Increase Pay Of County Schools Heads
Lorain County Board of Education reemployed all workers for two-year terms with higher salaries effective August 1. Superintendent A Gibbons earns 4100 dollars annually, an increase of 250. Gerald M. Frank 200 more at 2.00 monthly. Emma Gleason 2860, up 200. Bessie Douglas 115 per month, up 5. Mary Salsbury 95 per month, up 10. Allan T. Smith 1400 for ten months, up 200, with travel expenses noted for all attached staff. State bill restoring board meeting fees advances to Senate after passing House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Emma Gleason
Misa Bessie Douglas
Mary Salsbury
Assitant
Ohio School Foundation
Allan T. Smith
House of Representatives
Ohio General Assembly
Senate
Germs To Cost Lorain County Schools Dollars
Lorain County schools face significant losses in state funding due to illness. Absences from influenza whooping cough and chickenpox lowered average daily attendance, reducing allocations. Superintendent C A Gibbons reported while attendance nears normal, the past month’s sickness has cost hundreds of dollars in state funds, per Allan T. Smith’s attendance figures.
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Lorain
Allan T. Smith
Atendance
Fall Night and Wednesday Warmth In South Ohio
Ohio forecast shows fall conditions tonight and Wednesday with warmer readings in the south and central regions while the north turns slightly cooler on Wednesday. High pressure dominates central U.S. with centers near Lake Superior and over the Gulf states, a rising barometer along the Pacific coast, and low pressure off the Maine coast and over Saskatchewan. Temperatures drop in Florida, North Dakota, and the Pacific Northwest amid generally fair weather across the nation with no precipitation except in the far Northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Por Tor
Lake Superior
Gulf States
Pacific Coast
Maine
Saskatchewan
Florida
North Dakota
Pacific Northwest
United States
Nine Black Legion Members Are Found Guilty
In Detroit on March 2, nine members of the Black Legion were found guilty of conspiring to murder Highland Park publisher Arthur L. Kingsley in 1923 and 1934. Judge John V. Brendan acquitted seven other members of the hooded group.
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Detroit
Terroristic
Black Legion
Arthur L. Kingsley
Highland Park
Recorder's
John V. Brendan
Hooded Order
Germany Triples Air Force In Year
London dispatch cites United Press access to a report showing Germany’s fighting aircraft rising from about 750 first line planes in early 1936 to 2,050 by early 1937. The projection includes 157 squadrons and reserves plus parts, with production capacity over 200 new aircraft monthly.
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United Press
London
Germany
Improvements In Elyria Schools Could Combine Two Classrooms
Elyria City Board of Education studies merging two Thirteenth Street classrooms at Hamilton School to form a near 400 seat assembly room. Proposal includes removing a wall and adding folding doors with WPA project consideration. Board also reviews a larger waiting room at Elyria High and a WPA cleaning project costing about 3340 with board funded supplies and supervision.
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Hamilton
Elyria City
R. C. Maston
Franklin
Elyria High School
Maston
McClellan
Ohio Shaken By Earth Tremors Across the State
A mild earthquake shaken Ohio and nearby states at 9:45 a.m. felt by Elyrians and many others. Dishes rattled, furniture moved, and offices swayed while seismologists from John Carroll University, Ohio State University, and Xavier University weighed possible causes near Bellefontaine and along the Cincinnati anticline. No major damage reported. tremors previously occurred in 1925, 1928, and 1929 with varying intensity.
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Columbus
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Joseph Joliat
Bellefontaine
Cincinnati
Moundsville
Wva
Indianapolis
Ind
Mary Lindsey
University of Michian
Ann Arbor
Victor Stachsehnite
S. J
Xavier University
Seaboard
Lake Erie
Port Clinon
Cleveland
One Killed Eight Hurt In Chicago Boiler Blast
A boiler room explosion at Carnegie-Illinois Steel South Chicago Works killed one worker and burned eight others, three seriously. Rescuers battled gas fumes to reach the injured, all nine admitted to the company hospital before one death. three of the seriously hurt were moved to Little Company of Marr's Hospital. The works were shut down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
South Chicago
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
Company Hospital
Little Company of Marr's
Company
Navy Bill Passes House Amidimsme Defense Push
The $520,555,425 navy supply measure was favorably reported to the House as part of a broad national defense program. It funds construction for two battleships, three aircraft carriers, 11 cruisers, 48 destroyers, and 16 submarines, plus airplane production and a plan to reach treaty strength by 1949. The bill cuts $27 million in navy construction and notes steel and Walsh Healey Act delays as restraints.
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Washington
House
Appropriations Committee
Congress
Carl Vinson
House Naval Officers Committee
New York
Naval Reserve
South Charleston
W. Va
Navy
Pacific
Fraudulent Claims Racket Outlined at Fraternity Dinner
H F Worcester, claim adjustor for Cleveland’s American Employers Insurance, described the fraudulent claims racket to the Agenda Fraternity at a dinner at Elks Restaurant. He said the scheme involves three types of players and cited several local cases while tickets were handed out for the St Patrick’s Day dance at the Elks Club on March 17.
