Ohio Week End Toll Of Road Crashes Tops Ten Dead
United Press reports a wave of accidents across Ohio over the weekend left ten dead and several injured. Notable fatalities include Clarence Keenen Jr., 25, in a Route 40 crash near St Paris. Drayton Potts, 25, and Nellie Potts, 25, in a Cleveland area collision. Baughman, 58, New Concord treasurer, in a head on crash on New Concord Coton road. and others from Columbus, Akron, Massillon, and Toledo areas. Some cases involved drownings or boats on Lake Erie, with ongoing searches for missing individuals.
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United Press
Ohio
Ree
Arence Keenen, Jr
Urbana
Paris
Drayton
Nellie M. Potts
Farrell
Compan
Cleveland
B. Baughman
Newcord
Nationale Institute
Treas
Ohio Apple Institute
New Concord- Coton
Baughman
Muskingum Fruit
New Concord
Kingum College
Robert Farrow
Ohio Weste University
Delaware
Worthon
Electrical Shifts to Accelerate Water Tunnel Work
An agreement to run two shifts of electricians installing ble panels in the abandoned water tunnel under Black River for the Erie bridge at Lorain was approved by a commissioners meeting with the electrical union and Dingle-Clark Co. Ralph Harding, engineer in charge, said double shifts will finish this week and pile driving will pause to protect worker safety. The firm agreed to eight hours pay for seven hours worked, matching union demands.
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Black River
Erieenne
Lorain
Dingle-Clark Co
Ralpharding
Germany announces new mine field near Falster Island
COPENHAGEN Denmark Oct Germany announced the establishment of a new mine field between the Baltic coast of Germany and the Danish island of Falster. The move raises regional tensions and impacts maritime activity in the area.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Germany
Baltic
Falster
Weather summary for Ohio and nearby regions
Fair and slightly cooler in the northwest, warmer in the southeast tonight. Conditions over the past 24 hours include precipitation along parts of the Atlantic coast and Florida. Barometric readings show high pressure across the Dakotas and middle Atlantic states with very low pressure along the Pacific coast and the Gulf coast. Temperatures moderated in central regions while northern Plains face cooler conditions.
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Ohio
Exome
Dakotas
Middle Atlantic
Florida
Orthern
Germany massing on 75 mile front for early offensive
Paris dispatch reports Germany pouring men and mechanized units into the west wall fortification line along a 73 mile stretch between the Moselle and Saar rivers in preparation for an early attack. French observers note massed forces in rear positions and ongoing shelling to delay troop movements while ambushing small patrols.
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Paris
U.P
Germany
West Wall
Moselle
Saar
Fight Over Destruction of 69 Slot Machines at Oberlin
Briefs present arguments for and against destroying 69 slot machines seized a year ago from S Hobbs' Oberlin warehouse during Lorain County bribery trials. Prosecutor Butler seeks destruction. Hobbs' attorney Von Blum argues the machines were warehoused property not used for gambling. The case, once set for oral hearing, will be decided in writing by Common Pleas Judge Guy B Findley.
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Stanton
S. Hobbs
Oberlin
Common Pleas
Guy B. Findley
Sheriff's Department
Howard R. Butler
Lorain County
Hobbs
William Peer
Harry Ziegman
Dave Crawford, Jr
Butler
John von Blum
Y M C A Emphasizes Big Brother Program In Elyria
Dozens of Elyria boys benefit from the Y M C A Big Brother program as part of the annual membership drive. More than 150 youths have used Y M C A facilities and allied with peers, with Rotary and individuals sponsoring memberships for underprivileged boys. Sponsors report the program benefits both sides, and selections are made by Y M C A officials or donors, ensuring boys gain full membership privileges.
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Elyria
Big Brother
Harlie G. Stevick
Elyria Rotary Club
Stevick
Boyz
Death of James O'Reill in Cleveland river jump
Cleveland, October 16 reports the death of James O'Reill, 79, after a 18 foot jump into the Cuyahoga River from Central Avenue. Police are investigating the accidental drowning.
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Lears
Cleveland, O
James O'Reill
Cuyahoge River
Central
Uct
Supreme Court to hear anti trust cases today
The Supreme Court agreed to review two major anti trust cases and a Seventh Circuit ruling ordering retrial after 12 oil companies and five officers were convicted of Sherman Act violations in Madison Wisconsin oil conspiracy. It also will review a federal district court dismissal of indictments in the Chicago milk industry case and a labor union enforcement issue involving NLBR orders.
