Devastation in El Salvador as Death Toll Rises
Relief workers estimate up to 2000 dead from last week's hurricane in the San Salvador region. Observers report widespread destruction along lakes and rivers, with flooded valleys, sunken ships, and a downed rail line. Government imposes martial law, halts food price increases, waives grain duties, and seizes gasoline while relief teams clear debris and fight disease.
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San Salvador
U. P
Acajutla
Rio Lempa
Guija
Coatepeque
Relief relief factories considered to meet unemployment in Lorain County
County Relief Director M A Houghton outlined a plan to establish canning clothing and soap factories employing relief labor. The project aims to produce relief goods for local families and possibly extend to state relief centers. Wages and credit slips would be issued to workers. products could be distributed across relief programs if volume permits.
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M. A. Houghton
County Relief Commission
Houghton
Lorain County
Neads
Fear Emergency Action Needed to Avert Steel Strike
Washington June 11 Four strong actions eyed to curb a possible bloody steel strike. Roosevelt may appeal to labor Congress could pass special legislation or General Johnson might address unionists before they decide on a walkout Saturday night. Officials fear loss of negotiations after militant AA of Iron, Steel and Tin Works leaders rejected Johnson arbitration.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Hugh
Johnson
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Works
Iron & Steel Institute
Pittsburgh
Recovery Administration
White House
Big Liner Ended As Wreckage Found In Catskills
A large American airline transport vanished with seven aboard en route Newark to Chicago. It was found in the Catskill mountains destroyed by fire with all occupants dead. The Curtiss Condor, taking off from Newark 5 P.M. Saturday, disappeared after reporting clear conditions near Newburgh. Passengers included Miss Margaret Huckeby, stewardess, and co-pilot John Barron Jr. local officials prepared for investigation.
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Livingston Manor
N. Y
U. P
Newark
Chicago
Catskill Mountains
William H. Hallock
Lee Lewis
Hallock
United Press
Lewis
Catskill
Rfg van Winkle
Newburgh
Hudson River
Department of Commerce
Clyde Holbrook
O. K
Margaret Huckeby
Ess
Chicago Training Hospital
Harry Pinsley
Great Neck
W. B Bader
Buffalo
W. A. Cass
H. C. Coppins
John Barron, Jr
Youth Shot as Gun Discharged in Basement Practice
An 18 year old, Nelson Hand of 911 Foster Avenue, was seriously injured when a 38 caliber revolver discharged at 317 West Street. The weapon went off while George Flood, a former deputy sheriff, moved it to his car in Flood’s basement. Nelson Hand’s lung was pierced. he was treated at Memorial Hospital and listed as fair. Mor ris Hand, his cousin, was nearby when the accident occurred.
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Nelson Hand
Foster Avenue
George Flood
West Street
Flood
Morris Hand
Memorial Hospital
Chance To Live Seen For Girl Buried To Neck
In Baltimore area a two day old infant girl was found abandoned in a sandy field near Elliott City. Physicians say she has a good chance to live after being unearthed from a trench where she had been buried more than 24 hours. Farmers heard crying Friday night and, after a callous attempt to abandon her, began a search revealing the half buried child.
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Baltimore
Elliott City
Begin Oiling Of Streets Today
Service Director Fred A Underhill announced that application of road oil would begin today on dusty streets and alleys in the southern city between East and West avenues. He hopes to treat all dirt streets if funds permit after bids on 30,000 gallons were taken but only 10,000 gallons contract let.
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Fred A. Underhill
Underhill
Two Men Sentenced in Deputy Killing in Indiana
In Jeffersonville Indiana June Ed Coffin 22 of Greenfield was sentenced to death in the electric chair and Lacell Toots Long 23 of Helmsburg received life in prison after being found guilty of murdering Harold Amick a Scott county deputy sheriff.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Ed Coffin
Greenfield
Jin the Electric Chair
Lacell (Toots) Long
Helmsburg
Harold Amick
Scott County
Ohio Weather Forecast Cloudy with showery risk tonight
Ohio forecasters expect cloudy conditions with isolated showers and thunderstorms beginning late tonight or Tuesday a rise in temperatures in the north and central areas tonight followed by cooler readings on Tuesday near the state’s central regions and across the north.
