Primary contests shape Aug 8 city races
Republican nominees seek auditor solicitor and three council seats while mayor Petro faces no opposition. Democratic entries include Rudolph Zmez in the Sixth Ward against Henke and a few council hopefuls. Democrats lack mayoral candidates. Five candidates run for auditor, four for solicitor amid retirements, with party dynamics painting the August contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph A Zme
West Third Street
Sixth Ward
Frank R. Henke
Joseph Petro
A. C Schilleman
Ellsworth Albert
Nancy Jenkins
Floyd Shaw
John G. Whitney
Ralph E. Young
Harvey C. Cheney
Richard Baird
Richard Horan
Hubbard Walcox
Council
James E Brown
Henrietta Colburn
Anna Kennedy
James C. Scott
George Thompson
Donald D Meyers
Carl Rezek
Thompson
Scott
Kennedy
Colburn
Henry Sassmanhausen
Clay H
E B Notley
James E. Brown
Henrietta W. Colburn
Jas. C. Scott
Geo. Thompson
Henry C. Sassmanhausen
Clay H Wilmot
Leonard £. Fowls
Seward N. Black
Elyria Girl Wins Scholarship to Hollywood Playhouse
Patricia Ann Peter daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy Whulp of Lake Avenue will study in Hollywood this fall after earning her Elyria High School diploma Thursday night. She received a scholarship to the Ben Bard Playhouse where radio and screen stars trained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Ann Peter
Roy Whulp
Lake Avenue
Hollywood
Ben Bard Playhouse
Miss Peter
Elyria High School
Local Showers and Cooler Weather Across Ohio Valley
Weather summary notes showers and thundershowers tonight and Sunday with a cooler Sunday afternoon and night. A disturbance spans from eastern South Dakota to the Atlantic coast with widespread showers from the Ohio Valley to the Rocky Mountains and Tennessee. Several Ohio stations report over an inch of rainfall while Rocky Mountain areas cool and other regions see light temperature changes.
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Ohio
South Dakota
Iowa
Atlantic Coast
Arizona
Northwest
Ohio Valley
Rocky Mountain
Tennnessee
Arkansas
Faithful Dog Receives Honorary Degree for Fidelity
At the University of Newark homecoming Bonzo the seeing eye dog led his blind owner Joseph Melillo to the rostrum where Dr. Frank Kingdon presented an honorary Doctor of Canine Fidelity. Melillo also earned a BA and the John Cotton Dana prize for top grades during four years of study.
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Newark
N. J
Bonzo
Joseph Melillo
University of Newark
Melillo
Frank Kingdon
John Cotton Dana
Bulla Takes Slim Open Lead Over Snead at Philadelphia
Johnny Bulla of Chicago posted a 68 in the third round to grab a 54 hole total of 211 and lead Sam Snead, who carded a 73 for 212. Bud Ward and Spokane, Washington amateur pressed with 213 as final round action loomed. Bulla spoke of his expectant wife Pauline as motivation.
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Philadelphia Country Club
Philadelphia
Sammy Snead
Johnny Bulla
Chicago
Pauline
Snead
Bulla
Bud Ward
Spokane
San Diego
Calif
No Clues On Mrs. Rubens After Russian Sentence
In Moscow American officials awaited word on Ruth Marie Rubens, tied to a passport fraud espionage plot, as she was ordered released from prison and to depart the country. She had been sentenced to 18 months for entering with a forged passport alongside her husband Adolf Arnold Rubens, with 18 months already served awaiting trial. inquiries at hotels yielded no trace of her location.
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Moscow
Ruth Marie Rubens
Baird Heads Alumni For Coming Year
Richard E. Baird was elected president of the Elyria High School Alumni Association at the sixtieth annual reunion in the Elyria High School Auditorium. Mildred Corfman Crowder was named vice president, Marie Jensen secretary, and Frank Yoo treasurer with an executive committee including Margaret Edwards Edith Terrell and Mrs Jensen. John G Belknap spoke on government and youth urging interest in party politics to preserve democracy. The 1939 class of 335 graduates was welcomed by the president and attendees heard performances by Neomia Davis. program opened with Rev Will J Foster's invocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard E. Baird
Elyria High School
Reunon
Baird
LeRoy Reisinger
Mildred Corfman Crowder
Marie Jensen
Frank Yoo
Treausrer
Margaret Edwards
Edith Terrell
Jensen
John G Belknap
Jefferson County
Belknap
Will J. Foster
Alumni Association
Tent Village Of 500 Scouts Opens Camporee At Fair Grounds
A makeshift village of 450 Boy Scouts and 50 leaders from Lorain Erie and Huron Counties formed at the Lorain County Fair grounds for the 1939 Firelands Area Council Camporee. Rain caused brief tent flooding. demonstrations in campcraft knot tying and fire by flint and steel highlighted the event. Tonight the parade through downtown and the Scout O Rama at the grandstand will cap the program with many troops and packs participating.
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Lorain County Fair Grounds
Lorain
Erie
Huron
Firelands Area Council of Boy Scouts
Fair Grounds
Thomas G . Allen
Firelands Area
Chestnut Street
Broad Street
East Avenue
Third Street
Fairgrounds
Lorain County
Elyria
J. Martin Beck
Harold Parker
L. D Huffman
Glen Irish
George Ruebel
Woods Search for Gungirl Who Shot Policeman
Deputy sheriffs hunted an outlying Michigan City woods for Edna May Cretzer 32 of Denver identified as the gungirl who wounded Policeman Frank Cogwill in a Wednesday gunfight Photos aided identification by Cogwill and James Shelton They also tentatively identified her husband Joseph 29 Denver as the man with her and likely in hiding with her
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Michigan City
Ind
Edna May Cretzer
Denver
Frank Cogwill
James Shelton
Joseph
Unusual Case To Be Heard By Local Justice
A first of its kind case under the farm truck license statute will be heard Monday afternoon before Justice Herbert C. Cummings. William Plas and his son Robert of Oberlin are charged with using two trucks with special farm licenses for non farm purposes. Prosecutors say the trucks were also used to haul milk.
