All Time Heat Records Reached Across Ohio
United Press reports a six day heat wave driving temperatures above 100 across the state. Death toll rose with twelve in Cincinnati and seven in Columbus over five days. Findlay and Norwalk reported record highs. widespread water shortages forced trucked water supplies and cattle losses feared.
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United Press
Oreek
Ohio
Cincinnati
Columbus
Granville
Trenton
Findlay Findlay
Hign
Lews
Norwalk
Bowling Green
Troy
Napoleon
Sandusky
Toledo
Youngstown
Dover
Hamiton County
Cn- 265
Huron River
U. S. Weather Bureau
Defiance
Drought Harms Lorain County Crops Across Area
Heat and drought strike Lorain County farming, hampering potatoes tomatoes and lima beans while pastures burn and some farmers transport water. Fruits suffer with small fruits hit hard and peach yields expected to be light after years of potential crop losses.
Ohio Weather Forecast Promises Cloudy, Showers Tonight
Ohio forecast calls for cloudy skies with possible thundershowers tonight and Thursday. Warmer conditions give way to cooler readings in the north tonight into Thursday and Thursday night.
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Ohio
North Portion
Dillinger's Woman in Red Granted Federal Protection
Chicago July 25 John Dillinger's woman in red Anna Sage was restored to federal protection after a brief police handoff. Government agents refused to reveal her whereabouts or discuss her role in Dillinger's death. Sage, 43, identified Dillinger's watchcase photo as the one carried by him. Kept from Gary, Indiana, 28 year old Roy Keele's ex wife, she previously ran a Gary resort and knew East Chicago police sergeant Zarkovich who helped plan the ambush.
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Dillinger
Chicago
John Klrilinger
Department of Justice
Anna Sage
North Side
Biograph Theater
Roy Keele
Gary, Ind
Keele
Sage
Gary
Ind
Sergt
Martin Zarkovich
Zarkovich
Timothy O'Neil
Noti
Hurricane winds batter Texas coast from Galveston to Port O Connor
Hurricane winds battered the Texas coastline from Galveston Island to west of Port O Connor. Many persons were marooned including 18 at the San Luis Pass coast guard station. Port O Connor station lines were severed. Barometer fell to 29.24, lowest on the coast. High tides and breakers began late yesterday. Two campers on Galveston Beach were missing. The storm was forecast to strike near the Rio Grande mouth around noon.
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Coast Guard
San Luis Pays
Port O'Connor
Europe Bakes Under Heat Wave and Storms
July's heat wave scorched Europe with torrid sun and blights on crops in Italy and adjacent provinces. Floods hit Poland while Greece, Germany, and the Balkans endured drought and disasters. Hail storms damaged fields, a Nyireghaza cyclone dropped fish, and forest fires burned in France and Portugal.
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Poland
Germany
Balkans
Italy
Adriatic
Portugal
Nyireghaza
Jugoslavia
France
Greece
Firemen Rescue Cattle From Grass Fire
Local firemen battled a grass fire near Infirmary TOU for about an hour rescuing a herd of cattle. Several hundred acres of pasture burned. Boys playing with matches blamed. The fire was one of three reported yesterday, lifting yearly grass fires past the hundred mark.
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Infirmary Tou
Federal agents promoted for Dillinger raid action in Chicago
Washington July 24 Federal agents Melvin H Purvis and Samuel P Cowley who led the raid that ended John Dillinger's career in Chicago have been rewarded with promotions and salary increases Director J Edgar Hoover said promotions will be recommended for several others who did outstanding work in the Dillinger hunt Special recognition will be given to the agent who fired the shots that brought down the desperado The identity of this agent remains closely guarded Hoover stressed it was not Purvis or Cowley The exact amount of Purvis salary increase was not disclosed Salaries of Justice Department field office agents range from 4600 to 5400 annually
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Washington
Melvin H. Purvis
Samuel P. Cowley
John Dillinger
Chicago
J. Edgar Hoover
Justice Department Division of Investigation
Hoover
Purvis
Cowley
Justice Department
Three Maniacs Escape From Lima State Hospital
Three inmates fled Lima State Hospital for the Criminal Insane after assaulting a guard with a pistol like weapon. The trio Fred Smith 59 Napoleon Ohio leader Fred Hunter 38 Youngstown Ohio and Lawrence Steiner 35 Lima escaped by forcing the rear door, leaping into a car, and fleeing as a posse formed by Sheriff Don Larhber Lima police and state patrol closed in within thirty minutes.
