Report Points To Deplorable Campaign Stationery Abuse
The final Grand Jury report criticizes Civil Service workers aiding political campaigns, indicting 18 officials for Civil Service breaches. It notes extensive use of state stationery to solicit votes, mass mailings to millions of Ohio voters, and dictation by employees. It questions legality and ethics, citing aid recipients as dependents of taxpayers and urging decency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Special Grand Jury
Grand Jury
Common Pleas
Charles Leach
Ate
Ohio
Statie of
Millon
Two Additional Playgrounds Opened By Elyria Board
The Elyria Recreation Board opened two more playgrounds to reach five in the 1938 summer program. Roosevelt school, supervised by Harry Jones, and Crisp Field on Cambridge and Garford avenues, supervised by Harold Sheldon, join existing sites at Hamilton School supervised by Rev. J A Watson, Allen School supervised by Frank Bayless, and Jefferson Junior High School supervised by Paul Byers. Softball diamonds were moved and reconditioned, with horseshoe courts expected to open next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Recreation Board
Roosevelt School
Harry Jones
Crisp Field
Cambridge and
Garford Avenues
Harold Sheldon
Hamilton School
J. A. Watson
Allen School
Frank Bayless
Jefferson Junior High School
Paul Byers
Recreation Board
Weather update for Ohio and surrounding regions
Cloudy conditions with occasional showers expected Sunday and in West and South portions tonight. Temperature remains largely unchanged. Low pressure tracked from Manitoba into Texas with highs centered in the South Atlantic States and Northern Rocky Mountain region. Scattered showers occurred across the Atlantic and Gulf States, Lower Ohio and Lower Mississippi Valleys, Northern Rocky Mountain Region, South Dakota, Iowa, and Nebraska, with heavier pockets locally. Moderate temperatures prevailed in the Ohio Valley yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Manitoba
Texas
South Atlantic States
Rocky Mountain
Atlantic
Gulf States
Mississippi
South Dakota
Iowa
Nebraska
Ohio Valley
Ford Says No Political Santa Claus Or Economic Magic Man
Detroit July 30 Henry Ford at 75 says the country must end a dependent spirit and accept there is no political Santa Claus or economic magic man in the world He notes prosperity comes from steady effort not quick fixes and sees signs of revival while warning against chasing false elements Ford plans a birthday dinner for 1 600 friends and admirers and a postponed pageant for 8000 schoolchildren due to weather
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Santa Claus
Ford
Detroit
uPi
Henry Ford
America
William S. Knudsen
Ford Motor Co
General Motors
W J. Cameron
Ford M@&or Co
Wall
Knudsen
Ford Empire
Cameron
Dearborn
Lorain Bridge Projects Backed At City Meeting
Nearly 100 residents gather at Lorain High School to hear plans for two new bridges in Lorain with a $1.58 million county bond issue. Mayor George Brett pledges full support, while WPA official Ernest Kitchen outlines federal aid and deadline conditions for project eligibility and local labor sourcing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Godfrey
Lorain
Lorain High School
George P. Brett
Lorain Bridge Committee
Dow W. Harter
L A Boulay
WPA
Boulay
Ernest Kitchen
PWA
Kitchen
Lorain County
Howard R. Butler
Lorain City
John Pincura
Former Elyrian In France For Competition
James Bohash twenty of 1201 Waterman Avenue Detroit, a former Elyria resident, travels to France to compete in a model plane event at Caudron Renault Airport Guyancourt near Paris. An advertising student at Wayne University, Bohash rose in model aviation with planes under one ounce, including feats of four thousand feet and six miles, earning a national Chicago win that earned his trip. He is nephew of Mrs. C A Goodman and another Bohash relative in Lorain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Bohash
Waterman Avenue
Detroit
Elyra
France
Elyria
Young Bohash
Wayne University
James
Chicago
Caudron-Renault
Guyancourt
Paris
Howard Hughes
Bohash
C. A. Goodman
Lorain
Avon Lake Council Passes Bicycle Light Ordinance
Avon Lake Village council approved an ordinance banning riding two on a bicycle and requiring front and rear lights. Bikes must be lit one hour after sunset and one hour before sunrise. Penalty for violations is a five dollar fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avon Lake
Past Commander of Ohio Spanish War Veterans Dies
Findlay Ohio July 30 John E Fennerty 69 past department commander of the United Spanish War Veterans of Ohio and a prominent Mason died yesterday Funeral services set for Sunday He spent 34 years in Findlay in the oil business and was a former trustee of the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home at Xenia
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Findlay
John E. Fennerty
United Spanish War Veterans of Ohio
Inj
Fennerty
Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Orphans' Home
Xenia
Two Killed Six Injured In Head On Crash
Bowling Green July 30 Mrs Palow Horner 63 and her grandson Gene Horner 14 both of Detroit were killed when an automobile collided head on with a truck on the Dixie Highway near here early today Six persons were injured including Palow Horner 68 with a skull fracture Ezra C Smith 25 Mrs Ezra Smith 28 Nancy Joyce Smith eight months old Pearl Horner and Ernest Towers 30 The Horner and Smith families rode in the car driven by Smith Towers said he was driving about 25 miles an hour when the Smith car apparently had a blowout in the right front tire It swerved into the path of the truck The injured were taken to Bowling Green hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowling Green
