School Levies Before Voters For Decision
Lorain County voters in seven districts will decide on extra levies for current expenses next month. Six renewals cover South Amherst Grafton Township Penfield Township Clearview Rural Sheffield Lake and Wellington. Rochester Township proposes a new levy to restore funds for open schools and bus replacements.
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Lorain County
Rochester Township
South Amherst
Grafton Township
Penfield Township
Clearview Rural
Sheffield Lake
Wellington
C. A. Gibbons
Schol
Boar
Schanl
Schail
Schnel
Thres
Sehen
Brighton Township
Loram County
Brighton Township O
Chirksfold
Rechester
Pension Checks Delayed in Ohio Amid Federal Aid Tug
Ohio will likely delay October Old Age Pension checks for about 112000 recipients as State Auditor Joseph Ferguson postpones checks hoping federal authorities renew funds. He will wait a few days while Governor Davey and the Federal Social Security Board seek a settlement after aid suspension. No word yet on the board’s reaction to a call for an impartial investigator.
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Columbus
Ohin
Joseph T. Ferguson
Davey
Federal Social Security Board
Plate Pension Administration
Set Off Blasts To Halt Fires In Canton
Canton residents reported Japanese fire brigades detonated explosives in the city to suppress a massive fire blamed on Chinese incendiaries. The blaze, starting yesterday as Japanese forces moved in, spread to Shameen Island’s foreign quarter, with a dynamite blast damaging the United States consulate.
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Canton
Shameen Island
Pearl River
United States
Weather Summary: Frost Tonight Then Fair Tuesday
Weather outlook shows light frost in the north and heavy frost in the south tonight with fair conditions Tuesday. Disturbances centered over Alberta Ontario and off the South Atlantic coast. Precipitation widespread from the Lake Region to the East Gulf states with heavy rainfall reported in Jacksonville last 24 hours. Cool spell across the Lake Region and Ohio Valley shifts to warmer conditions in the Plains and Rockies.
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ORIO
Alberta
Ontario
Atlantic
Washington
Oregon
West Gulf States
Lake Region
Ohio Valley
East Gulf States
Jacksonville
Gulf
Plains States
Rocky Mountain
Steel Production At 61 Percent In Mahoning Valley
Youngstown October 24 a new high steel production in Mahoning Valley for the year will be reached this week as output climbs to about 61 percent of capacity with 53 of 83 open hearths operating. Open hearths at 65 percent, Republic Steel's Bessemer converters at 75 percent, 13 of 24 blast furnaces active, finishing mills steady. Last year plants held ingot piles. this year there are no reserves.
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Youngstown
Mahoning Valley
Republic Steel
Bessemer
Cardinal Denies Nazi Attacks With Vienna Letter
In Vienna on October 24 Cardinal Innitzer read a circular letter to Roman Catholic congregations denying Nazi newspapers attacked him. He said Austrian bishops acted for peaceful cooperation with the government and defended Catholics duties to the state while pledging to defend church rights.
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Vienna
Innitzer
St. Stephens
Deutsches Nachrichten Bure
Austria
Yoomg Seiman
St Stephens Aumber
Adolf Hitler
Naz Party
Sudetenland
Reich
Fuehrer
New Fire Truck Makes First Run in Carlisle Township
The Elyria Fire Department’s new quadruple combination fire truck made its first run this afternoon to the home of Sylvester Hammons on Hadaway Street Carlisle Township just south of the city limits. A coal grate lit a bed fire causing damage to the bed floor and a shade.
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Elyria Fire Department
Sylvester Hammons
Hadaway Street
Carlisle Township
Hammons
Supreme Court Grants Two-Week Recess After Brief Session
The Supreme Court recessed for two weeks after a short session that announced orders in minor cases. The pause allows justices to prepare opinions on cases argued since the Fall term began.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Winter’s Grip Clouds Northern U S On Frosty Sweep
Northern United States endures a cold wave as winter storms move east from the north. Ohio reports normal temperatures while Minnesota and Wisconsin battle snow and sleet. Chicago records a light snow mix, and in Michigan the Great Lakes region sees frost and slush. Beaver Island lighthouse remains toppled by high seas. a lumber barge found after 36 hours sheltering in Northern Lake Michigan.
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United Press
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Ohio
Mississippi
Missouri
Great Lakes
U. S
J. R. Lloyd
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Appalachian Mountain
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LaCross
Lone Rock
Madison
Wis
Iowa
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Dubuque
M. H. Stewart
Beaver Island
Lake Michigan
Actor Victim of Jewel Thief
Cincinnati October 24 Actor George Jessel reported a $7000 jewelry theft from his hotel room before leaving for a nightclub. The items included an onyx dress watch with a pearl chain, a platinum pencil, a dress set and vest buttons of crystals diamonds and rubies, and a ruby ring.
