77 Of 103 Applicants Denied Citizenship In Court
The session before Common Pleas Judge Guy B Findley denied citizenship to 69 of 103 applicants after final examination by Naturalization Examiners Floyd Ault and Phillip Leighton. Many applicants sought citizenship for old age pension eligibility, with denials often citing ignorance or lack of knowledge of government. One WPA worker born in Poland aged 63 drew laughs when asked about the form of government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Common Pleas
Guy B. Findley
Floyd Ault
Phillip Leighton
WPA
Poland
American Women to Be Presented to King at Royal Court
London coronation week opens with a Royal Court at Buckingham Palace as twelve American women are to be presented to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. The event follows a tense bus strike and features a secret Westminster Abbey rehearsal for the May 12 ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal
London
Buckingham Palace
Duke of Windsor
Great Britain
George VI
Palace
Homer S. Cummings
Grenville T. Emmet
New York City
Netherlands
Eleanora Bowdoin
Aiken
S. C
George Temple Bowdoin
New York
Vesta Putnam Culbertson
Chicago
F. Vernon Foster
West Orange
N. J
Lydia Fuller
Boston
David L. Gardner
St. Louis
Julia Henry
Philadelphia
Catherine M. Maher
Lincoln, Keb
John Perrin
Anne Schenck
London Transport
Westminster Abbey
Pases
Canterbury
Elizabeth
United States
Ohio Weather Outlook Shifts From Cloudy to Fair
Mostly cloudy conditions fade in eastern and southern Ohio this afternoon with cooler tonight. Thursday looks fair as a trough of low pressure drifts from the St Lawrence valley to Arkansas. Barometric readings hover around 29.76 inches at Central and 9.80 inches at Cairo amid broad areas of unsettled pressure across the U.S. with light to moderate showers in the lower Mississippi Valley and south Atlantic states.
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Ohio
St. Lawrence Valley
Arkansas
Pwest
Entreal
Cairo
Alberta
Arizona
Pacific Northwest
Onwrio
Mississip
South Atlantic
Ohio Valley
United Sates
Colorful Religious Procession Highlight of Lorain Eucharistic Congress
Lorain prepares a two day Eucharistic Congress May 26 27 at St Marys Church and Lakeview Park. A 10000 strong procession forms a giant cross with a central altar as Bishop Schrembs presides. Uniformed bands parking police and flower girls feature in the event.
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St. John’s Church Hall
So. Lorain
Lorain
St. Mary’s Church
Joseph Schrembs
Cleveland
Congress
Eight St
Allison Ave
Ninth St
Lakeview Park
Knights of St. John
Lorain Deanery
Leo J. Brissel
St. Agnes Church
Akron
W. J. Esser
Elyria
Ohio River Over Flood Stage In Indiana
The Ohio River rose to 36.2 feet in Evansville area swamping hundreds of acres of lowland. Farmers and CCC workers built earthen breastworks but many crops were flooded forcing evacuations as the river neared crest. The Wabash and White Rivers showed rising or flooding conditions downstream.
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Evansville
Ind
Indiana
Union Township
CCC
John F. Hull
Vanderburg
Madison
Aurora
Rockport
Ohio
Wabash River
Terre Haute
Vincennes
Mt. Carmel
West Fork
White River
Elliston
Edwardsport
Petersburg
MIT Students Riot Blocks Traffic On Charles River Route
MIT students staged a spring riot attracting around 2000 participants. Police used night sticks and tear gas. five were arrested for disturbing the peace as protesters piled track hurdles on the Charles River highway and attacked street cars.
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Cambridge
Mass
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Herverd
Tech
Charles River
Bill Increasing Commissioners' Pay Is Signed
Governor Davey signed a measure raising county commissioner pay to a minimum 2000 and a maximum 5000 a year, with Cuyahoga possible at auditor level. The plan excludes current incumbents and adjusts pay by population quotas. Other signed bills cover civil service exams, assigned counsel fees, FHA security deposits, refunding bonds waivers, and teacher retirement investments.
