New School Buses To Make Appearance
Nearly a score of new school buses will begin service on Lorain County highways next Tuesday transporting hundreds of students to village and rural schools. The county board approved 44 certificates for 74 bus drivers and substitutes as new state rules push older buses out and expand capacity.
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Lorain County
C A Gibbons
Ome School Foundation
Columbia
Wellington
Camden
Henrietta
Brownhelm
Ridgeville
Brookside Eaton
Huntington
Clearview
Elyria Township
Russia Township
LaGrange
Avan
Gibbons
Camden Township
Timms Seeks Elyria Country Club Title In Final Match
Dick Timms holds a five stroke lead over Asa Voak at 18 holes in the Elyria Country Club indi vidual championship final. Timms posted a 75 in the morning 18 while Voak shot 83 as the 36 hole final continues this afternoon with results to follow.
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Dick Timms
Asa
Voak
Elyria Country Club
Timms
Weather report notes cloudiness and showers across regions
The forecast indicates mostly cloudy skies with light showers tonight and Sunday morning in the east. Slight warming tonight with fair, cooler conditions Monday. High pressure dominates the Atlantic States with another high in the Northern Rockies and Central Plains. Low pressure over Ontario and the Sierra Nevada. Colorado and Central Plains see showers while other areas stay generally fair. Temperatures rise slightly in the Lake region and Ohio Valley.
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Atlantic States
Rockies
Central Plains
Ontario
Sierra Nevada
Colorado
Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Ten Planes In Bendix Aur Derby
In Kansas City Sept 3 6 up Jacqueline Cochran of Los Angeles reported gas line trouble near Wichita while en route for repairs as she neared Albuquerque and Wichita. Ross Hadley also from Los Angeles landed at Wichita after taking on 160 gallons aiming to fly the remainder without a stop. Hadley’s speed averaged about 210 mph in the race viewed as time against distance. Roy Hadley from Burbank California started for Cleveland in the 2042 mile Bendix air derby as the first of ten entrants. He flies a slow Beechcraft biplane with an expected 220 mph speed though weather was poor on the Amarillo to Wichita route. Other notable entrants include Frank Fuller the record holder and favorite, Frank Cardova, Bob Perlick, and Louie Thaden who previously won in 1936. Continued on Page 2.
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Kansas City
Jacqueline Coehr
Los Angeles
Department of Commerce
Wichita
Albuquerque
Ross Hadley
Aston Hadley
Burbank
Cal
Roy Hadley
Cleveland
Bendis
Thas
Hadley
Kans
Amarillo Tex
Jacquehie Cochran
Louie Thaden
Frank Fuller
Seversky
Frank Cardova
New York
Bob Perlick
Glen
Expect Hundred Thousand At Air Races Today
About 100000 spectators are expected to attend Cleveland air races featuring nine men and a woman chasing the 40000 Bendix trophy. Los Angeles pilots converge for a 2050 mile dash from the West Coast as Corrigan sails in for a welcome. Scheduled events include a 200 mile Grove race with 160 planes, a $10000 first prize and a Thompson Trophy 300 mile final with a $23000 purse.
Steel production in Mahoning Valley rises after holiday shutdown
Youngstown mills report a about one per cent week over week gain in steel output with Mahoning Valley production up 47 percent after a holiday shutdown. Youngstown Sheet and Tube remains the district’s leading producer while Carnegie Steel and other plants plan furnace openings and capacity changes.
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Youngstown
Mahoning Valles
Nevease
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co
Carnegie
Fariell Sharon Steel Corp
Starla
Lowellville
November 8 Bond Vote Timed Against PWA Grant
Lorain County considers a $185000 courthouse annex bond issue in a bid to secure a $151690 PWA grant. A Washington memo from Boulay warns no allotments for projects lacking a favorable election before October 1 1938, jeopardizing November voting. County officials plan to put the measure to voters on November 8, despite delays.
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Courthouse Annex
PWA
Dow W Harter
LA Boulay
Columbus
Ohio
Harter
Boulay
Akron
Lorain County
Washington
All Lorain County Schools Open For 1936 39 Year
The Lorain County Board of Education reports all previously operating schools approved by the State Department for 1936 39 with no closures. Murray Ridge School remains a one room school amid nine grade limits and possible transfer of some eighth graders to Lake Avenue. Transportation changes due to Town Line Road construction force buses to serve five schools and send ninth graders to Jefferson Junior High and other high schools in Elyria.
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Lorain County
Leiin County
Elyria Township
Gibbons
Murray Ridge
Lake Avenue
Town Line
Paint Gibbons
Jefferson
Elysia
Unusually Busy Month At Hospital Report
Elyria Memorial Hospital saw an August average of 99 patients per day, well above typical levels, with September 1937 as the peak. A high load came from many tonsil cases and 54 births, contributing to the hospital’s heavy volume versus the prior year. The 1937 average birthrate was 42 per month.
