Squalus Beached at Portsmouth After Lifting the 26 Dead
Naval detachments escorted by undertakers remove 26 dead sailors from the Squalus after 113 days on the ocean floor. The submarine was raised to the surface and towed to Portsmouth navy yard for funerals with full military honors. A naval board will study the May disaster as repairs and seaworthiness costs loom.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Piscataqua
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Naval Board of Inquiry
Amherst Banker Arrives In U S On War Zone Return Liner
Jersey City arrival of the liner President Monroe in September features William Robertson of Amherst Bank as one of the men reassigned to ship work. The vessel, hastily turned passenger ship, employed 118 women and children and 86 men, with Capt. Kenneth Graham selecting crew duties. Men who performed regular work received 82.50 dollars each, covering half the voyage.
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William Robertson
Amherst Park Bank
Jersey City
Europe
Robertson
President Monroe
N. J
Genoa
Kenneth Graham
Walter Weingchimer
Calamba Sugar Company
Philippines
W. S. Neumann
Cleveland
Joseph di Amato
Boston
Amherst
Schoolboy Safety Patrols Swing Into Action
More than 150 Elyria boys begin their year as the citys youngest police force. Organized at 11 elementary schools they protect children from traffic hazards on trips to and from school with badges flags and directing duties. Two schools McKinley and St Johns have no patrols due to location student patterns.
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Elyria
Olice Force
Elyria Olice Force
McKinley
St. John's Utheran School
Te City
Fter
Weather report predicts fair night and Friday warmth
The forecast calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Friday with slightly warmer temperatures in the northeast. A trough from Alberta moves southeast over the Missouri Valley and Canadian Rockies states, while high pressures stay in the east. Light showers occurred around the Lake region, South Atlantic, East Gulf states, and west to the Rockies as warm conditions prevail in the Lake Ontario and Ohio Valley regions.
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OHIC
Riday
Alberta
Missouri Valley and
Canal Rocky Mountain
Middle Atlantic
Lake Region
South Atlanc
East Gals
Rockies
Lake Aeon
Ohio Valley
Atlantic East States
Elyria Opens Annual Community Chest Campaign November 13
Elyria's Community Chest set campaign dates with a kickoff dinner on November 13 and report luncheons on the 15th 17th 20th and 21st the drive runs through November 21. Karl W Plocher will again run the opening dinner and related details while division chairmen were tentatively appointed and committees named to organize the drive.
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Elyria
Community Chest
Community Chest Executive Committee
Karl W. Plocher
County Commissioners Vote to Return Relief to Elyria and Lorain
The Lorain county commissioners approve a resolution by a two to one vote to return relief administration to the cities of Elyria and Lorain on October 16. The move follows a prior similar action last December that was rescinded. Mayors Petro and Matusgak oppose, while relief financing plans include a possible county levy, note issuance against delinquent taxes, and a survey to decide November voting. About 1,230 relief cases exist countywide, with 312 in Elyria and 723 in Lorain.
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Lorain
Elyria
John E. Davidson
Davidson
Oscar G. Dunn
Edward DeChant
Joseph Q. Petro
Albert Matusgak
Petro
Emmet Holmes
Comte
Dismantling of CCC Camp Near Elyria Under Way
Dismantling of buildings at the Civilian Conservation Corps camp on Gulf Road near Elyria is under way after Washington ordered the camp closed. About 191 men are to be transferred within two to three weeks as the soil erosion control work ends. Officials expect a group transfer but unknown destination. The Elyria camp closing reduces Ohio CCC camps to 29 for the enrollment period October 1 to March 31, with a maximum 5,800 enrollees. Camps span soil erosion sites in multiple counties, forest units, park areas, and reservations across the state.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
Gulf Road
Elyria
Washington
United Press
CCC
Ohio
Robert Fechner
Fechner
Lorain
Clinton
Adams
Muskingum
Preble
Ross
Fairfield
Coshocton
Licking
Defiance
Champaign
Wayne
Wood
Hancock
Madison
van Wert
Seneca
Lawrence
Hocking
Wayne Purchase
Scioto
Vinton
Ashland
Summit
Cuyahoga
Miami Conservancy Metropolitan Park
Montgomery County
Senecaville Reservation
Guernsey County
John Bryan
Greene County
Squirrel Season Opens in Ohio Delayed to October
In Columbus on September 14, officials clarified that the statewide squirrel hunting season does not open tomorrow as some regions claimed. The season starts October 10 with a bag limit of four squirrels per day, per Mejor Grave of the Ohio Division of Conservation and Natural Resources.
