Sheriff Fails To Raise 30000 Bond In Bribery Case
Sheriff William Fo Grail spent five hours in custody before posting a 10000 appearance bond to secure his presence as a material witness in the Biz Four slot machine bribery trial set for October 3. Judges Findley and Cook imposed the bond after county officials denied clemency and demanded resignation. Bondmen named include Trion Barson and Leann Barson of 2100 Est Worth, with others pledging 3400 and 4000 respectively, totaling 21500 in real estate surety.
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William Fo Grail
Common Pleas
Guy B Findley
D A Cook
C S Kelsor
Grall
Grand Jury
Hts
Texas
Gialk
Tudge Findie
Robert Sehwarty
C Goarrison
Grill
Agile
William G Smith
Alfred G Buyer
Jenne Seeks Appointment as Sheriff After Ouster Hurdle
Williamy H Jenne a 48 year old Elyria gas range owner plans to seek appointment to the sheriff position if Sheriff William F Grall is ousted He will circulate petitions to impeach or go to the governor with the case if ten day bond rules apply He intends to file with county commissioners and faces a crowded field of candidates with over twenty contenders reported.
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Williamy H Jenne
Elyria Gas Rage
William F Grall
Jenne
Common Pleas Court
Weather Ohio fair and cooler tonight and Friday
A low pressure system moved from the Lower Lakes to the St Lawrence Valley bringing general precipitation and cooler conditions. A broad region from Mississippi to the Pacific Coast remains under influence of high pressure centered over the Northern Plains States, producing fair to cool weather.
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Ohio
Lower Lakes
St Lawrence Valley
Mississippi
Pacific Coast
Plains States
Ohio Republicans Platform Promises Cure for Abuses and Sound Government
Columbus September 18 Republicans submitted for ratification a platform pledging to cure alleged state government abuses and restore sound governance. It defends collective bargaining with balanced codes for employers and labor, opposes sit-down strikes, and calls for public school funding, civil service reform, highway oversight, and nonpartisan boards. The platform also seeks unemployment relief, old age pensions, anti-lynching Federal action, and supports a Burn Ohio Coal campaign to boost coal mining.
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Ohio
Columbus
Pirts
Republian
Republican Party
Roosevelt
Board of Education
Social Security Board
Reserve Fund
Industrial Relations Department
State Labor Department
Highway Department
Erelehtenerna
Rie
21 Summoned For Petit Jury Service In Lorain County
Twenty one individuals drawn for petit jury duty in common pleas court began September 19. Elyria area entrants include Osborne, Fulmer, Piaff, Gray, Pen found, Harpster, Peters, Gregg, Barclay, Fox, and Lorain area members include Gwendolyn el ner and others. Additional jurors hail from Oberlin Avon Lake Wakeman Amherst and nearby towns.
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Common Pleas Court
Elyria
Aaroh Osborne
Cleveland
Wesley Street
Ruby Fulmer
Eastern Heights Boulevard
Letia Piaff
Cleveland Street
Charles Gray
Clinton Avenue
Archie Penfound
Princeton Avenue
Elizabeth Harpster
Cornell Avenue
Howard Peters
Forumbus Street
Harry Gregg
D . Elyria
E C Barclay
Grant Street
R N Fox
South Oak Street
Lorain
Gwendolyn el Ner
Minnie Raddle
Hazel Hart
Frank Laudin
Lena H Foster
Oberlin
Anna Dart
Avon Lake
Etta Latteman
Wakeman
Henry Mathis
W M. Baird
Edwin Wolfe
R G Pterrer
Amherst
Elyria Man Missing Since Monday
John Simsik Jr. has been missing since Monday morning after leaving for WPA work. His father, John Simsik Sr., reported the disappearance at 12 Bell Avenue. The son is 29, 6 feet 1 inch, 135 pounds, last seen in blue overalls and a brown shirt.
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John Simsik, Sr
Bell Avenue
John, Jr
Simsik
WPA
Senator George Piling Up Lead In Georgia
Georgia voters in the primary show Senator Walter F George with a growing unit majority, while Roosevelt linked reform candidate Lawrence Camp trails. Former Governor Eugene Talmadge rivals George with a late push as runoff fate hinges on unit-count totals and county results across 159 counties.
