King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Begin Canadian Tour
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth land at Wolfe's Cove Quebec aboard the Empress of Australia to begin a historic tour of Canada and the United States. The voyage spans 11 554 miles with ceremonial salutes as crowds cheer in Quebec City.
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Quebec
George
Elizabeth
British Commonwealth of Nations
Edward VIII
Canada
United States
Washington
New York
George VI
Great Britain
Ireland
India
American
Australia
Wolfe’s Cove
Wolffe
Gibraltar
America
St. Lawrence
W. L. MacKenzie ‘King
Ernest la Pointe
Isle of Orleans
Empress of
A. R. Meikie
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Northland
Quebec Province
MacKenzie King
E. L. Fatenaude
Dominion Cabinet
Senate
House of Commons of Canada
Duplessis
Guard of Honor
Plains of Abraham
King George
Montreal
Acme Telephoto
Ohio Weather Preview Tonight and Thursday
The bulletin notes a mostly cloudy period with light showers near Lake Erie tonight and cooler conditions in the north on Thursday. It reports a low-pressure system moving from Alberta southeastward, with disturbances over the St. Lawrence valley and lower lake region, and showers reported in Ohio Texas Arkansas Louisiana Kansas and the northern Rocky Mountains.
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Ohio
Lake Erie
South Portion
North Portion
Alberta
Rocky Mountain
Texas
St. Lawrence Valley
Lower Lake Region
Manitoba
Ontario
North
Pacific Coast
Arkansas
Louisiana
Kansas
Mississippi Valley
Lorain County 350 to Receive High School Diplomas
Lorain county schools plan diploma awards for about 350 graduates from 17 villages and rural districts. Tentative lists show 357 names with Wellington leading at 56 grads, while Clearview and Ridgeville follow. Commencement dates span May 18 to May 25 with speakers including Dr. G Hubbard and Prof. Myron Wicke.
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Lorain County
Wellington High School
Wellington
Clearview
Ridgeville
Brighton
Penfield
Eaton
Brownhelm
Avon
Columbia
Brookside
la Grange
Belden
Henrietta
Camden
Avon Lake
Grafton
South Amherst
G. Hubbard
Oberlin College
Robert Bommer
Russell Chester
Albert Frank
Glenn Hubbard
Jack Jeckel
Carl Jensen
Arthur Kessler
John Kukucka
Cleveland McDonald
Joe Sikora
Margaret Baldauf
June Barr
Edna Buell
Emma de Chant
Harriet Dudley
Irene Forthofer
Marie M Heinebrodt
Cecilia Kingshirn
Mildred Nagel
Norma Nissen
Rita Schwartz
Louise Sheer
Marjorie Walker
Claire Marie Doller
Myron Wicke
Baldwin-Wallace College
Violet Bartlett
Gwendolyn Beard
Garnet Buer
Lucille Burkhardt
LaVern Buswell
Helen Broughton
Betty Deasy
Sophie Doddish
Alfred Edwards
Virginia Fisher
Charles Huber
Betty Lett
Dorothy ‘Maher
Philip Mylechraine
Stanley Mucha
Bette Neise
Ruth ‘Nixon
Paul Novacek
Jack Page
Charles Price
Fear Emilie Will Perform Upside Down Curtsey
CALLANDER Ontario May 17 Emilie mischievous member of the Dionne quintuplets unsettled the nursery staff by insisting a royal curtsey be a headstand Her sisters Yvonne Annette Cecile and Marie will bow properly at the May 22 audience Nurses admitted they laughed at Emilies first stunt fearing she may perform the upside down curtsey to get a royal laugh
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Callander
Ont
Emilie
Dionne Quintuplets
Yvonne
Annette
Cecile
Marie
George
Eliabeth
Molly O’shaughnessy
Louise Corriveau
Bridge Funds To Reach Lorain In About A Month
Commissioner Fred C. Ruth said PWA funds for Lorain two bridge construction will be turned to the county for expenditure in about a month pending bank depository arrangements. Clerk and commissioners Davidson and De Chant with Treasurer Wright traveled to Columbus to learn requirements for crediting the federal grant of about six hundred eighty thousand dollars, roughly half of the total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred C. Ruth
PWA
Lorain
John E.davidson
Edward DeChant
Columbus
Walter J. Wright
Stolen Tools From Canfield Oil Co. Garage
Tools valued at 50 dollars were taken from a garage at the rear of the Canfield Oil Co station on East Bridge street after a break in last night. Lieut. Det. L. E. Sweet reported the quarter horsepower motor a combination emergency and buffing wheel and a half inch electric drill were stolen. The items belonged to Joseph Briggs of R. D. 2 Elyria, a mechanic for The Canfield Oil Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canfield Oil Co
East Bridge Street
L. E. Sweet
Joseph’ Briggs
Elyria
G Men Arrest Fugitive In Mass Murders
Philadelphia May 17 G men arrested Dominick Rodeo one of five fugitives wanted in the merchants of death killings case. Rodeo was seized in Cleveland and will face a murder accessory charge for the Sea Isle City drowning of Joseph Arena. Arena’s wife Anna is already in custody as an arsenic widow.
