Lorain County grand jury reports expected today
The Lorain County grand jury reopens the slot machine inquiry with several new witnesses called. Assistant Prosecutor William Wickens said a report may come late today, though no certainty. Two witnesses were unavailable. David Crawford Sr. traveled to Florida and George Crawford was excused due to illness. The panel had paused yesterday for minor cases and aims to complete the remaining testimony before submitting a report.
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Lorain County
Rand
Hoon
Willam Wickens
Lorain
David Crawford Sr
Florida
George Crawford
Wicker
Wickens
Harold Breckstein
Grand Jury
Lst
Ice Causes Unusual Taste In Elyria Water
Safety Service Director I. D. Faxon says the severe winter and a more solid Lake Erie ice field have reduced water circulation, giving Elyria’s drinking water an unusual taste. He notes purity is unaffected and the city can do nothing but wait for the ice to move.
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Elyria
Safety Service
I. D. Faxon
Faxon
Lake Erie
All Dogs In Troy Under Quarantine
Troy authorities imposed a city wide dog quarantine after a third rabies death. Dogs must be tied, stray animals will be destroyed, and violators face fines up to 100 dollars and 90 days in jail. Six rabies deaths in Miami county prompted the action and nearby Ludlow Falls and Pleasant Hill also faced outbreaks.
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Troy. O
Troy
K. C. Becker
Miami County
Ludlow Falls
Here
Pleasant Hill
Weather overview for Ohio with rain and snow forecast
The Ohio weather report notes cloudy skies with rain in the south and rain or snow in the north late tonight into Saturday. Warmer in the south tonight, colder by Sunday. A Texas Panhandle disturbance and a Washington coast system influence conditions, with light precipitation in Washington, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Iowa, Minnesota, and lake regions.
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Ohio
North
Texas Panhandle
Washington Coast
California
Great Lakes
Washington
Idaho
Utah
Arizona
Iowa
Minnesota
Lake
Rocky Mountain
Plateau
Texas
Kansas
Missour
Scouts Honor Awards Go To Lorain County Youth And Elyria Man
Lorain County residents won the two top honors at the Firelands Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America meeting at First Congregational Church. Robert Piggott of Sheffield Lake received a national heroism citation for rescuing Edmund Kubacki from Lake Erie on August 4, 1938, and will receive a gold medal Monday in Sheffield Lake. Edgar P. Gates of Elyria earned the Firelands Silver Beaver Award for outstanding service, with Harold E. Birch of Elyria also receiving a five year veteran award. Other five year recipients included Angelo Dubin of Wellington and William A. Opie of Sandusky.
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Lorain
Firelands Area
Boy Scouts of America
First Congregational Church
Erie
Huron Counies
Robert Piggott
Sheffield
Lake Erie
Edgar P. Gates
Second Street
Elyria
Firelands Area Council
Boy Scout Movement
Elyrian
Harold E. Birch
Fifth Street
Birch
Angelo Dubin
Wellington
Wellington Kiwanis Club
Wiliam A. Opie
Sandusky
Robert Pig
Gott
Sheffield Lake Community Church
National Council of the Boy Scouts
Sheffield Lake Village
Edgar Ellis
Fillis
Sheffield Take Village
Robert
Kubacki
Cleveland
Firelands Area Officers All Reelected
Firelands Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America reelected all officers at the annual meeting held at the First Congregational church. Twenty five executive board members were reelected and three new members joined. District reports show Lorain County districts largest in membership while Southeast district led fundraising.
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Firelands Area Council
The
Boy Scouts of America
First Congregational Church
J. A. Daniel
Lorain
W. K. Krumling
Sandusky
R R. Fauver
Rex Bracy
Huron County
A. H. West
Elyria
Leo C. Kugel
Harold Parker
Thomas G. Allen
L. D. Hulimen
A. L. Opie
Thomas J. Quinlan
Guy B. Findley
Joseph Q. Petra
5. J. Birkbeck
Howard R. Butler
J. C. Kramer
George C. Hill
James F. Flynn, Jr
Tohn A. Seales
Frank J. Prout
H. 2B. Castleman
Clyde May
W. M. Ernst
C. A. Hartley
W. I. Woodware
E. A. Bell
H. B. Weintraub
George TL
Bequest of 1000 Dollars Charms Elyria Memorial Hospital
The late Mrs. Mary Healy of Columbia Station left a 1000 dollar bequest to F Elyria Memorial Hospital. James A Hewitt secretary treasurer of the Elyria Memorial Hospital company announced the receipt of the funds from Mrs Healy's estate.
