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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1938
Page
1
Authorities describe the defendants as ring leaders and say they will be arraigned tomorrow before a United States Commissioner. They face prosecution for alleged violations of the federal mail fraud statute. The indictment accuses them of fraudulently taking money from victims by falsely claiming that races were fixed.
Three New York City girls ages between 1 and LS were found hitchhiking near Cleveland Street and were bound for Hollywood. A patrolman stopped them and arranged a noon bus return for one after parents provided fare. the other two remain jailed awaiting action.
Wessey, assistant manager of the Sears shoe department, will address Eaton High School business classes at 1 o clock this afternoon on the topic Business of Today. An average of about 20,000 people monthly move from bad to better houses in England.
From the Hendaye Franco Spanish frontier the Nationalists report thousands of Loyalists fleeing eastward from Zaragoza while Franco’s Aragon campaign drives a double into Loyalist Catalonia. Northern columns under Gen Juan Yague push 40 miles east of Zaragoza as Nationalists mop up villages north of the city in Fhesca and relieve Zaragoza under siege.
The Elyria Library plans an annual circulation rush for operas and librettos to be used in the Cleveland engagement of the Metropolitan Opera Company. Librarian Edna Moore says the library holds librettos, complete scores, arias, and synopses for operas, with many new books arriving Friday including fiction and reference titles by diverse authors.
Washington March 24 Senator Arthur N. Vandenberg urged the administration to back a repea l of the undistributed profits tax and to align the tax bill with a pro business stance. He said a revised bill could spur recovery and that many on the Senate Finance Committee favor relief for business from punitive taxation. The effort centers on eliminating the undistributed profits tax and removing the capital gains tax from general provisions. Meanwhile Lawrence Etter, West Alexandria postmaster, was released on bond after arrest on charges of embezzling $1650 in postal funds.
J. Welsh president of the C. E. C. Club sent a telegram yesterday to Ohio senators and the district congressman arguing the reorganization bill should not be passed at this time. The protest reflects club opposition and seeks congressional reconsideration.
A telegram urged postponing the reorganization bill and bringing it before the public for study. It warned against dictatorship and stressed transparency in government actions.
Police disclose that 77 suspects were rounded up in a crackdown on a race-track tipster operation that allegedly defrauded the public of more than 80 million dollars over the past 18 years. Among those arrested are 223 individuals connected to the scheme.
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