Manufacturer Suffers Severe Burns After Gas Explosion
Earl Foster, 77, secretary and treasurer of Foster Manufacturing Company, was severely burned yesterday afternoon in a gas leak explosion in an incinerator in the basement of his Overbrook Road home. Mrs. Foster also sustained severe burns on her right hand and arm and received hospital treatment before returning home. William Foster, 15, son, extinguished the fire. The couple’s injuries were described as extensive, with Earl still hospitalized today for burns to the chest arms hands and neck.
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Earl Foster
Overbrook Road
Foster Manufacturing Company
Fire Department
William Foster
Protests Over Murray Ridge School Enter Fourth Day
Protests against Murray Ridge School closure continued for a fourth day as Elyria township board officials were summoned to a county office. Students and parents gathered on the school steps while some pupils attended classes at Lake Avenue School. Leader Mrs. Elmer Beal said the large turnout persisted and no new developments were reported locally.
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Murray Ridge
Louis Kel Jer
Elyria Township
Lake Avenue
Elmer Beal
Weather Ohio Showers Likely Tonight and Saturday
A western disturbance centered over Green Bay Wisconsin extends southwest to the Mexican border. Pressure high over the Northeast and from British Columbia to the Rocky Mountain region. Showers widespread from the Missouri Valley to the east gulf states, heavy in Missouri and Illinois. Warmer in the Ohio Valley and Iowa, cooler in the Missouri Valley and Rocky Mountains.
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Ohio
Green Bay
Wisconsin
Mexican
British Columbia
Rocky Mountain
Missouri Valley
Gulf States
Missouri
Ilmois
Ohio Valley
Iowa
Youthful Bandit Realizes Now The Futility Of Crime
Roy Shauver a 19 year old Lorain youth who robbed the State Savings Bank of Woodville and shot Patrolman Myron Gibson is described as penitent and desires to spend life teaching boys to avoid crime The robber’s aim is the patrolman’s recovery and the disposition of his case Gibson is reported in favorable condition with X rays to locate the bullet A replevin suit by the bank seeks return of $1919 taken Tuesday morning and later delivered to the sheriff
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Shauver
Lorain
State Savings Bank
Woodville
Myron Gibson
Chester Cordy
Shauver
Cordy
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Gibson
Clellan E. Andress
B. J. Stankard
Stocks Slump In Wave Of Selling
New York September 10 stock market faced a drastic selling wave. Prices dropped to new lows for the year with declines led by steel shares as United States Steel reported August shipments far below July. Trading was volatile with tape delays and widespread losses across industrial and railroad groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Lst
Allied Chemical
Man Falls From Sixth Story Window Lives to Tell
Abe Krasviner, 40, fell six stories from a Wilshire Medical Building window ledge, bounced off a sedan top, and survived with a broken arm, bruises, and shock. Spectators found him conscious. cause of the fall unknown. Once known as the potato king, he had lost a fortune in 1929.
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Los Angeles
Abe Krasviner
Wilshire Medical
Krasniver
Enrollments in Lorain County Schools Rise to 5850
Final opening day totals in Lorain County show 5850 students enrolled across 25 village and rural schools, with Wellington at 726, Henrietta 181, and Vincent 213. Amherst’s withdrawal and the Carlisle Township closures reduce county figures versus last year, as some students transfer to Elyria schools on a tuition basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County
C. A. Gibbons
Wellington
Vincent
Henrietta
Amherst
Carlisle Township
Elyria
Duplex Foundry Strike Settlement Reached
Herbert W. Clements of the International Molders and Foundry Workers Union announced a unanimous employee management agreement at Duplex Foundry ending the August 23 strike. The compromise settlement brings workers back and the plant should be fully operational by Monday.
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Herbert W. Clements
International Molders and Foundry Workers Union
Duplex
Teachers Hired At Belden Columbia
Lorain County villagers and rural schools complete 1937 38 teaching staff with Miss Etta Mae Wilson to lead Belden fifth and sixth grades and Miss Marian Bainbridge to teach Latin and mathematics at Columbia High School. Wilson, Kent State graduate, succeeds Helen Ginn. Ginn moves to first and second grades as Agnes Angle resigns for Waldo. Bainbridge, Oberlin College graduate, succeeds Helen Thompson who left for another post.
