Royal Liner Anchors Off Quebec for 30 Day Royal Tour
The Empress of Australia enters the St. Lawrence with King George VI and Queen Elizabeth for a 30 day royal tour. Daniel C. Roper to present credentials in Ottawa. stopovers adjusted due to fog and ice. The liner heads toward Wolfe's Cove to dock at midnight with revised Ottawa Kingston Toronto schedule.
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Quebec
St. Lawrence
Daniel C. Roper
United States
Canada
Roper
Lord Tweedsmuir
Ottawa
Wolfe's Cove
Kingston
Toronto
Australia
Sheen
Saguenay
Southampton
Glasgow
Portsmouth
Gibraltar of America
County Officials Seek WPA Grant for Lorain Bridges
County Commissioner John K. Davidson County Treasurer Walter J. Wright and Commissioner Clerk Fred C. Ruth traveled to Columbus to confer with WPA officials on securing 680000 of the 1230000 PWA grant for two Lorain bridges. Wright said depositories are now adequate. Davidson will also meet highway officials about traffic lights at Gulf Road Route 254 and at Route 20 Kipton near Route 511.
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John K. Davidson
Walter J. Wright
Fred C. Ruth
Columbus
WPA
PWA
Lorain
Wright
Davidson
Highway Department
Gulf Road
Kipton
Labor Dispute Closes Hudson Factory
A labor dispute shut the Hudson Motor plant in Detroit idling 3,000 workers. UAW CIO officials said the company ordered the closure after a force reduction slowed assembly, ending production for now.
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Hudson
Detroit
UPI
Hudson Motor Car
United Automobile Workers
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Ohio Weather Summary Passes Through Fair Nights
Weather bulletin notes generally fair conditions tonight and Wednesday in Ohio with little temperature change. Thursday brings a chance of showers as a disturbance moves from British Columbia to Texas and into the Upper Lake region, with a high over Manitoba and high pressure along the Atlantic coast.
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Ohio
British Columbia
Texas
Upper Lake Region
Manitoba
Atlantic
Lower Lake
Indiana
Florida
Utah
Britain Weighs Pact With Soviet Russia In Europe Front
London reports an extraordinary cabinet session considered concessions to bring Soviet Russia into the European anti aggression alliance. Britain aims to bridge Moscow and London with a limited agreement and possibly a broader pact with France.
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Britain
Soviet Russia
London
Foreign Affairs Committee
Russia
Neville Chamberlain
Moscow
Vladimir Potemkin
Geneva
France
Edouard Daladier
Georges Bonnet
Cabinet
Poland
Rumania
Europe
House of Commons
Foreign Office
Governor Bricker Pushes Anti-Graft Bill Despite Delays
Ohio Governor John W. Bricker urged swift passage of the Culp Anti-Graft bill at a Columbus press conference. He favored reducing the maximum penalty for violations from 10,000 to 3,000 and supported empowering the Attorney General to convene grand juries on his own initiative in any county.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Ed D. Schorr
Schorr
Senate
Frank Whittemore
Miss Hoke Earns Excellent Rating in Solo Contest
Elyria High School junior Patricia Hoke won an excellent rating for a soprano solo at the national regional solo and ensemble contest in Anderson Indiana last Friday. She earned the right to sing by placing top in the state Oberlin contest last month and is the daughter of Dr and Mrs George A Hoke.
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Patricia Hoke
Elyria High School
Anderson
Indiana
Miss Hoke
George A. Hoke
Oberlin
Republic Steel Expands Open Hearth Capacity in Valley
Republic Steel Corp added an open hearth to its furnaces in production, raising the valley's operating rate to 43 percent today. Of 83 open hearths in the valley, 40 are active, reflecting a substantial increase in steel output.
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Youngstown, C
Republic Steel Corp
Parking Violators To Pay Mayor's Clerk
Police Chief E J Stankard reports parking tickets formerly paid through the police department will be payable starting tomorrow through Mayor's Clerk Kenneth Barclay on the second floor of City Hall.
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E. J. Stankard
Police Department
Kenneth Barclay
Bank Holdup in Carrick Bank Nets $20000 Loot
Pittsburgh dated May 16 reports three bandits robbed the Carrick Bank and escaped with about $20000 in cash. Police sought the suspects as investigators examined the scene for clues and security measures.
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Pittsburgh
Carrick Bank
Ohio Budget Action Cuts Retirement Fund in Half
In Columbus on May 16 the House voted 103 to 22 to strike the entire 2,096,000 retirement fund item from the general appropriation bill. The biennial budget, about 315.6 million total, was sent to the Senate. Governor Bricker, initially opposed, indicated it was legislature's responsibility to decide. Senate committees killed two labor bills on bartenders and department name change. The Senate passed a deficiency judgment bill clarifying two year statute limits for homestead cases.
