South Amherst school addition awarded and start date set
The South Amherst school board awarded contracts for adding to the South Amherst building on Thursday night. Construction will begin November 15 with funding from a bond issue and a $27 600 PWA grant. The project includes a gymnasium, shower rooms, a home economics area, and will divide the auditorium into two classrooms.
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South Am
South Amherst Board
Ati
Ution
Nector Board
Air Hall
Milo
Investigator for Relief Organization Quits
Mrs. Rachel McDaniels resigns as investigator for the county relief organization effective to become a Lorain public school nurse. She will join the Lorain Board of Education after civil service tests showed she was hired. McDaniels has long been involved in county relief work and is a registered nurse.
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Rachel McDaniels
McDaniels
Florain Schools
Lorain Board of Education
Four drivers face charges in reckless driving court
The report notes four arrests for reckless driving with two drivers fined and the others to appear in court Tuesday morning. Mayor D A ordered fines and costs assessed in the October 31 incident as detailed on Page 2.
Knights of Columbus Toy Shop sponsors charity drive
The Knights of Columbus announce a project to sponsor the “Toy top” program for needy children. A chair Russell yuoran secretary emas Sonthangl treasurer J. Seward and a committee list include J. J. Peltz John Merthy Hermany Elberts and others. About $30.06 has been spent in the summer for toys and supplies. the committee and officers meet Sunday afternoon at the K. C. club.
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Knights of Columbus
Chairan
Russell Yuoran
Emas Sonthangl
J. Seward
J. J. Peltz
John Merthy
Hermany
Pat) Elberts
Rigo
Robert Youngilas
M. Gamble
Af. Cairns
H. Stolthers
Wm. Young
Wm. Smith
Leo Schnore
J. C. George
Notley
Tom Welsh
Nurs
Wilet
K. C
Weather outlook unclear day ahead with light rain
Forecast notes cloudy conditions tonight with light rain aging to drizzle. Daytime Sunday appears cool with minor moisture and northerly features affecting North Portien. travel may be damp and brisk.
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Anja
Lorain County Pays C Arthur Brown for Bridge Grant Efforts
Lorain County trustees approved a $1 006 payment to C Arthur Brown for 16 months of work aimed at securing a federal grant for a new bridge on Erie avenue. The move ended a board deadlock after conflicts over the project and followed a lengthy push by commissioners Wickens and Davidson.
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Lorain County
Erie Avenue
Lorain
C. Arthur Brown
E. M. Wickens
John E. Davidson
Oscar G. Dunn
Davidson
Brown
Irt
Daviidson
State Highway Department
Roosevelt orders budget cuts to balance federal finances
President Roosevelt locks himself in at the White House to supervise the budget report for the next Congress. Acting Budget Director Daniel W. Bell will bring departmental estimates for review as Roosevelt aims for a balanced budget by the fiscal year starting July 1. He warns cabinet heads not to inflate estimates and plans a strict economy program before his southern cruise on November 17.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Congress
Daniel W. Bell
Increases Granted Workers In Worsted Mill
Providence Rhode Island November 7 About 1790 employees of the Stillwater Worsted Company were granted an immediate weekly wage increase of 33 to 3 dollars. The Stillwater company headed by Austin T. Lers operates several plants in Rhode Island. It was learned that several other Rhode Island corporations planned wage increases.
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Providence
R. I
Stillwater Worsted Company
Stillwater Company
Austin T. Lers
Rhode Island
Roosevelt Appeals For Generous Response To Chest Campaigns
President Roosevelt launches the 1926 mobilization for human needs in 339 cities urging a generous response to community chest campaigns. He notes rising national income and fewer poverty cases while calling on private agencies to fund welfare work for the year ahead. Gerard Swope stresses funding for spiritual health and character building.
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Cleveland
Roosevelt
White House
Gerard Swope
School Levies Approved By Close Margins
Official counts confirm two tight school levies survived by slim margins. Grafton levy passed 255 252 after official tally. Avon Lake bond rose slightly to 580 311 with 65 percent threshold at risk. Other townships showed no change. Oberlin fire truck bond and street lighting totals adjusted by small margins.
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Grafton
Avon Lake
Amherst Township
Amhersts Village
P Nrieid
Russia Township
Sheffield Lake
Henrietta Township
Oberlin
Steel Production Schedule Stays Same At Lorain
Lorain steel operations will run at current level with some reductions. Four blast furnaces and 11 open hearths stay in operation while the Bessemer converter runs triple shift and the rail mill is idle. Skelp mill No. 5 operates three days starting Monday. five and one half days for butt mills No. 2 and 6, lap mill No. 5, and seamless mills Nos. 1 and 2.
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Lorain Dlant
National Tube Company
Bessemer
Skelp Mill
Strike Outbreak Fatal To Picket
A strike picket named Einer Koppen a Norwegian seaman died from a skull fracture after a street fight on San Francisco docks during the Pacific Coast maritime strike Police arrested William Bonillas on murder charges Koppen died in hospital and the incident marked the first major violence of the strike spreading fear of further clashes involving thousands of seamen and related workers.
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San Francisco
Tpa
Pacific Coast
Einer Koppen
San Franciso
William Bonillas
Koppen
National Steel Co Grants Wage Increases for All Employees
National Steel Corp announces increases averaging about 19 percent for 23,000 employees and subsidiaries. The raises take effect midmonth, disclosed by E. T. Weir, chairman. Pittsburgh report notes broader company-wide impact.
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National Steel Co
National Steel Corporation
E. T. Weir
W National Steel
Pittsburgh
A V.—Waze
TVA Loses Bid to Dismiss Private Power Suit
Federal Judge John J. Gore overruled TVA motion to dismiss a suit by 19 private power companies challenging the constitutionality of the TVA Act. The Cookeville Tenn report notes the decision today ending TVA's bid to avoid the case.
