League council sends appeal to Italy and Ethiopia
A five nation League sub committee sent letters to Italy and Ethiopia urging restraint while peace efforts continue. Salvador De Madariaga stated the appeal targets Mussolini and asks both governments to avoid actions that complicate the task. The group, including Eden and Laval, previews a new offer of economic concessions possibly tied to an international occupation force led by Italy.
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United Press
Geneva
League Council
Italy
Ethiopia
Committee of Five Nations
League of Nations
Salvador de Madariaga
Benito Mussolini
League
Mussolini
Spain
Great Britain
France
Poland
Turkey
Anthony Eden
Pierre Laval
Madariaga
Selair
Laval
Paris
Earnest Plea For Peace By Pope
Pope Pius XI addressed 3000 veterans from several countries in St Pauls Basilica urging a united global effort for peace. He said the world desires peace and prayer for peace, noting sins bring misery and peace precedes prosperity and wellbeing. He praised the faith and sacrifices of the veterans from both World War sides.
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United Press
Vatican City
Pope Pius XI
St. Paul's Basilica
Italy
Pius
Plane Crashes In Flames in Blackpool Center
Three people died when a plane crashed in flames in central Blackpool. The pilot and a woman passenger were among the dead, another woman pedestrian was struck. The crash occurred during a mid air collision with a second aircraft as Sir Alan Cobham's Aerial Circus formation of five planes operated nearby.
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Blackpool
England
Alan Cobham
Aerial Circus
Body Found In Pond At Home In Steubenville
The body of James Hickey, six, was found in a fishpond at his Steubenville home late yesterday. William Morehead discovered the body while emptying a bucket of minnows into the pool.
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Steubenville
James Hickey
William Morehead
Weather Ohio Fair Tonight With Possible Rain Near Lake Erie
Generally fair weather for Ohio this evening and Sunday with a slight warming trend. Light showers possible near Lake Erie and in the southern portion on Sunday.
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Ohio
Lake Erie
Criticism of pension funding shortfall in Ohio
Columbus September 7. Horace S. Keifer former State Representative Springfield, speaking to the joint legislative taxation committee, attacked the legislature for inadequate old age pension appropriations. He noted two year park and monument funding received full support, while pension funds were allotted only six months. Keifer and allied groups urged full two year funding for pensions.
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Columbus
Horace S. Keifer
Springfield
Ohio Federation of Labor
Order of Eagles
State Park and Monument
Keifer
Ethiopians Rallying To The Colors In War With Italy
ADDIS ABABA Sept 7 Much of Ethiopia's manpower has joined the colors for war with Italy it was estimated today Emperor Haile Selassie plans to delay general mobilization until war is inevitable When called he will raise total fighting strength to perhaps 1 250 000 men No mobilization order has been given but voluntary recruitment is active Farmers laborers and townsmen join or are impressed tribal districts contribute quotas Each small army under a tribal chief is armed but untrained and fanatically brave
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United Press
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Italy
Haile Selassie
Toledo Faces Schools Crisis
Toledo faces a severe funding shortfall as the board of education confronts a $1.8 million deficit. With 43,000 students back in class, only $82,000 remains in the treasury to cover salaries and operating expenses near $300,000 monthly. Advances totaling $250,000 from Hale T. Shenefield were mostly spent paying a $150,000 loan and other current obligations.
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Toledo
Toledo Board of Education
R. S. Wenzlau
Hale T. Shenefield
Ohio Citizens Trust Co
Grafton Rejects WPA Offer For New School
Grafton plans to reject a WPA grant of 21997 for a gymnasium auditorium and flagsroom, preferring a complete new school building funded by a $125000 bond issue approved by voters. Principal Walter Jantsz states the district seeks a full school project over the partial WPA facilities.
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Grafton
Works Progress Administration
Board of Education
Public Works Administration
WPA
Walter Jantz
“Daddy” Allen Heads to Philadelphia for Rest and Visit
E. F. “Daddy” Allen will rest for a couple of weeks from his work with the International Society for Crippled Children and visit his son Frank B. Allen in Philadelphia. He left Elyria today for the Pennsylvania city.
