Police fire on strikers in San Pedro kills two
In San Pedro California on May 14 police fired on about 400 striking longshoremen, killing Pick Parker age 20 of San Pedro and John Knutson age 40, and injuring about a score as clashes erupted over a barricade and a bunkhouse fire. The strike, tied to Pacific coast port actions, followed stalled wage talks and a push for a 30 hour week.
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Cal
Pick Parker
John Knutson
International Longshoremen Association
Pacific Coast
Seattle
Santa Elena
Poties
Parker
Knotson
Long Beach
L. Gentry
Parker and
Knutson
Pacific
Two Balloonists In Germany Killed In Flight Disaster
Berlin May 15 Dr Hermann Victor Masuch meteorologist was found dead in the wreckage of Germanys largest non dirigible balloon Bartsch von Sigsfeld twelve miles east of Bornaburg on Russian soil The body of Dr Franz Martin Schrenck balloonist with whom Masuch flew from here Sunday was found ten miles from the wreckage An international search was started They aimed for altitudes from 22 000 feet to study cosmic rays Their craft carried oxygen flasks and scientific instruments and disappeared eastward after takeoff at 9 AM Sunday
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Berlin
Hermann Victor Masuch
Germany
Bartsch von Sigsfeld
Bornaburg
Franz Martin Schrenck
Masuch
Bartach von
Richard Perry Heads Perry Fay Co
Directors at their meeting yesterday elected Richard Perry to president and general manager succeeding his father the late Rh. D. Perry. Richard Perry had assisted his father for several years.
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Perry-Fay Co
Wasterday
Richard Perry
Rh. DD. Perry
Weather Forecast For Ohio Tonight Through Wednesday
Ohio forecast calls for westly clouds tonight and Wednesday with possible showers in the northern portion. Temperatures remain nearly steady with light winds and no strong cooling or warming expected.
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Ohio
WINS APPOINTMENT TO WEST POINT
Ben C Chapla of Lorain has qualified for admission to West Point from the Fourteenth district and will report there. He joined the local National Guard unit in 1933 and rose from private to corporal in 1934. Chapla earned a merit grade of 7 percent in a civil service exam and 90 percent in another guard evaluation, securing a second-best state ranking. He led Lorain High School clubs and activities, including Public Speaking and Mathematics, and held National Honor Society membership.
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Ben C. Chapla
Lorain
Ohio National Guard
West Point
Chapla
145Th Infantry
Don Starter
Federal National Guard
White
National Guard
Lorain High School
Boys’ Senate
Keep Watch For Atlantic Airmen
Paris May 15 Airport crews of three nations watched for the orange colored air plane Leonardo Da Vinci to flash across the Atlantic coastline bearing Cesare Sabelli and George R Pond on their New York Rome flight.
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Paris
Leonardo da Vinci
Atlantic
Cesare Sabelli
George R. Pond
New York
Rome
Annual Summer Round-Up Of Elyria School Children
Elyria to hold its annual Summer Round-Up for children entering school next fall at Elyria Memorial Hospital on Thursday and Friday. Free medical exams and immunizations will be offered. transportation provided. Sponsored by the Elyria Council of Parent-Teacher Associations with hospital and health department support.
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Elyria
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Elyria Council of
Hospital
Health Department
Turnarey
Sit
Big Pugh To Begin 600N Recovery Drive
Washington May 15 The Big Push of the Roosevelt recovery program moves into its supreme effort to revive America's basic industrial life. The drive will focus on private industry and construction, with loans from the Glass Bill and the housing program aimed at restoring prosperity. Billions are expected to work, boosting employment and living standards, while reforming mortgage practices and financing. The National Housing Act and related reforms seek to modernize property, insure mortgages, and support home construction. Congress remains in session to complete the program.
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Washington
Roosevelt
America
Senate
Congress
Home Credit Insurance Corporation
Ing
Memorial Day Committee To Meet Tomorrow
The third and final preparation meeting of the Memorial Day general committee will be held in City Hall tomorrow evening at 7 30. George Colburn chairs the committee with J G Schrock as secretary. Scott Wehe of Columbus, Department commander of the United Spanish War Veterans, is named as the main speaker.
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Memorial Day General Committee
City Hall
Pexard
Searion
George Colburn
J. G. Schrock
Scott Wehe
Columbus
United Spanish War Veterans
Seven Die As Olympic Sinks Nantucket Lightship
New York May 15 Seven crewmembers aboard the Nantucket lightship were confirmed drowned after the White Star Liner Olympic rammed and sank the vessel off the New England coast in dense fog. Captain John W Binks of the Olympic reported the loss by radio.
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New York
Nantucket
Olympic
New England
iCapt
John W Binks
Chandler dies longtime Elyria commissioner founder of J H Chandler and Son
Joseph H. Chandler a lifelong Elyria resident and founder of the firm J H Chandler and Son died at his son Eugene Chandler’s home after a brief illness. Born in New York City April 17 1854 he moved to Elyria in childhood and served as street and road commissioner 1892 to 1896 supervising the first road through Cascade Park. He leaves son Eugene Chandler daughter Mrs Chas Hancock five grandchildren two great grandchildren and brother Benjamin Chandler. Funeral Thursday at 3 p m Taylor Funeral Home with burial in Ridgelawn Cemetery.
