Dunn Reverses Vote on Lorain Bridges Contract
County Commissioner Oscar G Dunn changed his stance to approve the contract with Walker and Weeks of Cleveland and Wilbur Watson for the two Lorain bridge projects to avoid jeopardizing a $1 229 830 federal grant. The approval came amid wage-rate talks with six Lorain County Building Trades Council representatives outlining stack scales for carpenters bricklayers electricians and other trades with eight hour day rules and overtime provisions.
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Lorain
PWA
Harmony
Oscar G. Dunn
Walker and
Weeks
Cleveland
Wilbur Watson
Dunn
Lorain County Building Trades Council
James Henry
A. C. Anderson
William Munn
Charles Sauer
Electricians
Matt Diederich
R. Barres
Cricklayers
Plumbers
Local Schools Receive 25689 73 From State Funds
The Elyria school system received 25689.73 from the state school fund today via W C McClellan, clerk treasurer. The payment represents 60 percent of funds due under the Ohio School Foundation Program, with Lorain County Education Board awaiting its check. The money will be used to settle certificates issued June 1 by the State Department of Education and other per due late payments.
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Elyria
W. C. McClellan
Ohio School Foundation
Lorain
State Department of Education
Building Permits Issued Here In August
The August report by Building Inspector Hart Dickason shows 21 permits issued last month, part of 54 total permits and $67.45 in fees. Major items include a $10,000 store remodeling on Middle Avenue and three small dwellings, bringing August total to $21,985, up about $8,000 from July.
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Middle Avenue
Hart Dickason
Weather Summary for Ohio and Surrounding Regions
The forecast notes fair and cooler conditions tonight with continued fair weather today. Over the past 24 hours the low moved from the lake region to the St Lawrence Valley, bringing scattered showers in the Ohio valley and light to moderate precipitation from Lake Ontario eastward into Quebec. High pressure over Manitoba spreads across the lake region and northern Plains, bringing generally fair and cooler weather to this portion of the United States.
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Ohio
Lake Region
St. Lawrence Valley
Ohio Valley
Lake Duron
Quebec
Manitoba
Lake
Plains
United States
Railroad Unions Move To Strike Vote Across Nation
Chicago bulletin reports 928000 railway workers to vote on a nationwide strike over a proposed 14 percent wage cut totaling about 250 million dollars annually. Unions and railroads clash after mediation attempts fail, with no strike likely soon though arbitration would follow.
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Chicago
Railway Labor Executives’ Association
Brotherhood of
National Mediation Board
Junior Fire Fighters To Rally Tonight
The Elyria Junior Fire Fighters Club will host a public rally at Elyria High School auditorium at 7 20 P M. The program includes a film Fires in Review a home fire causes demonstration by Victor Schroeder Cleveland Heights Fire Department and a talk by Park L Roberts national director of the Junior Fire Fighters Clubs.
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Elyria
Elyria High School
Victor Schroeder
Cleveland Heights
Park L. Roberts
County commissioners approve relief tents bills for payment
County commissioners today approved about 74 relief tents bills totaling 1250 dollars after state relief examiners recommended payment. The bills had been held up awaiting pre audit examination by state relief auditors.
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State Reef
Bond Issue For Annex Will Go On Ballot
County commissioners referred a courthouse annex project to Prosecutor Howard R. Butler for review of a contract from Walker and Weeks. Cleveland architects would take six percent of construction costs for the annex as the county’s share of an estimated $337,090 total, with $185,400 in bonds to be placed on the November ballot. The board affirmed the bond election despite questions about a federal grant of $151,690 possibly not lasting to November. Commissioner John E. Davidson doubts the grant will be withdrawn.
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Howard R. Butler
Walker
Weeks
Cleveland
Board of Commissioners
John E. Davidson
Lorain County Sells 94 New Cars and 15 Trucks in August
Lorain County automobile and truck dealers moved 94 new cars and 15 new trucks in August, compared with 102 cars and 22 trucks in July. The August totals were a fifth of last year’s August volume of 487 cars and 31 trucks, with Elyria dealers accounting for 37 of the 109 vehicles sold countywide.