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Columbus
Davey
General Assembly
Cuyahoga
State Civil Service Commission
Teachers’ Retirement System
FHA
Mother and two children die in flames at shack home
In Mains Choice Pennsylvania a young mother Mrs. Mary Krise Vidmar 22 and her children Paul Richard 19 months and Mary Louise 5 died in an explosion and fire that destroyed their two room home. The father Frank Vidmar 27 a lumberjack was injured and taken to Timonds hospital in Bedford eight miles away. Neighbors found him outside in his night clothes unable to recall escape. Buckets brigades failed to stop the blaze.
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Mains Choice
Mary Krise Vidmar
Paul Richard Vidmar
Mary Louise Vidmar
Frank Vidmar
Timmonds Hospital
Bedford
Manns Choice
Vidmar
Threatened Lorain streetcar strike called off
Street cars and interurban services ran between Lorain and Elyria today after union employees accepted a 20 cent an hour wage increase. The retroactive raise to 60 cents per hour, two cents above 1929 pay, ended a threatened walkout set for 5 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Elyria
Carmen
P. J. Flaherty
Dynamite Explosion Injures Boy in Basement Lab
Robert Doodell, 16, a South High School student in Youngstown Ohio, is in critical condition after a homemade dynamite blast in his basement chemistry experiment. The incident occurred May 5, and authorities report the teen sustained severe injuries.
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Youngstown, CO
Robert Doodell
South High School
False confession tied to Hoffman in Lindbergh case trial
Paul H. Wendel testified in the Parker Hauptmann kidnapping case that he was induced to confess to kidnaping the Lindbergh baby to aid Gov. Harold Hoffman’s political career. Parker allegedly claimed Hoffman wanted Hauptmann retried and Wendel’s admission would vindicate the governor, proving pressure to suppress investigations and ensure Hoffman’s influence.
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Newark
N. J
Paul H. Wendel
Trenton
Ellis H. Parker
Harold G. Hoffman
Wendel
Hoffman
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Parker
New Lisbon
Hauptmann
United States
Lindberg
New York City
Howard Eastwood
Hopkins Defends Relief Budget
Washington May 5 Works Progress Administrator Harry L Hopkins defends before a House appropriations subcommittee the administration’s proposed 1.5 billion dollar 1938 relief budget. He says 1.5 billion is needed for relief from July this year to July 1988 to keep about 1.7 million people on federal relief. Congress splits into three camps over adjusting the relief appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Works Progress
Harry L. Hopkins
House
Hopkins
Congress
Roosevelt
Legion Plans Mother's Day Breakfast and Poppy Day Sale
Elyria Post No. 12 announced a Mother's Day breakfast with Gold Star Mothers as guests and a May 29 Poppy Day sale for Legion relief funds. A Citizenship Night program at Elyria High School was noted with Judge Arthur Day as speaker, and plans included Boy Scout support for the national jamboree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Post No. 12
American Legion
Legion
George Tattersall
Post
Elyria
Charles Hansen
Legion Auxiliary
Tattersall
John Kolopos
Elyria High School
Arthur Day
Ohio Supreme Court
Eli Jensen
Wittenberg College
Washington
John Buckley
Grateful Former Patient Donates $5 on Anniversary
Miss Maxine Carroll, once treated at Gates Hospital for Crippled Children, sent five dollars to the hospital on the eighteenth anniversary of her discharge. The Indianapolis stenographer gave the amount to Mrs. Peter Kolinski, a former patient who knew Carroll and supported her gift.
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Gates Hospital
Indianapolis
Maxine Carroll
Peter Kolinski
Miss Carroll
German Dirigible Hindenburg Nears U S Coast
The German airship Hindenburg is speeding toward the United States on its first season flight. Mackay radio reports its position about 1,000 miles off the Eastern Atlantic coast at 49.50 N, 42.20 W at 8 a.m. EST. The craft left Friedrichshafen Monday.