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Ohio
Accidents Cost Ten Ohio Lives Over Weekend
United Press reports list multiple fatal incidents in Ohio over the weekend. Causes include a plane crash near Barberton killing Wilkins Wolf, a hotel fire at Youngstown that burned Myer D. Scheff and injured five, several auto-pedestrian and auto collisions killing six more, a drowning of Earl Parris in the Muskingum River, and a child struck by a train near Forest.
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United Press
Ohio
Wilkins Wolf
Akron
Barberton
Myer D. Scheff
Canton
Hazel
Youngstown
Wesley Tate
Marion
Stephen Puskarich
Warren
Kathleen Vermillion
Columbus
John Bradach
Elizabeth Neidert
John Gunderman
Cuyahoga Falls
Earl Parris
Farmer
Caldwell
Muskingum River
Beverly
Thomas Marbrey
Chester Mabrey
Forest
Pennsylvania
Sleeps On Rail Safer In Jail
Police found bowler Becker lying along railroad tracks with his neck on a rail. He appeared intoxicated and was charged with intoxication after officers reported the incident at the New York Central Railroad dock.
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Bowler Becker
New York Central Railroad
Milton Mhitts
Becker
Not Guilty Plea Entered By Kent In 1929 Case
Kent C. E H Kent of Lorain a former secretary of the Independent Savings and Loan Company pleaded not guilty to a perjury indictment charging him with window dressing a 1929 statement by the loan company. Judge W B Thompson set bond at 1000 dollars and he was released pending trial.
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C. EH. Kent
Lorain
Independent Savings and Loan Company
Common Pleas
W. B. Thompson
Prominent Cleveland Real Estate Man Dies
Samuel H. Kleinman age 46 prominent in Cleveland real estate developments and president of a Realty firm named for him died of a heart attack Sunday. He developed nearly a hundred subdivisions in and around Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Samuel H. Kleinman
Kleinman
City
Steel unions weigh board plan amid looming nationwide strike
In Washington, Michael F. Tighe of the Amalgamated Iron, Steel and Tin Workers and Edward F. McGrady, assistant secretary of labor, enter General Johnson's office for talks on a government plan to resolve worker representation and anti union discrimination questions. The plan aims to halt a potential steel industry strike.
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Michael F. Tighe
Amalgamated Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Edward F. McGrady
General Johnson
Washington
Ohio Steel Workers Prepare for Approaching Strike
Ohio industrial towns report mixed sentiment as a potential steel strike looms next Saturday. Steubenville and Massillon show strong opposition among workers and leaders, while Dover and Warren plant unions hint at possible walkouts if called. A statewide survey notes many oppose, yet thousands may strike if urged by the Amalgamated Association.
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Ohio
Canton
Massillon
Dover
Cambridge
Steubenville
Amalgamated Association of Tron, Steel and Tin Workers
Follansbee Bros
Follansbee
W. Va
Toronto
Amalgamated Association
Bridge Expert Here Today For First Session Of Local School
Bridge expert Mrs James Harman opened a Chronicle Telegram contract bridge school at the Rivoli theatre with a lecture on opening bids responses and hand distribution. The program runs 10 to 11 30 each morning with twenty seven local merchants supporting and sessions continue tomorrow with two bid suit foreling over calls and penalties. Mrs Harman will also hold afternoon appearances at John Lersch and Lewis Mercantile stores to discuss players bridge problems and recent hands in an open forum.
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James Harman
Chronicle-Telegram
Rivoli Theatre
John Lerseh Company
Lewis Mercantile Company
Eight Men Held In Taxi Disorders
Eight men suspected of being imported sluggers were detained by Cleveland police over taxi driver strike disorders. Five were arrested outside the Taxicab Drivers' Union HQ. one match described as the culprits seen near a cab burned yesterday. Three others were seized at a hotel on a tip they were Chicago rowdies. Three cabs, two yellow and one zone, were burned. The Yellow Cab Co seeks to run with a company union while the Zone Cab Co signed with the regular union.
