Armory Site Approved At Lorain County Fair Grounds
Lorain County Agricultural Society members approved a potential armory site on the fair grounds pending definite arrangements with state and city officials. No Elyria armory details yet. A committee studied possibilities, and 10 director petitions were filed for the November 26 meeting. Seven directors will be elected, taking office December 21. Names include D A Wilmot, William Struck, George L Richwine, A L Richwine, E L Pierce, Earl Jameson, Erwin Bachman, Donald Northemm, S P Mason, and C W Wise.
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Lorain County Agricultural Society
Elyria
The
Agricultural Society
Court House
D. A. Wilmot
William Struck
George L. Richwine
A. L. Richwine
E. L. Pierce
Earl Jameson
Wellington Township
Erwin Bachman
Donald Northemm
Brownhelm Township
S. P. Mason
Carlisle Township
C W. Wise
Grafton Township
Elyma High School Band To Debut Bell Lyre
Elyma High School will debut a bell lyre in its field show during the Elyma Loraine football game. Music director J Martin Beck says the instrument will lead Jack Elton, at the band head, just behind the drum major. The bell lyre is noted for its enhanced performance of the alma mater.
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Elyma High School
Elyma-Lorain
J Martin Beck
Jack Elton
Beck
Fellow Firemen To Be Pall Bearers For Ed S Stokes
Ed A Stokes 46 died suddenly at home. Fire dept member 18 years. Pallbearers: fellow firefighters. Funeral 1 PM Saturday Nichols Funeral Home. Burial Sunset Memorial Park North Olmsted. Survived by wife Helen three daughters Annabelle Patricia Ann and Hazel two grandchildren mother Belle Stokes brothers Harry Gibson sisters Edna twin Viola. Body at Nichols then Stokes home noon Friday then back to funeral home Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edson A. Stokes
Fire Department
Nichols Funeral
Will J. Foster
Church of Christ
Sunset Memorial Park
North Olmsted
Mr. Stokes
I.O O. F
Eagles Lodge
Elyria
Helen Stokes
Annabelle
Patricia Ann
Hazel Fink
Belle Stokes
Harry Russell
Gibson
Edna Neal
Viola Lewis
Nichols Funeral Home
Stokes
Fairlawn Avenue
Funeral
Meteor Cast Green Glare Across Three States
A green glowing meteor lit the sky from California to New Mexico last night, seen by airline pilots as it moved eastward. Residents and authorities flooded police and airport offices with calls, initially thought to be a falling plane due to its bright, sputtering trail.
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Los Angeles
California
New Mexico
Weather outlook for Ohio and surrounding regions
Intermittent rain tonight and Friday with slightly warmer conditions in the west and south. Frigid air returns Friday night and Friday afternoon in the west. Much colder Saturday. Light to moderate precipitation reported east of the Mississippi and in the far northwest. Cooler in the Canadian Prairie provinces, Montana, and North Dakota.
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Ohio
Ontario
Plains States
Atlantic Coast
Pacific Coast
Mississippi
Ohio Valley
Atlantic States
Canadian Prairie
Montana
North Dakota
Poultry thieves warned by Franklin County sheriff
Columbus Ohio November 17 Thanksgiving turkeys will cost about the same from dealers or butchers. But thieves may face a 500 dollar fine and up to three years in prison under a new law as Sheriff Jacob Sandusky of Franklin County launches a pre Thanksgiving poultry theft drive.
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Columbus
Jacob Sandusky
Franklin County
Mother Accidentally Shoots Six Months Old Daughter
In Jackson Kentucky on November 17, Mrs Albert Johnson reportedly shot and killed her six month old daughter while the infant lay in her sister’s arms at their White Pine home. The fatal shot occurred when Mrs Johnson placed a .22 calibre gun on a wall nail. The child died from a head wound and the Johnson family was to appear before Breathitt County Grand Jury to explain the circumstances.
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Jackson
Albert Johnson
White Pine
Johnson
Breathitt Counts
Grand
Mother Reunites With Son After 32 Years In Cincinnati
Mrs. Sarah Winkler, from Sao Paulo, Brazil, travels 6,000 miles to Cincinnati to meet her son Jack English, last seen in a 1906 London divorce court. After tracing via a baby photo, they reunite at the railroad station with relatives present. Mrs. Winkler plans to live with English and his wife.
