Japanese Tank Fires At British Infantry At Shanghai
In Shanghai a Japanese tank fired on a British infantry detachment led by Brigadier A P B D Telfer Smollett near the Soochow Creek bridge as Chinese and Allied forces fought for control. A Chinese refugee woman was wounded, a baby cried on the ground, and Mayer aided the mother and rescued the infant. The clash comes as Japanese and Chinese forces contend along the western city fringe with U S Marines and British troops on edge.
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Shanghai
A. PB. D. Telfer-Smollett
United States
Soochow Creek
Royal Ulster Rifles
Jessfield
Telfer Smollett
Eric Mayer
Ohio Weather Fair tonight and Friday rising temperatures
The Ohio weather forecast predicts fair conditions tonight with warmer temperatures Friday, especially in the extreme west. A high barometer pattern covers the Great Lakes and central Rocky Mountain plateau, while lows linger off the New Jersey coast and over Saskatchewan and the Texas Panhandle. Rain has fallen from North Carolina to New England and over Washington, with cooler readings in the Ohio valley and warmer readings across the central and northern plains.
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Ohio
Great Lakes
Rocky Mountain Plateau
New Jersey
Saskatchewan
Texas Panhandle
North Carolina
New England
Washington
Ohio Valley
Plains States
Pathologist Delays Report On Exhumed Victim
The exhumed body of 19 year old Louise Hornbeck of Grafton, murdered October 18, was examined yesterday. Dr Reuben Strauss of Cleveland will perform microscopic tissue tests and laboratory analyses before sending a report to Sheriff William F Gralt. Coroner S C Ward had ordered the exhumation after contradictions in a confession from a 23 year old Pennsylvania hitch hiker prompted renewed inquiry.
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Louise Hornbeck
Grafton
William F. Gralt
Mt. Victory
Reuben Strauss
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Strauss
Grall
S. C. Ward
Pennsylvania
Former Banker Dies From Auto Injuries
R C Shepherd aged 77 former president of the New Concord National Bank died in a Zanesville hospital from injuries after being struck by an automobile near his country home.
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Zanesville
R. C. Shepherd
New Concord National Bank
Former Elyrian to Preach Centennial Sermon Sunday
Rev. Eric M. Tasman a former Elyrian now pastor at Church of the Holy Communion in South Orange N J will deliver the centennial sermon at St Andrew's Episcopal Church Sunday at 10 45 A M as it nears its 100th anniversary. His career includes Elyria High School Kenyon College Harvard Theological School Bexley College and leadership roles with the Rotary Club and the National Council of the Protestant Episcopal Church. He and his wife vacationed in Europe and he served as international representative for Rotarians before moving to Mt Vernon New York and later Mt Vernon area churches.
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Eric M. Tasman
Elyrian
Church of the Holy Communion
South Orange
N. J
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
Tasman
Elyria
Elyria High School
Kenyon College
Gates Hospital
Europe
Springfield
Lansing
Mich
Rotarians
Vienna
England
Scotland
National Council of the
Protestant Episcopal Church
United States
Michigan
New York
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
The
Fire truck and equipment burned in Hanover jail blaze
A jail and fire department complex in Hanover Ohio burned last night destroying a new fire truck and other equipment. John Ward, 64, a transient seeking lodging, was rescued by volunteers. Authorities suspect a Halloween prank started the fire. Hanover’s population is about 855.
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Newark
Hanover
John Ward
Political Pot Boiling At Sheffield Lake
Lorain County Elections Board Chairman Frank A. Stetson outlined busy preparations for Sheffield Lake Village’s election. A deputy will guard the town hall during voting and counting, with two booth crews to receive and tally ballots due to 670 registered voters. The village will split into two precincts next year. 118 new registrations boosted turnout potential as voters face three issues on the ballot: mayoral salary tied to votes, ward division for council seats, and diverting mayor’s court fines to the village treasury.