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E. F
Allen
International Society For Crippled Children
Frank B. Allen
Philadelphia
Elyrias
Pennsylvania City
Miami cremates hurricane victims and plans memorial
In Florida, cremation of hurricane bodies continues from the Keys to Miami as health officials push burial of damaged homes. A national memorial service is set for Bay Front park with federal officials and armed services attending. Death toll rises to about 446, with debates over weather reports and veteran train evaluation lingering in Washington.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Florida Keys
Bay Front Park
Dave Shultz
Keys
American Red Cross
United Press
Roosevelt
Washington
Key West
Lindberghs Return to Morrow Estate in North Haven Me
North Haven Me Sept 7 Colonel and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh were understood to be back at the Morrow estate on the island today after a flying vacation in the Middle West. Estate employees would not confirm or deny reports but a reliable source said they arrived by plane yesterday.
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North Haven
Charles A. Lindbergh
Morrow Estate
Middle West
Lindberghs
Auditor Kelser Returns to Office After Illness
County Auditor C. Kelser, confined at home since August 27 due to an illness, returned to his office today. He reportedly suffered a heart ailment triggered by infected teeth, authorities said.
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Kelser
12 Open Hearth Furnaces To Be Operated Next Week
National Tube Company Lerain plant will restart all 12 open hearth furnaces next week for the first time in months. Eight have run in recent weeks and four more will be added. Two blast furnaces stay in operation. the Bessemer converter is idle. Rail mill runs through the weekend, wraps Monday. Skelp mills idle. Other operations start Monday with varied four and five day schedules for Japp, butt, and seamless mills.
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National Tube Company
Lerain
Bessemer
Germany to protest U S over Nazi flag remark
German officials lodged a formal protest with the State Department after a New York magistrate likened the Nazi flag to a pirate banner. Ambassador Hans Luther, acting for Berlin, would not reveal any reply from Hull and noted Germany would protest Brodsky's ruling freeing five charged with insulting the flag.
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Washington
Hans Luther
State Department
New York City
Luther
Department
Brodsky
Hull
New York
Louis B. Brodsky
Bremen
New York Harbor
Mos
Germany
Deny Monetary Stabilization Plan
Washington treasury official denies plans for international monetary stabilization with foreign powers this fall. The denial came as speculation swirled about a broader accord and potential impact on U S policy and markets. The official offered no details beyond the explicit denial.
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Washington
Treasury
Legion Drum And Bugle Corps Prepares for National Title
The Legion Drum And Bugle Corps of Elyria will drill Sunday at Ely Stadium at 4 p.m. in final prep for the national American Legion convention in St. Louis later this month. As Ohio’s state champion, the corps earned the official state representation for the national title competition.
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Illyria
American Legion
St. Louis
Ely Stadium
Ohio
Dayton
Mercy Pilot Ferocity Crashes in Alaska Rescue Mission
In Fairbanks Alaska Percy Hubbard known as North Country mercy pilot was critically injured when his plane crashed in flames during a mercy mission. His brother Russell Hubbard and A J Douglas were burned and treated at Fairbanks Hospital. The wreck destroyed the ship and four fliers missing since Aug. 19 prompted a search by planes including Joe Crosson, famed for the Post Rogers funeral flight.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Wiley Post
Will Rogers
Percy Hubbard
North Country
Mercy
Hubbard
Chena River
Russell Hubbard
A. J. Douglas
Circle City
Joe Crosson
President Roosevelts reaction to reform program statement
President Roosevelt at the Summer White House gauged business and public reaction to his claim that reform and recovery had reached substantial completion. He circulated a letter to Roy W. Howard of Scripps Howard and awaited a broader cross section before commenting. White House allies celebrated the stock market rise as support for his position.
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Hyde Park
Roosevelt
White House
Roy W. Howard
Scripps Howard
Howard
First Fire Call This Month At Arshan Chemical Plant
Filyria firefighters were dispatched to the Arshan Chemical Company plant at 119 Center Street for a blaze caused by a flash from an overheated mixing vat. The fire beneath a hood ignited oil fumes and damaged an electric motor powering a ventilating blower. Hose One, Engine One, and Ladder One crews arrived quickly, extinguishing the fire in twelve minutes.
