Lorain County high schools to award record diplomas
Lorain County schools will graduate 336 students this season, up 52 from last year, with 11 of 18 high schools posting larger classes. Wellington leads with 61 graduates. Amherst, Avon, Brighton, and others show gains while Camden and LaGrange see declines. Avon Lake and Eaton keep steady counts.
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Lorain County
Clearstew
Belden
Amherst
Avon
Brighton
Brownhelm
Henrietta
Penfield
Ridgeville
South Amherst
Camden
Columbia Township
Grafton
Brookside
LaGrange
Avon Lake
Eaton
Amherst High School
Joseph W. Fichter
Harvey Alprecht
William Andrews
Joseph Berew
Glen Blackford
Carlton Bodmann
Catherine Bodmann
Louise Brucker
Elizabeth Busch
D.C Grover
Oberlin
Robert Baldau
Margaret Butts
Elmer Dechant
George Eberlin
John Gerbick
Theodore Gerbick
Margaret Herckel
Elizabeth Hein
Gilbert Horwedel
Catherine Kinzel
Hazel Klingshirn
Delphine Linden
Paul Luther
Robert Peak
Euphemia Plas
Clifford Reising
Roy Schwinn
Evelyn Smith
Eugene Urig
Kenneth Urig
Avon Lake Avon Lake High School
L. E. Cole
Robert Lott
Frances West
Doris Tincher
Herbert Scott
Burrill Jaycox
Virginia Buswell
William Woodt
Bernice Brixius
Douglas McCutcheon
Anne Margittas
Irma Schafer
LeRoy Schumacher
Hugh Kane
Edward Schuster
Robert Garett
Madelyn Williams
Tornado damages barn and sheds near Oberlin
A miniature tornado struck the B F Behner farm two miles south and 34 mile east of Oberlin, lifting a third of the barn roof and blowing a milk shed and silo parts 1000 feet away. Russell Behner 11 and Cecil Draper 22 escaped with minor bruises as lightning and hail followed, flooding Elyria streets and basements.
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Pittsfield Township
B. F. Behner
Oberlin
Russell Behner
Cecil Draper
Elyria
Here
Lorain
Ohio Weather Forecast Cloudy tonight and Thursday
Cloudy conditions cover Ohio with rain likely Thursday and in the southern portion late. Cooler air moves into the southeast tonight.
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Ohio
Milk Producers Plan Friday Meeting in Elyria
A Friday meeting of all Elyria market milk producers is called for 5 p m in the courthouse to form the Elyria Milk Producers Association. The group aims to regulate milk prices and adopt a code of ethics for producers and distributors in the area, with distributors invited to speak. Producers seek price stability and contend current rates fail to cover expenses amid alleged unscrupulous dealers buying surplus milk at low prices.
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Elyria
5S. P. Mason
Producers’ Organization
Elyria Milk Producers’ Association
Mason
Depositors Hear Update On Elyria Bank Loans
A depositors meeting at Elyria High School heard that Lorain County Savings and Trust seeks a Reconstruction Finance Corporation loan and that if approved, depositors with over $100 may be asked to sign a 25 percent waiver. Elyria Savings on Trust plans are before the State Banking Department in Columbus.
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Lorain
Savings and Trust Company
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Washington
Elyria Savings On Trust Company
State Banking Department
Columbus
Savings Deposit Bank and Trust Company 15
Elyria
Plan for Ohio sales tax collapses amid protests in Columbus
Governor George White’s 2 percent general sales tax plan, framed as a revenue source, faced near collapse after a hostile public hearing. Democrats and merchants rejected the measure while a six week recess awaited. 1,000 attendees spoke, 37 opposed and six supported.
