Accuses Comedian Of Love Theft For $70,000 Damages
Hollywood March 26 Bob Burns a Arkansas comedian was charged in a $70,000 damage suit with love theft intimidation and false imprisonment Daniel W Hoge former Texas oil man alleges Burns and Paramount officials abducted him on December 29 1938 took him to a downtown office made him sign two papers one clearing Burns of love theft and the other absolving the studio Hoge says Burns and confederates ransacked his Wilmington home for papers about alleged affections toward Mrs Minlhe Bernice Hoge Burns called the suit absurd and said Hoge may be trying to cash in after a threat to sue He noted Burns earns up to 400000 in a year and hinted at a possible rival publicity angle involving Jessel Paramount Studios and others named in the suit are cited as defendants and does not detail further specifics.
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Hollywood
Bob Burns
Daniel W Hoge
Texas
Burns
Hoge
Paramount Studio
Buns
Wilmington
Minlhe
Bernice Hoge Burns
Paramount
Cied
Lecy
Chicago
Jessel
George Jessel
Hallywood
Jane
John Does
Navy recruiting in Lorain seeks volunteers for enlistment
Representatives of the United States Navy recruiting station in Cleveland will visit Lorain each Friday to accept applications from Lorain County men aged 18 to 35 for Navy enlistment. Lt. O K O'Damell says the office at Room 218 Lorain post office building will handle inquiries. A April quota of 87 men is assigned to the Cleveland district, the second largest from the station since World War I, amid a Navy expansion to 14,000 men authorized by President Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Sates Navy
Cleveland
Lorain
Roosevelt
Officials Head to Columbus for Relief Conference
Elyria and county officials travel to Columbus to meet state welfare officials seeking funds to finance county relief for the rest of the year. Commissioners hope relief bond losses will cover the balance of year.
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Columbus
Elyria
Oral
Local Minister Reverend Daniels Active Since Earlier Years
The Reverend Daniels has served as rector of Christ Church Oberlin for two years. Born in Owego Tioga County New York, he studied at Owego Free Academy and later earned an MA from Kenyon College and a Doctor of Sacred Music from Bexley Hall. He previously led churches in Toledo and Maumee and has taught church music at Bexley Hall. He edited hymns and service books, written a Guide to the Ceremonial of the Prayerbook, and authored a biography of Bishop Leonard. He enjoys travel, botany, gardening, and studying church architecture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rey Lows E Daniels
Christchurch
Oberlin
Owego Tioga County
New York
Owego Free Academy
Kenyon College
Bexley Hall
Episcopal Theological Seminary of
Ohio
Polytechnical Institute of Brooklyn
Christ Church
Toledo
Maumee
Ycar
America
Oxford University Press
Daniels
Leonard
England
Europe
Toledo Grain and Livestock Market Summary
Market reports show prices for wheat corn and oats across No 1 red and No 2 white grades with bid and offer levels. Livestock pricing lists steer heifer and cow classes with midrange and high value cuts, plus hay feeds and milling byproducts.
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Toledo
Saul Cottomsee
BaTes
Hilal
New Explosive To Be Demonstrated For The Press
MIDDLE RIVER Md March 26 Lester P Barlow publicly demonstrates for the first time a liquid oxygen carbon explosive he says is the most destructive. Barlow notes past offerings to the Navy and cites plans to test safety features and detonation methods on grounds of Glenn L Martin Company with demonstrations for press and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle River
Lester P Barlow
Barlow
Navy
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Glenn L Martin Company
Army
State
House
Dog bite on West avenue injures man near Tenth Street
Henry Crawford of 331 West Street reports being bitten on the left leg yesterday afternoon by a dog while walking on West Avenue near Tenth Street. Police say the dog is owned by Leo Bright of 1020 West Avenue. Fort Myers March 26. Indians option three players to Wilkes-Barre of the Eastern League under a working agreement.
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Henry Crawford
West Street
West Avenue
Tenth Street
Investigaton
Leo Bright
Wallace Sees Need for Harder Approach to Farm Debt and Land Bank
Wallace argues that farm mortgage debt remains perilously high with about 25 percent delinquent or extended payments, blaming 1920s errors and soft-headed policy. He notes 200000 farmers foreclosed in the past decade, cites relief programs since 1933, and says readjustment continues while responsibility for the Farm Credit Administration remains with his department.