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Lorain
Etta Mae Wilson
Sebring
Belden
Marian Bainbridge
Ridgeville Township
Columbia High School
Miss Wilson
Kent State University
Helen Ginn
Ginn
Agnes Angle
Waldo
Barr
Miss Bainbridge
Columbia
Oberlin College
Helen Thomp
Bainbridge
Ridgeville High School
Bullet Riddled Body Of Racketeer Marino Found
East Liverpool Ohio September 10 Rey Happy Marino a known racketeer and gambler was found shot eight times in the chest and once in the head on the East Liverpool Youngstown road at Rogera Authorities think he was killed with a machine gun and his body dumped from a car He had been paroled from Ohio penitentiary after a 20 year sentence for the Louisville bank robbery in 1933.
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East Liverpool
Rey “Happy” Marino
Youngstown
Rogera
Arnold W. Devon
Marino
Devon
Ohio Penitentiary
George D. Harter Bank
Louisville
State utilities board denies Buckeye Stages rehearing request
The Ohio Public Utilities Commission refused Buckeye Stages Inc. a rehearing on its Aug 10 order approving Lake Shore Coach Lines stock to receiver F W Coen for Lake Shore Electric Railway. Similar petitions from Pennsylvania and Central Greyhound Lines were dismissed. the protesting firms may seek further relief or appeal to the state supreme court over two Sandusky to Toledo routes.
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Columbus
State Public Utilities Commission
Buckeye Stages, Inc
Lake Shore Coach Lines
F. W. Coen
Lake Shore Electric Railway Co
Pennsylvania
Central Greyhound Lines
Lake Shore Lines
Sandusky
Toledo
State Supreme Court
Pays Second Visit To Elyria In 44 Years
F. W. Duell of Cleveland made his second Elyria visit in 44 years walking Middle avenue to see his niece Mrs. Marsh Guerin. Former Lorain resident who left in 1893 he worked in railroad jobs in Pittsburgh before moving to Cleveland where he now works for the Cleveland Athletic Club. His last visit was 16 years ago, and his first Elyria trip since 1593 was yesterday. He recalled Elyria as one of the prettiest towns in the area.
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F. W. Duell
Cleveland
Elyria
Middle Avenue
Marsh Guerin
Duell
Lorain
Pittsburgh
Cleveland Athletic Club
Lorain County
State
Oberlin Grad Dies In Boston Headmaster Clarence Amstutz
Clarence E. Amstutz, 44, former headmaster of Sanborn Seminary Kingston New Hampshire, died at a Boston hospital. A 1917 Oberlin College graduate born in Rittman Ohio he formerly taught at Lincoln High School in Cleveland.
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Boston
Clarence E. Amstutz
Sanborn Seminary
Kingston
N. H
Rittman
Oberlin College
Lincoln High School
Cleveland
Delegates Named for Lorain County Four-H Congress
Twelve Lorain County Four-H Club members and two advisors depart Sunday to attend the Ohio Four-H Club Congress in Columbus. Regular delegates include Elmer Schacht Fred Wilcox David Cook Doris Minnich Marian Streicher Dorothy Gerber Zelma Smith and Josephine Eilmer. Advisors are F H Lewis and Mrs Leroy Shirkey. Two boys selected by the American Legion Council will compete in a state contest.
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Lorain County
Clumbus
The
American Legion
Elmer Schacht
South Amherst Sandstone Foresters
Fred Wilcox
LaGrange Juvenile Farmers
David Cook
Eaton Jolly Sports
Doris Minnich
Carlisle Jolly Hustlers
Marian Streicher
Brownhelm Perfection Sewing Club
Dorothy Gerber
Russia Dainty Stitchers
Jolly Cooks
Zelma Smith
Gulf Road Buckeye Sewers
Josephine Eilmer
Wellington
Sunny Siders
F. H. Lewis
Markley Boys’ Club
Leroy Shirkey
Eaton Sunny Sitchers
American Legion Council
Melvin Kolbe
Indications Of Disease Linked To Criminal Tendencies
Chicago September reports experiments by Dr S W Brownstein and Dr M H Levy on Cook County prisoners over nine years suggest a distinct disease may stimulate criminal tendencies. Spinal fluid from repeat offenders showed high counts of destroyed brain cell material and globulin, with normal tests for syphilis. Researchers plan broader study to aid parole decisions.
