Lorain County suspends two county fairs this year
Lorain County will not provide financial help to the Lorain County Fair at Elyria or the Wellington Fair this year. Boards consider a “miniature fair” focused on Four H clubs with county funds unavailable due to tight finances and restricted county deposits. Final decision on a smaller fair to be made next Monday.
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Lorain County
Elyria
Wellington
County Fair Board
Richmond
County Fair Association
Louis Bradstock
C D Murray
JW MecHenry
George Warner
Oberlin Light Plant Battle Reaches Ohio Supreme Court
Ohio Electric Power Company appeals to the Ohio Supreme Court to block Oberlin Lorain County from issuing 250000 in bonds for a municipal electric light and power plant. The case follows Lorain County Appeals Court upholding a demurrer to the utility’s injunction petition and favors village authorities led by FE R Mortis.
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Columbus, CO
Ohio Electric Power Company
Ohio Supreme Court
Oberlin
Lorain County
FE R. Mortis
Chaiman
Lorain
Drowning Incidents Reported Near Findlay and Fostoria
Wilton Copeland an 18 year old from Lima drowned while swimming in the Blanchard river near Findlay despite junior life saver Evelyn Myles 14 attempting artificial respiration. In Fostoria two sisters Eileen 16 and Lois Sheets 13 drowned in a quarry near town late Monday.
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Findlay
Wilton Copeland
Lima
Blanchard River
Evelyn Myles
Fostoria, QO
Eileen
Lois Sheets
Here
The Weather Forecast OHTO Partly Cloudy Tonight
Partly cloudy with likely local thundershowers tonight and Wednesday. Cooler air moves in from the northwest on Wednesday.
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Ohto
Partian
Senate panel eyes broader powers in Morgan inquiry
The Senate Banking and Currency Committee pressed for expanded authority to probe J P Morgan and Company. The session resumed at 12 10 pm after a two and a half hour executive discussion. O P Van Sweringen of Cleveland was recalled to continue testimony on financing the Van Sweringen railroad network.
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Oris P. van Sweringen
Cleveland
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Washington
J. P. Morgan
Mattis J. van Sweringen
Townsend and Goldsborough
J P. Morgan and Company
Flow to release 50 million in frozen deposits in Cleveland
State banking officials completed work to start the flow of fifty million dollars in frozen deposits to depositors in the old Union Trust and Guardian Trust Companies in Cleveland. The session with officers of National City Bank aimed to secure approval for the bank’s expansion plan and the arrival of funds by July 15.
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Cleveland
Old Union Trust
Guardian Trust
National City Bank
Alt
Theodore H Tangeman
Ira J. Fulton
Tangeman
Avon High School Boy Vanishes After Fishing Trip
Peter Holowecki a 15 year old Avon High student disappeared Sunday noon after going fishing in old clothes. A formal search by officials and neighbors followed with fear he may have drowned. Parents, farmers on Case road, reported he left home Sunday and only alerted police Monday evening. If not found, Cleveland and Lorain police and broadcasting stations will be notified.
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Peter Holowecki
Avon High School
Avon
Case Road
Lorain
Cleveland
Columbus War Vet Dies From Heat Exhaustion
Columbus resident June Bruck and Charles C. Bruck report the death of a World War veteran in Columbus after he became overheated Monday night.
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Columbus
Charles C. Bruck
White Renews Plea to A Schools in Ohio Tax Plan
Governor George White proposed a revised six point taxation program to fund school relief and unemployment aid. It includes a one year temporary sales tax, an income tax with rates from five to thirteen percent, re enacted cigarette tax, higher inheritance tax, diverting two million from gasoline taxes, and a real estate levy cut from 15 to 12 mills. The plan accompanies revisions to the intangible tax to tax investment income like earned income.
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Columbus, CO
George White
Ohio
Assembly
House of Representatives
Kelfer
Senate
Senate Taxation Committee
House Taxation Committee
Nurses to Receive Diplomas Tonight at Elks Club
Seventeen student nurses of the Elyria Memorial Hospital School of Nursing will receive their diplomas at commencement exercises tonight at the Elks Club. The program is set for p.m. The commencement address will be delivered by Prof. Lewis Lord of Oberlin College.
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Elyria Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
Elks’ Club
Lewis Lord
Oberlin College
Elyria Parade Dinner Promises Large Attendance
A big crowd is expected at the Elyria on Parade dinner at the Elks Club Thursday night. Advance ticket sales indicate one of the citys largest affairs, with a program detailing business and industrial conditions. Veterans of Foreign Wars joins 19 local groups sponsoring the dinner.
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Elyria
Elks’ Club
Protest Change in State Auui to Divisional Highway Plan
Divisional State Highway Engineer IT R. Ault of Ashland announced after a hearing on Routes 57 and 59 in the city that he would recommend against the proposed change. Opponents from county city school and civic groups cited inadequacy of Lodi street to handle traffic along with schools during the day and concerns over traffic lights and paving conditions.
