Chinese Flee As Defenses Crumble In Canton
Japanese tanks and troops broke into Canton causing Chinese authorities to flee. Power plants, factories, and posts were dynamited as the city fell to the rapid advance. Flames rose across the river as thousands fled toward the West river and sampans.
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Canton
China
Mlb
Trops
Bias Bay
Yangtse
Yellow River
Wu Teh-Chen
Tungyuen
Henam
Shanmieen
Canion
Esespe
Sampans
West River
Expand Provisions For Pensions Would Expand Provisions For Pensions
Washington October 21 The Advisory Council of the Social Security Board opened a two day meeting to draft amendments expanding old age insurance under the Social Security Act. A concurrent report urged states to rewrite unemployment compensation laws for larger benefits with fewer claimants. The council will forward recommendations to the Senate Finance Committee and parallel the Roosevelt administration push for changes to replace the full reserve with a pay as you go plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Advisory Council
Social Security Board
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
Council
Arthur H. Vandenberg
R. Mich
Roosevelt
Penson
Truck Drivers Strike Paralyzes Des Moines Freight Lines
About 1,000 truck drivers from Local 90 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters walked out in Des Moines causing widespread disruption to 40 over the road carriers and 10 local transfer outfits. They demanded wage terms from a recently signed Midwest contract, after a final meeting with operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
American Federation of Labor
Chicago
Weather Ohio Forecast With Rain In North
The report notes partly cloudy skies and warmer conditions in central and southern Ohio, with rain in the north tonight. Saturday brings partly cloudy skies and a cooler dip in extreme north as rain reaches the northeast. Disturbances near the North Atlantic and Minnesota. high pressure over the northern Rockies extending into the west Gulf States.
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Ohio
North Atlantic Coast
Minnesota
Rocky Mountain Region
West Gulf States
Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Atlantic States
Mississippi
County Fair Moves Up dates Next Year Lorain County
The ninety third Lorain County Fair will start earlier than usual with tentative dates set for September 1 to 4 including Labor Day. The Lorain County Agricultural Society also announced its annual election meeting will be held November 26 at the courthouse with seven directors to be elected.
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Lorain County
Lorain County Agricultural Society
The
Agricultural Society
Seven Die In Ohio Auto Crashes In 24 Hours
Coroner rules accidental deaths after a spate of crashes across Ohio. Victims include Russell J. Roman of Lima 39 killed near Van Wert, Mary Ellen Quinlan 3 of Lima killed when thrown from a car, and Seperina Dangey 60 of Bowling Green struck by a Perrysburg driver. Others harmed or killed include George J. Robinson Youngstown druggist and Leipsie collision involving Edward and Nellie Burden Ottawa.
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Ohio
Lima
Russell J. Roman
van Wert
Mary Ellen Quinlan
C.D. Quinllan
Seperina Dangey
Bowling Green
Ottawa
Nellie
Lake Erie
Leipsie
St. Burgard
Findlay
W. C. Miller
Putnam County
Ncideni
Schools Reach Full Red Cross Junior Membership
Three schools in the Elyria Red Cross territory report 100 percent Junior Red Cross memberships for their students. Rochester School led, followed by St. John's Lutheran Elyria and Markley School Elyria Township. The figures accompany the Red Cross Ball Call under R. E. Baird as dozens canvass Elyria and southern county townships.
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Elyria
American Red Cross
Junior Red Cross
Edith Metcalf
Red Cross
Rochester
St. John's Lutheran School
Markley
Elyria Township
R. E. Baird
New Activities For Boys Begin Saturday
Two new activities in the Y M C A boys division program start Saturday with a noon bean dinner and a 1 30 p m Stamp Club meeting led by Greenlee Haynes Elyria post office employee. The big event next week is the Hallowe en party at 7 p m Thursday with thrills promised by boys work director Herman Geyer. Music by the Monica band and refreshments will add to the evening.
