Longworth Comments On WPA Waste And Politics
Alice Longworth comments from Washington on WPA projects across states. She cites Pinchot in Pennsylvania, Mrs. Meyer in New York, Hopkins’ sister in a WPA post, and Senator Holt in West Virginia. She warns that federal control, not party, breeds boondoggling and billions wasted as the political air heats.
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New York
Eugene Meyer
Harry Hopkins
West Virginia
Holt
Alice Longworth
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
New York Elevator Strike Sparks Street Battles on Park Avenue
Rioting and mass pickets as 3,000 striking workers clash with police along Park Avenue and Wall Street in New York. Mayor La Guardia warns the strike must end today and vows to stay at City Hall until a settlement is reached. A federal mediator assumes charge as courts handle felonious assault and disturbance charges amid widespread disruption to elevator and janitorial services.
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Fiorello H. la Guardia
Park Avenue
City Hall
New York
Chicago
Wall Street
Weather Ohio Tonight And Thursday Outlook
The forecast for Ohio calls for generally fair skies with much colder temperatures tonight. Thursday will be fair but colder, with continued chilly conditions across the region.
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Ohio
Plan Offered By President Being Studied
The treasury proposed a 33 1 2 percent tax on undistributed corporate surpluses to raise 786 million dollars annually for three years and 620 million thereafter, as part of a broader tax plan to fund farm relief, the Soldiers' Bonus, and budget balancing. Congress debated permanent and temporary revenue measures, including repealing the capital stock tax and a windfall levy on processors, amid opposition from lawmakers and corporate executives.
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Washington
Congress
The
Treasury
Roosevelt
House
Ways and Means
New York Exchange
Full Ways and Means Committee
Robert L. Coughton
Supreme Court
AAA
Rice Millers
Believe Cigarette Caused Warren Hotel Blaze
Warren Ohio reports a cigarette dropped through a floor crack believed responsible for the Warren Hotel fire that killed three and injured seven. Fire Chief Edwin Oldacres and Deputy State Fire Marshal Walter Powell led the inquiry, ruling out a gas explosion. Edna Wiles of Akron was identified as the woman who died leaping from a third floor room. Six hotel officials and guests were questioned as the inquiry opened with more to be summoned.
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Warren
Warren Hotel
Edwin Oldacres
Walter Powell
Edna Wiles
Akron
Plan To Investigate Violations Of Liquor Permits
Police prepare to crack down on private clubs selling intoxicating liquor in violation of D-4 permits. Police Chief EL. J. Starskard says complaints allege liquor sales to non members and violations of closing orders. State liquor control allows 0.2 beer any time but bans other beverages on weekdays 10 a.m. to 12:30 a.m., and bans sales from midnight Saturday to midnight Sunday. Clubs may not sell to non members, says the department.
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EL. J. Starskard
State Department of Liquor Control
State Department
Hamilton County Voters Approve Welfare Levy
Hamilton County voters approved a one mill levy raising one million dollars for welfare relief and general county operations. Half funds the tuberculosis sanatorium county home and Chronic Disease Hospital maintenance, the other half relief. Levy passed 55 931 to 18 006 in Cincinnati on March 4.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Water Travel Rates Are Reduced Between Buffalo and Cleveland
The Cleveland and Buffalo Transit Company announced lower water travel rates to Cleveland. Aimed at countering railroad price moves, the one way fare drops to 3.25 dollars and the round trip to 5.50 dollars starting May 9.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Cleveland
Cleveland and Buffalo Transit Company
Comedian Nat Haines Dies In Ohio At 53
Edward Toby Henderson known on stage as Nat Haines died after weeks of illness at his mother’s home in Kent Ohio. A Pittsburgh street car motorman by trade, he gained rapid fame after an amateur night act and performed with Chic Sale Will Rogers and other stars. Funeral planned Saturday.
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Kent
Edward
Toby’ Henderson
Nat Haines
Henderson
Pittsburgh
Chic Sale
Will Rogers
Girl Hiker Assaulted Near Oberlin Hospitalized
Miss Mary Iler a 22 year old hiker was assaulted early today west of Oberlin while hitchhiking from Cleveland to Chicago. She described a dark skinned man about 5 feet 9 inches tall in a black hat brown coat and white scarf who knocked her down multiple times before she escaped to a gas station. Police and deputies names and exact route details are included.
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Oberlin
Mary Iler
Cleveland
Chicago
Allen Memorial Hospital
P. Cry.Colegrove
Ed. Monroe
Chalmer Davidson
Colegrove
Elyria Community Service Council Meeting Called
An important meeting of the Elyria Community Service Council has been called for Tuesday evening March 10 at 7 30 in the committee room of Lorain County Savings and Trust Co. The executive committee will report plans to form a permanent organization named The Elyria Community Chest Inc. Transfer of assets to the new corporation and related matters will be considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Community Service Council
Lorain County Savings and Trust Co
Elyria Community Chest, Inc
Legion Disposes Of Routine Matters At Elyria Post Meeting
Elyria Post No. 12 American Legion held a well attended meeting to address routine business. A delegation will attend a Disabled American Veterans Chapter 49 meeting with Lowell Raymond as speaker. Cuyahoga Chapter 7 will install new officers and recruit recruits in a public ceremony. A second delegation will hear Homer Chaillaux discuss the Red Peril at Canton Auditorium. The post and auxiliary plan a St Patrick’s Day Card Party and Dance March 17. Several reinstate ment and membership applications were favorably acted upon.
