Influence Of Germany Increasing Across Europe
Webb Miller reports the Munich conference era reshaping Europe as Germany absorbs Austria and Czechoslovakia, extends influence through middle Europe to the Black Sea, weakens French and Soviet alliances, and pushes Britain and France toward a balance with Mussolini. Repercussions include shifts in Polish, Romanian, Yugoslav alignments and Italy’s role in the Mediterranean.
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Europe
Webb Miller
United Press
London
Munich
Versailles
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Reich
Russia
Sudetenland
Czechoslovakia
France
Poland
Roumania
Yugoslavia
Middle Europe
Black Sea
Hungary
Great Britain
Italy
Mediterranean
Rome
Andre Francois Poncet
Nevie Chamberlain
Edouard Daladier
Mussolini
Hitler
Ethiopia
Spain
Francisco Franco
Britain
Henry Beranger
French Senate Foreign Affairs Committee
Weather Ohio Fair Tonight Then Warmer Saturday
The region will see fair skies tonight and Saturday with gradually rising temperatures. A high pressure area over Ontario shifts southeastward, influencing the eastern half of the country, while another high covers the northern Rockies and lower pressure remains in the Southwest. In the last 24 hours rain fell along the Middle Atlantic coast and light showers occurred over Lake Superior, the northern plains, and the eastern Rockies. Cooler readings prevail in the Ohio Valley with light to heavy frost at most stations.
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Ohio
Ontario
Rockies
Middle Atlantic
Lake Superior
Plains
Ohio Valley
Racial program announced for Italy shocks world
Rome reports describe a sweeping Fascist policy targeting Jews and other Non Aryans. It bans marriages between pure Italians and Non Aryans and requires government approval for any Italian–foreigner union. The plan defines who counts as a Jew and proposes Ethiopian immigration for Jews, amid pressure over expulsion orders.
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Rome
Taly
Grand Couner
Italy
County Tuberculosis And Health Association Meeting At Oberlin
Preparations are complete for the Lorain County Tuberculosis and Health Association annual dinner meeting at the Oberlin Inn on Wednesday October 12 at 6 30 p m. J N Stone and L B Hindman lead arrangements. Dr Dean Minnis will be interviewed by Hindman, and Dr Robert G Paterson will speak on Ohio tuberculosis eradication efforts. Public welcome. reservations to Hindman by Tuesday. program at 7 15 p m for non diners.
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Lorain County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Oberlin Inn
J. N. Stone
Oberlin
L. B. Hindman
Dean Minnis
Pleasant View Sanatorium
Hindman
Robert G. Paterson
Ohio Public Health Association
Ohio
Offer Cooperation In Monopolies Probe
W Averell Harriman head of Union Pacific and chair of the Commerce Department Business Advisory Council announced that a committee of leading industrialists offered full cooperation with the joint congressional executive committee investigating monopolies. He said the facts should be brought out and let the chips fall where they may.
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Washington
UPI
W. Averell Harriman
Union Pacific Railroad
Commerce Department
Business Advisory Council
Wes
Increase in Lorain steel output with extra furnace
National Tube Company plant at Lorain will lift steel production to its yearly high next week by starting up a third blast furnace this Sunday. With the blast furnace in operation three more open hearths will be added, totaling nine, the largest open hearth count this year. No new hires. some workers will gain steadier hours while others on furlough may return.
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National Tube Company
Lorain
American Steel and Wire Company
Cleveland
Lerain
73 Children Examined Today At Gates Clinic
New health commissioners from two counties and the Gates Hospital supervisor attended the monthly crippled children's clinic. Dr. Weyman and Dr. Lawrence examined 73 children, including 22 new cases, from 36 cities and villages with a six month old infant among them.
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Gates Hospital
C. H. Weyman
Cleveland
F . Lawrence
Elyria
R. Kievitts
Medina County
W. R. Scott
Huron County
Helen Collins
Butler
Frank W Hoover
Clyde
Hoover
Toledo
Tanker Explodes Off Dry Tortugas Three Die
PORT EVERGLADES Fla Oct 7 The Tanker E J Bullock of Standard Oil exploded burned and sank 23 miles east of Dry Tortugas last night killing three men Thomas Sheppard boatswain Charles Austin Seaman and W L Shaves chief cook who died aboard a coast guard cutter en route to Key West The E J Bullock 6350 tons carried 37 crew and 34 survivors reached port today radio destroyed and rescue ship nearby saved the others
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Port Everglades
Fla
M. Bernuth
Standard Oil Company
E. J. Bullock
Thomas Shepherd
Charles Austin
W. L. Shaves
Cook
Strike At Auto Plant Halts Production
In Detroit on October 7, UAW members halted production at the Plymouth Motor car plant in protest of alleged seniority agreement violations. There was no picket line, workers were admitted, a few police watched, and no violence occurred.