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Cookeville, Tenn
Chi
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
John J. Gore
Appeals Court Upholds Six Verdicts Here
The Court of Appeals affirmed six Lorain County Common Pleas Court verdicts tied to auto and railway incidents. Roberts include William A. Daniels v Norwalk Truck Line for 56000, Robert C. Sullivan v NY Chicago and St Louis Railroad for 250900, A C Roessler v Romeo Pump, A W Francis v David Gauss, Esther Neufer v Industrial Commission, and Louis J Heisler and Jean Heisler v Conrad Wiegand with rulings favoring defendants in several cases.
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Lorain County Common Pleas Court
Court of Appeals
William A. Daniels
Norwalk
Ridgeville
Lorain
Robert C. Sullivan
New York, Chicago and
Str. Louis
Sullivan
Baltimore and Ohio
Raiiroad
A. C. Roessler
Lakewood
Romeo Pump Company
Common Pleas
A. W. Francis
Elyria
Francis
David Gauss
Industrial Commission of Ohio
Esther Neufer
Louis J
Jean Heisler
Conrad Wiegand
Judge disqualifies himself to hear Maxwell venue petition
Wise Virginia November 1 Judge H W Skeen disqualified himself after Edith Maxwell's lawyers filed a change of venue petition for the second trial on charges she struck her father with a slipper during a family quarrel. The judge learned he is a fourth cousin once removed of Trigg Maxwell and said he could not preside.
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Wise
H W. Skeen
Edith Maxwell
Sheen
Miss Maxwell
Trigg Maxwell
Court House to Undergo Interior Renovation in WPA Project
Lorain County court house will receive a full interior cleaning and renovation funded entirely by federal WPA money. Estimated at 4919 dollars, the work will cover walls floors woodwork desks tables chairs and furnishings including curtains and upholstery.
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Lorain Counix
Court House
Gost
Rat Attack in Crib Wounds Four Month Old Baby
In Cleveland on November 7 a four month old, Nancy Deerdorf, was found with a bleeding hand after physicians said a rat chewed the hand. The child's parents Mr and Mrs Ray Deerdorf rushed her to a hospital where doctors treated the wound and cauterized it. A rat was found in the baby's crib when the parents returned home.
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Cleveland
Nancy Deerdorf
Ray Deerdorf
Nancy
Steel and Tubes announces nationwide wage raise
Steel and Tubes Inc. announces a wage increase effective November 16 1956. Henry Wicks president states rates rise five and one half cents per hour in lower wage brackets with other rates adjusted upward by at least five and a half cents per hour or more. The increases affect 450 employees in the Erie district after negotiations with representatives.
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Henry Wicks
Cee
Steel and Tubes, Inc
Republic Steel
Wick
Elrria
Funds Run Dry as 27 Springfield Schools Shut Indefinitely
In Springfield Ohio on November 7, 27 public school buildings closed with no clear path to reopening. Board president Dr C W Evans said no further borrowing possible after only 346000 of 1020000 notes sold, leaving 12300 pupils idle after a levy defeat. Teachers claim they cannot work unpaid, and a new levy may be placed in a special election to restore funding.
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Springfield
C. W. Evans
Springsfield Board of Education
E. X. Dietrich
Springfield Board
Evans
George A. Sehurr
Springfield Teachers’ Federation
H. L. Stevens
Seedonis
Parents Urge P T A Council Meeting Over School Closing
Members of the Bish Parent Teacher Association voted to urge the Springfield P T A council to call a meeting for discussion of all issues in connection with the school closing.
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Bish Parent- Teacher Association
Springfield P. T. A. Council
Four Women Elected To Ohio Legislature in 1957
Four women will sit in Ohio's lower house for 1957 58, one more than in the current session. Blance E Hower loses her seat, while Alma Smith Ruth Lloyd are re elected, and two new members Anna F ONeil and Eva Fuller are named, with Fuller succeeding her late husband Hugh R Fuller.
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Columbus
Blanche E. Hower
Summit Country
Alma Smith
di Cavahogsa
Ruth Lloyd
di Srioio
Anna F. Oneil
Sammh
Eva Fuller
Trumhall County
Fuller
Hugh R R. Fuller
Mar
First Baptist Church Plans Hundredth Anniversary Week
The First Baptist Church marks its centennial with events November 22 to 26. Former pastors including Johnson Nichols and Bothem are invited to speak, with history readings and screenings planned. Revered R. W. Neighbor and Dr. R. E. Neighbor expect many former members to return, join current congregants, and renew ties during the celebration.
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First Baptist Church
Charles W. Ives
Speena
R. W. Neighbor
George W. Johnson
Detroi, Mich
O. G. Nichols
Sprimefield, HL
RR. T. Boteham
Gary
Ind
R. E. Neighbor
South
Etter Shapp
Rebel columns claim Madrid objective as clash spreads
Reports from London Lisbon and Paris indicate General Jose Varela's rebel forces advancing toward Madrid. Rebels report entries into the outskirts and control of key objectives, while government troops resist in central Madrid with air and ground engagements.
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London
Telegraph
EL Ae
Jose Varela
Puerta Plaza
Spain Cabinet Flees Madrid for Valencia Emergency Government
Madrid reports the cabinet fled to Valencia to establish an emergency government as nationalist forces threaten the capital. Russian Ambassador and staff evacuated to an exterior embassy amid the siege, while a war committee seized Madrid and prepared for heavy urban fighting.
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Spain
Valencia
United Press
Madrid
Marcel Rosenberg
Delin
Fosdick
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