Lobby Probe To Be Broadened
The senate lobby investigation expands to probe big business efforts to defeat Roosevelt wealth taxes. Chairman Black signals extending inquiry to New Deal measures including agricultural adjustments, TVA, Omnibus Bank Bill, and a little NRA for oil and coal. Investigators pursue more than 100 identical anti tax letters and issues around Associated Gas and Electric spending to defeat Wheeler Barbura dissolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Hugo L. Black
Special Lobby Committee
Guffey
Daniel Hastings
R. del
Wheeler- Barbura Holding Company
Associated Gas and Electric Company
Public Utility
Security Department
Fishermen Burned Severely By Steam
Two New Bedford fishermen J. W. Crumley and F. M. Silva were burned severely when the boiler of their fishing schooner backfired during steam tube cleaning. Coast guards rescued them. they were taken to the Marine Hospital at Vineyard Haven by the patrol boat Dix. an amphibian from New London searched for the injured men.
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Boston
New Bedford
Coast Guards
Massachusetts
J. W. Crumley
F. M. Silva
Dix
Marine Hospital
Vineyard Haven
Coast Guard
New London
Death Record of Miss Margaret Rick at Elyria Home for the Aged
Miss Margaret Rick of the Elyria Home for the Aged died there this morning after a prolonged illness. She was born in Cleveland on August 20, 185. Surviving is one sister, Mrs. L. S. Williams, of Oberlin. The body will be removed to the Home for the Aged Monday noon. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 Monday with Rev E E Bond officiating and burial will be in Axcel, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Rick
Elyria Home
Cleveland
L. Ss. Williams
Oberlin
Taylor
Home For the
E E. J. Bond
Axtel
Ohio
Ambrose B Littlefield Dies in Eaton Township
Ambrose B Littlefield died at his home in Eaton township after a long illness. He was born September 13 1868 in Carlisle township and was a farmer and R of P lodge member. He lived in Eaton ten years. Survived by wife Minnie. Funeral Monday at Taylor's Funeral Home at 3 00 p m. Burial at Butternut Ridge cemetery.
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Ambrose B. Littleield
Ambrose B. Littlefield
Eaton Township
Minnie Littlefield
Mr. Littlefield
Carlisle Township
R. of P. Lodge
Eaton
Taylor
Butternut Ridge
Two Men Die in Auto Crash Near Mentor
Carl Swin age 35 and Frank Richardson age 87 were fatally and slightly injured respectively when a car struck a pole on the road near Mentor while returning to Painesville from Cleveland. The crash followed a driven route noted in the report.
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Carl Swin
Frank Richardon
Burt
Mentor
Painesville
Gleveland
Nazis Open Drive Against Roman Catholic Church
Nazi Germany moved to suppress Catholic institutions as Goering’s anti clerical decree spurred actions. Police closed the Catholic Young Men's Association home in Keiserslautern over alleged Catholic Nazi tensions and opposition to the government. Munich authorities seized the Munich Archbishopric gazette without explanation as part of a wider clampdown on Jews, the steel helmet veterans, and Communists.
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United Press Serlin
Nazi Germany
Hermann Goering
Keiserslautern
Palatine
Catholic Young Men’s Association
Hitler Youth League
Munich
Steel Helmet Organization of War Veterans
Columbus Man Says He Was Kidnaped
Columbus publicity man Robert Byers told police he was abducted Thursday by five men who forced him into a car near Columbus and brought him to near Cleveland. He said the men intended to ransom him at first for 10000, then 1000, finally agreeing to 500, but he convinced them he was not his wealthy brother George Byers. He was released on condition he pay 500 today and not report the incident. Federal agents joined detectives to verify the tale after Byers walked to his car and drove to Cleveland to recount the events.
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Cleveland
Columbus
Robert Byers
Myrere
Byers
George
Highway 42
Strongsville
Brunswick
Camp Period Ends With Banquet At Vermilion River Camp
A banquet marked the closing night of the 10 day girls camp Iss-See-Kes at Vermilion River. Beverly Wright captain of the Green team received the honor plaque from Mrs Donna Bell Shaw. Green beat Brown 216 to ? camp councilors awarded points for activities and loyalty in volleyball baseball and relay. Speakers included Margaret Fritzsche Beverly Huenke Ruth Ostrow and Genevieve Filsop. Roberta Howenstine was toastmistress. A camp fire followed with stunts and a hike along Chance Creek back to camp. Temperature noted around 40 million degrees Centigrade in the interior of stars context.