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Agenda Fraternity
H. F. Worcester
Cleveland
American Employers' Insurance Company
Elks
Worcester
Thousands of Steel Workers Seek Wage Increases
Lorain County steel plant workers prepare for higher pay after proposals from the Employees' Representative Council reached Pittsburgh. A 5 dollar day minimum and 40 hour week with overtime would affect up to 9,000 workers at Lorain Works, adding about 1.9 million dollars yearly. Republic Steel announces same across subsidiaries, raising many workers to roughly 6 1/2 cents from 5 1/2 cents in some districts. timing set for March 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
Natonal Tube Company
Lorain
Employees’ Representative Council
Pittsburgh
E B. W. Brown
Lorain Works
Brown
Republic Steel Corporation
Elyria
Hirria
Republic Anouncement
Birmingham
Alabama
Wages Increase at Otis Steel in Cleveland
Otis Steel Company, an independent employer with about 6,000 workers across two Cleveland plants, announced a wage raise to take effect March 16. Details of the increase were not disclosed.
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Cleveland, C
Otis Steel Company
Cleveland
Boys Selected For Trip To Chicago
Nine boys were chosen by Cat Wagner Y M C A physical director to travel to Chicago this week for a George Williams College visit and city sightseeing. The group includes Jack Leber Harrison Comstock Karl Hill Russell Gleason Carl Gleason Jack Heritage Tom Kelley Harold Black and Tom Cochran. They will depart Elyria at 6 am Thursday and return Sunday evening.
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Chicago
George Williams College
Cat Wagner
Jack Leber
East Avenue
Harrison Comstock
Fifth Street
Karl Hill
Fast River Street
Russell Gleason
Harrison Street
Carl Gleason
Artemas Court
Jack Heritage
Longfellow Street
Tom Kelley
Park Avenue
Harold Black
Princeton Avenue
Tom Cochrane
Cambridge Avenue
Elyria
Blind Workers Strike For Higher Pay And Better Conditions
In Pittsburgh on March 2 the day shift of blind sit-down strikers reentered the Oakland plant of the Pennsylvania Association of the Blind to press demands for higher wages and improved conditions. The day shift consisted of about 56 workers. the night shift of 57 left the building to go home, as both groups continued their protest. The workers produce brushes, brooms, baskets and other household goods.
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Pittsburgh
Oak- Land
Pennsylvania Association of the Blind
Higher Wages And 40 Hour Week For Steel Industry
Pittsburgh March 2 The Pittsburgh Press reports Carnegie Illinois Steel Corp the largest US Steel unit is expected to announce a 40 hour basic work week and a five dollar daily minimum wage for common labor This would follow five independent steel companies moving to five dollar daily minimums and 40 hour weeks affecting about 174000 workers The industry moved swiftly to meet labor demands for higher wages and shorter weeks with five large concerns Bethlehem Inland Republic Youngstown announcing raises and hours changes The CIO aided by Lewis is negotiating with US Steel and Carnegie Illinois to end conflicts and avert strikes Officials expect a contract with US Steel after Carnegie Illinois agreement and plan to extend raises across subsidiaries The announcements boost payroll and signal a major shift in labor relations within the steel industry.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Press
Carnegie-Milnois Steel Corporation
United States Steel
Crs
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
United States Steel Corporation
Benjamin F. Fairness
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
U. S. Steel
Washington
U. S
Lewis
Ernest T. Weir
National Steel Corporation
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Inland Steel Corporation
Republic Steel Corporation
Youngstown Sheet
Tube
Fairless
Philip M. Murray
Lewis’ Steel
Navy Department
I. C
Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
Amalgamated
Murray
Carnegie-Tilingis
Republic Corporation
Wilfred Sykes
Inland Steel Company
Ilinois
Indiana
Committee of Industrial Organization
Carnegie- Ilinois Steel Corporation
CIO
Carnegie-Ilinois
U.S. Steel
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Carnegie-Illinois
National Steel Corp
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Inland Steel
Republic Steel
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
United Press
Carnegie Minors
SWOC
American Steel And Wire Announces Wage Increase
American Steel and Wire Company, a United States Steel subsidiary in Cleveland Ohio, said it joined other steel firms in raising wages and decreasing benefits. The firm employs about 6,600 workers and aims to boost wages nationwide with this move.
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American Steel and Wire
Cleveland, G
American Steel and Wire Company
United States Steel Corporation
Roosevelt outlines NRA wage and hours reform
President Roosevelt sent a special message evaluating the NRA program and transmitting a committee report on industrial analysis. The report credits NRA with raising wages and aiding recovery but criticizes overreach and impractical provisions, noting complexity in minimum wages hours and prices. It emphasizes objective analysis and adds no immediate congressional recommendations.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Fox
Committee On Industrial Analysia
Aft
NRA
Jabor
Congress
Presiident
Cafeteria Manager Granted Salary Increase
Miss Alice V. Lewis Elyria High School cafeteria manager received a pay raise approved by the Elyria Board of Education after Superintendent R. C. Maston reported she was offered $1,800 annually in Pennsylvania.Her new base for the rest of the year is 1500, with future steps up to 2000, funded by cafeteria funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice V. Lewis
Elyria High
Elyria Board of Education
R. C. Maston
Pennsylvania
Maston
Eac- Elyria
Megedl
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WPA
Ncessary
R. E. Crisp
Denison Avenue
California
The
Chronicle-Telegram
Walter Schultz
West Avenue
J. L. Mockler
Longford Avenue
U.S
Amy
Otis Steel
Bethlehem
Wader
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