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Chicago
S. W. Brownstein
Chicago Board of Health
M. H. Levy
Cook County
Brownstein
Wasserman
Levy
Gets Life Term For Assault
Joseph Kocerok of Step 38 between here and Lorain pleaded guilty to criminal assault on an 11 year old girl. Common Pleas Judge D A Cook sentenced him to life imprisonment in the Ohio Penitentiary after confirming the mandatory term. The victim was a ward of Oberlin Children's Home visiting Lorain relatives when the attack occurred in a field near her home. Kocerok, married with two daughters, hopes for parole eventually.
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Joseph Kocerok
Here
Lorain
Ohio
Common Pleas
D. A. Cook
Oberlin Children’s Home
Kocerok
State Board of Clemency
Chinese Claim Japs Blocked On Three Fronts
Shanghai dispatch reports cholera outbreak among Japanese troops near the Yangtze shore, causing 20 deaths and 80 severe cases. Chinese forces claim three front blocks along the Woosung rail corridor and heavy artillery gains on the Whangpoo river, as Japanese warships shell Pootung and Hongkew with two direct hits on their transport. The British sloop Grimsburg narrowly escapes, and Japanese troops fail to land as the transport is driven downstream.
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United Press
Shanghai
Japan
China
Paoshan
Yangtze River
Woosung
Whangpoo River
Pootung
Hongkew
International Settlement
Whangpoo
Enrollment In Elyria Public Schools Reaches 4534
Elyria public school enrollment today stands at 4 534 an increase of five over the fourth day figure last year. The total includes 153 children in five morning kindergarten classes. Excluding kindergartens, the day’s total is 4 481. High school enrollment is 1 746 a decline of 6 from last year’s fourth day. Hamilton leads with 357 pupils an increase of 95. Carlisle Township sends about 0 of the new students, as nearby small schools closed. Continued on Page 4.
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Elyria
K . C. Maston
Elyria High
Schoo
Jefferson Junior High School
Hamilton School
Carlisle Township
Hamnilton School
McKinley
McKinley School
Boys Of Blue And Gray To Have Reunion
Union and Confederate veterans agreed to meet at Gettysburg in 1938 for a peaceful reunion but barred any Confederate flags. The Grand Army of the Republic also announced a 1938 national encampment in Des Moines Iowa with Dr Overton H Menett elected national commander.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Madison
Wis
Ohio
Acme
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
United States of America
United States
Reunion
Des Moines
Overton H. Menett
Los Angeles
Indiana
Mae
Soviet Warns It Can Act Alone Over Mediterranean Piracy
At the Nyon conference, Maxim Litvinov, Soviet Foreign Commissar, warned Moscow can act alone if collective Mediterranean security fails. He urged decisive action against pirate attacks on shipping, naming piracy as a state-sponsored phenomenon while Britain and France pressed for a joint fleet solution. The gathering, boycotted by Italy and Germany, opened with tension as participants debated steering the talks toward a concrete plan.
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Nyon
Switzerland
Russia
Mediterranean
Maxim Litvinov
Italy
Germany
Litvinov
Britain
France
Great Britain
Turkey
Greece
Jugoslavia
Roumente
Bulgaria
Egypt
Albania
Yvon Delbos
Anthony Eden
Delbos
Eden
Rotarians To Hear Dean Graham
Dr. Thomas W. Graham dean of the Oberlin Graduate School of Theology will speak at the Elyria Rotary Club meeting at noon Tuesday at the Elks Restaurant. His topic is not announced but may cover his Europe trip observations from which he has just returned.
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Thomas W. Graham
Oberlin Graduate School of Theology
Elyria Rotary Club
Elksn
Europe
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al Brady
Walter Williams
Donald Stiger
Oscar Olander
Mich
Lynn Black
E. O. Huey
L. M. Taylor
Duplex Foundry
Request of Bus Co
Oberlin
Boys of Blue
Rotarians
Dean Graham
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