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Cincinnati
George Jessel
Siver Jessel
Christus
Norma Talmadge
Jessel
Rotarians to Hear Oberlin Professor at Elyria Club
Prof. Philip D. Sherman of Oberlin College will speak at the Elyria Rotary Club noon meeting at the Elks Restaurant. His topic is not announced. Sherman is a former member who has spoken to the club several times.
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Philip D. Sherman
Oberlin College
Elyria Rotary Club
Elks
Sherman
Federal Regulation Of Wages And Hours Now In Effect
First federal regulation of wages and hours in interstate industry becomes law under the Fair Labor Standards Act. It affects about 11,000,000 workers and sets a minimum wage, standard work week, and ends oppressive child labor. Governors pledge cooperation. conference dates set. AFL leaders plan 500 committees to aid enforcement.
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Washington
Elmer FL Andrews
Alabama
Texas
Mississippi
Louisiana
Iowa
Utah
Nevada
Andrews
William Green
The
AFL
Central Labor Organizations
New Deal
Elyria meets to urge U.S. push for open Palestine door
About 200 people attended the Lorain County Emergency Committee on Palestine meeting in Elyria Elks Hall. Seventy three telegrams were sent to President Roosevelt urging Britain to keep Palestine open for European refugees. Rabbi L Lubasch and Rabbi Julius Kerner spoke on the need to support justice and freedom, while local officials and community leaders backed a stronger U.S. stance.
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Elyria
U. S
Britain
Palestine
Roosevelt
Great Britain
Elks’ Hall
Lorain County
Lorain
County
Germany
L. Lubasch
Julius Kerner
America
W. E. B. Notley
Elyria Council
Joseph Q. Petro
England
Palestine Mandate
Findley
Guy B. Findley
Richard F. Stevens
Elyria Board of Education
United States
Lawrence H. Webber
Community Chest Campaign
Flyria
State Wide Search For Missing Girl
Ruth Krugman a 14 year old adopted daughter vanished after leaving a picture show. A state wide police broadcast was issued as her parents say she has lived with them since infancy. She is about four feet seven inches tall, 110 pounds, dark complexion, last seen near East Bridge and East River streets in a gray skirt brown sweater green coat and socks.
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Ruth Krugman
George Krugman
Clark Street
Ruth
East Bridge
East River Streets
Krugman
Krugmans
Safe Crackers Take $1500 From Cleveland Ballrom Strong Box
Safe crackers early today broke into the Trianon Ballroom safe during Lenny Goodman's swing band engagement. The heist yielded $1500. In separate dispatches, London reported five deaths from fog linked accidents as the season's worst fogs reduced visibility and halted Thames shipping.
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Cleveland
Trianon Ballroom
Lenny Goodman
London
Thames
Fos
Elyria Man Hurt in Accident With Car
An Elyria man, 58, was seriously injured after being struck by a car on Cleveland road while signaling for aid as his gasoline ran out. He was taken to Elyria Memorial Hospital with a severe head laceration and skull fracture. The incident involved driver Raymond Machovina, 34, of North Ridgeville, and was reported by Deputies Chalmer Davidson and Elmer Peterson.
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David [Ahiff
East Avenue
Chalmer Davidson
Elmer Peterson
Lahiff
Raymond Machovina
North Ridgeville
Cleveland Road
Ridgeville
Elyria Memorial Hospital
John Caranci
Garfield Heights
Caranci
Kate Lisisky
East 33Rd Street
Lorain
Charles Snavely
Bond Street
John W Plumbly
Himers Avenue
Loram
Lake Anue
Eria
John Hudak
Carl Pitts
Princeon Avenue
Lake Avenue
Allen Camp
Amherst
Henry Spieth
Marseilles Avenue
Cleveland Street
Olive Street
Daladier Gains Senate Support in Indirect Paris Vote
Paris reports show Edouard Daladier strengthened by elections for 47 of 312 senators. An indirect vote by departmental councilors across 30 provinces was seen as a confidence test in his government and its foreign policy including the Munich agreement. Daladier awaits Marseilles party convention to defend policy.
