Inland Steel warns against fixed steel minimum wage
The Inland Steel Co warned it may challenge in court the Walsh Healey Act. It told the contracts board that a permanent steel industry minimum wage should not be set on current minima. Ballard said fixed rates could harm the industry and economy, urging wage adjustments to avoid losses. He noted current prices and costs require consideration before fixing any national wage floor. No. 1 Continued on Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballard
Committee For Industrie
Business Men And Sales Employees To Meet On Thursday
Dr George W Allicon of the Edison Electric Institute will speak at the Sales Mean Jobs rally for Elyria business men and sales employees at Elyria High School auditorium at 8 pm Thursday This will be the last meeting before the campaign opens and the executive committee urged all employers of salespeople to have their sales forces present A separate meeting for executives and managers was held at Elks Hall at noon today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Allicon
Edison Electric Institute of
New York City
Elyria
Elyria High School
Elks’ Hall
N. Y. C. Railroad Seeks To Close Crossing
The New York Central Railroad asked Amherst township officials for permission to close the Dewey road crossing. The plan calls for the county to build a parallel road from Dewey to Middle Ridge so traffic may use the Middle Ridge crossing. Commissioners viewed the site today.
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New York Central Railroad
Dewey Road
Amherst Township
Board of County Commissioners
Dewey
Middle Ridge
Ohio Weather Summary Tonight and Wednesday Showers Likely
Mostly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with probable local showers in the north and central portions. Little temperature change expected. Shallow overnight lows centered over the lower lake region St. Lawrence Valley Lake Superior region Central Rocky Mountain district. Showers reported in Atlantic States Gulf states Lake Rocky Mountain Missouri Valley. Temperature changes generally unimportant.
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Ohio
Lower Lake Region
St. Lawrence Valley
Lake Superior
Rocky Mountain District
Atlantic States
Virginia
Gulf States
Lake and
Rocky Mountain
Missouri Valley
Elyria Sets Daily Water Use Record For Year
Elyrians set a yearly water consumption mark as Lake Erie pumping station moved 3 790 000 gallons in 24 hours, the highest 24 hour total this year and 890 000 gallons above June’s daily average amid 9 C shade plus lawn sprinkling. Pumps ran closer to 4 400 000 gallons in the evening while a new elevated storage tank helps stabilize pressure without ramping pumping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyrians
Lake Erie
Turk
Open Forum On Bridge Issue In Lorain Friday
An open forum on the Lorain bridge bond issue will be held at 8 PM Friday July 29 at Lorain high school auditorium. Mayor George Bretz will serve as general chairman. Attendees will receive facts on the bridge projects and question and answer booklets. The event is open to the public with a large crowd expected.
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Lorain Bridge
Lorain High School
George Bretz
Lorain
Ohio Legion To Elect Officers At Convention
Delegates at the Ohio Department Convention of the American Legion in Cincinnati will elect a new state commander and other officers. Eli A. Jensen of Springfield and Capt. J. W. Bowen of Hillsboro contend for state commander, with unopposed candidates R. B. Gardner, Paul Gway, and Lew Williams for vice commander, treasurer, and chaplain. Delegates also choose a National Executive Committeeman and discuss welfare and pension parity for WWI widows. The fourth district earned the Edward E. Spafford trophy for high membership, while the Legion’s Women’s Auxiliary selects officers led by candidate Mrs. Walter L. Beckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio Department
American Legion
James WV
Suhr
Cleveland
Eli A. Jensen
Springfield
Wittenberg College
J. W. Bowen
Hillsboro
Jensen
Capt. Bowen
Legion
R. B Gardner
Mansfield
Paul Gway
Canton
Lew Williams
Shaker Heights
James R. Favrer
Cincinna
Sam H. Cobb
Columbus
Department
Veterans' Administration
Department of Welfare
United States
Ohio
Edward E. Spafford
Ralph T. Young
Legion’s Women's Auxiliary
Walter L. Beckley
Insists Attempt Made On Life Of Ky Governor
Major Joseph Burman of the State Bureau of Identification claims Governor A B Chandler’s illness is the result of a poisoning attempt, the third against him. Earlier attempts occurred at a roadside stand near Covington and at Harlan. The governor grew ill last Friday in a Louisville hotel and a hotel physician suspected poisoning, though police found no basis for the claim.