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Vienna
State of
George
Georgia
Atlanta
Lawrence Camp
Roosevelt
Walter F George
Eugene Talmadge
Camp
Cnunbes
Talmadge
Wellington Man Starts 32nd Year With railroad on Oct. 1
Wellington sept 15 on October 1 Howard Page of Herrick Avenue East will begin his 32nd year as an employee of the Big Four Railroad system He is now freight and ticket agent at Wellington His career began as a laborer at Shelby Ohio later becoming clerk in the freight department then ticket clerk and cashier of the station Transferred to Grafton as agent January 22 1917 he was promoted to freight agent at Wellington on March 14 1918 Page recalls early railroading days noting wages and social life In later years he saw countless changes in station accounting and handling methods now eight hour day and fewer workers He is secretary of the Wellington Kiwanis Club active in church and fraternal groups and serves on several local boards and associations
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Wellington
Howard Page
Herrick Avenue
Big Four
Shelby
Ohio
Grafton
Page
Wellington Kiwanis Clut
Methodist Church
Wellington F
A. M
Shelby Charter
Royal Arch Masons
Elyria Council
Temple Chapter
C. E S
The
Parent-Teacher Association
Wellington District School Board
American author Thomas Wolfe dies at Johns Hopkins
Thomas Clayton Wolfe, age 37, whose first novel Look Homeward Angel made him a leading young American author, died today at Johns Hopkins Hospital after two operations.
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Baltimum
Thomas Clayton Wolfe
Angel
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Students Strike Over Demotion Of Two Coaches
In Cincinnati Ohio a mass student walkout at St Bernard High School protests the demotion of athletic coaches Albert Mulner and Ralph Nieman who remain teachers but lost coaching duties. Parents express support while the district faces attendance violations and a state inspection planned for Friday. About 825 pupils at the town’s other elementary school remain in classes.
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Cincinnati
St Bernard High School
Athlet
George Sauer
Albert Mulner
Ralph Nieman
Louis B Esselman
President To Get Report On Crisis At Capital Today
President Roosevelt returns to Washington to receive a complete report from state department officials on the Czech Slovak crisis. He plans immediate talks with Secretary Hull and top advisers upon arrival. The president canceled plans to return to Hyde Park from Rochester to be at his son's bedside, while officials withheld comments but noted the crisis is viewed as highly serious.
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Washington
Roosevelt
State Department
Cordell Hull
Europe
Hyde Park
Rochester
Mimn
James
Hull
Cobb Sets New World Land Speed Record at Bonneville
John Cobb, British driver, piloted the Railton racer at an average speed of 350.20 miles per hour at Bonneville Salt Flats Utah in a duel with Capt George Eyston. Eyston held the prior record with the Thunderbolt and announced plans to try again tomorrow to regain the mark. Cobb missed beating the record by 0.297 miles per hour the prior attempt.
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Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
John Cobb
Cobb
George E T. Eyston
Eyston
Salt Track
Football Fatality Shocks Highland Park Team
In Chicago on September 15 1938 Ralph Cowgill a 17 year old Highland Park High School football player died from a skull fracture suffered during a scrimmage when his head struck another player’s back. The death is believed to be the nation’s first football fatality of 1938.
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Chicago
Ralph Cowgill
Highland Park
Elyria Woman Suffers Injuries In Fall
Mrs Cliff Shumate of 22 Woodford avenue was treated at Elyna Memorial Hospital for minor injuries after a fall down the stairs at her home. She was taken to the hospital by her husband and later returned home with bruises about the left eye.
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Cliff Shumate
Woodford Avenue
Elyna Memorial Hospital
Briggs Strike May Close Auto Plant
Detroit officials said a Briggs Manufacturing strike has halted car bodies for Chrysler Plymouth, forcing the Plymouth plant to close with 9,000 idle workers and potentially 16,000 if the plant shuts down.
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Briggs
Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
Plyouth
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Plymouth
Sudeten clashes spark tense calm in Eger region
In Eger Sudeten German rebels clash with Czech authorities amid martial law as hundreds flee across the border. Reports say 25 were killed in battles at Haberspirh and Schwaderbach, with police and garrison units patrolling, while leaders in the war office demand self determination and closer ties to Germany.