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Sheffield Lake Village
Lorain
Stetson
Sheffield Lake
Patrolman to be Appointed Soon in City
Service Director I D Faxon said the Civil Service Commission named four men eligible for patrolman to fill the vacancy created by Patrolman Frank Waldron resigning November 1. He expects to make the appointment this week.
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I. D. Faxon
Civil Service Commission
Lastight
Frank Waldron
Faxon
Woman Writer Dies In West Virginia
Charleston dispatch reports the death of Mrs. Nathan Poffenbarger author of five West Virginia history books and civic leader. Born in 1862 in Pomeroy Ohio she edited and owned the Point Pleasant State Gazette and recently worked onsite during a labor strike delaying a new printing plant.
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Charleston
W. Va
Nathan Poffenbarger
West Virginia
Pomeroy
Point Pleasant
Ohio Voters Face Liquor And Relief Ballot Tests
Ohio voters face a storm of local option liquor votes and relief levy debates on Tuesday. 37 counties hold wet and dry elections, Akron Columbus and Cincinnati weigh relief levies, and Cuyahoga resubmits a relief levy after a primary setback. City deficits loom, state aid debated, and 350 tax measures expected across counties as Ohio conducts a wide ballot with about 60,000 candidates.
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Columbus
Ohio
Akron
Cincin
Nati
Cuyahoga County
Toledo
Davey
George M. Neffner
Department of State
Adams
Ashland
Ashtabula
Athens
Belmont
Butler
Clermont
Columbiana
Coshocton
Fayette
Franklin
Geauga
Greene
Guernsey
Hancock
Harrison
Jefferson
Knox
Lake
Licking
Logan
Lorain
Mahoning
Medina
Miami
Monroe
Montgomery
Morgan
Muskingum
Pickaway
Scioto
Stark
Trumbull
Union
Washington
Wayne
Wayne County
Board of Education
County Board of Education
Buying Heavy Stocks Advance in New Market Opening
New York October 28 reduction in margin requirements on long purchases from 55 to 40 percent takes effect November 1. Heavy buying drives broad stock gains up to over four points as bonds rise fractions and cotton futures firm 5 to 9 points. Buying orders flood in nationwide before the opening, with American stocks rising on the London Stock Exchange ahead of the New York bell.
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New York
London Stock Exchange
Public Schools To Be Closed Tomorrow
Elyria and Lorain County students will enjoy a holiday as schools close tomorrow while teachers attend sessions of the Northeastern Ohio Teachers Association in Cleveland. Elyria High School will send singers to the all district chorus of 500 at the opening session tomorrow morning, and local interest centers on two Elyria men nominated for association offices.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Northeastern Ohio Teachers’ Association
Cleveland
Elyria High School
Elyria -Ill
R. C. Maston
E. Glen Baxter
Sports headline about Lake Forest amputee player and other briefs
Lake Forest College may cancel the football schedule after Albert Kroll 20 sustaining a leg amputation from a homecoming injury. North Central College and Kenyon College remain on the slate. Soviet Russia backs out of Spanish non intervention funding. Lazzeri signs with the Chicago Cubs as player coach.
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Gridder
Lake Forest
Ill
U. P
Lake Forest College
Albert Kroll
Herbert M. Moore
Kroll
James Millikin University
Decatur
North Central College
Naperville
Kenyon College
Gambier
Ohio
Thunderbolt Driver Misses Record at Bonneville
Capt George K T Eyston drove racing car Thunderbolt at Bonneville Salt Flats Utah delivering 309.6 miles per hour over a measured mile but failed to set an official record because no return trip was completed within an hour.
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Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
George K. T. Eyston
Michigan Man Badly Injured When Auto Hits Bridge Abutment
CELINA, O., Oct. 28. George R. Bell, 33, Chesening, Michigan, in critical condition with burns and fractured ribs after his automobile struck a bridge abutment and caught fire south of the Van Wert county line. Bell was thrown from the demolished auto. A house trailer he hauled was not damaged. Bell’s tongue was bitten twice. He was found by three Van Wert boys shortly after the accident near midnight.