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F Elyria Memorial Hospital
Mary Healy
Columbia Station
James A. Hewitt
The
Elyria Memorial Hospital Company
Britain Halts Italy Coal Imports In Allied Blockade
London reports Britain will detain German coal on ships after midnight as part of a new contraband order extending the Allies block to German exports. Official estimates say 5 to 6 million tons of Italian coal from Germany by sea will be halted annually, with Britain offering to supply Italy if payment is arranged. Italian colliers await loading at Rotterdam amid fears over detention of German exports.
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London
Britain
Italy
Germany
Rotterdam
Berlin
Herman Goering
Adolf Hiller
Goering
Ehrsener National Zeitung
Fuehrer
Welles
Hitler
Paris
Weiles
Zurich
Susanne
49 Children Examined At Gales Hospital Clinic Today
Two observers from Western Reserve University watched as Drs. Clarence Heyman and F A Lawrence examined 49 cases at the crippled children's clinic in Gales Hospital this morning Fifteen new cases were seen with a three month old baby the youngest and a ten month old child the second youngest Read more children treated came from Mansfield Norwalk Painesville Lorain Wellington Willard and several other towns including Akron and Kenton
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Western Reserve University
Clarence Heyman
F. A. Lawrence
Gales Hospital
Mansfield
Monroeville
Medina
Geneva
Norwalk
Painesville
Lorain
Wellington
Willard
Bellevue
Lexington
Polk
Seville
Amherst
Akron
Willoughby
Ashland
Sullivan
la Grange
Kenton
Grange Leaders Hear H B Stowe at North Eaton Event
H B Stowe member of the Ohio State Grange executive committee spoke at a banquet for county subordinate granges at North Eaton school with 190 in attendance. He urged markets for American farmers and preserving liberty ideals as he substituted for ill State Grange Master Walter Kirk. Also announced were an Achievement Day April 2 at Elyria First Methodist and National Grange Master Tabor visiting Oberlin Grange March 14.
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BR. Stowe
Ohio State Grange
North Eaton School
Stowe
Marion
Walter Kirk
Columbus
Grange
Thomas Hughes
First Methodist Church
Elyria
Frances Eckert
National Grange
Tabor
Oberlin
Scrap Steel To Be Sold By County In Lorain
County commissioners authorize Dunham to prepare specifications to advertise or privately sell salvaged steel from the Erie avenue bridge project. Prosectors opinion says sale may proceed without PWA approval. Work to remove scrap and store it on county property starts today to clear the site and prevent accidents.
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Erie Avenue
Lorain
Dunham
Oscar G. Dunn
Dunn
J. E. Davidson
E. W. DeChant
Howard R. Butler
Butler
PWA
Vhe
Ralph Hardinng
James K. Tuyman
Mount Vernon Bridge Co
Twenty-first Street Bridge
Davidson
Herding
DeChant
Harding
Hoover's Proposal To Feed Europe Faces Opposition
A Polish aid bill may reach the House next week but Senate opposition argues that aid should first go to poor Americans. Former President Hoover urged funds to feed Europe, calling it an area of starvation after the war, drawing fire from Senators Schwellenbach and Reynolds on the Foreign Relations Committee. Meanwhile, Jesse Jones prepared a non military loan extension to Finland as Roosevelt signaled support for increasing the Export Import Bank capital.
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Washington
House
Senate
Herbert
Foreign Relations Committee
Jesse H. Jones
Finland
Roosevelt
Tuscaloosa
White House
Hoover
House Foreign Relations Committee
Grace Willett former Elyria High teacher dies in Ohio
Grace K Willett longtime Antioch College faculty member and former Elyria High School teacher died after a three month illness. A memorial service is set for Saturday at 10 am in Yellow Springs with interment at Plymouth Cemetery. Survived by father A E Willett two sisters and two brothers. born March 4 1892 in Plymouth Ohio.