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Elyria Memorial Hospital
Frank Hoover
Hoover
Engineer Killed In Auto Crash Near Newton Falls
Earl M. Swinehart, assistant city engineer for Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, died when his automobile left the road near Newton Falls and ran into a ditch early today.
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Cuyahoga Falls
Earl M. Swinehart
Newton Falls
Ten Killed In Two Crashes Near Dayton
Two night crashes near Dayton left ten dead and five seriously injured. In Warren county six died when cars collided at Routes 48 and 73, while four perished near Wright-Patterson Field on Springfield Pike. Victims included Helen Mylar and several family members. sheriff Willam Hufford Jr. led the investigation.
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Dayton
Warren County
Springfield Pike
Wright Aviation Field
Helen Mylar
Thomas, Jr
Robert
Curtis A. Platt
Platt
Audrey Grigsby
Greenville
Mylors
Lebanon Pike
Mylor
Warsaw
Franklin
Wright Field
Harry Voight
Paul Leonard
Gladys Howell
Patterson Aviation Field
Deputies seize race-horse gambling machine in Lorain County
Sheriff Grall ordered confiscation of all gambling devices. Deputies J Cordy and Emil Kubishke removed a race-horse machine from the LaGrange Restaurant in LaGrange after a 85 cent bet yielded ten cents. The machine allegedly dispenses winnings through a special compartment. Sheriff Grall will prosecute the owner if found, not the restaurant. The Aug 24 countywide order to rid slots prompted immediate action as operators hid or removed devices.
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William F. Grall
Lorain County
J Cordy
Emil Kubishke
LaGrange
Grall
Thieves Make Good Haul In Second Week Burglary
A second burglary within a week at the Ralph Sunderland gas station at LaGrange road and Route 20 netted merchandise valued at 109 dollars. Deputies Emil Kubishke and Paul Johnson investigated, reporting 16 cartons of cigarettes 10 boxes of cigars 6 cartons of chewing tobacco bread and cakes 10 boxes of candy 4 cartons of gum and 50 cans of tobacco. Fingerprints were obtained as they continued the probe.
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Ralph Sunderland
LaGrange Road
Route 20
Emil Kubishke
Paul Johnson
Eight Hundred Men Called Back To Railroad Shops
Cleveland Ohio September 3 Eight hundred men were called back to work today by the Collinwood shops of the New York Central system to start next Wednesday. Since March 16 the shops have operated by a skeleton crew except for a brief increase last month. Under normal conditions about 1100 men are employed there. The returning workmen all furloughed employees will receive at least one month's work, and the shops will operate continuously except Saturdays and Sundays.
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Cleveland, O
Collinwood
New York Central
Special Issues On Nov 8 Voters Across County Districts
Five school districts one village and two townships filed requests with the board of elections to place special issues on November 8 ballots. Rochester seeks a three mill levy for three years. others seek continuances of existing levies. Russia township requests 0.8 of a mill for road maintenance for one year. Huntington township seeks local option to oust beer. Oberlin village asks 0.005 of a mill for five years to fund Oberlin College Library facilities. Final filing date is September 14.
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Board of Elections
Rochester
Dstrict
Clearview
Penfield
Wellington School
Grafton Rural
Russia Township
Huntington Township
Oberlin Village
Oberlin College
Oberlin
Dewey's Case Against Hines Nears Climax
New York Sept 3 Dustpiet attorney Thomas E Dewey moved toward a climactic case against James J Hines Tammany leader charged with conspiracy in a lottery racket A key witness Harry Schoenhaus the mob treasurer testified He pleaded guilty and agreed to testify for the state. The evidence included a $500 cancelled check and wire tapped conversations about payments to Hines. Dewey said the climax was near as he prepared more witnesses.
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New York
Dustpiet
Thomas E Dewey
James J Hines
Tammany
Dutch Schultz
Hines
Harry Schoenhaus
Schultz
George Weinberg
Richard
Dixie) Davis
Schoenhaus
Dewey
Max D Steuer
Lorain Labor Day Rally set for Central Park
A Labor Day Rally is planned in Lorain with three local leaders and a speaker from the Steel Workers Organizing Committee, an affiliate of the CIO. The program begins at 3 pm at Central Park on West Twenty-Eighth Street and Oakdale Avenue, featuring Rev. Vincent P. O'Dea, Rev. Hubert E. Cobb, and Mayor George P. Bretz, plus a musical segment. The SWOC extended invites to labor groups, businessmen, and others to attend.
