Textile strike moves toward nation wide showdown
The 1934 textile strike widens across a 1500 mile belt as unions urge mills to reopen under pressure. President Green rallies 400,000 members and envisions a major fund for support while the mediation board surveys the scene. South Carolina declares partial martial law as National Guard guards mills and picketing persists.
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Limited
Washington
Saji
UPR
Federal Mediation Board
William Green
George A. Sloan
Cotton Teatile Institute
Green
United Textile Workers
Presidential Mediation Board
John 4G. Winant
New Hampshie
Winant
Sloan
South Carolina
Thra C. Blackwood
North Carolina
Minette
Grover
N. C
Union Farms
South
Elyria Elevation Plate to Show Exact Height
A bronze plate marking Elyria's precise elevation above sea level is being erected in Ely Park near Broad Street. City Engineer J M Powell said the concrete base was poured yesterday and the U S Coastal Geodetic Survey will provide the elevation figures shortly. Government measurements were recently taken.
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Elyria
Ely Park
Broad Street
J. M. Powell
United States Costal Geodetic Survey
Ohio Weather Outlook Tonight to Sunday Cloudy
Ohio mostly cloudy tonight and Sunday with occasional light rain. Temperatures remain largely unchanged, and overall conditions show little variation through the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
President Roosevelts finance problems occupy attention
Hyde Park, Sept. Administration finance problems for the second time in a week occupy President Roosevelt's attention today as details of the government's large refinancing program are to be made public on Monday. He conferred with Secretary Morgenthau and Acting Budget Director Bell, and planned a luncheon with James Perkins, chairman of the National City Bank of New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Washington
Florence Lee 13 Held For The Grand Jury
Florence Lee a Lorain night club owner charged with first degree murder for shooting lover and partner Michael Carreo was brought to the County Jail to await action. Police cite jealous rage over alleged attentions to a blond at the 400 Bridge Club on Oberha avenue. Lee claims self defense and possible temporary insanity defense. Also jailed with Lee were Jackie Noon on liquor charges and Frank Biscon on trespassing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Lee
Lorain
Michael Carreo
Mike
Miss Lee
400 Bridge Club
Oberha Avenue
C. F
Burt Adams
Lerain
Buda
Frank Bark
Jackie Noon
Frank Biscon
Noon
Biscon
Public Schools to Reopen Monday in Elyria and Lorain County
Nearly 12 000 children will return to classrooms Monday as the 1934 35 school year starts in Elyria and Lorain County. County boards cut expenses to avoid impairing schools while Fields Corners and Pittsfield District Six reopen inline with transfers. Maplewood opens as planned. Well ington public school already opened, and three Elyria parochial schools started last week with St Johns to open Monday alongside public schools.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Fields Corners
Pittsfield Township
Fields
Ridgeville
Pittsfield
Maplewood
Elyria Township
Wellington
St. John’s
Ross McLarnin bout postponed to Sept 15 in New York
The world welterweight title fight between Barney Ross and Jimmy McLarnin is rescheduled for Saturday night September 15 in New York after a conference among Milk Fund officials the fighters and their managers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Barney Ross
Jimmy McLarnin
Milk Fund
North East Ohio Annual Conference opens in Elvrra week
Preparations rush for the twenty third North East Ohio Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church to start near Tuesday and run through Monday September 17 with 1156 ministers and lay delegates expected plus 550 pastors 400 laymen and 200 youth delegates in official capacities. Three conferences convene including lay and youth sessions and seventeen banquets are planned across venues city wide. The conference has met in the area previously in 1857 1865 1892 1901 and 1926. Albert Davis sues Village of Sheffield Lake for 253 for fire department driver services.
