6000 Strike Shuts Cleveland Auto Plant
In Cleveland Ohio on May 13 six thousand United Automobile Workers walked out at the Fisher Potter Corporation plant to protest alleged discrimination by foremen and grievances unresolved. The shutdown followed transfer of work to Grand Rapids Michigan and Yonca Michigan, shrinking payroll from nine thousand to about six thousand.
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Cleveland, O
United Automobile Workers
Fisherpott Corporation
Lincoln R. Scafo
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Cleveland
Yona
5,400 Idle As Strikes Close 6 G. M. Plants
DETROIT May 13 Gb General Motors officials and United Automobile Workers union members fought to stop a new strike wave that idled about 5,400 workers. Six plants in Flint Saginaw and Janesville shut after non union workers were excluded and spot welders protested unequal pay. Walter Reuther rushed to Flint to mediate a dispute touching 2,100 Chevrolet and Fisher workers as union leaders claimed near total union majority among Fisher Body staff.
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Detroit
General Motors Corporation
United Automobile Works
Chevrolet and
Fisher Body
Flint
Saginaw
Mich
Janesville
Wis
General Motors
Walter Reuther
Ford Motor Company
Chevrolet
Fisher
Traps Viper With A Mouse Trap
Cambridge readers recount a peril in Satchez Run school when a 14 inch viper invaded a classroom. A pupil used a mouse trap on a string to lure the snake, and the trap snapped around its neck. The students fled to desks, then the snake was dragged outside and killed.
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Cambridge
Here
Weather Ohio Showers Afternoon and Cooler Tonight
Weather summary notes showers this afternoon and tonight with cooler temperatures. Friday expected to be generally fair and cooler in the East and South, warmer Saturday. A low pressure trough extends from the St Lawrence Valley to the Lower Mississippi Valley with another disturbance over Alberta. High pressure over plains, Rocky Mountains, and South Atlantic States. Heavy rainfall reported from Arkansas, Tennessee, and Kentucky. otherwise, precip likely under the trough. Warmer over Atlantic States and Rockies. cooler inland with heavy frost in portions of the Northern Plains.
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Ohio
St. Lawrence Valley
Mississippi Valley
Alberta
Plains States
Rocky Mountain Plateau
South Atlantic States
Arkansas
Tennessee
Kentucky
Atlantic States
Rocky Mountain
Eucharistic Congress Plans Are Completed
Lorain prepares for the second annual Diocesan Eucharistic Congress two weeks away led by Chairman Very Rev James T Daley. Midnight Mass May 26 at Lakeview Park Lorain will be celebrated by Most Rev James A McFadden with an altar on a five foot high platform for park viewing. Traffic Committee arranged parking near the park with 200 trained volunteers to guide cars. events begin 7 PM May 26 at St Marys Church and close with Benediction May 27 at Lakeview Park.
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James T. Daley
Lorain
Elyria
James A. McFadden
T. D
Cleveland
St. Agnes’ Church
Bishop McFadden
Lake Avenue
Lakeview Park
Congress
John Hamrak
Austin O’toole
St. Mary's Church
Eighth
Reid Streets
Quarter Century Dinner To Honor Local 25Year Firms
Elyria Chamber of Commerce lists added 25year honorees for the quarter century dinner at First M E church. About 400 expected. principal address by Henry P. Boynton on Recollections of Elyria. Program includes United States Chamber meeting report, old time jigs, and Elyria High School a cappella choir.
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Elyria
Frank A. Stetson
H. A. Pounds
John W. Vogler
Western Automatic Machine Screw Company
Elyria Division of Steel and Tabes Inc
Western Automatic Ust
Thomas Bruce
J. Bedocs
G. Hochenedel
J. Lecmauch
C. Turner
Alex Sebastian
Mike Lacy
Frank Chaplar
Andy Kovak
Mike Mate
John Salva
Gabor Sutta
Paul Eiek
Paul Fazekas
Elyria Chamber of Commerce
M. E
Henry P. Boynton
Elyria Telegram
Cleveland
J. B. Johnson
United States Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Wade H. Grabill
Bill Strack
Elyria High School
A Cancella
J. Martin Beek
L R Todd Elyria Resident Dies After Long Life
L R Todd 67 a lifelong Elyria resident died at home on Fifth Street after illness. Born August 20 1869 in Elyria he worked in railway mail service since 1891 and rose to chief in charge before retirement. Survived by wife Nellie two daughters Doris and Helen and three sons Arthur Lorenzo and Frank plus ten grandchildren. Funeral 3 p.m. Saturday at Nichols Funeral Home with ministers F B McAlister and L B Hindman. burial Ridge Hill Memorial Park.
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Lorenzo FR. Todd
Elyria
Fifth Street
Aingering Wliness
Cascade Park
Todd
First Congregational Church
King Solomon Masone Lodge
Nellie M. Todd
Doris L. Todd
Helen Ballister
Chicago
Arthur Todd
Youngstown
Lorenzo S. Todd
Frank Todd
Sacramento
California
Nichols Funeral Home
F.B. McAlister
L. B. Hindman
Ridge Hill Memorial Park
Restrictions Increase On Duke Of Windsor Wedding Plans
London reports government actions tighten around the former king who abdicated. Britain withholds public funds and limits royal attendance at his wedding to Mrs Wallis Warfield while restrictions on residence and marriage location shift, favoring France but complicating a Protestant ceremony for a divorcee.
