joint defense against communism and control over strategic rail and coal resources, while Chinese negotiators reject surrender of national government authority. Generals Sung Cheh Yuan and the Hopei-Chahar council are cited as potentially held by Japanese interests if negotiations collapse.
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Tientsin
Tientsin-Peiping
Peiping
Anping
Tangku
Hopei- Chahar
Chi- TB
North China
Japan
Nanking
United Press
Sung Cheh-Yuan
Hopei-Chahar
29Th Army
Shanghai
China
Wanpinghsien
Industrial Accidents Cost Lorain County Millions in Losses
Ohio report shows Lorain County lost more than 440000 in wages due to 1936 industrial accidents and occupational diseases. statewide wage loss exceeded 30 million with 203956 claims, 166 fatalities, and 1.6 percent of state accidents from Lorain, reflecting broad industrial harm and economic impact.
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Lorain County
Division of Safety and Hygiene
Industrial Commission of Ohio
Ohio
Henry
Mercer
Monroe
Paulding
Preble
Putnam
Williams
Thomas P. Kearns
Gun Totin Housewife Helps Carry Airmail
Houston Texas Mrs Ruth Langford a gun totin housewife assists her husband in carrying United States airmail Postmaster J Griffith says she may be the only woman in the country in such service She is skilled with revolver and rifle and carries a service weapon belt on daily trips from post office to city airport The couple were commissioned as airmail work reached 2 500 000 pieces in five months more than double 1936 totals.
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Houston
Tex
Ruth Langford
U. S
J. &. Griffith
United States
FDIC Reports on Ohio Deposits Protect Many Accounts
The FDIC released its annual Ohio report showing over 3.5 million bank accounts safeguarded by government protection. In 1936 only one Ohio bank required payout, Union Bank of Uhrichsville, with insured deposits totaling 1.37 million paid out of 1.45 million insured, and 57 percent of state deposits fully insured.
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Washington
Ohio
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
FDIC
Union Bank of Uhrichsville
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Elyria Hardware
London
Trafalgar Square
Oswald Moseley
Jess
United Miller
Broad Street
29Th
Chian Kai-Shek
Kuling
Gen
Sung
Schick Shaver
AC Ad
Gardner’s
Gardners
Broad St
Elyria, Ohio
Bulletin
Madrid
Medical School
University City
Villafranca del Cantillo
Majadahonda
West- Madrid
Gun-Totin
Put Perennis
Warren Refiring and Chemical CO
Eleveland
The
E. Loeffler Co
Perennis
Elyria
Lincoln Theatre
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