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Columbus
George White
Commmunteatien
Gov. White
Ohio
Assembly
Taxation and Schools
White
W.M Goodwin
Hamilton County
Thomas J Donnelly
Ohio Federation of Labor
George B. Chandler
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Chandler
Donnelly
Heavy Losses By French Reported In Berber Fight
Paris reports say four columns of the French Foreign Legion encountered fierce Berber tribesmen atop Mount Jebel Sagho in the Atlas. An official communique noted the columns halted to allow the dissidents to remove dead and wounded. Military analyst Jacques Lorrain criticized uncoordinated commands from Rabat.
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Paris
French Foreign Legion
Jebel Sagho
Atlas Mountains
Rabat
French Morocco
Jacques Lorrain
Echo de Paris
Rotary members to attend Charles B. Tucker funeral
Elyria Rotary Club members will meet at the Y M C A Friday at 2 15 p m to attend the funeral of Charles B Tucker a longtime member of the club.
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Tucker
Elyria Rotary Club
Charles B. Tucker
Rotary Club
Wage Increases Hit Cleveland Workers and Steel Output Rises
More than 1 000 workers in the Cleveland industrial district received wage increases as steel production reached 54 percent of capacity for the first time in two years. The Cleveland Independent Ice Cream Manufacturers' Association granted 10 percent raises for 400 workers, Ford Dealers' Association members earned five percent boosts for about 350 in Cleveland and 125 in Akron, and Goodrich and Goodyear announced substantial raises for office staff. The wage gains followed a surge in automotive buying, with hours reduced at Master Home Baking Association without pay cuts.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Independent Ice Cream Manufacturers’ Association
Ford Dealers’ Association of
Akron
Master Home Baking Association
Goodyear Tire & Ribber Company
Goodrich
National Steel in Ecorse to Expand Plant and Hire 300
The National Steel company in Ecorse announced a 250000 replacement and construction program to employ more than 300 men. The project includes relining a blast furnace and building a new flat plant as orders rise and furnaces run at full capacity since April.
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Detroit
National Steel Company
Ecorse
Biberman Brothers Raise Wages for 600 Employees
The Biberman Brothers Inc dress maker announced a 5 percent pay increase for 600 employees effective immediately. The Supreme Shirt Company followed with a 10 percent raise for 100 employees effective Friday.
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Philadelphia
Biberman Brothers, Inc
Supreme Shirt Company
Boos Brothers Cafe Workers Strike Rules
Los Angeles reports May 10 all employees of Boos Brothers Cafe, a major LA chain, began a work stoppage. Details on the scope and reasons for the action are continued on page 2.
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Los Angeles
Boos Brothers’ Cafeteria Co
Death noted for Nellie Hill longtime temperance leader
Mrs. Nellie Hill 70 died at her son Dr. R E Jacksons home on Washington avenue at 1240 am after a long illness. A Dry forces leader and former director of prohibition education she helped push the Eighteenth Amendment into the constitution. Survived by son Dr R E Jackson. Funeral Saturday at First Methodist Church with Rev J Bond officiating. Interment Ridgelawn. Friends may visit at the Jackson home until noon.
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Nellie Ms. Hill
R. E. Jackson
Washington Avenue
Ohio
Myers Y. Cooper
United States
Hnuil
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Prohibition
Hill
Eaton Township
Lorain County
Elyria
D. W. Hyland
Eaton
Thomas Hill
First Methodist Church
J. Bond
Ridgelawn
Hospital Day Observance Delayed In Elyria
Observance of Hospital Day in Elyria has been moved from Friday May 12 to Tuesday May 16. From 2 to 4 PM, all babies born at the hospital since May 12, 1952 and their parents will be guests for a group photograph. The change follows the funeral services for Charles E. Tucker on Friday.
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Elyria
Charles E. Tucker
Democratic leaders plan conference over patronage delay
Washington May 10 Democratic leaders disturbed by the administration s delay in distributing patronage arranged for a conference tomorrow night between the party Congressional committee and Postmaster General Farley.
