Gandhi Arrested by Britain in India Cry for Independence
May 5 1940 Gandhi was taken into custody in Surat by British authorities for leading a passive resistance campaign. He was moved to Yerada jail Poona under ordinance 157 without trial. Officials prepared for possible unrest as news spread slowly from Bombay. Gandhi urged Indian women to join boycotts and support the movement by spinning and weaving. He proposed May 10 or May 13 for a congress meeting and May 12 as the day of silence.
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Bombay
Mahatma Gandhi
India
Hindy
Surat
Yerada
Poona
Mahatma
Gandhi
Sorol
England
Great Britain
National Congress
City and County Teachers Tests Taken at Eastia High
Saturday at Eastia High School 31 city and county teachers took examinations for teaching certificates and renewals. Only one city examinee, a grade school teacher, appeared. The rest 30 took the county exam including 25 grade teachers and four high school teachers. Officials cited widespread state life certificates reducing city exam needs. City examiners are C. P. Shively C. W. Koppes and Masten. County board includes R. P. Vaughn E. L. Bailey and F. R. Powers.
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Eistia High School
Eistia
Cae
Itr
R. C. Masten
C. P. Shively
C. W. Koppes
Masten
R. P. Vaughn
E. L. Bailey
F. R. Powers
Amherst
Barrett To Talk To Village Mayors In Lorain County
Mayors of all Lorain county villages and township boards of trustees meet with Dr. G D. Barrett this afternoon for the annual District Advisory Council of the General Health District. Barrett will present the health report and discuss programs for each community with child health in schools as the principal topic.
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Lorain County
Trustiees
G. D. Barrett
General Health District
Barrett
Fires Wreak Multi-State Damage Across Atlantic Coast
Across seven states the northeast seaboard suffered millions in property losses from a swift wave of grass and forest fires. Delays and evacuations spread as winds stoked blazes from Delaware to New Hampshire with Nashua facing a $5,000,000 blaze that left the city under martial law.
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United Press
North Atlantic Seaboard
Delaware
New Hampshire
Nashua
X. H
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Prison riots push Ohio jail into lockdown at Columbus
At Ohio State penitentiary near Columbus extraordinary precautions were taken to prevent escapes amid rumors of external gang activity. Soldiers and guards screened passes at gates while 1200 inmates were isolated or moved, stockade inmates endured bread and water, and attempts to return to work focused on reopening the automobile tag shop as 3,000 inmate population targets were pursued.
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Columbus
State Penitentiary
George Williams
Rufus Deets
Lawrence County
Pat McDermott
Don Mellett
Canton
London
White City
Mansfield Reformatory
Cleveland Man to Speak at Young Men's Club Meeting
William A. Hail of Cleveland will be the speaker at the weekly Young Men's Club meeting at the Y M C A tonight. He will discuss the men financial responsibility law and its effect upon automobile owners. Final plans for the clubs golf tournament at Spring Valley Country Club on May 14 will be announced. The committee in charge includes Howard Butler and Henry Ingersoll. Captains of the tournament teams will be Howard Stanford and Alan Van Wormer.
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William A. Hail
Cleveland
Spring Valley Country Club
Howard Butler
Henry Ingersoll
Howard Stanford
Alan van Wormer
Fire Rips Tittin TIffex Block Causing $100000 Loss
A fire in TIFFEX Ohio wiped out a hardware store Conrad and Lehne and Kroh Shoe Store with about $100000 damage. Firemen Arlington Beck and Edward Miller were treated for turpentine fumes. The blaze started from an overheated motor in an elevator shaft and took two hours to control.
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Tiffex
Arrington Beck
Edward Miller
Conrad & Lehne
Kroh
Clean-Up Week Under Way Citywide Rubbish Hauls Planned
Today marks the start of the Clean-Up Week campaign with city trucks moving rubbish from curbside lawns and alleys to the dump. Crews will cover east side streets first, collecting only rubbish in containers. brick, ashes, and slate are banned. Subsequent days will serve other city sectors between rivers and west side areas in rotation.
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City Service Department
Safety Service
John N. Bidt
Ohio's Gold Star Mothers To Embark Tonight
Ohio's Gold Star Mothers, an AEF delegation of 136, depart Cleveland for New York tonight to view graves of sons who fell in World War I. They will tour Manhattan with officials, receive medals, then sail across the Atlantic to Britain and France prior to visiting burial sites in Europe.