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Columbus
House of Representatives
Bricker
House
Senate
State Industrial Relations Department
State Labor Department
Mines Resume On Non-Union Basis In Harlan County
Eighteen Harlan county coal operators resume full production on a non union basis with 810 national guardsmen protecting facilities. Gov. Chandler sent 210 more troops to back workers returning to mines as 600 guards patrol strategic points to deter pickets. Union officials foresee a possible split in the Harlan County Coal Operators Association while negotiations may target individual contracts with several companies.
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Harlan
Harlan County
A. B. (Happy) Chandler
United Mine Workers of America
Harlan County Coal Operators Association
Burns Fatal to Girl in Ohio Home
Martha Ellen Arnold a 15 year old girl from Good Hope Circleville Ohio died in a hospital from burns suffered when coal oil exploded in her home as she attempted to start a fire.
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Circleville, O
Martha Ellen Arnold
Good Hope
Car Used By Holdup Men Identified in Lorain Theft
Police hunt two gunmen who robbed Berea Savings and Loan Co. yesterday morning and fled with 650 dollars. They abandoned a stolen car owned by Alfred O Donnell of Elyria on Route 58 near Lake Road Lorain. The car was taken from 321 W 27th Street Lorain at about 10 45 p m Sunday. Victims viewed criminal photos last evening at police bureaus in Lorain and here.
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Berea Savings and Loan Co
Lorain
Route 58
Lake Road
Alfred O'Donnell
Middle Avenue
Elyria
27Th Street
O'Donnell
Ukrainians Pledge Loyalty to Polish Government
Wladimir Celewicz, leader of the Ukrainian minority in Poland, states Ukrainians will loyally support the government. He argues Poles and Ukrainians should live together rather than see Ukraine become a German protectorate. Ukrainians had opposed the Polish regime but recent events, including Czechoslovakia’s fall, have rallied them to back national defense and government measures.
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Warsaw
Poland
Wladimir Celewicz
Ukraine
Adolf Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Dunn Seeks Policy on Spending Unappropriated County Funds
County Commissioner Oscar G. Dunn urged a formal policy on spending the $222000 unappropriated balance as Lorain County faces a potential midyear general fund shortage. Dunn opposed paying $250 in bills for Lorain County Children's Home maintenance, while colleagues Davidson and DeChant argued the bills were legitimate and necessary. The board has drawn about $9000 from the unappropriated balance so far. Dunn favored payment but insisted on a spending policy before further draws.
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Oscar G. Dunn
Lorain County
Dunn
John E. Davidson
Edward DeChant
Davidson
Dave Crawford Jr Begins Penitentiary Term for Bribery
Dave Crawford Jr 42 of Lorain one of Lorain County four slot machine operators began a one to ten year sentence at Columbus Penitentiary after dropping appeal and surrendering to Sheriff Carl R Finegan. He said he was eager to start and move forward with his decision. Fellow operators William Peer Harry Ziegman of Lorain and Stanton S Hobbs of Oberlin seek Ohio Supreme Court review and remain free on $10,000 bonds pending outcome.
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Dave Crawford, Jr
Lorain
Lorain County
Columbus
Crawford
Carl R. Finegan
Ohio Supreme Court
William Peer
Harry Ziegman
Stanton S. Hobbs
Oberlin
Supreme Court
Abandonment of New Deal's Undistributed Surplus Tax
Washington reports conservatives press for relaxation of business taxes led by Pat Harrison. Plan would drop the undistributed corporate surplus tax and shift to a lower 18 percent corporate income tax with loss carryover and preserved stock and excess profits taxes. Roosevelt reportedly cool to the plan as House Senate tax talks intensify.
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New Deal
Washington
White House
Pat Harrison
Miss
Senate
Roosevelt
Congress
Robert L. Doughton
N. C
House
Ways and Means
Doughton
Pischeme
Seath
Cool
Harrison
Plot Adjacent To Ridgelawn Will Not Be Bought
Columbus street plot near Ridgelawn Cemetery was dropped after two years of negotiations by a unanimous council vote to develop Brookdale Cemetery instead. The report noted failure to reach purchase terms and urged shifting to Brookdale.
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Ridgelawn
Columbus Street
Ridgelawn Cemetery
Brookdale Cemetery
Sclons
Columbus Avenue
Three Lorain County ADC Salary Increases Ordered
Probate Judge H H Nye authorized pay raises for three workers in the Aid for Dependent Children division. Gertrude Levin of Lorain rose from 96 to 105 dollars monthly, Adeliade Cooper of Lorain from 86 to 93.5 dollars, and Alice Ruth of Elyria from 60 to 70 dollars per month. ADC funds come from a 10 percent administration fund sourced from county state and federal ADC appropriations.
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H. H. Nye
Gertrude Levin
Lorain
Adeliade Cooper
Alice Ruth
Elyria
ADC
WPA cuts down in Ohio
WPA rolls in Ohio fell to 210000 workers after a 15000 reduction. A further 15000 cut is planned for June to fit the National WPA budget for the year ending June 30. Peak WPA employment in Ohio reached 286822 last October.