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American Legion
Lowell Raymond
Cleveland
Veterans’ Administration
Foot
Farling
Cuyahoga
Ohio
Thomas Mihalis
Adjt
Canton
Homer Chaillaux
Americanism
Elyria Post
State Commander of Legion Recovering
Cincinnati March 4 Milton D Campbell state commander of the American Legion is recovering from injuries after the automobile he and Mrs Campbell were in overturned near Sharonville Ohio three weeks ago An unidentified man who saved his life is sought by authorities.
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Cincinnati
Milton D. Campbell
American Legion
Campbell
Sharonville
Bank holdup nets $1500 in Cleveland
Four men robbed four Morris Plan Bank branches in Cleveland today, taking about $1500 after forcing the manager, a girl clerk, and two customers into a rear room. A sedan with stolen plates CV-655 was used, with one gunman at the wheel while others looted the till and restrained victims.
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Cleveland, O
Morris Plan Bank
J M Cox
Marvy Healey
Roosevelt Marks Third Year in White House Fight for Re election
President Roosevelt marked his third anniversary in office amid debate over the new deal and unemployment. Republicans attack his power over Congress and states while Democrats claim labor backing and strong support for reform and recovery ahead of the November election. Postmaster General Farrey predicts unprecedented support for Roosevelt. The GOP notes a declining popularity from 1932 and 1934 highs.
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Washington
Roosevelt
New Deal
Supreme Court
White House
Congress
James A. Farrey
Prosecutor to Fight Hauptmann Reprieve Effort
Prosecutor Anthony Hauck of Hunterdon County said he will fight any further reprieve for Bruno Richard Hauptmann. He accused Governor Hoffman of delaying justice and stated his duty to oppose extending the convicted Lindbergh baby killer’s life. The governor already granted one reprieve earlier in January.
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Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Anthony Hauck
Hunterdon County
Charles A. Lindbergh Jr
Hauck
Harold G. Hoffman
Hauptmann
Ethiopians Flee In Wild Disorder
Marshal Pietro Badoglio completed operations on the northern Ethiopian front with the rout of the last opposing force. About thirty thousand men under Ras Imru were defeated and sent fleeing in disorder toward the Gojjam Region as Italian sources report heavy casualties and subversive activities by natives against Emperor Haile Selassie.
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Asmara
Eritrea
Pietro Badoglio
Ras Imru
Gojjam
Halle Selasase
Y W C A Leader To Discuss Issues Here Tomorrow
Miss Mildred Corbett of New York will address Y W C A leaders and directors tomorrow at 3 pm on issues for the biennial convention in Colorado Springs April 29 to May 3. She has held multiple Y W C A roles and served in areas from New Haven to Siberia, with a career in organization, membership, and staff administration. Her home town is North Adams, Michigan.
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Mildred Corbett
New York
National Services Division
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Corbett
National Committee On Public Affairs
National Study of Association
Miss Corbett
New Haven
Conn
Southwest
Siberia
American Association
World Executive Committee
Baltic States
North Adam
Michigan
Michigan State Normal College
New York City
Elyria Kiwanis Club to Celebrate 17th Birthday
The Elyria Kiwanis Club will mark its seventeenth birthday at a noon Thursday meeting at the Hotel Newell with Governor Al Con of Canton as the speaker. Lieut. Governor Russell Glass and other Cleveland Kiwanis officials are expected guests. A dinner bridge party for former and prospective members and their wives follows next Tuesday at Elyria Country Club, organized by the social committee led by Walter Schultz.
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Elyria !Kiwanis Club
Newell
al. Con
Canton
Russell Glass
Cleveland
Elyria Country Club
Walter Schultz
Driver Of Death Car Granted Probation
Gerald Turner, 32, of Stop 100, Oberlin Road, was granted probation by Common Pleas Judge Guy B. Findley after pleading guilty to second degree manslaughter. His car struck and killed Miss Elizabeth Schander sky, 28, of Oberlin, as she rode a bicycle home from work December 6 near Oberlin. The two year probation bans him from driving a car and Robert Parrish, Oberlin marshal, was named probation officer.
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Gerald Turner
Stop
Oberlin Road
Common Pleas
Guy B. Findley
Elizabeth Schandersky
Oberlin
Turner
Robert Parrish
Zero Weather Destroys Ohio Highways Estimated at 3 Million
Columbus Ohio March 4 Ohio's highways suffered about three million dollars in damage from the recent zero weather. John Jaster Jr state highway director made the estimate today detailing the impact and scope of the deterioration.