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Lorain
National Organization of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Central Park
West Twenty-Eighth Street
Oakdale Avenue
Vincent P. O'Dea
St. Peter's Catholic Church
Hubert E. Cobb
Methodist Church
George P Bretz
S.W .C
Superintendent of State House Fired in Columbus
J L Kennedy of Millersburg, superintendent of the State House and Grounds for three years, was dismissed today by Carl Wahl director of public works. No reason given. Kennedy’s salary was $3,000 a year.
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Columbus
J. L Kennedy
Millersburg
State House and Grounds
Carl Wahl
Kennedy
Kidnapers Seek $15000 Ransom in Meeks Case Near Marysville
Marysville California September 3 Inspector White orders all law officers to retire from the W A Meeks home area after the Federal Bureau of Investigation withdraws from the case. Kidnappers, masked, left a ransom note demanding $15,000 and warned of further instructions. Mrs Meeks, 55, bound and gagged, is believed held after their raid on the Meeks residence. The family awaits word as authorities trace the stolen car but find no decisive clues. The Chronicle Telegram will publish Tuesday after Labor Day weekend edition.
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Marysville
Calif
W. R. Meeks
Cal
W A White
State Highway Patrol
W A Meeks
Norma Meeks
White
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Meek
Losding
Highway 99
Sheridan
Wheatland
National
Meeks
Goodrich
One Dead as Rocky Mountain Floods Roar In Colorado
After heavy rains and flash floods in the Rocky Mountains many towns near Denver area isolated. At least one person killed and 200 miles of roads washed out. Morrison and Estes Park suffered major inundation with rescues reported. WPA mobilized 1000 workers for relief and recovery operations.
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Denver
Colo
Morrison
WPA
Rocky Mountains
Bear Creek Canyon
Estes Park
el Dorado Springs
Louisville
Superior
Fort Collins
Nunn
Ridsedal
Big Thompson Canyon
Walter Boyd
Two Appraisers Appointed For Lorain Bridge Right Of Way
County commissioners appoint Frank Billings Elyria broker and Frank Sanford Lorain broker as two of three appraisers for property along the proposed right-of-way of the new high level ridge bridge over Black River at 21st street Lorain. The third appraiser will be named by Commissioner De Chant. Two appraisers will be from Lorain and one from Elyria. They meet at 9 a m Tuesday to discuss with Lorain officials.
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Black River
21St Street
Lorain
John E Davidson
Frank Billings
Elyria
Oscar G Dunn
Frank Sanford
Edward DeChant
Elyrian Held Up By Two Robbers
Joseph Olenik reports two dark complexioned men robbed him at 11 15 p m near West avenue and Sixth street taking 1040. He described the gunman as about 25, 5 7, 150 pounds in a dark brown suit with a crooked nose. The second man about 30, 5 11, 175 pounds, wore a blue shirt and tan hat. they fled in a dark 1937 Ford with unreadable plate.
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Joseph Olenik
Eleventh Street
West Avenue
Sixth Street
Olenik
Olemk
Boy Survives 150 Foot Cliff Fall Near Willoughby
Donald Kunsman, 16, survived a 150 foot fall near Willoughby. He suffered a broken left arm and ankle and a head injury after slipping while descending a steep bank toward the Chagrin River. He was reported alive in Cleveland on September 3.
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Cleveland
L.P
Donald Kunsman
Willoughby
Chagrin River
Labor Day Closures Across Ely and Lorain County
Ely and Lorain County offices, the Elyria post office, and the Elyria Library will close on Labor Day Monday. No regular mail will be delivered near the post office, except for special delivery items. The adult department of the library will begin its Fall and Winter schedule, with evening hours.
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Elymia
Elyria
Iipvery
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Lour Klingshan
Clarence A Detzel
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Robert Doughty
Maynard Krebs
Howard Walker
Black Bayer
J J Holrhaver
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Erwin Perkins
Roy C Greene
Karl Langendorfer
Roy Angersbach
W Newberry
Arthur Northern
George Ruth
Lons Battenhouse
Chalmer Betts
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E H Stone
East Carlisle
Carol Shepherd
Charles Green
Henry Schilt
Eaton Township
Ellen Hill
Leland Durkee Laws Mann
Robert Grills
Edwin Shubert
John Morris
Arthur Neiding
Grafton
E L Bell
Benton
Henry Allmiller
Frank Berg
Leon Hopkins
Leininger Crile
Howard Jordan
A. W Larson
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Milton Behner
Judson M Spicer
Frank J. Knowles
Fie
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Bendix Aur Derby
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Douglas Corrigan
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State House
Mrs. Meeks
Chronicle Telegram
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