City Council acts on Harwood street extension and budget moves
The council approved a six inch Harwood street water main extension 568 feet north from Caroline with a $1,126 assessment, collected over ten years. It accepted a deed from Eliza Krieger for street extension from Dillworth to Poplar and vacated an alley north of Huron between Lawrence and Elbe. An extra $90 was approved for Sergeant C. E. Parker’s FBI training expenses in D C, over objections. Other actions include moving funds between park accounts, delaying a music ban midnight compromise, and considering street light and traffic changes near Clark Winckles and East Bridge. The council deferred Eastbound Broad Street red light enforcement pending service director return.
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Harwood Street
Caroline Street
Eliza Krieger
Dillworth
Poplar
Huron Street
Lawrence
Elbe
Harvey CC. Cheney
Council
Nelson
Elmer Nelson
C. E. Parker
Washington, D.C
Federal Bureau of Investigation Training School
Leonard Fowl
Fowls
Park Fund
Park Policing
Park General Fund
Solens
Lorain Street Railway
Louisiana Avenue
Eastern Heights Boulevard
Park Avenue
Logan Street
Taylor and Clark Streets
Second Street
East Avenue
Cedar Street
Building and Lands Committee
Planning Commission
West River
Filbert Streets
Irene Gerea
Filbert
West River Streets
S. N. Black
Clark and
Winckles Streets
Samuel Street
D. Faxon
Broad Street
East Bridge Street
Judge Refuses To Quash Indictments In Bribery Trials
The state won the first skirmish in the bribery trials of slot machine operators indicted by the grand jury. Common Pleas Judge Guy B Findley granted prosecutors motion to amend the indictments and overruled defense objections by Lorain attorney Charles Adams. Trial set for October 3. Sheriff William F Grall plans a $15,000 real estate bond to total $30,000, but County Commissioner Oscar G Dunn opposes the real estate bond and warns of county payment if a surety company cannot provide the extra bond. The board had earlier raised the sheriff’s bond from fifteen to thirty thousand following a meeting with judges Findley and Cook. the sheriff declined to resign.
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Grand Jury
Common Pleas
Guy B. Findley
Howard R. Butler
Charles Adams
Lorain
Adams
William F. Grall
Oscar G. Dunn
Dunn
Board of County Commissioners
D. A. Cook
Steel Output In Mahoning Valley Nears 50 Percent
Mahoning Valley steel output reached 48 percent, nearing a 50 percent rate. An open hearth furnace at Republic Steel’s Lans ingville plant increased active furnaces to 44 of 83 in the district. Bessemers at Youngstown Sheet and Tube and Republic were partially operating, with Ohio Works at about 30 percent. Finishing mill operations may improve with new prices soon.
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Youngstown
Mahoning Valley
Republic Steel
Lansingville
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Bessemer
Republic
Ohio Works Bessemer
Weather Ohio Report: Cool With Light Rain Likely Northeast
Weather overview notes generally fair conditions tonight and Wednesday with light rain possible in the northeast. Temperatures cool tonight then slowly rise Wednesday in the west, while a low pressure system moves along the Atlantic coast and northwestern Canada.
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Ohio
Atlantic Coast
Canada
Plains States
Lake Region
Upper
Ohio Valley
Atlantic
Gulf States
Atlantic and Gulf States
Rockes
Five Planes Hit in Valencia Area Incident Kills Seventeen
In Alcoy near Valencia, a sudden incident injured or killed many as five planes were involved. Seventeen killed and sixty six wounded, many women and children among the victims.