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Columbus
Ohio
John Jaster, Jr
Alleged Lorain Dope Ring Under Grand Jury Scrutiny
The grand jury in Lorain is investigating an alleged dope ring linked to a doctor and a druggist with witness John Hesse of Cleveland. The inquiry also covers extortion of 3900 dollars from Frank DeFazio of Elyria, with two men jailed and two others in Ohio penitentiary. Prosecutor Howard R. Butler and assistant William Wickens lead about 20 cases.
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Lorain
John Hesse
Cleveland
Underworld
Alvin Karpis
New York
New York State
Frank DeFazio
Elyria
Ohio Penitentiary
Howard R. Butler
William Wickens
Oberlin Graduates Believed Out Of War Zone In China
Oberlin College graduates are reported in Shansi Province China with most at Taiku, believed out of the war zone. Named are Josephine Hamilton Greenfield Mass Robins Strong Geneva Switzerland Gertrude Cheney New Haven Conn Frances Cade Miamisburg Ohio Dr Isabelle Hemmingway Flora Heebner Alvina Mluner Gladys Williams Raymond T. Moyer. Also in Taiyuan near Fenchow are Mr and Mrs J Homer Bright Calvin Darton Cord Wertz nurse Wertz and Mr and Mrs O C Sollenberger Alberta Greenville.
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Oberlin
Oberlin College
Shansi
China
Taiku
W. F. Bohn
Josephine Hamilton
Greenfield
Mass
Robbins Strong
Geneva
Switzerland
Gertrude Cheney
New Haven
Alvina Mlunger
Gladys Williams
Raymond T. Moyer
Taiyuan
Fenchow
J. Homer Bright
Calvin
Darton
Corda Wertz
O. CC. Sollenberger
Alberta
Greenville
Lindberghs Lease Ancient Home in Kentish House
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh has leased Long Barn near Weald in Kent, a four cottage property said to be Caxton's birthplace. Local gossip claims Caxton's ghost reappears at night in the birth room, adjacent to the Lindbergh nursery for their son Jon. The estate features a rose garden, pool, tennis court and open meadows under five miles from a nearby airfield.
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London
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Caxton
England
Long Bar
William Caxton
Mrs. Lindbergh
Jon
Great Britain
Long Barn
Weald
Kent
Seven Oaks
Col. Lindbergh
County's Share of Tax in $37,004 Distribution Reported
Lorain county's share of the $2,233,780 liquid fuel and sales tax proceeds to school 3 is $37,004, reported from Columbia today. The distribution, the last before allocations under the new school foundation law, is made on a basis of $1.78 per pupil.
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Lorain County
Joseph T. Tracy
Columbia Today
New School Foundation
New Program of Work Relief Being Drawn
Washington reports the Roosevelt administration is shaping a private industry driven work relief plan to replace the current program. Estimates foresee a new year cost of about 2.2 billion dollars to create jobs for roughly 3 million needy workers. The move follows AFL unemployment estimates indicating about 12.6 million jobless in January, up over December.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Commerce
Francea Perkins
Daniel C. Roper
George Berry
Congress
American Federation of Labor
Reelect West President of C. of C. Elyria Chamber
A. H. West was reelected to lead the Elyria Chamber of Commerce for the coming year as the new board organized. J. J. Parks became first vice president, replacing Karl W. Plocher, with Al Mason named second vice president. A. J. Robinson was elected treasurer. H. H. Nye’s term ends. The four officers and Harold R. Rorick and Frank E. Stevens join the executive committee, which will appoint other committees soon and meet Friday.
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A. H. West
Elyria Chamber of Commerce
J. J. Parks
Karl W. Plocher
al Mason
A. J. Robinson
H. H. Nye
Harold R. Rorick
Frank E. Stevens
Anti Jewish Riots Close Warsaw University
In Warsaw on March 4 a wave of anti Jewish rioting led to the indefinite closing of the university after 18 Jewish students, including two women, were beaten and required medical aid. Nationalist students protested admission of Jews and high tuition, demolishing university furniture and driving 200 demonstrators through lecture rooms.
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Warsaw
Poland
Ethiopian Casualties Heavy on Northern Front
Italian General Headquarters in Ethiopia via Asmara reports that more than 30,000 Ethiopians were killed or wounded in battles from Feb 10 through March 3 on the northern front, according to an official announcement today.
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Ethiopia
Asmara
Hit Skip Motorist Fatally Injures Child in Cincinnati
A three year old child died after a hit and run incident in Cincinnati. The victim, James Edeward Dunning, was hurled from his aunt's arms when a hit and skip motorist struck nearby. His aunt, Ethel Beetle, was injured in the crash. The report notes the suspect fled the scene.
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Cincinnati
Ner Dows
James Edéwerd Dunning
Wre
Ethel Beetle
Crthon
Permves i
Nitekip
Victinen Lyime Fm
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Halsted L. Ritter
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Summers
Texas
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Elyria Post No. 12
Legion Home
Miss Mildred Corbett
Kiwanis Club
Lindberghs Lease Ancient Home
Reelect West
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