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Louisville
U.S
A. B. Chandler
Joseph Burman
State Bureau of Identification
Covington
Harlan
Maj. Burman
J. W. Bryan
Chandler
Payment to Lorain clerk found not legal by state examiners
State Examiners Robert M. Horn and Charles Weidner report that $1,000 paid to C Arthur Brown of Lorain as assistant clerk of the Lorain County board was illegal. The $500 monthly pay covered two months starting November 6, 1936, in a position created without proper authority. Commissioners Wickens and Davidson approved the stipend despite Dunn opposing. The report notes missing records and faulted the board for contracting Brown without clear duties, with further inquiry ongoing.
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C. Arthur Brown
Lorain
Lorain County
Robert M. Horn
Charles Weidner
Brown
Board of County Commissioners
John E Davidson
E. M. Wickens
Oscar G. Dunn
Wickens
Dunn
Davidson
Examiner
Edward Dechant
Demand Great Lakes To Europe Steamship Service
Milwaukee July 28 Middle Western shippers urged the U S Maritime Commission to establish Great Lakes to Europe steamship service and end exclusive North Atlantic contracts. Delegates from Ohio Missouri and the Mississippi River valleys and Great Lakes port cities spoke before a three man committee in a three day hearing led by R F Malin secretary of the Great Lakes Harbors Association, marking years of effort to curb eastern shipping monopolies.
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Milwaukee
U. S. Maritime Commission
Great Lakes
Europe
Ohio
Missouri
Mississippi River
R. F. Malin
Unhappy Love Affair Linked To Woman Death
Police found a note about an unhappy romance in the room of a 28 year old woman who died at Elyria Memorial Hospital after allegedly taking poison. The incident at Graystone Hotel followed a hotel call at 11:30 am and an autopsy was ordered by Coroner Ward. The woman, identified as Patricia Blaine of Ann Arbor, Michigan, had previously worked at the City Grill on Broad Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Graystone Hotel
Patricia Blaine
Ann Arbor
Mich
Ruby Maloney
West South Street
Adrian
Sharrin
C. Garrison
Arthur Hurd
City Grill
Broad Street
S. Ward
Pick-A-Back Plane On Way To Horta
A British Pick-A-Back seaplane Mercury landed at Horta in the Azores at 10 24 A M EST, a wireless message to Trans Canada Airlines said. It later took off from Botwood Newfoundland at 2 22 P M as the craft continued its voyage.
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Horta
Montreal
Mercury
Azores
Trans-Canada Airlines
Botwood
Newfoundland
Defends Public Utility Holding Company Act in Cleveland
Chairman William L. Douglas of the Securities and Exchange Commission urged the American Bar Association that critics of the Public Utility Holding Company Act cast the shadow of a hangman's noose on a constructive program. He insisted the SEC will continue enforcement and warned against confusing investors with those seeking to retain control over economic empires. Douglas defended geographical integration and corporate simplification as essential to public utility system reform.
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Cleveland
LrRi
William ©. Douglas
Securities and Exchange Commission
Douglas
American Bar Association
Public Utility Law
SEC
Association
Committee On Administrative Law
New Deal
Defeated Liberal Blames Money For Defeat In Primary
Rep Maury Maverick charges that conservatives and business leaders funded Kilday’s campaign to defeat liberal House members. He cites 50,000 anti Roosevelt dollars and accuses a city machine in San Antonio of backing the tally. Maverick warns colleagues to beware similar efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Texas
Maury Maverick
House
Roosevelt
Kilday
Paul J. Kilday
C. K. Quin
Maverick
Union Officials On Trial Shout Heil Hitler
Four International officers of the United Automobile Workers Union marched into their trial before the union's executive board today with arms outstretched in a Nazi salute and shouting Heil Hitler at President Homer Martin in Detroit on July 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Jim
United Automobile Workers Union
Homer Martin
Assassination Attempt Reported on Porto Rico Governor
Major General Blanton Winship, governor of Porto Rico, told the War Department an attempt was made on his life while he reviewed a military parade in Ponce. He added that everything is quiet now. Acme Photo.