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Valencia
Alcoy
Only Miracle Can Save Czechoslovakia
Prague reports the cabinet may accept in principle a plan by Germany Britain and France to carve up the Sudeten territory leaving Czechoslovakia defenseless as a Nazi vassal. A resignation and possible military dictatorship under Gen Ludvik Krejci loom. Hope lingers for a mitigating diplomatic outcome amid looming catastrophe.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Sudeten
Nazi Germany
Adolf Hitler
German Rhine
Neville Chamberlain
Germany
Ludvik Kreesi
Voters Go To Polls Today In 4 States
United Press reports primaries held today in New York New Jersey Massachusetts and Wisconsin with only New York Citys 16th district attracting national interest. Rep Joan J O Connor chair of the House Rules Committee faced James H Fay backed by Roosevelt. O Connor sought renomination and the Republican nomination amid Roosevelts anti conservative push. Other Roosevelt opposition included Sen Millard Tydings Ellison Smith and Walter George who were renominated.
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United Press
New York
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Wisconsin
New York City
16Th
Joan J. O'Connor
House Rules Committee
Roosevelt
James H. Fay
O'Connor
Mr. Roosevelt
Sen
Millard Tydings
Maryland
Ellison D. Smith
South Carolina
Walter F. George
Georgia
New York State
President Roosevelt suffers head cold at White House
The White House announced that President Roosevelt is suffering a slight head cold. He altered his routine and worked in his study on the second floor, attended in the forenoon by White House physician Dr. Ross T. McIntire.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Ross T. McIntire
Hitler presses demands as Czechoslovakia faces collapse
Paris dispatch reports Prague's answer to Hitler's demands to be public tonight. Berlin sources say Hitler will insist on immediate acceptance at a Godesberg conference with Neville Chamberlain, planning a swift capitulation of the Sudeten region. He aims to end hope of Czech resistance and to shatter Versailles protections.
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Webb Miller
United Press
Paris
Prague
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Neville Chamberlain
Great Britain
Godesberg
Rhine
Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Seidenberg
Chamberlain
Geilesberg
Bonn
Sudeten
France
Schackie
Europe
Black Sea
Germany
Balkans
Poland to Make Representations Over Czechoslovak Crisis
Paris reports Poland plans immediate diplomatic démarches to Great Britain Germany and France to clarify its stance on the Czechoslovak crisis. Ambassador Juliusz Łukasiewicz is said to have presented Poland’s statement to French Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet, with simultaneous representations expected in London and Berlin.
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Paris
Poland
Great Britain
Germany
France
Juliusz Lukasiewicz
Georges Bonnet
Foreign Office
London
Berlin
Three Lorain County Votes On Wet Or Dry In November
Lorain County communities LaGrange Brighton Township and Huntington Township will decide on alcohol limits in November with Brighton voting on two measures one to ban beer sales and one to ban stronger liquors while the others meter beer only. petitions exceeded required signatures and more districts may join as filings continue.
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Lorain County
Ohio
United Press
Locain County
LaGrange
Brighton
Huntington Township
Board of Elections
Russia Turns Down Czech Appeal for Military Aid
London reports the Evening Standard that Soviet Russia refused Czechoslovakia's plea for military aid in resisting the Sudetenland surrender to Germany. Moscow cited inability to move through Romania and the condition of France first aiding Czechs, with Romania linking access to allied support. President Benes warned Prague must surrender unless Russia would aid independently of France and Britain.
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London
q.Ri
Evening Standard
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Sudetenland
Germany
Moscow
Sudeten
Reich
Roumania
France
Edouard Benes
Prague
Great Britain
Benes
Plan for Extensive Fire Prevention Week Observance
Elyria Chamber of Commerce fire prevention committee begins plans for National Fire Prevention Week October 9 to 15. The effort includes distributing home inspection blanks to first six grade students, school drills, and talks at luncheon clubs. Fire Chief W N Bates expects the second of three new fire fighting units to be in use during the week.
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Elyria
Elyria Chamber of Commerce
W. N. Bates
Sudetenland Crisis Dominates European Diplomacy
The Prague cabinet defers a decision on ceding Sudetenland to Germany while London plans a second meeting with Hitler at Godesberg to push a Sudeten accord. Berlin presses for swift acceptance, Moscow signals limited obstruction, Warsaw seeks a share in any deal, and Regent Horthy meets Goering to secure Hungarian minority rights in Czechoslovakia.