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Filyria
Arshan Chemical Company
Center Street
Hose Company Number One
Engine Company Number One
Ladder Company Number One
Sheep Killed by Dogs in Amherst Area Hunt Fails
Two dogs killed two sheep and two lambs, plus geese, and killed one dog while injuring others. Dog Warden Lee Minkler and a posse of deputy sheriffs and civilians hunted them last night without success. The animals belonged to Joseph Gawn and George Kern of North Ridge Road near Amherst. Residents reported seeing a black shepherd and a brown and white bulldog.
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Lee Minkler
Joseph Gawn
North Ridge Road
Amherst
George Kern
Minkler
Bids Reviewed for City Water Main Project
City officials study bids on a new PWA water main and storage tank project with actions to follow next week. Low bids come from CF. Lyttle Company for the 3.25 mile pressure main at 124,402 dollars and Pittsburgh-Tres Moines Steel for the 1,990,000 gallon storage tank at 84,449 dollars. Settle Company bid American Rolling Mill Company pipe as reported.
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PWA
National Tube Company
Ipe
George B. Gascoigne
CF. Lyttle Company
Louis City
Town
Pittsburgh-Tres Moines Steel Company
Pittsburgh
Settle Company
American Rolling Mill Company
Pipe
Elyria Public Schools Open With 4475 Enrolled
Elyria's public schools opened the 1984-85 term with 4475 students, up 1136 from opening day last year but 90 fewer than the end of the first week. Elementary enrollments fell, high school rose, with Franklin 379, Hamilton 276, Garford 19% and Jefferson High School accounting for 1707 of Elyria High and 144 in Jefferson Junior High.
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Elyria
Franklin
Hamilton
Garford
Jefferson
McKinley
Ely
Gates
Edison
Roosevelt
Allen
Washington
Elyria High School
Jefferson Junior
Floods Cause Huge Damage in Maryland Eastern Shore
Flood damage across Maryland s eastern shore reached as high as 500000 with 1099 homeless as homes were inundated after a record rainstorm. Federalsburg suffered over 250000 in damage as a dam on Marsahope Creek at Smithburg broke, sending floodwaters through the valley.
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Federalsburg
Maryland
Red Cross
del- Mar-Va Peninsia
Smithburg
Executive Dies Suddenly TOLEDO Ohio
Herman P. Strater 54 president of the Cannon Co dry cleaning firm died late yesterday on Highland Meadows golf course. A past president of the Ohio Association of Dyers and Cleaners he leaves brother Edward of Mansfield Ohio and sister Mrs. Martin Remy of Mansfield. He was born on a farm nearby.
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Toledo. O
Herman P. Strater
Cannon Co
Highland Meadows
Strater
Ohio Association of Dyers and Cleaners
Edward
Mansfield
Martin Remy
Wheat Prices Jump as Canada Guarantees Farm Price
Wheat prices on American and Canadian markets rose sharply after Canada guaranteed farmers at least 7 12 cents per bushel. The bullish development supports producers and markets in Chicago and across North America.
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Chicago
Elyria Man Escapes Injury After Car Crashes Pillar
Ray Leslie of 415 Foster avenue narrowly escaped serious injury at 1:55 a m when his car struck a pillar at the Lake avenue and West Bridge street undercut. Taxi driver Jack Banville helped pull him from the wreck and took him home against his wish to go to a hospital. Leslie had a cut on his head and lacerations on his face and hand, and said he must have fallen asleep at the wheel.
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Ray Leslie
Foster Avenue
Lake Avenue
West Bridge Street
Jack Banville
Leslie
Banville
Bombing Case Trials Start Monday for Cleveland Employees
Trials of Rudolph Kopecka and Thomas Smetana, Clevelanders, begin Monday in common pleas court. Indicted for malicious destruction of property in connection with the March 19 Steel and Tubes Company plant bombing and the April 11 Avon power line tower blasts. Prosecutor Howard R. Butler to present the state case. Other indicted include Carl Adams, Julius Turos, George Wilson, and John Janidlo. All were Truscon Steel employees and members of the Mechanics Educational Society of America amid a steel strike.