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Paris
Ort
Edouard Daladier
Czechoslovakia
Daladier
Radical Socialist Party
Marseilles
British Plan Drive On Arab Rebels
British troops planned a new large scale drive on Arab rebels in Palestine as scattered terrorism continued. Rebels damaged telegraph poles wrecked railroad lines and burned offices across the area. The report notes ongoing attacks and British operations aimed at restoring order despite the violence.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Parks And Kemp To Aid Birch In Chest Drive
J. J. Parks, superintendent of Steel and Tubes, Inc., is named assistant chairman for the industrial division in the Elyria Community Chest campaign opening November 14. Parks and A. R. Kemp, already announced as an assistant chairman, will work under Claude Birch, division chairman.
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J. J. Parks
Steel and Tubes, Inc
Elyria Community Chest
Parks
A. R. Kemp
Claude Birch
Objections To Lorain Annex Plans By Bar Association
The Lorain County Bar Association voted 38 to 1 against the courthouse annex after a review by Common Pleas Judge Guy B Findley. Some members did not vote, urging a committee study. Judge Findley cited small consultation rooms and hot upper floors due to a flat roof. Commissioner John E Davidson noted interior changes and cost implications may occur and that plans are not final.
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Lorain County Bar Association
Common Pleas
Guy B. Findley
Findley
John E. Davidson
Count Board
Program To Cut Traffic Toll In Ohio
Judge Robert N. Gordman president of the Ohio State Safety Council urges immediate adoption of a four point program to reduce Ohio's traffic toll. He cites eight months of 11.5 deaths per 100 million vehicle miles and Ohio ranking 28th nationwide, proposing tighter driver license laws compulsory accident reporting periodic vehicle inspections and a uniform highway traffic act.
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Columbus
Robert N. Gordman
Ohio State Safety Council
Ohio Supreme Court
Gorman
Ohio
National
Conference On Street and Highway Safety
Storm Sweeps Black Sea Provinces Killing Seaplane Crew
A storm across the Black Sea provinces caused multiple ships to SOS for help. A military seaplane from army maneuvers at Galazzo Constanza crashed with four crew members killed. A second seaplane is missing, and houses were destroyed at Galatz and Burau.
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Bucharest
Roumania
Black Sea
Galazzo Constanza
Galatz
Burau
Missing 17-year-olds Searched In Fog Near Enumclaw
Forest rangers scoured dense fog on Cascades near Enumclaw 40 miles east of Seattle for two 17-year-old Highline High School girls Virginia Taylor and Margaret Sagar who wandered from a teacher led hiking party on Sunday.
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Seattle
Wash
Forest Rangers
Enumelaw
Virginia Taylor
Margaret Sagar
Highline High School
Donald Simpson
President Roosevelt Cheered By The Economic Outlook
Hyde Park reports indicate President Roosevelt optimistic on the economy as relief spending may shrink this year. Harry Hopkins of WPA cites rising re-employment and productivity as signs that less federal aid is needed. Hopkins predicts a downtrend in relief costs possibly before election.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
Works Progress
America
Hopkins
Commissioners Again Fail To Name Sheriff
The Lorain County commissioners deadlock over appointing a new sheriff after William F. Grall resigns November 1. Democrats De Chant and Davidson renew nominations for Carl Finnegan of Elyria and Joseph Conley Jr. of Lorain but fail to secure a second, while Republican Dunn remains silent. The board discusses clerk salaries and a new applicant Henry Kienzle of Lorain, correcting a prior misreport about D. H. Blaine.
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William F. Grall
Edward DeChant
John ©. Davidson
Davidson
Carl Finegan
Elyria
DeChant
Joseph Conley, Jr
Lorain
O. G. Dunn
Fred Ruth
Oberlin
Marie Jensen
Conley
Dunn
Henry Kienzle
Livingston Avenue
Lorai
W. H. Blaine
Ehytia
D. H. Blaine
Princeton Avenue
East Avenue
Thousand Chinese Killed By Japanese Bombs
Hankow reports say one thousand Chinese were killed after Japanese bombing planes sunk small Chinese steamships near Yochow on the Yangtse. Martial law spread across Hankow as refugees fled westward amid air raids and evacuation difficulties. Foreign ships, including Luzon and Guam, resisted Japanese demands to move upriver.
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Hankow
Yochow
Yangtse
Yangtse River
Hankow- Canton
Liang River
Sandpiper
Luzon
Guam
Canton-Hankow
Hungary Rejects Czech Proposal Over Territory Talks
Hungary formally rejected Czechoslovakia's latest offer to cede disputed territory. Premier Bela Imredy's cabinet called the response unacceptable in its present form and warned that frontier troops could act if talks fail. Negotiations would continue through regular channels.
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Budapest
Hungary
Ipi
Czechoslovakia
Frantisek Chyalkovsky
Hungarian Council of Ministers
Bela Imredy
Slovakia
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