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New York
North Atlantic
United States
Mackay Radio
Atlantis
Freidrichshafen
Plocher to Lead Elyria Rotary Club in New Term
Elyria Rotary Club elected new officers and a nine member board at noon yesterday. Karl Plocher will serve as president for the year starting July 1 with Ralph Murbach as vice president. W O McClellan remains secretary and treasurer. Three directors were chosen for three year terms: Karl Plocher Ralph Murbach and William Gollmar. Three others were named for two year terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria Rotary Club
Karl Plocher
Ralph Murbach
Plocher
W. O. McClellan
Paul Gentzel
William Gollmar
Committees Named for Pilgrimage to Elyria Home
Seven committees with over 50 members across northern and eastern Ohio prepare for the annual Mother’s Day Pilgrimage to the Elyria Home for the Aged. Elyria hosts many members, with others from distant cities, and leaders include Rev. Earl P. Meister and numerous local women.
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Ohio
Elyria
Earl P. Meister
Women’s Auxiliary of the Home
H. W. Luethi
Ladies’ Aid Societies
North-East Ohio
W. Morgarudge
Caldwell
B. Davis
Duncan Falls
S. E. Davis
Coshocton
C. B. Hess
Massillon
L. A. Riedel
Cleveland
J. J. Wyeth
Mansfield
I. L. Porter
Oberlin
Ross Buchanan
Carrollton
Richard Hitchings
Warren
All
Chestnut Ridge Road Work To Be Resumed
County Surveyor Harry L. Dunham says widening and repaving Chestnut Ridge road for four miles will start today after contractor Samuel Trifiletti of Lorain secured a $51 215 bid. The county engineer plans two more contracts for Boone road in Columbia township and Giles road in Eaton about 1 12 miles long at roughly $30 000 each. Bursley road bridge repair near Huntington to finish in six weeks at about $5 000. Abbe road bridge WPA project progresses with a $40 000 price tag.
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Chestnut Ridge Road
Harry L. Dunham
Samuel Trifiletti
Lorain
Trifiletti
Boone Road
Columbia Township
Giles Road
Eaton
Bursley Road
Huntington Township
Dunham
Abbe Road
Republic Steel Agrees to Meet SWOC on May 11
Republic Steel Corporation confirms a meeting with SWOC representatives set for May 11. J A Voss, director of industrial relations, states the firm sees no need for a signed contract and reiterates willingness to bargain with properly designated representatives.
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Republic Steel
SWOC
Cleveland
Republic Steel Corporation
J. A. Voss
Clinton S. Golden
Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
Pittsburgh
Voss
Republic
Committee For Industrial Organization
Bandits RAF First National Bank in Plymouth Robbery
In Plymouth Michigan two masked bandits forced entry to the First National Bank and seized about 7000 to 7600 dollars after binding four employees. They awaited bank officials then fled in an automobile, later abandoned nearby fate unclear. Only one accomplice was identified and police pursued the escape.
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Plymouth
Mich
First National Bank
Jack Taylor
Floyd Kehrl
Taylor
Gen Denhardt Case Jury Is Still Out
In New Castle Kentucky on May 5 Brigadier General Henry H Denhardt faced a motion to dismiss the jury that had deliberated over 10 hours on murder charges He also moved to exclude evidence showing he fired a revolver the night Mrs Verna Garr Taylor his fiancée was killed Defense argued the judge failed to admonish the 11 jurors before deliberations resumed
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New Castle
Henry H. Denhardt
Denhardt
Vérna
Garr Taylor
Charles C. Marshall
Duke and Mrs Simpson discuss wedding plans in France
In Monts France on May 5 the Duke of Windsor and Mrs Wallis Simpson met at Chateau De Cande to discuss wedding plans and a 500000 settlement for life from the Royal family. The Royal consent and engagement timing were not announced until after King George VI's coronation on May 12.
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Tours
Mrs. Simpson
Austria
Rogers
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Alan Valentine
University of Rochester
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