Ousted Congressman Testifies in Jersey City Riot Scene
Congressman Jerry OConnell was seized by police at Pershing Field during a 15 000 strong anti communism rally led by Mayor Frank Hague He was detained then deported to Newark while his wife suffered bruises in the scuffle The episode sparks a confrontation between Hague backed groups and liberal organizers in the capital return to Washington expected with talks promised by Roosevelt and Farley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
N. J
Frank Hague
Jerry O'Connell
Mont
Pershing Field
O'Connell
Hague
O’connells
Newark
Washington
O’connell
United States
Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Religious and Patriotic Societies
American Federation of Labor Unions
Hasune
Committee For Industrial Organization
Elyria Legion to Award 1938 Eighth Grade Medals
June Furney of Ely School and John Hofmann of Washington School will receive Elyria Post No. 12 American Legion medals for outstanding eighth grade students. The awards, judged by H. C. Cheney D. B. Symons and David Hyman, were based on honor courage scholarship leadership and service.
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Ely
Washington
Elyria Post No. 12
American Legion
Elyria
June Furney
Pasadena Avenue
John Hofmann
Charles Court
Paul Collins
Legion Post
Ridgeland Cemetery
H. C. Cheney
D. B. Symons
David Hyman
Legion Home
The
Miss Furney
Hofmann
Elyria Library Closed For Memorial Day
Elyria Public Library will be closed all day on Memorial Day Monday. Miss Edna Moore librarian announced the closure noting Decoration Day observance.
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Elyria
Edna Moore
Local Ohio thundershowers forecast into Monday
The weather report notes little temperature change and unsettled conditions across the Central Valleys and lower lakes. High pressure north of the Great Lakes and over the Eastern States contrasts with low pressure areas centered over Illinois and Manitoba, bringing showers and thunderstorms to the region tonight Sunday and likely Monday.
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Ohio
Great Lakes
Illinois
Manitoba
Canton Bombed From The Air In Severe China Raid
May 28 Canton, the southern commercial capital, faced the heaviest bombing since early hostilities. Japanese planes swept the city twice and refugees flooded toward the foreign quarters near Wongsha Station while civilian casualties were feared heavy. Reports from United Press cited severed communications and uncertain tallies.
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Shanghai
Canton
China
United Press
Wongsha Station
Hankow
Rotarians Hear Dr. Frank L Hicks at Noon Talk
Dr Frank L Hicks new pastor of First Methodist Episcopal Church and Elyria Rotary Club member will speak on John Wesley and His Aldersgate Experience at the Elk's Restaurant noon Tuesday. Ladies night party follows at 6 30 PM Wednesday at Oberlin Inn with nearby clubs invited.
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Frank L. Hicks
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Elyria
Oberlin Youth to Take Coast Guard Academy Exam
George T. Grottle of Oberlin is among 33 Ohio candidates who will take exams in early June for admission to the U S Coast Guard Academy at New London Connecticut. Announcement was made in Columbus by Rear Admiral R R Waesche Coast Guard commandant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George T. Grottle
Oberlin
Ohio
U. S. Coast Guard Academy
New London
Petunia Heist Strikes Courthouse Lawn Before Decoration Day
John Weilert, caretaker of courthouse landscaping, reports 16 prize petunia plants were uprooted last night from the courthouse lawn. He notes the act undermines preparation for Decoration Day and seeks information on the thief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Weillert
Weilert
FDR summons new dealers to tax battle across nation
President Roosevelt calls for a nationwide fight over corporate profits and capital gains taxes in a continuing campaign that will run through the general election and into the next session. Democratic leadership splits as Senator Harrison prepares to respond to the 1938 tax bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Pat. Harrison
Senate Finance Committee
White House
U A W Officials Threaten Detroit General Strike
U A W officials threaten a 24 hour general strike in Detroit over police actions during a fight between pickets and police at American Brass Co. plant. Sixty three pickets, sympathizers, and police injured. two union sympathizers still hospitalized. Union demands assurances police stop acting as strikebreakers and clubbers. no time limit set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
United Automobile Workers
American Brass Co
Seek Basis For Labor Peace At Akron
James P. Miller of the National Labor Relations Board meets Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and the United Rubber Workers to avert further clashes after a riot at the Akron plant. A truce cut pickets to ten per gate, police presence diminished, as talks aim to resolve six union demands before Tuesday reopening after the holiday weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
James P. Miller
National Labor Relations Board
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
United Rubber Workers
Goodyear
Miller
Atlantan Wins British Amateur Golf Championship
Charley Yates of Atlanta won the British amateur golf title at Troon Scotland by 3 and 2 over Cecil Ewing of Ireland in the 36 hole final. Yates trailed much of the morning round before leveling on the 16th green and finishing strong to claim the victory.