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Philadelphia
G- Men
Dominick Rodeo
Joseph Arena
Cleveland
Rose Carina
Rodeo
Arena
Sea Isle City
N. J
Anna
Prohibit Buying Foreign Goods For U S Navy
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted 9 to 7 to sustain a provision in the Navy Appropriations bill that would ban foreign foods, blocking President Roosevelt's order for 48,000 pounds of Argentine canned beef for sailors and delaying Navy items.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
James F. Byrnes
S. C
Navy
Roosevelt
Experts See 1939 Third Quarter Rebound In Business
Washington economists predict a midyear upturn starting July 1 1939 with a stronger year overall. They cite peak government spending in Q3 a private housing boom 70 percent above 1938 and rising foreign demand for war materials led by Britain and France as key drivers.
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Washington
Great Britain
France
Congress
Gambling Rampant in Ohio Prison Reported by Convict
Convicted burglar William Miller testified before the State Civil Service Commission that gambling was widespread at the Ohio penitentiary during Warden James C. Woodard’s tenure. He described poker and black jack games, dice betting, and a numbers racket run from the prison dining room, with Miller acting as a pickup man and chip seller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
State Civil Service Commission
Ohio Penitentiary
James C. Woodard
State Welfare Department
Wiliam Miller
State Penitentiary
Miller
Montgomery County
Indiana
Wisconsin
Woodard
Charles L. Sherwood
Games
Harry Hannah
Lockjaw Claims Second Child Victim In Elyria Area
Ten year old Michael Kovach of Elyria died at Memorial Hospital after rapid progression of a suspected severe lockjaw infection. He had attended Markley school and recently won a blue ribbon in a spelling contest. Funeral services set for Friday at St Agnes Church.
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Michael” Koson
Kovach Ob West
Elyria
Memorial Hospital
Michael
Markley School
Elyria Memorial Hospital
James DeWitt
Plymouth
Julia
Joseph Nemeth
Mathew
Lorain
Lima Judge Assigned To Appeals Court
Appellate Judge Russell K. McCurdy of Lima was assigned by Chief Appellate Justice Simon Ross to hear three cases Friday with judges Washburn and Doyle presiding. Judge Perry Stevens is ill in Akron with shingles, so McCurdy sits in. One case involves Fred Ross, local contractor, suing the City of Elyria over 1933 sewer ejector station delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell K. McCurdy
Lima
Fourth District Court of Appeals
C. G. Washburn
Arthur Doyle
McCurdy
Simon Ross
Cincinnati
Perry Stevens
Akron
Fred Ross
Elyria
Injuries Fatal To Mrs Purvier Funeral Planned In Massillon
Captain Henry Hillier and Mrs Hillier of the Salvation Army attend the Massillon funeral of Mrs L M Purvier wife of Major Purvier The Purviers led Salvation Army work in Lorain for ten years and moved to Massillon They were injured in an automobile accident near Mansfield last Saturday Mrs Purvier died at Mansfield hospital Major Purvier remains seriously injured in hospital
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Henry Hillier
Bee Blamed For Crash Injuring Driver On East Broad
A bee allegedly caused a crash on East Broad Street near East Bridge Street injuring driver John Gallager of Cleveland Heights. Gallager lost control trying to swat the bee, hitting a parked car owned by Joseph Smith of South Mid dle avenue. Gallager received a lip laceration treated at Elyria Memorial.
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John Gallager
Cleveland Heights
Gallager
East Broad Street
East Bridge Street
Joseph Smith
South Middle Avenue
Smith
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Plans for Summer Round-Up health exams for children
Mrs. C. C. Woodfill health chairman announces the Elyria PTA unit and local health agencies plan a Summer Round-Up for children entering first grade next fall. The program, run with medical dental and nursing groups, aims to improve child health, provide immunizations, and offer ongoing supervision and instruction, with the Dental Society and optometrists leading dental and vision checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Woodfill
Elyria Council of
Parent-Teacher Associations
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
G. E. French
Mable Ellis
Kathryne Fulton
Requests For Traffic Lights From Commissioners
The state highway department would consider requests for three traffic lights made yesterday by Commissioners Edward DeChant and John E. Davidson during a Colum bus call. DeChant sought a light at Route 20 and Avon Belden road in Ridgeville. Davidson urged lights at North Ridge and Gulf roads and at the intersection of Route 26 and the new State Route 511 at Kipton.
