Fire damages Seekins home on Oberlin Road
Fire of undetermined origin caused extensive damage Saturday night to the Seekins residence on Oberlin Road near Elyria Country Club. Firefighters and a neighbor bucket brigade fought flames for three hours, mainly destroying the second floor and roof while first floor saw water damage. Roof replacement is necessary. contents were mostly uninsured. Sheriff Carl R. Finegan and four deputies assisted, with neighbors aiding in evacuation and supplying water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Seekins
Oberlin Road
Elyria Country Club
Elyria
Seekins
First Horse South
Harry Serkins
Neghbors
Carl R. Finegan
Lorain County
Arm Ie
Fire devastates Galena with $20000 loss
A midnight blaze destroyed four buildings in Galena Ohio, wrecking Budd's Grocery Barrow's Meat Market and Ohio Central Telephone branch, plus the home of Mrs Letha Newman. Firefighters from Delaware and Westerville fought flames until 4 am, aided by locals. One boy, Robert Sampson, spotted the fire. No injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
Galena
Here
Robert Sampson
Westerville
Floyd C. Barrow
Letha Newman
W. H. Schick
Ohio Fair Tonight and Tuesday Weather Rise in Temperatures
The Ohio region should see fair skies tonight with rising temperatures, especially in the east and south portions on Tuesday. A high pressure system centers over the St. Lawrence Valley while low pressure lingers over the Rocky Mountain Plateau and Northern Plains. Rain occurred along the Pacific Coast with scattered showers in the mountain states and North Dakota. It is cooler in the Ohio Valley and Lower Lakes and warmer across the Great Plains and Upper Mississippi Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
St. Lawrence Valley
United States
Rocky Mountain Plateau
Plains States
Pacific Coast
Mountain States
North Dakota
Ohio Valley
Lower Lakes
Great Plains
Mississippi Valley
Republicans Forecast Gains in 1938 Election
Washington forecast a Republican gain in the 1938 election but continued Democratic control of Congress. The race centers on state governorships, with Democrats holding 39, Republicans 7, and others one each in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Polls suggest possible shifts in New York Pennsylvania Ohio and Michigan as the final week unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Maine
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Farmer-Labor
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Iowa
Oregon
New York
Thomas E
Dewey
Herbert H. Lehman
Lehman
Arthur H. James
Charles Alvin Jones
Pittsburgh
James
John W. Bricker
Roosevelt
George H. Bearle
Michael Francis Doyle
Philadelphia
Earle
Jin
Rescue Effort Aims To Free Sport The Beagle From Fissure
In Spelter Mountain, Clarksburg area, a 12 day rescue advances as a crew of miners and residents blasts and digs toward Sport the beagle trapped in a three inch fissure. The community, led by Howard Walls, treks to aid the dog as danger from cave ins looms.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Spelter Mountain
Sport
Howard Walls
Spelter
Jack Walls
Howard
Ethel Burton
Hitler
Germany
Tony Isabella
Buddy
Bobby Drummond
Drummond
Bauer Resigns As City Democratic Committee Chairman
Alfred G. Bauer of 1321 East Avenue, chairman of the city Democratic committee, announces his immediate resignation. The move comes after his admitted involvement in the sheriff department slot machine graft scandal.
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Bauer
City Democratic Group
Alfred G. Bauer
East Avenue
City Democratic Committee
Sheriff Department
George's Wild Oats Opens Tonight in Chronicle Telegram
The Chronicle Telegram promotes a new story titled George's Wild Oats starting on page 5. The piece promises a blend of comedy romance and mystery with quirky characters and an exciting plot designed to entertain readers tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chronicle-Telegram
George
Lacerationed by a Scythe Incident In Elyria
Raymond Ryder of 969 Cleveland Street was treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital Saturday evening for a severe laceration on his right hand after he fell on a scythe, police reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Ryder
Cleveland Street
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Halloween Parade Promises Bright Night in Elyria
A large Halloween parade fills Elyria streets tonight starting at 7:30 p.m. from Broad Street and West Avenue, with thousands watching as juvenile groups compete for a basketball prize and receive cider and doughnuts. Afterward, Ely Park hosts juvenile entertainers and comedy films with refreshments.
