French Fliers Plan Tour Of U S
Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte, first to link Europe with inland America, plan a 40 day cross country tour visiting major U S airports in a bid to receive the $25,000 prize. They touched down at Love Field Dallas drawing 25,000 spectators and praise from Col. Easterwood, then prepared for a Washington leg.
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Dallas
Tex
Dieudonne Coste
Maurice Bellonte
France
America
Europe
Coste
Bellonte
Washington
Louisville
Love Field
Texas
William E. Easter- Wood
Broadway
Easterwood
London
Fasterwood
Paris
New York
Visi
Miers
Heavy Docket Faces Sept Grand Jury
Lorain county grand jury sessions begin Tuesday September 30 with one of the heaviest dockets in two years. County records show 48 cases scheduled for investigation and more may be added before month’s end. The cannon pleas court term opens Monday September 29 with a similarly heavy docket.
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Lorain County Grand Jury
Cannon Pleas Court
Crushed to Death at Hamilton Paper Mill
Louis Nicholson aged 21 in Hamilton was fatally crushed when his head was caught between machine rollers at the Champion Coated Paper Company. The accident occurred today as the man worked at the plant in Ohio.
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Hamilton
Louis Nicholson
Champion Coated Paper Company
Four Dollars and a Half in Silver Preserved Since 1861
Henry Wurst of Elyria recalls earning 4.50 in silver at age 11 in 1861. The coins sit in a marble bag in an Elyria bank vault, a keepsake from his youth when he sold berries and rode a horse for a penny per day. He later ran a grocery, built a block, owned homes, and now continues in real estate at 0 years old.
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Henry Wurst
Elyria
Wurst
Henry
Broad Street
Leo
Lorain County forms drought relief committee tonight
A Lorain County drought relief committee will be organized tonight at the Lorain County Farm Bureau office to study drought effects and recommend county aid. Representatives from the Farm Bureau Grange Health Board Chamber of Commerce County Bankers and the Red Cross will participate and coordinate with the State Poor Relief committee appointed by Governor Myer Y. Cooper. The panel will refer county problems to the state body and seek relief measures including freight rate reductions on livestock feeds. agricultural agent Horton B. Alger notes crops have suffered notably.
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Lorain County
Farm Bureau
Grange
County Health Board
Chamber of Commerce
County Bankers
the Red Cross
State Taught Relief Committee
Myfers Y. Cooper
Horton BE. Alger
Prayers for Rain Split Among Prominent Clergymen
Chicago Sept. 5 prominent American clergymen debated rainfall prayer at a Christian Century symposium. A majority dismissed prayer as futile though Dr Mark Mathews of Seattle and Dr James M Gray of Moody Bible Institute argued for possible divine intervention. Dr Harry Emerson Fosdick, Rockefeller’s pastor, led the doubters. The item continues on page 2.
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Chicago
Christian Century
Mark Mathews
Seattle
James M. Gray
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Harry Emerson Fosdick
New York
John D. Rockefeller
Hurricane Diminishes After Santo Domingo Wreck
The Washington weather bureau reported the hurricane that wrecked Santo Domingo weakened greatly by today and that no danger to the American coast remained.
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Washington
Santo Domingo
U. S. Weather Bureau
Santo Domingo city of ruin and death
Hurricane wrecks Santo Domingo killing hundreds and leaving tens of thousands homeless. Officials report 800 dead with 1000 more believed injured as rescue work continues. Martial law, destroyed water and power plants, and widespread disease risk compound the disaster. President Trujillo takes charge of relief efforts amid urgent pleas for aid from the outside.
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Santo Domingo
Republic
U.R
Dominican Republic
New World
Rafael T. Trujuello
Ship Dispatched To Get Supplies For Santo Domingo
Governor Waldo Evans ordered the S. S. 5S. Gress to San Juan and Santo Domingo to carry relief supplies at full speed after the hurricane strike. The voyage targets the Dominican capital and the Puerto Rico port for immediate aid.
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ST. Thomas
Virgin Islands
Waldo Evans
San Juan
Porto Rico
Santo Domingo
Florida merchants board up shops as hurricane looms
Miami Florida September 5 1942 Florida mindful of past experiences prepares for Caribbean hurricane arrival. Though weather reports show the storm weakening merchants still board up windows and shop fronts recalling tropical storm eccentricities.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Board of Control to Set Street Widening Contracts
Elyria Board of Control will let two street widening contracts this afternoon in City Service Director John N. Eldt’s office. The projects on Massey and Woodford avenues call for widening five feet on each side and include paving work.
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Board OF Control
Elyria Board of Control
City Service
John N. Eldt
Massey
Woodford
Do You Know This Elyrian Do You Know This Elyrian
The passage names a well known Elyria figure who holds an important county office and asserts the subject is easy to identify. It emphasizes public recognition and suggests no need for further description.