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London
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Warfield
Austria
Europe
France
Paris
Chateau de Cande
Monts
Warfield
the Times
Conlinuea
Former Elyrian Fred E Griswold Dies in Lakeside
Fred E Griswold a longtime Elyria resident and traveling salesman died yesterday at Lakeside Ohio two days before his seventy third birthday He was born May 14 1864 in Elsria and lived here many years Later he moved to Teakeside to work in real estate and spent winters in Florida He is survived by a brother Irving H Griswold former Elyria postmaster now with Bell Telephone living in Plattsburg and New York City
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Fred E. Griswold
Lakeside
Ohio
Mr. Griswold
Arthur Q. Griswold
Maria V. Griswold
Elsria
Elyria
Teakeside
Florida
Griswold
Irving H. Griswold
Bell Telephone Company
Plattsburg
New York City
Death summons former judge H. G. Redington
Former Common Pleas Judge Horace Greeley Redington died shortly after midnight at his home in Amherst after months of illness. He was 78, would have turned 79 in July, and was survived by his nurse and daughter Mrs. E. C. Danner, with son H. Ray Redington arriving later. Born in Lorain County to Ransom Redington and Melissa Tyler, he served as Amherst mayor and Lorain County common pleas judge for eight years, notable as the only Democratic judge on that bench. He studied law in Findlay after leaving Oberlin College.
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Common Pleas
Horace Greeley Redington
354
Third Street
E. C. Danner
H. Ray Redington
Pittsburgh
Redington
Lorain County
Amherst
Judge Redington
Arherst Township
Ransom Redington
John Redington
England
Massachusetts
Melissa Tyler
Connecticut
New Haven
Oberlin
Amherst Township
Oberlin Academy
Oberlin College
Coronation Day Turmoil Becomes Royal Public Walkabout
London crowds greet King George VI and Queen Elizabeth as they tour North London by car after the coronation. The royal couple wave to cheering crowds amid dense streets and patrols of detectives. They later return to Buckingham Palace after a 14 mile drive and receive fresh ovations.
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United Press
London
George VI
Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Mall
Palace
George V
Queen Mary
Greenwich Maritime Museum
People's Palace
England
Margaret Rose
New Parking Rules Set for Court Street Buses and Cabs
Safety Service Director J D Faxon announced Court Street parking changes effective May 17. Buses and taxis must use east side zones. eastbound buses will turn routes via Broad Middle Second to Court, while westbound buses leave Court to Second to Middle. A 30 minute limit applies on the east side. Greyhound buses from the east may load and unload and then proceed south on Court.
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Safety Service
J. D. Faxon
Court Street
Middle Avenue
Second Street
Court
Second
Middle
Faxon
Greyhound
Governor vetoes six bills in adjournment session
Governor Davey vetoed six measures including raises for the commerce director and the building and loan chief, a state water resources board, and a $10 bounty on wolves and coyotes. Vetoes filed with the secretary of state end legislative reversal chances.
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Columbus
Davey
Commerce
Water Resources and Flood Control Board
Ohio
Pew Board
General Revenue Fund
State Department of Education
Boards of Education
State Department
Iter
Brush Creek
Highland County
Fort Hills
Riples
Brown County
Schoenbrunn Memorial State Park
New Philadelphia
Five Lorain County highway projects in $23 million plan
Columbus announced a $23 million highway improvement program for 1937 38 listing five Lorain County projects. They include a new bridge over the Vermilion River on Route 20A and widening and resurfacing on Routes 20 20A 59 and 76 near Oberlin and the Erie Lorain county line with a late spring start target. The plan, largely state aided with federal matching funds, totals about $13 million from the state and $10.9 million federal aid.
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Lorain County
Columbia Today
John Jaster
Jaster
Vermilion River
Oberlin
Erie-Lorain
U. S
Sandusky County
Woodville
Sheriff Grall Fires Back At Dunn Over Slot Machines
Sheriff William F. Grall clashed with County Commissioner Oscar G. Dunn over claims of more slot machines after raids. Dunn said he never held a deputy commission since the sheriff allegedly withheld signing it. Dunn suggested funding an investigator for a thorough probe.
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William F. Grall
Oscar G. Dunn
Dunn
William G. Smith
Smith
Statue of King George II Blown Up in Dublin
The equestrian statue on Stephens Green was destroyed by a land mine during the morning rush. The blast shattered windows and shook central Dublin. Police found a large cache of explosives and weapons nearby amid intensified anti British actions tied to royal coronation protests.
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King
Dublin
Irish Free State
King George 11
Stephens Green
George VI
Ireland
Great Britain
Deblin
Tree Republican Army
Nene
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H. G. Redington
Westminster Abbey
Canterbury
George
Acme
Bulletin
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