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Joseph H. Chandler
Elyria
J. H. “Chandler and Son
Eugene Chandler
Lodi Street
Mr. Chandler
New York City
Tee
Cascade Park
Chas. Hancock
Benjamin Chandler
Taylor Funeral Home
Ridgelawn Cemetery
Death summons Leon A Selman of Fox Furnace
Leon A. Selman 414, longtime Fox Furnace advertising and sales manager, died at home 208 Ohio Street on Monday May 1 at 10 15 A M after three months illness. Born in Buffalo New York, he moved to Ely ten years ago to join Fox Furnace. Survived by widow Dorothy B. Selman and three children Donald Leon Richard Charles Mary Barbara, plus a sister Urban Throm of Buffalo. Funeral Wednesday at 11 30 from St Marys Church with burial in St Marys Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers Allan W. Fritzsche C A Olsen M M Suppes W B Timms. Pallbearers Everett W Johnston R P Wirth Alan W Smythe L J Mauthe Howard Barbour John P Brooks.
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Leon A. Selman
Fox Furnace Company
Ohio Street
Mr. Selman
Buffalo
New York
Ely Tia
Dorothy B. Selman
Donald Leon
Richard Charles
Mary Barbara Selman
Urban Throm
St. Mary's Church
St. Mary's Cemetery
Allan W. Fritzsche
C. A. Olsen
M. M. Suppes
W. B. Timms
Everett W. Johnston
R. P. Wirth
Alan W. Smythe
L. J. Mauthe
Howard Barbour
John P. Brooks
Retired Wakeman Banker Passes
John J. McMann age 77 of Wakeman died at his son’s home. He served two terms as Huron County treasurer from 1999 to 1913 and was vice president of Wakeman Bank from 1914 to 1952. He belonged to Masonic bodies and leaves one son, C. H. McMann. Funeral Friday at 2:30 from Congregational Church Wakeman with burial in Wakeman Cemetery.
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Wakeman, C
John J. McMann
Huron County
Wakeman Bank Company
C. Ho MeMann
McMann
Wakeman
Gibson Lodge
The
Masonic Order
Norwalk
Toledo
C. H. McMann
Huron County Board of Commissioners
Eien J.mcmann
Congreg National Church
Alf. Landbeck
Kidnapped Girl Found After 19 Days in Desert Cage
In Tucson Arizona authorities rescued six year old June Robles from a burning desert hole nine miles from Tucson where she had been chained in a cage for 19 days. An anonymous Chicago letter led to her confinement and investigators explored ransom claims while crowds cheered her safe return.
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Little June Robles
Desert Hole
Tucson
Ariz
Department of Justice
June Robles
June
Chicago
Robles
Clarence Houston
B. B. Moeur
Phoenix
Houston
Jane
Barney
Barner Kenzla
Mama
Carios Robies
Pension Blanks Expected By Monday
William France, appointed administrator of old age pensions in Lorain county, said the department will function by next Monday and pension application blanks will be ready. He attended a Columbus meeting with county commissioners on pension administration. France will investigate applicants. findings go to commissioners for approval and then to state HQ. An office in the courthouse basement is being prepared for the bureau.
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William France
Lorain County
France
Columbus
Plane Dives Into Lake Off Lakeside
Milton Hershberger, piloting a Lake Erie mall cat at 2060 feet, plunged into the lake two miles west of Lakeside, Ohio. He was unhurt after a water swirl sank the plane briefly and he surfaced clinging to a wing until a fishing boat rescued him. a Coast Guard boat towed the damaged plane to Lakeside.
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Put-In Bay
Lake Eris Islands
Milton Hershberger
Lekeside
Hershberger
U.S. Coast Guard
Marblehead
Lakeside
Light Vote On Bond Issue In Cleveland May 15
A steady vote counted today on the 4 900 000 deficiency bond issue for Cleveland. Citizens weigh whether city services can be sustained or if cuts and personnel reductions should be enacted, as Mayor Harry L. Davis and supporters press the campaign talks.
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Cleveland. O
Cleveland
Propic
Harrys L. Davisdown
Jury hears arguments in Schaffer manslaughter trial
Nine women and three men sit as jury after four days of testimony in the bus crash case involving A. W. Schaffer of Norwalk. Prosecutors argued the cited traffic laws made him the approximate cause of fatalities. defense contended juries should determine proximate cause, not the court.
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A. W. Schaffer
Norwalk
W. B. Thompson
Schaffer
Cleveland Road
Frank F. Stevens
Malcolm Thomson
Stevens
Thomson
F. Adams
Ohio
Adams
Adams, Sr
Bert
Harold Ewing
Missing 14 Year Old Elyria Boy Georgie Kranrak
A 14 year old Elyria boy, Georgie Kranrak of 115 Longfellow Avenue, left home on November 5 with gray knickers a checked shirt and a blue sweater trimmed in yellow. He has blond hair and blue eyes. Police Chief B E Stannard said a description will be sent to Columbus and carried in the Ohio Pelts Bulletin.
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Georgie Kranrak
Georgie
Georgia
Longfellow Avenue
BE. J. Stannard
Coluwhite
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