City approves resurfacing 12 streets in annual program
The Lodi city council authorized an emergency measure to fund a 15 000 resurfacing program using automobil e license and gasoline tax money. J O Faxon said bids would be sought now but work waits for warm weather. 12 streets listed include Lodi, Cleveland, West, Mast, Gulf, East Bridge, Glenwood, Ohio, West, Oak, Oxford and East River streets. Cindering of 16th 11th and 18th streets and slag berm improvements on Middle avenue were also approved with resident payments or no cost.
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J. 0. Faxon
Faxon
Lodi Street
Cleveland Street
West Avenue
Mast Avenue
Gulf Road
East Bridge Street
Glenwood Street
Ohio Street
West Street
Oak Street
Oxford Avenue
East Hiver Street
East
West Avenues
Council
16Th
11Th
18Th
Middle Avenue
Oberlin
Fuller Roads
15Th
Grafton Trusties Protest Rule and Return to Mansfield
Six Grafton prison farm trusties, jailed on sentences 2 to 26 years, were sent back to Mansfield Reformatory after objecting to a new rule. The rule requires inmates to retire after 8:30 P.M. due to longer farm hours and a stricter night check. Inmates must wear red stripe overalls at all times. prior to a February murder arrest, they could wear their own clothes.
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Grafton Prison Farm
Mansfield Reformatory
Grafton
Swan
Edward Hensley
Louise Hornbeck
Unity pledge strengthens AFL CIO ties at Amalgamated convention
Atlantic City May 17 delegates to the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America unanimously adopt a resolution pledging unity between the American Federation of Labor and the Committee for Industrial Organization. The resolution reaffirms support for the CIO.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
Amalgamated
Ohio Weather Forecast Shows Showers and Warmer Temps
The forecast calls for showers tonight and Wednesday with warmer conditions inland. Lake Erie shoreline will see cooler breezes. A western low pressure system over Colorado spreads east across the plains to the lower lakes, bringing scattered showers and thunderstorms from the eastern Rockies to the Ohio Valley while high pressure maintains fair weather in the Atlantic states and Pacific Northwest.
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Ohio
Lake Erie
Colorado
Plains
Lower Lakes
Plains States
Mississippi Valley
Ohio Valley
Atlantic States
Pacific Northwest
Former Cleveland Mayor To Speak At K of C Banquet
Ray T. Miller, former mayor of Cleveland and Knights of Columbus Supreme Council member, will headline a banquet at St Marys Parish Hall in Elyria tonight for the 35th anniversary of the Knights of Columbus. Rev Father Edward J Murphy will also speak and about two hundred guests are expected, including state Knights officials and clergy. M J Mealno of Cleveland and the State Deputy have been invited.
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Cleveland
Ray T. Miller
Supreme Council of the Knights of Columbus
St. Mary’s Parish Hall
Knights of Columbus
Elyria
Edward J. Murphy
St. Mary's Church
M. J Mealno
K. of C
City Council Extends Bus Service On West River And East Broad
The Elyria Council approved a temporary extension of bus service through West River street and East Broad Clark streets to June 20. Routes start Monday with a 40 minute schedule and fares at 10 cents, children 5 cents. testing if service is self supporting.
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West River Street
East Broad
Clark Street
Council
Transportation Committee
Elyria Coach Company
Albert
Elyria-Lorain
Elyria Company
F. W. Coen
Elyria-Lorain Transit Lines
Three Condemned Men Escape From Richland Jail
In Columbia South Carolina on May 17 three condemned convicts escaped Richland County jail by sawing bars. The escapees were George Wingard Herbert Moorman and Clayton Crans who were condemned for killing prison guard Captain J Olin Sanders during a December prison break. Police Chief W H Rawlinson and Sheriff T Alex Heise led the search.
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Columbia
S. C
Richland County
George Wingard
Herbert Moorman
Clayton Crans
sSuard
J. Olin Sanders
State Penitentiary
Sanders
Columbia Police
W. H. Rawlinson
T. Alex Heise
Man Killed in Logan Motorcycle Crash
Logan, Ohio May 17. William Darnell 26 a Logan shoe worker was killed last night when his motorcycle overturned on U S Route 33 near here.
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Logan
William Darnell
Here
Relief Clients Seize Cleveland City Hall in Protest
About 150 relief clients bedded in Cleveland’s city hall chambers protested starvation conditions amid a wider relief crisis. They demand a permanent program as the council votes $80,000 to cover one more week while leaders call for legislature action.
