Eleven Killed In Forest Fires Near Fort Frances
Reports from Fort Frances Ontario say at least eleven people are dead from forest fires in the area. Nine bodies have arrived in Fort Frances while fires burn across North Central Minnesota. CCC enrollee Orville Williams of Little Falls was killed in a collision near the fire lines as two forestry trucks battled smoke. An elderly couple near Warroad and two Indian guides aiding their evacuation are missing. Several homes have been destroyed.
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Winipeg
Man
Fort Frances
Ontario
International Falls
Minn
Minnesota
Orville Williams
Little Falls
CCC
Nevis
Forestry Service
Grant Admire
Warroad
WPA Truck Hiring Goes Competitive In Lorain County
Invitations to bid on WPA truck hiring in Lorain County were issued by the State Procurement Office in Columbus under a new system. Bids due by 10:30 a.m. October 17, with trucks, mainly 1.5 to 2 ton hydraulics, bid on county basis and larger loads via separate bids per project.
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WPA
Lorain County
U. S. Treasury
Columbus
Fred Roose
Farm Bureau Co-operative Building
Carl Watson
Comptroller General of the
United States
Ohio
District Wpa
Akron
District Ofices
Farm Bureau Co-operative
N. High Street
Townsend Club Hears Detroit Man in Elyria
A large Townsend Club No. 1 gathering last evening featured J. F. Winneur of Detroit sharing insights from states he visited and defining the Townsend Plan as Christianity in Action. Music by a slide trombone quartet with Jean Groff at the piano accompanied by Townsend songs. Next Monday a Townsend rally at the high school auditorium with Wayne B. Albers and others. Oct 24 meeting returns to the club rooms. Oct 12 Townsend tally at Columbia town hall led by Rev. Longsworth. Odd Fellow hall Elyria hosts a Tom & Jerry orchestra party next Saturday.
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Elyria Townsend Club No
J. F. Winneur
Detroit
Mich
Winneur
Townsend
Jean Groff
Mel Brown
Wayne B. Albers
Edward 5. Sheck
Preecher Hess
Columbia Town Hall
Rev
Longsworth
Odd Fellow Hall
Ely- Tia
Tom & Jerry” Orchestra
Lindberghs Arrive in Berlin After Rotterdam Visit
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh arrived at Templehof Airdrome Berlin at 3 05 p m from Rotterdam. A United Press correspondent told Lindbergh about a Pravda letter accusing him of fascist sympathy and belittling the Soviet air force. He replied I have nothing to say.
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Berlin
Charles A. Lindbergh
Templehof
Rotterdam
Netherlands
United Press
Lindbergh
Pravda
Obituary notices for Pallas Wakeman Sander in Elyria
Obituaries recall Mrs. Albertina Pallas 86 of Elyria died at her daughter’s home on Oberlin Road after five weeks illness. She born in Germany 1851 came to America 1871. Survived by ten children, many grandchildren. Funeral from St Pauls Church with burial at Ridgelawn. Also obituary of Mrs. Ellen Irvine Wakeman 90 who died at home in Wakeman after life there, survived by son Fierpont and granddaughter. services at Pease Funeral Home Wakeman. Also Mrs. Pauline Sander widow of Herman died in her 90s at 318 West Avenue with two daughters and one son. services at Parker Undertaking parlors Webster Grove Missouri with interment at Oak Hill Cemetery Kirkwood Missouri. Body held at Nichols Funeral Home until late today.
