Elyria Faces Serious 1934 Financial Crisis
Elyria confronts a grave budget year as revenue from taxes drops sharply and the city must prepare for service cuts. Mayor Vanoster warns residents that garbage collection street lighting police and fire protection could be reduced without relief from new taxes or sources. The city's tax base has declined from 57 million in 1930 to about 34.5 million for next year with a 15 mill cap constraining rate adjustments.
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W. H. Vanoster
Elyria
Nhat
Tis
Vanoster
Large producing gas well drilled near LaPorte
A large gas well on the Frank Kovarik farm a mile south of LaPorte flowed 5.5 million cu ft daily after reaching gas at 2430 feet with 19 feet of productive sand. Drilled by C A McMillen with local financing, it is the 18th paying well in the area and among the best recently drilled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Kovarik
LaPorte
C. A. McMillen
Elyria
McMillen
Kovarik
Lotain County
Avon
E. R. Edson
Lake Wood
Ridgeville
C. J. Minor
Sandusky
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Weather forecast notes east rain and warmer southwest
Increasing cloudiness brings rain to the east Wednesday with rain starting late tonight or Wednesday. Temperatures rise in the southwest, while the Lake Erie region turns colder tonight and the northeast cools further on Wednesday.
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Lake Erie
Government to Seize Liquor Industry Under Federal Control
Washington november 28 government to assume full control of the liquor industry next week under a federal alcohol control administration created in an a a marketing agreement signed by President Roosevelt at warm springs georgia last night. the distillers code aims to curb bootlegging and abuses while not limiting state regulatory authority. the administration will issue licenses regulate prices manage capacity and production and audit liquor manufacturers’ books. this move follows opposition from distillers and precedes permanent legislation by congress.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Congress
California Lynch mob: leaders spared as Hart killers slain
In San Jose townsfolk returned to routine after the Sunday lynching of Brooke Hart's killers Thomas Thurmond and John Holmes. Gov Rolph condoned the hangings and pledged no arrests, while Sheriff Emig lay injured and officials judged no immediate action possible.
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San Jose
Cal
Brooke Hart
Young Hart
Thomas Thurmond
John Holmes
Old County
St. James Park
Hart
Alex J. Hart
San Francisco Bay
James Rolph, Jr
Rolph
Legion Seeks 1854 Members in Ohio Drive
Master Jackie Elton to entertain Legion members at Legion Home on Ohio Street during Barnyard Night as Commander James J. Elemes notes the event as part of the annual celebration. County Bridge League forms. Joe Pallardy leads recruitment with over a score of new and old members. Target deadline is December 31, 1933, to meet Ohio Department quota.
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Jackie” Elton
American Legion
the Legion
Ohio Street
James J. Elemes
David P. Hyman
County
American Legion Bridge League
Elemes
Joe Pallardy
Department of Ohio
Une
Maryland Governor Orders Arrest Of Lynchers
Maryland Governor Albert C Ritchie orders martial law to arrest nine mob leaders in Princess Anne after a lynching. National Guard and State Police seize homes, search buildings and roads, detain several suspected ringleaders, while others flee. Officials cite secrecy and fear of a whitewash from a secret grand jury.
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Princess Anne
Albert C. Ritchie
John B. Robins
Govern 20
Fifty Infantry Regiment
Maryland National Guard
Baltimore
Ritchie
James Rolph, Jr
California
San Jose
Calif
School Grounds To Be Improved Under CWA Program
Elyria will start Edison School grounds improvement tomorrow with 15 workers under the CWA plan. Other approved projects include Jefferson Junior High School athletic field and Allen School grounds. Minor work at Roosevelt, Garfield, and McKinley Schools is planned, with possible high school athletic field roadway. funding limits delay full completion but groundwork may proceed for later finish.
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Elyria
CWA
Edison
Lake Avenue
James F. Brown
Jefferson
Allen
Roosevelt
Garford
McKinley
Athleticield
Community Chest pledge coupon for Elyria 1934 drive
A pledge coupon states a donor will increase contributions to the Elyria Community Chest for 1934 with payments planned monthly quarterly semi annual or annually. It directs mailing the coupon to Community Service Council at 110 Middle Ave for processing.