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Congress
Roosesellt
Ringer
Wallace
Farm Credit Administration
Labor party conference demands end to truce and war opposition
Resolutions from labor party conference call for immediate end to wartime truce allowing opposition in parliament and by-elections. Eighteen resolutions urge withdrawal of labor support for government war policy, with some urging immediate cessation of hostilities and others condemning the war as imperialist or capitalist. One resolution seeks cessation at the earliest moment without regard to military defeat. Market items and agricultural notes follow in the column.
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Labor Party
Death Record Mrs Jennie Austin 121 Tannery Street
Mrs Jennie Austin died at 6 am today after an illness of three weeks. Born February 26 1856 in Poughkeepsie New York she leaves two daughters Alpha Austin and Mrs Burton Mandeville of San Diego California three sons James Morrow of Norwalk and Milton of Berlin Heights twelve grandchildren and seventeen great grandchildren a sister Mrs Lavine Sands and a brother Moses Jenkins both in Ber lin Heights. Funeral services will be from Hinman Funeral Home Berlin Heights at 2 pm Thursday with burial in Berlin Heights Cemetery.
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Jennie Austin
Tannery Street
Austin
Poughkeepsie
New York
Alpha Austin
Burton Mandeville
San Diego California
James
Morrow
Norwalk
Milton
Berlin Heights
Lavine Sands
Sandusky
Moses Jenkins
Bern Heights
Hinman
Paule Ralston Parish Jr. Dies in Toledo Pneumonia
Paule Ralston Parish Jr three months old son of Mr and Mrs P R Parish Jr of Toledo died Sunday morning at Retwood Hospital after a ten day illness with pneumonia. Besides his parents he leaves grandparents Mr and Mrs Albert Hanes of Brighton. Funeral services were held yesterday at 4:00 from the L D Gerber Funeral Home and interment was made in Brighton Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paule Ralston Parish, JR
Wakeman
Paule RaLston Parish
P R Pairash, Jr
Toledo
Retiwood Hospital
Albert Hanes
Brighton
L D Gerber
Brighton Cemetery
Obituaries Remove for West Clarksfeld and Elyria
Multiple obituaries from Elyria area memorialize Robert F Kelley Wakeman born 1848 in Huron township died at home March 25. Survived by Emma wife, 1 daughter May Swift, 2 sons Mark and Lynn, 9 grandchildren, 3 great grandchildren. Funeral March 26 at 1:30 pm West Clarksfeld Adventist church. Interment Bogart Ohio. Also Mary H Barnes 78 died at 31 Park Avenue pneumonia widow of James J Barnes formerly of Avon and Elsna. Survived by 2 daughters J A Current and Frances Barnes, sister and brother. services pending. Arthur WieRober 63 died at 879 East River Street Elsra. Survived by sister Lottie Masley, four nieces, one nephew. Funeral Thursday 2 pm Luds Curtis Funeral Home. burial Ridgelawn.
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Wakeman
Robert E Whelley
West Clarksfeld
Huron Township
Kelles
Emma
May Swift
Huron
Mark
Brush
Columbia
Lynn
West Clarks Field
Mary H Barnes
Park Avenue
Barnes
James J Barnes
Avon
Elsna
St Marys Church
Sure
King
J A
Lorain
Mass Frances Barnes
Elyria
Arthur Wie Rober
Elsra
Eest River Street
Chillicothe
Ohio
Lod
Flying Fagles Lodge
Lottie Masley
Rober
Marjorie Mosley
Dorothy J Rober
David Griffith
Roland Rober
William Rober
Konstanty Starzanski killed in early morning attack
Konstanty Starzanski, 98, died at Elyria Memorial Hospital after a fatal attack at 457 Cleveland street. He was rushed to the hospital, where he died shortly after admission. He was a Pfaudler employee, Holy Cross church member, and survived by his wife Margarina and children Peter Albert, Mrs. Vary Wyda, and Frankard Helen, with a grandson, two brothers, and a sister. His body was taken to Bittner Funeral Home, then returned home for services Thursday morning at 8:30 and Holy Cross Church at 9, with burial at St. Marys Cemetery.