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Haberspirh
Hotel Victoria
Hotel Welzel
Conrad Henlein
War Office
Henler
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Schwaderbach
Prague
Haberspirk
The Situation In Europe
UNITED PRESS reports from Munich and several capitals on Chamberlain’s Berchtesgaden talks with Hitler and the growing diplomatic and military tension over the Sudeten crisis. Casualties in the frontier area rise as troops move, with mixed hopes and doubts across nations about neutrality and possible war.
General Strike Hits Reichenberg Largest Sudeten City
A general strike began in Reichenberg the largest Sudeten German city as private enterprises and shops closed. Prague dispatch notes the action started September 15 with private advices confirming the stoppage.
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Prague
Reichenberg
Czech Government Extends Martial Law in Sudeten Areas
PRAGUE September 15 The Czechoslovakian government today proclaimed martial law in five more districts of the Sudeten area raising the total to eighteen districts under martial law.
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Czech
Prague
Sudeten
Face-To-Face Talks May Change History In Germany Meeting
BERCHTESGADEN Germany Sept 15 The head of the British government and Adolf Hitler met in face to face talks that could steer world history toward peace or war The outcome hinges on Czechoslovakia s Sudeten German demand and any program agreed may end or renew the crisis Chamberlain and Hitler were greeted by crowds and accompanied by key diplomats as they headed to Hitler s mountain retreat for prolonged discussions
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Berchtesgaden
Germany
Fuehrer
Greater Germany
Neville Chamberlain
Adolf Hitler
Chamberlain
Britain
France
Czechoslovakia
Cutler
Hitler
Wilhelm Meissner
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Want To Live As Free Germans Says Henlein
Sudeten German party leader Konrad Henlein proclaimed that Sudeten Germans want to live as free Germans, seeking peace and work at home and a return to the Reich. The broadcast was heard on radios across Germany as of Sept 15 in Eger in the Sudeten area.
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Henlein
Eger
Sudeten
Czechoslovakia
Konrad Hennlein
Henleins
Reich
Germany
Two Czech Reservist Classes Called Up in Defense
Prague Sept 15 two classes of reservists have been called to the colors in the last two days amid sanguinary fighting in the Sudeten area since Monday unofficially put at more than 50 Czechs and Sudeten Germans slain. A Czech general staff member said the calling of reservists is purely defensive and denied any mobilization interpretation.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Sudeten
Ohio seeks $6.75 million for highway program
In Columbus on September 15 Ohio advanced its $15 million road construction plan. The state highway department submitted a $6.75 million federalfunds request to the Public Works Administration. State Highway Director John Jaster Jr. refused to disclose project details, saying the money is being lined up for next year and the specific projects remain secret.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Highway Department
Public Works Administration
John Jaster, Jr
Conference Of Powers To Be Proposed
Geneva reports a confident forecast that Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain will propose a four power conference with Britain France Germany and Italy to avert a European war. If successful, Czechoslovakia faces heavy sacrifices including German minority autonomy and possible reorientation of alliances toward a neutral four power guarantee.
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United Press
Munich
Germany
Neville Chamberlain
Adolf Hitler
Berchtesgaden Eger
Czechoslovakia
Konrad Henlein
Reich
Rome
Chamberlain
Italy
Britain
France
Budapest
Hungary
Prague
Hiller
London
Paris
Geneva
Hitler
Great Britain
Berch-tesgaden
Russia
Fights Payment Of Funds To Legion
Columbus Sept. 15 The watchdog of the Ohio treasury filed a court action to stop state officials from granting 15000 dollars to the American Legion for expenses of a band drum corps and quartet to the national convention in Los Angeles. West Jefferson farmer Arnett Harbage sought an injunction against State Auditor Ferguson Finance Director Olson and Treasurer Kaisley, challenging allocations for Massillon Post drum corps Canton Post band and Crookeville Post quartet.
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Columbus
Ohio Treasury
Arnett Harbage
West Jefferson
Franklin County Common Pleas Court
the American Legion
Los Angeles
State
Harbage
Joseph T. Perguson
M Ray Alson
Clarence Kaisley
Massillon Post
Canton Post Band
Crookeville Post Quartet
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Rivers
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Robert Ramspeck
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Brashwell Dean
Hugh Peterson
Ona
Eger Sudeten
Nazi Germany
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Bulletin
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