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Rudolph Kopecka
Thomas Smetana
George Wilson
John Janidlo
Truscon Steel Company
Cleveland
Mechanics Educational Society of America
Building Permits Indicate Strong Upturn This Year
City building inspector L P Kaiser reports a clear rise in activity with August issuing 22 permits for structures totaling 18480 dollars. Pluming, sign, and electrical permits numbered 14, 9, and 34 respectively, while July’s total was higher at 40485 dollars. A $198,900 Western Automatic Machine and Screw Co building permit is expected soon, with J Frank Murbach’s $3500 gas station permit on Middle avenue and 16th street already under construction. Henry Heidrick holds the contract.
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L. P. Kaiser
Kaiser
Western Automatic Machine and Screw Company
J. Frank Murbach
Middle Avenue
16Th Street
Henry Heidricn
Disappearance of $100,000 Superpursuit Plane
A speedboat sighting off Point Vicente is linked to the July 30 disappearance of a $100,000 Army superpursuit plane. Lieut Arthur Skaer, testing for Northrop, was at the controls when the craft vanished. Detective Lieutenant W L Robertson filed a police probe detailing prior incidents but offered no conclusions.
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Los Angeles
Sept
Point Vicente
Skaer
Army Reserve
Northrop Airplane Company
Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
Five In Race For Elyria School Board
Five candidates vie for three Elyria school board seats as late filings push total candidates to 376. Deadline passed 6 30 p m with over 100 petitions filed that afternoon. رئيس Richard F Stevens and Earl Lautenschlager among last to file joining Mayor W H Vanoster Frank Spencer Jr and Pierre R Smith as contenders. The board will elect three of five members this year and none seek reelection.
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Board of Elections
Lata
Illyria
Richard F. Stevens
Earl Lautenschteger
Clearview
W. H. Vanoster
Frank Spencer, Jr
Pierre R. Smith
County Board of Education
Elmer Cotton
Walter Hadaway
Harry H. Gregg
Amherst Township
Edward Brucker
Lewis Merchant
R. H. Leonhard August Nabakowski
John Niesen
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Pope
Pennsylvania
White Castle
James C. Prosser
Gilbert Stoll
Argentina
Lindbergh
U.S
Bulletin
Elyria Man
Pillar
Elyria School Board
E. L. Moebius
C. E. Cooper
A. H. Engle
E. C. Stiward
H. J. Sipple
Fred Coverdale
KE. H. Mays
E. L. White
Snyder
G. H. Schmitkins
H. P. Kolbe
Amherst Village Board of Education
W. G. Nord
Harold Penton
J. c. Donnelly
J. H. Sharp
Avon Village
Henry Dippel
William Bommer
Frank Bauers
W. C. Wagner
Lewia Bennett
Joseph Forthofer
Johin M. Alten
Ronié Kelling
Dorothy Baldauf
Marshall
Joseph P. Knipper
Joseph Myers
Ben B. Walker
A. W. Brown
J . B. Adams
Philip Gernart
Council
Anton Kinzel
Charles Klingshirn
Mathias Schneider
A. G. Reigersberger
Leo Dechant
Gilbert Forthofer
Aloysius Bruder
Leo Schwartz
Merle Hail
H. W. Green
Avon Lake Village
John Anderson
Hugo Bouse
W. J. Daeschner
W. J. Stanfield
J. M. Boehm
Nina Dunning
Caroline Pipes
William Arnold
Carl Tomanek
E. W. DeChant
W.H. Franklin
Irvin E. Kubic
Prank Krebes
Mary McKay
A. J. Traxler
Herbert Barnes
Otto Katterhenry
Frank Volek
Lewis Hall
William Franklin
Harry Burkhardt
Howard Drake
A. I. Hain
Board of Public Affairs
O. P. ,Kubach
Ralph Morrison
Howard Walker
W. J. Bowman
Mark Horwedel
Fred Lott
Wayne Black
H. @. Locke
Alfred Tawse
David Horsfal
W. H. Franklin
Rena Titus
Myrtle Werdel
Brighton Township
W. OC. Day
W. E. ‘Love
R. W. Bechtel
H. L. Bran- Lant
Searliste Township
H. H. Drugendahl
Carl Diedrick
Frank Rant
James A. Smith
Edward Bongs
M. J. Lengel
Phelon Bruce
W. A. Whither
B. J. Squire
Emma Sigaworth
H. L. Whitney
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