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Stamp Club
Greenlee Haynes
Elyria Post Office
Herman Geyer
Boys
Boys’ Division
Sneak Thieves Stole $200 as Mrs Roosevelt Spoke
In Green Bay on October 21 three thieves crept into the Columbus Club box office and stole $200 during Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt's address on the Good Neighbor policy and the peace movement before about 2,500 attendees.
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Green Bay. Wis
Columbus Club
Eleanor Roosevelt
73 Persons Accused Of Criminal Misuse Of WPA Machinery
Seventy three individuals including Dennis Chavez's sister and his son in law surrendered to post bond and answer indictments for criminal misuse of Works Progress Administration machinery materials and workers. The grand jury charged 58 with conspiracy to misuse WPA funds and 15 with labor diversion payroll falsification or material Diversion. Arraignment scheduled for October 25.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Dennis Chavez
Works Progress Administration
Chavez
U. S
Stanley Miller
Anita Tafoya
Fred Healy
New Mexico
WPA
Harry Hopkins
Roosevelt backs Ely in New Jersey senate bid
President Roosevelt and Mayor Frank Hague endorsed William H. J. Ely for the U S Senate from New Jersey. The White House signal came via Secretary of War Woodring, aimed at unifying the party after intra alliance tensions with Hague's organization. Ely, a former State WPA administrator, is Hague's pick to succeed Senator John Milton.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Frank Hague
Jersey City
New Jersey
William H. J. Ely
United States Senate
Ely
Woodring
Hague
WPA
John Milton
Pope Denounces Nazi Church Policy In Vatican Speech
At Castel Gandolfo the Pope delivered a sharply worded denunciation of Nazi church policy. He cited attacks on Cardinal Innitzer and warned Hitler that efforts to crush the church would fail or end disastrously, prompting Vatican officials to weigh public release.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Prus
Castel Gandolfo
Papal Court
Germany
Austria
Pius
Cardinal Innitzer
Vienna
Adolf Hitler
Nationalist bombers devastate Barcelona with raids
In Barcelona on October 21 Nationalist bombers dropped cargoes that fatally hurt 20 people and wounded 70 civilians while wrecking several large buildings. The city endured four raids during the night as darkness fell. Some devices fell harmlessly into the harbor.
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Barcelona
Forest Fire Death Toll Reaches Seven
SINNEMAHONING Pa Oct 21 Civilian Conservation corps authorities added another name to forest fire death lists today bringing the total of Wednesday fires to seven The latest victim was Stephen Jacowski 18 Johnstown Pa who died last night of burns.
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Sinnemahoning
Civilian Conservation Corps
Stephen Jacowski
Johnstown
Lorain Plant to Slightly Increase Next Week
At National Tube company Lorain plant operations rise slightly for next week with the rail mill to run Monday for five days. Three blast furnaces and 10 open hearths will stay at high annual levels while skelp mills 3 and 4 run Sunday then pause until Wednesday. Butt mills 2 and 6 and seamless mills 1 and 2 operate five days starting Monday. seamless mill 1 ends this week at 7 am Sunday and mill 2 shuts at 7 am tomorrow.
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National Tube Company
Lorain
Nao
Extra Activities Demonstrated At Elyria High
New Elyria High School students learned about the wide range of activities available at a morning assembly. Miss Joan Bauer chaired the program highlighting girls and boys athletics, dramatics, extempore speaking, projection, and music, with seven clubs represented by named students and leaders.
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Elyria High School
Joan Bauer
Doris Severs
Margaret Takacs
William Butch
Richard Funk
Martha Brodbeck
Emily Gawara
Sidney Gross
Leo Malanowski
Lloyd Ludwig
Donna Graham
Bernard Fohes
Dramatics
Jean Crisp
Paul Eckler
Jack Reinhardt
Robert Bolly
Valerie Tite
Robert Karp
Lowell Sellers
Rita Halpin
Peter Smith
Donald Keating
Harry Cook
Richard Baumhardt
Douglas Hireh
Leaders
Roberta Howenstine
James Ferriman
Dorothy Nau
Jane Geisel
Arthur Hall
Paul Irion
Dorothy Johnson
la Vaughn Searight
Phyllis Christman
Mary Born
Bernice Nicholas
Harmonica Band Busy Schedule At Local Clubs
The new YMCA boys division harmonica band is in demand with performances at a DeMolay meeting last night and a concert at Second Congregational Church tonight. Additional appearances are planned in the near future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y. M. C. A. Boys’ Division
Second Congregational Church
Y.M.C.A Campaign Winners Announced in Big Ten Contest
Herman Geyer announced winners of the Y.M.C.A Enrollment Week Big Ten football contest. David Taylor won first prize a jacket, Pete Peterman earned second prize a year membership, and Harry Han received third prize a ping pong paddle. The Big Ten team title went to Maynard Unger captained Ohio State.