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Lo Elvrra
Oho
The
Method'st Episcopal Church
North-East Ohio
First Congregational Church
St. Paul's Evangelical Church
Lyria
Depositors Protest TD Bank Plan in Elyria Case
Five Elyria residents filed objections to Evia Savings and Trust Co plans to resume business. They hold deposits totaling 10 404 07 and seek a fair share of assets and double liability of stockholders as of 60 days before February 28 1933. Attorneys Andrew M Keep and William Wickens filed the petition in Lorain court. Continued on Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evia Savings and Trust Company
Thei
Anna Schnore
East River Street
Elizabeth Schnore Roth
Stanford Avenue
Catherine Vollmer
East Broad Street
Maiio Vollmer
Theresa Gratz
Lodi Street
Andrew M. Keep
Wliam Wickens
Lorain
Cotton gin boiler explosion kills seven in Concord area
Seven men died late yesterday when a cotton gin boiler exploded at Neal near Concord. The blast occurred as workers prepared the machinery for sinning the season's first bale of cotton in the boiler room.
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Concord
Neal
Here
Morro Castle Luxurious liner from Ward Line
Morro Castle, launched 1930 with $4 000 000 outlay, sailed New York to Havana in 58 hours on a Havana service. Electric turbine propulsion, 508 feet long, 11 520 tons, 500 passenger quarters, 21 knots cruising speed, built by Newport News Shipbuilding. Named best Ward Line ship with lavish public rooms.
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New York
Alorro Castle
Havana
Havava
Ohioans aboard ill fated Morro Castle disaster
At least two or more Ohioans were aboard the Morro Castle when lightning and fire toppled the ship. William Kitchin of Cleveland and Carl Pryor of Newark survived with injuries or aid. Renowned local figures, including relatives of Cincinnati tennis player R A Holden Jr, feared to be aboard. Cincinnati financier William E Hutton died of pneumonia, a Civil War veteran and founder of W E Hutton & Company.
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Morro Castle
William Kitchin
Cleveland
Spring Lake
N. J
Carl Pryor
Newark
Ohio
Senora Renee Méndez Capote
Senora Capote
R A Holden, Jr
Cincinnati
Grace
Holden
William E. Hutton
W. E Hutton & Company
New York
Hutton
Captain Wilmott of Varro Castle Dies Amid Fire Disaster
A recent photo shows Capt. Robert Wilmott, commander of the Varro Castle, which burned off the New Jersey coast while sailing from Havana to New York. Captain Wilmott died of heart disease shortly before the blaze began, officials said.
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Robert Wilmott
Varro Castle
New Jersey
Havana
New York City
Wilmott
Sailors Tell of Leaping Flames Aboard Worra Castle
United Press reports from Spring Lake New Jersey describe a catastrophic fire aboard the Worra Castle. Sailors say passengers crowded port holes begged as lifeboats deployed but flames blocked escape. crew fought alarms as fire roared, crippling access to midship and aft passenger areas. Only a few lifeboats reached safety, most survivors being crew members. Continued on Page 2.
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United Press
Spring Lake
N. J
Worra Castle
Senora Renee Mendez Capote
Fire To Cost Insurance Co Three Millions
Sent Tr estimated today that the loss of the Morro Castle would cost Lloyds about 3 300 000 in insurance. The nearly new vessel suffered a fire with extensive damage and the insurer faces a large payout.
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Fire To Cost Insurance Co
Losdos
Morro Castle
Lloyd’s
Textile strike shows in flight and picket scenes
Governor John W. Winant of New Hampshire boards a plane to Washington to head a three man board studying the nation-wide textile strike. In Olneyville Rhode Island girl pickets parade with placards before mills. In Trion Georgia C M Frazier points to a shattered window after a deadly riot at Trion mills. Bridgeport Pennsylvania Worsted mill workers halt a Reading train to block coal shipments supporting strikebreakers.
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John W. Winant
New Hampshire
Washington
Roosevelt
C. M. Frazier
Trion, Ga
Trion Mills
Bridgeport
Reading Road
Morro Castle Disaster Strikes Holiday Ship Off New Jersey
The Morro Castle, sailing from Havana with 558 aboard, was struck by lightning off the Jersey coast all but engulfed in flames. Coast Guard put death toll between 200 and 250, with over 300 believed to have survived. Survivors reached ports along the coast as rescue ships and hospitals aided the injured and cooled fears of missing passengers.
