Public Men Give Views on Black Klan Statement
Public figures comment on Justice Hugo L Black after his past Ku Klux Klan affiliation. Frederick H Stinchfield praised Black as best judge of his qualifications for the Supreme Court, while Los Angeles senators and Rep Bertrand Snell offered mixed views.
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United Press
Hugo L. Black
Kansas City
Supreme Court
Frederick H. Stinchfield
American Bar Association
Justice Black
Justice Blacks
Los Angeles
Senate
Roosevelt
Dow
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Wyo
Edward R. Burke
Black
Bertrand H. Snell
N. Y
House
Lawyers Differ On Black's Statement
Kansas City bar members react to Justice Hugo L Black's radio speech on Klan past. Mixed opinions cite hypocrisy and defense of his court stance, with leaders and local presidents weighing in on the admission and its implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
American Bar Association
Hugo L. Black
Ku Klux Klan
Justice Black
Frederick H. Stinchfield
The
Bar Association
Roosevelt
Arthur T. Vanderbilt
Short Mills
N. J
Frank Drake
Louisville
J. V. Gaddy
St. Joseph
Utah Bar Association
Ohio Weather Forecast Shows Mild Changes Tonight
Fair tonight and Sunday with little temperature change. High pressure centered north of the Great Lakes over the lake region Ohio Valley and central plains states. Rain has set in over the lower Mississippi Valley extending north to Cairo. Scattered showers reported in St Lawrence Valley lake region and northern plains. Temperature shifts since yesterday morning were minor.
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Ohio
Great Lakes
Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Central Plains
Louisiana
Mississippi Valley
Cairo
St. Lawrence Valley
Northern Plains
President Roosevelt Misses Black Broadcast Aboard Rail Trip
President Franklin D. Roosevelt did not hear Justice Hugo Black’s broadcast on his Klan past while traveling on the Roosevelt special train en route to Washington. He was offered a second hand account and planned to comment only after Black’s resignation and avowal were public. Roosevelt had just toured Fort Lewis and prepared to speak at Grand Coulee Dam as his western tour continued.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Hugo L. Black
Supreme Court
Olympia
Tacoma
Wash
Fort Lewis
Mr. Roosevelt
Black
Europe
United States
Klan
Canada
Grand Coulee Dam
Public reaction to Black speech mixed across cities
United Press reports show varied opinions from Detroit to New York after Justice Hugo L. Black’s radio address. Respondents praise his honesty or condemn his Ku Klux Klan past, with support for Roosevelt mixed among critics and neutrals.
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United Press
Hugo L. Black
Black accepts Supreme Court seat after Klan admission
Justice Hugo L. Black prepared to sit Monday as an associate justice of the U S Supreme Court after acknowledging former Klan membership. He said he joined about 15 years ago, resigned when entering the Senate, and has had no ties since, urging tolerance and liberalism amid a national controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Joe Cuffey
J. L. Chapman
Dodge and Plymouth Automobile Agency
Winnetka, Ill
Supreme Court
San Francisco
John Abrams
Marion Watson
John Murray
Roosevelt
Salt Lake City
L. C. Horsely
O. A. Roche
Black
Washington
Ku Klux Klan
Hugo L. Black
United States Supreme Court
Justice Black
Phoenix
Ariz
Henry F. Ashurst
Senate Judiciary Committee
Klan
Senate
Boise
Idaho
Sen. Williams
Borah
Sol Bloom
Avon Lake Board Approves $50,000 School Addition
Avon Lake schools advance a $50,000 addition with $22,500 in PWA funds. The project adds an industrial arts shop for 35 students, a music room, science lab, and study hall. Construction timelines require work to begin within 10 weeks of grant acceptance and finish within eight months.
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Avon Lake Board of Education
PWA
Joseph M Roehm
Washington
Don W. Harter
Avon Lake
Roosevelt
Public Works Administration
Avon Lake Board
Board of Education
Phantom Sniper Terrorizes Officials Homes in Woonsocket
An armed "phantom sniper" fired on eight buildings in Woonsocket Illinois including the homes of Mayor Joseph Pratt and Police Commissioner Wilfred Rivet, killing motorcycle Officer Albert Lemoine as he searched for the shooter. No motive found. shots also hit a former judge, aldermen, and a business district office.