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Celina
George R. Bell
Chesening
Michigan
van Wert
Bell
Minor car crash injures Elyria man at gas station
Duane B. MacGregor 26 of Elyria M C A suffered a minor facial laceration after a collision with a machine driven by George Walker 16 of R D 2 Elyria at a La Porte gas station. The impact also knocked Volk of Cleveland's car into a gas pump breaking the pump. Deputies reported another week’s collision between Wallace Moore 369 Furnace St and Joseph Sage of Lorain causing $75 damage to Moore’s car.
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Duane B. MacGregor
Elyria
Elyria Memorial Hospital
George Walker
R. D
la Porte
D. L. Volk
Cleveland
Wallace Moore
Furnace Street
Joseph Sage
Lorain
Moore
Vaudeville to Follow Parade Friday Evening in Elyria
Plans for the Halloween parade follow up show were announced by entertainment chair Joe Boddy. Eleven vaudeville acts will perform from the Wurlitzer studio window at 110 Middle Avenue after the parade at 7 30 p m. Cider and doughnuts will be given to children in the parade, with prizes for best costumes in five divisions. Traffic will be diverted on Middle Avenue during the show.
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Wurlitzer
Middle Avenue
Joe Boddy
Boddy
Park
West Avenue
Broad Streets
Broad
Second Streets
400 Head Of Sheep And Cattle Killed In Train Wreck
Piqua Oct 28 Four hundred head of sheep and cattle were killed when 32 cars of a Pennsylvania Railroad cattle train derailed near Covington Ohio en route from Chicago to Columbus A broken axle is thought to have caused the derailment No injuries were reported Eight carloads of merchandise were damaged and traffic was rerouted via Dayton while wrecking crews cleared the line
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Piqua
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chicago
Columbus
Covington
Here
Dayton
Pittsburgh Flood Threats Rise From Eleven Days of Rain
Pittsburgh reports its eleventh consecutive day of intermittent rain as heavy rains push the Monongahela and Potomac rivers toward flood stages. Bridges washed out and coal property flooded. hundreds displaced in Kitzmiller Shallmar Mids Blaine and Pedmont. Observers fear potential flood levels near the 1936 peak.
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Pittsburgh
Monongahela
Potomac River
Tri-State
Kitzmiller and Shallmar
Mids and Blaine
Pedmont
W. Va
Potomac
Cumberland
Wis Creek
Charleston
West Virginia
Weston
West Fork
East Rainelle
Meadow River
Sutton
Elk River
Will Get Views Of Ohio Farmers
Two U S Senate Agriculture subcommittee members arrive in Columbus to hold a two day hearing to sound out sentiment among farm leaders in Ohio Indiana and Michigan on desired farm legislation. Senators McGill and Pope lead the hearings with Bulkley and Donahey of Ohio expected to attend.
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Columbus
U. S. Senate Agriculture Committee
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
George McGill
Kansas
James Pope
Idaho
Robert J. Bulkley
Vic Donahey
District Fire Chief Killed in Ohio Auto Crash
District Fire Chief George Ehmann died after his car collided with another vehicle while speeding to a fire at Liberty High School stadium in Toledo Ohio His driver Leonard Alberts was injured and the other driver Leo J Westtick suffered rib fractures in the wreck
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Toledo
George Ehmann
Liberty High School
Leonard Alberts
Leo J. Westtick
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Eric Tasman
Catlin
Danville
Bulletin
Russia
London
Evening News
Ivan Maisky
Lord Plymouth
Spain
Lazzeri
Chicago Cubs
Tony Lazzeri
New York Yankees
Phil Wrigley
Cubs
Tony
Wrigley
Charlie Grimm
Grimm
al Toledo
Minneapolis
Minn
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