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Herbert C Cummings
William Plas
Oberlin
Robert
William
Robert Plas
Social Security Benefits Liberalized By House Passage
The House in an extra session backed a liberalized Social Security bill promising $1.71 billion in tax savings over three years. It raised the federal old age pension match to $20 per month per recipient, creating a $40 pension for needy aged, and expanded benefits for married couples widows and minor children. A Colmer bid to raise state matching to $4 per $1 was defeated 174 to 97, defusing a Townsend Plan threat.
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Washington
George
Elizabeth
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
House
William M. Colmer
Miss
Robert Doughton
D, NC
Colmer
Funeral Services Set for Former Elyrian Leader John Nester
Funeral services for John A Nester 71 former general superintendent of the Cleveland Southwestern and Columbus Railway Co will be held at St Clement s Catholic church Lakewood Monday at nine He died at his daughter Mrs Lucile Merrick s home at 1649 Chesterland avenue Lakewood Nester a Wake man native lived in Elyria several years before moving to Lakewood in 1924 He is survived by two daughters Mrs Merrick and Miss Ethel Nester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A Nester
St Clement’s Catholicc
Lakewood
Elyria
Nester
Cleveland Southwestern and Columbus Railway Co
Lucile Merrick
Chesterland Avenue
Wakeman
Elvria
Merrick
Ethel Nester
Bandit Escapes With Money and Checks in Fremont Hold Up
A bandit robbed a downtown Fremont service station late last night, fleeing with 115 dollars in cash and 116 dollars in checks. Police continue to investigate and seek the suspect, details scarce.
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Fremont
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Open New York Welcome
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth arrived at the New York World's Fair grounds aboard the Warrington amid a heat wave. A 46 mile procession through Manhattan drew 2 to 3 million spectators as police held the largest mobilization in city history. The royal party, welcomed by Mayor LaGuardia and Gov. Lehman, toured to the World's Fair Court of Peace after a brief stop on 269 foot red carpet.
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New York
Hein
New York World’s Fair Grounds
King George
Queen Elizabeth
George VI
Warrington
Sandy Hook
Bronx
Brooklyn
New World
Manhattan
Britain
George
Battery
Lindbergh
Trudy Ederle
Broadway
West Side
72D Street
Central Park
98Th Street
East River Drive
Triborough Bridge
Flushing Meadows
the Battery
Alfred E. Smith
Lewis Valentine
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
Herbert H. Lehman
Empire State
Lower Manhattan
Scotland Yard
West Street
Pier One
Athletic Club
Secret Service
West Side Express
New York City
Court of Peace
King and Queen to Spend Quiet Sunday at Roosevelt Home
President Roosevelt returns to Hyde Park with his family to host King George and Queen Elizabeth for a quiet four day visit. Tomorrow the royal couple and the Roosevelts will attend church together and enjoy a tranquil day on the estate grounds in Hyde Park.
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Roosevelt Home
Hyde Park
Roosevelt
George
Elizabeth
Roosevelt Country Estate
Park Pool to Open Tuesday at Cascade Park
Cascade Park's swimming pool will open its 1939 season Tuesday morning with no admission charge. Lifeguards are Earl Chesler and James Boylan, both university students. Don Yost will be doorman and possible guard. Mrs Mae Hancock is matron. Open daily 9 to 11 30 am and 2 to 5 pm. evening sessions may follow.
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Cascade Park
Earl Chesler
James Boylan
Don Yost
Mae Hancock
Lightning Kills Perry Steen During Walk Home
In London Ohio on Friday 68 year old Perry C Steen of South Solon was struck and killed by lightning while walking home from a stream where he had been fishing. He is survived by a daughter Mary and two sons Frank of South Solon and Fred of Xenia.
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London
Perry C. Steen
South Solon
Mary
Frank
Fred
Xenia
Charges In Slot Machine Raids To Be Filed Monday
Deputies confiscated five machines at Riverside Country Club in Columbia Township and six at Columbia Hills Golf Course after a Thursday raid. Formal charges were postponed until Monday as investigators identify owners of several machines. Darby of Riverside Club and Wandershied of Columbia Hills Club were summoned to report to the county jail with action pending after a brief appearance before Justice Cummings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside Country Club
Columbia Township
Columbia Hills Golf Course
B. R. Darby
Riverside Club
Joseph Wandershied
Columbia Hills Club
Herbert C. Cummings
Developments in Central Europe Prompt New British Bid
London reports indicate a renewed British effort to improve German understanding led by Prime Minister Chamberlain. Poland shows interest in a German troop presence in Danzig for a Monday sports festival as observers note troop movements near Poland.
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London
Neville Chamberlain
Poland
Danzig
Czech
Chamberlain
Viscount Halifax
Ping Jon Sin
Oliver Stanley
Board of Trade
Germany
Great Britain
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Arlington National Cemetery
America
Lawrence R. Forbes
Neomia Davis
Elyrian
Central
Europe
WSPAP
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