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Cincinnati
London
Sarah Winkier
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Jack English
America
Winkler
Argentina
South America
Cleveland
New CIO Faces Explosive Issue at Pittsburgh Convention
The CIO meeting in Pittsburgh on November 17 moved to adopt a broad social program aligned with New Deal aims while pledging strict observance of contracts. Homer Martin pledged full compliance with auto industry contracts as delegates addressed criticism of past labor relations and debated admitting Works Progress Administration workers. Miss Josephine Roche urged health as a national asset amid convention adjournment.
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Pittsburgh
Congress of Industrial Organizations
CIO
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers of America
Works Progress Administration
Workers’ Alliance
David Lasser
Josephine Roche
Colorado
Roosevelt
Defense Issue Paramount In FDR's Mind
Roosevelt will make continental defense the keynote of the 76th Congress in January. Officials say his defense plan will be the broadest and most far-reaching of his proposals, stressing a continental factor including Canada and Latin America alongside the United States. Work on finalizing the program continues amid growing support from affected nations.
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Wahington
Roosevelt
Congress
Canada
Central
South America
United States
White House
Berlin Paper Calls FDR Garrulous Leader
Berlin, Nov 17 Be Am Mittag attacks President Roosevelt as the garrulous president linking Pan American Conference aims to U.S. power. It charges Washington presses a huge agitation and uses Lima talks to promote North American capital, protection, and air rearmament propaganda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Be Am Mittag
Roosevelt
Lima
United States
United States of North America
Washington
Society Girl Ends Life After Seeing Moving Picture
Springfield society girl Elizabeth H. Dorr, 22, a post debutante daughter of an investment broker, died at home after reportedly ingesting poison. She had seen the film Young Dr Kildare hours earlier, where a girl attempts suicide but is revived. doctors estimate she died about ten hours before discovery in the family garage.
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Springfield
Mass
Dr. Kildare
Elizabeth H. Dorr
Levesque Faces Trial Over $200 Bribe Charge
Lewiston Maine mayor Donat J. Levesque 52 is to stand trial Monday on a charge of accepting a $200 bribe. Indicted by Androscoggin County grand jury for alleged misconduct the mayor pleaded not guilty and was released on $5,000 bail. The claim states he accepted $200 from dentist Victor A. Caron for backing Caron’s twin brother Frederic as city health officer. Two aldermen and a former member earning 11 months in jail pled guilty to taking bribes from the dentist who then became a key witness.
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Lewiston
Donat J. Levesque
Androscoggin Grand Jury
Maine
Levesque
Victor A. Caron
Frederic J. Caron
Fate of Mrs Hahn Now Up to Governor Davey
In Columbus Nov 17 Anna Marie Hahn a 32 year old Cincinnati woman who poisoned to death is slated for execution by electric chair on Dec 7 the date set by the Ohio Supreme Court. The fate rested today with Governor Davey who could grant extensions commute the sentence or grant a pardon. His office indicated he would not comment while he was away from the city for several days.
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Columbus. O
Anna Marie Hahn
Cincinnati
Ohio Supreme Court
Davey
Judge Findley To Speak At Elyria Chest Luncheon
Lorain County Common Pleas Judge Guy B. Findley will address Elyria Community Chest workers at the YMCA tomorrow at noon for the second report luncheon. The campaign seeks 582,209 for the city’s charitable and welfare groups, with pledges collected to sustain services for the needy.
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Guy B. Findley
Lorain County Common Pleas Court
Elyria Community Chest
Judge Findley
Community Chest
Elyria Community Chest, Inc
Detention Quarters Proposed On Third Floor of Lorain Jail
Lorain County Board of Visitors urged constructing juvenile detention quarters on the jail’s third floor to separate youths from adults. The plan envisions three rooms for eight beds, with boys and girls kept apart, away from the main jail yet served by its facilities. The board also urged painting jail cells and the Oberlin Children’s Home, updating laundry equipment, and bridge repairs at Pleasant View Sanatorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County Board of Visitors
H. H. Nye
C. L. Sotherden
J. J. Smythe
Smythe
Oberlin
Pleasant View
Sotherden and Smythe
Henry Pfaff, Jr
H. C. Burrell
Sheffield Lake
Husband Of Missing Maxine Barbour Bonded As Witness
Samuel Barbour alias Samuel Gatti aged 39 of Loraine is held under 2500 bond as a material witness in the bribery case involving his wife Maxine Barbour alias Penny Morgan and former Sheriff William Grall. Barbour could not post bond and was returned to the county jail. Grall and Barbour were indicted for bribery over a $30 payoff on June 15 to permit operating an immoral house. Grall is free on 2500 bond awaiting trial. Barbour disappeared the day before her indictment. Sheriff Finegan said leads are being checked to locate her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Barbour
Samuel Gatti
Lorain
Common Pleas
D. A. Cook
Maxine Barbour
Penny Morgan
William F. Grall
Barbour
Howard R. Butler
Grall
Carl R. Finegan
Posse Finds Six Year Old Boy Unharmed in Chandler
CHANDLER Ind Nov 17 A posse found six year old Ivan Brooks Jr frightened but unharmed one night after he wandered six miles from home through rough country with his dog He failed to return from a tramp and was found cold and hungry despite his ordeal by searchers and volunteers.
