U S Embassy Staff to Evacuate Madrid by Thursday
Charge D Affaires Eric C. Wendelin says embassy staff must stay in Madrid two more days amid bombing threats. American nationals in Madrid offered safe transport to Valencia, where new headquarters will be set up, while the embassy remains open for those who stay. About 170 Americans are in Madrid and few plan to leave. A Nationalist radio station claims the cruiser Canarias sank a foreign merchantman off Barcelona.
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Washington
U. P
Madrid
Eric C. Wendelin
State Department
Wendelin
Valencia
Gibraltar
Seville
Canarias
Barcelona
Loyalist claim German warship torpedoed cruiser Miguel De Cervantes
Valencia dispatch reports the Spanish loyalist government accusing Germany of torpedoing the cruiser Miguel De Cervantes at Cartagena Harbor. It cites a German destroyer near the port and torpedo fragments not of Spanish or Italian manufacture, presenting a formal cabinet drafted communique.
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United Press
Valencia
Spain
Miguel de Cervantes
Cartagena
Italy
Germany
Ohio tax department trims staff amid funding shortfall
In Columbus on November 24, Ohio tax officials faced exhausted funds and dismissed 60 employees from the tax administration and gasoline tax divisions. About 700 more workers faced an enforced leave before Christmas. Also reporting 21 of 49 from the tax administration and 34 of 69 from the gasoline tax division laid off. Five were dismissed in the lottery tax division.
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Columbus
Ohio
President Roosevelt to land in Buenos Aires for Pan-American Conference
President Roosevelt will land in Buenos Aires at 1:30 p m on Monday November 30 aboard the USS Indianapolis for the Pan American Conference opening. He will begin with a three day stay in Buenos Aires and then visit Mar Del Plata on departure.
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Buenos Aires
Roosevelt
Mar del Plata
U. S
Alexander Weddell
U. S. S. Indianapolis
Ohio Weather Report Cloudy with light rain then snow
Forecast shows cloudy conditions in Ohio with light rain late tonight into Wednesday turning to snow on Wednesday. Temperatures rise tonight then fall sharply on Wednesday and stay cold through Thursday. Warming occurs tonight before a colder Wednesday and a dry but frigid Thursday.
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Ohio
British Request Is Ignored By Franco Over Barcelona Zone
Paris dispatch reports General Francisco Franco rejected a British demand for a neutral zone at Barcelona. Britain renewed its plea after noting Franco recognized safety zones at Alicante Valencia and other Loyalist ports but omitted Barcelona. Ambassador Sir Henry Chilton conveyed the exchange by telephone from Biarritz.
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Paris
Francisco Franco
Barcelona
Great Britain
Henry Chilton
Spain
United States
Biarritz
Franco
Chilton
Alicante
Valencia
Labor Secretary Reports Jump in Factory Payrolls in 1936
Frances Perkins announced a 566 percent rise in factory payrolls for the 1936 fiscal year, with October weekly paychecks totaling 180,745,090 dollars. Employment reached 96.5 percent of the 1923 25 average, the highest since 1930, as wage earners climbed to 8,075,500 in manufacturing.
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Washington
Frances Perkins
Miss Perkins
East North Central
Pacific Coast
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Man from Troy Indicted for Embezzling at White Motor Co
Harold Schaum a 30 year old from Troy Ohio was indicted by the Cuyahoga county grand jury on embezzling 3500 from the White Motor Co where he worked sixteen years as a cashier He admitted taking 2200 to cover gambling losses and is jailed in default of bond in Cleveland Ohio
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Cleveland
Harold Schaum
Troy
Ohio
Cuyahoga County
Grand Jury
White Motor Co
Schaum
Findlay Holdup Nets Robbers $900
Police chase two well dressed gunmen who robbed County Prosecutor elect Robert B Fuller and two employees at the Findlay Citizens Budget Co. in a washroom, escaping with $900. The prosecutor and two cashiers were released ten minutes later by Clell Miller after their shouts alerted him. The robbers entered the building shortly before closing time yesterday.
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Findlay
Robert B. Fuller
Findlay Citizens Budget Co
Joseph Leatherman
Nina Coldren
Clell Miller
Nobel Peace Prizes Given to Ossietzky and Saavedra Lamas
Oslo announces 1935 Nobel Peace Prize to Carl von Ossietzky, German pacifist released from Nazi camps, and 1936 prize to Carlos Saavedra Lamas Argentine Foreign Minister. Ossietzky’s health remains fragile while Saavedra Lamas is noted for the Gran Chaco peace efforts and Bolivian Paraguayan war work.
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Oslo
Norway
Carl von Ossietzky
Carlos Saavedra Lamas
Ossietzky
Berlin
Br. Saavedra Lamas
Europe
Saavedra Lamas
Gran Chaco
Buenos Aires
Roosevelt
Sailying
Woodrow Wilson
League of Nations
Frank B. Kellogg
Aristide Briand
Germany
Halvdan Koht
Johann Mowinckel
Nobel Peace Committee
Audrey
Weltbuehne
Department of Propaganda and Public Enlightenment
Ossietzki
Robel
Nazi Germany
Protest Reduction In Alowance For Memorial Day
An American Legion protest over receiving only 40 from the county for Memorial Day expenses was presented to the county commissioners by George Tattersall and Robert Neal. Officials said a restricted appropriation of 860 funds forced pro rating among all eligible organizations.