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IT R. Ault
Ashland
Ault
County Commissioners’ Office
State Highway Department
Lodi Street
West Bridge Street
Todi Street
Highway Department
Farm And Home League To Hear John W. Marshall
John W. Marshall executive secretary of the Ohio Farmers' League will discuss the U S economic scene and its impact on farmers at two Lorain County mass meetings. The events Thursday and Friday nights at 8 at Huntington town hall and Henrietta town hall will feature topics on farm debt mora torium taxes dairy farmer inflation and farmer unemployed unity. The Lorain County League is affiliated with the Ohio Farmers' League.
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United States
John W. Marshall
Ohio Farmers’ League
Lorain County
Torain County Farm and Home Protective League
Huntington Town Hall
Henrietta Town Hall
Marshall
Ohio
West
Middle- West
National Farmers’ Relief
Washington
Farmers of
Lorain County Farm and Home Protective League
Japan approves Roosevelt plea for worldwide peace
June 6. President Roosevelt's appeal for worldwide peace draws a hearty response from the Japanese government, the cabinet notified Washington tonight.
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Japan
Roosevelt
Rio
Washington
Hillsboro Clergy Meeting Sets Hillsboro District Scope
United Brethren clergy and lay leaders from the Hillsboro district of the Southeastern Ohio Conference met all day in Hillsboro. The district includes Brown, Clermont, and Highland counties and covered church matters and district affairs.
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Hillsboro
United Brethren
Southeastern
Roosevelt to seek compromise Veterans Economy program
Washington June 6 President Roosevelt will submit to house leaders a compromise Veterans Economy program Rainey announced The plan liberalizes drastic provisions amid a veterans bloc drive opposing steep compensation economies Leaders fear the move could trim the administration's economy program by at least 170 million dollars.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Rainey
Roosevelt and Bone discuss refi of $6 billion in bonds
Washington June 6 President Roosevelt and Senator Bone Democratic Washington discussed legislation to refinance at a lower interest rate six billion dollars of government securities. Bone said the president assured him his resolution authorizing such refinancing would be carefully considered.
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Gov.t
Washington
Roosevelt
Bone
Dem
Wash
Roosevelt signs Wagner bill creating federal employment service
President Roosevelt signed the Wagner Bill establishing a United States employment service within the labor department and state coordinated employment agencies. The act creates a nationwide framework for job placement and labor services.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Department of Labor
Bank appraisal sent to Washington on RFc loan
Examiners reappraised assets of Lorain County Savings and Trust Co in connection with its Reconstruction Finance Corp loan request. Report, compiled in Cleveland, was to be presented in Washington today or tomorrow. Local officials await word from Washington expected this week. United Press dispatch received by the Chronicle-Telegram.
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Lorain County Savings and Trust Co
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Washington
Cleveland
United Press
Chronicle-Telegram
National rally planned for forgotten depositors in Washington
Philadelphia reports Frank H Schrenk urges a Washington Saturday rally by forgotten depositors. As a bank official he accuses the Government of not aiding closed banks. He aims to form a national depositors organization and Elyria plans to send a representative to listen and present the local case.
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Philadelphia
Frank H Schrenk
Washington
Schrenk
Elyria
Elysia Depositors’ Committee
Committee Proposes Further City Salary Cuts for 1934
The finance committee urged further salary reductions for elective and appointive city officials for 1934. Proposed new salaries include Mayer 2700, Auditor 2160, Treasurer 450, Solicitor 2000, Councilmen 120, Service Director 2400, Street Superintendent 1500, Building Inspector 500, with ordinance to formalize changes forthcoming after a voluntary 10 percent cut implemented in April.
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Finance Committee
Council
Mayer
Viavor
Aduitor
Barn Destroyed By Lightning On Pittsfield Farm
A barn on Aliie Hayes’s farm in Pittsfield was struck by lightning at 4:30 A M causing about 4000 dollars in damage. A large stock of farm machinery was lost and one large pig perished. Fire Chief Lynn Coates said insurance covered part of the loss. Wellington Fire Department responded but could not save the barn.
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Aliie Hayes
Pittsfield
Lynn Coates
Wellington
Protest Against Dismissal of Two Supervisors in Lorain County
Lorain County Board of Education faced letters and resolutions from Parent-Teacher Associations protesting the dismissal of two elementary school supervisors while the music supervisor remains. The board filed the letters, made no change from prior action, and will send replies outlining the reasons for dismissal.