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State Highway Department
Edward DeChant
John E. Davidson
Highway Department
Columbus
DeChant
Route 20
Avon Belden Road
Ridgeville
Davidson
North Ridge
Gulf Roads
Kipton
Monument and Flag Pole Dedication at St Peter's Church
A memorial dedication at St Peter's Catholic church in North Ridgeville honors the late Rev Fr John N Rhein with a parade led by Gen George Eppley and Col George Noll. The event includes a 72 musician parade, a military mass, and a cemetery unveiling for 32 parish soldiers, followed by a luncheon.
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John N. Rhein
St. Peter's Parish
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
North Ridgeville
George Eppley
Cleveland
George Noll
The
Knights of St. John
Stony Ridge Road
Cleveland Road
Root Road
St. Peter's Church
Dorothy Heinz
St. Peter’s
Rhein
Joseph R. Buescher
Leo Worth
the Holy Trinity Church
Avon
George F. Martin
St. Peter’s Church
Young Ladies Sodality
Sisters of Notre Dame
Mary George
Frank Bommer Jr
George Eberling
Mary Foley
Joseph B. Haas
Thomas Gilbert
Katherine Tamblyn
Ruth McLaughlin
Altar Society
Elyria
Seven Student Nurses To Be Graduated In Elyria
Seven student nurses from the M B Johnson School of Nursing at Elyria Memorial Hospital will graduate at the 1939 commencement in Elks Hall at 8 PM June 1. Six graduates are Lorain County residents. address details list Crosby Oberlin Haag Elyria Jackson Oberlin Malik Elyria May Columbia Station Sherwood Collins Zvara Lorain.
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M. B. Johnson School of Nursing
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Elks’ Hall
Lorain County
Clarence Tucker Craig
Oberlin College
F. A. Smythe
Frank W. Hoover
Miss Hazel. West
School of Nursing
First Congregational Church
William Muir Auld
Pauline Lucy Crosby
Oberlin
Marian
Louise Haag
East Avenue
Elyria
Eleanor G. Jackson
Marian Nancy Malik
Woodford Avenue
Florence Elsie May
Columbia Station
Elva Doris Sherwood
Collins
Julie Ann Zvara
Lorain
Columbia Township School To Have Four New Teachers
Four new teachers will join the Columbia Township school faculty in September after earning degrees from Ohio colleges next month. Phyllis Rhoads of LaPorte will teach fourth grade and graduate from Ohio University. Dorothy Michael of Amherst Township will teach third grade and is in Ashland College’s graduating class. Ruth Stark is named as a new high school teacher to strengthen the teaching staff next year.
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Ohio
Columbia Township
Phyllis Rhoads
LaPorte
Ohio University
Dorothy Michael
Amherst Township
Ashland College
Ruth’ ‘Stark
Will Otashig
Oldest Wellington resident Mrs Snyder dies at 102
Wellington Ohio May 17 Mrs Margett Cornelia Snyder born December 31 1842 longtime Wellington resident widow of David Snyder dies after lingering illness at 3 45 am at home of her daughter Mrs Van Barber 203 Taylor Street She survived by three grandsons Rollin Herrick Jack Barber and Richard Barber Funeral services set for 2 pm Saturday from the Barber residence with Greenwood Cemetery burial
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Margett Cornelia. Snyder
van Barber
Taylor Street
Litchfield
David Snyder
Snyder
Hamlin Woman’s Relief Corps
Lillywood Rebekah Lodge
Rollin Herrick
Fremont
Jack Barber
Lorain
Richard Barber
Ohio University
Athens
Keith Andrews
Barber
Greenwood Cemetery
Ohio WCTU Leader Viola Romans Slain by Stroke
Mrs. Viola D. Romans, president of the Ohio Women’s Christian Temperance Union, suffered a stroke in her Columbus office and is resting comfortably at her daughter Mrs. James McVey’s home.
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Columbus
Viola D. Romans
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Ohio
James McVey
Homer Melroy Dies From Tractor Crush Injuries
Homer Melroy a 70 year old farmer from Sycamore Ohio died at Mercy Hospital from injuries after being crushed against his barn by a tractor he was cranking on Tuesday. The death occurred today in Tiffin Ohio.
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Tiffin. O
Homer Melroy
Sycamore, O
Mercy Hospital
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By Webb Miller
England
U. S. Navy
Purvier
Bumble Bee
Will
Ridgeville Church
Columbia Township School
W.C.T.U
Farmer
West Ave
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