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Troon
Scotland
Charley Yates
Atlanta
Cecil Ewing
Yates
County Sligo
Ewing
Quintuplets Are Four Years Old
Quintuplets at Callander Ontario celebrate their fourth birthday by tasting ice cream for the first time. The Dionne children’s birthday observance is subdued with only immediate family and six siblings present. Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe visits briefly before leaving the nursery. Nearly 500 cards and telegrams arrive despite fewer gifts.
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Callander
Ont
Dionne
Papa
Mama Dionne
Ballyhoo
Quin
Allan Roy Dafoe
Dafoe Nursery
Quins
Burns Fatal To Two Children In Ohio Kitchen Blast
Thelma Schlagel aged 18 died in a Paulding hospital from burns from a kerosene explosion that also killed her one year-old brother Russell. Virgil Schlagel the father and Vespal Schlagel another child were seriously burned and taken to the hospital after the blast in their northeast Paulding home. The fire started when Schlagel poured kerosene into the kitchen stove.
Thirty To Receive Degrees From Theology School
Oberlin is set for the Oberlin Graduate School of Theology commencement in Fairchild Chapel at 11 am Tuesday. Reverend Edwin McNeill Poteat of Euclid Avenue Baptist Church will deliver the address on Profound Religion. Poteat, a Furnam University and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary graduate, has missionary and teaching credits in China and North Carolina. He has written several religious works and holds honorary degrees from Duke University and Lake Forest College. A son William is a Freshman at Oberlin College.
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Oberlin
Oberlin Graduate School of Theology
Fairchild Chapel
Edwin McNeill
Euclid Avenue Baptist Church
Poteat
Furnam University
Greenville
D. C
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville
China
Kaifeng
Shanghai University
United States
Pullen Memorial Baptist Church
Raleigh
North Carolina
North Carolina State College
Cleveland
Jesus
Sinai
John Doe
Dr. Poteat
Duke University
Lake Forest College
William
Oberlin College
Czech Minority Program Near Completion
Prague reports a three point minority program nearing completion to back final autonomy talks. The plan includes a nationality statute a language law and local government reform for Slovakian areas. Municipal elections in 2 480 German area towns were set for tomorrow with a final vote June 12 while protests over frontier violations by aircraft continued.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Gablonz
Komotau
Bilin
Weipert
Friedland
Freiwaldau
Fire damages home near Wakeman on Vermilion River
A fire of undetermined origin yesterday damaged the Ray Hand house, two miles southeast of Wakeman along the Vermilion River. Firefighters from the Wakeman Volunteer Fire Department extinguished the blaze, which started in the back gable, with damage estimated at 500 dollars.
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Ray Hand
Wakeman
Vermilion River
Civil War Flag Honors Grandfather of Elyman Descendant
A blue silk regimental flag and parchment signed by President Andrew Johnson memorialize Brigadier General James Bintliff, honored for gallantry at Petersburg. The 88th Wisconsin flag and brevet appointment reflect Civil War service. Bintliff later lived in Wisconsin and Chicago, with burial in Janesville.
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Andrew Johnson
al J. Simpson
Cornell Avenue
Civil War Services
Simpson
James Bintlff
88Th Wisconsin Regiment
Bintliff
Petersburg
Virginia
Lincoln
Johnson
Edwin M. Stanton
Bintlift
Wisconsin
Monroe
Janesville
Chicago
Elyria
Two Civil War vets to honor Memorial Day in Elyria
Rev. J A Kaley 93 of Elyria will ride in a car in the parade. Capt. LaFayette Stough 93 of Amherst plans a Memorial Day flight to pass over the parade and Ridgelawn Cemetery. The Broad Street parade begins at 2 PM with Rev A J Funnell delivering the principal address at the cemetery.