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Albertina Pallas
Albert Pallas
John Reese
Oberlin Road
Pallas
Gallen
Germany
Elyria
St. Paul's Evangelical Church
America
Mary l'Fox
Charles
Prank
Albert
Henry
Ernest
Reinhardt
Gustave Pallas
Nichols Funeral Home
St. Paul's Church
Ernst Irion
Ridgelawn
Ellen Irvine Wakeman
Eien Irvine
Don Hastings
Irvine
Wakeman
Boonesville
Missouri
George Irvine
Friends
Episcopal Church
Order of Eastern Star
Fierpont
Evanston
Winds
George
Pease Funeral Home
Pauline Sander
Herman W. Sander
West Avenue
Oak Hill Cemetery
Kirkwood
Seek Settlement In Auto Hours Dispute
DETROIT Oct 11 United Automobile Workers officials met with officers from two of the auto industry Big Three to settle a dispute over a 32 hour work week and grievances. UAW vice-president R J Thomas and Chrysler vice-president Herman Weckler discussed the 32 hour week after Briggs Manufacturing and Plymouth workers were laid off. Flint Local 154 president Jack Little planned to press grievances with General Motors officials and possibly raise the 32 hour week.
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Detroit
United Automobile Workers Union
UAW
Briggs Manufacturing Co
Plymouth
Jack Little
Flint UA
Buhl
General Motors Corp
Little
General Motors
Denies Motions In Spy Ring Case
Federal Judge John G. Knox denied defense motions in the German spy ring case regarding evidence seized from the cabin of Joanna Hofmann, a 26 year old former hairdresser aboard the German liner Europa. George C. Dix argued the seizure of letters and code books was illegal as four defendants prepare for trial.
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New York
John G. Knox
Johanna Hofmann
George C. Dix
Miss Hofmann
Change Surplus Distribution Date
Relief director E. Holmes announces a shift in surplus distribution. Clients who normally call on Wednesday should call Thursday this week for supplies from the Relief office.
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Relief Office
E. 5. Holmes
Dies In Auto Crash Near South Bloomfield
William Anderson aged 40 of Columbus died after being pinned beneath his car on route 23 three miles north of South Bloomfield. He was en route to Hurricane West Virginia to see his wife when the vehicle struck a culvert and overturned at midnight.
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Columbus
Diti— William Anderson
South Bloomfield
Hurricane
W. Va
Burns Prove Fatal In Kerosene Stove Incident
Mrs Grace Dunn aged 26 a Dayton Ohio housekeeper died from burns suffered when a stove exploded last Friday as her employer Ervin Shaw tried to kindle it with kerosene Shaw also died Friday the accident occurred in Dayton.
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Dayton
Grace Dunn
Ervin Shaw
Shaw
British Author Held Aboard Ship After Visa Cancellation
New York October 11 Joby Strachey a left wing English author and lecturer was held aboard the Normandie unable to land for his US lecture tour because the state department cancelled his visa Three immigration officers at Ellis Island reviewed the case but could not override higher authority Strachey left voluntarily before inquiry finished The immigration law does not exclude Communists specifically but courts have ruled they may be excluded as advocates of violent overthrow of the government.
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New York
Joby Strachey
United States
State Department
Ellis Island
Strachey
Immigration Office
Department of Labor
Engle Divorce Suit Filed In 216 West Avenue
Mary Jane Engle sues Theodore William Engle for divorce on cruelty grounds citing residence at 216 West Avenue. Proceedings begin today in the court.
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Mary Jane Engle
Theodore William Engle
West Avenue
Wellington Man Found Dead On Roof
Irwin Cowley aged 68 of East Hamilton street Wellington died yesterday afternoon from a stroke while painting the kitchen roof. Neighbor Grover Dunkelman found and lowered the body, a physician pronouncing death. A retired street car motorman, he is survived by his widow Lottie and two grandsons. funeral in Cleveland Thursday with burial at West Park Cemetery.
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Irwin Cowley
East Hamilton Street
Wellington
Mr. Cowley
Grover Dunkelman
Cowley
Cowleys
Lakewood
Lottie
Robert Clemm
Bay Village
Cleveland
West Park Cemetery
Dinner Talk By Dr James Selby Thomas At Elyria Chamber Event
Interest grows in the Elyria Chamber of Commerce dinner featuring Dr James Selby Thomas president of the Chrysler Institute of Engineering and Clarkson Memorial College of Technology as speaker. Thomas has delivered hundreds of addresses to graduates assemblies chambers and civic groups and authored several books and articles.
