Evidence of Utility Lobbying in Wheeler- Rayburn Fight
Washington July 19 The House lobby investigating committee received evidence that utilities generated about 100000 telegrams and letters to Ohio Congressmen opposing the Wheeler- Rayburn bill. Rep Stephan M. Young of Cleveland turned over 80 telegrams, many timed in June, as part of thousands received by him and Rep Charles V. Truax. The material shows printed form letters circulated to investors and signatures mailed to Congressmen, with attorneys and other figures from communities summoned to Washington to influence votes.
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Washington
Ohio
House Lobby
John J. O'Connor
Stephan M. Young
Cleveland
Young
Charles V. Truax
O'Connor
Ohio counties face budget chaos under new tax relief law
Continued discussion from September's page three session shows officials from Ohio cities urging Governor Davey not to sign the bill. County commissioners say relief will likely come only after a meeting Governor Davey plans to convene. They recommend waiting on 1936 budgets due to the law's complications and welfare funding limits across counties.
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State Municipal League
Ohio
League
Davey
Couty
Thenty
Cardboard ship with cow tail marks Minehead old custom
At Minehead England a 10 foot cardboard ship is crafted by fishermen on May 1st and a cow’s tail is tied to the stern. The practice recalls an 18th century shipwreck in which a lone survivor was a cow.
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Minehead
England
German Composer Conducting Course in Oberlin Summer Program
German composer Theodore Wiehmayer conducts a six week master course in pianoforte playing at Oberlin. He heads the Stuttgart Conservatory piano department and has written influential works and study editions. The Oberlin concert program features Wiehmayer’s rhythm piece, Wood as soloist, and guest conductors Avella and Young delivering marches and overtures with selections from Martha and other classics.
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Oberlin
Ohio
Theodore Wiehmayer
Wishmayer
Stuttgart Conservatory
Czerny-Wiehmayer
Schuman
Schubert
Heller
Marienfeld
West I
Halia
Royal Conservatory
Leipzig
Reinecke
Soecius
Jodassohn
Conservatory
Martin Krause
Norway
Sweden
Germany
Saxony
America
Wiehmaier
Ruth S. Morrison
Oberlin Conservatory
Morrison
Varia Jon
Robert Wood
Che
Pinsuin
Joseph Avella
Perry Young
E. E. Bagley
Young
Solomon Levi
Amsden
Prior
March
McCar
Anniversary Dinner Honors Vernon Couple at Spring Street Home
Mrs Robert Wright hosted a Wednesday dinner party at her Spring street home in honor of Mr and Mrs Vernon who marked their fourth wedding anniversary. A buffet lunch preceded a Crystal Beach motor trip for dancing with guests Evlyn Brandt Gilbert Osmer Vernon Stevens Oberlin Frank Walker Elyria and Robert Wright.
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Robert Wright
Spring Street
Vernon
Crystal Beach
Evlyn Brandt
Gilbert Osmer
Vernon Stevens
Oberlin
Frank Walker
Elyria
Grandfather Clock Program Briefs Highlight Byars Family
Isabel Byars of Springstreet describes a nurse and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Byars, in Elyria. The brief notes a descriptive paraphrase of the antique timepiece titled My Grandfather's Clock, emphasizing the vision of the clock and its sentimental value.
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Isabel Byars
Springstreet
The
Guy Byars
Elyria
Whittemore bill aids tax installments till September 1
Wright urged delinquent property owners to use the Whittemore bill for paying back taxes in installments over five years without penalty. The bill expires September 1 and covers current taxes plus installment payment of delinquent taxes. Kingston, Jamaica, is noted for ice plants aerated water and machine hops as major industries.
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Wright
Whittemore
Kingston
Jamaica
British West Indies
Former Governor White Backs Survey on State Economy
Marietta July 19 Former Governor George White endorses the Sherrill committee survey saying Gov Martin L Davey should align state government with business economics. He calls the report informative and cites tax pressures driving calls for efficiency and economy in state operations.
