Derby Field Shrinks to Smallest in 21 Years at Churchill Downs
At Churchill Downs on Derby day 65th running, Belair Stud scratched Challenge leaving Johnstown as favorite in a field reduced to the smallest since 1920. A crowd of 85,000 gathered as 149 horses prepared for the two minute dash for the $50,000 purse.
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Churchill Downs
Louisville
U.R
Belair Stud
Challenge
Johnstown
Silver Bugle
Jamestown
LaFrance
William Woodward
New York
Gallant Fox
Omaha
W. L. Brann
Challedon
Georgie Seabo
Technician
West
Lawrin
Herbert M. Woolf
Kansas City
Insco
Hialeah
Johnny Adams
el Chico
William Ziegler
Nicky Wall
Heather Broom
J. H. Whitney
Earl Sande
Basin James
Viscounty
Valdiia Farm
Darrell Bierman
Smith Resigns as Justice of the Peace in Elyria Township
Justice Leonard Smith of Elyria Township submitted his resignation as justice of the peace to township trustees effective immediately. He will join State Automobile Mutual Insurance Co as an adjuster in the Elyria division, working from the Century Building. Smith, an attorney, was elected to the peace post in 1937 and has served as Elyria mayor, councilman at large, and council president. his term ends December 31, 1941 and will be filled by appointment.
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Leonard Smith
Middle Avenue
Elyria Township
Smith
State Automobile Mutual Insurance Co
Elyria
Lorain
Medina
Century
Don A. Baird
Insurance
Weather Ohio Forecast Notes Warm Weekend
The bulletin covers generally fair and continued warmth tonight and Sunday with possible local thunder showers in western and northern parts Sunday afternoon or night. Monday brings showers and cooler conditions. Observed 24 hour changes show little pressure variation, with a Manitoba center and a southeast and northwest high pressure pattern. Light showers appear from the Great Lakes to the Northern Rocky Mountains as temperatures rise in the central and eastern states and cool in the northern plains and Rocky Mountain Plateau.
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Ohio
Manitoba
Panhandle
Great Lakes
Rocky Mountain
Plains
Rocky Mountain Plateau
Coal Miners Halt All Soft Coal Production in U S
President Roosevelt urged management and labor to reach a fair workable agreement to end the nationwide soft coal shutdown. John R. Steelman pressed Appalachian negotiators to resume talks as 450000 miners remain idle and Mayor LaGuardia calls for presidential action.
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Washington
Roosevelt
John R. Steelman
U. S. Conciliation Service
United Mine Workers Union
New York
U.P
United States
Steelman
I. H. LaGuardia
Appalachian
LaGuardia
Conciliation Service
New York City
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
U. S
Charles O'Neill
Acme
Whisky Warehouse Blaze Devours 10000 Barrels in Logansport
A three story brick warehouse of the Pennsylvania Distillery Company at Logansport near Ford City caught fire destroying ten thousand barrels of whisky. Fire crews from Kiski and Allegheny valleys fought the blaze for hours as spectators watched and a man collapsed amid alcohol fumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford City
Pennsylvania Distilery Company
Logansport
Kiski
Allegheny
Fire Bell Stolen From Abandoned Station in East Liverpool
Burglars broke into an abandoned fire station in East Liverpool last night and stole a 100 pound firebell. The theft was reported May 6 by UPi. No injuries or suspects announced.
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East Liverpool
Upi
Rail worker struck and killed by train at Conneaut
William B. Sadowski a 52 year old Nickel Plate railroad shop worker was killed today when struck by a New York Central train while walking along the track in Conneaut Ohio authorities reported the incident occurred near the railroad yard with the victim identified by officials at the scene.
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Conneaut
William B. Sadowski
Nickel Plate Railroad
Textbook Repair Project Ends May 31 in Lorain County
The county WPA textbook repair project will discontinue May 31. Afterward a WPA staffed library book repair service will continue in some schools, with hundreds of volumes expected to be repaired. Only materials cost about two cents per book, as labor was provided by the WPA.
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Lorain
Vincent
Elyria
Lorain City
WPA
Gibbons
Three fingers broken in fan accident at home
Delbert Worcester eleven son of J A Worcester of Chestnut Ridge road suffered three broken fingers and severe cuts when his left hand was caught by a truck motor fan at his home at 450 PM yesterday. He was taken to Elyria Memorial Hospital.
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Delbert Worcester
J. A. Worcester
Chestnut
Ridge Road
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Taft proposes joint committee to balance budget
Sen. Robert A. Taft calls for a joint congressional committee to craft a comprehensive budget balancing program. He warns large spending risks inflation and bankruptcy and says the executive shows no balancing intent. He may push legislation next week amid farm aid spending debates.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Congressional
Taft
Senate
Eighth Annual Old Timers Banquet and Reunion Planned
The National Tube Company announces the eighth annual Old Timers Banquet and Reunion to be held Thursday May 11 in the Steel Company's Main Restaurant. Tickets are limited to 325 with several out of town guests expected and a social hour after the program.
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National Tube Company
Jean Caulton
Raymond Gill
Sam Owens
G. Buswell
Jas. A. Daniel
E. D. Brown
Robert Bryan
H.S. Geisel
George Greenwood
John Gould
Luther Koontz
George Northam
W. O. Ward
Wm. B. Young
Steel Works
Willard Bank Robbery Seeks Trace of Three Bandits
Federal agents from Cleveland searched for three robbers involved in the Willard United Bank hold up Friday noon. Loot was estimated at five to ten thousand dollars. Two gunmen entered the bank forcing seven employees and twelve customers to lie on the floor while they emptied money trays. a third man waited in a car outside. After seven to eight minutes the pair issued a final warning to stay put and fled.