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Cleveland, O
City Hall
Cleveland
Lake Front
Frank Horvath
Workers Alliance
Martin L. Davey
Harold H. Burton
Pennsylvania Votes Today in High Stakes Primary
Rural districts report the heaviest early voting as the CIO backs Thomas Kennedy for Pennsylvania governor. The contest tests Roosevelt era alignments and could reshape Democratic and AFL leadership dynamics ahead of November.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt New Deal
Committee For Industrial Organization
Republican Party
Democratic
Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
CIO
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Thomas Kennedy
High Command
Kenndy
Lewis
Jim Farley
New Deal
Farley
Kennedy
Roosevelt
American Federation of Labor
A. F. of L
Thousands Celebrate Air Mail Legacy in Lorain County
National Air Mail Week concluded with a ceremony at Sharp tomb in Ridgelawn Cemetery after a day of events starting in Oberlin. About 35 000 attended the Oberlin program at the college stadium where a temporary airstrip hosted four arriving planes. Congressman Don W Harter arrived from Washington with special mail and a wreath for the Sharp tomb. Luncheon at Oberlin Inn drew nearly 200 guests as Thomas Herbert praised William Sharp and aviation pioneer efforts.
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William Graves Sharp
Air Mail
France
Lorain County
Sharp
Oberlin
Ridgelawn
Oberlin Ucollege
Akron
Don W. Harter
Washington
Elyria
Oberlin Inn
Ambassador Sharp
Thomas Herbert
Cleveland
Ohio National Guard
Herbert
Ellis
Limited Latitude For Labor Board Seen In Rulings
The Supreme Court signaled a narrow path for National Labor Relations Board procedures, indicating only limited latitude in handling cases. Justices expect case-by-case review of proper procedure and anticipate deciding whether rules were followed, while considering reopening the Republic Steel case under a writ of mandamus.
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Labor Board
Washington
Supreme Court
National Labor Relations Board
Republic Steel Corporation
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Circuit Court
Republic
Mackay Radio and Telegraph Company
Secretary of Agriculture
Kansas City
Man Feared Dead In Fremont Elevator Fire
Fremont Ohio May 17 One man believed burned to death and another critically burned in a fire that destroyed a storage shed of the Peoples Elevator and Supply Co Richard Griffith 40 of Marion was taken to hospital with third degree burns and was not expected to live A unidentified rescuer entered the building to save the second man but roof fell in and drove him back Fire began at 255 am and smoldered for hours as police and firemen prepared to search the ruins origin not determined yet
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Fremont
Peoples Elevator and Supply Co
Richard Griffith
Marion
Griffith
New Flag to Float Over City Hall Soon
City hall will display a new five by seven foot flag from a 30 foot flag pole. Service Director I D Faxon said the pole was raised yesterday and the flag should arrive in a few days. The change will give the building the distinct look of other public buildings.
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I. D. Faxon
Oberlin Professor Receives Great Britain Study Grant
Oberlin College economist Ben William Lewis was named Grand-In-Aid appointee for government and industry study in Great Britain by the Social Science Research Council. The council announced grants totaling over 85 thousand dollars to 21 fellows and 50 scholars for 1938 39, with Lewis receiving a one thousand dollar grant. Albert R. Koch of Lakewood, Oberlin alumnus and Columbia student, was named Pre Doctoral Field Fellow for U S financing methods in American industry, receiving eighteen hundred dollars.
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Ben William Lewis
Oberlin College
Great Britain
Social Science Research Council
Lewis
Albert R. Koch
Lakewood
Oberlin
Columbia University
United States
Chicago Needy to Receive War-Time Rations
Chicago relief officials announced plans to place about 85 000 needy residents on war-time rations from the Federal government as funding and supplies are exhausted. The city hopes a special Legislature session called by Gov. Horner will restore relief funds while the Federal surplus commodity program provides rice navy beans dried apples prunes cabbage potatoes oranges and perhaps butter for three meals a day per person.
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Chicago
Henry Horner
Vine
Federal Surplus Commodity Administration
Leo M. Lyons
Acquittal Requested in Schroer Liquor Store Case
Cincinnati May 17 A motion for a directed verdict of acquittal for Frank C Schroer head of a Cincinnati liquor store accused of soliciting campaign contributions from civil service employees was taken under advisement Judge Alfred Mack asked for briefs and promised a decision in a few days The indictment includes six counts and the trial proceeded without a jury.
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Cincinnati
Frank C. Schroer
Alfred Mack
Schroer
Lonnie Stoneking
Mack
Stoneking
Can't Extend Aid In Relief Problem
Washington officials say Works Progress Administration cannot extend relief to acute local crises in Cleveland and Chicago. They call the situations purely local and blame state legislatures for blocking aid, noting there is no legal means for federal intervention.