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Marietta
Sherrifl
Ohio
George White
White
Martin L. Davey
Sherrill Committee
Sherrill
Tax Program Taking Shape
Washington July 9 Roosevelt surprise tax plan begins to take shape with schedules to exempt low and middle income taxpayers from immediate burdens. Ways and Means drafts a plan to raise about 350000 per year with tax the rich schedules, targeting those earning 15000 or more. Senate Treasury plan would raise only above 600,000 annual income. Progressives push general revision to raise rates on small incomes and bring many into tax base. Excess profit tax and inheritance taxes discussed. committee explores scope and potential shifts toward wartime style rates.
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Washington
House Ways and Means
Senate-treasury
Memb
Vito Marcantonio
R. N
Treasury
L. H. Parker
Death of Mins Margaret Sharpe in Avon Ohio
Funeral arrangements announce the death of Margaret Sharpe nee Hamilton of Town Line Avon Ohio who died at Eisra Memorial Hospital Wednesday. Services will be held Saturday 2 p m at Lindhorat and Sons Funeral Home 1619 Clarke Avenue Cleveland with Rev C A Bantham of Avon Baptist Church officiating Interment Elmhurst Cemetery Avon She was born April 11 1363 in Calder Bank Bothwell Parish Scotland She leaves husband John Sharpe eight children six surviving Gilbert H Cleveland John Philadelphia George Chicago Mrs Jean Overgaard North Ridgeville Mrs Lillian Barnett Chicago Mrs Violet Crosby Jacksonville Florida four grandchildren and one great grandchild along with nieces and nephews Friends may view the remains at the Cleveland funeral home.
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Mins
Margaret Sharpe
Hamilton
Town Line Road
Avon
Ohio
Eisra Memorial Hospital
Lindhorat and Sons Funeral Home
Clarke Avenue
Cleveland
C. A. Bantham
Avon Baptist Church
Elmhurst
Sharpe
Calder Bank
Bothswell
Scotland
John
Eahe
John Hamilton
Pittsburgh
Gilbert Hamilton
Gilbert H
Philadelphia
George
Chicago
Jean Overgaard
North Ridgeville
Lillian Barnett
Violet Crosby
Jacksonville
Florida
Automobile Fire Damages Car During Cleaning at 607 West Broad
Fire started by gasoline fumes from a hot water heater burner damaged an automobile at 607 West Broad Street. The blaze burned tires and painted fenders, scorching wheels. The owner is H. H. Benham of 1012 Park Avenue. The report also recalls a note on Coleridge planning a Utopian settlement by the Susquehanna.
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West Broad Street
H. H. Benham
Park Avenue
Berlin Police Chief Resigns In Antisemitic Fallout
Berlin on July 19 Chief of Police Magnus Von Levetzkow submitted his resignation to Interior Minister Wilhelm Frick who accepted it and named a successor. The move follows excesses during antipogrom demonstrations on Monday. Count Wolf Von Helldorf, Potsdam police chief, was named temporarily head of the Berlin force, pending approval by the chancellor.
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Berlin
Magnus von Levetzkow
Maday
Wilhelm Frick
Count Wolf von Helldorf
Potsdam
Ber
Adolf
Set Aside Will Sought in Court Case In Ohio
A will contest was filed in common pleas court by George H Strong of Akron against Guy E Wells of Wellington and others claiming Rosa M Strong heirs. The suit seeks to invalidate a March 18 document naming hospital trustees as legatees and devisees. Strong asserts he and several Strong relatives are the sole heirs at law.
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Earnereensars
Common Pleas Court
George H Srrong
Akron
Guy E Wells
Wellington
Tru
Gates Hospital
Crippled Chidren
Elyria Home For the Aged
Oxel Strong
Ruby Mon
Myr Strong
Fimma Strong
Elizabeth
W. Va the Petiti
Strong
Okey Strong
Ruby Morrison
Myrtle Strong
Emma Strong
Rosa M. Strong
Man who killed child accepts life sentence
Two policemen watched as Goodrich spoke of feeling fine and preferring to be imprisoned. He signaled a change from not guilty to guilty after Dr. Clark testified. Clayton Gallagher, brother of the slain child, said the sentence was the only viable outcome. Goodrich had been the subject of a nationwide manhunt for over nine months before his July 3 arrest in New York City while observing children in a park.
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Goodrich
United Press
Hanley
Dr. Clark
Successful Glaucoma Treatment Reported in New York
New York July 18 reports a successful glaucoma treatment using Cortin a hormone from adrenal glands. Dr Emmanuel M Josephson states the breakthrough in Epdoermology offers a safer alternative to drilling the eyeball and draining eye fluid. He links Cortin to glaucoma and progressive myopia offering potential origin insights and broader applications in vision care.