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Lima
Lima State Hospital
Fred Smith
Napoleon
Fred Hunter
Youngstown
Lawrence Steiner
Smith
John
Don Larhber
Allen County
Candidates For Congress To Speak Here
Elyria High School Auditorium hosts a Democratic rally Friday evening by the Elyria Young Men's Democratic Club featuring four 14th Ohio District candidates Don W. Harter Charles W. Starkey Edwin J. Sherman and Oscar Hayes. Club official Baxter Sharp expects 700 to 900 attendees. doors open at 7:30.
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Elyria High School
Elyria
Healthiest boy and girls are selected
Steve Veres of Columba Station and Doris Portman of Hanrietta Township were judged the healthiest boy and girl in Lorain County 4-H Club Health Day at Oberlin. Veres, 17, scored 582 of 600. Portman, 15, scored 587. Jean Miller, 11, of LaGrange led the juniors with 534 but lost five points for lack of typhoid immunization. Herman Gott, 12, of Wellington won younger boys with 587. Edgar Jones, 18, Penfield, was second in the senior boys with 571. Ruth Cook, 16, Eaton, was second in the senior girls with 586.
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Steve Veres
Columba Station
Doris Portman
Han~rietta
Lorain County
Oberlin
Young Veres
John H. Longdon
Columbia Station
Miss Portman
Paul E. Portman
Little Jean Miller
LaGrangs
Miss Miller
O. Miller
Herman Gott
Myron Gott
Wellington
R. D. No
Penfield Township
H Edgar Jones
Penfield
Edgar
J. L. Jones
Ruth Cook
Eaton
Nazis seize Dollfuss government in Vienna coup
Austrian Nazis storm the chancellery in Vienna capturing Chancellor Dollfuss and ministers, declaring martial law as troops and Heimwehr guard streets. At least ten killed in street fighting and radio station seizure, with Dollfuss and Emil Fey wounded and several ministers captured.
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Vienna
Dollfuss
Englebert Dollfuss
Heimwehr
Emil Fey
Seventh District
Ballhausplatz
Fey
Ernst von Starhemberg
Italy
Innsbruck
Nesis
Rintelen
Chancellery
Elyrian Prostration From Heat Reach Record July 99
Elyria endured a blistering July as the heat hit a presumed all time high of 99 degrees. John Ankoriak, 66, of 427 West Third Street, was hospitalized in serious condition after a 108 degree spike. He showed improvement the next day. Guy Chamberlain, 37, of the Mayflower Hotel in Akron, was admitted after convulsions from heat while fishing in Lake Erie near Vermilion. His companions rushed him toward Akron, but he was moved to Memorial Hospital and also improved.
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Elyria
John Ankoriak
West Third Street
Memorial Hospital
Ankoriak
Guy Chamberlain
Mayflower Hotel
Akron
Lake Erie
Fire Chief Urges Caution Over Grass Fires
Elyria Fire Chief Wallace N Bates warns residents to be extremely careful during the dry spell after thirty grass fire alarms this month. He notes pasture destruction and livestock danger and cautions that a general alarm could spread firefighters thin. He blames children with matches smokers discarding burning material and rubbish burners for most incidents.
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Wallace N. Bates
Elyria
Bates
Brookville Bank Blaze Destroys Building in Ohio
Fire gutted the Brookville National Bank building in Brookville Ohio after a two hour blaze that threatened the business district. Spontaneous combustion was blamed and a theater on the property was also destroyed. Bank officials said losses are insured. Firefighters from Brookville Lewisburg and Verona helped bring flames under control by 8 30 a m.
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Brookville
Brookville, National Bank
Lewisburg
Verona
Bill West
Flames Destroy Ten Homes At Crescent
Bridgeport Ohio July 25 fourteenth persons including five firemen were overcome by smoke in a 35000 dollar Crescent fire that destroyed ten homes and left families homeless. Four other homes were dynamited to save the town. All were revived. Firemen from St Clairsville and Brookside refused to respond until a $50 guarantee per truck was provided.
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Bridgeport
Crescent
St. Clairsville
Brookside
Heat Wave Death Toll Tops 500 Across Regions
A United Press tally shows heat and drought killing more than 500 people across a vast area from Wyoming to the Alleghenies with temperatures over 100 degrees. Water shortages press farmers as cattle markets shrink and prices rise amid widespread distress and food scarcity.
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United States
Kansas
CIETY
Wyoming
New Mexico
Alleghenies
Southwest
Middle West
Elyria Sees Water Use Near High Mark During Heat
Elyria's water consumption for yesterday nearly matched the year's high, with over 4,000,000 gallons pumped in 24 hours. Chief engineer A J Miller noted average daily use around 3,000,000 gallons, and that during 6:30 pm to 10:30 pm pumping rose to 7,000,000 gallons daily while near capacity. A record 4,500,000 gallons remains unattained this year.