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Washington
Works Progress Administration
Cleveland
Chicago
Blaze Destroys Kenvir Coal Plant In $1 Million Fire
A fire at Black Mountain Coal Corp in Kenvir near Harlan caused damage estimated up to $1,000,000. Investigators probed possible arson as flames destroyed the tipple and damaged the head and supply houses while 3,000 spectators watched. Fire crews from Harlan and Evarts fought the blaze as the mine conveyor ignited and burned. The company is a subsidiary of Peabody Coal Corp of Chicago and testimony in a London labor trial prompted officials to be summoned.
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Harlan, Ky
Black Mountain Coal Corp
Kenvir
Here
Harlan County
Coal Company
Peabody Coal Corp
Chicago
London
Harlan and Evarts
Tipple House
City Officials To Attend State Meet
A delegation led by Mayor Joseph Q. Petro will attend the Ohio Board of Zoning Appeals annual meeting in Columbus on Friday. Accompanying the mayor are Solicitor Harvey C. Cheney Building Inspector Hart Dickason Service Director I. D. Faxon and Ray Wentz of the Elyria zoning appeals board.
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Joseph Q. Petro
Board of Zoning Appeals of Ohio
Columbus
Harvey C. Cheney
Hart Dickason
I. D. Faxon
Ray Wentz
Elyria Board of Zoning Appeals
Cheney In Columbus For State Committee Meeting
Harvey C Cheney traveled to Columbus to attend a meeting of the Ohio municipalities legislative committee. The panel discussed proposed legislation and assembly actions affecting local towns.
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Harvey C. Cheney
Columbus
Ohio la
Assembly
Capt Stough 93 to Fly Again in Memorial Tribute
Capt Lafayette Stough of Amherst who was 93 last November 23 will observe Memorial Day this year by dropping flowers from an airplane over graves of his departed comrades. He will be accompanied by Mrs Anna Grace right of Elyria who is president of the Womens Relief Corps of the Richard Alien Post.
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Lafayette Stough
Amherst
Anna Grace
West Avenue
Elyria
Women’s Relief Corps
Richard Alien
Ohio governor bets on welfare building program bill
Governor Martin L. Davey seeks to create a four member state building authority to issue up to 15 million dollars in bonds for a welfare building program. The plan would use federal aid and bonds backed by state rentals with repayments from biennial appropriations as lawmakers begin a new special session.
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Columbus
Martin L. Davey
Ohio
State Building Authority
Building Commission
State Department
Davey
House
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Long Illness Fatal To Retired Oberlin Faculty Member
Professor Simeon Frasier MacLennan emeritus of Oberlin College, aged 73, died at 2 15 a m after a prolonged illness of a heart attack. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 3 pm from G T Sedgeman parlors with burial in Westwood cemetery. Surviving are wife Sarah Brown and three children including Sarah Brown MacLennan of Farmington Conn John A Kerr of Bogota Colombia and Ronald Frasier MacLennan of Pullman Wash. Born in Harrison Ontario on September 15 1870 he earned a Ph D magna cum laude from Chicago in 1896 and joined Oberlin as associate professor of psychology and pedagogy. He later became professor of philosophy and comparative religion for 21 years and contributed to periodicals and worked on a Dewey tribute volume and a work titled The Avoiiisa of.
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Simeon Frasier MacLennan
Oberlin College
G. T. Sedgeman
Oberlin
Westwood Cemetery
Sarah Brown
Sarah Brown MacLennan
Farmington, Conn
John A. Kerr
Bogota
Colombia
South America
Ronald Frasier MacLennan
Pullman
Wash
Prof. MacLennan
Harrison
Ontario
University of Toronto
University of Chicago
John Dewey
Japan Drives Big North China Offensive Across 250 Mile Front
Report from wartime dispatches describes a massive Japanese assault in North China with 700000 troops fighting along a 250 mile front centered on Hsuchow near the Lunghai line. Air and artillery bombardments reach Chengchow as Japan aims to seize Hankow and break Chinese resistance, while Chinese counterattacks and national effort complicate a decisive result.
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Japan
China
Washington
Cleveland
Hsuchow
Lunghai
Chengchow
Yellow River
Shanghai Nanking
Hankow
Great Britain
Linghai
Mexico
Saturnino Cedilla
San Luis Potosi
Britain
Guanjuato
Kingsley Wood
Spain
Valencia
Teruel
Mediterranean
Glasgow
William Westwood
Confederation of Shipbuilding and Egineering Unions
United States
Germany
Prague
Fire toll rises as hotel ruins dug for victims
Atlanta firemen and sanitary workers search the five story Terminal Hotel ruins where at least 36 people died before dawn. Officials fear more bodies may be found under charred timbers and brick but 14 poker players escaped via a pipe to safety from a third floor window.
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Atlanta
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