Hartford Faces New Disaster Amid River Flood
Hartford, Connecticut, rushed to shore up dykes as the Connecticut River rose to 19 feet above flood stage threatening renewed catastrophe. Five hundred workers piled sandbags while police urged volunteers to save the dikes. Three thousand families were moved to the city center, with 500 National Guardsmen and 1500 hurricane refugees housed in armories and schools. Refugees poured in seeking food and shelter at the State Capitol as officials reported 53 dead, 20 missing, and $30 million in damages from the hurricane era crisis.
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Tive
Poligemien
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Rockinle Chnter
Old Lyme
Madison
Saybrook
Milford
Wet Brook
Guilford
New York
Costly Dike Cracks Under Strain Of Flood Waters
Springfield Massachusetts reports the Connecticut river flood cracking the $2,000,000 North End dike. Guardsmen evacuated about 3,300 occupants in area shelters as four feet of water flooded streets, stores, homes, two churches and the county jail. River peaked at 25.74 feet then slowly fell. 1936 crest was 28 feet.
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North End
Hartford
Con
WPA
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South End
Providence
Charlestown
Island Park
Portsmouth
Newport
Narragansett Bay
Massachusetts
Merrimack
Connecticut
Cape Cod
Begin Combatting Threat Of Disease Amid New England Disaster
Boston reports New England flood disaster relief ramps up with food and anti typhoid serum flown in for refugees in Rhode Island Massachusetts New Hampshire and Connecticut as 100000 stranded residents face disease and famine while property damage tops 800 million amid broken communications University head Coffman dies at 63 in Minneapolis after heart ailment.
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New England
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New Hampshire
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University
Minneapolis, Minn
Lotus Delta Coffman
The
Universty of Minnesota
Weather Outlook for Ohio This Weekend
Tonight will be slightly warmer, with similar warming extending into the south portion Saturday. Cooler conditions arrive Saturday night and persist through Sunday across the state.
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Ohio
Toll Of Hurricane And Flood Nears Five Hundred Mark
Rescue workers counted 474 dead from the hurricane and floods across New England New York New Jersey with the toll expected to rise as flood crests arrive The crisis spread through Rhode Island Massachusetts Connecticut New Hampshire and Vermont prompting federal aid orders and large refugee camps by state and local authorities to cope with disease hunger and displacement.
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Two Ohioans Die in Storm At Wareham Mass
Deaths from the early hurricane in Wareham include Mrs Berth Conner and Herbert Conner both of Greenville Ohio. The storm swept through the area Wednesday and lists identify the two men as residents of Greenville.
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Greenville
Boy Struck By Golf Ball Undergoes Brain Surgery
Melvin Pasenow fourteen son of Rudolph Pasenow of 1320 West River Street was struck on the head by a golf ball while caddying at Elyria Country Club. He was rushed to Elyria Memorial Hospital in critical condition as brain specialist James Gardner and Dr J T Fawcett operated to remove a sub dural blood clot and relieve brain pressure. The operation required removing a piece of skull and the doctors report the condition remains critical but with a good chance of recovery.
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James Gardner
Cleveland
J T Fawcett
Fawcett
Red Cross Taking Flood Relief Donations
The Elsina Chapter of the American Red Cross will accept hurricane and flood relief contributions after national authorization. Norman H Davis informed local chairman H C Cheney by telegram, noting 10000 homeless families in New England and Long Island with rising rivers. The Red Cross provides temporary shelter, food, clothing, and medical care and plans for rehabilitation. No set quota or campaign was specified.
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American Red Cross
National Organization
H C Cheney
Norman H Davis
Washington Davis Sach
New England
Long Islind
Red Cross
Flymna
Seven Missing In Fort Peck Dam Collapse
Seven men feared dead after an earthen collapse at Fort Peck Dam in Montana. Albert Stocser, 193, of Park Grove was recovered. Twenty other workmen were treated for injuries, none serious.
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Fort Peck Dam
Albert Stocser
Park Grove Mont
Czechs Resist Sudeten Advance Near German Frontier
Sudeten free corps forces clash with Czechs in Salzdorf Friedeberg and Krautenwaldig sectors along the German frontier. Machine guns rifles armored cars and grenades used. Five Sudetens reported killed at Friedberg as fighting spreads across the frontier in the last 24 hours.
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Friedberg
Berrodin Fired As Ohio's Pension Chief
Ohio Welfare Director Margaret Allman dismissed Henry J Berrodin from the state division of aid for the aged in Columbus. Berrodin, who reportedly agreed to meet federal demands to overhaul the division, was notified by letter and will be replaced by Wray Bevins, a governor's aide. He acknowledged the order in a note to the governor.
