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Newspaper

The Chronicle Telegram

Location

Elyria, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 10, 1939

Page

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AFL Has Own Proposal For Labor Unity

New York March 10 The American Federation of Labor outlined its own plan for labor unity, promising major concessions to industrial unionism. It aims to present the proposal tonight as peace talks resume, and would require CIO affiliates to join the federation while addressing jurisdictional disputes and industrial sectors. President John L. Lewis urged broader union integration, and leaders noted doubts about the plan’s practicality amid past failures to merge AFL CIO and independent railroad unions.

New York American Federation of Labor Congress of Industrial Organizations Federation American Congress of Labor CIO John L. Lewis AFL Roosevelt Joint Committees White House Federation Committee Lewis Atlantic City N. J Labor Movement AFL Committee A. F. Whitney Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Whitney

Penfield School Closes Over Illness Again

Penfield school shut for a day after twenty six pupils were absent and five fell ill. The decision came after earlier county wide closures due to illness. Officials hope to reopen Monday as attendance improves in other recently closed schools.

Penfield

Hughes Improves After Grippe Attack

Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes showed further improvement today as his condition from a slight grippe attack continued to improve.

Washington Charles Evans Hughes Supreme Court Grippe

Ohio Weather Outlook Reports Rain and Warmer Skies

The forecast notes rain and warmer conditions in southern Ohio, with rain or snow and milder air in the north. Saturday brings showers and rise in temperatures as high pressure sits over Ontario and extends into the Ohio Valley. Light to moderate showers are seen from the lower Mississippi Valley to southern Illinois, with light snow in the northern lake region. Cooler conditions prevail in the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes, while the Rocky Mountain region remains generally warmer.

Ohio Ontario Lake Region Ohio Valley Florida Utah Puget Sound Mississippi Valley Illinois Great Lakes Rocky Mountain Plateau Great Plains Wee Ewee

Lorain County Free Medical Service Cost in 1938

A county report by the Oberlin League of Women Voters notes Lorain County spent 300 031 for free medical service and hospitalization last year. It projects 25 000 residents cannot pay and lists ten recommendations including a central bureau, a county health council, maternal and venereal disease clinics, more visiting nurses, and expanded school health and public education efforts.

Lorain County Oberlin League of Women Voters Robert McEwen Paul Rogers Susan Zearing Oberlin League

Former Elyrian to Head Division of Salvation Army

Brigadier William A. Spatig will command the Northeastern Ohio Division based in Cleveland after two and a half years as Hudson River Division commander. He began as Probationary Lieutenant in Elyria in 1912 and has served in Toledo, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Albany, Columbus and Philadelphia. Mrs. Spatig, ex Captain Elizabeth Clausen, married in 1913, also served as an officer. A civic welcome and luncheon are planned March 15 with local leaders and a 7:30 p.m. public meeting at the Cleveland Citadel auditorium chaired by Commissioner Alexander M. Damon.

William A. Spatig Hudson River Salvation Army Army Ohio Cleveland Toledo Elyria J Pittsburgh Albany Columbus Philadelphia Cleveland Welfare Federation Jack North Rotary Club O. M. Walton John P. Dempsey Salvation Army Advisory Board Cleveland Citadel Alexander M. Damon

Will Again Try To Obtain City Mail Service

East Side residents within the city plan a Monday 7 30 pm meeting in City Council chambers to reopen talks on city mail service to their homes. Mrs A C Thompson heads the district north of East Broad street and east of Fairlawn avenue where boxes on Fairlawn receive mail. They seek attendance by city officials to resolve the issue. They previously met with Congressman Don W Harter to pursue house to house service. A post office rule requires fifty percent local build up for city service, which this area does not meet. Mrs Thompson cites alleged discrimination in applying the rule.

East Side A. C. Thompson East Broad Street Fairlawn Avenue Don W. Harter United States Post Office Thompson

Innocence Plea After Sandusky Husband Death Case

In Norwalk, Coletta Schlett and neighbor Harold Hastings pleaded innocent to first degree murder in the roadside death of Carl Schlett. They were jailed without bond as prosecutors plan trial after highway patrols finish investigation. life insurance of 12500 dollars remains unpaid.

Norwalk Coletta Schlett Sandusky Huron County Common Pleas Court Carl Schlett Harold Hastings Huron County Rex Bracy Frank Carpenter Bracy Schlett Bellevue

Income Tax On Corporations May Be Raised

Washington March 10 Administration plans to remove obstacles to recovery from the tax structure opening up today the possibility of a slight increase in normal corporate income tax rates. President Roosevelt and congressional economizers agreed that some means must be found to maintain government income if certain taxes are cut. Undersecretary John W. Hanes promotes a single flat corporation tax replacing undistributed profits and other levies. Decisions on the plan were withheld awaiting March 15 income tax returns and talks among leaders. Harrison urged budget cuts to maintain income and warned against further debt increases.

Washington Roosevelt of the Treasury John W. Hanes Hanes Sells White House Pat Harrison Miss Senate Finance Committee Jere Coover Tenn House Ways and Means Committee Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr Ke Peter Harrison Senate Economy Bloc United Press Treasury Congressional

FCC Member Resigns

Eugene O. Sykes the longest serving FCC member has submitted his resignation a report shows. He leaves a long tenure with the agency effective immediately pending the commission's next steps and replacements in Washington.

Washington Eugene O. Sykes Federal Communications Commission

Cleveland Youth Sits On Bridge For Job Stunt

Ray Stana a 19 year old youth sat atop the Cleveland high level bridge 100 feet above ground reading a book and refused to come down until he secured a job. His friend Sidney Seymour 18 alerted traffic below as bystanders watched a deadlock unfold over Stana's bid for work.

