Society Notes From Canton Lorain Sessions
The Canton Lorain No. 93 and Auxiliary No. 11 met in 1.0.C.F. hall with Captain Ray Malham and Lady Nellie Wilson presiding. Morris Kirk received the mustering-in, a bingo party planned for March 20, and birthday party highlights for General Eberly were shared at Canton J. O. O. F. Temple. Ladies Lent Hand ehy and Lewis served refreshments. Lady Ruth Smith won the evening prize. Oberlin ladies to entertain at the next meeting.
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Iary No. 11
C.F. Hall
Ray Malham
Nellie Wilson
Canton
Morris Kirk
Eberly
Lent
Handehy
Lewis
Ruth Smith
Oberlin
Failure predicted for economy program amid White House clash
Washington reports say conservative Democratic and Republican sources foresee the economy drive failing without Roosevelt's backing and with disagreements among sponsors on where to cut. Congress is blamed for hindering drastic reductions while the White House resists deep cuts citing relief and defense needs.
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Washington
U.P
White House
Roosevelt
United Press
Congress
Milk Producers Federation to Elect Director in Special District Race
The Milk Producers Federation of Cleveland will delay officer elections until after a special election Thursday night in District One covering Ashtabula Trumbull and Crawford Counties. The district fills the vacancy from H C Campfs resignation. Lorain County’s L W McConnell from Wellington leads District Four with C L Lehman of Belden in a prior tie, Lehman withdrawing in McConnell’s favor.
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Milk Producers Federation of
Cleveland
Ashtabula
Trumbull
Crawford
H. C Campf
Lorain County
L. W. McConnell
Wellington
Lorain
Cuyahoga
McConnell
C. L. Lehman
Belden
Lehman
Spencer Girl To Be Hostess On Big Airliner
Lois Thornton of Spencer has been selected from Cook County Hospital staff in Chicago as one of five nurses to train as a hostess on American Airlines planes. She now attends a six week training course at the Hyde Park Hotel in Chicago. A Wellington High School graduate from 1934 and Glenville Hospital nurse graduate in 1938.
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Wellington
Muss Lois Thornton
Charles Thornton
Spencer
Cook County Hospital
Chicago
American Airlines
Miss Thornton
Hyde Park
Wellington High School
Nurses’ Training School
Glenville Hospital
Cleveland
Postoffice Receipts in Bristow Match 1937 Totals
Bristow postoffice staff rechecked figures and found the fourth quarter receipts for 1938 exactly match the previous year's final quarter at 7,922.43. The total was the same to the penny as 1937, leaving amazement among workers.
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Bristow
Okla
King and Queen to visit Dionne quints in Toronto
The Dionne quintuplets will travel from Callander to Toronto May 22 for a royal audience with King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. A private train will convey the children and their guardians, with the Ontario government providing the train and plans for a city tour return. The royal visit marks the first time the babies will leave their nursery and undergo curtsy and French greetings training.
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Toronto
Ontario
Parliament
Former Elyria C of C Presidents to Be Honored at Dinner
Fifteen living former presidents of the Elyria Chamber of Commerce will be honored at the annual dinner March 16 at First Congregational Church. Neely Powers will toast. speaker is Dr. James Selby Thomas, Clarkson College president.
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Elyria Chamber of Commerce
First Congregational Church
Chamber
Neely Powers
Colson Corporation
F. A. Smythe
L. B
C. E. Tucker
James Selby Thomas
Clarkson College of Technology
Chrysler Institute of Engineering
Resolutions of Respect Adopted for Elyria Officials
The Elyria City Board of Education adopted resolutions of respect for C. M. Williams an Elyria school attendance officer and C W Koppes an Elyria High School teacher who died last month The board praised their long faithful service to Elyria schools and will send copies of the resolutions to their families.
