Bethlehem Grace Cancels Bethlehem Steel and Tube Merger
New York report states plans for the 1930 billion dollar merger between Bethlehem Steel Corporation and Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company have been cancelled. Eugene G Grace, Bethlehem president, said changed conditions made the March 1930 contract impracticable and Bethlehem exercised an option. Grace could not be located for comment as officials said they did not know his whereabouts. The merger had sparked major court battles in banking and steel circles.
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New York
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Eugene G. Grace
Bethlehem
Grace
Companig
Eugene Grace
Edison Weakens as He Nears End at Llewellyn Park
Thomas A. Edison grows steadily weaker and unable to be aroused from a stupor over 24 hours. Doctors say nourishment may be critical and the inventor sleeps with no immediate danger. Charles Edison issues a bulletin saying there is no sudden change in his condition.
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West Orange
N. T
Thomas A. Edison
N. J
Hubert §. Howe
Charles Edison
Edison
Llewellyn Park
Statement Near On Railroad Bonds
A high White House official said a formal statement on railroad bonds might be issued soon to bolster railroad bonds, seen as essential to insurance companies and savings banks investments. The move aligns with efforts to create a national credit pool to aid banks generally.
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Bulletin
Washington
White House
United Press Today
National Credit Pool For
Red Cross Sunday Observed in Elyria
October 18 will be observed in Elyria as Red Cross Sunday. Local pastors are asked to lead congregations and Sunday schools in directing attention to support the Annual Roll Call.
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Elyria
Red Cross
Weather Forecast for Ohio Tonight to Friday
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight with diminishing cloudiness. Friday should be fair and cooler in the southeast portion. General conditions project a 36 hour outlook with slightly cooler temperatures due to atmospheric drift.
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Ohio
Couple On Trial In Burning Of Home
Nick and Eva Sissel of Lorain face arson charges in Lorain County Court for allegedly burning their home at 1620 New York Avenue on September 6 to collect fire insurance. Prosecutor John Harding said they used a kerosene stove on a basement box to ignite the upper floor while the defense offered an alibi claiming they were in Farrell, Pennsylvania, the day before and returned to a ruined house.
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Nick
Eva Sissel
Lorain
New York Avenue
A. R. Webber
Sissel
John Harding
Farrell
Pennsylvania
Elyria enrollments rise slightly in first month of 1931 32
Elyria public schools closed September with a total enrollment of 5 117, three below last year’s first month. High school figures rose to 1 452 from 1 564, while grade schools fell to 3 456 from 3 616, largely due to about 60 pupils joining Holy Cross parochial school. Roosevelt led attendance at 98.7 percent, Gates 98.6, Garford 98.5, Ely 98.4, Jefferson and Franklin 98.3, with McKinley and Hamilton tied at 98.2, Washington 98.0, and Allen 97.9. Gates Hospital School and Opportunity School posted top and near top rates.
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Elyria Public Schools
R. C. Maston
Holy Cross
Roosevelt
Gates
Garford
Ely
Jefferson
Franklin
McKinley
Hamilton
Washington
Allen
Gates Hospital School For
Opportunity School
Capone's Lawyers Rest Case In Tax Fraud Trial
Al Capone's attorneys rested his income tax fraud case at noon, after arguing an image as a race horse gambler who lost about $375,000, with the defense portraying him as a victim of circumstances in the federal building in Chicago.
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Capone
Federal Building
Chicago
al CaPone
Raskob Gives $100000 to Democratic Victory Fund
John J. Raskob, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, contributed $100,000 toward the party's Victory fund, contingent on reaching a $1,400,000 goal. The donation was disclosed in a letter from Raskob to John W. Davis, general chairman of the committee's campaign for the fund.
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New York
John J. Raskob
Democratic National
Raskob
John’ W. Davis
Comitu Tes
Elyria YMCA Big Ten drive crowns Michigan team winners
Elyria M C A boys ran a 10 team campaign named after Big Ten universities. Michigan, captained by Blaine Johnson, won with Indiana runner up led by William McClellan. Twenty three prizes awarded including tickets to Ohio State games and six month memberships.