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Columbus
Mejor MH. Grave
Ohio Division of Conservation and Natural Resources
No Relief From Heat For Several Days
Record-breaking September heat wave grips Ohio as weather officials warn no relief for several days. Strong air currents fan temperatures higher than previous day with cities forecast to swelter under hot conditions across the state.
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Ohio
Opposition to Roosevelt program weakens in Senate
Washington dispatch notes an emergency atmosphere and brisk business aiding a possible administration victory on neutrality. Roosevelt set Sept 21 for Congress to meet and pursue emergency measures including repeal of the Neutrality Act Arms Embargo. Some Democrats hint at war risk insurance and deferring vessel involvement while Republicans charge the program could spark war.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Elbert D. Thomas
Utah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Ohio Potato Crop Shortage Expected This Fall
Ohio drought has reduced the potato crop by about 1.5 million bushels since September began, according to the state agriculture department. The report notes food buying hysteria after the European war has subsided, with assurances from state and federal ag departments that America faces no food shortage.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Department of Agriculture
Department
Departments of Agriculture
America
Keep Elyria Ahead Campaign Proclaimed by Chamber of Commerce
Elyria leaders announce a Keep Elyria Ahead campaign to strengthen business and civic welfare, urging wide cooperation amid fears of European war. The proclamation, dated September 1939, emphasizes non political aims and a goal of a robust, expanded Chamber of Commerce to guide community progress.
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Elyria
Europe
United States
Chamber of Commerce
America
Elyria Chamber of Commerce
L. D. Mu@imen
Jock Memmeford
E J. Crip
W. Lett
E. Glenn Baxter
J. Crenore
Allan W. Fritesche
Paul Gentoel
W. F
George Gould
J. J. Parks
D. Perry
A. J. Robbew
Rorick
Britain Seizes Phosphate on U S Steamer Warrior
Britain tightens its contraband control and seizes 5900 tons of Florida pebble phosphate aboard the American steamer Warrior of Mobile. The cargo, valued at 69 to 70 percent phosphate, is to be sold at public auction under Admiralty order, with exports restricted by government rules. The seizure follows Britain’s new examination of neutral ships bound for Germany.
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London
J.P
Great Britain
Warrior
Mobile
Germany
Purfleet
Marshal of the Admiralty
Lloyd’s Register
Waterman Steamship Corporation
Ala
Legion Corps To Present Its Newest Drills
Lorain County residents may see the Elyria Pest No 12 American Legion drum and bugle corps perform between halves of the Elyria Oberlin football game at Ely Stadium. The show previews its national competition routine ahead of the Chicago convention on September 25, aiming for a finals berth to match its 1933 success. The corps has seven Ohio State titles and has reached finals five times since forming in 1927.
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Lorain County
Drum and Bugle Corps
Elyria - Pest
American Legion
Elyria-Oberlin
Ely Stadium
Elyrians
American, Legion
Chicago
Drum Corps
Germany Replies To Roosevelt's Statement
Berlin notes on Roosevelt's pledge to aid Canada say Germany has no intention to change ownership of American territory. It cites two prior German troops on American soil and argues Monroe Doctrine equity requires similar action against Germany if Canada is attacked, stressing neutrality and fairness.