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Elyria
A. J. Miller
Miller
Animals Die By Hundreds In Stockyards
In Chicago on July 25 twenty five thousand cattle suffered starvation thirst and heat at the Union Stockyards as eight hundred striking men and their employer wrestled over a wager dispute. Thousands more cattle faced death unless the strike ends soon while police guard the pens and federal intervention is sought. Over a thousand stockyard workers join the strike, leaving the yards perilously understaffed. Fire crews watered dying cattle but could not quench the heat.
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Chicago
Commission
Washington
Federal Surplus Relief Corporation
O. T. Henkle
Eight Fined On Slot Machine Charges
Prosecutor Frank E. Stevens led raids Friday night on eight slot machine operators. Justice Joseph Petro imposed $50 fines plus costs after guilty pleas. 11 machines were seized containing about $200, which was returned to defendants per law. Machines will be destroyed by the sheriff. Fined individuals include Katie Kruzer Avon Tom Dill Chestnut Ridge B Moore Grafton Road James Curran John Daniels Ridgeville Steve Takacs Floyd Croft A L Becker Oberlin Road.
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Frank E. Stevens
Joseph Petro
Petro
Katie Kruzer
Avon
Tom Dill
Chestnut Ridge Road
B. BR. Moore
Grafton Road
James Curran
John Daniels
Ridgeville
Steve Takacs
Floyd Croft
A. L. Becker
Oberlin Road
County Buys 1 000 Barrels of Cement
County commissioners authorized the purchase of 1 000 barrels of cement at 2.24 dollars per barrel less 0.19 for prompt payment for use by the county surveyor's department. Five contractors were awarded 300 barrels each: Granite Concrete Block and Coal Co of Elyria. A. J. Conrad of Avon. Farmers Grain and Milling Co of Wellington. QO. B. Brower of Lorain. Murbach Coal and Supply Co of Elyria.
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Granite Concrete Block and Coal Company of
Elyria
A. J. Conrad
Avon
Farmers Grain and Milling Company of
Wellington
QO. B. Brower
Lorain
Murbach Coal and Supply Company
Drilling Test Gas Well At Oberlin
In Oberlin a group drill test gas well on the Kane farm in Russia township with option on a large tract to drill further if productive. The aim is to supply the municipality's gas needs after having built a municipal electric plant and tackling the rate problem.
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Gberlin
Oberlin
Kane
Russia
U S Team Advances to Wimbledon Davis Cup Final
Sidney B Wood Jr and Francis X Shields, both of New York, rallied to an American win over Australia in the interzone final. Wood beat Jack Crawford 6 3 9 7 4 6 2 6 2 to seal the victory. Shields defeated Vivian McGrath 6 4 6 2 6 4 as the U S reached the final against Great Britain.
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Wimbledon
England
Sidney B. Wood, Jr
Francis X. Shields
New York
United States
Australia
America
Great Britain
Wood
Jack Crawford
Shields
Vivian McGrath
Tragic car train crash east of Lorain claims three youths
A late night collision on French Creek road near Lorain left Paul Kopeso 21 Frank Balog 21 and Mike Cschan 17 dead after their 1929 roadster struck a Nickel Plate train. Fire consumed the vehicle as rescuers fought the blaze. Sheriff Dick notes lack of flasher signals at the crossing and confirms identification by license plates. Funeral arrangements are pending for Balog with Kopeso and Cschan slated for joint burial.
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French Creek Road
Lorain
Clarence W. Dick
Paul Kopeso
Long Road
Avon
Frank Balog
la Grange
Mike Cschan
East 32Nd. Street
New York Central Railroad
Paul Chapman
Ed Monroe
Ford Thompson
P. K. Messenger
Archwood Avenue
H. S. Wilcox
Oberlin Avenue
E. EK. Butz
Conneaut
C. E
Kopeso
Join Kopeso
John
Alex
Elizabeth
Csohan
Gabor Cschan
Albert
Joseph
Gavor
Anna
Balog
Congressan Hartar Speaks at Kiwanis Rotary Meeting
Don Harter of Akron, representative in Congress from the 14th Ohio District, will speak at a joint Kiwanis and Rotary meeting tomorrow at the Hotel Newell. The subject is not announced but likely to cover the last session of Congress.
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Don Harter
Akron
Congress
Ohio
Kiwanis
Rotary Clubs
Newell
Harters
Woman Registers For Campin Hinckley Ohio
Mrs A B Martin of Eaton Township becomes Lorain County s first woman to register for the Farm Women s Camp at Camp Crag Hinckley Ohio August 1 15 The Lorain County Farm Bureau confirms her registration this morning The camp serves women from Lorain and Medina counties
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A B. Martin
Eaton Township
Lorain County
Camp Crag
Hinckley
Ohio
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