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Chandler
Ind
Ivan Brooks, Jr
Ivan
Prominent Cleveland Lawyer Dies at 79
Alton C. Dustin, a respected Cleveland attorney who retired from practice in 1932, died today at age 79. Born in Richfield, he was educated in Summit and Medina counties and attended Ohio Wesleyan and Western Reserve universities. The funeral is set for Saturday.
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Cleveland, O
Alton C. Dustin
Cleveland
Richfield
Summit
Medina County
Ohio Wesleyan
Western Reserve
Future Of Ohio's Democrats To Be Discussed
In Columbus on November 17 the state Democratic leaders announce a New York conference Monday to chart the party's future. James Farley DNC chairman invites Charles Sawyer national candidate for governor Mildred Jaster national committeewoman and Arthur Limbach state chairman to discuss party plans and the forthcoming Jackson Day dinner in January.
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Columbus
Ohio
New York
James Farley
Democratic National Committee
Charles Sawyer
Mildred Jaster
Arthur Limbach
Earthquake near Aleutian region reported by Joliat
Temblor recorded near the Aleutian Islands off Alaska is reported by Father J S Joliat, a seismologist at John Carroll University. He notes the tremor at 11 10 P M yesterday was not as strong as the prior quake and likely due to further crust adjustment in the region.
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Cleveland
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
J. S. Joliat
John Carroll University
Bellevue Faces Threat Of Water Shortage
Bellevue Ohio stands on drought alert as no rain since August forces use of emergency water from deep wells. The city with about 7000 people normally consumes 1.25 million gallons daily. Four large reservoirs would hold a six month supply under normal conditions. Weather and rainfall remain critical as officials urge relief by next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellevue
U S recalls its attache to Berlin in move against Jews
Berlin reports the United States recalled commercial attache Douglas Miller as anti Jewish measures escalate. Miller, a longtime Reich specialist, ordered to return with family by January 1. Assistant Robert M. Stephenson to assume duties. Der Angriff announces decree targeting Jewish tenants with 8,000 Berlin homes to be vacated.
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Berlin
United States
Roosevelt
Hugh R. Wilson
Paris
Washington
Douglas Miller
Robert M. Stephenson
Miller
Germany
Reich
der Angriff
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation Takes Up Tax Problem
Columbus meeting opens as Perry L. Green notes 6000 expected attendees for a two day session. Resolution calls temporary taxes haphazard and argues relic schools and old age pensions underfinanced while R W Blackburn and Prof J Raymond Schutz are slated speakers and a 1000-voice chorus performs. Awards and a women’s breakfast are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Perry L. Green
Ohio
R. W. Blackburn
American Farm Bureau Federation
J. Raymond Schutz
Manchester College
Charges Senator Elect Is Communist
Richard Eagar a Detroit auto worker told the House committee that Stanley Novak newly elected Michigan state senator is a Communist. Eagar named Detroit West Side United Automobile Workers officials as party members and claimed Communist control of Turnstedt union policy. He described Walter Reuther as a revolutionary socialist.
