German Farmer Beaten by Czech Soldiers
BERLIN May 27 A Sudeten German farmer in Czechoslovakia was beaten by Czech soldiers who demanded identification papers. The farmer, working on his land near Kaplitz, said he never carried them and was struck with spades and gun butts, then taken to a hospital in serious condition. The DNB quoted Linz newspaper Arbeiter Sturm questioning a Czech claim that 34 German airplanes flew over Czech soil.
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Bulletin
Berlin
Czechoslovakia
DNB New Agency
Linz
Arbeiter Sturm
Kaplitz
Cylinder Failure Cited In Crash That Killed Ten
United Air Lines president announced a two day probe found a cylinder in the right engine failed about eight miles east of the crash site. The failure likely caused exhaust manifold rupture and oil ignition, creating a flame streak from the wing. Investigators and officials prepared for a public hearing on the crash in a wooded suburb where ten people died.
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Cleveland
al W. Patterson
United Air Lines
Patterson
Bureau of Air Commerce
Federal Board of Inquiry
Bryan M. Jacobs
Weather Outlook Ohio and Nearby Regions Tonight and Saturday
Mostly cloudy tonight with local thunder showers Saturday. Slightly cooler in the north portion Saturday. Pressure high over the Great Lakes and Eastern States this morning. Lows centered over Iowa Arizona and the Canadian Prairie Provinces. Showers and thunderstorms reported from the Upper Mississippi Valley with light showers from the Lake region Ohio valley and rain along the Atlantic coast. Temperature changes unimportant.
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Ohio
West Portion
North Portion
Great Lakes
Iowa
Arizona
Canadian Prairie Provinces
Mississippi Valley
Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Atlantic
Elyrian to Receive Diploma from Naval Academy
Midshipman Alfred L. Booth son of Mr and Mrs Philip B Booth of 217 Gates Ave will graduate from the U S Naval Academy at Annapolis Md on June 2 with a bachelor of science degree He will be commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps among 26 selected from the class of 439 Booth an Elyria graduate of 1932 attended Baldwin Wallace College at Berea before joining the academy after appointment by Rep Don W Harter He plans a post graduate course at the Marine College in Philadelphia
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Alfred L. Booth
Philip B. Booth
Gates Avenue
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Booth
U. S. Marine Corps
Elyria
Baldwin-Wallace College
Berea
U.S. Naval Academy
Don W. Harter
The
Marine College
Philadelphia
Accident Victim To Be Laid To Rest Saturday
Funeral services for Ronald Basil Acton four year old son of Mr and Mrs N Basil Acton of 213 South Logan street will be held Saturday at 3 30 p m from the late home. Rev William Muir Auld of the First Congregational Church will conduct with burial in Ridgelawn Cemetery. The boy was fatally injured yesterday when struck by a truck at Broad street and East avenue marked the citys fourth traffic fatality for 1938.
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Ronald Basil Acton
N. Basil Acton
South Logan Street
William Muir Auld
First Congregational Church
Ridgelawn Cemetery
Acton
Broad Street
East Avenue
Hague foe to be barred from speech in Jersey City
Col. Hugh Kelly says 100000 Hague supporters will gather in Pershing Field to block Rep. Jerry O Connell from speaking without a permit. O Connell, backed by liberal groups, will denounce Hague as a dictator in defiance of city ordinances.
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Jersey City
N. J
Hugh Kelly
Veterans Law and Order Committee
Frank Hague
Pershing Field
Jerry O'Connell
Mont
O'Connell
Hague
Two Elected To Recreation Commission In Elyria
Elyria mayor appoints Richard Stevens and Leonard Terry to the Recreation Commission to fill vacancies from resignations by Walter Kohn and Carl Wagner. The schools representation strengthens ties between education and recreation. Other members remain EB Keyes Sherman Harmon and Ralph Bauer.
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Elyria Board of Education
Richard Stevens
Leonard Terry
Joseph Q. Petro
Elyria Recreation Commission
Walter Kohn
Carl Wagner
Kohn
Wagner
Stevens
Terry
EB. C. Keyes
Sherman O. Harmon
Ralph F. Bauer
Locomotive Collides With Truck. Engineer Dies
Bert Young of Fort Wayne Indiana, engineer on the Liberty Limited, died in hospital from burns after a locomotive struck a large semi trailer on a Lincoln Highway detour crossing three and a half miles east of Van Wert Ohio. Fireman M. E. Ferguson survived serious burns. George Alt driver and Lloyd Berkey helper of Elkhart Indiana escaped injuries. The truck carried starch and was en route to Baltimore. Train service was delayed two hours.
