Elyria Exchange Club Receives National Charter Amid Tragedy
The Elyria Exchange Club, with 24 charter members, became an official member of the National Exchange Club at a dinner at the Elyria Country Club. The event honored Harvey W. Merriman, the club president who died Monday, and drew 117 attendees including civic leaders from Cleveland, Perrysburg, Toledo, Oberlin and more.
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Elyria Exchange Club
National Exchange Club
Elyria Country Club
Harvey W. Merriman
Hicks
Mark T. Byers
Tra Terter
Oberlin
Ohio Exchange Clubs
Ohio
Exchange
Don W. Martin
Cleveland
National Exchange
Martin
Oberlin Exchange Club
H. H. Nye
Joseph @. Petro
Frank Stevens
Chamber of Commerce
Karl W. Plocher
Elyria Rotary Club
Ralph Young
Elyria Ki
Perrysburg
Cleveland-Brooklyn
Toledo
Lakewed
Farmer Harbage Hosts Strawberry Party After Mileage Grab Stand
Arnett Harbage a Madison county farmer who blocked the legislatures mileage fees held a strawberry and cream party for Ohio lawmakers in the House smoker. He had halted mileage payments with an injunction suit and after the event received mixed reactions from the senators and representatives.
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Columbus
Arnett Harbage
Madison County
91St General Assembly
Harbage
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Weather Outlook Ohio Valley Fair and Cooler
An area of high pressure centers over the Ohio Valley bringing fair and cooler weather. Temperatures show little change with pressure high in Florida and a new high along the North Pacific coast. A low pressure area sits over Alberta with relatively low pressure across the Rocky Mountain plateau.
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Ohio
Ohio Valley
Florida
North Pacific Coast
Alberta
Rocky Mountain Plateau
Canton Bombings Leave City in Ruin With Thousands Dead
Canton China reports a night of Japanese air attacks that silenced alarms, burned the Wongsha area, and destroyed a waterworks and power lines. Thousands killed and wounded, with hundreds of thousands fleeing as fires raged and infrastructure collapsed. Among the survivors are those unable to leave and facing starvation.
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Canton
China
Wongsha
Hong Kong
Saichuen
Elyria Public Schools End 1937 38 Term
Classroom work for the 1937-38 year ends this afternoon for thousands of Elyria students. Seniors have completed exams and diplomas will be conferred tonight and tomorrow. Elementary students finish with no written finals below fourth grade and teachers grade papers for report cards.
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Elyria
German Swastika Flag Flutters Over Kent Campus
At Kent State University a 75 foot flagpole displayed a large German swastika banner found at 7 a.m. after the halyard was cut. Freshman Dick Beckwith tried to climb the pole. business manager B F Renkert said a steeple jack would remove the flag and investigate its origin.
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Kent,o
Kent State University
Dick Beckwith
Robert Manchester
B. F. Renkert
Five injured in derailment of train near Cambridge
Five men were injured when a Pennsylvania railroad freight train derailed on the Marietta branch at Kimbolton ten miles north of Cambridge. Leading seriously was Myron Elliott of Rix Mills C. a cattle shipper, with severe head injuries. Others hurt were Charles M Gaumer engineer J M Ross fireman Ira Murphy and D W Staats brakeman all of Cambridge. The double header wrecked locomotives and 14 cars after hitting an open switch. six crew members were unhurt.
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Cambridge
Marietta
Pennsylvania Railroad
Kimbolton
Here
Myron Elliott
Rix Mills
Charles M. Gaumer
J. M. Ross
Ira Murphy
President Seeks Rail Aid as Congress Faces Rush
President Roosevelt presses Congress to pass two railroad aid bills before adjournment. The plan includes RFC loans to railroads without ICC approval and a bankruptcy route for reorganization to the circuit court of appeals. Backed by RFC Chair Jones and rail executives, the move aims to shield railroads from solvency doubts.
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Washington
L.P
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Interstate Commerce Commission
Circuit Court of Appeals
RFC
Jesse H. Jones
Boys Sentenced After Fathers Refuse Horsewhipping
In Fitchburg Massachusetts two youths Harold Woodworth and William Allen were sentenced to indeterminate terms at Shirley Industrial School after their fathers declined to whip them as suggested by Judge Thomas F. Gallagher for theft. Bail set at 300 dollars each pending superior court trial.