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Berlin
Roosevelt
United States
Canada
England
George Washington
Germany
Reich
Traveler Glad To Be Back In Oberlin
Oberlin College doctor Edna Schrick notes relief in returning to the United States from Europe. She traveled June 28 on the Athenia, the first passenger ship sunk in the new war, and sailed home aboard the Georgic, arriving in New York days before the Athenia’s sinking. She doubts Europeans expect war this fall.
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Oberlin
Edna Schrick
Oberlin College
Europe
New York
United States
Athenia
Shes
Janny
German Push Across Poland Aims to Free Forces for Rhineland
Dispatches from Paris Bucharest and Berlin report Polish defenses collapsing north and south as Warsaw shells and units retreat toward the Pripet Marshes. German high command claims speed up after counterattacks while French forces reportedly hold ground under heavy artillery. Chamberlain signals restraint on bombing civilians but warns warfare may adapt to strategy. Pravda hints at Russia’s stance on Poland’s future, possibly paving way for a fourth partition or an autonomous state under Moscow influence.
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Poland
Moscow
Ukraine
Rhineland
Warsaw
Gdynia
Lwow
Brest-Litovsk
Paris
Bucharest
Berlin
Pripet Marshes
Saar
House of Commons
London
Neville Chamberlain
Great Britain
Moravia
Bohemia
Europe
Russia
Pravda
Seviebrele
Germans Bomb Open Cities Reported as War Rages
London dispatches relay Polish radio claims of heavy German bombing of open Polish cities. Reports say 70 planes involved in a Warsaw raid with 60 civilians killed, including 13 women and children. Thirty German planes were shot down. embassy tallies up to Sept 3 show 1,500 civilians killed and thousands wounded.
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London
Warsaw
Adolf Hitler
Roosevelt
Poland
Confiscate Small Arsenal At Prison Farm
COLUMBUS O Sept 14 A small arsenal narcotics and liquor have been confiscated in raids at the London prison farm State Welfare Director Charles L Sherwood disclosed today Guards directed by W F Amrine who became acting prison farm superintendent on Sept 5 discovered a sawed off shotgun a 32 calibre revolver and a peck of knives in their investigations Sherwood said Amrine told the welfare director by telephone today that subsequent searches have netted an enormous amount of additional contraband at the farm which houses 1500 honor prisoners The shotgun with sawed off barrel and butt was buried in the prison yard wrapped in a Dayton newspaper dated June 13 A supply of shotgun shells also had been cached in the yard The loaded revolver with several rounds of ammunition most of the knives narcotics pills and intoxicating liquor were recovered in the prison dormitory Tips which led to the contraband findings came from both within and outside the farm according to Sherwood He said that prisoners at the farm were now being searched before and after they receive visitors Some visitors also will be operated from now on he added There was how afl Rite information of how or when Ute freerms and other centrebends were smuggled into territory hiding places
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Columbus
London
Charles L. Sherwood
W. F. Amrine
Sherwood
Amrine
Dayton
Britain vows no deliberate terror against civilians in war
In the House of Commons Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain stated Britain will never employ deliberate attacks on women, children, or other civilians for terrorism. He tied policy to the war’s aim and pledged restraint in line with Roosevelt’s appeal, while noting possible action if restraint is not observed. In the Lords Foreign Secretary Viscount Halifax said Germany will observe a ban on poison gas and biological warfare for the war’s duration, though Germany reserves liberty of action if the protocol is breached.
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London
Great Britain
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Chamberlain
Britain
Roosevelt
House of Lords
Viscount Halifax
Germany
Duke Of Windsor Arrives At Buckingham Palace
London dispatch reports Duke of Windsor arriving at Buckingham Palace on September 14, with officials confirming his welcome and schedule for the royal visit underway.
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Duke of Windsor
Buckingham Palace
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U. S
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N. S
Acme
William E. Borah
Idaho
Gerald P. Nye
James F. Byrnes
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Bennet C. ‘Clark
Legion Corps
Bulletin
C&8
Te Duke of Windser
Dutch Palace
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