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Woonsocket
R. IL
Albert Lemoine
Wilfred Rivet
Edward Dwyer
Joseph Pratt
Pratt
John R. Higgins
Thomas Martin
James H. Holland
Police Commissioner's Insurance Office
Joseph Lauzon
Britain and France Ask Italy to Withdraw Volunteers
A joint note from Britain and France to Rome requests Italy discuss withdrawing foreign volunteers from the Spanish Civil War and participate in fresh talks as a sequel to the nine power anti piracy pact. Lord Perth will deliver the note to Count Galeazzo Ciano for presentation to Italy. The note remains unofficial and will not be published in London that week.
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London
Italy
Rome
Galeazzo Ciano
Spain
Lord Perth
Count Clane
Jend
Suit Aims to Halt County Commissioners Pay Change
Attorney Albert Greulich Jr of Lorain says a suit will be filed in common pleas to enjoin paying salaries to the county commissioners. He argues the August 5 repeal leaves no valid salary law and that the new population based pay cannot take effect during current terms. Greulich planned to file next week, with Prosecutor Howard R. Butler declining to bring the action.
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Board of County Commissioners
Common Pleas Court
Albert Greulich, Jr
Lorain
Greulich
Howard R. Butler
Butler
Sitdown Strike Called Off By Seamen In Great Lakes
In Buffalo on October 2 a sitdown strike by more than 250 seamen, who had tied up seven ships of the Great Lakes Transit Corporation, was ended after a long conference. The settlement came through an agreement between company officials, the Committee for Industrial Organization and the American Federation of Labor.
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Buffalo
Great Lakes Transit Corporation
Committee For Industrial Organization
American Federation of Labor
Auto Crash Fatal To Banker And Wife
Bucyrus banker Peter Metzger 72 and his wife 42 were killed in an auto crash near Laurel Nebraska last night. The bodies will be brought to Bucyrus for burial.
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Bucyrus
Peter Metzger
Laurel
Neb
Railroad Worker Injured Foot in Yard Accident
Don Welch of Clarksfield, a Wheeling and Lake Erie railroad employee, is hospitalized at Antherst with a badly lacerated foot after a motorized balldeur ran over it during work this morning around 9 a m.
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Don Welch
Clarksfield
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad
Antherst Hospital
Welch
France Returns To Office After Injury
William France administrator of the Department of Aid for the Aged returns to work after a slip at the Eagles club left him with two broken ribs. He reports still sore but resumed duties today.
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William France
Department of Aid For the Aged
France
Eagles Club
County Transfers For Tax Suit Costs
County commissioners transferred 9100 to defray expenses in prosecuting about 3000 tax foreclos ure suits involving 25009 delinquent parcels. The board appropriated 1650 for the prosecutor, 1360 for the clerk of courts, 1340 for the sheriff, and 750 for typewriters. The first 3400 cases were turned over to the prosecutor by the county auditor yesterday.
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Clerk of Courts
Sheriff's Department
Fatal Crash at Norwalk Claims Three Youths
Norwalk Col Oct 2 Rollin Ashley 19 of Willard was killed when his car went out of control on West Main Street, turning over three times. His two companions, Robert Lehman 19 and Elaine Ward 18, were critically injured.
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Norwalk, CO
Rollin Ashley
Willard
Robert Lehman
Elaine Ward
West Main Street
Dog saves farmer from charging bull at Buckeye Lake
James Long, a Hebron area farmer, credited his dog with saving his life after a bull charged him near Buckeye Lake. Long suffered several fractured ribs, while the dog drove the bull away, sparing his owner from greater harm.