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Ohio
Cleveland
France
New York
America
Europe
Pullmans
City Hall
James J. Walker
Paul W. Chapman
United States Steamship Lines
Army
Navy
Manhattan
Atlantic Ocean
England
Great Britain
Belgium
Zetlon
Parade Of Children Lights Up Elyria Tonight
Elyria observes Boys Week and Girls Week with a parade of about three thousand children tonight starting at West Avenue and Broad Street. Activities include storytelling hours at churches and YWCA, cooking demonstrations at the Ohio Fuel Gas offices and Elks Hall, and a continuing Hobby Show run by the Agenda Club with Elks and American Legion backing.
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Elyria
West Avenue
Broad Street
East Avenue
Third Street
Middle Avenue
Ely Park
First Congregational Church
Franklin
St. Mary’s
St. John’s
Roosevelt, Hamilton, and Mary
Cross
Garford Allen, Ely and
McKinley
Congregational Church
St. Agnes
Gates ,and Jefferson
Ohio Fuel Gas Company Ofices
Elks Club
Frieda Gersec
Ohio Public Service Company
Elks Hall
Agnes Kalter
Washington
St. Mary's Ely
Allen
Gas Company
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Davis
The
Catholic Daughters of America
Wellert
Dames of Malta
D. Rothe
Spanish War Veterans Auxiliary
Representaties
Elks and American Legion
Howard Butler
Agenda Club
Boy Scouts and Chamber of Commerce
Hunts Missing Wife But 10 No Avail
A missing wife case grips Vermilion area as Henneth Moodwy aged 39 searches for Dessie Sutton Moody 25 after a Friday marriage. Moody filed habeas corpus seeking return. Sutton, the bride’s father, allegedly forced her to leave with him. A search party roams Vermilion and Brownhelm while Justice Watts awaits fuller action.
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Henneth R. Moodwy
East River Street
Walter Watts
Dessie Sutton Moody
Wiliam Sutton
Moody
Sutton
Vermilion
Brownhelm
Waits
Moods
Niagara Falls
Watts
Airplane Pilot Narrowly Escapes Injury at LaPortе Field
A new experimental aircraft at the La Porte airfield dropped about 40 feet during takeoff after hitting an air pocket. The pilot’s name was not disclosed. he bumped his head on the instrument board and was bruised but not seriously hurt.
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LaPorte
Naturalization Exams Begin for Lorain County Aliens
Final naturalization examinations are set for about 125 Lorain county aliens in a two day session here conducted by S. H. Ewin, United States naturalization examiner, starting tomorrow. The test will be before Common Pleas Judge W. B. Thompson, who will grant citizenship to those who pass.
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Lorain County
S. H. Ewin
United States Naturalization Examiner
Common Pleas
W. B. Thompson
Former Columbia Residents Injured In Auto Crash
Mrs. A. J. Berndfen and her daughter Mildred, formerly of Columbia and now of Lakewood, were injured in a Berea automobile crash yesterday. Mrs Berndfen suffered severe scalp lacerations while Mildred had lacerations and bruises.
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Columbia, O
A. J. Berndfen
Mildred
Lakewood
Berea
Bernfend
Forty Hours Devotion Services Begin at St Marys Church
Services for forty hours devotion began last evening at St Marys Church with Father Michael Reidy of Cleveland delivering the sermon. The event unfolds in this city, inviting parishioners to participate in the solemn period of prayer and reflection.
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St. Mary's Church
Michael Reidy
Cleveland
Explosion at Bibbys Oil Cake Mills causes heavy casualties
A blast at the Messrs. Bibbys Oil Cake Mills in central Liverpool on May 5 left more than fifty people injured. Emergency crews rushed to the scene as the disaster disrupted local industry and sparked widespread concern.
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Liverpool
England
Miss Amy Johnson Embarks Solo London to Australia Flight
London May 5 Miss Amy Johnson 22 begins a solo flight from London to Australia at dawn in a Gypsy Moth. She plans first stop tonight at Vienna and will pass Constantinople Aleppo and Bagdad on the leg to the far east.
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London
Australia
Croydon Ayrdrome
Amy Johnson
Johnson
Vienna
Constantinople
Aleppo
Bagdad
Foreign relations panel to study London Naval Treaty
The London Naval Treaty will move through the senate under the Foreign Relations Committee, not the Naval Affairs Committee. Hearings planned for today by the naval panel were canceled as Secretary Adams will testify only after Secretary Stimson is called by Senator Borah's Foreign Relations panel, signaling a potentially warmer reception for the treaty.