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Washington
House Democratic
Party Congressional Committee
Farley
Paraguay Declares War on Bolivia Amid Rising Tensions
Asuncion May 10 Paraguay declares war on Bolivia in the first formal war declaration since 1918 when Guatemala declared war on the central powers.
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Paraguay
Bolivia
Asuncion
Guatemala
Four Major Bills Moving Toward Early Passage
Four Roosevelt reconstruction bills near passage as Senate and House methods converge. The Senate will drop the price range amendment to the farm relief bill. the House backed its farm relief conferees and rejected price fixing. The package would authorize treasury notes, government securities purchases, and silver handling, with a farm mortgage refinancing program and production oversight. A Tennessee Valley Development power line authority and commercial fertilizer manufacture at Muscle Shoals are under debate alongside the Blue Sky securities bill and a one year extension of gas and power levies. The administration weighs a large public works program amid talk of a railroad bill and broader industrial supervision.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate
House
Smith
Treasury
Federal Reserve
Norris
Tennessee Valley Development Bill
Muscle Shoals
Senate Finance Committee
Wagner
Dem
New Yorker
Costigan
Colo
Lorain Man Named Harvard Proctor
Cambridge Massachusetts May 10 Harvard University announced the appointment of Car Hageman Jr of Lorain Ohio as a proctor. He was among seven new proctors named in the selection.
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Lorain
Harvard Proctor
Cambridge
Mass
Car
H. Hageman, Jr
Lorain, C
Harvard University
Holiday Group Urges Farmers to Join Strike
Des Moines Iowa May 10 National Farmers Holiday Association calls for a nationwide strike to begin May 13 urging farmers and cattlemen to withhold crops from markets. Milo Reno says the movement aims to force concessions on production costs mortgages taxes and the soldiers bonus while Roosevelt considers a mortgage moratorium. He predicts a 10 day strike if 75 percent join and plans to mobilize county associations to contact farmers in the public interest.
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Des Moines
National Farmers Holiday Association
Roosevelt
Milo Reno
Holiday Association
Reno
Congress
United Press Today
America
Republic
Steel company reports April unfilled orders rise
United States Steel Corporation recorded its first month to month increase in unfilled orders since October 1932. End of April totals reached 864,574 tons, up 93,572 from March 31, with March 31 at 1,841,002 tons and previous months listed.
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New York
United States
United States Steel Corporation
Tornado kills dozens across Kentucky and Tennessee
Nashville dispatch reports a tornado that struck southern Kentucky and north central Tennessee killed at least 35 people and injured 50 or more. Beaty Swamp 25 dead 75 injured Tompkinsville 8 dead 30 injured Lebanon 2 dead 10 injured. Unconfirmed tolls from Byrdstown Jamestown Eastport and Jacksboro due to downed lines.
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Nashville
Tenn
Kentucky
Tennessee
Red Cross
Beaty Swamp
Tompkinsville
Kye
Labanon
Byrdstown
Jamestown
Eastport
Jacksboro
Nanking Government Involves Itself in Railway Dispute
Moscow bulletin reports the Nanking government warns the Soviet Union any revision of the Chinese Eastern railway status without Chinese consent would be null and never recognized by China. The statement marks Beijing's active involvement in the contentious Russia Japan issue over the railway.
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Moscow
Nanking
Soviet Union
China
Club Elects New Members In Hi Y Meeting
The Senior Hi Y Club at the YMCA elected new members and reported the nominating committee's nominees for officers for next year. Notices of election go out to chosen boys and an information bulletin is mailed. Initiation ceremonies and officer elections are planned at the next meeting. A talk on I Believe in the Bible by Basil Hindman was featured.
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Believe In the
Bible
Bés Hindman
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Behner Farm
E. L. Hukill
Elyria High School
E L. Hukill
H. E. Irvin
Hakill
Hukill
Chronicle-Telegram
Huhin
Barkers
Oled Tak
Nellie M. Hill
Malvin
Bulletin
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