Pontoons to Raise Sunken Squalus Submarine
Two navy experts from Washington arrived in Portsmouth to outline a plan to salvage the sunken submarine Squalus and the 26 crewmen. Commanders A R McCann and A I McKee will guide divers as they attach lines and pontoons to lift the hull, with air pumped to expel water. Divers clear the salvage deck of Falcon awaiting the surface recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
N. H
Washington
Squalus
Atlantic
A R McCann
A. I McKee
McCann
Falcon
Municipal Flag Day Plan for Elyria June 14
The Municipal Flag Week Committee led by Mayor Joseph Q Petro advances a city wide observance from June 8 to 14. Elyria High School Band will play, a flag ceremony modeled after Elks services is planned, and Elyria Legion Drum and Bugle Corps may conduct a drill review. The Elks Lodge joins the municipal effort for the largest Flag Day event yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Q Petro
John Kolopos
Elyna High School
Elyria High School
Elks Lodge
Elyria American Legion
Elyria Elks Lodge
City Club Elects Officers for Next Year
Herman Goodspeed was chosen as president succeeding Lawrence Ashenbach with Richard Wentz elected vice president and Robert Dyke as secretary and treasurer succeeding Al Wagner The annual stag party is set for June 7 at Robson's Grove Carlisle Township with Wentz in charge, marking the end of club activities until September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men's City Club
Herman Goodspeed
Lawrence Ashhenbach
Richard Wentz
Robert Dyke
al Wagner
Robson’s Grove
Carlisle Township
Wentz
Memorial Services At Butternut Ridge Cemetery May 30
Rev A. K Stevenson will speak on Decoration Day at Butternut Ridge Cemetery. Soldiers graves will be decorated at 10 A M. Memorial services will be held for Memorial Day with ceremonies led by local clergy and community members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butternut Ridge Cemetery
A. K Stevenson
Butternut Ridge
Car fog lights damaged in collision on Washington avenue
Police report 4 PM yesterday as Tom Wallace of 187 Bath street backed into a hill on Washington avenue damaging his fog lights. The other vehicle was operated by Mrs Ralph Tichenor of 510 Woodland avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Wallace
Bath Street
Washington Avenue
Ralph Tichenor
Woodland Avenue
Ohio Weather Forecast With Showers and Cooler Temperatures
A trough of low pressure extends from Ontario through the Upper Mississippi Valley to Kansas. Showers and thunderstorms are general over the Great Plains central valleys and lake region. It is warmer in the Ohio Valley but cooler in the central and northern plains and Canadian prairie provinces. Near Lake Erie showers tonight and Sunday with cooler conditions Sunday.
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Ohio
Lake Erie
Ontario
Mississipi Valley
Kansas
Rocky Mountain Plateau
Great Plains
Central Valleys
Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Plains States
Canadian Prairie Provinces
Hales Memorial Gymnasium Dedication At Oberlin
Oberlin College will dedicate the first half of the Hales Memorial Gymnasium on June 12 with a concert by the Oberlin Concert Band and a building tour. Donor George Willard Hales contributes $150 000 toward the project next to Allen Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
Oberli College
West Lorain Street
George Willard Hales
Oberlin College
Oak Park
Chicago
Baldwin College
Talcott Hall
John D. Rockefeller
Hales
Department of Physical Education
Gertrude Moulton
Oberlin Grange Holds Meeting and Membership News
Oberlin Grange held its regular meeting at the Grange Hall with Mrs Helen Sanders voted in as a new member. Four membership applicants were named A M Dean Mrs Albert Dean and Mr and Mrs George Malke. An upcoming Pomona Grange meeting at Ridgeville on June 10 was announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin Grange
Grange Hall
Helen Sanders
A. M Dean
Albert Dean
George Malke
Pomona Grange
Ridgeville
Grange
Carlisle Grange Hall
Mabel Johnson
Allen
Oberlin
R E. Heath
Sewing Sallies Meet Markley at Advisor Home
The Sewing Sallies group held its second meeting at Mrs. C. E Spaulding’s West River Road home. Winifred Smith was elected recreation leader and refreshments were served by the hostess. The next meeting is set for Friday June 2 at 7:30 PM at Mrs. C. R. Wooding’s West River Road home.
Domestic Do'ers Meet Domestic Do'ers
Four H Club girls held their regular meeting at the home of Mrs. Cummins Wednesday afternoon. Three new members were accepted, making the total membership thirty, with Mrs. Robinson on June first.