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American Legion
Board of County Commissioners
George Tattersall
Robert Neal
Lorain
Edith Maxwell To Face Second Trial In Wise
Edith Maxwell, 22, former school teacher, prepares for a second trial in Wise Virginia where she was convicted last year of killing her father Trigg Maxwell with a slipper. After an all day hearing Judge Ezra T. Carter overruled a change of venue request and set December 9 for the retrial.
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Wise
Edith Maxwell
Trigg Maxwell
Ezra T. Carter
Defends Honor In Two Duels In Hungary
Dr. Franz Sargas defended his honor and his wife against marriage-for-money charges by fighting two pistol duels near Budapest. He wounded Szandor Cowac in the hand at 15 paces. the second duel with Aladar Hosmetl ended with both missing. Duels occurred in a meadow near Au Winkel a mile from the city with ten spectators. An umpire warned that Hungarian law prohibits duels.
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Budapest
Franz Sargas
Szandor Cowac
Hosmett
Cowac
Sargas
Au- Winkel
United Press
Two Appointed To Fire Dept
Safety Service Director I. D. Faxon announced the two new Elsprna Fire Department appointees. John R. Dillman, 26, and Robert H. Curtis, 25, were chosen from four certified candidates after civil service exams. Dillman is a former Elyria High football star, married. Curtis is son of ex-city councilman Carl Curtis, Elyria High graduate, unmarried, living with parents. Appointments take effect December 1.
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I. D. Faxon
Elsrna Fire Department
John R. Dillman
East Avenue
Robert H. Curtis
West Second Street
Dillman
Curtis
Director Faxon
Elyria High School
Carl Curtis
Elyria High
Believe 15 Lost Lives In Landslide
In Juneau Alaska residents of the landslide area feared more falls after a Sunday night slide that may have killed 14 or 15 people. The town mourned seven bodies in the morgue and others remained buried in mud while Mt. Roberts loomed as a warning.
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Juneau
Alaska
Mt. Roberts
Meyer Says Roosevelt in Most Difficult Spot in 100 Years
Dr. Jacob Meyer of Western Reserve University in a TY W C A lecture argues Roosevelt faces the hardest position in a century with four years of near no opposition in Congress He warns against post election financial expectations and questions if Roosevelt will seek a 1940 third term.
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Jacob Meyer
Western Reserve University
Meyer
Roosevelt
Congress
Baptist Centennial Celebrated At First Church Elyria
The First Baptist Church in Elyria marks a century with a packed service audience and reminiscences. Judge A R Webber recalls builders and early figures while organist Annie Everard returns after fifty years.
Elyria Community Chest Campaign Closes with $60,949 Pledged
Elyria’s Community Chest formally closed this afternoon after workers reported a total of $60,949.76 pledged, short by $34,336.24 from the $60,286 goal. The industrial division led with $32,717.05, and several companies and teams posted notable totals. Campaign heads thanked volunteers as final reports highlighted contributions from West’s Team, Mrs. Mason’s team, and the Thorough staffing across divisions.
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Elyria
Western Automatic Machine Screw Company
Thew Shovel and Universal Crane Company
Colson Corporation
Fox Furnace Company
Steel and Tubes, Inc
Timms Spring Company
Pfaudler Company
American Lace Manufacturing Co
Elyria Foundry Company
General Industries Company
Harshaw Chemical Company
Perri- Fay Company
Troxel Manufacturing Company
West
High
A. H. West
Robert T. Moore
J. A. Mason
F. A. Smythe
Helen Crehore
S. J. Birkbeck
Fauver
Harry L. Reynolds
E. F. Ailen
Florence Hannaford
O. J. Shafer
T. L. Moise
D. A. Baird
W. B. Tims
A. J. Plocher
Frances Barbour
Richard F. Stevens
Couch-Uthe Co
Chronicle-Telegram
Duplex Manufacturing and Foundry Co
Electro-Al
Bees Fill Locked Box at San Jose Church
The Rev. Father Edward McCallister opened the poor box after four years to find it sealed by a swarm of bees. Inside he discovered fifty dollars in cash among the honey and comb.
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San Jose
Cal
Edward McCallister
Elyria Community Chest Thanks Contributors
The Elyria Community Chest Inc expresses heartfelt thanks to about 5600 contributors to conserve funds raised this year. Campaign Chairman Worth A. Fanmer notes the decision avoids postage and letter preparation costs while ensuring beneficiaries can continue services in the coming year.
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Aeworthy
S the Chest
Elyria Community Chest, Inc
Worth A. Fanmer
Elyria Children Create Posters for Community Chest Drive
Elyria youths produced posters with varied themes from sports figures to Chest symbols to depict service by beneficiary institutions. About 53 posters hung in the M C A dining room as reports traced campaign progress, with hundreds more artworks from schools. The schools division reported £2 352.44 pledged by teachers and students yesterday.
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Elyria
Community Chest
M.C. A
Helen Crehore
Hunting Accident Fatal for 12 Year Old Near Springfield
Jack Scott Jr. aged 12 of Route 3 Washington D. H. died in a Springfield hospital from a 72 shot wound received while hunting with his brother William 16 and Floyd Kennan Jefferson high school athletic coach.
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Springfield. O
Jack Scott, Jr
Reoute 3
Washington D. H
William
Floyd Kennan
Jefferson High School
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