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Detroit
United Automobile Workers Union
Plymouth
UAW
Annual Y.M.C.A. Membership Drive Under Way at Zigma
Zigma's annual Y M C A enrollment campaign starts with about 100 workers meeting today and another 30 Monday. The boys division will hold a 6 p m dinner for eight Big Ten teams led by speaker H Rea Selby. The men’s team launches at noon Monday with about 30 members at a luncheon. Boys teams include Northwestern Minnesota Illinois Indiana Wisconsin Ohio State Michigan and Iowa with named participants listed for each.
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Zigma
H. Rea Selby
Northwestern
Tom Hutchinson
Pete Peterman
Robert Cooley
Jack
Drill Test Holes For New Erie Ave Bridge
Preparations for the Erie Avenue bridge in Lorain began with drill work to determine rock depth for pier foundations. County Engineer Harry L. Dunham reported the test holes as part of the construction process. Bond issue transcripts were delivered to Cleveland firm Squire, Sanders and Dempsey as legal counsel for buyers. County officials accompanied by Fred Ruth, clerk of the county commissioners, discussed railroad track changes with Baltimore and Ohio Railway due to the new crossing at Twenty-first Street.
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Erie Avenue
Lorain
Harry L. Dunham
Squire, Sanders and Dempsey
Cleveland
Fred Ruth
Ruth
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Twenty-First Street
Bridge Blown Up by Japanese Near Hankow
Shanghai report states Japanese troops destroyed the Pinghan Bridge 90 miles north of Hankow cutting off the provisional Chinese capital from the north. They also said forces reached 22 miles from the Canton railway on the Fu river's east bank, 70 miles southeast of Hankow, as three Japanese armies totaling about 150,000 close in on Hankow defended by 350,000 Chinese.
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Shanghai
Pinghan
Hankow
Canton Railway
Fu River
Arab Rebels Hit In Six Hour Battle Near Acre
In a six hour clash near Acre in Palestine 60 Arab rebels were killed and police with British air support engaged insurgents. Two Jewish truck drivers were killed, another injured and one missing as raiders were charged and ten rebels were fatally wounded.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Acre
FDR Seeks Cure for Foreign Spy Activities
President Roosevelt expressed concern over foreign spies in America and discussed countermeasures. He said he spoke this week with Lamar Hardy, U.S. District Attorney for New York, who is prosecuting a German spy case that will soon go to trial in New York City. Hardy recently returned from Europe with information related to the case.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
America
Lamar Hardy
United States
New York
Hardy
New York City
Europe
Strike Of Sugar Beet Workers Is Deferred
A threatened strike by Ohio and Michigan sugar beet workers was postponed until December for federal hearings on beet prices to be held locally in Toledo and Saginaw. The delay followed a meeting in Ottawa Lake with union representatives after beet growers in Blissfield rejected union demands. CIO affiliate Cannery, Agricultural Packing and Allied Workers president Don Henderson said no wage demands were made now but will be at the December hearing. An educational program will be started by union field organizer David Brown. the union claims about 1200 members in Fremont Findlay and Blissfield areas.
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Toledo
Ohio
Michigan
Saginaw
Mich
Ottawa Lake
Blissfield
Stanley White
U. S. Labor Department
Don Henderson
Washington
Cannery, Agricultural Packing and Allied Workers
CIO
Secretary of Agriculture
David Brown
Fremont-Findlay
Desperado John Couch Found Guilty of Kidnapping
A federal jury in Minneapolis found John Couch 23 a southwestern desperado guilty of kidnapping Peggy Gros and Daniel Fahey Jr of St Louis Mo. He faces a possible life sentence with sentencing set for Monday.
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Minneapolis
Minn
John Couch
Peggy Gros
Daniel Fahey, Jr
St. Louis
Future Course Not Indicated By Sheriff
Rumors swirl that Sheriff Gral may resign soon and urge deputies to seek other jobs but the Chronicle-Telegram cannot verify such reports. It notes no resignation during the current trial and offers no definite plans from the sheriff after the trial. A separate Elyrian source hints petitions could follow trial to seek removal.
