Prosecutor to Prefer Charges in Lorain Policy Ring
The Lorain-Elyria division of a Cleveland policy syndicate faces charges in common pleas court this afternoon. Alma Branch and Robert Reed are named among seven counts across seven days. six others are held for further inquiry as police expose a $5,000,000 yearly racket linked to Frank Hoge.
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Ohio Gambing
Common Pleas
Lorain-Elyria
Cleveland Policy Syndicate
Carl R. Finegan
Poly
North Ridge
West River Roads
Howard R Butler
Butler
Branch
Reed
Cleveland
Frank Hoge
Stewart
Buddy” Branch
Elyria
Young
Lorain
Joe
Mystery Surrounds Schneider Disappearance in Pendergast Circle
In Kansas City on May 3,Edward L. Schneider, business associate of Democratic Boss Thomas J. Pendergast, remains missing after another all day Missouri River search failed to confirm a self inflicted death. Federal authorities doubt suicide and probe for hoax or foul play as investigations continue.
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Kansas City
Edward L. Schneider
Thomas J. Pendergast
Missouri River
Schneider
Ohio Weather Signifies Frost and Warming Trend
Fair and not very cool tonight with light frost in exposed places. Thursday grows cloudy and warmer. The lake region high moves southeast across Michigan and Indiana, weakening. A low pressure trough extends from Alberta into Arizona. Rain in the Carolinas and Virginia. light showers from the Dakotas to northern Texas. generally fair elsewhere. Ohio Valley temperatures remain low with frost observed.
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Ohio
Meson
Lake
Michigan
Indiana
Alberta
Arizona
Pacific Coast
North Carolina
Virginia
Dakotas
Texas
Ohio Valley
Il Duce Seeks Caution Over Danzig War Risk
Rome reports indicate King Victor Emmanuel informed King Farouk Italy respects Egypt's integrity while Mussolini advised Hitler to proceed cautiously in the Poland Danzig dispute. Aimed at countering Mediterranean anti Italian propaganda and bolstering Suez Canal representation, the stance suggests avoiding involvement in a future war.
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Il Duce
Hitler
Danzig
Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Farouk
Egypt
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Poland
Cairo
Tripoli
Walther von Brauchitsch
French
Tunisia
Mediterranean
Mussolini
Paris
France
Germany
Study Contract Proposed By Coal Operators
In Columbus representatives of the United Mine Workers argued idle Ohio coal miners should qualify for unemployment compensation, contending they are not on strike. In New York wage hour negotiators reviewed a proposed contract from operators to end the idle period affecting 340,000 men and 4,000 mines, signaling ongoing discussions with John L. Lewis leading the union.
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Columbus
Ohno
United Mine Workers
H. C. Atkinson
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Thomas J. Price
UMW
Ohio
Atkinson
New York
Wagehour
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Committee of Industrial Organizations
Two Robbers Slug Youth At Akron
Two robbers slugged Vincent Thomas, 19, an Akron Beacon Journal employee, and stole $4272.50 in weekly carrier collections. Thomas required hospital treatment for a scalp wound after resisting the theft as the pair waited in the mailing room pretending to read papers.
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Akron
Akron. O
Akron Beacon Journal Today
Vincent Thomas
Thomas
County Appropriates 500 For Water Line Survey
County commissioners allocate 500 from unappropriated balance to hire an engineer to survey costs for a Carlisle LaPorte water line extension. District residents petition for extending the line beyond Carlisle school. Estimated project cost stands at 10 000 dollars.
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Carlisle-LaPorte
Carlisle School
Fortify Panama Canal by Extending Bases to Mexico and Galapagos
Washington officials study plans to station American air and naval bases in Mexico and Ecuador to strengthen Pacific approaches to the Panama Canal. They may seek treaties to permit such bases without sovereignty loss, citing Guantanamo Bay as a model and deeming rental nominal for harbor development. The move aligns with hemispheric defense goals in Roosevelt era policy.
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United Press
Washington
Mexico
Galapagos Islands
Ecuador
Pacific
Panama Canal
State Department
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Army
Navy
Roosevelt
Rotarians Hear Army Officer at Elyria luncheon
Elyria Rotary Club hears Col. M. A. Cross describe Army reserve organization and procurement powers under the 1922 act. He notes advances in staff efficiency, preapproved educational orders, new automatic rifles, and tanks with one and a half inch armor.
