Cleveland bribery and graft in coal purchases report issued
State Examiner Stephen A. Ryan released a two volume 1166 page report detailing losses exceeding 130000 in Cleveland coal purchases amid bribery graft and bad bookkeeping under city administrations. He secured 63334 repayment from coal firms with only 5700 unpaid and noted other possible improper payments and campaign contributions. Criminal action to be pursued by County Prosecutor Frank T. Cullitan.
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Cleveland
Stephen A. Ryan
Ryan
Joseph T. Ferguson
Thre Blows Out Three Treated At Oberlin Hospital
Three Cleveland residents were treated at Oberlin hospital after their car rolled over twice when a rear tire blew out. Injured were May Swift 52 Smith Swift 58 and Bernard Swift 35 with lacerations sprains and bruises. Driver Ollie Swift was uninjured. Accident occurred on Route 20 about a mile east of Oberlin.
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Cleveland
Oberlin Hospital
May Swift
Smith Swift
Bernard Swift
Ollie Swift
Oberlin
Civil Service Exams Announced for Several Posts
The U S Civil Service Commission announced exams for Jr Inspector in Wage and Hour Division at 2000 dollars yearly and several Rural Electrification Admin posts including associate merchandising specialist writer at 3200, assistant at 2600, utilization representative at 3200, and field home electrification specialist at 2600. Applications for the first group are due by June 10 and June 17 for the latter. local secretary J E Dewhurst at Elyria post office provides full information.
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Civil Service
United States Civil Service Commission
Department of Labor
Commission
Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
J. E Dewhurst
U. S. Civil Service Board of Examiners
Elyria
Permit Issued For Frame Dwelling At 118 Woodbury Street
A permit was issued by Building Inspector Hart Dickason for a frame dwelling in the 118 Woodbury Street area. Ralph J. Kihm will build a 28 by 22 foot foundation in the $2,500 class with H. L. Sehryock as general contractor.
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Ralph J. Kihm
Hart Dickason
Woodbury Street
H. L. Sehryock
War Relief Fund Boxes To Be Placed In Elyria Schools
The Elyria City Board of Education approved placing Red Cross war relief fund collection boxes in schools after concerns over authorization were discussed. Elyma Chapter aims to raise 4090 dollars toward a 10 million dollar national appeal.
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Elyria
Red Cross
Elyria City
East Carlisle Homemakers Meet With Tureen Dinner
The East Carlisle Homemakers Club will meet at Mrs. O. T. Stremple’s Chestnut Ridge home for a tureen dinner at 11 a m Thursday. Members should bring seeds and plants for a flower exchange knitting needles and thread. Chair caning lessons will be completed. Toulon in Southern France is noted as a historic naval arsenal and ancient Roman station.
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East Carlisle
O. T. Stremple
Chestnut Ridge
Appeal for War Relief to Aid Refugee Children
Norman H. Davis of the American Red Cross appeals to Americans to fund at least ten million dollars for war relief. The drive supports civilians wounded and homeless, clothing and medical supplies, with prior aid totaling hundreds of thousands of garments and surgical dressings sent to Europe.
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America
Norman H. Davis
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Red Cross Societies
Red Crooks
Davis
Amherst Eagles Plan Schedule Of Installations And Events
The Amherst Eagles and Eagle Auxiliary changed their installation from May 28 to May 29. Officers for both groups were installed, two new members admitted, and plans set for the district initiation on May 27 plus a fish fry. A Ver montage river flats tour and a rose iris display were noted with lunch for 20 attendees.
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Eagles
Eagle Auxiliary
Rose Lauer
Helen Wacker
Betty Fackler
Maude Bahl
Aurel Sausaman
Freda Bahl
Lucinda Berger
Rose Youngless
Dangers To Our Democracy Is Topic At Amherst Rotary
Professor Orville C Jones of Oberlin spoke at the Amherst Rotary Club meeting in the Methodist church parlors on Monday noon. He warned of two dangers to democracy one in low wage labor and the other in entrenched capital and the concentration of American industry. The group voted 79 to continue dinners at the same place through July 1941 before rotating to another organization.
