Congressmen anxious for adjournment
Washington July 24. Administration leaders moved to push a modified wage and hour bill through Congress while seeking quick adjournment. The session faces opposition as farm legislation falters and adjournment appears likely within two weeks. Major measures include a labor standards board and wages up to 40 cents per hour with a 40 hour week, plus tax-avoidance reforms and a court reform bill.
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Washington
Congress
Alben W. Barkley
Arthur Vandenberg
Mich
Henry Cabot Lodge
Mass
Labor Standards Board
Ellison D. Smith
8. C
Agriculture Committee
Senate
Barkley
Executive Department
Judiciary
McCarran
Supreme Court
William E. Borah
Ida
House
Roosevelt
Martin Dies
Tex
Vandenberg
Operations Resume Next Week At National Tube Plant
National Tube Company plant in Lorain will resume operations next week after a one week vacation shutdown. Four blast furnaces and 12 open hearth furnaces are planned with the Bessemer converter on double turn. The rail mill will run Wednesday through the rest of the week and several mills including butt mills 2 and 6 lapp mill 2 and 5 and seamless mills 1 to 3 are set to restart Monday. No skelp mills will operate. The plan remains tentative and subject to change.
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National Tube Company
Lorain
Bessemer
Weather Talk Ohio Thunderstorms Tonight and Sunday
Local thunderstorms expected tonight and Sunday with generally fair conditions in the southern portion. High pressure lies over the South Atlantic States and far northwest this morning, while lows concentrate over the Upper St. Lawrence Valley, North Dakota and the Southwest. Scattered showers occur across Kansas Nebraska Lower Lakes Gulf States and Canadian prairie provinces. Temperatures are cooler over the Upper Lakes and warmer in the Northern Plains.
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Ohio
South Portion
South Atlantic States
St. Lawrence Valles
North Dakota
Southwest
Kansas
Nebraska
Lower Lakes
Gulf States
Canadian Prairie Provinces
Plains
Mussolini Says World War Debts Will Never Be Paid
ROME July 24 An editorial in Mussolini's Popolo D Italia argues world war debts will never be paid and blames the United States for abandoning the League of Nations. It claims the league is fictitious, dominated by France Britain and Russia, and notes Spain's Civil War belligerent rights.
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Mussolini
Rome
Benito Mussolini
Popolo D'Italia
Milan
United States
League of Nations
U. S
Geneva
Great Britain
Liberia
France
Britain
Russia
League
Europe
I! Duce
Situation Again Serious In The Orient
Tientsin reports a Japanese army spokesman says China has failed to withdraw troops from the Peiping area and the situation remains threatening and serious. He cites breach by the 132nd Chinese division and warns central government forces could trigger war. Tokyo protests slow Chinese troop withdrawal and notes a Manchukuan vessel fired on by Russians on the Amur River near Hetho.
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Tientsin
China
Peiping
Hopei
Tokyo
Japan
Domei
Harbin
Amur
Hetho
Large Plantings Of Trees Reported In Lorain County
Five Lorain County farms planted 6500 trees including 2500 on C. E. Dickason Wellington, 1500 at John Bauman Amherst, 1000 on C. H. Hodgkins Rochester, and 500 on Henry Brandt Wellington. The plantings comprise hardwoods and pines, part of Ohio total of 7150 ed 8500000 trees in a reforestation effort alongside the Sail Conservation Program, reported by C J Hummel county extension agent.
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Lorain County
C. E. Dickason
Wellington
John Bauman
Amherst
C. H. Hodgkins
Rochester
Henry Brandt
Ohio
Sail
C. J. Hummel
Two Lorain County Boys Win Awards at Exposition
Knowledge of treas and farm crops proved profitable to two Lorain County boys at the Great Lakes Exposition Four-H Club identification contest. Amherst Township youths Melvin Kolbe and Frank Herrman won first and second prizes, Melvin receiving a radio and Frank a $10 prize for identifying about 45 farming products and articles.