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Fitchburg
Mass
Shirley Industrial School
Harry J. Woodworth
Harold Woodworth
Joseph Allen
William Allen
Thomas F. Gallagher
Boston and Maine Railroad
Three Escaped Arizona Prison Fugitives Traced in Hills
Sheriff deputies press the search for three escapees near Coolidge Dam east of Florence as they hide in the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation. Two other escapees surrendered to prison guard George Ruiz after slipping from the state prison farm yesterday.
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Florence
Ariz
Coolidge Dam
San Carlos Apache
Jury Finds Mauthe And Curtis Guilty
Harlan G. Curtis and Jack Mauthe, both of Lorain, were found guilty of obtaining money under false pretenses by a Common Pleas jury. Judge Guy B. Findley imposed indeterminate sentences of one to three years in the Ohio State Penitentiary. The defendants offered no comment after the verdict.
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Harlan G. Curtis
Jack Mauthe
Lorain
Court of Common Pleas
Guy B. Findley
Mauthe
Curtis
Ohio State Penitentiary
Japan Extends War Zone Across Southern China
Shanghai dispatch reports Japan widening its war zone to all southern China. Leaflets warn civilians and foreigners to evacuate key cities as bombing attacks on Swatow forts resume. Chiang Kai-Shek calls for local resistance while Japan advances along the Lunghai railway toward Chen chow and the Peiping Hankow line.
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Shanghai
Japan
China
Swatow
Chiang Kai-Shek
Lunghai
Chenechow
Peiping
Elyria Woman Sophia Schaible Dies at 79
Miss Sophia C. Schaible lifelong Elyria resident died at her Edison Highway home after an illness that began Saturday. Born in Elyria she graduated from Elyria High about 60 years ago and later Wooster College. She is survived by a brother John Schaible and several nieces and nephews. Body sent to Sudro Curtis Funeral Home. funeral arrangements pending.
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Sophia C. Schaible
Elyria
Edison Highway
Elyrra High School
Wooster College
Miss Schaible
John Schaible
Sudro- Curtis Funeral Home
Tireless Search For Kidnapers Continues In Florida
G men resumed questioning about the Jaimes B. Cash Jr. kidnapping as President Roosevelt urged Congress to grant 50 000 to fund the FBI search. At least six men were taken to FBI headquarters in Miami with others questioned at the Miami and Princeton sites. The drive hinges on finding bills from the 10 000 ransom paid for the child’s return, a sixth such kidnaping since 1932.
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Princeton
Fla
Gmen
Jaimes B. Cash, Jr
Roosevelt
Congress
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Miami
FBI
Justice Department
Washington
James B. Cash, Sr
Kalb Wine Tax Bill Falls in Ohio House Vote
Rep Al Kalb of Ottawa abandons efforts for a tax on non Ohio wine after the House defeats his bill 78 to 30. The measure would tax wine produced outside the state to aid northern Ohio grape growers but was killed after failed amendments and floor action.
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Columbus
al Kalb
Ottawa
Ohio
House
Patrick Butler
Cuyahoga
City Of Tents To Rise At Fair Grounds
The Lorain County Fair Grounds will host 400 to 500 Boy Scouts from Lorain Erie and Huron Counties for the 1938 Camporee of the Firelands Area Council. A temporary city with a trading post camp staff tents and scheduled programs will rise inside the track and feature a parade campfire and church services. Local officials and Scout leaders coordinated the event with the Lorain County Agricultural Society assisting.
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Lorain County
Richard Newcomb
Firelands
Fair Grounds
Joseph Q. Petro
H. B. Castleman
Sandusky
Firelands Area Council
St. Mary's Church
J. L. Urich
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Henry Ingersoll, Jr
E P. Gates
Pat Sinnott
C. A. Broker
Clifford Woodfill
Robert Carter
Lorain County Agricultural Society
Newcomb
Crime Rise Highlighted At Conference In Columbus
Philip Lutz former Indiana attorney general told central states probation and parole delegates that crime costs the U S 15 billion annually and rose 6 2 percent from 1936 to 1937 He warned major crime occurs every 22 seconds and that one in 37 persons is a criminal The talk stressed parole as a practical program with dollar and cent value.