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Elyria
G. A. R. Post
J. A. Kaley
Park Avenue
LaFayette Stough
Amherst
Richard Allen Post
Grand Army of the Republic
Kaley
Capt
Stough
Ridgelawn
Broad Street
West Avenue
Washington Avenue
Harrison Street
A. J. Funnell
Sandusky
145Th Infantry
Japanese Evacuate Key Rail Hubs as Chinese Drive Advances
Japanese military spokesman admits evacuation of Lanfeng a vital point on the Lung Hai line and retreat from positions toward Kaifeng near the Chengchow Junction of the Lung Hai and Peiping Hankow railways amid a Chinese push.
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Peiping
Lanfeng
Lung-Hai
Kaifeng
Chengchow
Peiping-Hankow
Secretary To Lorain's Mayor Thinks Quickly
Lorain May or George P Bretz faced a faux pas when a City of Lorain 1938 key was found lacking for a Welcome event. Miss Margaret Branszter, secretary to the mayor, improvised by engraving the Lorain date on a Chicago World's Fair key she had bought for 25 cents, saving the mayor's honor.
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Lorain
Margaret Branszter
George P. Bretz
Lorain County
City of Lorain
Chronicle-Telegram skips Memorial Day edition
The Chronicle-Telegram will not publish on Memorial Day. The next regular edition will be issued on the following day.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Governor Davey To Speak Here Tonight
Final preparations were completed for two pre primary election rallies for Governor Martin L. Davey. He will speak at Elks Hall Second Street at 7 p m and at Antlers Hotel Auditorium Lorain after 9 p m. This marks his first public appearance here since 1936 as he seeks the party nomination for a third term opposing Charles Sawyer of Cincinnati.
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Democratic Committee
Martin L. Davey
Elks Hall
Second Street
Antlers Hotel
Lorain
Charles Sawyer
Cincinnati
Large Memorial Day Parade Forecast With Services at Ridgelawn
A large Memorial Day parade is expected Monday if weather holds. It forms at 1 45 P M on West Avenue by Broad Street, proceeding to Ridgelawn Cemetery for services led by Grand Marshal William C Sudro and chaplain Rev A J Funnell of Sandusky. rain plan moves events to First Methodist Episcopal Church. Sunday services are planned at Ely Park and later at First Methodist Episcopal Church with Rev Frank L Hicks officiating.
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West Avenue
Broad Street
Ridgelawn Cemetery
A. J. Funnell
Sandusky
145Th Infantry
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Ely Park
Frank L. Hicks
Holmes
Coady
Chislers
Oscar G. Dunn
John E. Davidson
P. H. Rogers
William E. Ashbolt
Bishop Schrembs Presides In Budapest Eucharistic Congress
National delegations gather in Budapest for the 34th Eucharistic Congress with American delegates meeting under Bishop Joseph Schrembs of Cleveland. High Mass in the oriental rite and an inter national conference on Eucharistia and Church Unity marked the day.
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Budapest
Joseph Schrembs
Cleveland
Report Missing Child Is Still Alive
NORTH TONAWANDA New York May 28 Police announced the four year old Betty Jane Hobbs missing since May 24 was alive. A woman admitted taking her to Columbus Ohio and leaving her there. Police had earlier said the girl drowned in the Niagara River and had detained two men who were later released.
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North Tonawanda
N. Y
Betty Jane Hobbs
Frederick A. Hoefert
Columbus
Niagara River
Lorain County Direct Relief Report Presented to Subcommittee
A Lorain County direct relief report was presented to a state legislative subcommittee studying relief costs and systems. The panel, including Rep James Coady, Charles Mauer, Bart Heck, and aides, heard that county admin costs run under 8 percent, with 12 percent statewide.
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Lorain County
State Legislative Committee
James F. Coady
Franklin County
Charles A. Mauer
Hamilton County
Bart Heck
Montgomery County
O. P. van Scheik
Joseph Ferguson
Coady
Chislers
Holmes
Otis Steel to Increase Employment Across Plants
Otis Steel Co. plans to bring two idle blast furnaces back into operation over the Memorial holiday weekend in Cleveland. One furnace will start tonight and the other Monday night. Workers currently on staggered shifts will receive more jobs as production resumes.
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Cleveland
Otis Steel Co
H. £. Robinson
Robinson
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Director of Public Safety
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Ray Nice
Paul Wein
Acme
Frank Hicks
U. S. Coast Guard School
FDR
Arthurdale
W. Va
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U.A.W
Burns
Theology
Edwin McNeill Poteat
Elyman
G.A. R
Davey
William C. Sudro
Leonard Smith
James Powell
Mason D. Smith
Schrembs
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