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Elyria
Lorain County Farm Decline Continues Through Decade
Lorain County farms fell 391 from 1920 to 1930 to 3034, with 1925 at 3355 and 1920 at 3425. Ohiowide losses reached 14.4 percent over ten years and 10.2 percent in five years, driven by population movement, farm consolidation, and machinery. Nearby counties show varying declines.
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Lorain County
Horton B. Alger
Bureau of the Census
Washington
Lorain
Alger
Ohio
Cusahoga County
Medinta
Erie Vronnuts
Huron County
Red Cross Appeals for Atlantic Hurricane Relief Funds
Chairman John Barton Payne urged Red Cross chapters along the Atlantic seaboard to start collecting hurricane relief contributions. He noted firms and others likely to respond in sympathy due to suffering in Santo Domingo.
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Washington
John Barton Payne
The
American Red Cross Today
Atlantic Seaboard
Payne
Santo Domingo
Peace talks with Gandhi fail in Bombay
Sept 3 report states negotiations between Gandhi followers and British government failed. Official announcement says peace talks aimed at settling Gandhi’s civil disobedience campaign yielded no result. Gandhi supporters again produced salt in defiance of government ban.
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Gandhi
Britain
Bombay
Mahatma Gandhi
Fatal clashes in Buenos Aires demand Irigoyen resignation
In Buenos Aires on September 5 a student and a policeman were reported dead with many others injured during student police clashes tied to demonstrations against President Hipolita Irigoyen. University of Buenos Aires students led a march of several thousand demanding the president's resignation and denouncing dictatorship.
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Buenos Aires
Hipolita Irigoyen
University of Buenos Aires
Nationalist Forces Claim Devastating Attack Near Changsha
Shanghai Sept 5 government armored trains planes and gunboats attacked Communist and bandit forces near Changsha. Nationalist headquarters said 10,000 of the Changsha forces were killed and the rest fled southwestward.
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China
Shanghai
Changsha
German Flyers Discuss Trans-Atlantic Air Service with Hoover
Washington September 5. Capt Wolfgang von Gronau and Edward Zimmer of the German Flyers met with President Hoover at the White House to discuss the feasibility of establishing a commercial air service from Germany to the United States.
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Washington
Germany
United States
Hoover
Wolfgang von Gronau
Edward Zimmer
White House
Mayor Hewitt Confined To His Home
Mayor James A. Hewitt has been confined to his home at 314 Park avenue for three days with a stomach disorder. He is reported much improved and able to leave his bed for the first time since Wednesday morning. Doctors initially feared acute appendicitis but now regard that as groundless. it will be several days before he can return to city hall.
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James A. Hewitt
Park Avenue
Hewitt
City Hall
Find Body of Boy in River in Camden
Camden and Philadelphia police investigate the death of six year old Edward Dodura whose mutilated body was recovered from the Delaware River. His mother Gertrude Dodura said he had been missing since Labor Day.
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Camden
Poli
Philadelphia
Boxy
Dela Ware
Edward Dodura
Ank
Gertrude Dadura
Meyer Named New Federal Reserve Governor in New York
Eugene Meyer Jr. of New York succeeds Roy A. Young as head of the Federal Reserve System. Young resigns the chair to become president of the Boston Federal Reserve Bank.
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Eugene Meyer, Jr
New York
The
Federal Reserve
Roy A. Young
Boston Federal Reserve Bank
Progress on County Hospital Building Delayed to October
The new County Home hospital, due Sept 1 under a March contract with T J Hume of Lorain, will not finish until mid October. Inspector James Scott cited a three week delay while the commission blames unclear costs. Inmates remain in the main building as the old hospital’s closure and crowding persist, increasing county expenses and inconvenience.
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James Scott
T J. Hume
Lorain
Chronicle-Telegram
Cashier Foils Robbers With Hidden $2000 Stash
Mrs. Florence Pierson, 42, cashier at a Hamilton restaurant, saved $2000 by outguessing three robbers who followed her after leaving a bank with funds for cashier’s checks. The purse held $7 but the concealed $2000 remained secured under her arm between dress and coat as the thieves fled in a car.
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Hamilton
Florence Pierson
Lorain County Building Commission Weighs Sanatorium Contract
In secret session the Lorain County Building Commission debated letting a $425,000 tuberculosis sanatorium contract. Architect Bail named three low bidders and urged sandstone use, while two members opposed secrecy. No contract was let at noon, with prosecutor and inspector picks discussed.
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Building Commission
Geo. Ehoads
Rhoads
Lorain County
Lorain County Building Commission
George Hheads
Thomas Peebles
Atty. J. J. Smythe
Amherst
Commsion
Frank W. Bail
T. J. Hume
Lorain
L. P. Kaiser
T. C. Murphey
Oberlin
Don W. Miers
Building Trades Council
James Scott
Scott
Atty
Guy B. Findley
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Mme. Dieudonne Coste
Faris
Ime
Tiflis
Georgia
Church Magazine
Antonio Silva
Red Cross
Elyrian
Oltglesses
Acaalon
County Building Commission
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