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Konstanty Starzanski
Cleveland Street
Elyma Memorial Hospital
Fimo
Pfaudler Company
No Flyria
Pound
Holy Cross Church
Poush Roman Catholic Uson of
America
Peter Albert
Vary Vwyda
Elyria
Frankard Helen
Cleveland
Siter Hs
Bittner Funeral Home
T. W Budny
St. Marys Cemetery
Boats Denied Sheriff Support By Alabama Attorney General
Alabama counties may not supply sheriffs with motorboats to pursue criminals who operate on water, ruled Attorney General Thomas Lawson in Montgomery. The decision limits sheriff fleets in river and coastal patrols and narrows options for waterways enforcement. Local officials warned of reduced patrol capability on lakes and rivers.
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Montgomery
Ala
Thomas Lawson
Alabama
Kiwanis Club Plans Interclub Meetings And Speaker
The Elyria Kiwanis club will host Canton Arthur Roth of the Juvenile Bureau of the Cleveland police for a noon meal meeting at Etss Restaurant. Roth will discuss Crime Prevention at its Source. The club plans interclub meetings with Akron, Cleveland and North Olmsted clubs in April and May, and will showcase Elyria’s major industry on a picture board to be shared with North Olmsted. The group will sponsor a Playmakers presentation to raise funds for a Scout cabin.
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Canton
Arthur Roth
Juvenle Bureau
Cleveland
Ben O Koudsen International
Wall
Akron Meeis
Northern Ohio
Lorain Club
Elyria Club
Elyrias
North Olmsted Club
University Circle Club
Town Hay High School
J F Lincoln
Lincoln Electric Company
SEC Commissioner Mathews Resigns
Washington March 26 Security and Exchange Commission member George C Mathews resigns today effective April 15 He accepted an attractive offer from a public utilities firm White House secretary Stephen T Warly said Mathews noted his arrival in 1933 under President Roosevelt and his hope to continue contributing to the SEC's constructive role while in Washington since then
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Washington
Securities and Exchange Commission
George C Mathews
White House
Stephen T Warly
Mathews
Roosevelts
Roosevelt
Mathews Eforts
SEC
Rebate To Churchgoers For No Sermon In 1803
WPA records show Congregational meeting house attendees received a refund of one cent and nine mills on the dollar for each Sunday in 1803 when preaching was deficient. The church treasurer authorized refunds to parishioners paying for the year, reflecting early church accounting practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlton
WPA
Radcliffe Student Seeks Freedom Against Old Customs
Cecilia de Castro Silva a Radcliffe College student from Brazil finds Brazilian custom prohibiting dating without engagement or a chaperone conflicting with her desire to enjoy youth in Cambridge. She notes American peers do not require such conditions, while British influence is also mentioned in contrast.
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Cambridge
Cecilia de Castro Silva
Brazil
Miss Silva
French Purchase Of Romanian Oil Reported
A French company acting for the French government has contracted Romanian oil firms to deliver 200 000 tons of gasoline in coming months. Germany is expected to buy large quantities once the Danube is navigable. Romania agreed to sell Germany 130 000 tons monthly and cover arrears, but most oil remains with Allied controlled firms not cooperating with Romanian government efforts.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Arch “6A
Germany
Canadians Giving Mandate Today On War Policy
Ottawa reports Canada holds a national vote amid a blizzard with 6.5 million voters. The Liberal government led by Prime Minister Mackenzie King seeks re election as Conservatives under Robert Manion challenge. Election was ordered January 24 after Ontario Premier Hepburn criticized wartime policy. Soldier voting already completed. results due April 2.
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Ottawa
Canada
W L Mackenzie King
Witchell Hepburn
Ontario
Liberal
Robert J Manion
Quebec
New Brunswick
Lord Tweeds Uuir
Two In Rescue Crew At Mine Disaster Suffer Injuries
Two members of the rescue crew at the Willow Grove Coal mine explosion that killed 73 on March 16 were hospitalized. Joseph T Kelly of Neffs and Harry Valentin of St Clairsville sustained injuries while digging through rock and shattered timber as rescuers worked to reach bodies.