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Elyria
Elyria Country Club
Col
M. A. Cross
United States Army
Cleveland
L. D. Huffman
General Army
McKinley
Col. Cross
Navy to modernize five 35000 ton battleships
The House Naval Affairs Committee favorably reported a bill authorizing 6.66 million dollars to modernize and recondition five 35000 ton battleships. Vessels Tennessee California Colorado Maryland and West Virginia would receive work likely at Puget Sound Navy Yard with specific project costs listed.
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Washington
House Naval Affairs Committee
Tennessee
California
Colorado
Maryland
West Virginia
Pacific
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Japan seeks reorganization of Shanghai international settlement
Tokyo informs Britain and the United States that Japan demands a thoroughgoing reorganization of the Shanghai settlement. Ambassadors were told that the setup should be re‑examined due to changes in China and that British dominance of key posts is criticized. Japan argues for more representation in government for Japanese holdings in the Shanghai area.
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Tokyo
Japan
Great Britain
United States
Shanghai
Foreign Office
China
Bricker Signs New Parole Board Law in Ohio
Governor Bricker signed a law abolishing Ohio's four member parole board and creating a three member panel. The move allows removal of Myrna Smith from the board and signals appointments to replace current members including Frank Sotak Harrison Jewell and Reverdy Ransom with Judge Jewell likely to be reappointed.
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Columbus, CO
ULP
the Ripper B.ll
Ohio
Board of Parole
John W Bricker
Myrna Smith
Davey
Bricker
Frank Sotak
Cleveland
Harrison W. Jewell
Delaware
Reverdy Ransom
Wilberforce
Judge Jewell
Lorain County Seeks Bridge Operator Applications
The Lorain county commissioners began receiving applications for the new Erie avenue bridge project. Al J Talbot of 1334 Seventh Street Lorain submitted a letter requesting consideration for the bridge operator role as work on the bridge is not expected to finish for over a year.
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Erie Avenue
Lorain
al. J. Talbot
Seventh Street
Cascade Park to Deploy Mountie Mounted Patrol This Season
Cascade Park will have a one man mounted patrol powered by a loaned Tennessee walking horse named Buddy Allen from C. J. Crehore. The horse weighs 1030 pounds and is praised for its feet and legs. the mount is expected to cover more ground than on foot. The park opens next Sunday pending river conditions for fordability.
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Cascade Park
The
Park Commission
C. J. Crehore
Crehore
Buddy Allen
Polish Constitution Day Parade in Wartime Warsaw
Warsaw marked constitution day with a grand civil display as 1,000,000 troops stood along the German frontier. The government expanded the active officer corps and sought powers for President Moscicki to rule by decree until November, amid force maneuvers and public demonstrations.
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Warsaw
Poland
Ignacy Moscick
Germany Extends Peace Proposals to Northern States
Berlin reports Germany offered mutual non aggression pacts to Norway Sweden Denmark Finland Estonia and Latvia to neutralize the northern flank in a potential war. The move comes as German Polish relations deteriorate with demands for Danzig and a corridor to East Prussia.
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Berlin
Germany
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Firland
Esthonia
Latvia
Europe
Poland
Warsaw
Adolf Hitler
Danzig
East Prussia
99 Alien Residents Sworn Into U S Citizenship Here
Lorain County welcomed 99 new citizens as Common Pleas Judge Guy B. Findley presided over naturalization examinations. Among Elyria entrants were Dr. John T. Fawcett and William John Walker. One applicant from Hungary was denied after improper liquor permit conduct, and Mary Janidle of Lorain rejected taking the oath on religious grounds. Citizenship certificates will be delivered at Hawthorne School on June 8 at 4:30 P M.
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Lorain County
Common Pleas
Guy B. Findley
Elyria
John T. Fawcett
Wiliam John Walker
Mary Janidle
Lorain
Romania
H. E. Agate
Hawthorne School
Lorain County Seeks State Funds Overcharges
Lorain County filed suit to force adjustment of an $83,827 claim against Ohio for alleged overcharges in ward care and court costs. Judge issued a temporary injunction blocking payments to the state except workers compensation and barring state withholdings from Lorain funds until further order.
