Grafton Defeats Levy Threatening City School
Grafton voters rejected a two mill school levy by 172 to 150, a loss seen as jeopardizing six months of operation and $4,500 in state and local funds. Superintendent Walter Jantz warned the district may run short while building a new $125,000 school as a PWA project prepares for September occupancy.
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Grafton
Esterday
Walter A. Jantz
Grafton Seton
Lass
Qhin &School Foundation
PWA
Retirement Act of Railroads Is Invalid
Washington June 26 The railroad retirement act to fund pensions for rail workers was ruled unconstitutional by Justice Jennings Bailey of the DC Supreme Court The decision invalidates the tax financing provision and thus the pension rules as inseparable from the tax measure The ruling benefits Class I railroads challenging the measures and bars government actions to compel information or records under the act.
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Washington
Railroad Retirement Ac
Jenning Bailey
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Bailey
Bricker Speaks At Wellington Tonight
Attorney General John W. Bricker, Republican nominee for Ohio governor, will headline a Lorain County Republican meeting in Merrick auditorium Wellington. The event, a late campaign get-together, features county and state candidates and is organized by Mrs J G Stemple of Wellington.
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John W. Bricker
Ohio
Lorain County
Republican Executive Committee
Merrick Auditorium
Wellington
J. G. Stemple
Husband shoots wife then commits suicide in Deer Park
Cincinnati report says Gertrude Boles, 17, filed for divorce when her husband Orrie D. Boles shot her and then killed himself in suburban Deer Park. Authorities describe it as a fatal domestic crisis with immediate tragedy for the Boles family.
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Cincinnati
Gertrude Boles
Orrie D. Boles
Deer Park
Weather Ohio forecasts showers tonight and Saturday
Ohio forecast calls for local showers tonight and into Saturday with cooler conditions by Saturday afternoon as a cold front moves through the region.
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Ohio
New Deal And Democracy Merge In Democratic Platform
At Convention Hall Philadelphia on June 25 the Democratic National Convention renominates President Roosevelt as head of a merged party and New Deal political group. Judge Mack of Poughkeepsie names Roosevelt for delegates, and the convention signals a campaign toward farm reform and a potential third party challenge. The merger of New Deal and Democracy is approved unanimously and the two-thirds rule is scrapped, signaling major party procedural change as Roosevelt seeks re nomination and Garner stays on the ticket.
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Philadelphia
Hoosewelt
Democratic Party
New Deal
John FB. Mack
Poughkeepsie
Roosevelt
Mack
Chicago
Garner
Kansas
Philadelphia Devours a Wild Night at 1776 Style Riot
Philadelphia endures the wildest night since 1776 as National Convention crowds clash with rioters. Police, nurses, and firemen rush to aid amid toppled floats, chaos in Convention Hall, and a sprawling citywide spree with bands, banners, and a beauty queen sighting.
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Philadelphia
al Smith
Mirmimer
Ao Woran
Red Cross
Providence
Roosevelt Convention Sparks Heat in Philadelphia
The Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia opened with nominating speeches led by John E. Mack of Poughkeepsie for Roosevelt. Delegates waved banners as signs supporting Roosevelt flooded the floor and a frenzied crowd cheered the return to public life in 1928.
Relief Workers Staff Reduced in Lorain County
The Lorain County relief office cuts two staffers as relief investigator Dorothy Cunningham resigns to attend Kent State. Arthur F. Glason is dismissed for excess absence as funds tighten. Commissioners seek a 312000 state grant for June relief, noting county funds are exhausted under the relief law.
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Larain
Compioner
Oscar G. Dunn
Miss Cunningham
Kent State College
Gilman
State Relief Commission
Dunn
Pertinent Facts About Elyria Roads and Highways
Good highways radiating in all directions from Elyria make the city easily accessible for people living in and near Lorain County. The county has 1,020 miles of highway, of which 180 miles are state highways, 298 miles are country roads, and 572 miles are township roads. The highway system includes 3,300 ridges and culverts.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Five Rural Schools to Close Under State Review
At least five, possibly six, schools in Pittsfield and Elyria Townships will not reopen for the 1936-37 school year after the State Department of Education disapproved their operation under the Ohio School Foundation Law. The closures affect five Pittsfield one room schools and the Gulf Road School in Elyria Township, reducing state funding and prompting transfers to Wellington, Oberlin, and nearby districts. The Lorain County Board of Education will meet to transfer ownership and arrange tuition-based attendance, with about 75 students impacted.
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Pittsfield
Elysa Townships
State Department of Education
Ohio School Foundation
Gulf Road
Elyria Township
State Department
Pittsfield Township
Township School Board
Wellington
Oberlin
Lorain
Board of Education
Convention Time Table for Democratic National Convention
Philadelphia June 3. Timetable announces session with Chairman Joseph T. Robinson calling the convention to order at 11 50 a m. Prayers music and a noon roll call for presidential nomination follow. Mack begins nominating speech with demonstrations and a long series of second speeches. Evening sessions resume at 7 p m with prayers music continuation of speeches and a Roosevelt renomination motion by acclamation.