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Elyria
Association
Robert Corts
Ohio State University
Ohio State
William McClellan
Elyria High School
Elyria- Lorain
Richard Gould
Richard Upton
Robert Fredericks
Robert Krieg
Ralph Fey
Robert Jensen
Blaine Johnson
Richard Mathis
Donald Hall
Ernest Buswell
Duke Gull
Thomas Cochrane
Dayton Moves To Restore Confidence In Economic Recovery
Dayton forms a committee of 100 civic leaders led by Frank M. Tait to boost local morale and support Hoover's national drive. Former Governor James M. Cox outlines the mood, the need for transparency in business and banking, and community action to sustain living standards and institutions.
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Dayton
James M. Cox
Frank M. Tait
Hoover
Kolopos Heads 40nd Lorain County Voiture Officers
Kolopos was named chef de gare to head the Lorain County Voiture 149 of the Ohio 40, succeeding Carl Wolf. He had served as conducetur last year. Other officers elected include Ro land Leemhuis as chef de train, George Tattersall as conducteur, Jack Marshall as commissaire intendant, Ed Vincent as gard de la porte, Paul Horton lampiste, Mike Cup rak as commissaire voyageur, Paul Collis Dr H J Austin and Paul Mori chemins as members.
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Lorain County
Ohio
John Kolopos
Carl Wolf
Kolopos
Roland Leemhuis
George Tattersall
Jack Marshall
Ed Vincent
Gard de la Porte
Liberal Takes Over Govt Of Spain
Madrid reports the Republican government passed from Niceto Alcalá Zamora to Manuel Aznar Liberal ally of church restrictions in a brief ceremony. Alcalá Zamora retires to the Cortes as deputy while Alejandro Lerroux, foreign minister, says no ministerial declaration will be issued. The crisis was resolved in one day.
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Madrid
Spain
Manuel Azanza
Azana
Niceto Alcala Zamora
Alcala Zamora
Cortes
Alejandro Lerroux
Three Oberlin Men Targeted in Box Car Thefts
Sheriff Clarence Adams and New York Central railroad police expect to arrest three Oberlin men soon for the theft of 25 pounds of meat and a quantity of cheese from a box car at Oberlin Tuesday night. Investigations concluded the suspects and officers announced the finding last night.
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Oberlin
Clarence Adams
New York Central Railroad
Elyria Chamber to Meet Thursday Night
Elyria Chamber of Commerce to hold a general membership meeting Thursday night next week. The speaker will be Ralph Bradford of Washington DC, representative of the United States Chamber of Commerce. Time listed as 8 20 PM, location not yet determined.
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Elyria Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Ralph Bradford
Washington, D. C
United States Chamber of Commerce
Ohio to open longest and costliest highway Saturday
Governor George White will open Route 7 from Youngstown to near Cincinnati, a 420 mile Ohio River corridor. The final 14 miles between Bellaire and Powhatan cost about 10 million dollars, with hillside blown away at the Narrows for the roadway. State officials call this the greatest engineering feat in Ohio. A belt of earth moved along Belmont county as the highway cuts cliffs. County representatives are expected to attend a Saturday pageant depicting the river valley history.
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Bellaire
George White
Ohio
Youngstown
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Powhatan
Narrows
Belmont County
Powhattan
Ohio River Valley
Bride Shot Herself Survives After Heart Wound
CHICAGO Oct 16 A young bride Helen Smith 21 survived a bullet that tore part of her heart and lodged in her back Doctors marveled at her recovery and planned to remove the bullet if her strength allows Dr Charles G Shannon said the odds against survival were 100000 to 1 She said she shot herself due to illness and kept housework and dinner routine before revealing the incident to her husband and doctors.
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Chicago
Charles G. Shannon
Helen Smith
Shannon
Veterans Plan Campaign For A Cash Bonus
The Veterans of Foreign Wars told President Hoover they will push for a cash bonus and World War pension nationwide. Commander in chief Harold D. Decos visited the White House to urge bonus and pension legislation and outline the group’s broad campaign plans.
MacDonald heckled by hostile coal miners at speech
In Shotton England on October 15 Premier J Ramsay MacDonald attempted a campaign speech but was howled down by a hostile audience of coal miners. He abandoned the talk tired and hoarse but vowed that howls would not cow him. The renewed yelling prevented further remarks, marking the fiercest open antagonism he has faced.
