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Newspaper

The Chronicle Telegram

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1937

Page

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Davey Asks President To Act In Strike

Ohio Governor Martin L. Davey sent an urgent appeal to President Roosevelt seeking federal settlement of the steel strike. Johnstown Mayor Taniel Shields urged intervention against violence as pickets clashed at Bethlehem Steel. CIO leader John Lewis orders a broad strike while labor board action looms and mine operators warn of breach of contract.

Cleveland Martin L. Davey Ohio Roosevelt Taniel J. Shields Johnstown John L. Lewis Committee For Industrial Organization Washington Phillip Murray Steel Workers Organizing Committee Frances Perkins Bethlehem Steel Corporation Davey C. I. O. Steel Union Trike Republic Steel Corp Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co Inland Steel Co Bethlehem Youngstown, O John Owens Shest & Tubes Co Murray National Labor Board Pittshburgh Tus Western Pennsylvania Coal Operators Association Lewis United Mine Workers Chicago S. W. G. C. Teeting

Weather report for Ohio and surrounding regions

The forecast calls for mostly cloudy conditions with showers in eastern and southern portions tonight. Friday sees partial cloud cover with more showers, little temperature change. A low moved from the southern plains to Lake Michigan, with a trough extending from Alberta to Arizona over the Rockies. Showers and thunderstorms are reported across the Ohio Valley and lower Great Lakes, the Middle Atlantic, and the Northwest, with warmer central plains and cooler Idaho.

Ohio Plains Lake Michigan Chicago Alberta Arizona Rocky Mountain New England California Ohio Valley Lower Lakes Middle Atlantic State Northwest Central Plains States Idaho

Non-Strikers at Johnstown seek permits to carry guns

Johnstown Pa June 17 mayor Daniel J Shields announced nonstriking workers at the Cambria steel mills asked for permits to carry shotguns for a back-to-work march amid renewed violence on the picket lines. A picket was wounded in a knife assault near the Bethlehem plant gate and a man was arrested after a clash at the Franklin bridge.

Johnstown Daniel J. Shields Cambria Steel Mills Franklin Gate Bethlehem Conemarsh Franklin Bridge Leo Oswald Oswald Franklin Borough George Buchan Shields David Watkins CIO Tom Sims Joseph Michura John Babick Sims Focal Refughl Bethlehem Corporation Philip Murray Steel Workers Organizing Committee National Labor Relations Board SWOC Through & DL C10 John L. Lewis Unnted Mine Workers of America Lewis

Telephone Girls Win Pay Raise After Short Strike

In Warren on June 17 the 87 telephone girls who walked off their switchboards Wednesday returned to work. A settlement gives wage increases totaling 24000 dollars yearly, with the company pledging to seek further raise if allowed, while the city and rural operators win part of their demands.

Warren

Two Women Injured In Auto Collision

Two Amherst township residents were injured around 10 a m when their car was struck at North Ridge and Leavitt roads Deputy Sheriff Samuel Paonessa said the injured were Florence Claus 28 owner of the car with scalp lacerations and an elbow abrasion and Mrs Howard Hite 27 driver with cuts bruises and possible other injuries Both were taken to Amherst Hospital The other vehicle was driven south on Leavitt road by Morris Kalimeir of Detroit

Amherst Township North Ridge Leavitt Roads Samuel Paonessa Florence Claus Howard Hite Amherst Hospital North Ridge Road Leavitt Road Morris Kalimeir Detroit

Enrolment Climbs at First Baptist Bible School

Enrollment in the summer Bible school at First Baptist Church rose to 217 with 185 in attendance today. A candy treat during recess announced that former teacher Delores Finley will speak tomorrow and plans to depart in August for missionary work in South America.

Sumer Bible School First Baptist Church Delores Finley Miss Finley South America

Roosevelt Sees Hope For 1938 Budget Balance

President Roosevelt reaffirmed hope to balance the 1938 budget and opposed extending low interest rates on Federal Land Bank loans. In a June 8 letter to Rep Marvin Jones, he warned the House Agriculture Committee that continuing the bill would cost over 40 million annually and disrupt budget plans. The move followed a debt rise tied to soldiers bonus payments and new financing.

Washington Roosevelt Marvin Jones Tex House Agriculture Committee Treasury House Federal Land Bank Land Bank Commissioner

Murray To Place Facts Before Labor Secretary

Washington dispatch reports Philip Murray plans to present the bald facts to Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins to seek government intervention in the steel strike dispute. White House aides expect Perkins to forward the appeal to Roosevelt, while Johnstown official Daniel Shields urged John L. Lewis to withdraw the “murderous element” in the city. William Green of the A F of L said the federation will not punish unions aiding the CIO amid threats of a joint general strike in Youngstown and Cane Ton.

Washington Philip Murray Steel Workers Organizing Committee Frances Perkins Ner White House Miss Perkins Pir Selde Ey Roosevelt Daniel Shields Johnstown Intotae John L. Lewis Committee For Industrial Organization William Green American Federation of Labor Youngstown Caneton A. F. of L CIO

Murray Calls For Sweeping Probe Of Steel Corporations

Senate Post Office Committee expands inquiry into the seven state steel strike. Murray calls for a sweeping probe of steel companies involved, asks them to submit all facts to President Roosevelt for settlement, while noting refusals to provide points to Ohio Indiana and Pennsylvania governors.