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Lloyd Berkey
Elkhart
Ind
Baltimore
Young
Truck Demolished and Driver Injured in Route 10 301 Crash
Elmo J. Barton, 52, of Greenwich, Wisconsin, was treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital for a laceration above his right eye after a semi trailer loaded with 300 milk cans tipped over against a tree in Lester Squire's yard while turning from Route 10 onto Route 301. Relief driver Lloyd Buttner, 28, of Greenwich, asleep in the truck, was unharmed. The truck was demolished.
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Elmo J. Barton
Greenwich
Wisconsin
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Lester Squire
Op Peraty
Anthony Pol Lloyd Buttner
Pollock
Blast Shatters Windows At Troxel Co
An afternoon blast at Troxel Manufacturing Company damaged the six story plant and nearby buildings. The explosion occurred during lunch, fire fully involved the enameling room and elevator shaft, but no injuries were reported. Fire Chief Bates ordered full alarms as smoke spread through the building and sprinklers activated.
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Troxel Manufacturing Company
W. N. Bates
H. E. Kalter
Central Fire Station
Troxel
Kalter
Tax Revision To Become Law Without Signing
President Roosevelt announced on a nationwide radio broadcast and to ARTHURDALE West Virginia residents that he will let the new tax revision bill become law at midnight without his signature. This marks the first time since 1933 he has allowed an act of Congress to become law without his signature. The unprecedented speech was delivered to 200 mountain residents at a New Deal rehabilitation community during graduation exercises for 13 high school students.
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Arthurdale
W. Va
Roosevelt
New Deal
Outstanding Botanist and Local Historian Passes
Miss May Day lifelong Lorain County resident died at her Oberlin home after five weeks of illness. Born October 10, 1850 in Sheffield, she lived on a lake shore farm before moving to Oberlin. A botanist and genealogist, her collection is at Oberlin College. Survived by sister Celia Durand and five nephews. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Miss May Day
Lorain County
North Main Street
Oberlin
Miss Day
Sheffield
James Day
Mass
Sheffield Township
Lake Shore
Oberlin College
Celia Durand
Ithaca
N.Y
Henry Edgerton
Washington, D. C
E. Dana Durand
G. H. Durand
Yankton College
Yankton, S. Dak
A. C. Durand
Ithaca, N. Y
Clyde Day
South Dakota
Mile Day
Chicago
Crane Attacks Man Near Elyria Nest Injures Eye
Samuel Lumadue 25 of Marseilles Avenue was struck in the left eye by a crane’s bill near a nest on the Abbe and Detroit roads. Lumadue and David Burke were frog hunting when they spotted the bird. the attack occurred as they left. Lumadue was taken to Elyria Memorial Hospital and avoided serious eye damage.
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Abbe
Detroit
Samuel Lumadue
Marseilles Avenue
Lumadue
Lamadue
David Burke
North Olive Street
Choye
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Ohio Guardsmen Ordered To Stand By
Ohio Adjutant General Emil F. Marx ordered 3000 National Guardsmen in central and northwestern Ohio to stand by for a possible mobilization to Akron for strike duty at the Goodyear plant. Troops could be moved into Akron within eight hours if a call is issued, depending on strike developments. Governor Davey will await further developments after Akron officials requested troops early today.
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Columbus
Goodyear
Akron
Ohio
Emil F. Marx
Martin L. Davey
Youngstown
William Marlin
National Guard
Marx
Gilson VD. Light
Toledo
Frank D. Henderson
Dale Thibaul
Fred Ruffner
National
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Little Steel
Bombs Hit Cerbere Border Town in Fiesta Panic
Mayor Julien Cruzel of Cerbere asked Premier Daladier for protection after a raid by Italo German planes dropped fifteen bombs near the railroad station. Two wounded, three houses damaged, several coaches smashed, and panic sent 400 dancers and townspeople seeking shelter in railroad tunnels during the market square fiesta.