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Shotton
England
J. Ramsay MacDonald
MacDonald
Navy submits revised 1932 budget trimming millions
The Navy Department sent a revised 1932 budget to President Hoover, reducing several millions from the original 401 million estimate but failing to meet Hoover's demand for a 61 million cut. Secretary Adams declined to release details, noting he could not cut naval expenditures as drastically as requested. High officials expect major reductions in operations, personnel, ship rotations, and certain Navy yards, with uncertain job losses.
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Washington
Navy Department
Hoover
Navy
White House
Adams
Myers Reply on Nurses Home Construction Suit
Don W. Myers, prosecutor, made public a letter to Guy B. Findley, attorney for Dr. C. B. Weedman of Wellington, urging action to settle all issues in a contemplated suit to restrain construction of a nurses home at the tuberculosis sanatorium. Myers, legal adviser for the building commission, had previously refused to file such action. Findley said he had not yet decided on filing and would confer with Dr. Weedman after receiving Myers’s letter.
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Ci Ling
Tuberculosis Sanatorium
Don W. Myers
Guy B. Findley
C. B. Wedman
Wellington
Myers
Findley
Weedman
Eagles Plan To Raise Milk Fund For Elyria Schools
The Elyria Eagles chapter forms a committee to run a milk fund drive for the Parent-Teacher Association project assisting undernourished students. City Solicitor rules the school board cannot legally use its funds for milk, prompting a sponsor request to return as last year. J. L. Mathis named chair to oversee arrangements and announce later plans.
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Parent-Teacher Association
Elyria
Fraternal
Order of Eagles
Parent- Teacher Associations
The
Eagles
Harry M. Redington
Plana
U.N Council Votes 13 to 1 to Invite U S to Parley
Geneva reports the League of Nations Council approved inviting the United States to join discussions on the Manchurian crisis by a 13 to 1 vote, with Japan opposing. Tokyo says its League envoy will oppose an American observer in sessions, citing Stimson notes as aggravating factors.
Woman 85 Denies Guilt In Cleveland Court
An 86 year old woman, Mrs. Anna Bandy, appeared before Judge Mary Grossman in a Cleveland police court and, through an interpreter, denied a liquor law violation charge. The case was continued to Oct. 27. She was released on a $200 bond with Attorney William S. Cohen among five volunteer counsel.
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Cleveland, O
Anna Bandy
Mary Grossman
William S. Cohen
Midland Steel Products Co To Expand
NEW YORK Oct 15. Plans for expansion of activities at the Midland Steel Products Company of Cleveland were announced by EB J Kulas president at a dinner honoring Harry T Gilbert newly appointed vice president and general manager. The firm has augmented its engineering staff and speeded its research lab work leading to several new products in diversified lines. Large orders have been received for a new axle housing and $100000 of new equipment is being installed for manufacture.
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New York
Midland Steel Products Company of
Cleveland
EB. J. Kulas
Harry T. Gilbert
Kalas
Fall Fatal To Alaskan Priest
Anchorage is the scene as Father George Woodley, a popular Alaskan Catholic priest and experienced aviator, is found dead after a fall from a high cliff in the Matanuska valley. He had been missing for days after splitting from companions Dan Kennedy and Robert G. Woodley, his brother. Woodley had flown northern outposts and trained at Kelly Field in Texas, recently flying from New York to Alaska for missionary work.
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Anchorage
Alaska
George Woodley
Matanuska Valley
Father Woodley
Dan Kennedy
Robert G. Woodley
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Texas
New York
Borage
Japan’s Refusal Dazes League In Manchuria Crisis
Geneva Oct 15 Japan’s cold refusal to sanction American participation in the Manchurian crisis left the League of Nations facing its severest test since its founding. Three options were debated: abandon American participation, treat invitation as procedural, or seek a concession from the United States in return for Japanese concessions. Ken Kichi Yoshizawa argued Tokyo’s reply, saying the United States must accept council responsibilities if it joins.
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Japan
Dlacua
Slon
League of Nations
League
United States
Manchuria
Ken- Kichi Yoshizawa
Tokio
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