Behind the Scenes Power Shapes the G O P Finance Machine
A profile of W. B. Bell as Republican finance chief and power broker, linking Bruce Barton in publicity control and Lewis H. Douglas with potential VP status. The piece traces Bell’s rise, ties to the Barr Building, and connections to Roosevelts era politics including TVA, taxation moves, and looming 1940 labor and Farm bloc strategies led by John L. Lewis.
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W. B. Bell
Republican National Committee
Mr. Bell
Brive
Brain Trust
Barr Building
Bruce Barton
Bell
Lewis H. Douglas
FDR
Douglas
Tyanamid Corporation
Hoover
Taudius H. Huston
Tennessee River Improvement Association
TVA
Carawer Labby
American Cranamid Company
Huston
Improvement Association
Herbert Hoover
Lewis
la Follette
Wheeler
Olson
Labor
Roosevelt
Las
Landon Faces Shifting G O P Power Plays in New York
New York Republicans avert party splits as leaders weigh backing Landon or Vandenberg amid a push for a strong balance of power in the Senate. Hoove rites and Hearst ties color. Douglas tightens SEC oversight while insiders doubt London forces will block Vandenberg as a rival. Independence on foreign policy cited.
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Vandenberg
New York
Stet Wer
Jallesiance
Vandenbers
Herbert Hoover
Sollenins
Sharps
London
Landon-Hearst
Landon
Hearst
California
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Amherst Chapel Program Highlights Senior High Service
Amherst Ohio May 23 Senior High chapel was led by Principal Miss Marion Steele with Scripture and prayer. The program featured The Rosary played by the orchestra, a quartet from Wellington, Honor Society inductees, and an address by Dr. Clarence Craig. Oberlin theology student Russel Stauffe led the junior chapel with geography slides after devotions. A birthday surprise for A R Eppley and a mock trial at Amherst High dominated local activity along with lodge and auxiliary meetings.
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Amherst
Marion Steele
Ralph Holzhauer
Richard Aschebenbach
Harold Hollingsworth
A Quartey
Wellington High School
Kathryn Staun
Geraldine Cooper
Mary Louise Gaeler
Robert Gerber
Olive Guild
Erik , Penton
Harry Powers
Florence Schmitz
Elmer Smith
Victoria Shimskery
Lloyd Cummings
Arlene Kelch
Robert Standen
Geoffrey Menger
Donna Pumphrer
Clarence Craig
Oberlin School of Theology
Russel Stauffe
Wellington Social Notes and May Queen Chosen
A social week features the M. E. Ladies Aid meeting at Grace Roedel home with 37 attendees and plans for a June 15 church banquet. Virginia Cledwick named May Queen for Junior May Day with attendants and flower girls listed. Also notes bids for Lorain Medina Rural Electrification right of way and Saint Patrick's forty hours devotion events.
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Wellington
M. E. Ladies Aid
Grace Roedel
Courtland Street
Daniel Shepard
Blanche Smith
Mary Church
Freddie White
Virginia Cledwick
Wilma Brewer
Jean Evaris
Gertrude Greetham
June Mix
Eileen Lawson
Ethirn Newperger
Elaine Perry
Bernice Richmond
Verna Waiters
Mary Whitner
Janice Preston
Mary O'Brien
Lois Moherman
Robert Schwelier
Elis Olson
Nte
Toda Warrs Bovard
Farm Bureau
Medina
Trolfe
Brighton
Lorain-Medina
Community Masses and Union Memorial Services Planned
A detailed church bulletin lists open Sunday Mass at 10 o clock with Rev Robert Stemmie as celebrant and devotions daily through Tuesday. Multiple clergymen from Elyria Lorain Amherst Cleveland and Oberlin attend a blessed sacrament procession and daily adoration. Church notices include First Congregational Methodist Episcopal and First Baptist services with union memorial observances in local churches and a senior class event at the schoolhouse.
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Robert Stemmie
Francis McMainus
Lorain
James Smith
Amherst
Leo Bissell
Elyria
Camp
Murphy
Francis McManus
George Dennerts
George Martin
Cleveland
John Hraha
James Maher
First Congregational
Charles W. Recard
James C. MacDermott
Union Memorial
Methodist Church
Stars and Stripes
Methodist Episcopal Methodist Episcopal
Lenzons. Green
Charles Barnes
Epworth League
First Baptist First Baptist
John H. Green
Russell Edwards
Union
P. U
Elyria High School
Oberlin
Norwalk
Sandusky
Fremont
James R. Severance
Oberlin College
Lorain Lorain County Sports and Local Notes
Five alligators head to Elyria Park from Florida as Lorain High wins the Northern Ohioin League baseball title 6 5 over Sandusky. Elyria leads standings. church notices and local school events fill the rest with deaths, honors, and community updates across Elyria and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Florida
Ely Park
Lorain High School
Sandusky
Lorain
Roosevelt temper cools as press ebullience fades
Washington dispatch notes a shift in President Roosevelt's press rapport. Once famed for cordial humor, he now faces off the record disclosures and tougher scrutiny as Supreme Court rulings and New Deal criticism erode the easygoing image. The administration's mood moves from buoyant to wary.
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Washington, D. C
UC Po
NRA
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Astor
Wellington Daughters Hold Steak Fry Gathering
Mrs Angie Metzger and daughter Dorothy along with Mrs George Walbridge of Toledo were guests of Mrs Leora Yontheimer. Silent Circle of the Wellington King’s Daughters hosted a steak fry at Lewis Fisher Woods Thursday night.
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Angie Metzger
Dorothy
George Walbridge
Toledo
Leora Yontheimer
Silent Circle of
Wellington
King’s Daughters
Lewis Fisher
FBI Files Note Notable Gangster Nicknames
A list of alias nicknames cataloged by the Federal Bureau of Investigation includes Rooster Face, Battie Axe Williams, Forty-Year Smith, Jimmy the Flea, Butterfly Marr, Kitty the Horse, Rubber Legs, Ham Burger Slim, African Lips, and Papa Got to Live. These monikers appear in archival gangster records as identifiers for individuals or associates within criminal networks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Rooster Face
Battie Axe Williams
Smith
Jimmy the Flea
Kitty
Papa
Faces Prison Term For Embezzlement
COLUMBUS May 23 Frank L Brothers former chief accountant for the state conservation division was convicted of embezzling 13783 of state funds and faces a sentence of one to 19 years in the Ohio Penitentiary. He was free on 5000 bond awaiting a motion for a new trial as defense argued the verdict was improper after jurors received incorrect forms.
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Columbes
Frank L. Brothers
State Conservation Division
Ohio
Brothers
Liberty
Joseph Shearer
Ivory Coast colony size and population figures
The French colony of the Ivory Coast covers about 120,000 square miles with roughly 2,060,009 natives and 2,690 Europeans.
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Ivory Coast
Africa
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Quarry Road
Charles Rar
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Ray Bredier
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Clarton Eppley
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Alan Dangle
Carales
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Willard Eppler
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Barker St
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Sibley & Sprague Telephone
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Here
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Penfield
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Harvey Ayers
Eva Chapman
Prospect Street
Warren James Gadfield
Charles Gadfield
Gottlieb
West Broad
Elyria Hardware
Lee Whitney Company Hardware & Tinshop
Colson — Perry Fay — Thew
Pierre R. Smith
Elyria Savings Bank Bldg
Akron, Canton & Youngstown Railway
Northern Ohio Railway
Lorain County Savings & Trust CO
Elyria, Ohio
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Amherst, Ohio
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