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Grace K. Willett
Elyria High School
Antioch College
Yellow Springs
Ohio
Willett
Lorain County
Kelser
Plymouth
Miss Willett
A. E
Alice (Kelser) Willett
Plymouth High School
College of Wooster
Wooster
Teachers College
Columbia University
New
Washington, Ohio
Rocky River
Antioch
Florence Willett
Theodore Wagner
Canton
Phillip Willett
Granville
Edward Willett
Illinois
Russians Battle To Break Viipuri In War Gutting Bid
Russians blasted toward Viipuri core as war enters fourth month with Moscow communique claiming troops near the Summer district a mile from the city. Finns admit Viipuri’s untenable position while warning of continued fighting despite losses and retreat to defend Helsinki corridor.
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Helsinki
Viipuri
Moscow
Mannerheim
Karelian Ishmus
Leningrad
Mannerheim Line
239 New Autos Sold Last Month In Lorain County
Lorain county report shows 239 new passenger autos and 22 trucks sold last month, down from January’s 274 cars and 25 trucks but up from February last year. Elyria dealers sold 81 of the new cars, with 152 sold by other county dealers and 28 by dealers outside Lorain.
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Lorain County
Loorain County
County Certificate of Title Department
Elyria
German Planes Break Up Convoy and Sink Ships
German planes attacked shipping from the Yorkshire Coast to the Thames Estuary in reprisal for Allied raids. They machine gunned trawlers and a fishing fleet while anti aircraft fire roared along the coast. Royal Air Force planes engaged the bombers as British ships and convoys faced heavy combat.
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London
Yorkshire
Thames
Royal Air Force
Essex
Air Ministry
Berlin
Frisian Islands
Kiel
Lubeck
Hamburg
Bremen
Hanover
Cuxhaven
Brunsbuttel
Elbe
Reappointed To Board as Another Resigns Lorain County
The Lorain County Children's Home board at Oberlin sees a resignation and a reappointment. Mrs. Belle B Stephen of Lorain stepped down after nearly 12 years. Mrs. C D Reding was reappointed for a new five year term by county commissioners. A vacancy remains on the board with ongoing discussions of Catholic representation. Oscar G Dunn urged the Reding motion, with Commissioner F E W DeChant abstaining.
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Aoard
Lorain County
Oberlin
Belle B. Stephen
Lorain
County Commissioners
C. D. Reding
Seventh Street
Stephen
Reding
Welles Arrives To Confer With Hitler
Sumner Welles United States Undersecretary of State travels to Berlin to meet Adolf Hitler and German officials as part of his Europe observation tour for President Roosevelt. He met Foreign Minister Ribbentrop and rode through blackout conditions to the German foreign office.
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Berlin
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Sumner Welles
Adolf Hitler
Welles
Marshal Herman Goering
Roosevelt
Europe
Baron Ernst von Weizsaecker
Foreign Office
United States
Hitler
Ribbentrop
Armed Forces Await Signal From Hitler
Germany vows a decisive blow to end the war as Hitler prepares to meet Roosevelt's envoy. An agency claims the blockade failed and Britain is beaten, while the North Sea sees Nazi air raids and the sinking of the liner Pyrrhus off England's west coast and damage to Norwegian and Italian ships.
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United Press
Germany
Britain
Adolf Hitler
Roosevelt
Hitler
Europe
North Sea
England
New Erie Avenue Bridge May Be Ready July 26
Lorain county officials heard from James K. Lyman of Mount Vernon Bridge Co that the Erie Avenue bridge could open to traffic by July 26 if foundations and key work are completed by March 15. Delays in foundations push back the west leaf bascule control house, with 289 days after foundations and 133 days after completion of all foundations slated for finish. An extension of time was anticipated with a PWA official suggesting no difficulty in obtaining it.
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Lorain
James K. Lyman
Mount Vernon
Hyman
Lyman
Ralph Harding
PWA
Finland protests to the League over Soviet air violations
In Geneva on March 1 Finland sent a note to the League of Nations denouncing Soviet air forces for violating the neutrality of the Aaland Islands. Finland charged the actions threaten all signatories of the Geneva Convention and called for decisive action.
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Geneva
Finland
League of Nations
Aaland Islands
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Sheffield Lake
Scouts Council
Firelands Area Officers
Hospital
H. B. Stowe
Herbert Hoover
House Foreign Affairs
Sol Blourn
New York
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