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Elyria
Community Chest
Community Service Council
Middle Ave
Hewitt Heads Committee to Fill Stockings
A Elyria drive plans about 400 Braweries baskets and a roughly 1000 dollar fund to supply Christmas meals. The Not-An-Emp ty-Stocking-Fund committee met at the Council chamber to form an organized effort with a mayoral office meeting set for December 4. Names and roles include Jax A Hewitt as chairman and D. W. Seward as distribution lead, with registration by Captain Avery of the Salvation Army and a call to involve churches, fraternal groups, and ex servicemen.
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Elyria
Council
Arsan Zalon
Jax A. Hewitt
J 1. Mathis
Bob Agate
E. J. Stankard
Wm. G. Smith
Tax penalty schedule set after December first
County Treasurer Waiter Wright announced a final tax payment window on December 7 without penalty for those who have not settled this year. Taxes may be paid December 1 exempt from penalty, but after December 1 a standard 10 percent penalty will be assessed.
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Waiter Wright
Amoebic Dysentery Reported In Cleveland Heights
Two cases of amoebic dysentery were reported to the State Health Department in Cleveland Heights. Mrs. Marjorie Stonehill, 24, and her husband, described by Dr. D. W. Rosenberg, had visited the World’s Fair in Chicago between September 15 and 20. The Chicago outbreak caused about 15 deaths. Ohio now has 12 cases.
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Cleveland
Columbus
Cleveland Heights
State Health Department
Marjorie Stonehill
D. W. Rosenberg
Chicago
Ohio
Elyria Chest Reaches $23,029 In Noon Campaign Report
Elyria’s Community Chest total rises to $23,029.78 at today’s noon meeting at the YMCA, still short of the $49,300 goal to fund relief and welfare for 1934. Industrial division leads with $10,295.78, while the Men’s and Ladies’ teams trade the lead as Rabbi Marcus Kramer urges neighborliness and a timely push before Thursday Thanksgiving.
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Elyria
Colson Company
Pfaudler Company
Western Automatic Machine Screw Company
Stankard
J. Stankard
al Mason
Mason
F. A. Smythe
Karl Plocher
Marcus Kramer
Agudath Achim Bneay Abraham
New York
Palestine
Rabbi Kramer
Samuel Deutsch
C. F. Wiseman
Second Congregational Church
Agnatocue
Community Chest Orchestra
Frank
Stevens
Ranvaeing
Colton Company
Councel- Ote Company
Duplex Manufacturing Company
Elyria Foundry Company
Elyria Telephone Company
General Industries Company
Harshaw Chemical Company
Tot. S Rubber Company
K. & S. Tool Company
New York Central
Ohio Public Service Company
Perry-Fay Company
Pfancher Company
Ridge Tool Company
Radiant Mills Company
Romeo Pump Company
Steel and Tubes, Inc
Timms Spring Company
Troxel Manufacturing Company
Thew Shovel and Universal Crane Company
Worthington Ball Company
Begin Evidence In Shank Trial
The State began presenting evidence today in the trial of Mark Shank in Akron. The defendant faces four murder charges after Alvin Colley, his wife Colley, and two of their children died from poison at a roadside picnic on Aug. 15. Three more murder counts are pending and the state seeks the death penalty, alleging Shank plotted to eliminate the Colley family because the head knew too much. Clyde Colley, four, survived after treatment.
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Bexton
Mark
Shank
Akron
Alvin Colles
Colley
Clyde Colley
Alvin Colley
Child Suffers Shoulder Injury In Auto Crash
Leo Dunn aged 2 of 322 Middie Avenue sustained a painful shoulder injury in a Cleveland accident yesterday when his car skidded and struck a pole. X rays were to be taken at Ne morisl hospital to determine if the shoulder was fractured.
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Leo Dunn
Middie Avenue
Cleveland
Neomorisl Hospital
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London
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William Hamm, Jr
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