Flames Destroy Large Home on Adelbert St
Henry Jorgensen watched flames engulf his seven room frame house on Adelbert Street in Elyria Township. Neighbors and he tried to dampen the blaze but wind and distance hindered response. Fire led to a total loss with only partial insurance and a few items saved.
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Henry Jorgensen
Adelbert Street
Elyria Township
Jorgensen
Elyria
Elyda Township
Carlisle Township
Harry Reinke
Bailey Leads Senate Attack on Reorganization Bill
Senator Josiah W. Bailey of North Carolina spearheads the Senate challenge to the executive reorganization bill arguing it would grant the president excessive power. The debate unfolds as opposition foresees votes against the measure with calls for significant amendments despite optimism from sponsor Byrnes and Senate leadership on other calendar items.
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Washington
Josiah W. Bailey
N. C
Senate
Roosevelt
Bailey
Alben W. Barkley
Navy Department
Barkley
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Weather GHTO: Rain to snow switch with cold snap
A low pressure trough extends from New York through the lake region to Iowa, with low pressures off the Oregon coast. Rain falls from the plains to the lower lake region and Indiana, heavier on the Pacific coast, light snow in the upper lake region and St Lawrence Valley. Temperatures rise in the south tonight, fall sharply Thursday, with much colder conditions Thursday night.
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New York
Lake Region
Iowa
Oregon
South Atlantic States
Manitoba
Plains States
Lower Lake Region
Indiana
Pacific Coast
Upper Lake Region
St. Lawrence Valley
Plains
Atlantic
Canadian Prairie
Davey's Machine Wins In House as Senate Probe Ends
Columbus March 2 sponsors of the effort to prolong the Ohio Senate committee graft investigation admitted defeat after Davey administration forces whipped them in the first and perhaps last House test. The three hour debate produced 59 votes for immediate action, far short of the two thirds needed to suspend rules and postpose sine die. Twenty nine Democrats joined 30 Republicans in backing extension while sixty seven Democrats opposed it.
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Columbus
Ohio Senate Committee
Davey
House
van Ness
W. P. van Ness
Champaign
Assembly
Toledo Man to Speak at Union Sponsored Meeting
Otto W. Brack, Toledo, a member of the State Regional Industrial arms Board, will address a public educational meeting at the M C A tomorrow at 7:00 pm. The fourth Central Labor Union sponsored session discusses Collective Bargaining and Wage Negotiations. Brack, longtime labor advocate, held roles in Toledo Central Labor Union, Ohio General Assembly, and Governor Davies administration. The event is open to the public.
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Otto W. Brack
Toledo
State Regional Industrial Arms Board
M.C
Elyria Central Labor Man
Central Labor Union
Brach
Martin L. Davey
Toledo Central Labor Union
Ohio General Assembly
Donahey
Department of Statistics and Employment
Injunction Halts Conservancy District Bonds
Fifth District Court of Appeals grants a permanent injunction stopping the Muskingum Conservancy District from issuing 1.5 million dollars in general property tax bonds. The order follows a taxpayer Charles Hostetter of Canton appealing a prior temporary injunction issued by Common Pleas Judge Clarence A. Ati of Bucyrus in November.
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NEW
Philadelphia
Fifth District Court of Appeals
Muskingum Conservancy District
Charles Hostetter
Canton
Conservancy District
Common Pleas
Clarence A. Ati
Bucyrus
Pershing Returns to Solid Food in Tucson News
Gen John J Pershing, 77, a World War I figure, emerged from a coma today in Tucson. Doctors reported progress as he began taking solid food after a week of critical condition and serious illness.
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Tucson
Ariz
John J. Pershing
Nad
President Roosevelt signs Works Progress Deficiency bill
Washington March 2 President Roosevelt signed the 250 000 000 Works Progress Deficiency Appropriation bill. The measure funds relief and public works programs, expanding federal spending during the economic recovery efforts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Stevens Again Heads C. of C. Elyria Chamber
Frank EB Stevens Elyria attorney was reelected president of the Elyria Chamber of Commerce at the annual board meeting. New officers include W. F. Godmar Elyria Foundry first vice president Allan W. Fritzsche General Industries second vice president E J Crisp Peerless Laundry treasurer J B Johnson Ohio Public Service reelected national councillor Harry W Luethi secretary and manager. The executive committee will include the officers Johnson and A D Strong New York Central System. The new board met after the retiring board adjourned reviewing audits safety and election committee reports.
