Nations join to curb pirate submarines in Mediterranean
Geneva reports nine nations led by Britain and France form an anti piracy patrol to seek and sink submarines attacking merchant ships. Britain plans 40 destroyers, France 18 ships, Italy to respond. Delegates warn Italy may supply subs for the Spanish Nationalists, but Italy’s participation is accepted in principle. The pact forbids belligerent actions in Spain and requires surface operations with cautious coordination among signatories.
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Geneva
Mediterranean
Great Britain
France
Black Sea
Straits of Gibraltar
Africa
Europe
Italy
Rome
Little Nyon
Spain
Malta
Britain
High Seas
Dardanelles
Tyrrhenian Sea
Sardinia
Weather summary for Ohio and region
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with slightly warmer temperatures. High pressure dominates the Ohio and Middle Mississippi Valleys this morning, while another high extends from the Pacific Northwest into the northern Rockies. Low pressure centers are over New England and Lake Superior, with heavy rain in the northeast from New York City northward and generally fair conditions elsewhere.
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Ohio
Mississippi
Pacific
Rocky Mountain Region
New England
Lake Superior
New York City
United States
Ohio Valley
Plains States
Former Senator Black Faces Seclusion Calls for Inquiry
Washington reports Rep Harold Knutson of Minnesota urged a congressional probe into claims that Associate Justice Hugo L Black was a Ku Klux Klan member. He warned Congress could act if the evidence proved Black’s membership. Some lawmakers doubt removal actions absent impeachment.
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Ku Klux Klan
United States
Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
Alabama
Hotel George V
Paris
Parisian
Black
London
Klan
Acme
Washington
Harold Knutson
Minn
Minnesota
House
Congress
U.S. Supreme Court
Senate
House of Representatives
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Report on Earl Foster Condition
Earl Foster of Overbrook road is reported by Elyria Memorial Hospital to be in serious condition from burns suffered Thursday when a home basement incinerator exploded. Foster sustained burns to the chest arms hands and neck. His wife suffered less serious burns while their son William 15 fought the flames and extinguished the fire before firefighters arrived. Foster serves as secretary and treasurer of the Foster Manufacturing Company.
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Earl Foster
Overbrook Road
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Foster
Tryout Tomorrow For E. H. S. Cheerleaders
Elyria High School will hold a morning assembly for cheerleader tryouts with Maynard Unger Robert Minch Ward Travers Robert Phelps Carl Brookhouser and Keefe Brussell among the six nominees. The six finalists will be elected by students after the assembly and three will lead Friday night’s opening football game with band and coaches speaking.
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Sir Elyria High School
Maynard Unger
Robert Minch
Ward Travers
Robert Phelps
Carl Brookhouser
Keefe Brussell
Child Fatally Hurt In Cleveland Incident
Virginia Ruswell age 3 died when she pulled down a flower box from a front porch in Cleveland. The structure toppled and crushed her, investigators said yesterday.
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Cleveland
Virginia Ruswell
Chinese Troops Retreat To New Shanghai Defense Line
Chinese troops retreat westward through the Yangtze Delta under German and Japanese guidance as Japanese guns fire heavily. The withdrawal aims to form a new line from Kiating to Nanjiang eight miles west of Shanghai, with a major battle anticipated within ten days and reinforcements expected from Japan.
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Shanghai
Yangtze
Ger
Kiating
Nanjiang
Japan
Kianting
Yangtze River
Babson Warns Of 20 Cent Dollar Threat
Boston economist Roger W. Babson warned the Boston Chamber of Commerce that a 20 cent dollar is possible. He cited inflation or repudiation as tools to wipe out public debt but forecast improving business for the next year or two with better conditions this fall and more spending power for farmers workers and stockholders.
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Boston
Roger W. Babson
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Babson
Dr Bond Again Returned To Church Here
The North East Ohio Conference closed its 1938 session at Lakeside naming Dr E J Bond to return as pastor of the First M E Church Elyria for another year. One change moved Rev M A Burris to Amherst Axtel replacing Rev B H Ryan who goes to Vickery Parish.
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Lorain County
North-East Ohio
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Lakeside
E. J. Bond
M. EB
Elyria
Amherst-Axtel
M. A. Burris
B. H. Ryan
Vickery
Theodore Paul
Avon-Vincent
E. Kaetzel
Henrietta-Birmingham
Thomas Hughes
LaPorte-Columbia Station
H. H. Patrick
Brighton-Clarksfield-Rochester
Karl L. Darkey
LaGrange-Penfield
D. S. Carpenter
Fields
George C. Beebe
Grafton-Belden
J. G. Koontz
Huntington-Spencer
Lee Whiteman, Jr
Ober-on
L. S. Green
Wellington
Lorain
H. E. Cobb
Delaware Avenue
WR. Bryenton
Twentieth Street
Battelle
McCarty
First
County
J. B. Ferguson
Chatham
L. J. Quade
Lodi
W. H. Mitchell
New London
C. B. Ketcham
Warren
Oberlin M. E
Cleveland
William W. Dieterich
Decomie
M. E
Ketcham
Bank At Good Hope Robbed
Two young armed men robbed The Farmers Bank at Good Hope ten miles southeast of Washington D. H. at 10 20 a m escaping in a black sedan with yellow wheels. Amount stolen not yet known. Accomplice waited outside driving the car last seen toward Linden. Sheriff Eisenhauer reported wide search by neighboring sheriffs and highway patrol. The cashier Miss Essie Talmer was in contact by telephone. The bank had been robbed before three years earlier by youths from Columbus.
