Elyria Board Considers School Building Policy Before July
Elyria City Board of Education plans to begin outlining a long term program to meet current and future school needs. Superintendent Maston outlined general objectives including new Elyria High auditorium and possible industrial building, with added combined auditoriums and gymnasiums in some elementary schools. Budget timing suggests early planning, though funds for a building fund have been scarce in recent years.
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Elyria City
Jefferson
Maston
Franklin
Hamilton
McKinley
Elyria High School
Lorain
Allen and Edison
County To Buy Slag And Other Materials
County Commissioners authorized purchase of 6 000 tons of slag for county roads at about 86 500 and bids for about 820 000 of engineering department supplies, some on consignment. Bids are set for March 28 covering road and bridge supplies automotive equipment hand tools and related maintenance items.
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Harry L Dunham
Engineering Department
Former Rittman Mayor William Shackleford Dies at 79
Former Rittman mayor William Shackleford, age 79, served eight years in office and died at his home in Rittman today.
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Rittman
William Shackleford
Weather summary for Ohio and central regions
Fair and cooler tonight with clouds increasing Wednesday and rising temperatures. Thursday brings rain in the south and possible rain or snow in the north. A high pressure system moves east from the Rockies and Great Plains to central valleys of Manitoba and western Ontario, with generally fair morning conditions across the U S.
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Ohio
Rockies
Great Plains
Manitoba
Ontario
Puget Sound
Colorado
United States
Eight Vocational Classes For General Industries Employees
Elyria City Board of Education approved adding three vocational classes at the General Industries plant under the Smith Hughs Law. The program, now eight classes, is funded half by the company and half by the state with the local board as sponsor, though not paying costs. Over 180 employees are enrolled. Courses cover blueprint reading shop sketching routing plant information materials and production control. Teachers are plant certificated staff. pay ranges from 22.50 weekly for 19 weeks to 120 for 12 weeks.
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General Industries Company
Elyria City
General Industries
Co. 4
Kohler
W. J. Schmittgen
R. H. Fosselus
Ed Dettman
Schmittgen
Fossehus
Dettman
No Change In Rules Governing Sick Leave For Teachers
Elyria City Board of Education members said no change should be made to teacher sick leave regulations at this time. Superintendent R C Maston noted a question about whether three days off with pay for death in the immediate family might apply to grandparents or in laws, but the board and teachers' organization favor maintaining the current interpretation.
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Elyria City
Maston
Teachers’ Organization
Suppression of Madrid Uprising by Republican Forces
Republican troops clashed with Communist led soldiers in Madrid as Gen. Jose Miaja’s defense council defended the new regime. The council said the counter revolution was quickly crushed and appealed for public aid to press the settlement talks with the Nationalists. Communist HQ in Valencia and Madrid were raided then left under Republican control.
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Madrid
New Defense Council
Jose Miaja
Miaja
Juan Besteiro
Spain
Valencia
Fire at Broad Farm. $8,000 Loss Reported
Fire at the Fred Broad farm on Whitney road in Pittsfield township caused extensive damage early this morning. Fire Chief Lynn Coates said the blaze destroyed the barn, silos, granary, straw stack, hay and grain, with tools, and livestock losses partly insured. Firemen battled the flames until 7:30 a.m. The cause remains unknown.
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Fred Broad
Whitney Road
Pittsfield Township
Lynn Coates
Wellington
Two Identical Bids Submitted to Elyria Board
The Elyria City Board of Education accepted Day's Hardware Store for furnishing lighting fixtures after two identical bids from Day's Hardware Store and Smith Auto Parts Company, both Elyria, shared the lowest bid at 524.40 for the entire fixture package.
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Franklin
Elyria
W. O. McClellan
WPA Crew Razes Wrong Brooklyn Building
The WPA admitted a wrecking crew tore down the wrong three story frame building in Brooklyn, misidentifying addresses on Belmont Avenue. Title Guarantee and Trust Co had requested razing next door. bank regrets the error and considers action.
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New York
WPA
Newburgh Savings Bank
Title Guarantee and Trust Company
City Housing Authority
Belmont Ave
Brooklyn
Powell Street
Title Guarantee
Newburg Bank
Fire Damages Two Family House In Adams Street
Elyria’s most serious fire of the year to date damaged a two family home at 454 456 Adams Street yesterday afternoon. Fire Chief W N Bates estimated loss at 2500, possibly higher, with cause undetermined. Three fire units fought the blaze after it started in the attic. occupants were alerted by a passing stranger who knocked on the George Updike apartment door at 456 Adams Street.
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Elyria
Adams Street
W. N. Bates
George Updike
Two-Way Radio Purchase Delayed by City Council
City council deferred final passage on borrowing 3500 dollars for a police two way radio. Three votes blocked suspension of rules and final reading. likely three readings and a deadline of April 3. Dissenting members argued against borrowing despite utility, citing city finances.