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Willard, O
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Cleveland
Willard United Bank
German Press Attacks Poland on Atrocities Charge
Berlin reports Berlin May 6 German papers accuse Poland of atrocities against Germans and demand Poland accept responsibility. The coverage cites Polish actions in Pomorze and Graudenz amid looming talks between Ribbentrop Ciano. Goering on vacation in Italy. Brauchitsch inLibya with Balbo Pariani.
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Berlin
Poland
Josef Beck
Germany
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Reich
Zweelf Uhr Blatt
Pomorze
Graudenz
United Press Warsaw
Posen
Adolf Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Galeazzo Ciano
Milan
Italy
Ribbentrop-Ciano
Herman Goering
Hitler
Walter von Brauchitsch
Italian
Libya
Italo Balbo
Alberto Pariani
Had Notification Of Death Prepared In Advance
James Hey a 68 year old man in Buffalo prepared a telegram to notify relatives before his death. He addressed a telegram blank to Charles Strunk and wrote Your brother has passed away. A hotel maid was told to send it if anything happened. Hey was found dead of a heart attack in a hotel sitting room last night and the telegram was sent.
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Buffalo, N
James Hey
Hey
Charles Strunk
South Norwood
Estates funds turn over to Lorain County schools
Prosecutor Howard R. Butler announced the turn over of 34 949 31 to County Treasurer Walter J. Wright for distribution to Lorain County schools from the estate of the late James McKinnon of Lorain, who died intestate with no known heirs. The law directs unclaimed estates to be distributed to the county’s schools on the same basis as tax distribution.
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Howard R. Butler
Walter J. Wright
Lorain County
James McKinnon
Lorain
Lorain man fined for policy selling charges
John Willis, 72, of Lorain, one of five arrests by Sheriff Carl R. Finegan in his policy round up, was fined 50 dollars and costs after arraignment before Common Pleas Judge Guy B. Findley. Willis admitted selling chances in the policy game.
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John Willis
Lorain
Carl R. Finegan
Common Pleas
Guy B. Findley
Willis
Lorain County Board Adopts Five Geography Texts
The Lorain County Board of Education approves five new geography books for next fall with only four guaranteed for use. European geography may be delayed a year due to unsettled conditions in Europe. A seventh grade world study is adopted while eighth grade geography is replaced by a science course.
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Europe
Lorain County
C. A. Gibbens
Gibbens
Boards of Education
Americas
Gibbons
Poland Stands Pat as Germany Likely Responds Next
Warsaw says no initiative in talks with Germany and awaits Germany to answer a memorandum handed to Berlin. Beck praised byPolish leaders for his speech while neighboring papers noted limited German coverage. Poland presents a just stance on Danzig and the Polish Corridor and says negotiations on honorable terms are now open.
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Warsaw
Poland
Germany
Josef Beck
Beck
Posen
Col
Danzig
Berlin
West Avenue to Lead City Street Improvements This Summer
City plans major resurfacing on West Avenue from Second Street to Oberlin Road and Oberlin Road from Middle Avenue to the Baltimore and Ohio crossing as the top priorities in the annual program. Service Director J. D. Faxon says these two projects will be the largest, with a total resurfacing budget not exceeding 10 000 dollars, contracts expected in July. A full program will be announced later after a pre summer survey.
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West Avenue
Oberlin Road
J. D. Faxon
Faxon
Second Street
Middle Avenue
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Fremont Farm Hand Dies After Haymow Fall
Charles Vogel aged 58 a farm hand died in a Fremont hospital four hours after falling from a haymow on the Sheriaan Trick farm. The incident occurred today and authorities are investigating the accident.
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Fremont, O
Charles Vogel
Fremont
Sheriaan
Royal Couple Sails for Canada and United States
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth depart from Portsmouth aboard the Empress of Australia with 23 royal party members for a six week goodwill tour of the Americas. The voyage covers 16 000 miles aboard a liner formerly the Tirpitz, with a ceremonial sendoff by 17 warships and cheering crowds.
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Portsmouth
England
May
Great Britain
Canada
United States
George VI
Australia
Nelson
New World
Mary
Elizabeth
Margaret Rose
Chamber
Receiver Named For Romeo Pump Co
Frank M. Wilcox appointed receiver for The Romeo Pump Co by Common Pleas Judge Guy B. Findley. Bond set at 1000. Court allows operation, hiring staff, and appraisal by Wa ters Altfelt and Collier. Ak ro claimants Mayo and Douglas seek relief with 2563-dollar claim. Hearing held.
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Frank M. ‘Wilcox
Romeo Pump Co
Common Pleas
Guy B. Findley
Frank A. Stetson
Arthur H. Waters
Alex Altfelt
Warren T. Collier
William Mayo
D. Dwight Douglas
Akron
Retired Lutheran minister dies in Lorain at 75
The Rev. Geo J. Kuehner, 75, longtime pastor of the American Lutheran Church at Valley City, died after a six month illness at the home of his daughter Mrs George Roll in Lorain. He retired four years ago and moved to Lorain from Valley City. He is survived by a son and his daughter.
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Lorain
Geo. J. Kuehner
American Lutheran Church
Valley City
George Roll
Valler City
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