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Bellaire
Willow Grove
Joseph T Kelly
Neffs
Harry Valentine St Clairsy le
Martins Ferry
Minna
Fatally Injured Springfield Trains Collision
Guy Currey, 48, a South Solon grain elevator operator, was fatally injured when his automobile was struck by a train last night in South Charleston Ohio. The accident occurred as Currey was driving near the railroad crossing, and authorities are investigating the sequence of events leading to the collision.
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Springfield
Guy Currey
South Solon
South Charleston
Ohio
Court actions set bonds bids and juries in county
County commissioners set Ford Biggs appeal bond at 200 amid a protest over a nearly 1000 assessment for LaPorte water work. Ohio Service Printing won a 2475 contract to print 5500 tax blanks. Diebold locks maintenance contract renewed for two years at 55. April 18 bids will cover 250X in general equipment for the engineers. Dog warden reports losses from stray dogs on two farms. Irene Dale granted a divorce. custody to mother. Paternity suit filed in Lorain. Jury wheel drawn April 1 for grand and petit juries. Default judgment of 3860 in traffic case appealed.
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Ford Biggs
LaPorte Water
Ohio Service Printing Co
Lorain
Diebold Safe and Lock Co
Lée Minkler
Louis Cowles
Wellington
Edward Litchfield
Rochester
Irene Dale
Hugh Dale Jr
Common Pleas
Guy
Findley
Common Pleas Court
Ridgeville Club Seeks To Attain Merit Rating
Ridgeville High School home economics club with 35 members pursues a merit rating from the Ohio Home Economics Association to earn delegates to the Cleveland national convention in June. Members aim for individual Betty Lamp awards by April Recognition Day for 250 points, service projects, yearbook pages, a state song, and participation in a regional meeting. The club, affiliated for 1 years, keeps girls engaged in home economics throughout high school. Officers include Loyola Wensink, Damaris Dehlinger, Betty Pitts, Marian Hunt, Coletta Bommer, Katherine Hendle.
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Ridgeville High Schools
Ohio
Oho Home Economics Association
Ethel Patterson
Cleveland
America
Ridgeville Club
Ohio Home Economics Association
Loyola Wensink
Damaris Dehlinger
Betty Pitts
Marian Hunt
Coletta Bommer
Katherine Hendle
Betty Lamp
Elyria Fire Alarms Seen Sprint Quarter May End Below Last Year
Elyria firemen noted alarms in January and February were high due to cold weather, while March slowed markedly with just eight alarms by noon. The first quarter ended with 57 alarms last year and 51 this year, and officials hoped the total would finally dip below last year's tally.
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Elyria
Rules Unions Not Exempt From Antitrust Prosecution
Washington March 26 U S District Judge Peyton Gordon ruled that labor organizations lack blanket exemption from antitrust laws. He refused to dismiss an indictment against the Washington local of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters AFL and five officials. The case arose from a jurisdictional dispute between Teamsters and the International Union of Operating Engineers over control of transit mix cement trucks, marking a victory for the Justice Department in its clampdown on AFLI building trades unions for restraint of trade.
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Washington
Peyton Gordon
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
AFL
Teamsters
International Union of Operating Engneers
Gordons
Department of Justice
AFI
Masonic leader dies in Akron Ohio
Fred Katselman aged 60, longtime recorder of the Tadmore Temple of the Akron Shrine, former insurance man and banker, died at his home in Akron last night. He was a native of Mar tua Ohio. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
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Akron. O
Fred Katselman
Tadmore
Akron Shrine
Martua OQ
Virginia Schmittgen Elected Scrapbook Committee Chair
Clarabelle Stlttinger serves as student council representative while Virginia Schmittgen heads the scrapbook committee. both named in a campus update noting leadership roles and committee assignments.
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Chhairmen
Virginia Schmittgen
Clarabelle Stlttinger
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