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Perpignan
Julien Cruzel
Cerebere
Edouard Daladier
Cerbere
Daladier Orders Probe of Cerbere Bombing
Premier Edouard Daladier directed the XVI military district commander to investigate the Cerbere bombing on the Spanish frontier and bolster defenses with more anti aircraft batteries. He asked Cesar Campinchi to move warships to Port Vendres to support land batteries against incursions by planes tied to the Spanish Nationalists.
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Paris
Edouard Daladier
XVI Military District
Cerbere
Daladier
Cesar Campinchi
Port Vendres
Desperadoes Escape After Gun Battle in Tyler
Desperado Floyd Hamilton and companion Ted Walters escaped after a running gun battle with Tyler officers last night. State officers issued an all precinct alert to detain the pair, allegedly linked to a Kilgore baseball park ticket sales robbery. The suspects fled in a car as deputies fired after them through Tyler outskirts. officers reported return fire. The men were wanted in Montague County for jail breaking.
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Tyler
Texas
State Highway Patrol
Floyd Hamiton
Hamilton
Ted Walters
Kilgore
Walters
W. D. Blackburn
F. C. Goen
State Liquor Control Board
K. H. Hamilton
Montague County
Three New Fire Units To Cost Elyria $39 901 19
Service Director I. D. Faxon and Fire Chief W. N. Bates announced after returning from Elmira New York that Elyria will spend 39 901 19 on three new fire units. The package includes an 85 foot aerial ladder a 1250 gallon pumper and a 750 gallon quadruple pumper with delivery for the pumper in about 90 days and the other two by October 1.
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I. D. Faxon
W. N. Bates
la France Fire Equipment Company
Elmira
N. Y
Faxon
Elyria
President Asks Wide Latitude in Recovery Bill Fight
Roosevelt and opponents argue over public power policy and spending in the 3.247 billion Recovery Bill. Senator Barkley carries a presidential pledge for fair dealings with private utilities and wide latitude in policy execution ahead of Hale amendment votes on municipal power grants and loans.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
PWA
Bucyrus Man Heads Ohio Bankers Association
H E Cook of Bucyrus becomes president of the Ohio Bankers Association at its Dayton meeting. P R Peters of Lancaster named vice president and EF G Kirby of Toledo re elected treasurer. Hugh W Horton of Cleveland chosen Ohio vice president of the American Bankers Association with a slate of officers across divisions.
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Dayton
H E. Cook
Bucyrus
Ohio Bankers Association
P. R. Peters
Lancaster
EF. G. Kirby
Toledo
Hugh W. Horton
Cleveland
Ohio
American Bankers Association
H. W. Wilson
Sidney
John H. McCoy
Columbus
Arthur B. Taylor
Elyria
G. C. Coors
Cincinnati
State Bank
H. R. Jungiing
Bridgeport
National Bank
W. A. Coughlin
Tear Gas and Clubs in Akron Goodyear Clash
Police and pickets fought for hours at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber plant with tear gas and nightsticks. At least 100 injured and hundreds gassed as officials considered National Guard deployment amid threats of a general rubber workers strike.
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Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Akron
Acme
Akron, O
United Rubber Workers
WPA
Goodyear
Goodyear Grounds
City and Company
Thomas F. Burns
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
Frances Perkins
Ross Arm strong Bout Postponed for Weather
The Barney Ross Henry Armstrong world welterweight bout was postponed again due to uncertain weather. Promoter Mike Jacobs announced the fight would be held Tuesday night in New York after rain delayed it 24 hours.
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New York
Barney Ross
Henry Armstrong
Mike Jacobs
Zanesville Teen Dies After Bullet Wound
In Zanesville Ohio Evelyn Lingle, 13, died from a gunshot wound reportedly inflicted by an errant shot. The incident details and exact circumstances remain unclear as officials investigate the shooting in the local area.
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Zanesville, CO
May &T
Evelyn Lingle
Zanesville
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Elyrian
Naval Academy
Troxel Co
Crane
Ohio Guardsmen
Fire Dept
City Hospital
Fred Klingenhagen
R. G. Peters
William Paul
Peters
Paul
Edith O'Hara
L. L. Beers
Joe Kufy
Jesse Clair
Charles E. Sullivan
Joe Hartman
Lavada Wilson
D. E. Farrand
John Melken
J. R. McCory
H. H. Rymer
United Rubber Workers District Council
George Grimes
Paul Everhart
Travis McVeter
Strand Hotel
Edwar Long
George Swartz
Clauds Wilhite
Ross-Armstrong
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