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Columbus
America
Philip Lutz
Indiana
Central States Probation and Parole Conference
American Bar Association
Committee On Law Enforcement
Lutz
England
U. S
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ohio
Republicans Sense Victory In Iowa In November
In Des Moines Iowa on June 8 Republicans claimed a strong lead in the Iowa primary with roughly double the GOP votes of the Democrats. Senator Guy M Gillette won the Democratic renomination for the U S Senate defeating Otha D Wearin in a New Deal backed race. Lester J Dickinson captured the Republican Senate nomination. Governor race favored Republican George A Wilson with a large vote lead over Democrat Nelson G Krasher.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Guy M. Gillette
U. S. Senate
Otha D. Wearin
Lester J. Dickinson
Lloyd Thurston
Gullette
Wearin
Dickinson
Thurston
James Roosevelt
Gillette
George A. Wilson
Nelson G. Krascher
Congress
Lorain County runs three institutions costing 175000 yearly
Lorain County operates Pleasant View Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Lorain County Home, and Lorain County Children's Home at about 175000 annually. The sanatorium cares for 95 patients with last year’s cost 73321. the county home housed 163 inmates at 42227. the children's home cared for 198 children at 59850, funded entirely by the county.
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Lorain County
Pleasant View
Vanderbilt Weds Californian in Simple Cedar Knolls Ceremony
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt married Miss Manuela Hudson in a quiet June ceremony at Cedar Knolls in Sands Point New York. The bride, 26, joined the multimillionaire groom with a small number of guests present. The Rev Vincent A McCarthy officiated.
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Sands Point
N. Y
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
Manuela Hudson
California
Library of
Cedar Knolls
Margaret Emerson
Vincent A. McCarthy
St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church
Manhasset, N. Y
Bombers Raid Figueras Near French Border
Bombers attacked Figueras in Spain twelve miles from France hitting the hospital and administrative buildings. The French hospital prepared for many wounded and Figueras is noted as a site where international brigade casualties are quartered for evacuation to France.
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Perpignan
France
Figueras
Spain
International Brigade
Wreck narrowly avoided as box car derails near river
A box car on the New York Central train PC-1 from Youngstown to Toledo derailed at a switch east of the Black River bridge. Trucks rode the ties for about a half mile before the cars broke away and rolled to the river bank. A crane cleared the debris and traffic resumed after noon.
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New York Central
PC-1
Youngstown
Toledo
West Branch
Black River
Mill Street
West Avenue
Elyria
Grounding of liner blamed on misestimate at sea
A marine investigation board told Secretary Roper the liner President Hoover grounding off Formosa last December stemmed from an error by late Capt. George W. Yardley in estimating offshore current flow. The master’s share of navigation error was not deemed grounds for license action.
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Washington
Marine Investigation Board
Secretary of Commerce
Daniel C. Roper
President Hoover
Formosa
George W. Yardley
R. S. Field
Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation
Roper
Trans Atlantic Air Service May Start About September
Col. J. Monroe Johnson announced that U S to Great Britain transatlantic air service would probably start in September. Pan American Airways and British Imperial Airways planned two round trips weekly with an August target earlier.
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Washington
Six Candidates File Petitions for August Primary
Only six candidates have filed to date for the four offices on the August 9 primary ballot. State vacancies include senator and representative, while county posts cover auditor and one county commissioner seat. Filing closes at 6 30 p m Friday with the board of elections. fees range from ten dollars for representative and senator to fourteen point eight five for auditor and fifteen point four eight for the commissioner.
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Board of Elections
Leetonia Woman Dies After Staircase Fall
Leetonia Ohio, June 8 A 50 year old woman Mi ma Dicross died after tripping and falling down stairs in her home authorities said. Name appears misspelled in the dispatch and no further details were provided.
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Leetonia
Mima Dicross
Sei Dewa
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