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Washington
Supreme Court
U. S. Circuit Court
National Labor Relations Board
Madison
Wis
Chicago
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Federal District
Sartor Attends Postmasters Convention in Washington
Postmaster Sartor and Mrs. C. J. Sartor returned to Elyria after attending the national postmasters convention in Washington where about 4500 postmasters gathered. Airplane tours over the capital highlighted the event while President Roosevelt spoke at the White House grounds and Mrs. Roosevelt hosted a women’s tea. Next year’s meeting is set for Columbus.
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C. J. Sartor
Elyria
Washington
Sartor
Roosevelt
White House
Columbus
Will Give 52 Talks In Lorain County Schools
Howard Hamlin state supervisor of health and narcotics for the State Department of Education will give 52 talks in 27 Lorain County schools this week and next week. C A Gibbons county school superintendent released the schedule. Talks begin today and continue through Thursday next week with three schools per day listing Vincent Clearview Middle Ridge Wellington Huntington Rochester Henrietta Camden Brighton Ridgeville Grafton Belden Columbia Eaton East Carlisle Columbia Eaton East Carlisle Amherst South Amherst South Ridge Avon Lake Avon Sheffield Lake Murray Ridge La Grange Penfield Brownhelm Lake Avenue Markley.
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Howard Hamlin
State Department of Education
Lorain County
C. A. Gibbons
Vincent
Clearview
Middle Ridge
Wellington
Huntington
Rochester
Henrietta
Camden
Brighton
Ridgeville
Grafton
Belden
Columbia
Eaton
East Carlisle
Amherst
South Amherst
South Ridge
Avon Lake
Avon
Sheffield Lake
Murray Ridge
la Grange
Penfield
Brownhelm
Lake Avenue
Markley
Shelby youths killed in Mansfield truck collision
Shelby youth Artz, 19, died when his auto struck a freight train at the Baltimore & Ohio crossing northwest of Mansfield. The box car derailed blocking traffic for two hours. Two others were injured in the crash.
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Anthony J. Nauchik
Cleveland
Forest
Vid G. Mayhorn
David Moreland
Xter City
Caldwell
Shelby Youts
Mansfield
Mowerd Artz
Shelby
Baltimore & Oftio Crossing
Mansfeld
Payments To Farmers Exceed Two Hundred Thousand Dollars
Lorain County farmers under the 1939 agricultural conservation program are estimated to receive over 200000 dollars in payments. The Lorain County Agricultural Conservation Association met at Blyria Y M C A with T H Breyley reelected chair and Neal B Ludwig as vice chair. Elmer H Fullmer elected county committee member along with alternates R E Dickason and John Barber. Mrs Rebecca Dreger named secretary treasurer. Estimates show 148000 dollars for 2000 farm operators plus 18706 wheat price adjustments for 1177 growers and 22474 corn price adjustments for 896 growers. Corn payments alone exceed total county conservation payments of 1938, with more payments due. John C Cummings spoke on agricultural prospects and duties of committee members. County committee reports indicate 10 percent of wheat growers will stay within acre allotments in the 1940 sign-up.
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Lorain County
Lorain County Agricultural Conservation Association
Blyria Y. M. C. A. T
H. Breyley
Pittsfield
Neal B. Ludwig
Amherst
Elmer H. Fullmer
Eaton Township
R. E. Dickason
John Barber
Rebecca Dreger
John C. Cummings
City Relief Office Opens in Mason ic Temple Building
The city relief department began operations on the third floor of the Mason ic Temple Building absorbing 174 active relief cases from the county as the city takes over administration. Many cases may close this week due to rising private unemployment with expectations the load will settle near 150 once the transfer completes. The county had managed city relief since May 1, 1936, and a resolution moved relief back to the city on October 16.
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Masonic Temple
Louis Stolzenburg
Germans Shelled Lifeboats Kill and Wound Hundreds
Survivors of the French liners Bretagne and Louisiane said German submarines attacked without warning, shelling lifeboats as crews lowered them. More than 400 people were killed or wounded, including women and children. Five Bretagne crew and two passengers died. first mate Ortillé of the Louisiane was killed. Rescue by British warships prevented a larger toll. 414 survivors were later landed at Plymouth from the Bretagne and Louisiane and the Lochavon.
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London
Bretagne
Louisiane
Yesere
Plymouth
West Indies
Great Britain
Havana
Britain
Loches
Admiralty
Royal Oak
Boudien
The
Ortillé
wLochavon
Panama
Pioneer Women Of Elyria Honored By Local Club
The Elyria Business and Professional Women's Club honors pioneer women as it marks National Business Women's Week theme One Hundred Years of Women's Progress. The article traces Elyria’s early female teachers and workers from 1817 onward, noting figures such as Mrs Beach, Mrs Sperry, and several schoolteachers who shaped the city’s educational groundwork. It highlights early schools and female educators, including the Monteiths and Miss Ella Shepherd, as well as the five Gerford sisters as instructors, with the piece concluding that the story continues on page 4.