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Lorain County
State of
Ohio
Howard R. Butler
Joseph Ferguson
Don H. Ebright
William S. Ewatt
C. S. Kelser
Walter J. Wright
Common Pleas
Guy B Findley
Butler
Loram County
Columbus
Tax relief plan eyed for payroll tax on unemployment
Washington May 3 The House Ways and Means Committee tentatively adopted a plan to ease the three per cent payroll tax financing unemployment compensation. Chairman Robert L Coughton may announce details today after rejecting a bid to cut the tax to two per cent. The panel hopes to relieve employers in states with ample unemployment reserves and will freeze the two per cent old age annuity tax for three more years, keeping it until 1943 instead of rising to three per cent in 1940.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Robert L. Coughton
Dec
John W. McCormack
Mass
Three Killed In Plane Crash Near Grenada Mississippi
Witnesses believed a sudden air pocket strike at about 100 feet caused a Cessna monoplane crash near Grenada Mississippi yesterday. The three occupants were George Stokes 34 veteran Commercial Appeal pilot and photographer Ted Northington 31 reporter formerly of Clarksville Tennessee and John Crump 28 son of Memphis political boss E H Crump and member of Crump Realty Memphis.
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Grenada
Miss
Memphis Commercial Appeal
George Stokes
Ted Northington
Clarksville
Tenn
John Crump
E. H Crump
Memphis
Crump Realty
Foreign Situation Quieter as Roosevelt Plans No Action
President Roosevelt believes the foreign situation has quieted and has no plans for further direct action at this time. Associates noted reports urging a follow up to his peace appeal or a new diplomatic move, but he prefers restraint while monitoring European events. He recently hosted Norwegian and Danish royalty at Hyde Park.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hitler
State Department
Hyde Park
N. Y
Air France Crash Kills Nine Over Casablanca
An Air France Casablanca Dakar service plane crashed and burned near Casablanca killing six passengers and three crew. Officials blamed wing ice formation for the disaster amid harsh weather.
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Casablanca
Morocco
Air France
Casablanca-Dakar
Ruling Allows Highway Dept To Cut Wages
Ohio Supreme Court rules a June 1938 special session cannot pass laws not named in the governor proclamation. The decision upholds limits on subject matter for session laws and affects the highway department wage reform, returning a wage change to monthly basis from hourly. The case centers on Elmer Bond of Mt Gilead and director Beightler’s effort to curb labor costs.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
State Highway Department
Supreme Court
Robert S. Beightler
Highway Department
Mt. Gilead
Elmer Bond
Gilead
Beightler
Bond
Martin L. Davey
Active bidding expected for Lorain County relief notes sale
Lorain County may issue an additional 94000 in relief notes after receiving two letters from Cincinnati bond firms touting a good market for such bonds. The county previously issued 151600 in relief notes, with indications that new notes may not be needed until mid summer per Commissioner John E. Davidson.
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Lorain County
Cincinnati
John E. Davidson
Roosevelt Signs Second Deficiency Bill for Defense Funds
President Roosevelt signed the second deficiency bill providing 162 319 059 dollars for army and navy procurement of national defense materials.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Appeals Court Upholds Bribery Convictions of Lorain Slot Operators
The Ninth District Court of Appeals in Akron found no error in the bribery convictions of four Lorain area slot machine operators William Peer Harry Ziegman Dave Crawford Jr and Stanton Hobbs. The court reviewed trial evidence and held the verdicts were not prejudicial to the defendants’ rights. The operators were sentenced to one to ten years in prison with bonds set at $7,000 each pending appeal.
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Lorain County
Ninth District Court of Appeals
Akron
Common Pleas
Guy B. Findley
William Peer
Harry Ziegman
Dave Crawford, Jr
Lorain
Stanton S. Hobbs
Oberlin
William F. Grall
Ohio
C. E. Adams
Ohio Supreme Court
Xintil
Alfred G. Bauer
Elyria
Smith
Bauer
Adams
Findley
Grall
France Bans Most Japanese Imports
Paris reports a decree banning all Japanese imports except sake and camphor, effective May 10. Officials say the move is economic to curb France’s trade deficit with Japan. The government stresses no political motive behind the policy.
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France
Paris
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