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Herman Geyer
David Taylor
Pete Peterman
Harry Hanson
Fauver Named Acting Sheriff By Judges
Lester A. Fauver a 73 year old Larain leader and former county engineer was named acting sheriff by Common Pleas Judges to serve during the disability of Sheriff William F Grall who was arrested on a bribery indictment and held on a $20000 bond. Fauver will be paid the sheriff salary per day while serving and is not a candidate for the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester A. Fauver
Larain
Ohio Engineering Company
Common Pleas
Guy B. Finchey
D. A. Cook
William F. Grall
Findley
Maxine Barbour
Penny Morgan
Grall
Fauver
L. B. Adams
Adams
Cook
Grail
Lorain
Pauver
Former County Auditor Indicted On 17 Counts
New Philadelphia Ohio October 21 Ralph Richardson former Tuscarawas County auditor was indicted today by the county grand jury on 16 forgery counts and one embezzlement count. He already serves a one to ten year penitentiary sentence on a fraud conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Philadelphia
Ralph Richardson
Tus
Carawas County
Patrolman Andress Suspended After Immorality Charge
Elyria Police Chief E J Stankard suspended Patrolman Clellar E Andress after he acknowledged visiting Mrs Christine Ritchie s tourist home in Bay Village on January 18 with Rose Bodik of Elyria to get a beer The Bay Village case led to a guilty plea for entering a house for immoral purposes with fines suspended The officer s prior notoriety included capturing a bank robber Myron Gibson who kidnapped him Charges will be reviewed by Safety Service Director J D Faxon to decide discharge or reinstatement
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Clellar E. Andress
Elyria
E. J . Stankard
Andress
Christine Ritchie
Bay Village
Rose Bodik
Sixth
Westlake Road
Miss Bodik
Myron Gibson
Safety Service
J. D. Faxon
Faxon
Republic Steel Appeals From NLRB Order
Republic Steel seeks review in the U S Court of Appeals of a National Labor Relations Board order directing reinstatement of 5 000 workers who struck at Ohio plants in May 193%. The company claims bias by the board’s trial examiner and says the proceedings violated constitutional rights and due process. It cites 63 exceptions to the board decision and contends hearings included hearsay and irrelevant testimony.
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Philadelphia
Republic Steel Company
National Labor Relations Board
Republic
Ohio
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
NIRB
Second Republic
Committee For Industrial Organiaion
CIO
Foremen Club Defies Bogeymen At Elyria Meeting
The Elria Foremen Club of Elyria held an October meeting at the YMCA attended by 74 foremen from local plants. C. T. Berg of Iron Fireman Co Cleveland described three bogeymen as inertia pessimism and delay and urged cooperation among departments and more prospect calls to boost sales. Berg, a two time Elyria speaker this year, stressed that all connected with a business are salesmen and that work now fights inertia and pessimism.
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Elria
Elyria
C. T. Berg
Iron Fireman Company
Cleveland
Berg
Knife Wounds Fatal in Cincinnati Case Brawl
Charles H Cinnamon a WPA worker died from knife wounds suffered in an argument following a case brawl in Cincinnati. The incident occurred today with investigations ongoing.
