Distinction Day Observed by Elyria High Seniors
Elyria High School seniors enjoyed Distinction Day in the auditorium, wearing green and beige, while juniors and sophomores staged a program featuring history sketches. The assembly included skits on the Boston Tea Party Uncle John’s Cabin Give Me Liberty and the Battle of Bunker Hill with musical numbers and a student committee coordinating the event.
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Elyria High School
Jey
proram
rat ther
wew
Alice Tarry
Lucille Buswell
Standen
Jerry Ready
Dorothy iotley
Janet Notley
Joan Chee
Hilda Erer
Llova Lugaski
Don Benz
Pes ‘'aims
Robert Koske
Allan Fritzthe
John Moise
Dorf Ostrow
tewart Hawithorne
Don Marshack Elion
Warne Garland
George ‘ulk
Philip Kaiser
Robert romling
Uncle Ohn
Bunker Hill
sught oil
Paul Krebs
Bill Hockaden
larence Standen
Jack Reinhardt
William Vinson
Robert Cooley
Jon Gibbons
George Joke
Gloria Borie
Earl Mcullough
Don Ostrow
ack Elton
Sid Sprague
Tomavis
Wayne Garland
Calvin Rhoades
Top Hatters
Alice Stofer
idney Gross
ichard Meckley
Philp Hofmann
Marian Roberts
Helen Bristol
Jack Einhardt
Robert Oldfield
Rosemary Barlow
Harry Koplin
Cleveland's Oldest Mason Passes
Cleveland at 90 Henry Robinson, the city’s oldest Mason and a leading figure in the order, has died. He served as a trustee of the Ohio Masonic Home from 1903 to 1936 and was its president for many years. burial will be in Trey, New York.
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CLEVELAND, O
Grlman Henry Robinson
Cleveland
Robinson
Ohio Masonic Home
Trey
N. Y
Weather outlook Ohio and central region
Partly cloudy conditions with cooler air in the tonight period. Friday will be partly cloudy with weather patterns tracking across the 24 hour span. A low pressure area extends from the Ohio Valley into the southern U S while high pressure remains over parts of England and the Rocky Mountains. Snow showers and thunderstorms have been observed in southern rain regions and the lower Mississippi Valley. Overall cooler temperatures across the central valleys and greater regions.
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OHIO
Ohio Valley
Texas
en England
Rocky Mounin
nothern
canal plains
Mississippi valley
President to Speak on Defense Policies Sunday Evening
President Roosevelt will outline national defense policies in a nationwide radio chat Sunday night at 9 30 p m EST. White House secretary Stephen T Early said the talk would report to the American people and cover prevention of excessive war profits and labor disputes plus maintenance of social gains. The fireside chat will be the first since September 3, shortly after the war began.
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WASHINGTON
Roosevelt
White House
Stephen T. Early
Early
Former Elyrian Flying Westward In His Own Plane
F H Fridenstine of Ogden Utah, son of Mr and Mrs Henry Fridenstine, arrived in Elyria to visit parents before continuing west to Utah in his new privately owned plane. He holds a pilot license and plans to reach Ogden by Sunday, traveling in easy stages with Indiana his first stop. His brother and sister-in-law, also from Ogden, travel by automobile.
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Utah
Elyria
F. H. Fridenstine
Ogden
Henry Fridenstine
East Broad street
Fridenstine
Pennsylvania
Eloria
Amercan Can Company
William Fridenstine
Patch Leaks In City Water Main
Service Director L D Faxon announced that work to repair a five mile long 36 inch water main from the pumping station to Elyria avenue will begin June 1. Resar Construction Co. won a contract for a clamshell crane at a bid of $5 an hour to strip the line and weld plates over leaks. The city spends about $10,000 yearly to maintain the line and aims to cut this cost over several years. about $2,000 will be spent on crane rents this year.
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L D. Faxon
Elyria avenue
Resar Construction Co
Faxon
Battle Opens in Cambrai Front as Allies Brace for Clash
Paris dispatch says French shock troops push toward Cambrai outskirts in an early phase of a large scale Cambrai Valenciennes engagement. Fighting described as savage and violent with running battles. Cambrai central to the action. Allied forces reported to be near the main French army on the Somme, while German air activity increases. Navy reports loss of submarine Doris and destroyer L Adroit along with tanker Le Niger, with crews saved. Continuous updates promised as the battle of Flanders unfolds.
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Cambrai
Cambrai-Valenciennes
aney SOU
Belgium
Somme
Flanders
Navy ministry
L’Adroit
Le Niger
battle of Flanders
Wright to Turn Over $15,000 for Relief Funds
County Treasurer Walter J. Wright told county commissioners he will hand over 15000 from the county relief land retirement account for direct relief. The funds will cover about 14000 in relief bills now blocked by lack of money and provide a reserve to pay another 14000 in bills encumbered but not due until June 15.
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Walter J. Wright
Youth Council to Meet Monday in Lorain County
Darwin Bryant of the Ohio Farm Bureau educational committee will speak at the Lorain County Cooperative Youth Council meeting at Carlisle Grange Hall Monday evening. The program includes a business session and a discussion on how to keep democracy safe by aiding England and France in the present war. Recreation features music by the Wilhelmy troupe and group singing led by Jack Templeton of Oberlin. Refreshments organized by William Shubert Doris Minnich Jack McRoberts and John Burge.
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Darwin Bryant
Ohio Farm Bureau educational committee
Lorain County Cooperative Youth Council
Carlisle Grange Hall
England
France
Doris Minnich
Thomas Ketch
Wilhelmy
Jack Templeton
Oberlin
William Shubert
Elyria
Jack McRoberts
John Burge
Wellington
Nazis Reach Boulogne 30 Miles From British Coast
Prime Minister Winston Churchill told the House of Commons that German forces have reached Boulogne, about 30 miles from the British coast, with heavy fighting around the city. He warned of grave implications and noted Germany’s aim to disrupt Allied communications as the Channel ports face bombardment and evacuation pressures.