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Lorain County
Elyr.a
Elks Parade Today At Cedar Point
The Ohio Elks' Association held its convention in Cedar Point and was to march in its annual parade today. Officers elected include Les Scrimger of Columbus as president of the Ohio Exalted Rulers' Association, with R. C. Huey Youngstown as vice president and Ray Bowersack Lima as second vice president.
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Cedar Point
Ohio Elks’ Association
Les Scrimger
Columbus
Ohio Exalted Rulers’ Association
R. C. Huey
Youngstown
Ray Bowersack
Lima
James Lynch
Ashtabula
Ray Mitchell
Newark
Abe Gardner
Springfield
C. W. Wallace
T. A. O'Leary
Marion
G. J. Doerzbach
Sandusky
A. B. Horton
Cincinnati
Howard Warner
Nelsonville
John H. Neats
Upper Sandusky
Dixie Davis Faces Possible Murder Trial in N Y Case
In New York on September 1, Dixie Davis defended his accusations against James J. Hines while facing potential trial for murder in a separate case. District Attorney Ranney watched as Davis described alleged ties between Hines and the Dutch Schultz lottery racket, with Davis claiming he lured Martin to a meeting with Schultz. Davis admitted past perjury but said he lied to protect others and expressed hope for immunity.
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New York City
J. Richard
Dixie
Davis
James J. Hines
Tammany
Schultz
Cal
Hines
Thomas E. Dewey
fAcme Telephoto
New York
Dixie) Davis
Charles J. Ranney
Rensselaer County
Tammany Hall
Ranney
Jules Martin
Cohoes
N. Y
Schultzs
Martin
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Mr. Davis
Stryker
Schultz Gang
Five Men Die in Premature Blast at Asheville Quarry
Asheville officials opened an inquiry into a premature powder blast that killed five workers at a quarry near the western edge of Asheville. The deceased are Billie Bizzell, Harvey Webb, Gus Davis, Will Henry, and Wesley Moore.
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Asheville
N. C
Billie Bizzell
Harvey Webb
Gus Davis
Will Henry
Wesley Moore
Typhoon Leaves Death and Debris Across Tokyo Bay
A typhoon battered Japan for 12 hours leaving Tokyo area wreckage and a rising death toll. 34 in Tokyo, 11 more killed in Gamma Prefecture, and many missing in Tadagami. Coastline littered with ships. fear of tidal waves persisted as authorities warned of further storms.
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Tokyo
Japa
Gamma
Tadagami
Yokohama
125th Anniversary Perry Victory Celebrations Planned
Lorain Countians will attend three commemorations marking Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry s victory on Lake Erie. Events in Lorain, Put-in-Bay, Sandusky, Cleveland, and nearby sites feature speakers General Smedley Butler Harold L Ickes and Wallace McClure, a parade and searchlight show, racing boats, a sunrise service, and a large civic parade with fifty marching units.
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Lorain
Oliver Hazard Perry
Lake Erie
Lorain County
Commodore Petty
Put-in-Bay
Cleveland
Sandusky
Ohio
Perry Monument
U.S. Coast Guard
Large Broad Street frontage sold to theatre owner
One of the area’s largest recent real estate deals concluded today. J. C. Crisp as trustee sold the Broad Street and East Avenue corner property now housing an auto service station to John Pekras, a local theatre owner.
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Chronicle-Telegram
J. C. Crisp
Broad Street
East Avenue
John Pekras
Cap Barnes Retires as Elyria High School Custodian
P J Barnes known as Cap Barnes retires after 32 years as custodian at Elyria High School. He started in the Washington building era and helped expand the campus from a single site to the current facilities. He recalls cutting wood for the old woods school site and notes 3 000 graduates over his tenure. Now 343 South Maple Street resident, he plans to tinker and take on new work.
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Elyria
P. J. Barnes
Elyrians
Cap” Barnes
South Maple Street
Barnes
Elyria High School
Washington
C. M. Williams
Stolen Turkeys From La Grange Farm Highlight Local Theft
Deputy Paul Johnson conducted three nights of watchfulness at the J. M. Spicer farm, a mile and a half northwest of La Grange, after seven young turkeys valued at 139 dollars were taken last Saturday night. The thieves remain at large as Johnson reports no arrest despite the security measures. The dispatch notes the birds weighed six to eight pounds.
