Woman Dies After Rescue From Blaze at Ridgeville
An 82 year old Ridgeville Township woman, Mrs Annabelle Willard, died in an ambulance from shock after being rescued from her burning Center Ridge Road home. Husband Fred R Wilford and housekeeper Miss Ella Sawyer were injured. fire blamed on furnace explosion. The couple had lived in the township about 25 years. services planned at Clifford Pease Funeral Home.
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Ridgeville Township
Center Ridge Road
Lorain-Cuyahoga County
Annabelle Willard
Lakewood Hospital
Fred R Wilford
Ella Sawyer
Charles Dyble
Norte Ridgeville
Dover Center
Wilford
the Mechanical Rubber Company
Cleveland
Wil
Elyria Separation Proposal Opposed by Elyria Lawyer
Elyria attorney Fritz Rudin declares against the plan to split Elyria city from Elyria township. He warns the municipal court shift would end the current dual justice system, threaten township work, and impose new costs. The statement follows a City Council proposal and outlines impact on local courts and taxpayers.
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Fritz Rudin
Elyria
Elyria City
Elyria Township
Rudin
Ditches
Justice of the Peace Cours
Ohio forecast fair and continuing cold with light snow
A cold spell persists across the central and eastern states with freezing temps in the south. Ohio stays cold tonight with low temps around 10 to 15 as clouds increase and light snow possible. Tuesday into midweek shows slow warming but winds remain variable. High pressure dominates central states while a stronger western disturbance affects the Rockies and Northwest.
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Ohio
Rocky Mountain Plateau
Texas
Lousiana
Misissippi
Alabama
Georgia
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Ohio River
Five Injured In Easter Traffic Accidents
Easter road crashes left five people with minor injuries and several bruises. The largest collision occurred on Route 20 west of Elyria at 825 pm when a car and a truck collided after a passing maneuver, injuring four people including Lewis Berger and Eldridge Hoermann. All victims were transported to Elyria Memorial Hospital. A second crash near Pittsfield on Route 58 injured Walter Waltz as a car and trailer turned into a driveway. Additional fender benders on Sa ond Street and East Avenue, Cleveland Street and Olive Street, and Broad Street involved several drivers, with one arrest for reckless driving.
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Sheriffs
Route
Elyria
Lewis Berger
Chiron Boulevard
Cleveland
Steve Kovach
Angola
Ind
Crystal Springs
Eldridge Hoermann
Kankakee
Bergers
Grace Berger
Mac Berger
Poth
Caroline Hoermann
August Byech
Llyria Memorial Hospital
Harry J P Wolt
Fast- Lawn
Pittsfield
Sheriff Department
Waly
Henry Parsons
Wellington
Nanos Bakery
Eric Paul Ligothe
Bon Atr Lavenue
Cleveland Street
Olive
Jack Lord
North
Olive Street
Broad Street
West Avenue
George Vargo
Wast River ‘Street
Pope laments talent used to ruin nations
In a 15 minute Easter homily at the Vatican Pope Pius condemns humanitys genius energy and wealth being diverted to war and armaments. He pleads for divine aid to kings princes and Christian peoples in seeking peace concord and unity.
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Vatican City
Pius
Ohio records coldest March 25 on record
Ohio endures the coldest March 25 in weather bureau history with temperatures at Columbus and Cleveland reaching record lows. Cleveland logged 1 degree and Columbus 15 degrees, shattering prior marks. Forecasters warn of continued cold with forecasted snow and increasing clouds ahead.
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Ohio
Buckeye
Columbus
Cleveland
Weather Bureau
Ralph Maze
Easter Parades Derailed by Extreme Cold Across Nation
Extreme cold across the United States spoiled Easter parades from Texas to the Atlantic coast. Temperatures were 20 to 30 degrees below normal, some near zero, with only Florida and parts of the far west seeing mild conditions. The Weather Bureau forecast slight rises tonight or tomorrow, while rain fell in places and snow or sleet marked dicey conditions in several states.
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Middle West
Weather Bureau
Texas
Mississippi River Valley
Catolinas
North Atlantic
Minneapolis Minn
Memorial Day Group Plans Meeting at City Hall
Elyria organizers announce a memorial day observance planning meeting to be held Wednesday evening in the council chamber at 770 pm. George Colburn, chairman, says representatives from local groups will attend to coordinate participation.
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City Hall
Elyria
Council
George Colburn
Educational Group To Hear Akron Man Speaker
Leslie P Hardy director of adult education at the University of Akron will speak at the Lorain County Adult Education dinner meeting. The event at the Elyria YMCA on April 24 was announced today by C A Gubbena, chairman of the council.
