Plan for Railroad Mergers Agreed by Major Lines
Washington reports eastern railroads reach a consolidated program after 12 years, paving the way for formal merger applications. Leaders of four systems outline divisions with New York Central D L W and others, totaling about 22,000 miles and roughly 8.0 billion in assets across the four eventual systems.
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Washington
Eastern
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York
New York Central
D. L
Oswego
Rutland
Lehigh
N. E
Montour
West Va
Pennsylvania
Wabash
Raritan River
Baltimore & Ohio
Reading
Maryland
Ann Arbor
Detroit
Toledo Shore Line
Lehigh and Hudson River
Alton
R. R
Buffalo
Susquehanna
Chesapeake & Ohio
Trial of Maschke and co defendants begins Monday
In Cleveland on September 24 preparations for the trial of Maurice Maschke veteran Republican leader and five co defendants in an alleged embezzlement of 177273 from the Cuyahoga county treasury were completed. The three judge panel will decide guilt or innocence with waivers of jury trial. Prosecutor Lieghley outlined first witnesses and testimony from county treasurer's office staff. The defendants include Councilman Herman J. Finkle Alex Bernstein Charles Bernstein Henry Beckerman and Herman Felsman. In Stellenville Ohio armed search parties renewed a hunt near Allikanna for a circus escaped wild animal reportedly an ape\"
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Cleveland
Maurice Maschtke
Cuyahoga County
Court of Common Pleas
Homer G. Powell
Common Pleas Court
John P. Sempsey
Virgil J. Terrell
Ohio
Republican National
Maschke
P. L.A. Lieghley
Emerich B. Freed
Lieghley
Herman J. Finkle
Alex Bernstein
Charles Bernstein
Henry H. Beckerman
Herman H. Felsman
Beckerman
Stembenville
Allikanna
The Weather Forecast for Ohio Tonight and Sunday
Ohio remains fair with continued cool conditions and a risk of light frost in exposed areas tonight. Sunday is expected to be fair with a steady rise in temperatures across north and central portions of the state.
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Ohio
United States Chamber Proposes 40 Hour Week and Veterans Aid Cuts
The United States Chamber of Commerce backs a three point plan to boost business: adopt a 40 hour work week, oppose the veterans cash bonus, and cut federal spending. It also calls tariff adjustments to curb imports with weak currencies and urges monthly reports on spread of work hours. No explicit wage changes are noted.
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United States Chamber OF Commerce
Washington
Sept
P W. Litchfield
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Chambers of Commerce
Call
UF §Chamber
Improvements rise as Fed report signals sustained gains
Washington report says August through mid September show sustained improvement in industrial and financial activity for the first time this year. Hoarding dwindles, factory employment rises, construction and production exceed seasonal norms, wholesale prices hold gains, gold stocks grow, and railroad freight traffic rises after a prior decline.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Retail buying rising spurs mixed market gains
Strong retail buying across New York and national reports show department stores in New York City leading recent gains amid advertising pushes and bargain pricing. Car loadings, employment, and manufacturing show progress toward year ago levels as stock prices rise and credit unlocks. In Cleveland a bicycle accident cost 15 year old Mary Dlubac her life when a bicycle crash with a car followed a handlebars ride.
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New York
New York City
Federal Reserve
Cleveland
Mary Dlubac
Dorothy Potting
Leo Hildebrandt
Diubac
Plane Leaves JPAN For California Flight To Nome
San Francisco September 24 The Junkers Hochi Nichibei monoplane, piloted by Hichiro Baba with Kiyoshi Honma and Tamayoshi Ishita aboard, began a nonstop 2,670 mile flight from Sakishiro Beach toward Nome Alaska after lifting off at 5 37 Japanese time. The St Paul Island station reported Baba planned to pass Petro pavlovsk Kamchatka and continue toward Nome with a rest at Nome and subsequent hops to Fairbanks Whitehorse and Oakland. This perilous journey follows prior failed goodwill flights between Japan and the United States with pilots injured or killed amid previous accidents and forced landings.
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San Francisco
Junkers
Kamchatka Peninsula
Bering Sea
Nome
Naval
St. Paul
St. Paul Island
Sakishiro Beach
Kurile Islands
Japan
Sabishiro
Nemuro
Baba
Kiyoshi
Honma
Tamayoshi Ishita
Oakland
Cal
Fairbanks
Alaska
Whitehorse
Hazelton
B. C
Seattle
Hachi Shibun
United States
Segi Yoshihara
Yoshiwara
Tokio
San Francisco Bay
New York
Relief Loan Extended to Cleveland and Midwest
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation approved a relief loan of 470,000 for Cleveland immediate use and 2,337,000 for Cleveland to be advanced in installments during September through December. Additional loans were made to Illinois Kentucky Missouri and Michigan.