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James Selby Thomas
Chrysler Institute of Engineering
Clarkson Memorial College of Technology
Elyria Chamber of Commerce
First Methodist Church
Thomas
Chambers of Commerce
United States
P T A Council To Hear 2 Educators
Lorain County superintendent A Gibbons announced two P T A sessions at Clearview School on Wednesday October 19. The afternoon meeting features C Langdon White of Western Reserve University with an illustrated Europe lecture, followed by dinner. A Caswell Ellis of Cleveland College speaks at the evening session on an as yet unnamed topic.
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Co. A. Gibbons
Lorain County
P.T. A. Council
Clearview
C. Langdon White
Western Reserve University
Europe
A. Caswell Ellis
Cleveland College
Boy Exonerated In Death Of His Father
In Columbus on October 11 Walter Oakley Sr. 37 died after a brick struck him during an argument two days earlier. His son Walter Oakley Jr. 17 was exonerated after authorities reviewed his account that his father, angered by a missed command, chased him with an axe. His mother called the youth a model boy as he reportedly played piano before being asked to work.
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Columbus
Walter Oakley, Sr
Walter Oakley, Jr
British patrol expands in Palestine amid unrest
The British government increased direct military patrols in Palestine. Troops were quartered at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem as Britain sought to restore order. Today’s reports cited 15 Arabs killed and many arrests in towns and villages.
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Holy Land
Church of the Nativity
Bethlehem
Palestine
Report on Pension Schemes Prepared for Roosevelt
Experts from the Social Security Board prepared a report for President Roosevelt warning against crackpot pension schemes such as Townsend plans and the $30-every-Thursday idea. The document, prepared by attorneys and technicians, cautions these schemes would threaten financial stability and cites parallels to postwar inflation in Germany.
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Washington
Social Security Board
Roosevelt
California
Germany
New Deal
Motorists Boycott Nevada Over Labor Dispute
Verdi Nevada October report urged motorists to boycott roads as C I O planned industrial protests. placards and banners accompanied the action while authorities warned of armed resistance against an alleged invasion. union members in Salt Lake City Sacramento and along the California Nevada line said Nevada was unfair to organized labor.
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Verdi
Nev
C. I O
C. I
Salt Lake City
Sacramento
California- Nevada
Motor
Nevada
WPA Head Ready To Meet Truck Drivers
Columbus October 1 Dr Carl Watson Ohio Works Progress administrator said he was ready at any time to hear grievances of striking WPA truck drivers in Cleveland. Watson was notified by Aubrey Williams deputy WPA administrator that a telegram from Washington to William J Corrigan attorney for the drivers gave Watson full authority to arbitrate Ohio WPA grievances.
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Columbus
Carl Watson
Ohio Works Progress
WPA
Cleveland
Hundreds Subject To Penalty For Late Registrations
Washington report says hundreds of persons who failed to register as representatives of foreign governments or corporations face possible fines or jail. Officials noted many did not file by the October 6 deadline and only 86 registered on time. 20 late registrations arrived last night.
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Washington
State Department
Elyria Man Fined For Hotel Disturbance
Keinn of the Jackson was fined $2 and costs after being arraigned before Major Joseph Q. Petre in police court this morning. He was arrested about 3 15 p m yesterday following a disturbance at the Jackson Hotel Grille.
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Kein
Jackson
Joseph Q. Petre
Kain
Sterday
Jackson Hotel
Market Prices and Produce Highlights From Toledo Trade
A garbled Toledo market page lists grain and meat quotes along with numerous produce items. Notable entries include wheat and corn quotations, live cattle and butcher prices, hay, straw, and various vegetables such as lettuce, peppers, tomatoes, and onions. Local markets show mixed readings with regional suppliers and multiple farm names referenced.