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Columbus
Works Progress Administration
Ohio
WPA
Congress
Witness Testifies on Narcotics Pass Through Prison Garrison
Ohio Penitentiary guard captain testified at a Civil Service Commission hearing on Warden James Woodard's dismissal that he saw a convict pass two packages containing morphine and marijuana to another guard behind the prison chapel. He named Jay La Roye and Arthur J. Miller in the incident and said he did not report it. He also described limited training and lack of weapon familiarity among guards before 1939.
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Columbus. C
Ohio
Civil Service Commission
James C. Woodard
Eugene MacMurray
Jay la Roye
Arthur J. Miller
Roye
MacMurray
State Superintendent of Corrections
W. F. Amline
One Hour Parking Begins Tomorrow On Broad Street
Broad Street between East and West avenues will adopt one hour parking starting tomorrow under a recent council ordinance. New signs replace old two hour limits while existing 20 minute spaces remain unchanged. Traffic checks show most violators in 20 minute zones hold Cleveland licenses.
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Broad Street
East
Council
I. D. Faxon
Faxon
Cleveland
Tragedy Strikes Farm Family as Gun Discharges
On May 15 at a Bellevue area farm a loaded gun fell from behind a door and discharged while Mrs. Harold Hansen, 25, was cleaning the kitchen. She was killed. Her three children, including three year old Mary Jane who called her father from a field, mourn the loss on the family property south of town.
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Bellevue. O
Harold Hansen
Mary Jane
Ere
Attorney Files Notice Of Appeal Here
Defense attorney D. F. Rendin ell of Youngstown filed a notice of appeal in the case of Edward Hensley for the October 18 1937 attack slaying of Louise Hornbeck 19 of Graf ton. The appeal seeks review by the Ohio Supreme Court on a legal question. Hensley is serving a life sentence at Columbus after the district court of appeals sustained the conviction.
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Ohio Supreme Court
Desgree
Edward Hensley
Louise Hornbeck
Grafton
D. F. Rendinell
Youngstown
Supreme Court
de Hensley
Columbus
District Court of Appeals
Hensley
Petitions Filed For Referendum On Ordinance
Petitions bearing about 1000 names were filed with City Auditor A C Schilleman seeking a referendum on the council midnight closing ordinance for all places selling beer and liquor. If signatures meet the required 625, the measure goes to voters in November. Schilleman will begin verifying signatures with committee members Fredoe Harry Pearsall and John Zemmer.
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A. C. Schilleman
Schilleman
Imtee
Fred Oe
Harry Pearsall
John’ Zemmer
Ship canal project sparks Senate spending clash
Senator Arthur Vandenberg denounces renewed funding for the Atlantic-Gulf Ship Canal in Florida as a "national symbol" of improper expenditure. Roosevelt seeks Congress approval for additional funds, with Vandenberg estimating costs at 200 to 300 million dollars.
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Washington
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Nnnene
Treasury
Roosevelt
Congress
Florida
The
Senate
Vandenberg
Operators Group Signs With U M W
The Big Sandy Elkhorn Coal Operators Association and the United Mine Workers of America signed a union shop agreement in Ashland Kentucky. Harry Laviers president of the operators group announced the pact and Sem Caddy president of U M W District 30 signed for the miners. Twenty three members of the Big Sandy Elkhorn group had been in conference since yesterday. The agreement is described as the same as the Appalachian agreement signed in New York last Saturday.
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Ashland
Big Sandy Elkhorn Coal Operators Association
United Mine Workers of America
Harry Laviers
Sem Caddy
District 30
Big Sandy-Elkhorn Group
Caddy
Laviers
New York
Three Named For State Tax Appeals Board Posts
Columbus May 16 Three men were named as likely appointees by Governor Bricker to five thousand dollar a year positions on the board of tax appeals in the new taxation department. The candidates are Ford Becker Columbus Republican former Auglaize county auditor and chief of the county affairs division in the tax commission C Elbert Black Columbus Democrat chief of the state gasoline tax division and John H Irwin Republican former Columbiana county auditor. The governor had given no indication of his choices.
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Columbus
Bricker
Board of Tax Appeals
Taxation Department
Tax Commission
Ford Becker
Auglaize
C. Elbert Black
John H. Irwin
Columbiana
Springfield old-time performer dies after long career
Springfield, May Hi four i. Harry Stokes a famed hoist tremers and Ness drives figure died after long illness. He and his partner Dolly and Vie offered accordion and vocal acts nightly at The venue.
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Springfield
i.Harry
Stokes
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Walter Reeder
Royal
Bulletin
Republic Steel
Bandits
Elyman
Kentucky
Happy) Chandler
Harlan” County
National
Elmer Nelson
Joseph Q. Petro
Myron Freeman
Freeman
Ely Park
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Bonzo
Dan Bonzo
Mac Murray
Tragis
Operators Group
Diks
Dolly and
Vie
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