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Foreign Relations Committee
Washington
Senate
Foreigntrons Committee
Naval Affairs Committee
Naval Committee
Hale
Adams
Borah
Idaho
Stimson
Government to take over Erie Canal urged by Army chief
May 5. Senate committee heard Major General Lytle Brown, chief of army engineers, advocate federal acquisition of the Erie Canal. He dismissed claims the canal is a white elephant and said federal ownership would not hinder the Great Lakes St. Lawrence waterway project.
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Washington
Senate Committee
Lytle Brown
Army Engineers
Brown
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
Three Students Die in Madrid University Riots
In Madrid on May 5 anti-Monarchist demonstrators clashed with police at the University of Madrid. Police opened fire at the School of Medicine, killing three students and seriously injuring nine. Seventeen others were wounded, with varying levels of severity.
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Madrid Uni
Madrid
Madrid University
School of Medicine
Justice Department Won't Interfere With RCA GE Westinghouse Merger Meeting
Washington May 5 The Justice Department will take no action to interrupt a stockholders meeting set for tomorrow where plans for a major merger among the Radio Corporation of America, General Electric, and Westinghouse Electric Companies will be presented for approval Assistant Attorney General John J O'Brien announced.
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U.S
Washington
Justice Department
Radio Corporation of America
General Electric
Westinghouse Electric
John J. O'Brian
Selling Movement in Stock Market Sees Support in New York
In New York on May 5 a renewed selling wave appeared after earlier gains. The sequence lacked the sharper drop seen Saturday and Friday when averages fell by 16 points, while today some support kept prices from tumbling as traders took profits on bargains from last week or early today.
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New York
Senate orders probe of banking system
The senate ordered an investigation of the National Banking and Federal Reserve systems with the Glass resolution, passed by the Senate Banking and Currency committee without objection. A separate ruling upheld government seizure of bootlegging equipment in a Pittsburgh case appealed to the Supreme Court.
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Senate
Washington
National Banking and
Federal Reserve Systems
Glass
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Supreme Court Today
Pittsburgh
Gigantic Parade Highlights Health Day in Elyria Parade
A 3900 student parade through Elyria marks the third Lorain County Health Day. Thirty four county schools participate led by the Elyria High School band, with a morning march from the county fair grounds to East Avenue and Broad Street before an afternoon program at the fair grounds.
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Elyria
Lorain County
County Fair
East Avenue
Broad Street
Ion Broad Street
Chestnut Street
Fair Grounds
E Elyria High School
Avon Lake
St. Mary's
Ridgeville Township
Brighton Township
Vincent
Brownhelm Township
St. Joseph's
Rochester Township
East Carlisle
Only One Has Filed For Election In Lorain County
Lorain County voters face a sparse slate as five weeks remain before the August primaries. County Commissioner Charles D. Murray of Wellington is the sole candidate filed to seek a second term on the Board. June 13 marks the final day for declarations of candidacy, and officials note that most candidates tend to wait until the last minute.
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Board of Elections
Lorain County
Charles D. Murray
Wellington
Murras
Gling
Board of Election
Amherst area schools plan parade and county games
Children in first and second grades will ride school buses while principals and PTA workers may march with their schools. Students from Amherst Village High land and surrounding townships will participate with floats and drum corps. The parade begins at 9 30 am followed by a Latian county championship baseball game and a picnic dinner. An afternoon program of drills marches and songs starts at 1 30.
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Bailey
Judgeships Offered for Votes Sparks Senate Clash
Senator Ashurst of Arizona charged in the senate that the administration offered Federal judgeships to secure votes to confirm John J. Parker as Supreme Court justice. He urged the lobby committee to probe alleged lobbying to influence the senate and warned the Parker confirmation neared culpable territory.
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Washington
John J. Parker
Supreme Court
Senate
Ashurst
Dem
Aziz
Ashurstt
Senate Lobby Committee
Parker
Nude Woman Found In Old Majestic Theatre Stairway
Cleveland police investigate the nude strangled body of a presumed 55 year old woman found wedged in a stairway of the abandoned Majestic Theatre. A gray top coat and a black satchel were found nearby as investigators query a possible rendezvous site and witness reports.
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Majestic Theatre
Cleveland
H. J. Mader
Brood
Mader
Isadore Weiss
Majestic
Notory
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