Palow Horner
Gene Horner
Detroit
Dixie Highway
Here
Ezra C Smith
Ezra Smith
Nancy Joyce Smith
Pearl Horner
Geneali
Ernest Towers
Reading
Mich
Horner
Smith
Towers
Acme Chair Co
Recall Republic Steel Men For Questioning
The Senate Civil Liberties committee recalled Republic Steel officials for questioning about collective bargaining negotiations before the Little Steel strike. Chairman La Follette planned to map how the steel workers organizing committee pursued talks with Republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic Steel
Washington
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Republic Steel Corporation
Robert M. la Follette, Jr
Wis
Steelworkers Organizing Committee
Republic
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company
Tom Girdler
la Follette
Frank Purnell
Youngstown
American Iron & Steel Institute
New York
Purnell
Girdler
Avon Lake youths injured in late night crash
In Avon Lake two youths, Robert Keisel age 17 and Andy Grant age 20, were injured when a car they drove on Lake Road veered off the highway and struck a pole around 11:30 p m. Keisel suffered head injuries while Grant sustained an arm injury. The vehicle, owned by Grant's mother, was demolished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avon Lake
Lake Road
Robert Keisel
Andy Grant
One of Six Fugitive Convicts Captured
Sheldon Waits one of six convicts who escaped from the London Prison Farm Friday was captured in woods near South Charleston Ohio eleven miles west of London He had been sentenced from Brown County for burglary and grand larceny and was returned to the prison Officials said Waits would not talk about the escape claiming he had been hiding in fields and woods for 24 hours
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Sheldon Waits
South Charleston
Ohio
Here
Waits
Brown County
Escaped convicts named with ages and counties
The remaining escapees include Chester Phelps aged 35 of Union county Stewart Bennedum 35 of Montgomery county Harry Zenz with $7 linked to Hamilton county Edward Brown 22 of Butler county and Edgar Russell 19 of Cuyahoga county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Phelps
Union County
Stewart Bennedum
Montgomery County
Harry Zenz
Hamilton County
Edward Brown
Butler County
Edgar Russell
Cuyahoga County
Chinese Counter Offensive Recaptures Key Yangtze Points
Chinese forces launch a sudden counter offensive and recapture five strategic locations along the Yangtze near Kiukiang, threatening Japanese communications as reported by Chinese news agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Yangtze River
Kiukiang
Charges State Paid Too Much For Coal
In Franklin County Common Pleas Court, Agnes B. Dick inson seeks $172,120 in overpayments for coal by the state. Defendants include Finance Director M. Ray Allison and State Purchasing Agent Glen Horn, plus Cleveland firm Maher and North. She alleges overpayments of 7,120 and 165,000 dollars for coal at inflated prices, accusing a conspiracy to suppress bidding in violation of the Valentine Anti-Trust Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Franklin County Common Pleas Court
Agnes B. Dickinson
M. Ray Allison
Glen Horn
Cleveland
Thomas K. Maher
John J. North
Dickinson
Horn
Maher & North
Cleveland Coal Company
Corrigan Sails For New York
Douglas Corrigan sails from Queenstown to New York aboard the liner Manhattan after flying from New York to Ireland in a $900 plane. He plans a coast to coast tour, autograph sessions, and a return flight, receiving a Celtic loving cup from Dublin’s Lord Mayor.
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Queenstown
Ireland
Douglas Corrigan
New York
Los Angeles
United States
Manhattan
Corrigan
Lehigh
Baltimore
Alfred Byrne
Dublin
Cork
J. K. Hickey
United Press
Byrne
Oil Found On Sea Near Missing Hawaii Clipper
The U S Army transport Meigs reports heavy oil floating on the sea near the missing Hawaii clipper. Oil sample collection planned as searchers extend the hunt across the area between the Philippines and the clipper’s last position. Navy planes and destroyers spearhead a large sea search with calm seas and clear skies reported.
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Manila
P. L
Meigs
Hawaii
Pan American Airways
Philippines
Gram Island
Philippines Telephone Company
Lahuy Island
Leo Terdetzky
The
Clipper
Lahay Island
Army
Navy
Amelia Earhart
Frederick Noonan
Howland Island
San Bernardino Straits
Guam
San Francisco
Canopus
Penguin
Bittern
Samples Show Both Oil And Gasoline From Clipper Area
The U S Army Transport Meigs reported to the War Department that water samples from an oil spot near the Hawaii Clipper site contained both gasoline and lubricating oil. The finding fuels fears the Clipper left an oil slick. it does not prove the airship crashed, as the slick could have been from another source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jay
U. S. Army
Meigs
War Department
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Elyrian
Avon Lake Council
Pacific
Pacific Ocean
Lee Terletzky
Thers
Palo Alto
Earl B. McKinley
George Washington University
Washington, D. C
Far East
K. A. Kennedy
Piedmont
Cali
Pan-American Airways
Fred C Meier
MecKinney
E E Wyman
New York City
Curtiss-Wright Aircraft Corporation
Choy Wah- Sun
Jersey City
N. J
Howard French
Tacoma
Wash
J. M. Sauceda
Oakland
Calif
Acme
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