Washington Senate Post Office Committee Todas Chicago South Chicago Philip Murray Steel Workers Organizing Senate Post Office Mur _ray Murray Roore- Felt Ohio Indiana Pennsylvania

Bombardment Intensifies as Nationalists Push on Bilbao

United Press dispatch from Hendaye reports Nationalist artillery and air attack on Bilbao with heavy shelling and bombing. Nationalists reach Dos Caminos junction, severing Loyalist routes south of the city while thousands still retreat westward along secondary roads. Observers note the battle enters a critical phase after nearly a year of civil war.

Dos Caminos Bilbao

Loyalists Claim Front Advances Across Spain

A frontier dispatch reports Loyalists cutting a Nationalist column south of Bilhan and reinforcing Tescar. Valencia confirms Loyalists on the Rithan front captured 3 900 Italians, though officials give no substantiation. Loyalist leaders claim a Bilbao front shift in their favor.

Henday Bilhan Tescar Valencia Spain Tr An Va Rithan Bilbao

Elyria Boys Win International Sales Demo in Milwaukee

Elyria Chronicle-Telegram carriers Melvin Clapp and Keele Brassell won first prize at the International Circulation Managers Association convention in Milwaukee. Competing teams from Pittsburgh St Paul and Montreal also vied for the Robert Bingham trophy, awarded by a U S ambassador publisher. The Elyria pair earned top honors after clinching Ohio state victory in Dayton and defeating stronger teams in the international round.

Elyria Chronicle-Telegram Keefe Brassell Melvin Clapp Milwaukee Dayton Ohio Newsboy International Circulation Managers’ Association Cleveland Street Keele Brassell West Bridge Street Robert Bingham United States England Louisville Kentucky Canada Brassell Clapp Ohio Circulation Managers Association Elyria Boys

Favor Building Of A New Courthouse

Lorain County Bar Association members voted overwhelmingly for constructing a new courthouse rather than remodel and add to the present building. Don W. Myers said the group regarded modernization as wasteful and insufficient for current county business. A new structure was estimated at about 750,000 dollars, versus 250,000 dollars for modernization.

Lorain County Bar Association Lorain Country Club Don W. Myers Notlding

Women from 11 counties gather for Home Demonstration meet

Nearly 200 women from eleven northeastern Ohio counties are expected in Elyria for the district Home Demonstration meeting at the First M. E. Church. Local organizers Mrs. Ben White and Mrs. Lloyd Pomeroy chair the event, with sessions featuring talks, choruses, and discussions on home demonstration work and enriched living.

Ohio Elyria Alice Bird Farm Women's Home Councils Ben White Trumbull County Chairan Lloyd Pomeroy Lake County Ashtabula Granga Holmes Waron Lake Lorain Mahonley Portage Stark Summit Trombuli M. E Wayne County Mahoning County Paul Partison Henrietta Vother M. Antram Stark County Wade Tinker Portage County Charlies Bell Holmes County Minnie Price County Camnel White Fomeray Mertling C. Cros Lastern Chia

Perkins Names Ohioan Chairman of Steel Mediation Board

Secretary Frances Perkins on June 17 named a three man board to mediate the seven state steel strike. Charles P. Taft of Cincinnati Ohio was chosen as chairman with Lloyd K. Garrison and Edward F. McGrady as members. The board will operate from Cleveland and begins work immediately, acting with President Roosevelt's support amid rising violence fears.

Washington Frances Perkins Miss Perkins Charles P. Taft Cincinnati Lloyd K. Garrison National Labor Relations‘ Board Edward F. McGrady Roosevelt Cleveland O. Mies Perkins Martin L. Davey Ohio Taft Garrison Madison Wis University of Wisconsin Law School McGrady Geneva Switzerland

Seven March In- G. A. R. Parade

In Columbus Ohio on June seventeenth a small group of Civil War veterans ended their state encampment with a final march. Only seven of the Union veterans, led by Theodore Wells 91 Cadiz, completed the 200 yard procession past the State House as others rode in cars or stayed in hotels. Gov Davey and Ohio officials reviewed the marchers from a flagdraped stand as the Sons of Veterans and Women’s Relief Corps provided color and music. The veteran leader urged commitment to a strong America at a campfire gathering last night.

Columbus Ohio Grand Army of the Republic State House Theodore Wells Cadiz Sons of Veterans Women’s Relief Corps Gov Davey Ohio National Guard American Legion America

Board Eliminates Elyria Precinct In Ward Boundary Change

Lorain County Board of Elections eliminated Precinct 4-E in Elyria Fourth Ward by splitting it between 4-D and 4-F to cut total precincts from 35 to 34. The move, aimed at balancing population and easing voting, also reassigns voters on Erie street and updates precincts A and B in Sixth Ward along with 6-A residents moving to 4-B. Estimated annual savings around $125.

Lorain Erie Street West River Lodi Streets Jefferson School Huron Street Gates School

National Debt Climbs to 36 633 907 802 in June report

The Treasury released figures showing the national debt rose on June 13 by 334 823 907 802 to total 36 633 907 802, an increase of 1 552 033 000, with details on spending and government funds.

Washington

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Bethlehem Steel Company Franklin Earle Acme Elyrians Watkins Bethlehem Company James M. Hess Cambria Hess City Georrée A.earle Legion Bible Labor Webb Miller United Press Hendaye Uri Santander Europe Galdacano Bezan Favor Ohioan Board
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