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Leslie P Hardy
University of Akron
Lorain County
Elyria Y W Cc A
C A Gubbena
Many Seniors To Take Tests Here Saturday
Lorain county seniors from Elyria and nearby schools will compete in the general scholarship test for high school seniors Saturday. The test in Room 208 at Elyria High School runs 9 to 11:30 with 40 percent top ranking eligible. district and state awards, plus several college scholarships, will be announced at Columbus on May 18.
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Lorain County
Elyria
C A Gibbons
Elyria High School
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University College of Agriculture
Gibbons
J W Luttrell Loran
E Wigton
Constitutionality of Oklahoma Tax On Banks Upheld
The Supreme Court upheld Oklahoma's tax on national banks, taxing income including that from federal tax exempt securities. The unanimous decision, the first by Associate Justice Frank Murphy, affirms the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling. Tradesmen's National Bank of Oklahoma City challenged the tax as impairing federal borrowing power and discriminating against national banks.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Oklahoma
Frank Murphy
Oklahoma State Supreme Court
Tradesmen’s National Bank of
Oklahoma City
132 Take Exam For Census Enumerators 132
Thirty five men and women sought appointment as enumerators for the 1940 census, taking a preliminary test at the Elyria YMCA under Albert R Matuszak of Lorain district census supervisor. One hundred others took the test in Lorain, totaling 132 county applicants. Ninety five enumerators to be appointed. over 100 may be called for a school next Friday and Saturday at the YMCA for Lorain county trainees to learn filling forms and approaching those to be enumerated. Matuszak said the number called for the school will be slightly larger than the number appointed, to cover possible unavailability. The test, based on material studied by applicants, was described as a sort of elimination test. Census work begins April 2.
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Elyria
Albert R Matuszah
Lorain
YMCA
Loram County
Matuszak
Only Church In Village Burns
In Edison, MT, the village's only church, a 60 year old frame Methodist building, burned during Easter services as a boy cried fire. Sixty worshippers escaped with hymnals and chairs. a piano blocked by the door. roof collapsed. loss about 3000 dollars. Two boys who alerted the town helped ring the fire bell after a wire broke. fire departments fought the blaze with cistern water, stunning heat breaking parsonage windows.
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MT Gilead
Edison
Here
Tuck Bolinger
Neil Wright
Tran
Gilead
W T McWilliams
Children Brave Wintry North Wind To Roll Eggs On The White House Lawn
Washington March 25 children in coats and parkas braved 21 degree wind to roll boiled eggs on the White House south lawn. About 100 families arrived as gates opened at 9 am. Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt appeared near 10 am and hoped the children enjoyed Easter. President Roosevelt, ill with a cold, did not appear on the south portico.
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White House
Washington
Roosevelt
Franklin D Roosevelt
South Lawn
Heads Named For Salvation Army Campaign Opens April 2
Eight division heads for the Salvation Army building fund campaign were announced. The women’s division is led by Mrs Q J Winsor with two majors, and the men’s division includes Charles Persons, Dan Rothe, Leonard Fowls, A J Lehman, and C F Betts. Bronson as general campaign head and J Severs as assistant chairman. The first team will be Young Men’s Club members led by Henry Wink. The drive aims to raise 18080, part of an 31000 project for a new building at 708 Broad Street funded by a 13000 bequest from an Elyria woman.
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Salvation Army Building Fund
Q J Winsor
Oberlin Road
A W Robishaw
J Martin Beck
Charles Persons
American Legion
Dan Rothe
Elks Leonard
C F Betts
Richard E Baird
Leamans Group
Bronson
C F Bronson
J Severs
Ohuo Fuel Gas Company
Elyria Kvanss Club
Severs
Elyria High School
Rotary Club
Four CCC Lads Killed In Crash Near Sandusky
Four CCC camp enrollees were killed and two injured early today when a seven year old coupe carrying them returning to Camp Seneca collided with a cattle truck on Route 2 three miles east of Sandusky at 2:30 am The dead include Frank Quon Jr 18 Daniel Mariant 38 Louis Mastro 17 and Kenneth Milhaim 19 The injured driver Joseph Mazur 22 was in critical condition in a Sandusky hospital The truck driver said trains bright lights blinded him The CCC workers had spent Easter weekend with families in Cleveland and were returning to the camp near Attica
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Sandusky
CCC
Camp Seneca
Cleveland
Frank Quon Jr
Daniel Mariant
Lous Mastro
Kenneth Milhaim
Joseph Mazur
Mazur
New York Central
Willam Souter
Erie County
Attica
Two Cousins Of Chief Stankard Die In Toledo Crash
Police Chief E J Stankard mourns as two of his cousins, both Midhgin school teachers, die in a West Toledo traffic accident that injures nine others. Loretta Riley, 58, lived near LaSalle and taught at Ida, and Alice Gilday, 50, of Monroe taught at Flat Roc. Riley had visited Cleveland’s Charity Hospital recently. nine injuries are reported to be recoverable.