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Blanton Winship
Porto Rico
War Department
Ponce
Acme
Puerto Rico Governor narrowly escapes gun attack
In San Juan on July 28 Governor Blanton Winship revealed a bullet pierced his trouser leg during a parade marking the 40th anniversary of US troops landing in Ponce. Five Nationalist party attackers opened fire, killing a National Guard officer and wounding about 30, including several officials. one attacker was shot dead by police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Blanton Winship
National Guard
Ponce
Winship
Nationalist Party
Governor Winship
Col Luis Irigarry
Puerto Rican National Guard
Angel Anton Giorgi
Senator Sarralles
House of Representativs
Garcia Mendez
Lopez Dominguez
Julio Conesa
United States
Continental
Judge Nye Addresses Elyria Exchange Club
Probate Judge H. H. Nye spoke to the Elyria Exchange Club at the Graystone Hotel about work for delinquent and underprivileged children. He outlined problems and methods used, announced two new members, and said the final charter drive is underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Exchange Club
H. H. Nye
Graystone Hotel
Old Age Pension System Declared Sound by Ohio Official
Columbus July 26 Henry J Berrodin director of the state division of aid for the aged defended the pension system as financially sound in response to criticism by State Auditor Joseph T Ferguson He noted that any borrowing from the general revenue fund was legislature authorized and cited 1936 first half borrows of 2 25 million and 1937 first half borrows of 900 thousand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Henry J. Berrodin
Aid For
Joseph T. Ferguson
Berrodin
General Revenue Fund
Czechoslovakia to Negotiate With Sudeten Leaders
London July 26 Czechoslovakia agreed to direct talks with Sudeten German leaders on its minorities problem and to involve a British plenipotentiary. The deal includes postponing the minorities statute and letting Viscount Runciman participate. Chamberlain to announce part of the agreement in Commons amid hopes of a diplomatic cushion to avert war. Konrad Henlein told Daily Telegraph that Sudeten Germans rule out war, seek no annexation, desire both sides to remain within the Czech state.
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London
Czechoslovakia
Viscount Runciman
British Board of Trade
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Chamberlain
Europe
Runciman
Board of Trade
Great Britain
Perforce
House of Lords
Daily Telegraph
Konrad Henslein
The
Telegraph
Henlein
Eger
Loyalists Cross Ebro River Front in German-Italian Aid Push
A Nationalist communique reports Loyalists crossed the Ebro at two points along a 90 mile front aided by civilian support. Loyalists claim 17 miles deep penetration with 500 prisoners, artillery, and war material seized, signaling a shift to separate Catalonia from Valencia and easing pressure on the coast drive toward Sagunto and Valencia.
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Hendaye
Mediterranean
Ebre
Catalonia
Valencia
Teruel-Sagunto
Ebro
Sagunto
County to pay nurse salary for five months
Lorain County commissioners adopted a resolution to pay Una B. Frisbee nurse for the Lorain County Tuberculosis and Health Association for the remaining five months of the year at 150 dollars monthly. Frisbee works through Pleasant View Sanatorium aiding tuberculosis control. The county aids due to exhausted association funds raised by stamp sales. last year the county contributed 450 dollars.
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Una B. Frisbee
Lorain County
Cascade Park Pool Opens Evening Sessions This Year
Night swimming at Cascade Park pool began with an 7 to 9 p.m. session for adults yesterday. Earlier, two daytime sessions were offered daily for children, and the evening program will continue as warmer weather arrives.
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Cascade Park
Train Carrying Red Sox Delayed By Engine Trouble
A special New York train bearing the Boston Red Sox to Chicago for a game was delayed over two hours due to engine trouble. Upon arrival in Toledo managers weighed chartering a plane as repairs to a cylinder head were completed and the train resumed at 9:25 a.m.
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Oak Harbor
New York
Boston Red Sox
Chicago
Toledo
Forest Fire Almost Under Control Near Courtenay
Fire logging and fishing towns faced threat from a forest fire near Courtenay British Columbia. Foresters said 1,600 firefighters could contain it if conditions stay favorable, aided by three destroyers. Residents of Bevan Campbell River Campbellton Cumberland urged to evacuate if winds shift. Spot fires ahead of the main blaze were sparked by embers.