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Council
Police Department
George Thompson
Emer Nelson
Henry Sassmanhausen
Four Children Die In Flames At Rural Iowa Farm
A farm house six miles south of Ayr Iowa burned killing Ruby Morse 17 Evelyn 15 Mary Lou 10 and Bill 5. Mrs Milo Morse 36 suffered serious burns while Everett 9 and the father were in the barn. Fire started when kerosene exploded as Mrs Morse built a fire in the kitchen stove.
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Mt, Ayr
Here
Milo Morse
Everett
Ruby Morse
Evelyn Morse
Mary Lou Morse
Bill Morse
Morse
Mrs. Morse
Lateran Accord Ends Strife Between Vatican and Italy
Biographical sketch of Pope Pius XII traces Pacelli's rise from Archbishop to Cardinal and Secretary of State. It recalls the 1929 Lateran Pact with Italy, his 1934 Rome duties, 1935 Lourdes trip, 1936 U.S. visit, 1938 Budapest Eucharistic Congress, and his renowned work ethic and health-conscious routines.
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Vatican
United Press
Vatican City
Eugenio Pacelli
Rome
Pietro Cardinal Gaspari
Pius XI
Pacell
Cardinal Pacelli
Buenos Aires
South America
Genoa
Gibraltar
Rio de Janeiro
Pius
New York
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Washington
Budapest
Jugoslavia
Austria
Germany
Broad Street parking reduced to one hour debated
City council debated cutting Broad Street parking to one hour. The special traffic committee backed an elastic ordinance granting director oversight, while several members opposed. a first reading failed six to three and a committee of the whole was set for March 13 to craft a solution.
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Broad Street
George Thompson
Special Traffic Committee
Safety Committee of Council
Ellsworth Alheit
James Scott
Seward Black
Thompson and
Fowls
Alheit
Safety Service
Elmer Nelson
George Gould
Jack Hannaford
Retail Merchants Division
Chamber of Commerce
Frank Henke
Black For
Council
I. D. Faxon
Abbe
WPA
Prospect Street
Faxon
Abbe Road
Prospect
Stricter Visiting Rules Planned at Ohio Prison
Acting Warden William Amrine announced tighter visitation at an Ohio penitentiary to curb smuggling of money and narcotics. He plans a separate visitors room, reduced passes, and added visiting days. prisoners must surrender funds to be credited, with over $1,000 already turned in.
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Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
Wiliam F. Amrine
Amrine
Music In Public Places To End At Midnight
public meeting rejects late hour extension for music in public venues after midnight council votes eight to one to bar most sounds until 8 am Henke vows to issue warrants against 11 violators and the defeated amendment to extend to 1 am fails seven to two top officials oversee enforcement and orderkeeping
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Frank Heune
Henke
W. E. B. Notley
Seward N. Black
Gandhi ends fast as Rajkot crisis yields talks
Gandhi ends his fast unto death after Indian and British governments intervene. The Rajkot ruler Thakore Saheb faced pressure over liberalizing government. Gandhi’s illness and water intake worsened as discussions with E C Gibson and a Linlithgow letter moved toward a settlement.
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Gandhi
Rajkot
India
U. P
Mahatma Gandhi
E. C. Gibson
Thakore Saheb
Gibson
Lord Linlithgow
No 10
Downing Street
Neville Chamberlain
London
Sardar Vallabhai
City Council Amends Vacation and Sick Leave Ordinance
The council narrowed annual sick leave to 30 days and passed the amendment with all members voting yes except Leonard Fowls who opposed. The measure allows special legislation for longer injury cases and was introduced by Councilman Elmer Nelson.
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Council
Elmer Nelson
Fowls
Leonard Fowls
Dan Symons
Joseph Q. Petro
Fritz Rudin
Reorganization Bill Faces Bipartisan House Opposition
House Republicans stage a solid show of opposition to the government reorganization bill. Leader Joseph W. Martin says the measure would cede power by allowing presidential orders to take effect after 60 days without a Senate resolution, a point fueling a negative objection. Debate continues with an eight hour limit.
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Washington
Joseph W. Maretin
Mass
Martin
Brighton Teachers All Reemployed for 1939 40
The Brighton Township Board of Education reemployed all present teachers for the 1939 40 school year making Lorain county history as the first district to renew staff. High school staff includes J J Russell superintendent and social science Paul Rhodes coach and math Lois Wittich home economics English Latin Paul Tawney vocational agriculture. Elementary educators include Charles Browne Margaret Hunt Charlotte Bligh Jean Hardy Marguerite Spelbrink and Helen Dickey with an art position to be filled later.
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Brighton Township
Jean Hardy
Marguerite Spelbrink
Helen Dickey
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Laurence A. Steinhardt
Apove
U. S
Peru
Russia
Joseph Davies
Belgium
Acme
Broad Farm
Thompson
Nelson
Sassmanhausen
Noth
Pius XII
Eleanor Packard
Broad St
Certan
Albert
Edwin M. Watson
White House
Watson
12Th Field Artillery
James Roosevelt
Brighton
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