Elymian Receives Art Scholarship in Columbus
Jack Warden Jr of 225 Chestnut Street is among 32 awarded scholarships by the Columbus School of Art. The 56th annual convention in the Gallery of Fine Arts announced the grant, the third for Warden who trained in high school locally and studied at the Columbus Art School for two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Jack Warden, Jr
Chestnut Street
Columbus School of Art
Warden
Gallery of Fine Arts
Columbus Art School
Center For Sightless Not Open Memorial Day
Owing to the holiday on Decoration Day the Center for the Sightless will be closed and there will be no work on door mats. The Boy Scouts are delivering as mats are completed but material shortages caused delays. All will be finished early in the week and the remaining orders delivered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Rochester Memorial Day Services at Town Hall
Memorial Day programs will start at 2 PM in the Rochester town hall with music exercises and a talk by a noted speaker. A parade to the cemetery follows, with children carrying flags and wreaths. taps and a gun salute will honor fallen soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Town Hall
King and Queen Visit Banff Rockies On Royal Tour
BANFFY Alberta May 27 King George and Queen Elizabeth relax in a Rocky Mountain resort town. They swap formal wear for tweeds and consider a golf round while the king heals a train injury. They plan hikes near the hotel and a drive to Lake Louise before continuing to Vancouver.
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Banfyf
Alberta
King George
Elzabeth
Rockies
Quebec
Banff
Queen Elizabeth
Lake Louise
Vancouver
British Columbia
Canada
Rocky Mountain
Vancouver Island
Dunham Proposes County Road Plan with $62,000
County Engineer Harry S Dunham presented a road program totaling about $62,000 to the county commissioners. He said this portion is less than half of the funds needed to repair roads and bridges, with an estimated summer total of $156,000 including about $50,000 for bridges and culverts. He noted the road and bridge fund holds about $97,000 now and expects more from gas and auto license taxes later in the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry S Dunham
Dunham
Pneumonia Fatal To Dr C H Mayo
Dr Charles Horace Mayo died at Mercy Hospital after an eight day pneumonia siege in Chicago on a business trip. At 73 he helped build the Mayo Clinic with his brother into a renowned medical research and treatment center. He pioneered nervous system surgery and goiter operations and performed hundreds of eye cataract procedures and other surgeries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Charles Horace Mayo
Rochester
Minn
Mercy Hospital
Mayo Clinic
New Industry to Begin Operations at Former Plant
Moving days for Manufacturers and Fabricators Inc. near end as equipment is expected to be at the plant by Monday. Carloads of machinery have been moved from the Cleveland plant and office furnishings are being moved. Installation is planned to start early next week at three buildings of the former American Rolling Mall Company plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manufacturers and Fabricators, Inc
Cleveland
American Rolling Mall Company
Thrifty Cookers Four H Club Meets With Advisor
Thrifty Cookers Four-H Club met at their advisor Mrs Dushenske home on Wednesday afternoon. Jean Miller led the meeting with a health check up of each girl and lists of health improvements. Harriet Keller and Shirley Keller formed the refreshment committee. The afternoon ended with group singing and refreshments served by Mrs 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thrifty Cookers
Four-H Club
Why Lorain Bridge Steel Prices Are Higher Explained
Willham Harding of the Wilbur J Watson engineering firm told the Lorain county board that steel price increases stem from different structural needs. The Erie avenue bascule lift bridge requires more labor and material for its mechanism than the Cleveland high level span, keeping tonnage costs higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PWA
Lorain
Board of County Commissioners
Willham Harding
Wilbur J. Watson
Oscar G Dunn
Erie Avenue
Mt Vernon Bridge Co
Mt Vernon
Oscar Dunn
Dunn
Main Street
Cleveland
Erie Street
Harding
Main Avenue
Conley
Harry L. Dunham
Old Glory Grange Holds Regular Meeting May 25
Old Glory Grange held its regular meeting with Worthy Master Wilmot Long presiding. Ten members attended, eight officers. routine business completed. Collinsville Grange of Butler Co. appealed for aid. Pomona Grange to meet at Ridgeville June 10 with Huron county Pomona program. Dining room served sandwiches and one covered dish to six ladies and four men.
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Old Glory Grange
Wilmot Long
Collinsville Grange
Butler Co
Pomona Grange
Ridgeville
Huron County Pomona
Grange
Former Probate Judge Wilcox To Speak At Brownhelm Services
Brownhelm plans Memorial Day observances at the Brownhelm cemetery with Post 1079 VFW Elyria in charge. Judge H C Wilcox, former probate judge of Lorain County, will speak as the band and drum corps join in honoring veterans from all wars. The event draws about 1,000 attendees and features flowers, flags, and participation by local lodges and Mullen-Murray Post 451 Lorain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilcox
Brownhelm Services
Brownhelm
Brownhelm Cemetery
Robert Leimbach
Post 1079
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Elyria
H C. Wilcox
Lorain County
Elyria Vfw
Brownhelm High School
Edward Lescher
Sexton
Mullen-Murray Post
Lorain
Elyria Post
Brownhelm Folks
Post Office Closed Tuesday for Memorial Day Observance
The Elyria post office will be closed Tuesday in observance of Memorial Day. No regular mail deliveries will be made that day, and only special delivery mail will be processed, announced Postmaster C. J. Sartor.
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Elyria
C. J. Sartor
Memorial Day Observance in Elyria Sees Parade Without GAR Veterans
Preparations for Elyria Memorial Day proceed with a 2 pm parade route from West Ave to Ridgelawn Cemetery and a civic address by Cleveland Judge Bradley Hull. Due to the passing of GAR members Rev A J Kaley and Capt LaFayette Stough, the procession honors change as units assemble on West Avenue and form into four divisions with police, veterans, and youth groups contributing to the ceremony.
