Select Staff For Senior Play
Elyria High announces the 23 students named to production staff for the senior class play set for May 26. The list includes stage crew John Gutowski Alfred Porkolak John Rose. electrical crew Bud Roe Gerald Cashner Harold Daly. property crew Mildred Easly Elaine Cole James Donovan June Garford Helene Kipf Kenneth Lyons Thelma Myers William Rule. prompter Peggy Rheineck. costume crew June Davidson Wilma Van Oster. publicity crew Rosetta Dyer Sylvia Averbrook Christina Brand Frank Walend. business crew Roberta Moose ly Helen Shively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria High a@chool a
John Gutowski
Alfred Porkolak
John Rose
Bud Roe
Gerald Cashner
Harold Daly
France seeks at least fifty percent cut in war debt
Paris reports Senator Henry Berenger urged a minimum 50 percent reduction of France's wartime debt to the United States during a Senate budget debate. Berenger chairs the Foreign Affairs Commission and helped negotiate the Mellon Berenger settlement lowering totals to 4.025 billion dollars, with about 3.922 billion still owed. Boncour, foreign minister, was to respond on government policy.
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Paris
France
United States
Henry Berenger
Senate
Berenger
Foreign Affairs Commission
Joseph Paul Boncour
Forzigs
Beautiful Tulip Bed At Home For The Aged
The Chronicle Telegram notes a bright bed of tulips at the Home for the Aged grounds near the administration building. All visitors are invited to view the display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chronicle- Telegram
Leonard Skeggs Dies After Failed Life-Saving Operation
Leonard Skeggs former secretary of the Youngstown YMCA shot himself Saturday in Ohio and died in Tampa after an emergency operation deemed a last resort to save his life.
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Leonard Skeggs
Tampa
Fla
Youngstown, O
Galion Council Adopts Second Electric Rate Cut
Galion city council voted to reduce municipal electric rates further. The ordinance lowers the first 300 kilowatt hours to 4.0 cents, the next 300 to 2.8 cents, and maintains the same structure as prior cuts. The Galion Taxpayers' League pressed for easing costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galion, C
Galion City
Galion Taxpayers’ League
Milngavie Considers Sunday Park Concerts to Curb Gangs
Milngavie Scotland weighs Sunday park concerts as a tactic to reduce gang activity on Sundays. Local officials plan to use music and community events to deter youth violence and provide positive outlets in public spaces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milngavie
Scotland
Bible Handed Down Through Time Mentioned by Hi-Y Club
Ben Hindman addressed the Senior Hi-Y Club at the YMCA describing how the Bible has been handed down from ancient times to today. He noted the various versions and cited writings of Polycarp, who knew the apostles, as preserved records adding context of those eras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Hindman
Polycarp
Thrilling lake steamer tales shared with Junior Hi Y Club
Arthur E. Smith told YM CA members about a lake steamer wreck and other exciting voyages. The Junior Hi Y decided to plan a second overnight hike to Camp Iss-See-Kies on the Vermilion River for the coming weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur E. Smith
YM C. A
Camp Iss-See-Kies
Vermilion River
Elyria High Students Pick Courses for 1935 34
Elyria High students chose subjects for the next school year from Programs of Study listing classical scientific general commercial household arts and manual arts courses. Students needing more or fewer than four subjects received a privilege blank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria High School
Two men sought after abandoned car on 10th Street alley
Police chased two men who left a car abandoned in a 10th street alley around 11 45 P M yesterday. Residents on 29 Tenth street alerted authorities after seeing them exit the vehicle and flee. The car was listed as the property of Carl Lesnick of Lesnick Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
10Th Street
Tenth Street
Carl Lesnick
Lesnick Court
Proposed separation to be discussed in Elvria meeting
The Elvria Township Taxpayers League will hold a meeting at Markley School at 7 p.m. tomorrow to discuss a proposed separation of the City of Elvria and Elvria Township. Several speakers will explain the proposal at the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elvria
Elvria Township
Ditch Improvement Contracts Awarded in Henrietta Township
County commissioners awarded Higgins ditch contracts to Ralph Pitts Avon section 1 for 35 dollars Edward Gessner Elvira section 2 for 44 dollars and Bentler Maddock Elvira sections 3 and 4 for 343 dollars.