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Beverly Wright
Iss-See-Kes
Vermilion River
Placque
Donna Bell Shaw
Miss Wright
Patty Standen
Wil
Margaret Fritzsche
Beverly Huenke
Ruth Ostrow
Arian Fils
Edna Orill
Roberta Howenstine
Chance Creek
Oberlin Churches Services and Clergy Schedules
Oberlin church services listed for July 20 21 including First Church First M E First Baptist Christ Episcopal Christian Science Society Sacred Heart Rust Methodist Mt Zion Baptist East Oberlin Church and East Oberlin with times for morning worship Sunday School prayers and midweek events. Notable speakers include Frank Huntley professor in Kyoto Japan preaching on Missionary Education in Japan.
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Oberlin
Churches
First Church
First M E
Frank Huntley
Doshisha University
Kyoto
Japan
Kyoto Imperial University
First Baptist Church
Harold Twining
C. P Edwards
Christ Church
L. H. Dangls
Christian Science Society
East College Street
Sacred Heart Church
James P Brennan
Rust Methodist Church
Res
Hases
East Oberlin
Clarence Ward
Philip Coates King
Washburn College
Village budget approved and funds ordinance passed
At a council meeting the village approved the 1936 budget after a public hearing and prepared to send it to the county auditor. An ordinance regulating depositary funds and bidding for and receiving deposits in banks was also approved, along with a purchase of new tires for the fire truck.
Village committee to oversee street projects and monument care
Manager Zahm, Ed Sabie, and H. A. Broadwell form a four member committee to oversee upcoming street projects and to confer with a college committee about maintaining the soldiers monument on West College Street. The monument sits on village property. Community news notes health and club activities and two births at Allen Hospital.
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Zahm
Ed Sabie
H. A. Broadwell
West College Street
Covage
Britain Will Not Accept Italian Rule In Ethiopia
Britain refuses to accept Italian demands for full dominion over Ethiopia. It insists settlements rest on the Briand Kellogg pact and existing treaties. Diplomatic standstill in London Paris and Rome follows, with talks planned for Rome between Mussolini and ambassadors as a conference basis.
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United Press
London
Great Britain
Ethiopia
Italy
Paris
Rome
Benito Mussolini
Charles de Chambruno
Eric Drummond
Flames Destroy Old Landmark
Flames swept through the original unit of the Chagrin Valley Hunt Club at Gates Mills Ohio destroying an 115 year old landmark. The west wing burned, the east wing including servants quarters was saved. Loss estimated at 20000 dollars with a possible cause a short circuit in a ventilating fan. Guests Army Captain Lucet Truscot and Fred S Cross and 10 employees escaped.
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Gates Mills
Western Reserve
Chagrin Valley
Pvlo
Gales Mills
Cleveland Heights
South Euclid
Lucet Truscot
U. S. Army
Fred S. Cross
Gates
Plan Relief Conference in Columbus to Address Relief Cuts
Governor Davey said an urgent relief conference for state county and city officials will be announced early next week in Columbus Ohio. The meeting stems from the looming 50 percent federal relief reduction set for August 1 and will seek coordinated state action amid federal withdrawal. The plan has received general approval despite disagreements with the federal shift.
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Columbus
Davey
Pipe Donated For City Schools
The Elyria School Board asked National Tube Company for prices on defective pipe for baseball backstops at McKinsey Jefferson and Hamilton schools. The company offered to donate the pipes and also donated a flagpole for Edison School.
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Elyria
National Tube Company
McKinsey, Jefferson, and Hamilton
James F. Brown
Edison
Flier Walter Wedell and Passenger Die In Mississippi Sound
A coroner's jury ruled the deaths of Walter Wedell, famed Louisiana flying brother, and Howard L. Sanders of Anderson, South Carolina, an accident. Wedell’s plane, chartered for a brief New Orleans to Mobile trip, veered about 30 miles off course and plunged into Mississippi Sound yesterday.