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Cleveland
Taxicab Drivers’ Union
Chicago
Yellow Cab Co
Zone Cab Co
Geneva Parley Adjourns With No Agreement
The World Arms Conference adjourned sine die without a concrete pact to curb an armament race. Efforts to salvage progress via security and disarmament committees failed. Britain offered to assist committees but refused any new mutual aid or non aggression guarantees beyond Locarno.
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Geneva
Great Britain
Democrats To Meet June 21 At Grafton
The county Democratic meeting is deferred to June 21 in Grafton. The event is sponsored by the Grafton Democrat Club and announced by Joseph Ushel yi of the Lorain Democrat Civic Association. Democratic primary candidates will speak at the meeting.
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Grafton
Democrat Club
Joseph Ushelyi
Lorain
Elyrians Narrow Escape After Ice Cream Truck Crash
Mr and Mrs Robert Mason and their four year old son escaped serious injuries when their car collided with a loaded Richwine Ice Cream truck at North and Middle Ridge roads and overturned into a ditch. The truck rolled onto the Mason vehicle. Mrs Mason suffered a fractured ankle and head lacerations. the Masons were treated at St Josephs hospital Lorain and released. The truck was driven by Marvin Lee with Donald Gunder as passenger. both escaped with scratches and bruises. Other minor crashes were reported including a Wellington man and a Detroit man on Oberlin Road and a light pole collision on Cleveland Street involving William Boyd.
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Robert Mason
Furnace Street
Robert, Jr
North
Middle Ridge
Richwine Ice Cream Company
Marvin Lee
Howe Street
Elyria
Lee
Donald Gunder
Lake Avenue
Claude Adams
Henry Moehl
Paul Chapman
W. H. Green
Wellington
O. L. Dull
Detroit
Obertin Road
Green
Dull
William Boyd
Glovercourt
Cleveland Street
Hast Bridge Street
John Marlin
East 30Th Street
Lorain
W. E. Karms
Lake Road
H. L. Johnson
Howard Crooks
Columbia Avenus
City Hall
Two Quintuplets Improving Today in North Bay
North Bay Ontario June 11 Dionne quintuplets Yvonne and Marie were improving today Yvonne responded to oxygen carbon dioxide and rum treatment during a sinking spell Marie the smallest of three weeks old babies has been gaining strength Mrs Dionne could visit her other children yesterday and saw the babies through incubator glass without touching them
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North Bay
Ont
Yvonne
Marie
Dionne
Tugwell Defends Right To Office
Rexford G. Tugwell a leading Brain Truster in the Roosevelt administration addressed about 500 people in the Senate Office Building Democratic caucus room to defend his right to become under secretary of agriculture.
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Washington
Rexford G. Tugwell
Roosevelt
Senate
Quadruplets In Iowa Have Good Chance To Live
Quadruplets born to Mrs. L R Wycoff in Sac City Iowa after a Saturday night birth show signs of strong health. Dr N H Swearingen says the four have an excellent survival chance with three girls and one boy weighing 4 pounds 4 ounces at birth and maintaining weight. Nurse Beryl Witte feeds each infant hourly with milk and syrup from an eye dropper as they gain strength. The Wycoffs previously had five single births. Statisticians note quadruplet occurrences at about one in 757000. In Norwalk Connecticut friend of George A Jennings claims he logged over 1.5 million miles commuting to New York over 64 years of daily travel, starting at 19 and ending at 83.
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Sac City
Mer
L. D. Wycoffs
N. H. Swearingen
L. R. Wycoff
Lester
Beryl Witte
Wycoffs
Norwalk
Con
George A. Jennings
New York
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Nelson
Kent
Steel Unions Weigh Board Plan
Mike F. Tighe
Ohio Steel
Marting Ferry
Ge Amalgamated Association of ‘Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Republic Steel Corporation
Republic
Althe
Amalgamated Union
Elyrians
Tugwell
Iowa
Giles Armiger
France
Scripps
Giles
New England
Temple Bailey
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