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Higgins
Henrietta Township
Ralph Pitts
Avon
Edward Gessner
Elvria
Bentler Maddock
Car Stolen From Lot Near West and Broad
Charles Rickin reports an auto theft from a lot near West avenue and Broad street yesterday between 7 30 and 11 P M. The vehicle disappeared overnight with police investigation ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Rickin
Spencer
West Avenue
Broad Street
Ohio counties see March 60 fatal industrial accidents report
Lorain County was among 65 Ohio counties with no fatal industrial accident claims in March as the Industrial Commission of Ohio notes 60 total fatalities, up one from the prior month. Cuyahoga Franklin and Hamilton counties led with fatalities. statewide claims reached 9,496, up 750 from February but down 1,481 from March 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oheo
Lorain County
Ohio
Division of Safety and Hygiene
Industrial Commission of Ohio
Cuyahoga County
Franklin County
Hamilton County
Sheep Field Day Postponed by Lorain County Wool Growers
The Lorain County Wool Growers Association postponed this spring’s Sheep Field Day to next fall due to heavy farm work in late May. Planned demonstrations included wool trading lamb slaughtering and shearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheen
Lorain County
Wool Growers’ Association
Poison Mistaken as Liquor Causes Two Local Deaths
Cincinnati coroner reports two accidental poisonings. Elmer Gipner, 34, died after a week of illness from drinking poison mistaken for liquor. Louise Geschwilm, 67, died after taking poison tablets by mistake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
M. Scott Kearns
Elmer Gipner
Louise Geschwilm
Funeral services for Miss Lucy Belle Evans in Athens
Miss Lucy Belle Evans aged 35 dies in Columbus hospital. She taught at the Teacher Training School of Ohio University and will be buried in Shade, Ohio after funeral services in Athens Friday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Lucy Belle Evans
Athens
Shade
Organization of Veterans Is Under Way
The British and Canadian Veterans association began organizing with a plan for a pipe band and constitution early activities. Ex servicemen and nurses of British forces who served honorably may join, including WWI and other wars. A. T. Sibley addressed the meeting. organizers say no link to a separate British Social Club, rooms open 18 hours daily and 24 on Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Sibley
Elyria
American Legion
H. £ E Thornton
Twenty five Elyria babies entered in contest at Capitol
Twenty five Elyria babies are entered in the Baby Popularity Contest conducted by the Caniel Theatre with local merchants. Votes are collected via coupons with adult admission tickets. Photos of entrants are taken free at Dar's or Scheide's studios in the next few days. The contest is open to Erie babies aged six months to three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Caniel Theatre
Capitol
Dar’s
Scheide
Cattle Testing Presses Toward Countywide TB Checks
More than 18 000 cattle have been tested in Lorain County townships with projections to reach 25 000 or more. Dr. Jay Reeder reports reactors are clustered in a few herds while many herds test negative. All cattle must be tested every three years to keep the county’s accredited rating. Tests near completion in several townships with others already finished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Jay Reeder
Black River Township
Russia
Pittsfield
Eaton
Henrietta
Amherst
Sheffield
Death of Ida May Battle at 79 in Wellington
Mrs Ida May Battle 79 died at her Elm Street home last October after a long illness. Survived by son Walter Norwalk two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral at her late home Saturday at 280 with Rev Pau Carter officiating. Burial Greenwood cemetery.
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Wellington
Ida May Battle
Elm Street
Walter
Norwalk
Pau Carter
Greenwood Cemetery
Annie Grills dies after illness in Grafton home
Mrs Annie Grills aged 76 died at her home 1 D 3 Grafton after a six month illness. Born in Cornwall England she lived in Lorain County most of her life and was a Graf ton Grange and Rebekah Lodge member. Survived by sons Harvey Harley and Warren at home Charles B Marsh and Theodore Grills stepson sister Mrs Ellen Breckenridge. Funeral Saturday 1 30 pm Nichol s Funeral Home Rev Haines officiating LaGrange Cemetery burial.
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Annie Grills
Grafton
Cornwall
England
Lorain County
Theodore Grills
Carlisle
Ellen Breckenridge
Nichols Funeral Home
Rev. Haines
LaGrange Cemetery
Modern statesman urged to rally all forces for service
A concise reflective line calls on a statesman to mobilize spiritual, material and intellectual strengths of the people in dedicated service, stressing the total mobilization of national resources for governance.