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Gulfport
Miss
Walter Wedell
Flying Brothers
Louisiana
Howard L. Sanders
Anderson
S. C
Wedell
Mississippi Sound
Sanders
New Orleans
Mobile
Ala
Farmer Mistaken For Prowler Shot By Son
Semeca county farmer was wounded in his home northwest of here after his son Harry, 30, fired a shotgun at him believing him a prowler. Police said the nervous man did not see his father enter the house and opened fire when he entered an adjoining room.
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Tiffin
Dorsey Day
Semeca County
Here
Harry
Day
Three Held For Theft In Warren Ohio
Three men arrested by Warren police for involvement in a Saxonburg Pennsylvania holdup were found loitering near a car matching a stolen vehicle. Each suspect was armed and the license plate matched the stolen car, authorities said.
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Warrerx. O
Warren Police
Pennsylvania
Saxonburg
George Mack
Morris Marowilcz
Believes Karpis Engineered Bank Robbery
Chester police say they believe the $48,000 Delaware County National Bank Branch holdup was engineered by Alvin Karpis gang. Chief Davenport stated Karpis did not participate in the robbery but fugitive Sangster likely directed the operation from a Michigan hideout.
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Chester
Davenport
Alvin Karpis
Karpis
Delaware County National Bank
Sangster
Michigan
Giant Bomber To Get Test Today
A giant four engine bomber described as the largest and most powerful military aircraft yet built is cleared for its maiden flight at Boeing Field Seattle Tests led by Les Tower chief test pilot of Boeing Aviation. The 15 ton bat tleship of the air is designed to reach 259 miles an hour and fly 2500 miles nonstop prior to Dayton Ohio competition for army contracts with a crew of ten and modern avionics and streamlining features aimed at higher speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Les Tower
Boeing Aviatin Company
Tower
Boeing Field
Dayton
Fime
United States Army
Divorce Granted to Rhea Flaming in Courthouse
Judge D A Cook granted Rhea Flaming a divorce from Oscar Fleming on grounds of extreme cruelty. She restored to the name Rhea Miller. A $1 988 77 promissory note alleged as due was filed in common pleas court by S H Squire against John Kuillyen as administrator of Sadie A Bickerstaph estate and others. The Etna Life Insurance Company filed suit for 5609 88 against Hazen L Tire and others on a promissory note.
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Rhea Flaming
Oscar Horace Fleming
D. A Cook
Rhea Miller
Common Pleas Court
S. H. Squire
People’s Bank of
la Grange
John Kuillyen
Sadie A. Bickerstaph
Etna Life Insurance Company
Todas
Hazen L. Tire and Others
Education Director To Be Named
COLUMBUS Ohio July 29 Governor Davey said Ohios new education director will be named early next week He plans to interview each candidate personally and seek input from leaders in public school work He conferred with Dr B O Skinner for half an hour but did not confirm rumors of the incumbents reappointment There are at least six candidates still in the running
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Columbus
Ohio
Davey
B. O. Skinner
Italy to Protest Over Ethiopian Emperor Speech
Rome dispatch says Italy instructed its Addis Ababa minister to lodge a strong protest over Emperor Haile Selassie I's July 18 speech. Foreign office officials called the remarks a serious strain on Italo-Ethiopian relations and denied long held Italian designs on Ethiopia while noting troop movements followed Ethiopian frontier incidents.
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Rome
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie I
Foreign Office
Italy
East Africa
Notable executive leads a long life of varied pursuits
The article recalls the life of a prominent figure who steered a firm to stability, declined the presidency of a restructured company, and served as a director. A hunter, fisherman, and boxing enthusiast, he hunted in Canadian woods annually and fought as an amateur in youth, with Bernarr McFadden among early opponents. He was a descendant of Silas Bent, Boston Tea Party commander.
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Oeaneeners
Studebaker Corporation
Canadian Woods
Aso
Bernarr McFadden
Silas Bent
Boston
Market snapshot from Cleveland and Toledo listings
Market notes show weak demand for poultry with varied prices for fowls ducks and broilers. Grain quotes in Toledo include wheat corn oats and rye, with No 2 yellow corn around 84 to 85 cents and oats near 87 cents. Toledo produce lists butter and eggs with extras at 28 and 22 to 24 cents respectively.