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Lorain County
C. J. Hummel
Amherst Township
Melvin Kolbe
Frank Herrman
Three Elyrians Escape Injury In Lake Road Crash
An automobile driven by Leroy Barr of 264 North Olive street in Elyria was damaged in a collision on Lake road west of Lorain at about 2 45 a m today according to reports by the state highway patrol officer A B Cook investigated Barr said a drunken driver forced his car off the road The accident occurred on the detour where road work is under way Riding with Barr were R M Beam of 230 Harvard avenue and G R Wissinger of 344 Furnace street both of Elyria None of the occupants were injured
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Leroy Barr
Olive Street
Lake Road
Lorain
State Highway Patrol
Barr
A. B. Cook
R. M. Beam
Harvard Avenue
G. R. Wissinger
Furnace Street
Elyria
Lewis Unions Condemn Anti Labor Policies
The United Mine Workers executive board accuses federal state and local governments of failing to protect workers rights amid the steel strike. The CI0 adjunct Steel Workers Organizing Committee report joins charges against Republic Bethlehem Youngstown Sheet and Tube and Inland Steel. The board condemns anti labor actions and calls for accountability for those responsible for alleged civil rights violations and murders of steel workers.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Union Today
Committee For Industrial Organization
John L. Lewis
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
C. I. O. Adjunct
Lewis
Roosevelt
Mine Workers Board
Tim Girdler
Republic Steel Corporation
Jand Eugene Grace
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Steel Corporation
Flags Administration
National Guard
Thun
Ohio National Guard
Republic, Bethlehem, Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Inland Steel Company No. 2
Farley Trip to Lorain County Schedules Uncertain
Postmaster General James A. Farley was expected to visit Lorain County post offices with North Ridgeville as his first stop then Elyria and Oberlin, but plans were uncertain. Elyria prepared a welcome and a potential dedication at Oberlin’s unused post office, though a luncheon was cancelled due to limited time.
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James A. Farley
Lorain County
Lorain
Farley
North Ridgeville
Elyria
Oberlin
Charles J. Sartor
Elyrians
M. A. Houghton
Houghton
Seriously Hurt When Thrown From Hay Rake
James Bolger, 47, of Avon-Belden Road, was injured when his hay rake team ran away yesterday afternoon on his farm. He is hospitalized at Elyria Memorial with a possible spinal fracture and partial paralysis. Dr. R. J. Schork reports X rays are being studied to assess the injuries.
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James Bolger
Avon-Belden Road
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Bolger
R. J. Schork
Body Of Heiress Recovered From The River
Janet Louise Wohlsen an 18 year old Pennsylvania heiress disappeared Wednesday while fishing alone. Fishermen found her body yesterday in the Northeast river. Coroner R C Dodson asked to perform autopsy to remove doubt though no signs of violence were present. Authorities feared kidnapping or murder until the cause of death is determined.
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Elkton
Janet Louise Wohlsen
Pennsylvania
R. C. Dodson
Arkansas Governor to Succeed Late Senator Robinson
Arkansas Governor Carl E Bailey was selected by the state Democratic committee as the party nominee to succeed the late Joseph Robinson as U S Senator from Arkansas. Democratic nomination in Arkansas is effectively an election.
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Little Rock
Ark
Carl E. Bailey
Joseph Robinson
U. S
Arkansas
Bailey
Democratic Committee
Japanese Bluejackets Search Chinese Streets in Shanghai
Japanese naval landing parties with steel helmets combed the streets of the international settlement in Shanghai on July 24 seeking missing second class seaman Sadao Mirazaki. They halted pedestrians on North Szechanga road and nearby streets forcing men to raise their hands.
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Shanghai
International Settlement
Sadao Mirazaki
Andj
Szechanga Road
Accident Victim To Be Laid To Rest Tuesday
Funeral services for Robert Wallace 64 killed in a Thursday morning accident at the National Tube Company plant in Lorain will be held Tuesday at 3 pm from Nichols Funeral Home with Rev. G. A. Brown officiating. Burial will be at Ridge Hill Memorial Park. Wallace a 39 year foreman at the plant lived in Elyria 22 years. He is survived by his wife Frances 13 children and nine grandchildren. His body is at the Wallace home on Bath Street until Monday morning before transfer to the funeral home. The accident occurred when he was crushed between two ladle car couplers in the blast furnace department. The cause was not clear and a son in the Navy delayed services completion.
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Robert Wallace
National Tube Company
Lorain
Nichols Funeral Home
G. A. Brown
United Presbyterian Church
Ridge Hill Memorial Park
Wallace
Bath Street
Frances Wallace
Elyria
Edward
Davey Adjourns Ohio Assembly
Governor Martin L Davey issued an executive order adjourning the Ohio General Assembly after the House met in sine die. The Senate, controlled by an anti administration bloc, began an indefinite recess as it finished its work, blocking potential investigations by Senate committees into liquor highways and civil service.