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Orville C Jones
Oberlin
Amherst
Amherst Garden Club Tour Visits Mrs A J Cooper Home
The Amherst Garden Club journeyed to the Brownhelm residence of Mrs A J Cooper on Monday for a local garden tour and social gathering with members noting the house and grounds as a highlight.
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Amherst Garden Club
A. J. Cooper
Brownhelm
Lorain Shower for Marcela Kelch Before Elyria Wedding
Miss Marie Kramchak hosted a yellow and green themed shower for Miss Marcela Kelch fiancée of Sheriff Carl Finegan of Elyria who will wed June 1 at St Joseph Catholic church. Guests played bridge with prizes to Mrs Bodmann Jr Mrs Finegan and Mrs Gull. Favors featured green and yellow balloons and a decorated parasol with verses guiding a miniature circus parade.
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Marie Kranchak
Oberlin Avenue
Lorain
Marcela Kelch
Sherif Carl Finegan
Elyria
St. Joseph Catholic Church
William J. Bodmann
Robert Finegan
Garland Gull
Kramchak
Andrew Kramchak
Wiener feast planned for June meeting at St Peter church
Plans were made for a wiener toast during the June meeting of the senior league of St Peter Evangelical and Reformed church held Monday evening in the church parlors. Members were asked to meet at the church at 6 o'clock. The youth rally at Camp Crag near Medina May 25 and 26 was discussed but no action taken. An ice cream social was tentatively planned for July 11. New member initiation was announced and shuffleboard followed the business session.
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League of St Peter Evangelical and Reformed Church
Camp Crag
Medina
Lunch Service Noted by Miss Mary Berger and Miss Edna Mae Lehman
A meeting featured lunch served by Miss Mary Berger and Miss Edna Mae Lehman, showcasing a communal hospitality moment amid proceedings.
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Mary Berger
Edna Mae Lehman
Church groups scatter plans after sudden postponement
The Evangeli cal and Reformed church family night was indefinately postponed. The Moderne Followers class of the Congregational church will meet Wednesday evening at Mrs. Raymond Sprague’s Middle Ridge home. The Larmen Fellowship of the Congregational church will meet Thursday evening in the church parlors.
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Evangelical and Reformed Church
Congregational Church
Raymond Sprague
Middle Ridge
Larmen
Amherst Alumni Banquet Plans May 31 Attendance Prizes
The Amherst Alumni Association schedules its annual banquet Friday May 31 at 6 30 p m in the school auditorium with ham or fish dinner dancing and cards. Special recognition will honor the member traveling farthest and the oldest member present. Bar Scouts meet tonight to plan the June 14 to 16 Norwalk fairground camporee. Admission listed as Frances Reising. Circle Six Women’s Guild meeting moved to the fifth Wednesday at Mrs Milton Hutton’s home. Reverend M A Burris attended a Norwalk district Methodist conference in New London on May 29.
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Amherst Temple of Pyrhian
Marion Chid
Carl Wilhelm
Pecari Street
H. W. Powers
H. A Monger
Ladies’ Aid Society
Congregational Church
Amherst Business and Professional Women’s Tab
Band Mothers Club
Amherst Alumni Association Wll
Bar Scouts
Norwalk Fair Grounds
Circle Six
Womens Guild of
St. Peter's Church
Milton Hutton
Cleveland Avenue
M. A Burris
Norwalk
Norverk
New London
Collision Damages Cars In Elyria Near Mriddie Avenue
Police report says Chief Deputy Sheriff Chris Lewis damaged a county car front fender while driving away from the curb near Third Street and Mriddie Avenue, as Morris Beller’s vehicle sustained right fender damage on Oberlin Road in Elyria yesterday.
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Chris Lewis
Morris Beller
Oberlin Road
Elyria
Mriddie Avenue
Third Street
Lewis
Narrow escape for Stanley Ozminsk in Broad Street crash
Stanley Ozminsk of 330 Prospect Street escaped with minor injuries yesterday after his car skidded and tipped at a curve on Broad Street at Garford around 7 30 p m, police report says.