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Hallowe'en
Elyria
Ely Park
Broad Street
West Avenue
East Avenue
Third Street
Middle Avenue
Ajlen Garford
St. Agnes
Murray Ridge
Broad
Second Streets
Hamilton
Franklin, Roosevelt
St. Mary's
St. John's
Markley
Second Street
Court Street
MacKinley
Gates
Jefferson
Lake Avenue
Chestnut Street
Ely
Edison
Holy Cross
Carlisle
Second
Third Streets
Legion Conference Held At Sandusky
Lorain Countians joined American Legion members in Sandusky for the Fifth District Fall Conference. State Commander EL Jenson of Springfield and former state commander Dudley A. White now serving as U S Congressman spoke at the afternoon session. Short talks followed by Sandusky officials and Corbett Southam of Elyria highlighted the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
American Legion
Sandusky
EL Jenson
Springfield
Dudley A. White
Ohio
Erie County
Corbett Southam
Elyria
United Spanish War Veterans
Kicked By Horse Leaves Farm Worker In Serious Condition
Steve Trolo, 41, an employee on the Schuster farm on Murray Ridge road, was taken to Elytia Memorial hospital at 6 p m yesterday after a horse kicked him while being moved to pasture. Reports this afternoon indicate his condition is serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Trolo
Schuster
Murray Ridge Road
Elytia Memorial Hospital
Court House Annex Committee Calls Meeting in Lorain
Richard Taylor, chairman, calls a mass meeting at 8 tonight in Lorain city hall council chamber. Executive board and interested residents urged to attend. partial reports will be presented.
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City Hall Council Chamber
Lorain
Richard Taylor
Lorain County Court House
Fifteen New Coke Ovens To Go In Operation Tomorrow
Middletown Ohio report says fifteen new coke ovens will be placed in operation Tuesday by the American Rolling Mill at its Hamilton Coke and Iron Division. Construction began in December 1937 with total cost of 900000 dollars. This brings ovens in operation at the Armco Plant in Hamilton to sixty. Officials said a second blast furnace may be needed around January 1 if business improves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
U.P
American Rolling Mile
Hamilton
Armco
Elyrians Safe After Deutschland Fire On Atlantic
Mrs. Joseph Bara and her daughter Miss Ethel Bara of Elyria returned home after crossing the Atlantic aboard the Deutschland which caught fire off the coast. They slept during the outbreak and were awakened to move to a safer deck. Passengers heard an explosion and the crew calmed fears as the fire raged for six hours before the liner reached New York. The Baras had spent three months in Europe largely in Romania and Hungary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Bara
West River Street
Ethel Bara
Atlantic
Elyria
Bara
New York
Mrs. Bara
Sawyer Names State Engineers Back Bricker Bid
Charles Sawyer, Democratic candidate for governor, published the names of ten state highway department division engineers he says were asked by Gov. Martin L. Davey to back John W. Bricker. He cited affidavits claiming Davey told them Bricker would receive patronage if elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
State Highway Department Division
Charles Sawyer
Martin L. Davey
John W. Bricker
Sawyer
Davey
Bricker
Louis L. Draster
Harley E. Calvin
Marietta
Joseph M. Doyle
Chillicothe
Harry Sharp
Philadelphia
J. W. Stopher
Toledo
Carl A. Smith
Lima
F. K Trautman
Newark
Walter E. Willard
Middletown
H. C. Miller
Sidney
Frank W. Turner
Delaware
Harter To Speak Here Tonight At Democratic Rally
Congressman Don W. Harter of Akron and John S. Pyle will headline a Democratic rally at the Graystone Hotel at 8 p.m. tonight. State Sen. John Taylor will back the state ticket, with Russell Patton of Elyria as meeting chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don W. Harter
Akron
John S. Pyle
Cuyahoga County
Democratic Executive Committee
Graystone Hotel
Democratic Campaign Committee
John Taylor
Lisbon
Russell Patton
Elyria
Employment Gains In Ohio Rise Four Percent In September
Ohio State University's bureau of business research reports employment increased four per cent in September, reaching 84 per cent of the 1926 level. All large cities except Youngstown gained, with Akron up one per cent Canton four per cent Cincinnati two per cent Cleveland five per cent Columbus three per cent Dayton six per cent and Toledo six per cent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio State University
Bureau of Business Research
Youngstown
Canton
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Dayton
Toledo
Railroad Heads To Confer On Wage Issue
Washington Oct 31 Chairman H A Enochs of the Carriers joint conference said railroads will meet in Chicago within two weeks to decide whether to withdraw demands for a 15 percent wage cut affecting nearly 1 000 000 rail workers. The Chicago talks follow the fact finding panel’s recommendation against the pay cut and President Roosevelt’s intervention to avert a threatened railroad strike and a $250 000 000 payout blocked by the operators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
H. A. Enochs
Carriers Joint Conference
Chicago
Enochs
Carriers Joint Conference Committee
Aver
Roosevelt
Cities Seek Meeting Over Shifting Relief Costs
Elyria and Lorain city officials ask Lorain County Commissioners for a meeting to discuss moving relief hospitalization and medical expenses from municipalities to the county. County Commissioner Edward De Chant says he received a letter from Lorain city solicitor John Pincura requesting talks on administering relief, including medical care, by the county under the new law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elytia
Lorain
Edward DeChant
John Pincura
Lorain and
Elyria
Battle 45 Forest Fires In West Va
Charleston West Virginia October 31 Hundreds of volunteer forest rangers battled 45 fires across southern West Virginia under State Forest D B Griffin amid a dry weekend Ten new fires reported in Mingo county Heils Knob Pigeon Creek Delbarton Wyoming Milam Fork Holden Cameron in Raleigh county Fire investigators pursue incendarist theory while no communities were yet menaced Rains in the north have doused fires
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
State
D. B. Griffin
Mingo County
Heils Knob
Pigeon Creek
Delbarton
Wyoming County
Milam Fork
Holden
Cameron
Raleigh County
Griffin
Conservation Commission
Believe Three Killed By The Mercury
The Mercury train struck an alfalfaloaded truck two miles south of Oak Harbor Ohio killing two youths Carl Ohm age 20 driver of the truck and Eugene Stone age 18 both of Oak Harbor. Rollie Arnold age 20 of Oak Harbor was missing and believed killed and possibly ground beneath the locomotive. The three loaded the track at the Lewis Hirsch farm near the railroad tracks before the fatal collision with the Cleveland to Detroit bound train. The conductor said a new locomotive would be needed to continue.