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Frank EB. Stevens
Elyria
Elyria Chamber of Commerce
W. F. Godmar
Elyria Foundry Company
Allan W. Fritzsche
General Industries Company
E. J. Crisp
Peerless Laundry and Dry Cleaning Company
J. B. Johnson
Ohio Public Service Company
Demand Repeal of Profits Tax
Washington March 2 Democrats on the House Ways and Means committee defend the tax program amid Republican charges it keeps taxes low mood. Republicans press for unconditional repeal of the undistributed profits tax and accuse the plan of targeting closely held corporations to purge business structure. The seven man minority report cites three flaws including retention of the undistributed profits tax and a discriminatory penalty on family businesses, plus failure to boost the capital gains tax to spur investment. The report is signed by Reps. Treadway Crowther Knutson Reed Woodruff Jenkins and Thurston.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Robert L. Coughton
BD. N. C
Republican Report
Allen T. Treadway
Mass
Frank Crowther
N. Y
Harold Knutson
Min
Lorain Man Absolved Of Blame In Fatal Air Crash
The Bureau of Air Commerce report absolves Erie Isle Airways and Pilot William Somogy of blame for the December crash near Put-in-Bay. One woman and two men died. the pilot survived. Bodies of Wat kins and Anderson not recovered. Nancy Howard of Lexington, Kentucky identified.
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Sandusky
Bureau of Air Commerce
Fred D. Flagg, Jr
Erie Isle Airways
William Somogy
Lorain
Put- In-Bay
Mia
Nancy Howard
Lexington
Delbert Watkins
New Plymouth
Albert Anderson
Father Fears For Safety Of Kidnaped Boy
Murray Levine, distressed father of 12 year old Peter, held for ransom in New Rochelle New York, awaits contact from abductors while police and federal agents discuss strategy. A note demanding money, possibly 60000, surfaced, with family and local officials cautious over authenticity. Investigators note possibly misread decimal. Two men approached Levine’s home offering to relay the case, but no payment arrangements confirmed.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Murray Levine
Peter
New York City
Levine
Philip
Tilden
Directory of Public Safety
Manhattan
Marion Shweitzer
Levines
Samuel D. Shweitzer
World War Heroine Wills Habit To Elyria Post
Madame Caroline Gardner Bartlett left her World War era purple habit to Elyria Post No 12 of the American Legion Ohio. George Day presented it at the post meeting with a restoring resolution and plans for display cases. A gray pocket book from Newcastle on Tyne was also included. An upcoming Dinner Dance on March 17 features Ellis Van der Pyle as speaker and Past Meeting on March 15 will show Ohio themed moving pictures.
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Caroline Gardner- Bartlett
Elyria Post No. 12
American Legion of Ohio
George Day
Elswick and
Scotswood
New Castle
Tyne
England
Bartlett
Ellis van der Pyle
Friends of the Legion
Ohio
Trails
Post No
Auto Club
Perjury Charge Case Taken To Another Court
The perjury case against Lee Bradley, originally in East Cleveland Municipal Court, was moved to Cleveland Municipal Court by Common Pleas Judge Walter McMahon after a prejudice affidavit. Bradley, who testified before the State Senate Graft Investigating Committee about acting as contact man for Gov. Martin L. Davey in 1934 fund solicitation, will be arraigned in Cleveland Municipal Court. Judge Addams testified and indicated he would have transferred the case if Bradley's lawyers had requested it.
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Cleveland, O
Martin L. Davey
Lee Bradley
East Cleveland
Cleveland Municipal Court
Common Pleas
Walter McMahon
McMahon
Bradley
State Senate
Davey
Stanton Adams
Records Seizure Ties Franklin Warehouse to State
COLUMBUS March 21 Records of the Franklin Warehouse Inc headed by G R Pete Stinchcomb were confiscated by the State Liquor department. State Auditor Ferguson sought records to review the department contract allowing Stinchcomb to handle liquor storage. Stinchcomb offered duplicate records. contract expired Feb 28 and Ferguson will not approve further storage charges until a low bidder contract is confirmed. The issue follows a Senate graft committee probe into storage costs.
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Columbus
Franklin Warehouse, Inc
G. R
Pete” Stinchcomb
State Liquor Department
Stinchcomb
Joseph T. Ferguson
Ferguson
Liquor Department
Stinehcomb
Ohio State
Franklin Warehouse
Senate
Verdict Upheld In Ohio Tax Case On Dies Definition
The Ohio Supreme Court dismissed the Tax Commission appeal from adverse lower court rulings in a Lorain tax case involving National Tube Company. Lorain County Common Pleas Court and the Appellate bench agreed that rolls welding balls guide shoes piercing points and plugs were dies and not subject to the commission's assessment.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Ohio Tax Commission
National Tube Company
Lorain
Lockers Pried Open at Edison School
Police report break in at Edison School last night. Two student lockers in the principal's room and two in the teachers' rest room were forced open after a south window was broken. Investigators found footprints of a man and a woman outside the window and a woman's footprint in the rest room. Missing items include a west hammer and a pipe wrench.
