Council Acts On Variety Of Problems In Short Session
In a brief council meeting last night, the body tackled issues from City Hall roofing to a stance on neutrality. A seven to one vote supported preserving current neutrality law, while one member opposed. The bicycle ordinance was rejected unanimously after a committee report. The City Hall roof was approved with a small deduction for tin-to-zinc substitutions, pending contractor corrections if needed. Additional items covered traffic safety, land purchase proposals, water and recreation funding, and street railings, with several reports referred to committees for action.
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Frank Henke
Seward Black
Henke
Solons
Joseph Q. Petro
Roosevelt
Elmer Nelson
Elynn
George Thompson
Ohio
Washington
Petro
Black
Council
Nelson
Hart Dickinson
Lodi
West Streets
W. E. B. Notey
A. R. Webper
West Side
Henry Sassmanhausen
Roosevelt and
Pasadena Avenue
Notley
Lodi Street
Theorth
West Avenue
Weather synopsis for Ohio and surrounding regions
Occasional showers expected tonight and Wednesday in Ohio with slightly warmer conditions tonight into the East and South portions on Wednesday. Cooler by Wednesday night as a disturbance tracks from Lake Superior to the Missouri Valley. Light
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Uth
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Missouri Valley
Atlantic States
Iberia
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Grim Fight Of Extermination On The Seas In Progress
London reports German U boats sunk the British aircraft carrier Courageous after torpedoing it Sunday night. Survivors total 681 from 1,260 aboard. 579 dead or missing. British coastal command planes and RAF squadrons are active against subs as Atlantic and North Sea combat intensifies. The Daily Herald adds Courageous reportedly sunk several submarines.
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Courageous
Ministry of Information
Admiralty
North Sea
Atlantic
Royal Air Force
Lord Minto
Arlita
Rothesay Castle
Baron Lovat
City of Paris
Bararisland
Paris
Daily Herald
High Command
Elyria Chamber OKs Keep Elyria Ahead Campaign
The Elyria Chamber of Commerce unanimously approved the Keep Elyria Ahead campaign at a Y M C A meeting. Directors presented principles and heard talks from current and former officials plus Ear J. Smith of Detroit, retained as advisory councilor.
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Elyria
L. B. Fauver
Chamber
Chamber of Commerce
Garford
1008 LUXURY R Pr roewich Deets
Readable text shows a short listing or item note likely a property or address detail. It mentions 18 W. Brood and an 1008 luxury reference or label, but the fragment lacks clear context or action. The item appears to be a classified style entry with an address and description only.
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Roewich
Deets
W. Brood
County Budget Preparing Under county commissions heads
County commissioners began drafting the 1940 budget, reviewing each department’s needs and seeking to balance funds for normal operations next year. Chairman John E. Davidson noted departments seek larger increases, adding that actual control comes from January appropriations.
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John E. Davidson
Kelser announces employment of Lorain woman
County Auditor C. B. Kelser announced today that Miss Vera Saunders of West Erie Avenue Lorain has been employed as a deputy in his department to assist with duties in his office.
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Kelser
Vera Saunders
West Erie Avenue
Lorain
French Repulse Night Attack By Big Guns
French troops repulsed a night attack after heavy German artillery in the Siegfried line forts. Daladier meets ministers to review Russia Poland impact as diplomacy intensifies. Allies brace for air bombardment and ground fighting. Maginot line corridors show large troop and equipment buildup.
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Saar
West Wall
Edouard Daladier
Elysee Palace
Lght
Russia
Poland
France
Germany
Robert Coulondre
Daladier
Foreign Office
Pol le Tellier
Behio Erkin
Jules Lukasiewicz
Leon Blum
Socialist Party
Saarbruecken
Maginot Line
Two Jailbreakers Sentenced to Penitentiary
Stanley Koroski and Wheeler Smith, both county jail escapees, pleaded guilty and were sentenced today by Common Pleas Judge Guy B Findley to penitentiary terms. Koroski, 23, of Lorain, faced robbery of the Kipton bank, while Smith, 27, of Wellington, faced traffic manslaughter charges.