Beginning Of Currency Depreciation War Between Great Britain And The United States
London May 4 Chancellor Neville Chamberlin seeks permission to raise the exchange equalization fund to 380 million pounds as observers view it as the start of a currency depreciation war with the United States. The funded operations aim to keep the pound strategically strong while managing dollar fluctuations and potential losses for Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
United States
London
Neville Chamberlin
House of Commons
Exchange Equalization Fund
Bank of England
Britain
Chamberlin
America
Oberlin Passes Beer Regulation and Rejects Gas Rate Proposal
Oberlin council passed an ordinance regulating beer sales with a $5 fee and rejected a gas rate proposal from Ohio Fuel Gas Co. The board approved saving 600 feet of water main on South Professor Chest and kept East Lorain street zoning for commercial use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin, O
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
South Professor Chest
Folletts Street
Board of Appeals
East Lorain Street
Upton Receives Beethoven Award For Musicology Work
Professor William T. Upton is awarded 4500 by the Oscar Sonneck Memorial Fund to support publication of his manuscript A Forgotten Pioneer the Story of the Life and Times of Anton Philip Hein rich known as the Beethoven of America. The fund, established by the Beethoven Society of New York in memory of Sonneck, honors notable musicology work in America. This is the fund’s first award after several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Upton
Oscar Sonneck
Anton Philip Heinrich
Beethoven of
Mrs Wighton Wins Second Spelling Bee at Church
A Second Spelling Bee at First Methodist church followed a chicken supper. Mrs C Be Wigton won the contest with Mrs Everett Papworth the runner up after being spelled down. Both winners received cakes as prizes using McGuffey's spelling book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wighton
C. BE. Wigton
Everett Papworth
McGuffey
Senior Piano Recital by Helen Gipson at Warner Hall
Miss Helen Gipson of the Conservatory of Music will present her senior piano recital Friday May 5 at 8 30 p m in Warner Concert Hall. She will be joined by Thomas Stone violin and John Frazer cello for a Saint Saens trio in F as the finale. The program includes Bach English Suite in A minor Beethoven Sonata Op 31 No 2 Chopin Nocturne in E major and Mazurkas Op.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Emily Gipson
Conservatory of Music
Warner Concert Hall
Saint Saens
Gipson
Thomas Stone
John Frazer
Beethoven
Chopin
Oberlin Auxiliary Council Banquet Attended by Eleven
Eleven Oberlin members of the Yorain County Council of the American Legion Auxiliary attended their annual banquet last night in Avon Lake. Grace Morgan entertained with two fine readings. Attending were Mrs. Claude Lyman, Mrs. Fay Charvat, Mrs. Princehorn, Mrs. Elsie Shaffstall, Mrs. Florence Sherman, Mrs. Champion, Mrs. Hazel Hipp, Miss Lois Cummings, Mrs. Clara Baxter, Mrs. Harry Hovey, and Mrs. Guy Munger of Norwalk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
Yorain
Local residents report travel and health updates
Mr and Mrs Lynds Jones return from Lincoln Nebraska while Prof and Mrs C H Yeaton guests of friends here on their West trip. Mrs A G Comings returns from Oklahoma visits with daughter and grandson Lea who head to a Michigan summer cottage. Ruth Carpenter Nellie I Reed return from Florida winter. Mrs C R Comings hosted a contract bridge party on Elm Street. Amy Ingraham ill with sciatica rheumatism at North Cedar Avenue home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynds Jones
Lincoln
Nebraska
C. H. Yeaton
Harvard
Cambridge
Mass
West
A. G. Comings
Wangerien
Okmulgee
Oklahoma
Lea Comings
Little Manistee River
Michigan
Ruth Carpenter
Nellie I. Reed
Florida
C. R. Comings
Elm Street
Amy Ingraham
North
Cedar Avenue
Bricker Rules On Signing Petitions
Ohio Attorney General Bricker ruled that signers of petitions for initiated constitutional amendments do not need to write their date or residence. The date and other data may be filled in by petition circulators but must be supplied for signatures to count. The ruling overturns earlier opinions and eases gathering signatures for referenda.
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Columbus
Bricker
Myers
Bucker
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court
Election Boards
Lorain Catholic Women to Attend Cleveland NCW Convention
Mrs. Kathryn Tamblyn of North Ridgeville leads Lorain Deanery as they travel to the seventh annual Cleveland Diocesan National Council of Catholic Women convention in Cleveland. The program includes a Mass at St. John's Cathedral, a luncheon speaker Nat onal executive secretary Miss Agne Regan, and round table discussions on youth and religious education.