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Washington
Richard Eagar
Detroit Automobile
House Committee
Stanley Novak
Michigan
Novak
Eagar
Sen. Vandenberg
Mich
Detroit West Side
United Automobile Workers Union
Communist Party
UAW
Turnstedt
General Motors Corp
Walter Reuther
West Side
Navy calls for bids on new dirigible for training use
The Navy Department issued a call for bids to build a new airship for training service. Bids are to be opened February 2. Specs specify about 325 feet in length and gas capacity near 1,000,000 cubic feet. The move follows a Congressional mandate to continue experiments with dirigibles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
Congress
No Reprieve For Condemned Man
Washington news item reports the U S Supreme Court refusing to intervene in the case of James Dalhover condemned to die in the electric chair in Michigan City Indiana tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
James Dalhover
Michigan City
Ind
Protests Against Persecution Of Jews Renewed
Protests against persecution of Jews in Germany were renewed today with liberal groups urging severance of trade ties and boycotts of German goods. The United Palestine Appeal raised nearly $100,000 for Jewish refugees at its Night of Stars in Madison Square Garden, which extended past midnight. Mayor LaGuardia appointed a Nazi guardian squad of Jewish police to guard the German consulate and German property, led by Capt. Max Finkelstein, Lieut. Jacob Lickers, and Sgt. Isaac Goldstein. Prominent Catholics denounced Nazi atrocities in a nationwide radio broadcast, stressing the persecution of Jews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Germany
United Palestine Appeal
Madison Square Garden
F. H. LaGuardia
s#ps
Max Finkelstein
Jacob Lickers
Isaac Goldstein
Anglo American Trade Pact To Be Signed Today
Washington November 17 The United States signs pivotal trade pacts with Canada and the United Kingdom today. Prime Minister Mackenzie King will sign a revision with the United States while Sir Ronald Lindsay will formalize the Anglo American pact aimed at reducing barriers and boosting democratic trade theory. Secretary Hull’s diplomacy is hailed as a triumph as the U S reaches 20 such agreements covering about 60 percent of national trade. Signing is set for 4 p m in the White House.
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Washington
U.K
United States
United Kingdom
Canada
MacKenzie King
Ronald Lindsay
Hull
Great Britain
Cordell Hull
White House
Roosevelt
Hitler Fails To Speak At Vom Rath Funeral
In Düsseldorf on a grim ceremony Germany’s Adolf Hitler and top Nazis paid tribute to Ernnst Vom Rath. Hitler did not speak at the service held in Rheinhalle Planetarium as Ernst Bohle delivered the funeral oration.
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Hitler
Vom Rath
Duesseldorf
Germany
von Rath
Berlin
Deer Hunter Fires On Own Car In Mishap
PETOSKEY Mich Nov 17 A deer hunter who refused to give his name said he parked in a ravine and covered the radiator with a deer skin to ward off cold then hunted a buck. He shot and hit a deer but found his car instead with the radiator riddled by bullets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petoskey
Mich
Child suffocates in Shaker Heights cradle incident
Five month old Noah W. Fiesler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer W. Fiesler of Shaker Heights, suffocated while sleeping when a blanket slipped over his head. Fire rescue squads spent over an hour trying to revive him after his mother found him unconscious in his bassinette during the morning feeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Noah W. Fiesler
Elmer W. Fiesler
Shaker Heights
Rescue Plan For 700000 Jews Sought
London reports that Neville Chamberlain aims to settle 700000 German Jews in British colonies. Britain plans to use land in colonies, with US private funds to finance migration, targeting about 150 million dollars. An Anglo American agreement on details is near, with a two week timetable to submit to a five power directorate.
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Chamberlain
Britain
United States
Germany
British Guiana
London
Great Britain
Neville Chamberlain
Nazi Germany
Intergovernmental
Joseph Kennedy
Inter-governmental
Jew Committee
France
Lord Winterton
Fivepower
Netherlands
Brazil
Sidetrack Sidetrack Third Term Resolution
At the CIO convention in Pittsburgh on November 17 a move to endorse a third term for President Roosevelt was sidetracked by CIO leaders. Lee Pressman, CIO counsel and resolutions chief, said a measure on the administration and political subjects would be submitted, though the CIO stance remains unsettled among some unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Roosevelt
CIO
Lee Pressman
Resolutions Committee
Seventeen State Employees Enter Not Guilty Pleas
In Columbus, seventeen of eighteen state employees named by a special grand jury on soliciting campaign contributions from civil service workers entered new not guilty pleas before Judge John R. King in Franklin County Common Pleas Court. Trials set to begin December 1. Charles H. Hubbell of Cleveland did not appear to enter a plea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Davey
John RK. King
Franklin County Common Pleas Court
Charles H. Hubbell
Cleveland
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E. H. S. Band
Bulletin
Fdr
Mrs. Hahn
Posse
Temblor
U.S
House of Commons
Tanganyika
East Africa
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