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New York
Cortin
Ermanuel M. Josephson
Josephson
T. Cortin
New Yorker Named Consul by Ethiopia
Washington July 18 Ethiopian government reportedly plans to appoint John H. Shaw a New York importer and exporter as consul general. Shaw would be the first Ethiopian diplomatic representative in the United States with no diplomatic immunity and no state department directory listing. He likely will operate from New York as a business representative rather than a diplomat. Shaw met Emperor Haile Selassie during a January visit to Ethiopia.
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Washington
John H. Shaw
New York
State Department
Addis Ababa
Shaw
United States
Ethiopia
Posse Hunts For Fugitive Kidnapper in Oklahoma
SAPULPA Okla July 19 Creek and Tulsa county officers formed a posse to search for William Mahan fugitive Weyerhaeuser kidnapper after a man matching his description vanished from a camping spot. Sheriff A Garland Marrs and Sheriff Lew Wilder ordered all roads blocked as residents of Bowden assist.
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Sapulpa
Okla
Creek
Tulsa County
William Mahan
Weyerhaeuser
A. Garland Marrs
Tulsa
Lew Wilder
Bowden
Cleveland Produce and Live Poultry Market Report
Cleveland market notes show prices for live poultry including heavy fowl and Leghorn varieties, with broilers and roasters listed by weight. Potatoes, corn, and egg prices appear alongside cattle, hogs, and sheep market receipts and ranges, plus Toledo grain quotes and home growers market items such as beans, carrots, berries, and tomatoes with assorted price points.
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Cleveland
Roosters
Virginia
Travel To Russia School Session Canceled After Trip
More than 30 American students who traveled 5800 miles to attend Moscow University Anglo American summer school learned the session would not be held. Intourist cited overwork and unavailable first class Soviet professors. Students appealed to the U S Embassy seeking redress as funds may not be returned. A meeting was planned to hear further explanation.
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UT. P. Moscow
Summer School of
Moscow
Intourist
Leningrad
United States
Volunteers Sought to Help Run Lorain County Playgrounds
Enrollment in Lorain County recreational projects under FERA has surged, prompting Ernest E. Holmes to call for volunteer assistants skilled in playground activities. A new playground opens at Hamilton School led by Robert Vance Shaw, with Winifred Fay addressing leaders at the Y M C A. Donations of indoor baseballs bats basketballs scrap leather and prizes are requested.
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Lorain County
FERA
Ernest E. Holmes
Elyria
Holmes
Hamilton School
Robert Vance Shaw
Winifred Fay
Two Striking Street Car Employees Shot in Iowa
Two striking street car workers were shot at a car barn in Council Bluffs Iowa. Dick Stephenson was wounded in the shoulder while James Dawhere reported seeing the assailant sleeping in the woods. The suspect fled in a black sedan with Missouri plates, headed south on U S Highway 75. Police searched near Kansas and Nebraska but found no trace.
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Council Bluffs. In
Dick Stephenson
James Daw
Disorder Ends in Gunfire at Car Barn Riot
An operator fired six shots at a crowd gathered at the car barn after bricks were tossed at his vehicle. The crowd overturned the motor car and set it alight. Firemen could not reach the blaze and police were called to disperse the rioters.
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Son
Mercury Heatwave Grips Midwest States
Heat baked the Middle West with cloudless skies and record temperatures. Farmers worked fields at night to escape the heat while concerns rose for wheat crops as corn benefited. Chicago endured July-like heat with 94 degrees, LaCrosse hit 100 as Kansas City Davenport at 98 to 100 readings across cities.
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Middle West
Great Plains
Chicago
Mercury
LaCrosse
Wis
Midwest
Kansas City
Davenport
Iowa
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Des Moines
Omaha
Nebr
Plans Check On All Dogs In County
Lorain County plans a countywide dog license check announced by county dog warden Lee Minkler. Dogs found without registration or any tags will be arrested with fines from 10 to 25 dollars. He will also enforce confinement of dogs to their premises from sundown to sunrise to protect sheep killed by roaming dogs.
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Lorain County
Lee Minkler
Minkler
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