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Courtenay
B. C
Bevan
Campbdell River
Campbellion
Cumberland
Penfield Township Board Elects Two Teachers
Penfield Township Board of Education last night hired two new teachers to replace resignations. Frances Bancroft of Garreltsville will teach first and second grade, succeeding Mary Frances Schriver. Nellie Jackson of La Grange will teach third and fourth grade, succeeding Lucille Burge. Both Bancroft and Jackson are Kent State University graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penfield Township
C. A. Giebens
Fourteen Boys Receive Camp Awards at Iss-See-Kes Camp
At the closing campfire of the fourth period on the Vermilion River, Camp Iss-See-Kes awarded honors to fourteen boys including nine first year recipients William Carle Donald Bryant Glen Ruth Frank Dennis Rudy Skinletz Robert Karp Jack Ferguson David Chesler Warren Wilcox. Second year awards went to Dan Stevick John Craig William Decker Jack Reinhardt. David Taylor earned a third year award. Camp director Carl Wagner noted 10 boys have registered for the August 4 start with many more expected. the season totaled 40 camping days and will reach 50 with the upcoming period, a peak in recent years.
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Iss-See-Kes
Vermilion River
William Carle
Donald Bryant
Glen Ruth
Frank Dennis
Rudy Skinletz
Robert Karp
Jack Ferguson
David Chesler
Warren Wilcox
Dan Stevick
John Craig
William Decker
Jack Reinhardt
David Taylor
Carl Wagner
Lineman Dies From Burns In Newark Incident
James Turrer, 31, a power company lineman, died from burns after touching a live wire in Newark. Fellow lineman Ville Brenbsiser was hospitalized in critical condition in nearby Quippletel.
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Newark
James Turrer
Power Company
Burna
Orville Brenbsiser
Leman
Sword rattling answered by Prime Minister Chamberlain
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain told the House of Commons that Britain seeks world peace on honorable terms backed by arms and naval power. He stated Britain will not sacrifice honor or naval interests while reinforcing peacetime policy amid the Czech minority crisis and renewed Anglo-French alliance. Progress in Central Europe coincided with new warfare in the Far East, Spain, and Palestine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
World Today
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Europe
Far East
Spain
Palestine
Typhoid Adds New Peril To Texas Flood Victims
In San Saba Texas heavy rains and an outbreak of typhoid worsened conditions for residents along the San Saba and Colorado Rivers. More than 13 inches of rain fell since Saturday as rescue boats evacuated 200 people from Bend. County Judge J C Abney led relief efforts while highways remained flooded and the Colorado crest reached a record 62 feet. Highways into town were inundated and Wright Creek eroded the last bridge.
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San Saba
Texas
Colorado
Bend
J. C. Abney
C. G. Hicks
L. E. Wilson
State Health Department
Wright Creek
Lorain Street in Oberlin to be resurfaced with aid
County and state will fund asphalt resurfacing of Lorain street in Oberlin. County contributes 5000 dollars and Oberlin 1500 dollars for materials while the state provides labor and machinery under a contract approved by the county board.
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Lorain Street
Oberlin
Officers Elected By Lorain County Farm Bureau Youth Council
Lorain County Farm Bureau Cooperative Youth Council elected officers for the coming year at Graf ton High School. Frank Herrmann was chosen president to succeed Doris Portman. Maude Hose vice president. Phyllis Cotton secretary and treasurer. William Barber buying club manager. William Kneisel recreation leader. Lawrence Sooy assistant recreation leader. Marian Knittle news correspondent. The meeting marked the club’s first anniversary with a birthday cake. A Penfield High School dance is planned for Wednesday evening with Sooy as water chairman. The next council meeting was set for August.
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Lorain County Farm Bureau Cooperative Youth Council
Grafton High School
Frank Herrmann
Amherst
Doris Portman
Henrietta
Maude Hose
la Grange
Phyllis Cotton
Elyria Township
William Barber
Wellington
William Kneisel
Brownhelm
Lawrence Sooy
Penfield
Marian
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Ohio Legion
Heil Hitler
Judge Nye
Exchange Club
Cross River
United Press
Youth Council
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