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Elyria
Ridgelawn
GAR
A J Kaley
LaFayette Stough
Richard Allen Post
George Colburn
West Avenue
Broad Street
Washington Avenue
Washington
Harrison Street
Harrison
Ridgelawn Cemetery
Bradley Hull
Cleveland
Hull
Elyria Police
145Th Infantry
Elyria High School
Commissioners tour new courthouses in Clarksburg and Portsmouth
County commissioners continued their study trip to West Virginia and Ohio visiting two new county buildings on an 800 mile itinerary. In Clarksburg they examined the 1931 32 Walker and Weeks designed courthouse noting efficient space use and office layout.
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West Virginia
Ohio
Clarksburg
Wva
Portsmouth
J. J Smythe
Lorain County Bar Association
F R. Walker
The
Archi
Walker and
Weeks
Cleveland
Howard Horn
Walker and Weeks
Walker
Lorain County
Dedication Services At Grafton Sunday
Union services will be held at Grafton Methodist Church to dedicate the new sanctuary finished after redecorating and remodeling. A committee led by Mrs Edith Howard and Rev George Beebe oversaw work with dark oak, ivory walls, burgundy carpet, new chancel furniture and pews. Dr Vernon Wade Wagar will preach morning and Dr Rollin Walker will give the evening address as the Epworth League marks its fiftieth anniversary. A noon fellowship dinner in charge of Mrs Clark Finley draws former members and Belden and Grafton congregations. Special music will be provided by the Grafton Choir and soloists Paul Wainwright and Mrs Baird with Mrs George Edwards at the organ.
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Grafton
Edith Howard
Marie Fieden
Arthur Bennett
William Reese
Delbert Dunlap
George Beebe
Wagar
Vernon Wade Wagar
Norwals Wise
Wil
Rollin Walker
Ohio Wesleyan
Lakeside Institute
Lorain County Epworth League
Epworth League
Clark Finley
Belden
Grafton Choir
Carl Hersh+e
Paul Wainwright
Baird
Elyria
George Edwards
Orgen
Aide of Pendergast Seeks Leniency in Tax Evasion Case
R Emmet O'Malley former state insurance superintendent admitted taking 62500 to influence rate settlements benefiting 138 fire insurance firms. He pleaded guilty to income tax evasion and, like Tom Pendergast, sought leniency as he faced a prison term and a 5000 dollar fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pendergast
Kansas City
R. Emmet O'Malley
Tom Pendergast
R. Emmet O’malley
O'Malley
O’malley
William Boatright
Boatright
Merrill E. Otis
Repair of Water Damage at Cascade Park Nears Finish
Cascade Park repairs progress after a storm sewer pipe failure caused major damage to the baseball diamond and roads. Parks committee and city council officials inspected the site and expect to submit recommendations as work nears completion and the park reopens to traffic and play by tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cascade Park
Parks Committee
Ridgeville Hosts Memorial Day Program Town Honors Fallen Soldiers
Ridgeville Township residents plan a Memorial Day sequence starting at 10:30 A M at Ridgeville Town Hall with William Wickens as principal speaker. The event includes religious services, Ridgeville High School band, Taps by scouts, flower placing, and a firing squad salute before a cemetery ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgeville Township
Ridgeville
William Wickens
Lorain
George Martin
St. Peter’s Church
Joseph Buescher
Elyria American Legion
Boy Scouts
Patricia Gibbons
George Gibbons
Cleveland
LaPorte Church Memorial Service Set for Sunday
LaPorte Methodist Church will hold a memorial service Sunday at 11 15 A M. Pastor Rev. Thomas Hughes will speak on Jesus and Universal Peace, a study of Christian objectives. Hymns for Memorial Day will be sung and special music includes a solo by the pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaPorte Methodist
Thomas Hughes
Smieton
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Allen Memorial Hospital
Crane Pool
Symnasiums
Lorain Street
Women’s Athletic Association
Richard Kimball
New York
John Guill and Sons
Robert Cutler
Roberlin College Durig
A. Nabakowski
Amherst
T. O Murphy Co
Sam Trifflett
Crane Rental Inc
Hixon-Peterson Lumber Co
Wood Construction Co
Oberlin Hardware Co
Elymian
Center For
King
C.H. Mayo
Four-H
Richard Allen
G. A
G . R. Auto
Petro Auto
Woodworth Camp
United Spanish War Veterans
Woodworth
U S W. V. Boy Scouts
Franklin School
George Robinson
Marshall
American Legion
Roosevelt
McKinley
Edison
Holy Cross
Jas Powell
Hamilton
Ely
Gates
St. Mary’s
St Agnes
Mason Smith
Salvation Army Band
Salvation Army
East Carlisle
Woman's Relief Corps
West Ave
Broad
2Nd Street
Second Street
Bulletin
LaPorte Church
Tube Co
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