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French Workers Urged To Demonstrate Amid Czech Crisis
Paris September 23 A P French workers were urged to demonstrate today against what they call capitulation to German demands on Czechoslovakia Premier Edouard Daladier faced protests as he strove to avert a crisis that might disrupt talks between Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler Leftists and leaders of the General Confederation of Labor appealed to workers to demonstrate outside factories despite a government ban on assemblies
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Edouard Daladier
Neville Chamberlain
Adolf Hitler
General Confederation of Labor
Peace Talks Crisis Delays Chamberlain Hitler Meeting
London dispatch reports a crisis point in talks between Neville Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler over Czechoslovakia. A postponed morning conference followed Chamberlain’s letter seeking assurances no German move into Czech lands during negotiations amid rising European tension.
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French envoy resigns and offers service to Czech army
Prague dispatch reports Brig. Gen. Louis Eugene Fateher, head of the French military mission to Czechoslovakia, notifying Paris of his resignation and placing himself at the disposal of the Czech army.
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Czechoslovakia
Louis Eugene Fateher
France Tightens Rhine Frontier Defenses Amid Tensions
Strasbourg reports machine guns at Rhine bridges and along highways as France doubles defense measures on the German frontier. Reinforcements increased at artillery positions near Strasbourg while German troops near the Czech border are estimated at about 22 divisions totaling around 500,000 men on a potential war footing. Big scale troop movements reach Alsace with trenches dug near the Vosges to support Maginot Line forces.
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Three Men Hurt When Car Goes Into Ditch
Three Lorain men were treated at Elyria Memorial Hospital at 3 30 a m today for injuries from a car that ran into a ditch near 1021 West River street. Elmer Kulcher 27 of 1618 East Bast street was treated for multiple lacerations to his face Archie Barr 43 was treated for a fractured nose and Adam Milasky 26 for abrasions on his nose and forehead. A fourth passenger Frank Mack was not injured. They were taken to the hospital by Walter Jones of 1910 East 30th street Lorain who was driving by, police report.
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Elmer Kulcher
East Bast Street
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Adam Milasky
Frank Mack
Walter Jones
East 30Th Street
Plan to Organize Junior Chamber of Commerce
Preparations for a Elyria Junior Chamber of Commerce began with temporary officers chosen at the American Legion Home. John Gutowski was named temporary chairman and David Robinson temporary secretary. A follow up meeting is set for October 6 at the Legion Home to form a permanent organization with six Akron JCC members in attendance to share experiences.
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Elyria
American Legion Home
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David Robertson
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Junior Chamber of Conmerce
Warning By Chamberlain As Hitler Firm On Sudetenland
London dispatch details a decisive wartime exchange between Neville Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler at Godesberg. Chamberlain outlined a plan with Britain and France to satisfy German demands for Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland, contingent on a peaceful process and an international frontier commission. He warned that failure to proceed peacefully would keep the Franco British military pact in force. Hitler insisted there was no alternative but to march into the Sudetenland, ending the conversation as Chamberlain prepared a letter urging Hitler to avoid strikes during the talks.
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Fuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Neville Chamberlain
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Foreign Office
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Edward Pape Takes New Position In Hartford Conn
Edward Pape a Elyria High School graduate will move to Hartford Connecticut to supervise a new group work project under The Union for Better Home Settlement He has worked with the Hiram House Settlement in Cleveland four years and led boys group work in the Paul Revere Projects for two years He will start his Hartford duties October 1 and his wife Mrs Pape formerly Miss Janet Emerson will resign from the Cleveland Girl Scouts to accompany him.
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Connecticut
Union For Better Home
Pape
Hiram House
Cleveland
Paul Revere
Ohio Wesleyan University
Western Reserve University
Janet Emerson
Cleveland Girl Scouts
WPA Employment Reaches New Peak This Week
Washington September 23 WPA Employment reached a new all time peak for the fourth consecutive week with 3 102 000 relief workers on the rolls September 10. The WPA announced the figure showing an increase of 16 300 from the prior week and more than double the 1 458 820 at work in the same week last year.
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Works Progress Administration
WPA
Furnaces and Heaters for Sale on Local Listings
Soviet fragmentary ad listing used Century furnace with registers and piping at 46 West Ave plus radiant heaters. Another ad notes Gabinet heater for $15 in good condition near 11s Quincy St and 39-542 Elizabeth St. Phone numbers implied for contact.
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Quincy St
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