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Buckeye Lake
James Long
Hebron
Long
Michigan students riot after tear gas at football rally
In Ann Arbor, a downtown riot erupted when police tear gassed students after a pep meeting before the Michigan versus Michigan State game. Two hospitalized, including police officer Rolland Gainsley in serious condition. Senior Clark Benham of Scarsdale suffered scalp wounds after a slugging incident. Police used night sticks to disperse a mob of about 2,000 at two busy intersections.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
Rolland Gainsley
Tlad
Clark Benham
Scarsdale
N. Y
Michigan
Benham
Two Probate Court Officials Injured in Workplace Incident
Two members of the probate court department were injured. Probate Judge H. H. Nye suffered severe burns on his left hand from a matches explosion while handling them. Adelaide Cooper of the Department of Aid for Dependent Children slipped and fell in the probate courtroom, injuring her forehead and nose. Judge Nye continued working with a bandaged hand.
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Probate Court Department
H. H. Nye
Judge Nye
Adelaide Cooper
Department of Aid For Dependent Children
Cooper
National Tube Co. Schedule Shows Slight Next-Week Reduction
National Tube Company plant in Lorain will cut output slightly next week with four blast furnaces running and 11 open hearth furnaces scheduled. The Bessemer converter will operate, Butt mills No 2 and 6, Tapp mills No 2, and seamless mills Nos 1 2 and 3 to run five days. One pipe mill is cut, Skelp mills and the rail mill idle. Schedule remains tentative and subject to orders.
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National Tube Company
Lorain
Bessemer Converter
Skelip
Fire at Cincinnati Destroys Plant and Cars
A two and a half story building and two box cars were destroyed by fire at the David Joseph Fertilizer Co plant in Cincinnati. Damage was estimated at $6,000. Firemen laid hoses across railroad tracks but were severed by a freight train, hindering efforts.
Levitt to file petition challenging Black presidency eligibility
Albert Levitt, former assistant attorney general, said he will press a challenge to Justice Hugo L. Black's constitutional eligibility for the Supreme Court. He plans to offer his petition Monday at the court, arguing a retirement-law provision bars Black from office. Black had addressed the nation denying Ku Klux Klan ties and said he resigned 15 years ago.
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Washington
U. P
Albert Levitt
United Press Today
Hugo L. Black
Supreme Court
Black
Klan
Levitt
Elections Board Office Open This Evening
The Elections Board said the office in the Elyria Savings and Trust Company will stay open tonight until 9 p m and also Monday until 9 p m for voters who cannot come during regular hours. All unregistered residents and voters who moved since last vote must register by Monday to be eligible for the November 2 election.
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Board of Election
Elyria Sayings and Trust Company
Quest For Y M C A Members Begins In Elyria
In Elyria 24 boys start the Y M C A enrollment drive with a noon luncheon at the Y M C A. Russell Stokles of the Chronicle Telegram spoke as the men’s division prep for a Monday evening dinner. Four boy teams compete in a football like campaign with points for new members and yard milestones. Prizes include a suede jacket for the top club, moccasins for the runner up and a pocket knife for third. Each boy earns a battee badge as campaign progress is tracked by Bech boy.
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Guidiron
Elyria
Russell Stokles
Chronicle- Telegram
Ward Travers
Thomas Smith
Robert Karp
Sidney Gross
Bernard Lysaght
Richard Robson
Maynard Unger
David ‘Taylor
Henry Chapman
Carl Gleason
Charles O'Malley
Charles Stewart
Jack Yost
William Pemberthy
Robert Yankee
Jack Leber
Karl Koepp
Keefe Brassell
Harrison Comstock
Thomas Chapman
Sam Rockwood
Jack Heritage
Curtis Atkinson
Earl Hill
Bech Boy
Rerana Geyer
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Hugo Black
Claude E. Hamilton, Jr
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Hamilton
Acme
New York City
Aaron Levy
R. J. Hendricks
Irene Frank
Cleveland
Daniel J. Wallace
Harry Andrews
Bulletin
Norwalk
Newark
Kansas City, Mo
Michigan Univ
Probate
National Tube Co
Cincinnati
Elections Board
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