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E J Stankard
Midhgin
Toledo
Stankard
Loretta Riley
LaSalle
Ida
Alice Gilday
Monroe
Flat Roc
Riley
Mrs Standard
Charity Hospital
Cleveland
Secretary Of State Of Ohio Rushed To Hospital
The Ohio Secretary of State, stricken by an asthma attack in his Columbus office at noon, was taken by ambulance to White Cross hospital. An aide said it was best to place him where an oxygen tent could be available if needed.
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Columbus
Gninth
White Cross Hospital
Noted Lecturer To Give Achievement Day Address
Dr Charles Copeland Smyth a Chicago minister sociologist radio commentator and lecturer will speak at the annual Achievement Day program for Solam county rural women next Tuesday at the First Methodist church. The program closes the 1939 40 extension service season. Smyth a Manchester England PhD holder and Kings Medal recipient is a veteran Midwest broadcaster and co founder of the Radio Round Table with Fill Hay.
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Charles Copeland Smyth
Chicago
Solam County
First Methodist Church
Dr Smith
University of Manchester
England
Isle of Man
United States
Midwest
Fill Hay
Radio
Roaund_ Table
Chicago Daily News
British naval forces enforce night blockade on German lanes
Danish reports state British naval destroyers and submarines patrol a night blockade from the North Sea into the Baltic, targeting German ore shipments. Skagerrak and Kattegat areas are mined, with British action aimed at interrupting Swedish ore bound for Narvik and Germany, while some German freighters turn back.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Germany
North Sea
Baltic Sea
Skagerrak
Norway
Kattegat
Sweden
Narvik
Kattegat Im
Baltic
Skagen
Elks Readies Large Class For Tuesday Initiation
Flyrna Elks schedule a major initiation Tuesday night to cap the 1939 40 year. Walter Kohn leads lodge officers in conducting the initiation with nominations for officer elections already made. A 6 pm business meeting precedes the 8 pm session. March birthday members and sponsors join a 6 30 pm Elks Restaurant dinner.
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Flyrna Elks Lodge
Walter Kohn
Elks
Plains
Columbus
Olio Elks Association
Akron
Elyria Lodge
North Central
Night club proprietor, dancer fined by judge in indecency case
Charles Sternberg of 104 Harvard avenue received a maximum $500 fine while Miss Dorothy Waldron, a 19 year old dancer, paid $50 plus costs after pleading guilty before Common Pleas Judge Guy B Findley for an indecent and lascivious exhibition at Sternberg's Hill Top Tavern in Oberlin. Authorities busted the venue at 2:30 am on March 7, photographing the act as about 40 patrons watched. Sternberg was jailed for nonpayment after failing to cover the $500, but Waldron was released after paying her $50. Sternberg promised to settle the $300 fine and $3570 costs within a day.
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Charles Sternberg
Harvard Avenue
Dorothy Waldron
Common Pleas
Guy B Findley
Sternbergs
Hill Top
Oberlin
Sternberg
Carl R Finegan
Miss Waldron
British Seize Turkish Ship in Palestine Intercept
British warships seized the Turkish steamship Sunkarya, 2812 tons, near Istanbul and towed 17 crewmembers to Beyrouth after alleged illicitly transporting 2000 Jewish refugees from Constanza to Palestine. The Turkish government protested and sought the ship’s release.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Sunkarya
Beyrouth
Syria
Constanza Hu Mania
Palestine
British Sink Two German Ships Close To Danish Coast
British forces torpedoed two German merchant ships near the Danish coast as part of a blockade patrol along neutral Scandinavian waters. Edmund Hugo Stumme IV was sunk off the west Danish coast while Heddernheim was sunk off the northeast Danish coast. Germany protested, while Norway accused British warships of incursions into Norwegian waters, and diplomacy contemplated counterclaims and responses.
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London
Great Britain
Edmund Hugo Stunnes IV
Hantsburg
Copenhagen
Heddernheim
Germany
Edmund Hugo Stmnes IV
Foreign Office
Norway
Norwegian
Beilera
Howe
Srendinerte
Eimenall
Hugo Stinves IV
Berten
Werwing
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Pope
Salvation Army
Secretary of State of
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Ty C . Smith
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