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Columbus
Martin L. Davey
Ohio General Assembly
House of Representatives
Senate
Council Members May Raise Salaries in Elyria Budget
Elyria plans a $5,000 line for council salaries in the tentative 1938 budget, covering a raise from $133 to $200 and a potential path to $300 annually. The total appropriation rises to $745,620 from $696,900 in 1937, with public inspection available at City Auditor A. C. Schilleman’s office and a final hearing set for August 2 before submission to County Auditor C. S. Kelser.
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Elyria
St Igy
A. C. Schilleman
C. S. Kelser
Kiwanis Club to Hear Edgar Jones Speaker
Edgar Jones of Peafield Township will speak at the Elyria Kiwanis Club meeting at noon Thursday at the Graystone Hotel. Jones is one of Ohio’s four delegates to the National Four-H Congress in Washington this year.
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Edgar Jones
Peafield Township
Ohio
Washington
Elyria Kiwanis Club
Graystone Hotel
Angry Farmer Stabs Wife To Death in Butler County
Kozman Sasuta, 40, a Butler County farmer, stabbed his wife Rosie Sasuta, 40, to death and slashed a son after learning relief was cut and bread was unavailable. Police say he was subdued by his children and later jailed on murder charges.
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Butler
Kozman Sasuta
Wallace
Trofan
Sasuta
Rosie
John
Mary
Trojan
Ald
Three Shot Five Beaten In Truck Drivers Strike
Medina Ohio July 24 sheriff deputies and police kept peace during a week old truck drivers strike where three men were shot and five beaten in two outbreaks near Ak ron. The first shooting left Noah Fahar 32 Atwater Ralph Faylor 24 Suffield and S J Randall 62 Akron all with left leg gunshot wounds. Fahar and Faylor were hospitalized Randall released after treatment. In a second incident five men were lightly injured when clubs struck them as 300 people were dispersed near Akron headquarters of the strike. The union seeks higher wages and a two and a half cent hourly raise, while the dispute continues with larger lines reaching tentative increases and smaller operators still striking.
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Medina
Noah Fahar
Atwater
Ralph Faylor
Suffield
S. J. Randall
Akron
Fahar
Faylor
Randall
Mann
American Federation of Labor
Loren and Ward
Robert Reed
Truck Drivers Strike Expands In Buffalo Food Shortages
In Buffalo, 2000 truck drivers warehouse workers and packing plant workers joined a strike spreading to Swift & Co. The International Longshoremen's Association barred further meat shipments as violence flared. State Labor Relations Board chairman Rev John P Boland took charge of settlement talks amid food shortages.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Swift & Co
International Longshoremen's Association
John P. Boland
State Labor Relations Board
Swift
Campfire at Camp Tes-See-Kes Draws Large Crowd
Camp Tes See Kes on the Vermilion River plans a big campfire tomorrow night with campers from all three 1937 summer periods. An expected crowd of about 600 will witness the Indian pow wow, fire lighting ceremony, scribe report, pageant, and camper awards led by camp director Carl Wagner and YMC A figures. The event ends with taps and a benediction by Dr. J. Urich.
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Tes-See- Kes
Vermilion River
Carl Wagner
Wagner
A Nabakowski
Amheret
Y. M. C. A. Activities Committee
Worth Fauver
J. Urich
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Lorain Man Named Assistant To Sup't Of Tube Co. Plant
Edmund G. Price of Lorain becomes assistant superintendent at the Lorain works of the National Tube Company. Price, 37, has led the blast furnace and docks dept since 1931 and has 12 years at the Lorain plant. He succeeds the late W. C. Chancellor. Durfee, Price’s longtime assistant, will now head the blast furnace and docks dept.
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Lorain
Sup’t
Tube Co
National Tube Company
Edmund G. Price
W.C
Walter W. Durfee
Price
U. S. Steel Corporation
South Chicago
Pennsylvania State College
P. P. Reese
Durfee
Widow of Marshall Field Dies in Beverly Farms
Beverly Farms Massachusetts July 24 Funeral services scheduled for Mrs. Marshall Field widow of the Chicago merchant who died at her summer home here last night Burial planned in Graceland Cemetery Chicago The late Mrs Field was long regarded as one of the nation s wealthiest women and had been ill for several weeks prior to her death.
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Beverly Farms
Marshall Field
Chicago
Graceland Cemetery
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National Tube
Michigan
Michigan Central
Eaton Rapids
Jap Bluejackets
Oberlin’s New Postoffice Building
Jas. A. Farley
Davey
Ohio Assembly
Kiwanis Club
Bulletin
Hugh D. Friel
U. S. Labor Department
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