Cleveland Ray Stana Cleveland High Level Stana Sidney Seymour Seymour

Nine Elyria Nurses Pass December State Exam

Nine graduates of the M. B. Johnson School of Nursing at Elyria Memorial Hospital joined 828 nurses who passed the December state examination. Elyria recipients Ruth Edna Abraham, Myrtle Clinesmith, Gladys Detwiler, Mary Kleinholz, Betty Robertson, Vivian Scott, Genevieve Van Niel, Jane Williams, and Gladys Wooldridge will receive registration certificates. Top scores went to Elsie Reichel of Christ Hospital in Cincinnati with 94.6, Marguerite Held of St Marys Hospital 94, Ruth Curless of Bethesda Hospital 92.5, and Florence Elliott at 92.

M. B. Johnson School of Nursing Elyria Memorial Hospital State Medical Board Columbus Elyria Ruth Edna Abraham Myrtle Esther Clinesmith Gladys Elizabeth Detwiler Mary J. Barber Kleinholz Betty Isobel Robertson Vivian Florence Scott Genevieve Rose van Niel Jane Abbott

Grafton And Belden Rehire School Heads

Walter A. Jantz will start his eleventh year as Grafton superintendent after reemployment for two years by the Grafton School Board. Kenneth E. Lower was reemployed as Belden superintendent for two more years, after three years in the post.

Walter A. Jantz Grafton Kenneth E. Lower Belden

Cleveland Rector Dies After 32 Years Service

Dr. Walter R. Breed aged 72 rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Levelland for 32 years died from pneumonia last night.

Ashland College President Urges Balanced Behavior at PTA Talk

Ashland College president Dr. Charles L. Anspach addressed the Elyria High School PTA on Maintaining Mental Balance. He urged parents to help children reason through problems and to seek emotional balance, noting adults often overlook their own behavior and emphasizing universal challenges faced by youth.

Charles L. Anspach Ashland College Elyria High School Anspach Dr. Anspach

Italy Presents Territorial Demands to France

London reports Italy has formally presented to France a note outlining claims to Djibouti in French Somaliland and the railway to Addis Ababa plus Italian minority rights in Tanis. The moves are seen as less drastic than past Tunis Nice Corsica notes and may shape Nevill Chamberlain's armament conference plans.

United Press London Italy France Djibouti Somaliland Addis Ababa Tanis Tunis Nice Corsica Chamber of Deputies Great Britain Chamberlain Benito Mussolini Africa House of Commons

Sues To Enjoin Columbia Station Park Improvement

John Thomas Hill files suit to halt the Columba Station public square upgrade claiming the project would abolish a 21 year old right of way. Township trustee P W Heineman says the plan would use WPA dirt fill to level and beautify the area with grass and shrubs and may adjust some driveways but not affect nearby residents.

Public Square Columbia Station John Thomas Hill P. W. Heineman Heineman

Ask Election On Recall of Mayor

Akron Ohio March 10 Petitioners seek a recall election for Mayor Daniel Steel of Northfield. Village council approval was expected. 53 voters signed, above the legal minimum. A recall movement began last summer but stalled by a one year in office requirement. Charges allege failure to enforce anti slot ordinance, control of baseball field use and excess expenditures. Mayor Steel is in second year.

Akron. O Daniel Steel Northfield Summit Election Board Steel

Skeletons Of Plane Crash Victims Found Near Port Alberni

Four clothed skeletons were found by a lumberman near Port Alberni B C offering mute testimony on the Ginger Coote Airways seaplane that disappeared May 27 last on a Vancouver to Zeballos flight. The bodies were recovered by a lumberman.

Alberni B. C Ginger Coote Airways Vancouver B C Zeballos

Student Is Killed in Wooster Crash

Ned Reed 22, Ohio State University sophomore, died of injuries from a late night automobile crash west of Wooster. Gordon Kinney 20 Mary Kramer 20 and Hilda Zimmerman 20, occupants, were injured when the car left the road at a curve.

Wooster Ned Reed Ohio State University E. C. Reed Here Gordon Kinney Mary Kramer Hilda Zimmerman

Wage-Hour Division Near Payless Payday

Washington reports that 400 members of the Wage and Hour Division of the Labor Department may not be paid on March 15 unless Congress approves a $350 appropriation in the deficiency bill. The agency exhausted funds on February 28.

Washington Congress Department of Labor

Petition Approved for Dawley Ditch Improvement

County commissioners approved a petition for the Dawley ditch improvement in Eaton township and ordered the engineer to prepare a detailed report and cost estimates.

Dawley Ditch Eaton Township

Premier And 2 Ministers In Cabinet Ousted

Prague reports a sudden move to crush Slovak separatism with martial law. Bratislava troops occupied public buildings as Premier Josef Tiso and two ministers were dismissed by President Emil Hacha.

Prague Czechoslovakia Bratislava Pistyan Bystrice Trent Emil Hacha Bohemia Moravia Slovakia Josef Tiso Mikulas Pruzinski Ferdinand Durcansky Hacha Julian Revay

Policeman Shows He's Fireman Too

Patrolman George Walton volunteered as a fireman at 4 40 a m and quickly extinguished a smouldering car rear cushion owned by Miss Jerry Kuhn 400 Block West avenue in a lot behind The Chronicle Telegram building. He acted after detecting burning cloth odor and used water from a nearby bakery to douse the cushion likely ignited by a cigarette. The owner was not present.

George Walton Jerry Kuhn West Avenue Chronicle-Telegram Walton

Sold Starr piano in walnut excellent condition

Classified note offers a Starr piano in walnut with excellent condition for sale or trade. Contact numbers 36-93 and 4412-4418 are provided for interested buyers.

Starr

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