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C. M. Williams
Elyria
C. W. Koppes
Elyria City
Ohio Supreme Court asked to force firms to pay $500000 tax
Francis Durbin filed suit against Kroger and A and P with the State Tax Commission and Carlton Dargusch asking the court to compel payment of about 500000 in sales taxes allegedly collected but not turned over. The court set March 25 to show cause why mandamus should not issue. Dargusch dismissed the claim, saying there is nothing to it.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court Today
Kroger Grocery and Baking Company
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
Francis W. Durbin
Lima
State Tax Commission
Carlton S. Dargusch
Dargusch
Yacht Picnic Intrigue on the Hudson
George Van Buskirk and Conrad Palmer crash a department store yacht excursion and mingle with Mary Hale and Trixie Anderson. A budding romance edges between wealth and longing as plans to visit the Van Buskirk yacht unfold aboard the excursion steamer.
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George van Boskirk, Jr
Hudson River
Conrad Phelps
George
Audrey Hampton
Conrad
George Bush
Don Palmer
Con
Mary Hale
Trixie Anderson
Historic McLean mansion site to host RFC funded offices
Washington center scene shifts from Ned McLean era to a new Lafayette Building Corporation project funded by a $5.6 million RFC loan. Jesse Jones and two ex-PWA officials Hackett and Clas are tied to the deal as the McLean estate site is demolished for a 12 story office building expected to house Jones’s RFC. Details on the corporation’s directors remain undisclosed while RFC cites secrecy.
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Washington
Financial District
McLean
New York
Ned McLean
Harding
Fall
Daugherty
White House
Ned McLain
RFC
Jesse Jones
Jones
Lafayette Building Corporation
George Rogers
Corporation
American views clash with Australian debaters at Oberlin
Australian University debaters F. F. Thonemann and H W Robson concluded a three day Oberlin College visit saying Americans are not as screwball as expected and commenting on American dance crowds coeducation and coeds while praising Oberlin as birthplace of coeducation after meeting two Oberlin debaters in an inter continental debate.
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Oberlin
America
F. F. Thonemann
H W. Robson
Oberlin College
Australia
United States
Thonemann
Robson
Lafayette Building ties tied to New Deal funds
The article details Col Horatio Hackett of Thompson Starrett arranging a Lafayette Building Corporation with a $5.6 million RFC loan via Jesse Jones. Hackett hires his allies Clas and Holabird for design and construction, then rents the building to Jones, raising questions about legality and New Deal ethics. It contrasts this with how small business funding is treated.
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Thompson-Starrett Company
Col
Horatio Hackett
Thompson-Starrett
Angelo Clas
Clas
Lafayette Building Corporation
Col Hackett
New Deal
Lafayette Corporation
Jesse Jones
Thompson-Starr
Congress
Readied for England Voyage After U S Canada Speaking Tour
The group will complete 100 speaking engagements in the United States and Canada, ending with a national broadcast on Saturday, before sailing for England at the end of March.
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England
United States
Canada
Inventor Admits He Killed His Housekeeper
Cincinnati report says George L. Pownall 42 an inventor confessed to killing Bertha Mae King 43 his housekeeper after an argument in New Richmond Ohio The shooting occurred early Monday in his home Prosecutor may seek second degree murder charges and a mental exam Pownall says he shot in self defense and denies intentional homicide He was in a nervous state in Hamilton County jail after the confession.
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Cincinnati
George L. Pownall
Hamilton County
Bertha Mae King
Pownall
Lima State Hospital
Frank A. Roberts
Clermont County
Garland A. Auxier
Ora Slater
Fownall
Richmond
Sandusky Man Named President of Bowling Green University
Frank Prout, Sandusky school superintendent, was chosen by the Bowling Green University board as president. He will leave Sandusky by March 15 and start April 1 with a five year contract at 8000 to 8500 dollars yearly. Prout, 56, has taught in multiple districts and led Sandusky schools for 18 years, succeeding Dr. Offenhauer who died in December.
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Bowling Green
Frank Prout
Sandusky
Bowling Green University
Prout
Lima
E. B. Pedlow
Bessie Dwyer
Montpelier
L. N. Montgomery
Tiffin
J. J. Urschel
Toledo
E. E. Cornell
Urschel
Cornell
Frout
Montgomery
Ohio Wesleyan
Ohio State
Zanesville
Chillicothe
R. E. Offenhauer
H. B. Williams
Dr. Offenhauer
Karl E. Whinnery
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