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Kathryn ‘Tamblyn
North Ridgeville
Ohio
Lorain
National Council of Catholic Women
Elyria
Cleveland Diocesan
St. John's Cathedral
Cleveland
James
McFadden
St. Agnes’ Parish
Cleveland Hotel
Agne. G. Regan
Washington
BD. C
Natonal Conneil
Catholic Women
William J. Bushea
Round Table
EL PL Reids
China
Helen Ginther
A. W. Lipp
Chile
George Demerle
Catholic Instruction League
C. E. Olwell
Hildegarde
Social Mission Sisters
M. Vera
Catholic Sisters College
Tamblyn
J. A. Wesbecker
Amherst
Oho
Thomas Conway
Harlan Kuechtel
Lawrence Heckel
E. J. Reidy
J. D. Kiser
Eitetions
Living Giants Sermon and Musical Program At Fields Church
Sunday May seventh Rev Koontz speaks on Living Giants with a sermonette. Music includes Doris Standen clarinet, Velma Andrews vocal duet with Mrs Lee Andrews, Agnes O Lloyd piano, and a Hawaiian string quartet. May 14 special evening service with Elyria Masonic Male choir and violinist. Attendance average 160 in April. strawberry shortcake supper by Ladies Aid well attended.
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Koontz
Living Giants
Robin Rendbréast
Doris Standen
Lee Andrews
Velma
Agnes O'Lloyd
Young Peoples Fellowship
Field's Church
Elyria
Ladies Aid
Cobb
Gerald
Brighton
Cleland
Port Clinton
Sandrock
Howard Fullmore
Estening
Pratt
Lester
Brown
John Prince
Michael Guido
Lorain
Rex
C. C. Maple
Cap
Andrew Niedinz
Findlay
Dave Blaine
Fujiloria
A. J. Hulse
Baptist
Fields Corners
Couple returns from Florida trip and a family accident
May 4 report notes Mr and Mrs John Sweet back from Florida. Ralph Fortune briefly relocated his family to parental home. His brother George Jr assisted and broke his arm. Glenn Cheesman and his parents attended Ora Rollin's Oberlin funeral. Mrs Mary Bainbridge returned home Friday.
Markets in Cleveland and Chicago show steady activity
The market reports detail steady conditions across poultry and cattle, with Leghorn layers, broilers, turkeys, ducks, and calves listed. Prices for corn, rye, barley, and oats appear varied, while receipts and futures reflect moderate trading and mixed demand in national markets.
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Cleveland Prodelce
Bouppea
Standards
Marhet
Hans
Leghorn
Brotlers & Welle
Leghorn Protlers
Ducks Talle
Beese Ue
New York
Penneyvivanie
Continued clues fuel air and water escape theory in Cape Cod kidnap case
Reports place a Cape Cod kidnapping suspect’s escape by boat or plane and footprints on South Chatham Beach fuel speculation. A liveried driver and confusion over a possible ransom contact the Harwich school incident near shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klaws
Pegay
Cape Cod
Harwich Venter Grammar School
South Chatham Beach
Harwich Center
Nazi Labor Policy Moves Toward Compulsory Service
The article reports mounting Nazi plans for forced labor with advocates of compulsory military service following labor service. It notes 109,000 storm troopers in voluntary labor camps to prepare as subleaders, Franz Seldte losing power, and Colonel Hierl seizing control of the Labor Ministry. The seizure of unions signals steps toward a nationwide forced labor law under Hitler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hier
Franz Seldte
Hitler
Seldie
Ministry of Labor
Seizore
Clerks’ Union
Clerks
Tony Price Wins $2900 Verdict Against State Commission
Tony Price was awarded a verdict for $2900 in Judge W B Thompson's court yesterday against the State Industrial Commission for injuries sustained while employed at the Fox Fur nace company here several years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tony Price
W. B Thompson
State Industrial Commission
Fox Furnace
Sears Acc
Local social notes from Elyria residents and events
A resident spends winter with her daughter and family in Elyria. Sunday visitors include Mr. and Mrs. T Higham and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Peak and daughter Car ol. Rev Koontz to speak at the Mas breakfast in the First M E church. Eastern division Ladies Aid Society to hold a midday luncheon at A W Palmer home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
T. Higham
Walter Peak
Carol
Rev. Koontz
M. FE
Ladies Aid Society
A. W. Palmer
Athens County to Apply for RFC Relief Loan
In May 150 families in Glouster faced hunger prompting county officials to seek a loan from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to support relief efforts. May 1944 context notes local hunger as the driver for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Andrew Allen
Glouster
Athens County
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Funeral procession for Clarence E. Adams sought by Elyria Lodge
Members of Elyria Lodge No 103 are asked to meet in the I O O F Hall at 12 30 PM Friday for the funeral of Brother Clarence E Adams. Services will be at the Baptist Church at two o'clock. K Bailey N G L Bree knock RS
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Lodge No. 103
Clarence E. Adams
Baptist Church
Columbia
K. Bailey
N. G. E L. Bree Knock
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Rodten
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