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United Press
Prague
Sudetenland
Germany
London
Nevie Chamberlain
Hitler
Godesberg
Berlin
Sudeten
Moscow
Warsaw
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Budapest
Nicholas Horthy
Hermann Goering
Group To Meet To Dispose Of 1200 Dollars
Trustees of the Elyria Americanization Association will meet Thursday afternoon to dispose of 1200 dollars given years ago by the Lorain County Non-Partisan Women’s Christian Temperance Union for a settlement house project. The original group has been inactive since the project ended and the donor union disbanded but is now revived.
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Elyria Americanization Association
Lorain County
Women's’ Christian Temperance Union
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Union Leader In St. Louis Assassinated
Arthur Schading, leader of St. Louis Electrical Trade Unions, was shot dead last night after leaving Union Hall with John Thompson. Schading had a long police record and had faced an intra union dispute. he had once been acquitted of an attempted extortion charge against theater owner Harry Wendt.
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ST. Louis
Arthur Schading
S51
St. Louis Electrical
John Thompson
Schading
Union Hall
Thompson
Electrical Workers' Union
American Federation of Labor
Harry Wendt
Kirkwood
John Farrell
Union
Finishes Transcript Of Hensley Trial
The eight day trial of Edward Hensley at Grafton prison farm ends with a 1124 page transcript totaling about 280000 words. Gale Morgan, the court shorthand reporter, completed the record last night for use in the appeal filed by defense attorney D F Rendinell of Youngstown. Trial Judge Guy B Findley is expected to overrule the motion for a new trial once the transcript is filed.
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Edward Hensley
Grafton
Fast Train HeadOn Collision in California Kills Nine
Nine people die and about forty are injured after a head on crash of two Southern Pacific passenger trains the Californian bound for Chicago and the Argonaut from New Orleans near Nil and east of Los Angeles. Two mail clerks are badly injured. one clerk remained missing.
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Los Angeles
Southern Pacific Railroad
Here
California
Chicago
New Orleans
E. Morton
Californian
Robert N. Richardson
H. R. Parsons
Argonaut
A. H. Foster
Brawley
Cal
G. A. Hall
Emma Hall
Loma Linda
New York
Foster
Yuma
Ariz
Southern Pacific
Niland
Yuma General Hospital
Will Ask Advance On Fed Grant For Bridges
Lorain county commissioners prepared a request to federal officials for an advance of 409,944 dollars from a 1,229,832 dollar PWA grant to fund preliminary costs for two new Lorain bridges. The county also expects bond proceeds of 1,580,000 dollars within a month.
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Lorain
PWA
Wilbur J. Watson
F. R. Walter
Legion Stages Annual Parade in Los Angeles
The American Legion marched in a vast Los Angeles parade to showcase resolve over armaments, war profiteering, and foreign entanglements. National Commander Daniel J. Doherty led as the five day convention’s highlight, with policy debates to follow on defense and mobilization. Auxiliary nominations went to Mrs. A. H. Hoffman and Mrs. James Morris ahead of Thursday elections.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Stephen F. Chadwick
American Legion
Chadwick
Seattle
Wash
Daniel J. Doherty
Legion
The
Legion Auxiliary
A. H. Hoffman
Des Moines
James Morris
Bismarck
N. D
Former Grid Star Fatally Injured in Chicago Incident
Thomas on Shaughessy, 46, a former Notre Dame football star and ex coach of the Chicago Blackhawks, died at St Luke’s Hospital after a fatal accident. He left a widow and three children.
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Chicago
Thomason, Shaughessy
Notre Dame
Chicago Blackhawks
St Luks Hospital
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Austria
Frantisek Novak
Cvac
Czech Air Corps
Hensley
Legion Stages
Grid
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