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Cincinnati
Charles H Cinnamon
Elyria Man Stricken While Raking Leaves
Edward Fitz, 63, of 531 West Second street, died of a heart attack while raking leaves. Born in Monroeville July 30, 1875, he had lived in Elyria nineteen years and worked for C. J. H. Merthe company. Survived by wife Elizabeth and daughter Mrs. Lillian Distel of Norwalk. Funeral arrangements incomplete. body at Sudro-Curtis Funeral Home.
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Edward Fitz
West Second Street
Mr. Fitz
Monroeville
Elyria
C. J H. Merthe Company
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Elizabeth Fitz
Lillian ‘Distel
Norwalk
Sudro- Curtis Funeral Home
Reform Leader In Cincinnati Passes
Henry Bentley, 58, reform leader who swept Cincinnati’s gas lamp era from City Hall, died in hospital after returning from Florida. Unmarried, he chaired the Cincinnati Charter Committee for 11 years ending in 1935, helped install proportional representation, and was active in the National Municipal League and Red Cross service.
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Bulletin
Cincinnati
Ebh
Henry Bentley
Florida
Bentley
National Proportional Representation League
National Municipal League
American Red Cross
First Naval District
Federal Public Works Administration
Ohio
Wagner Act Protects Communists, Says Morrow Before Dies Panel
Clyde Morrow former Communist and Detroit American Legion member told the Dies committee that the Wagner Labor Relations Act makes it nearly impossible to fire Communists and other revolutionaries. He cited unions protecting discharged radicals and noted Homer Martin of the UAW hired Communist organizers. Police described 1937 strikes at Briggs Body and Fisher Body No. 2, with outsiders, many from Ohio, arriving and clashes with officers. Roy and Victor Reuther named as agitators. testimony continued.
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Washington
Oel
Clyde Morrow
Detroit American Legion
Dies
UN American Activities
Morrow
Homer Martin
United Automobile Workers
Martin
Red
Tex
Edwin Hughes
Flint
Mich
Ohio
Briggs Body
General Motors
Philip Raymond
Detroit
Hughes
Fisher Body
Roy
Victor Reuther
All Gambling Places In Franklin County Ordered Closed
In Columbus Ohio on October 21 authorities ordered all gambling venues in Franklin County shut down including bingo games. Sheriff Jacob E. Sandusky stated the lid is on to stay as city gambling had already been halted since March. Gambling operators had shifted to areas outside Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Franklin County
Jacob E. Sandusky
Returns Secret Indictment In Vice Probe
A special grand jury meeting in Lorain recessed indefinitely after returning two indictments. William Coleman of Elyria faces a criminal assault charge involving a nine year old girl, and a secret misdemeanor indictment was issued. Prosecutor Howard R. Butler noted the probe into gambling vice and official corruption continues. Robert Bridges of the IRS testified, having been subpoenaed but needing higher approvals to testify. The jurors examined 62 witnesses during the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Coleman
Elyria
Howard R. Butler
Frobe
Robert Bridges
Internal Revenue Department
Internal Revenue Department of Justice
Bridges
Lorain
Davey invites impartial pension study in Ohio
Gov Martin L Davey asks the Federal Social Security Board to send an impartial representative to review Ohio s State Old Age Pension Division operations aiming to restore federal pension funds. He says the board would find proper administration and cites its earlier political charges. The dispute led to dismissals and a federal funding halt.
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Columbus
Martin L. Davey
Federal Social Security Board
Ohio
Davey
Social Security Board
Henry Jy. Berrodin
Federal
Wray Bevens
Plunge Fatal To Reported Fiancee Of Harry Hopkins
Dorothy Hale actress and reported fiancee of WPA Administrator Harry Hopkins died after a fall from an upper floor of the Hampshire House in New York. Officials say window sills are low and she may have lost balance while attempting to raise a window. Hopkins had avoided commenting on the engagement rumors. Hale's husband, Gardner Hale, committed suicide in 1931. Mrs Hale and Hopkins had been seen together repeatedly over the past year.
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New York
Dorothy Hale
Hary L. Hopkins
WPA
Hampshire House
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William Ely
E. H.S
Y.M.C. A
Maynard Unger
Ohio State
Stankard
Republic Steel
NLRB
Reform
Vice
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