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British Coast
Churchill
House Of Commons
LONDON
Winston Churchill
Commons
Boulogne
Calais
England
Dover
Belgium
French channel
Britain
Channel Ports Revelation By British High Command
The British high command revealed that a column had driven through between Arras and Bapaume then swung north toward the channel, covering about 50 miles. This report notes strategic movement in the region and the column's directional shift toward the coast.
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Arras
Bapaume
Nominees Named For 1840 American Legion Medals
Elyria announces 15 eighth grade boys and 15 girls from public and parochial schools as nominees for the 1840 American Legion medals and certificates to be awarded at the Memorial Day service. Winners will be chosen after a 3:45 p.m. party at the Legion Home on Ohio Street. medals presented Thursday by John F Buckley, commander of Elyria Post No 12. Nominees include McKinley School Carol Marshall Molly Hudnutt Tom Mychenberg James Bord and others from Franklin Hamilton Ely Jefferson Allen Garford St Marys Roosevelt St Agnes, with named students in each.
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Elyria
American Legion
Legion Home
Ohio Street
John F Buckley
Elyria Post No. 12
McKinley School
Carol Marshall
Molly Hudnutt
Tom Mychenberg
James Bord
Franklin
Geraldine Rice
Doris Adams
Charles Evans
Raymond Scarbrough
Hamilton
Faye Myers
Henry Ingersoll
Ely
Patty Devis
June Rankin
Thomas Haywood
Bill Nye
Jefferson
Helen Staila
Eleanor Bucksar
Virginia Kolopos
Wayne
Allied Communications In Grave Danger In North France And Belgium
Allied communication lines are in grave danger in northern France and Belgium as British withdrawals continue against German attacks along the Scheldt. British, French, and Belgian forces encircled in Flanders fight fiercely while German units press inside the bulge.
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LONDON
France
Belgium
Scheldt
Flanders
Arras
Cattileres-Valenciemnes
Arras-Douais
bulge
Arras-Douai
Landon presses Roosevelt to renounce a third term
In Washington on May 23 former Gov Alf M Landon urged President Roosevelt to renounce a third term after a 110 minute White House lunch. The White House said no time for political statements and offered no cabinet post. The meeting was described as formal with no substantive policy agreement.
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Roosevelt
Alf M. Landon
White House
Landon
national defense coalition
Mr. Roosevelt
Air Raid Warning Echoes Over Eastern Kent Town
An air raid warning sounded in a southeast coast town in Kent tonight, with an Air Ministry communiqué noting the alert was raised early this evening. Pursuit ships were dispatched as the warning went out.
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Kent
LONDON
Air Ministry
cestern Kent
Elyria GOP City Committee Reelects Officers Without Opposition
Elyria Republican city committee members were reelected with no opposition at the Elks hall. Reelected were Carl Curtis chairman Ruth Bridgeland vice chairwoman Paul Hull secretary treasurer and county executive members Curtis F A Stetson Nancy Jenkins and Goldie Perry. The meeting authorized organizing an Eisria Republican Men's club and a picnic committee with Neil Schulke named picnic chairman. The county central committee will meet Saturday at 1 30 p m in courtroom No 1 to elect a chairman and appoint county executive members.
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Elyria
Republican city committee
Elks hall
Carl Curtis
Ruth Bridgeland
Paul Hull
Curtis
F. A. Stetson
Nancy Jenkins
Goldie Perry
county central committee
Guy Wells
Wellington
Elyma
Eisria
Neil Schulke
Cowboy game ends in child’s accidental death
In London Ohio on May 23 11 year old Perlyn Stuckey was accidentally shot by 10 year old Jesse Massey during a pretend cowboy game at the Massey home. Jesse said he chased Perlyn with the gun when the accident occurred.
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LONDON
Perlyn Stuckey
Jesse Massey
Massey
Jesse
Perlyn
Germans Claim Continued Gains Toward Calais
German forces push toward Calais as they raid Belgium and northern France. The DNB reports heavy Allied losses and strong resistance in Valenciennes Cambrai and the Somme area with a German spearhead seeking to trap Allied forces near Calais. The high command says air and ground attacks threaten Dover and the English coast as bombing of channel ports continues.
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Cambrai
English channel
Abbeville
Ghent
Belgium
Audenarde
Scheidt
BERLIN
High Command
Calais
Dover
Adolf Hitler
France
Dunkirk
Caimbrai
Belgian Flanders
Scheldt
Somme
England
Dover straits
VWelencierines
Britain
Lorain County Schools Share of 1940 funds Detailed
Lorain County schools will receive a total of 171 854 as their portion of the second 1940 quarterly settlement under the Ohio School Foundation Program. The State Department of Education seeks authority to distribute 10 787 167 95 to city county and exempted village districts for the second quarter. Oberlin Amherst and Elyria districts are listed with specific amounts based on average daily attendance. The settlements are dated May 31.
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Lorain County
Ohio School Foundation
Columbus
State Department of Education
Board of Control
Elrra
Lora
village
Oberlin
Amherst
County Tax Board Hears 21 Complaints in One-Day Session
The county board of tax revision met in a one day session to review 21 tax complaints. County Auditor C. S. Kelser announced the proceedings, with Treasurer Walter J. Wright and Commissioner President Oscar G Dunn serving on the panel.
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C. S. Kelser
Walter J. Wright
Oscar G Dunn
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