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Philadelphia
Joseph Robinson
Joseph T. Robinson
Alabar
New York
John KM. Mark
Poughkeepsie
Mack
Robinson
Roosevelt
Sire
Knights of St. John Elect Rochester Man
Frank H. Biel of Rochester New York was elected Supreme President of the Knights of St. John at Columbus Ohio as the convention closed. The next gathering will be in Erie Pennsylvania. Officers chosen include First vice president A Q O Zink of Detroit and Second vice president J I Baumgartner of Buffalo with L G Seehu Evansville Indiana as secretary J J Treppa Detroit as treasurer and Joseph C Kelm Dayton Ohio as trustee.
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Columbus
Frank H. Biel
Rochester
N. Y
The
Knights of St. John
Erie
A. QO
Lemke Reveals Platform of Union Party
Royal Oak Michigan June 26 Ren William Lemke pledged if elected president to radical reform moving the nation left in some areas and to revolutionary extents in others The Rev Charles E Coughlin head of the National Union for Social Justice and Lemke's chief backer announced a 540 One to spend on North Dakota's campaign and expects him to win Lemke Coughlin and Thomas A OB rien of Boston Lemke's VP running mate outlined a broad platform at a conference at the Shrine of the Little Flower Their platform calls to shield private industry from high taxes embargo farm goods imports U S produces enough for domestic use time to patent part of the Whiatter Lemke farm plan old age pensions funded relief and self support water conservation to end half way plans avoid foreign entanglements retire outstanding bonds by issuing new currency backed by a revolving fund The platform was not a full exposition of Union party principles formulation of a detailed platform to wait until Lemke completes Midwest tour Both Lemke and Coughlin avoided committing on the Townsend plan though they hint they do not wish to alienate Townsend followers The Union monetary plank would save about 1 6 billion in interest annually according to Coughlin
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Royal Oak
Mich
Ren William Lemke
Charles 8
Coughlin
National Union For Social Justice
Lemke
North
Boston
Union Party
Hnd
Pat Ntazor
Wiatter-Lemke
Midwest
Francis K. Townsend
United States
Hea
Schools to Spend $65,000 on WPA Repair Projects
Elyria Board of Education will receive about $62,000 in WPA funds for repairs and $7,520 for supervision and materials, with the district contributing $7,320. Projects include desk refinishing, door and window repairs, painting, glazing, caulking, tree trimming, and window screen replacements, to be carried out as labor becomes available.
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WPA
Elyria Board of Education
WG. McClellan
Ant
Sandusky
Wil
WDA
McClellan
Windows Scored On Broad Street By Glass Cutter
A person used a glass cutter to score several Broad Street windows. Police are unsure if it was a childish prank but confirm damage occurred and pursue the guilty party. The act is a serious property crime with potential penalties.
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Broad Street
Elyria Grass Fires Nine Hours of Blaze Quelled by Residents
Elyria firemen answered a 1 am call to a grass fire on the north side of Infirmary Road west of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad but found residents in the Birmingham Park Allotment had already put it out. Earlier in the day they fought cross fires on Bell Javenta and Abbe road.
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Elyria
Infirmary Road
Baltimore and Ohio
Birmingham Park
Bell Javenta
Abbe Road
Boyhood Friend of President Reenacts Role at nominating
A boyhood friend nominated Franklin Delano Roosevelt for President at a Democratic convention. Judge John E Mack of Poughkeepsie delivered the speech, praising the New Deal as lifting classes of privilege and preparing for action under Roosevelt’s leadership across 48 states. He recalled their long friendship and noted Roosevelt’s growth from a state figure to a national leader.
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United Prew
Philadelphia
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
United States
John E Mack
Poughkeepsie
Mack
Democratic ‘Party
Washington
Judge Mack
Organizers Beaten in Alabama Union Drive
In Birmingham on June 26 a group of United Rubber Workers organizers was badly beaten after defying a local order to leave Gadsden. Their office was wrecked as typewriters and records were destroyed. George Roberts, W. W. Thompson, and E. Su. Gray suffered serious injuries amid a mob estimated at 100. Attorneys planned criminal action.
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Birmingham
Ala
United Rubber Workers of America
Gadsden
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
George Roberts
The
Union
W. W. Thompson
Akron
E. Su. Gray
Get Huge Haul In Uncut Diamonds
Chicago crime report: two New York jewelry salesmen kidnapped on a near north side street. Bandits robbed them of uncut diamonds valued at about $100,000. Police investigation underway, no arrests announced.
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New York
Today's Bargains Gone Tomorrow Directory Ad
Bargains advertised in a complete directory for used cars homes furniture and merchandise. Read today for ads and offers, urging action before items sell out.
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W. J. Bulkiey
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South Carolina
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Topel
M. Landon
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Rotanson
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David L. Lawrence
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Marek
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Frank Hayes
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