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Stanley Koroski
Lorain
Kipton Bank
Wheeler Smith
Wellington
Common Pleas
Guy B. Findley
Korosky
Smith
Findley
Koroski
Mansfield Reformatory
Roosevelt to address joint session on neutrality law
President Roosevelt will appear before a joint session of Congress at 2 P.M. Eastern to seek revision of the neutrality law. The White House said timing may shift if Congress finishes organizational work by noon. The address, written this afternoon, follows a meeting with Landon Knox and party leaders and is expected to urge repeal of the arms embargo.
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U.p
White House
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Congress
Stephen i Early
Alfred M. Landon
Frank Knox
Mr. Roosevelt
Elyria Health Chief to Retire. Robinson to Succeed
Dr. E French, Elyria health commissioner for 38 years, will retire July 1 and be succeeded by Dr. H A Robinson, a young Elyria physician. Robinson will take a public health course at the University of Michigan before assuming duties and will continue private practice. French helped modernize the department, including milk pasteurization and lab services, and notes near elimination of typhoid and diphtheria in Elyria.
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Elyria
H. A. Robinson
Elyria Board of Health
Dr. Robinson
Robinson
University of Michigan
State Department of Health
Ohio Wesleyan University
Western Reserve University Medical School
French
Frenel
Elyra
Aeto
B. Pitkin
Futhor
Eee
Hungry Poles Stream Into Rumania
Refugees from Poland poured across the border into Rumania creating food shortages and disease risk near border towns. Soviet and German pressure drives civilians and troops from Poland as Romania ferries treatment to camps.
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Rumania
Poland
Interior Ministry
Ignacy Mosceicki
Bicaz
Carpathian Mountains
Edward Smygly-Rydz
Craiova
Josef Beck
Slanica
Frank M. Wilcox To Head Red Cross Roll Call
Elyria's Red Cross Roll Call opens October 23 through October 28 with Frank M Wilcox as chairman, a local attorney. Nine division chairmen named include George Rich wine for factories and Marion Crowder for the business district. The Elyria Chapter quota of 3200 is to be exceeded as war demands rise.
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Elyria
Red Cross
Frank M Wilcox
George Richwine
Claude Birch
A. S. Ormsby
Seward N. Black
Marion Crowder
Harold R. Rorick
Kenneth Barclay
Anna Louise Baker
Mass Hazel West
Merritt Powell
Richard F. Stevens
Harvey C. Cheney
Norman H. Davis
Wilcox
Edith Metcalf
Mansfield
Grecampeigne
Hitler vows peace while Poland battles beyond Danzig
In a Danzig address Hitler said Germany seeks lasting peace with France and Britain and has no war aims against them. He warned of massive retaliatory air attacks if cities are bombed and claimed the Polish army is smashed with 300,000 taken prisoner. He blamed Britain for the war and pledged readiness for a three year conflict as Polish forces resist near Gdynia.
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Britain
France
Hitler
England
Great Britain
Reich
Danzig
Europe
Poland
Free State
Albert Forster
Fuehrer
Forster
Gdynia
Sales Expert To Speak Here Tonight
A large crowd of Elyria merchants, executives and salespeople are expected to fill the Elks Hall tonight for Kay McAllister. The renowned speaker and writer will discuss sales psychology and effective selling techniques, brought to Elyria by The
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Elyria
Elks’ Hall
Kay McAllister
McAllister
Schwab Dies at 77 After Long Wealthy Life
Charles M. Schwab, 77, famed steel magnate and Bethlehem Steel founder, died of coronary thrombosis in his Park Avenue apartment after years of loneliness and multiple homes. He left a fortune of hundreds of millions and a complex personal life, including the death of his wife in 1938. Funeral plans were tentatively set for St Patrick's Cathedral, with burial to follow.
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Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steep Corp
Park Avenue
Europe
Riveside Drive
Loretto
Bethlehem
Schwab
Edgar Thompson Steel Works
David Barry
Edward H. Schwabs
Samuel A. Brown
Cecelia
St Patrick's Cathedral
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