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Cleveland
Notable Bent and Bean Lineage Ties to West Point and Jefferson Barracks
Great grandfather Silas Bent TI traced to St Louis in 1806 as principal deputy surveyor for the Louisiana Territory and later a judge. Grandmother wed Col Jonathan A Bean, first West Point graduate and Jefferson Barracks commandant. Bean descendants include daughter and sisters Miss Mary Bean of St Louis and Mrs Edith B Stockett of New York City. Funeral at 3 pm Monday with burial in St Louis.
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Silas Bent TI
St Louis
Louisiana Territory
Col
Jonathan A. Bean
West Point
Jefferson Barracks
West
Grafton Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Guests
Grafton notes Tuesday visits as A C Beers and son Stanley toured New Philadelphia relatives. Miss Evalyn Jenkins of Litchfield visited Miss Evadene Trenchard. Mrs. Hazel McCurdy and three children from Maryland and Mrs. Mabel Durkes dined with Bertha Klinect. Mrs. Lottie Klinect dropped by sister’s home. Mrs. Ruth Akers of Elyria and John Chamberlain of Troy called on Mr. and Mrs W P Chamberlain. Estella Aldrich, Clair Wolf and son visited Mrs. Chamberlain. Frances and Mary Margaret Knowles of La Grange spent evenings with Evadene and Arlette Trenchard. A Beers family visit to Sandyville and Mineral City. Stanley.
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Grafton
A .c. Beers
Stanley
New Philadelphia
Evalyn Jenkins
Litchfield
Evadene Trenchard
Hazel McCurdy
Maryland
Mabel Durkes
Bertha Klinect
Lottie Klinect
Ruth Akers
Elyria
John Chamberlain
Troy
Ohio
W P Chamberlain
Estella Aldrich
Clair Wolf
Mrs. Chamberlain
Frances
Mary Margaret Knowles
la Grange
Evadene
Arlette Trenchard
Installation of Grafton I O F lodge officers in Mineral City
Officers were installed Monday evening with District Deputy Grand Master Paterson and Lodi staff. Paul Dunnell was installed as Noble Grand. After the meeting ice cream and wafers were served. Nearby visits included John Hance of Sidney Ohio with Mrs W P Chamberlain, schoolmates from years past. Several families from Cleveland and nearby towns visited friends and relatives in Mineral City and at the homes of Obitt and Koepke, with gatherings at the Pfeiffer and Mennell households, and Bertha Rising hosting postmistress duties at dinner.
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Mineral City
Grafton
I. 0. O. F Lodge
Mionday
Paterson
Lodi
Paul Dunnell
John Hance
Sidney
Ohio
W. P. Chamberlain
Russell Schwarer
Elizabeth Schwarer
Lee Klinect
Louisville
A. B. Pfeiffer
Henry Pfeiffer
Dr. Scudder
Litchfield
Charlie Robinson
Geo
Notingham
John Milan
Fields
J. D. Obitt
Rebecca Hudson
Cleveland
C D Lehman
Koepke
Lakewood
John Koepke
Hazel McCurdy
Lee Kline
Roy Rising
Orville
Arlene
Doris
la Grange
Howard
L. D. Mennell
J.D Mennell
Dales
H. J
Bertha Rising
H. F. Stroth
J. D. Obitts
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Napoleon
Blue Bird Suda
Court 81
Court St
Bulletin
O’donnells
Acme
O’ Donnell Wall Paper & Paint Co
Court Street
Qenet Sactse
Formar Onacman
National Democratic Exapenve Committee
Mrs Shouse
New York City
Manhattan
Europe
Romain Rolland
Mzht
Maxim Gorki
Gorki
Moscow
Russia
Rolland
Dave
Esther Alflent
Zahm Waa
Tom Laundon
Sliefs Mass
Mabel Wade
Health Department
Camp Crag
W R Gregg
American Osteopathic Association
Ernest
H Wilkins
New Hampshire
Erwin Worcester
I L. Porter
Oberlin Exchange Club
H. W. Barons
Allen Hospital
Wilbur Peabody
Britain
Oreboro
Sweden
Toledo Grain
Prince
rAeme
Prince of Wales
Royal Marine Barracks
Dover
England
A. ©. Beers
Sandyville
E. F. Whitney & Son
W. Broad St
Western Reserve Finance
Roone
Turner
Lorain
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