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Edison School
James Boggs
Russell Payne
West Hammer
Britain on course for fleet of ten thousand planes
Britain announced plans for a peak air force in peacetime history with a total budget of 102,720,000 lbs for the coming year and a defense loan backed rise. The home defense air fleet more than doubled to 123 squadrons since 1935 as thousands of pilots and airmen joined the service.
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Britain
London
Great Britain
Air Ministry
Home Defense
County Leaders Clash Over Relief Food Costs
Lorain County officials debated raising relief food allowances while prisoner meals stay capped. Davidson rejected comparing jail rates to relief aid, noting state law mandates 15 to 25 cents per prison meal, and current costs could exhaust funds. Dunn argued for a 20 percent boost, citing a relief family of four would rise to 16.52 monthly, but relief demand fears and limited matching funds complicate the plan.
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Jonni E. Davidson
Oscar G. Dunn
Dunn
Davidson
Lorain County
DeChant
Death summons Wm. Masterton
William Masterton 75, long time National Tube Company employee, died at the John Faxon home in Lorain after heart trouble. He lived with friends for two months, previously recovered from a hospital stay but relapsed. Born in Johnstown Pa in 1862, he moved to Lorain with Johnson Steel in 1894, later Nationals Tube. Survived by two stepchildren Fayette Brown and Willard Walker and a niece Mrs. Louts Forepaugh. Funeral 2 p.m. Friday at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church with burial at Ridgelawn Cemetery.
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William Masterton
National Tube Company
John Faxon
Middle Avenue
Mr. Masterton
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Devon Courts
Henry Ingells
Johnstown
Johnson Steel Company
Lorain
Nationals Tube Company
Masterton
Mary Foster Walker
Ife
Second Street
EB. P. Clement
Carl Taylor
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
E. B. Redhead
Lorain County Schools to Get State Funds Share
Lorain County schools will receive 173136.36 from Ohio’s first 1938 quarterly distribution of School Foundation funds, with Elyria Lorain Amherst Oberlin receiving specific amounts. The county system share is reduced due to Amherst’s withdrawal, and most payments may be in certificates while cash payments await. The state total distribution is 5183900, with 5798826 still due from prior authorizations.
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Lorain County
Ohio School Foundation
Columbus
E. M. Dietrich
Elyria
Lorain
Amherst
Oberlin
Ohio
Former Employees Of Gas Co To Be Tried March 21
Five former Ohio Fuel Gas Company workers indicted last fall for destruction of a gas well during a strike will face trial on March 21. Defendants William Adams Weldon Anderson Kenneth Anderson Philip Cobb and Robert Adams are free on bond and reside in neighboring counties. Raymond Coas of Medina pleaded guilty and was sentenced to Mansfield Reformatory.
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Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Howard R. Butler
William Adams
Weldon Anderson
Kenneth Anderson
Philip Cobb
Robert Adams
Beldon Township
Raymond Coas
Medina
Mansfield Reformatory
Clergyman Niemoeller Sentenced for Defying Nazification Campaign
The Rev Martin Niemoeller a leading figure in the Evangelical church resistance was given seven months in a fortress and fined twice 500 marks and 1500 marks. The smaller fine was paid accounting for time served while the larger remains due. He faced four charges and had been imprisoned since July 1.
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Berlin
Martin Niemoeller
Evangelical Church
Niemoeller
Prion
Fear Craft Has Crashed In Mountains
A Transcontinental and Western Air liner with six passengers and three crew went missing while flying San Francisco to Los Angeles. The two motor plane, last heard near Bakersfield, was reported at 9:15 p.m. and had intended to land in Fresno or Bakersfield. Authorities began daylight searches as weather and clouds hampered efforts. The crew included Captain John D Graves, with passengers L B Watts V Krause and Stanford students Jay Tracy Dirlam and Mary Louise Dirlam.
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
Tehachapi Mountains
California
San Joaquin Valley
Bakersfield
Mills Field
Douglas
TWA
Union Air Terminal
John D. Graves
Fresno
Graves
Babovetint
L. B. Watts
V. Krause
Kansas City
Jay Tracy Dirlam
Mary Louise Dirlam
Stanford University
Mansfield
M. H. Salisbury
Winslow
Ariz
Palo Alto
Calif
Mansfield siblings feared dead in California air crash
Mansfield Ohio youths J Tracy Dirlam 21 and sister Mary Lou 19, Stanford students and son and daughter of J N Dirlam, rushed home after their father’s heart attack. They boarded a plane near Fresno bound for Los Angeles and possible onward ship to the East. reports say the aircraft vanished in snow mountains.
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Mansfield, O
Mansfield
Fresno
Cal
J. Tracy Dirlam
Mary Lou
Leland Stanford University
California
J. N. Dirlam
Mansfield Building and Loan Co
Dirlam
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Low Angeles
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Senator Bailey
General Pershing
Stevens
Warehouse Co
Wm. Masterton
Gas Co
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