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Paul Johnson
J. M. Spicer
la Grange
Johson
Spicer
Arrest Made In Copper Wire Theft
The theft of about 4000 pounds of copper trolley wire from the idle Yellow Line led to the arrest at 4:30 AM today of Joseph Katonak, 25, of 1608 East 30th Street, Lorain, on grand larceny charges. Deputies Fulton and Hudak say Katonak confessed to five thefts since August 1 and implicated a 24 year old accomplice and a junk dealer who bought wire for five to a few cents per pound. They seized 1500 pounds of wire, tools, and a ladder, and noted payoffs of 25, 53, 55, and 58 dollars for successive batches. The warrant was issued by Justice Leonard Smith.
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Joseph Katonak
East 30Th Street
Lorzin
Grand Farceny
John Fulton
John Hudak
Katunak
Fulton
Hudak
Katonak
Elyria
H. H. Moore
Lake Shore Electric
Leonard Smith
Canton Robbers Take 2600 Dollars in Quiet Hold Up
Two Home Savings and Loan Co employees and a customer were forced into a washroom by two robbers in Canton Ohio. The bandits seized 2600 dollars from cash on hand near the front area, avoiding the vault. Miss Margaret Strassner, assistant cashier, and another employee described the quiet theft as passerby remained unaware.
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Bulletin Canton
Lri
Home Savings and Loan Co
Margaret Strassner
La Grange Man Critically Ill From Mercury Poisoning
Robert Miller age 27 of La Grange is in critical condition at Elyria Memorial Hospital after poisoning with Bichloride of Mercury. He was admitted at 10 30 A M by Dr J L Saddler of La Grange. George Rothrock 77 president of the Liberty Bank for 20 years and former hardware merchant will be buried Wholey Hedtigie
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Robert Miller
la Grange
Elyria Memorial Hospital
J. L. Saddler
Ada
George Rothrock
Liberty Bank
Hedtigie
Quilt IdentifiedLinked To Victim In Cleveland Torso Case
Mrs Irene Young of Columbus identified a quilt wrapped around the body of Cleveland s 13th torso murder victim as the one she had given to barber Charles Damyn who later testified it had been given to a junk dealer weeks before the killer s latest victim was found in Kingsbury Run The act marks a key clue in the ongoing investigation of the Mad Butcher case with renewed connections traced to the Cleveland area and days of tense reporting from local desks.
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Columbus
Irene Young
Cleveland
Charles Damyn
Kingsbury Run
Landslide Hits Apartment Building in Quebec Suburb
In St Gregoire Quebec a landslide triggered by storms and floodwaters killed five people and injured 20 as it displaced an eight family building. About 50 residents were home. upper apartments escaped while lower units were buried, with four named victims identified. A separate Portneuf train derailment killed two railroad workers and injured several passengers.
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Bulletin Quebec
Quebec
St. Gre-goire
Fastern
Quebec City
M. Lachance
Rosa
Patrick Delisle
C. Odette
Montreal
Portneuf
Montréal
O. Cartier
D. Jobidon
Freman
George Marcotte
Roosevelt Seen As Unperturbed By Primaries
President Roosevelt faces a mixed set of California and South Carolina primary results as he stays unperturbed and determined to battle conservative Democrats. Culbert Olson wins California governor nomination with CIO backing. Sheridan Downey tops Senate with a new 30 Dollar Every Thursday pension plan. Ellison D. Smith is renominated in South Carolina. Roosevelt endorses Johnston against Downey. Anticipated congratulations from James Farley.
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San Francisco
Sheridan Downey
California
William Gibbs McAdoo
Downey
Atherton
Sheridan, Jr
Richard
Patricia
Sheridan
Margaret
Acme
Washington
Diri
Roosevelt
Democratic National Committee
South Carolina
Culbert E. Olson
Tom Mooney
CIO
Upton Sinclair
Ellison D
Cotten
Smith
Senate
Deep South
New Deal
Olin D. Johnston
James A. Farley
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Commodore Perry
Broad St
E.H.S
Canton
Maryland
Georgia
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