Sawyer Addresses Oberlin Students on Youth Plank
Oberlin Oct. 11 The Hon. Charles Sawyer former Oberlin graduate and trustee campaigns for Ohio governor telling Oberlin College students that Democratic reform must fit modern social and industrial conditions He noted a clear split between parties calling Republicans backward urged voting and praised the Youth plank as unique to Ohio politics He urged all eligible students to vote and affirmed pride in the party aiming to make Ohio well governed
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Oberlin
Charles Sawyer
Ohio
Oberlin College
Finney Chapel
Sawyer
Cuyahoga County
United States
Brazil orders envoy to return from Germany amid tensions
Unimpeachable sources say Brazilian ambassador Jose Joaquim De Lima E. Silva was instructed to return to Rio de Janeiro. German ambassador Karl Ritter reportedly faces a similar recall as Brazil tightens policy after Vargas crown. Relations have soured since 1937 curbs on foreign political activity and German centers in Brazil.
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Buenos Aires
Aip
Jose Joaquim de Lima E. Silva
Germany
Rio de Janeiro
Karl Ritter
Brazil
Getulio Vargas
Ritter
Arabs Killed in Palestine Disorders Reported
Fifteen Arab youths were killed and four constables wounded in ongoing disturbances across towns and villages in Palestine. British troops established headquarters in the courtyard of the Church of the Nativity at Bethlehem as the unrest continued.
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Jerusalem
Diri
Palestine
Church of the Nativity
Bethlehem
Legion Auxiliary Install Officers In Oberlin
Oberlin October 11 joint installation of Legion Post No. 102 officers and Auxiliary officers in the Legion Hall. Commander Frank Felkner and Irene Stanfield president lead the ceremonies. A social hour followed with refreshments as Mr Elford, agriculture commissioner of Canada, spoke on the World Poultry Congress to be held in Cleveland July 27 to August 7, 1939, noting delegates from many nations.
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Oberlin
Karl Wilson Locke
American Legion
Legion Hall
Harold Cook
Legion
Frank Felkner
C. D. Ryals
A. N. Fowler
H. R. Pratt
Vv. W. Rosa
J. F. Miskovsky
C. W. Wood
Irene Stanfield
Minnie Dunn
Lucile Pratt
Eben Ruth Kimmel
Mildred Prosser
Ruth Byars
Tillie Lyman
Dorothy Cook
Dominion of Canada
United States
Cleveland
Elford
Exchange Club Hears of Poultry Congress
Fred C. Elford of Ottawa Canada spoke at the Oberlin Exchange Club luncheon at Oberlin Inn. He is a member of the general executive board and secretary of the Canadian World's Poultry Congress Committee.
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Fred C. Elford
Ottawa
Canada
Oberlin Exchange Club
Oberlin Inn
Elford
Wallace Directing Drive For Larger Farm Crop Markets
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace takes direct command to expand domestic markets and boost federal aid, aiming to salvage the New Deal farm program amid record surpluses and low prices. The crop board reports show bumper crops and record supplies of cotton wheat and corn, challenging five years of farm policy.
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Washington
Wallace
British Forces Move Against Arab Rebels in Beisan Clash
Preparations for a campaign against Arab rebels who seized the town. latest report from Beisan in the Jordan Valley says Arabs were killed and three wounded after an armed band attacked a settlement and clashed with police until Royal Air Force planes arrived to rout them with machine gun fire, with reinforcements en route from Malta and Egypt.
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Beisan
Jordan Valley
Royal Air Force
Malta
Egypt
Forming High School PTA After Evening Meeting
A High School Parent-Teacher Association is being organized after years without a group. A reception for teachers drew many parents, followed by a brief business session to set plans and nominate officers. Committee members include Mrs. R. B. Frost and Mrs. F. G. Tucker.
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R. B. Frost
F. G. Tucker
H. Yocom
S. J. White
Fred Wright
Warner
Alter
Flaine Lee
Natalie Henderson
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Cassin
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Norma Hammonday
Elizabeth Bently
Dorothy Smith
Hazel B. King
Art
Oberlin Women's Club
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East Ave
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