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Gral
Chronicle-Telegram
Elyrian
Chronile-Telegram
Frost Ravages Late Crops Across Lorain County
A widespread early frost damaged late vegetables in parts of Lorain County. Lester M. Youtzy said beans and tomatoes suffered most on his Gulf Road farm while some protected jeans escaped. George W Cotton Farm saw lighter losses, with sweet potatoes pumpkins and squash dug and brought in. Other growers reported varying damage though fruit remained unaffected. Meteorologist W C Devereaux notes frost covered Ohio Indiana and Kentucky.
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Lorain County
Lester M. Youtzy
Gulf Road
George W. Cotton
Lake Avenue
Hher
John Schoepile
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
W. C. Devereaux
U. A
Cincinnati
Senators debate ways to curb crop surpluses and aid credits
Washington Oct 7 Senators pressed subsidy plans and regulation to help foreign debt defaulters obtain credits for purchasing agricultural commodities as surpluses threaten farm relief. Supporters cite a cotton state meeting and Sens Logan and Smith backing inaction on higher cotton loans. Senator Russell doubts immediate subsidy, suggests funding next session, possibly via processing taxes on rayon and jute to finance parity payments.
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Washington
Logan
Smith
Agriculture Department
Sen
Russell
Agriculture
Two Die in Birmingham Rooming House Fire
In Birmingham Alabama a three story frame rooming house fire claimed two lives and left eight people seriously injured. The blaze trapped eighteen occupants who jumped from second and third story windows as flames spread. Among the injured were two babies.
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Birmingham
Ala
Squirrel hunter killed near Ashville Ohio
Frank W. Gillespie, 28, of Columbus and father of two, was accidentally shot and killed while squirrel hunting near Ashville Ohio late yesterday. He died at an Ashville doctor's office.
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Columbus
Frank W. Gillespie
Ashville
Ziegman testifies he paid Bauer 2.50 per machine weekly
Harry Ziegman, among five defendants in the Elyria slot machine bribery trial, told how he paid Alfred G. Bauer $2.50 a week for each machine from spring 1937 to last August, claiming Bauer threatened to put them out of business. He said the money went to Bauer not Sheriff Smith, and described the meeting at Bauer’s home where Bauer outlined taking spots and sharing proceeds. He acknowledged operating about 22 machines at times and owning a race betting bookie operation prior, with further details on locations, losses, and hijackings.
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Harry Ziegman
Ziegman
Alfred G. Bauer
Elyria
William F. Grall
Charles Adams
Bauer
Zierman
William G. Smith
Crawfords
Dave Senior
Dave Junior
Stanton Hobbs
William
Michael Peer
Fie
Peer
Mike Peer
Zieeman
Adams
Guy B. Findley
Anna van Wagnen
Lorain
Caroline Erickson
van Wagnen
Matilda Teaman
Howard Butler
Eagles
Butler
Smith
Alberta Beach
Red Rooster
Green Lantern
Elyria Country Club
Fields Corners
County Line Inn
Round House
Smith’s Derby
Scorpion Club
The
Moose
Erie
Cuyahoga County
Arthur Davis
Carlisle
Davis
Butcher
Carlisle Township
Witness Details Slot Machine Ring and Bribery Claims
Testimony covered illegal slot operations across Erie and Cuyahoga counties with machines in churches. Zeigman admitted open activity, swore about Bauer's orders, and alleged witnesses lied. He recalled paying $250 weekly for a machine and defense witnesses described investigations and deputy meetings amid scandal.
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Eduard Benes
Acme
County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Gates Clinic
Carrollton
United States Army
Frederic H. Smith
Pacific
Canal Zone
3D Coast Artillery District
Fort Monroe
Ben Lear
1St Cavalry Division
Henry T. Burgindeft
San Francisco
9Th Coast Artillery District
Los Angeles
San Diego
Puget Sound
Y.M.C. A
James King
Richard Burgett
Allan Fritzsche
Eugene St. Marie
Wisconsin
Alador Bara
Alex Truecull
Julius Pondy
William ‘Diko
Rudy Feskuran
Donald Mitehull
Victor Pinter
Joe Bolash
Steve Csonka
Ohio State
Maynard Unger
Thomas Chapman
Thomas Smith
Earl Welton
William Pemberthy
Jack Leber
Bernard Lysaght
Harold Frederick
David Taylor
Harry Chapman
David Lindell
Jack Ferguson
Howard Goodrich
Richard Swiers
Charles Demos
Mack Looper
Leon Altfeld
Paul Wehman
Iowa
George Mynchenberg
Thomas Mynchenberg
Donald Barres
Robert Shryock
William Wentz
Charles Wickard
Philip Brown
Theodore Brown
Erie Ave. Bridge
FDR
Desperado
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