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Morro Castle
Havana
New York City
Jersey
United Press
Asbury Park
N. J
New Jersey
Coast Guard
Robert R. Wilmott
Woman Gives Personal Account Of Morro Castle Fire Escape
Senora Renee Mendez Capote, a Morro Castle survivor, recounts escaping the luxury liner blaze. Her father, the late General Domingo Mendez Capote, helped topple the Machado government and served as Cuba’s first Vice President.
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Senora
Renee Mendez Capote
Morro Castle
Dominigo Mendez Capote
Macado
Cuba
Voyage Survivor Recalls Night of Shipboard Fire
Senora Rene Mendez Capote, director of the Cuban Bureau of General Culture, describes a deadly shipboard blaze during a voyage to Europe. She narrowly escaped as passengers burned in their sleep, waking to crackle and smoke. She plans to return home, not return to Europe, after the harrowing incident aboard the ship.
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Europe
Fire at Sea Toll Past Disasters and Losses
United Press notes major sea fire disasters over the years with counts of deaths. Geneval Slocum near New York in 1904 with 1,021 lives lost is highlighted alongside other fatal events such as the Mississipi explosion off San Pedro in 1924 with 48 dead and the Mackinac explosion in Narragansett Bay in 1925 with 47 dead. Additional cifra include the 18 Vargise River troop ship blast in 1926 with 1,200 dead, Principessa Meralda explosion near Brazil in 1927 with 314 dead, Georges Philippar fire in the Arabian Sea in 1932 with 41 dead, Steamer Observation explosion in New York in 1982 with 72 dead, and L Atlantique fire in the English Channel in 1933 with 17 dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Geneval
Vargise River
China
Principessa Meralda
Brazil
Georges Philippar
Arabian Sea
Observation
New York
L’atlantique
English Channel
Survivors Seen Aboard Morro Castle Amid Firewreck
In Asbury Park New Jersey survivors aboard the charred Morro Castle were reportedly seen moving on the wreck about 10 a.m. The ship remained surrounded by a flotilla of speed boats launches yachts and other vessels aiding in rescue efforts.
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Bulletix
Asbury Park
N. J
Sant
Morro Castle
Woman Swims Eight Miles From Morro Castle Fire
NEPTUNE New Jersey September 3 Mrs Howard Panino of Bangor Pa a Morro Castle passenger swam eight miles through heavy sea to shore after leaping from a burning deck her husband followed shortly afterward Both wore life preservers and she reached Asbury Park beach where lifeguards aided her to shore and she was treated for shock at Fithin Memorial hospital
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Neptune
N. J
Howard Panino
Bangor
Morro Castle
Paninos
Asbury Park
Fithin Memorial Hospital
Survivors Reach Spring Lake after Merro astla incident
Five survivors were brought to Fitkin Hospital in Spring Lake New York for treatment after the Merro astla disaster. William Bitchin of Cleveland and Daniel Condutcus New York overcome by smoke in the engine room. Charles Jackson Buffalo cut of left hand. Joseph Markov New York shock. Flora La Roche Providence Rhode Island shock. Three women passengers and 11 crew members were in one boat that reached Spring Lake. Louise Caubert Providence Rhode Island and Florence Roberts Pawtucket Rhode Island were cared for by police.
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Spring Lake
N. Y
Fitkin Hospital
Wiliam Bitchin
Cleveland
Daniel Condutcus
New York
Charles Jackson
Buffalo
Joseph Markov
Steward
Shock
Flora la Roche
Providence
R. I. Shock
Louise Caubert
Providence BR
Florence Roberts
Pawtucket
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Togonvene Om
Henk
Albert Davis
Sheffield Lake
Common Pleas Court
TD Bank
Morro
Olneyville
R. 1
O. S
Bermuda
Andre F. Luckenback
Savannah
Howard Panine
Pergons
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