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Stanley Ozminsk
Prospect Street
Broad Street
Garford
Roosevelt Defers Broad Military Budget Push
President Roosevelt trims a proposed emergency defense plan to about 1.16 billion dollars, centering on air defences and five new army pilot training centers. He vetoed larger shipbuilding and nationwide plant expansion, signaling readiness to call Congress into special session if national defense demands it.
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Washington
White House
Army
Roosevelt
Congress
Randolph Field
Randolph
Social rounds and weather woes in Litchfield area
A long parish of social visits unites Litchfield residents with relatives from Grafton Cleveland Medina and Elyria. A severe Sunday wind storm damaged homes and killed livestock while neighbors hosted gatherings and assisted with the aftermath.
Ordinance To Cover Sale Of Petroleum Products
An Elyria council expected to consider an ordinance regulating petroleum handling and sale. The safety committee is drafting the measure focusing on retail gasoline and oil from tank trucks and adding safety provisions from the Ohio fire underwriters.
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Elyria
Safety Committee
Ohio Fire
Ohio Chamber Attacks Modified Pension Plan
The Ohio Chamber of Commerce, a leader against the Bigelow fifty dollar monthly old age pension plan, launches a new attack on the revised proposal now circulating for the November ballot. The pamphlet also opposes a constitutional amendment to redistrict the state into 35 Senate and 140 House districts for general assembly elections.
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Columbus
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Congress
General Assembly
Townsend Club No. 1 Regular Meeting in Elyria
Townsend Club No 1 held a regular weekly meeting at 8 p m in the club rooms 136 Middle Ave Elyria with President John Stephens presiding. Reports from Secretary and Treasurer were read by Mrs Neff. Ed Jacobs read Official Bulletin and National Convention bulletin along with Washington flash bulletins. Delegates were named to the Medina district meeting May 25 and M J Brown resigned. Louis Higgins to fill the vacancy.
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St. Louis
Higgins
Lorain Club No. 3
Sokol Halk
Kelly Place
Lorain
Wm. Haynes
Cleveland
E. J. Brown
Ward B. Long
Claude Doane
Cleveland Meeting Trust
I O. O. F_ hall
Middle Avenue
Elyrian Fined For Driving Too Fast
Edward Wysogorski of 119 Fair Lawn Avenue was fined ten dollars and costs five suspended after arraignment before Justice H C Cummings for two speeding offenses on Route 543 last Saturday. Deputies stopped him for 63?5 miles an hour then pursued a second car on Route 20 where he followed at 79 miles an hour. he received a fine for one offense only.
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Edward Wysogorski
Fairlawn Avenue
Justice of the Peace
H. C. Cummings
John Judge
Paul Johnson
Wysegorski
Route 20
Wysogorski
Three Motorists Fined by Cummings for Highway Violations
Three motorists were fined yesterday after arraignment by township constables for highway violations. Harvey Belman of Cleveland paid 1 dollar and costs for failing to stop onto Route 57 at Elvira Avenue, arrested by Constable Russell Moran. William Cox of Willoughby fined for not stopping at Routes 57 and 16, Jer ome Reynolds of Florida fined for reckless driving on Route 62, both arrested by Constable ALF. Banks.
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Justice of the Peace
H. C. Cummings
Harvey Belman
Cleveland
Elvrra Avenue
Russell Moran
William Cox
Willoughby
Jerome Reynolds
Florida
Alf. Banks
Weekend guests and roller skating at Chippewa Lake
Litchfield Air and Mrs John Hahn of Galion visited Mr and Mrs Lester Packard with several couples including Mr and Mrs Norris Leach and Mr and Mrs Har Yan Bryenton. The group also hosted Mr and Mrs Robes Falconer and Mr and Mrs Arleigh Browand. The Browand Spencer party joined the skating outing at Chippewa Lake. Ireland’s Federation of Irish Manufacturers says higher agricultural income is needed to boost industrial employment.
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John Hahn
Galion
Lester Packard
Norris Leach
Har Yan Bryenton
Robes Falconer
Hahn
Arleigh Browand
Spencer
Chippewa Lake
Eire
Federation of Irish Manufacturers
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Babe" Machock
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