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Elyria
John Monteith
Monteith
Mary Ells
F. M. Oviatt
M. J. Oatman
Kate
Rite
Barth
Carrie
German raid on Scottish bases yields RAF counterattack
German planes attacked naval yards on Scotland's coast near the Firth of Forth but faced a Royal Air Force counterattack with anti aircraft batteries. The Air Ministry said RAF craft inflicted casualties on the raiders and described the raid as an attempted attack amid escalating hostilities at sea and in the air. The report also notes denials of heavy damage to the Repulse and sightings of ships near the Norwegian coast, with patrols and recon flights over Germany.
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London
U.P
Scotland
Royal Air Force
Edinburgh
Firth of Forth
Air Ministry
Germany
Berlin
High Command
Frankfort
Rhineland
Great Britain
Scottish
Rosyth
Isle of May
Hitler Sends Message to Stalin in War Telegram
Berlin dispatches report that Adolf Hitler sent a couriered message to Josef Stalin and expects a reply soon. Officials offered no confirmation, but sources say the content could influence Germanys next moves in Europe. The report notes Nazi hopes to consult with Russia and Italy after their peace offensive failed.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Josef Stalin
Germany
Moscow
Russia
Italy
Vermilion-On-Lake Sewage Plan Approved by State Health
County commissioners reported that the State Department of Health approved preliminary plans for a sanitary sewage system and disposal works at Vermilion-on-the-Lake proposed by a lot owners association led by Frank Davern. A notice was sent by Dr. R. H. Markwith. The project aided incorporation advocates, who had faced an injunction suit denying incorporation.
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State Department of Health
Vermilion-on-the-Lake
of For Owners
Frank Davern
R. H. Markwith
Kiwanians Open Convention In Cleveland
Five hundred delegates attended the 22nd Kiwanis District Convention in Cleveland. The first business session opened with registration and a welcome from Mayor Marold Burtun, honoring district leaders Otto Pfaff, Clyde Minswng, and division governor nominees.
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Cleveland, O
Kiwanis
Marold KH. Burtun
Floyd Pfaff
Marietta
Otto
Clyde Minswng
Bowling Green
Liewlmaet
Burglars Steal Slot Machines From V. F. W. Hall
Burglars broke into the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall on Broad and Chapel streets between 6:30 and 7:30 this morning, taking two nickel slot machines and $20 in pennies rolled in 50 cent wrappers. They damaged a cash register valued at $385 and entered via a rear door leading to a fire escape. The discovery came from Frank E. Anderson as he saw the open door on Chapel street. The machines had been opened Saturday night and likely contained little money.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Broad
Chapel Streets
Sergt
C. E. Parker
Frank E. Anderson
Middle Avenue
Chapel Street
British Battleship Repulse Attacked
German supreme command reports the same submarine that torpedoed the Royal Oak also torpedoed the British battle cruiser Repulse. The announcement updates wartime action concerning British naval losses and German naval operations.
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Repulse
Berlin
Royal Oak
Turkey and Finland Stand Ground in Moscow Talks
Turkey and Finland resist Russian demands halting negotiations in Moscow. Ankara and Helsinki review positions while Rome’s Grigore Grăfencu contemplates resignation if Russia presses Romania. Finnish envoy J K Paasikivi heads to Helsinki to brief government amid Nordic consultations in Stockholm under King Gustaf V.
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Buchryarest
Jhoommalaia
Oat 16
Turkey
Finland
Moscow
Russia
Grigore Grafencu
Romania
Sugru
Sarecoglu
Foreigncommissariat
J. K. Paasikivi
Helsingfors
Paasikivi
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Stockholm
Gustaf V
Pittman Leads Cash Fight to End 90-Day Credit Clause
Chairmen Pittman and Key Fitman today pushed a amendment to Roosevelt neutrality legislation, removing the 90-day credit provision to restore a strict cash and carry policy. The move aims to speed passage of the arms embargo repeal. Isolationists met with Senator Johnson to continue the fight next week, with McCarran noting further speeches likely.
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Key Fitman
Tassatiaels Bar
Roosevelt
Néasute
Pittman
Hiram W. Johnson
Cal
Pat McCarran
D. Nev
Bennett C. Clark
D. Mo
Rotarians To Hear Editor Mack Sauer At Elyria Club
Leesburg Ohio author Mack Sauer will speak at the Elyria Elks Restaurant Rotary Club meeting at noon tomorrow. His topic is Humor.
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Mack Sauer
Leesburg
Ohio
Elyria Elks Restaurant
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