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Washington
D. H
Farmers Bank
Good Hope
Here
Linden
W. H. Eisenhauer
Fayette County
Highway Patrol
Essie Talmer
Eisenhauer
Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
World War Veteran Recites Full Constitution on Demand
Rep Sol Bloom introduces Harry Edward Wilhelm a World War II veteran famed as The Memory Master He can recite the entire U S Constitution and amendments 6757 words from memory in under an hour Bloom hired him for the Constitution Sesquicentennial commission Wilhelm learned the text in 1933 in a Civilian Conservation Corps camp and can recite all U S states in 13 seconds without a breath
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Washington
Sol Bloom
Hollywood
Sam Goldwyn
United States
Harry Edward Wilhelm
Bloom
Wilhelm
United States of America
Whhelm
York
New York
Union
Civilian Conservation Corps
Death of Masaryk Shakes Czechoslovakia at 87
Prague reports the death of Thomas Garrigue Masaryk at 3 29 am at age 87 after pneumonia and an arterial condition. He led Czechoslovakia as its first president and was called the father of his country. A national mourning period and state funeral are planned with his body in Lang Castle and Lang Park vault burial on September 21.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Thomas Garrigue Masaryk
Republic of
Masaryk
Jan Masaryk
London
Edouard Benes
Wia
Milan Hodza
Lang Castle
Lang Park
Charlotte Garrigue
Brooklyn
N. Y
Ford Brown Named Drum Major for Elyria High Band
Elyria High School senior Ford Brown will lead the marching band as drum major this year replacing drums with a baton. Music director J Martin Beck announced the selection today and Brown will debut this afternoon ahead of Friday nights football game.
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Ford Brown
Elyria
Brown
J. Martin Beck
Resume Hearings In Gas Rate Cases
State wide aspects of the Columbus Gas Rate case affecting charges in 11 cities and towns besides Columbus were deferred briefly as hearings resumed. Cross examination of Loy E. Welker and L A Seyffert sought to clear loose ends from July 1. The commission has consolidated 17 pending gas rate cases involving 12 cities to allow wholesale gas price evidence to be presented for all cases at once. Tomorrow the hearing was to reach that stage.
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Columbus
Public Utilities Commission
Loy E. Welker
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
L. A. Seyffert
James W. Huffman
Commission
Begin Excavating At Hospital For Boiler Installation
Excavation started at Elyria Memorial Hospital today for a 200 hp boiler to modernize heating. It will replace two 100 hp boilers, currently aided by a 109 hp boiler. New unit to be ready by November 1. Old boilers sold to E Hyman Company for scrap.
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Elyria Memorial Hospital
Frank Hoover
Hoover
E. Hyman Company
Elyria High School approves 600 wire baskets purchase
The Elyria Board of Education last night approved buying 600 wire baskets for the boys gym clothes at an estimated cost of 210 dollars. Assistant to the superintendent W Q McClellan told the board the baskets are needed due to locker room changes at the high school gym.
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Elyria High School
Elyria Board of Education
W. QO. McClellan
Appointment Of Five Elyria Teachers Approved
Five teachers already teaching in Elyria schools were officially approved by the Elyria Board of Education last night. The appointments, previously announced, include Miss Mary Ellen Garford in kindergarten, Mrs. Louise Baumhardt as half time kindergarten, and Miss Francesca Clinker Miss Zeta Mae Brooks and Miss Mary Sheely as elementary teachers. Superintendent R. C. Maston was given authority to hire so they would be ready for the new school year.
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Elyria
Elyria Board of Education
Mary Ellen Garford
Louise Baumhardt
Francesa Clinker
Zeta Mae Brooks
Mary Sheely
R. C. Maston
Elyria Drum Corps Heads to National Legion Meet
Large crowd of Elyrians will join Elyria Post No 12 drum and bugle corps for the national American Legion convention in New York next week. The special train departs Elyria Friday evening, with stops in Washington and Philadelphia for preliminaries. Final events include a 24 hour parade in New York, with limited train seats and hotel rooms still available.
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Ely Stadium
Street and Bugle Corps of
Elyria
American Legion
National American Legion
New York
Washington
Philadelphia
National Capitol
Arlington National Cemetery
Elyria Corps
Polo Grounds
30 Motorists Halted In Lake Avenue School Zone Sweep
Deputy Hudak and Deputy Fulton report Lorain County drivers, mainly residents, violate the 20 mile hour school zone limit on Lake Avenue past Lake Avenue School and Telegraph Road. About 30 motorists were stopped before classes. Arrest slips may follow after a warning period. A prior arrest in Ridgeville fined Ralph H. Atkinson $16.94 for passing a school bus. Billboards with safety slogans may be used to alert motorists.
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John Hudak
Larain
Lake Avenue
Telegraph Road
Hudak
John Fulton
Lorain County
Sherrite William F. Grall
Ralph H. Atkinson
Cleveland
Ridgeville
William G. Smith
Canada
Physician Dr C A Shimansky Dies at 63 in Sandusky
Dr C A Shimansky age 63 died yesterday in Sandusky after 29 years as a local physician. He formerly served as a commodore of the Sandusky Yacht Club.
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Sandusky
C. A. Shimansky
Clab
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Toronto
Ont
Chicago
Drum
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Hallywood
Cal
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