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Oak Harbor
Mercury
New York Central
Carl Ohm
Eugene ‘Stone
Rollie Arnold
Lewis Hirsch
Pornh
Hirsch
Cleveland
Detroit
L. B. Lucks
Toledo
The
Finegan Becomes Sheriff of Lorain County After Oath
Curt R Finegan was unanimously appointed sheriff by the county commissioners and took the oath of office at 10 am before County Clerk H E Agate. He posted a 520000 surety after review by County Prosecutor Howard R Butler and named temporary deputies as he shapes a permanent staff. Acting Sheriff Lester A Fauver previously held the role since October 20 as Sheriff William F Grall faced bribery charges and a bond reduction to 10000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curt R. Finegan
William F. Grall
Lorain County
H. E. Agate
Howard R. Butler
Finegan
Lester A. Fauver
Fleas Enurt
Grall
U S Commission to Study War of the Worlds Broadcast
The Federal Communications Commission chair McNinch ordered a study after requesting the radio script and a transcription of the Columbia Network War of the Worlds program. He noted the broadcast sparked nationwide panic over an imagined Mars invasion near Princeton New Jersey and promised an early meeting with no final judgment yet. The FCC has received ten telegrams of protest so far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Get
Frank R McNinch
Federal Communications Commission Today
Columbia Broadcasting System
Columbia Network
Princeton
N. J
Bowling Green student killed in fog collision
Arthur Coller an 18 year old freshman at Bowling Green State University from Perrysburg Ohio was killed in a collision here today. The car driven by Arthur Thornton 18 collided with a truck driven by Fred Hiple of Perrysburg. Coroner Halford Whitacre ruled accidental death attributing the crash to heavy fog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowling Green
Arthur Coller
Bowling Green State University
Perrysburg
Arthur Thornton
Fred Hiple
Halford Whitacre
Mourn Lass of Spain's Most Famous Flier
Spanish Nationalist leaders mourn the death of Ramon Franco, Spain's famed aviator and brother of Generalissimo Francisco Franco. The generalissimo was at the front directing operations when he learned Franco was killed in a seaplane crash in the Balearic Islands, where he directed the Palma air base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendaye
Ramon Franco
Spain
Francisco Franco
Balearics Islands
Palma
Horse She Was Riding Killed By Automobile
Carol Levine, a 19 year old Oberlin freshman from Flushing New York, was hospitalized in Oberlin after a horse she was riding collided with a car on Crosby Road and Route 20. The horse was killed and Levine suffered a brain base fracture and a leg fracture with a seven chance to recover, with observers noting she had just rented horses from Elver Grills stables with fellow Oberlin student Ellie Liskin. The car's four occupants were identified as Lewis Schnell, 52, of New London Route, with deputies detailing the sequence of the crash and Levine's mother arriving in Oberlin. Additional weekend traffic incidents were reported in Elyria area including injuries to Jones Simmons and minor injuries to Mrs. Wendell Kovacs and others in separate collisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Levine
Flushing
W. Y
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Allen Memorial Hospital
Oberlin
Crosby Road
Route 20
Miss Levine
Ellie Liskin
Long Island
N. Y
Elver Grills
John ‘Fulton
Michael Bulzomi
Chester Cordy
Rodman Douglas
Uiskin
Wendell Kovacs
West River Street
Edward Stroksack
R. D
Elyna
West River Road
Elyria
Tom Briggs
Bay Village
C. C Petteford
Broad Street
Lackey
West Bridge Street
Louis Schmauck
Huron Street
Court
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Fissure
Legion
Br. Co
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Harter
West Va
U. S. Commission
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