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Board
Lorain County
Jh. L. Bailey
Emma Gleason
Oscar G Dunn Seeks Elyria Mayor Under Republican Banner
Oscar G Dunn of 313 Princeton avenue Elyria today announced his candidacy for mayor on the Republican ticket. A longtime local leader, he served as Ward 2 councilman in 1911, councilman at large in 1913, and county commissioner starting 1913 with a 1916 reelection. He later joined the Ordnance Department in Washington as First Assistant to the Chief of the Equipment Section until the Armistice. Dunn has led Dunn Woters Company as president and manager, is a 30-year Elyria resident, married with two children, and active as a trustee of the First Methodist Church and a member of the Odd Fellows.
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Oscar G Dunn
Princeton Avenue
Elyria
Dunn
New York Central RR
Ordnance Department
Washington, D. C
Dunn Woters Company
First Methodist Church
The
Odd Fellows
President Plans Short Vacation
Washington reports President Roosevelt, confident in budget plans, will leave next week for a vacation. He will attend Franklin Jr.’s graduation at Groton, Mass, then cruise Marblehead Buzzards Bay to Campobello, Me, with Franklin Jr. and John Roosevelt. They sail Maine waters, board the cruiser Indianapolis, speed to Norfolk, then rereturn on the Sequoia to Washington.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Groton
Mass
Franklin, Jr
Marblehead
Buzzards Bay
Campo Bello
John
Maine
Indianapolis
Atlantic
Norfolk Navy Yard
Mattern Still Ahead Of AlcoA In World Flight News
Mattern, flying solo around the world from New York, arrived in DMSK Siberia from Moscow at 135 PM still ahead of the record pace. He halted for rest, 1300 mile Moscow leg in 9 hours 15 minutes, faster than Post and Gatty. His total time from New York stood at 70 hours 14 minutes, with rest likely reducing the lead before heading to Krasnoyarsk.
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Dmsk
Siberia
James J. Mattern
New York
Moscow
Post-Gatty
Mattern
Post
Gatty
Texas Flier
Krasnoyarsk
Milk Producers Meet Saturday Across Lorain County
Several hundred milk producers from Lorain county plan Saturday night annual meetings of the Dairymen's Cooperative Sales Association. Elections of officers committees and reports dominate the agenda. Locals Wellington Oberlin and Belden schedule meetings with director votes for a three year term and names for officers and council representatives are listed.
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Lorain County
Dairymen’s Cooperative Sales Association
S P
Wellington
Wellington Town Hall
Oberlin
Oberlin Grange Hall
Belden
Belden Town Hall
P H Rogers
Lee Monosmith
Harris Dean
J C. Aldrich
Simeon Nash E
Seek To Oust B. at L. E. Head
In Cleveland on June 6 the Progressive group showed strength at the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Triennial Convention amid ongoing disputes. An anti administration caucus outlined their plan to challenge current leadership and oust grand chief engineer Alvanley Johnston, securing three delegations after prior rejection by grand officers.
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Cleveland, O
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Alvanley Johnston
Record Heat Wave Grips Southwest Crops Face Ruin
Kansas City dispatch reports brutal heat sweeping the Southwest with readings above 100 in many areas and peaking at 117 in Kiosk Kansas. Wheat harvest slows as heat accelerates ripening. Kansas crop prospects lag well behind two years ago. Temperatures remain extreme through today per local weather bureau.
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Kansas City
Kan
Kansas
Wichita
Enid
Okla
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Elyria Summer School Enrolls 84 Students
Organization of Elyria summer school nears completion with 84 enrollees and eight teachers. Ninety percent attend high school classes including English Latin Algebra and American history. a speech correction class serves both high and grade school students. The term runs from opening day to July 14 with J D Severs as summer school principal.
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Elyria
Nina Baker
E. Glenn Baxter
Edna Jones
J. C. Linville
J. D. Severs
Carl L. Smith
Grace Thompson
Olive Lapp
Foremen's Club Joins Elyria Parade Dinner Group
The Elyria Foremen's Club will skip its own meeting this month and join 18 other Elyria organizations for the Elyria on Parade dinner at the Elks Club Thursday night. It will mark the final meeting of the 1932 35 season before a summer recess and fall resumption.
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Elyria Foremen’s Club
Elyria
Elks’ Club
Foremen’s Club
Mrs. Roosevelt Nears Calif
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and her son Elliott prepare to complete the first transcontinental trip by a president's wife arriving in Los Angeles from Tucson. No official welcome is planned at Union Station Barbank as the party continues to meet Isabella Greenway and stay with Franklin Kempe Jr.
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Los Angeles
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Elliott
Roosevelt
Tucson
Ariz
Isabella Greenway
Uateed
Barbank
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Fair Boards
Oberlin Light Plant
van Sweringens
Senate Probe
van Overingen
Uate A
Senate Committee
Mlus
White
Changin
Auui
Oscar G. Dunn
ALCOA
L. E. Head
Mrs. Roosevelt
Calif
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