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Washington
CP+Ohio
Cleveland
Reconstruction Finance Corporation Today
Ilinois
Kentucky
Missouri
Michigan
Sudden Relapse Suffered By Mrs. Borah
Mrs William E Borah wife of Idaho senator suffered a sudden relapse from Psittacosis symptoms and heart weakness after ten days of illness in Boise Idaho. A first shipment of precious serum air mailed from Washington arrived at Boise at 235 AM aboard a United Airlines plane. It was not known if the serum had been given.
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Boise
Ida
William E. Borah
Idaho
Borah
Washington, D. C
United Airlines
Miller Refuses to Testify at Senator Davis Lottery Trial
Theodore G Miller reputed financial agent of Senator James J Davis refused to testify in the federal lottery trial in New York. Miller head of the propagation department of the Loyal Order of Moose, under indictment, upheld in his refusal to testify.
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Rnigets
Theodore G. Miller
James J. Davis
Federal
New York
Muller
Propagation Department
the Loyal Order of Woose
Soviet invokes drastic policy to feed industrial masses
Moscow dispatch reports a new drastic agricultural policy to feed city masses. A decree signed by Joseph Stalin fixes mandatory meat and grain supplies each region must deliver to the government at fixed prices.
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Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Child Awarded 30000 for Injuries in Ohio Auto Crash
Margaret White a Roosevelt School pupil aged eight was injured when Charles Filbert Ludain and J W Ryba collided their cars at West River and West Third streets Elyria Ohio causing Filbert's car to jump the curb The suit filed in common pleas court yesterday seeks 30000 for damages in behalf of the child by Oral White guardian.
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Margaret White
Roosevelt
Common Pleas Court
Charles Filbert
Ludain
J. W. Ryba
Oxford Avenue
Elyria
Filbert
Ruba
West River Street
West Third Street
Oral White
Former Elyria Resident Harriett Phillips Dies in Akron
Harriett L. Phillips 79 mother of W. Phillips a local druggist died at her Akron home after ten days illness. A former Elyria resident she moved to Akron in 1921 and was affiliated with the First Congregational church. She leaves a son and a daughter Mrs. A. A. Kepler of Akron. Funeral plans provisional with services expected Monday from the Kepler home at 739 Kenmore Boulevard Akron.
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Harriett L. Phillips
W. Phillips
Akron
Mig Phillips
Im Elyria
First Congregational Church
Elyria
A. A. Kepler
Kepler
Kenmore Boulevard
Bright Spots In Business World
New York reports show more than 24 million dollars awarded on heavy engineering construction contracts in the week ended Sept 19 per Engineering News Record. Sharpsville plant of Valley Mould and Iron Co will resume operations next week after a two year shutdown. Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co will raise operations to 15 percent capacity next week. Building and Loan conditions are improving nationwide per U S Building and Loan League reports. General Petroleum Corp will invest about 1.5 million dollars in refinery improvements.
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New York
Sharon
Sharpsville
The
Valley Mould & Iron Co
Youngstown, O
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Cincinnati
U.S. Building & Loan League
NEW York—General Petroleum Corp
Davis confident govt case will fail in lottery probe
New York September 24 Senator James J Davis voiced certainty the federal case accusing him of lottery law violations would collapse. He argued the evidence amounts to a card house and will lack sound foundation. He noted a $15 300 check deposited in his account was payment for a debt owed by Propagation department official Theodore C Miller. Prosecutor Louis Treadwell prepared to link Moose charity ball tickets to real lottery tickets and interstate commerce violations, while Margiotti promised to challenge the contract with Miller as proof Davis knew of Miller’s agreement.
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New York
James J. Davis
Pittsburgh
Theodore C. Miller
Propagation Department
Davis
Charles J. Margiotti
Miller
Louis Treadwell
Moose
Margoiti
Pennsylvania
Bernard C. McGuire
Miler
Supreme Council of the
Order
Margiotti
The
United Press
City Gardeners Get 5 600 Jars To Can Produce
City officials distributed 5 600 quart jars to municipal gardeners yesterday as part of a drive to preserve surplus crops. Mayor W H VanOster noted funds are tight but the city managed the purchase and urged residents to donate unused jars. The effort aims to prevent waste and support gardeners who work hard to be self supporting under limited means.
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W. H VanOster
Boy Dies During Grid Contest at Gaston High
In Alexandria Alabama on September 24 an autopsy was planned to determine Foster Stewart 18 left end of Gaston High School football died during a game yesterday after being removed early in the second quarter. Coach Wooley said he saw nothing unusual in his appearance and he died shortly after lying on the sidelines.
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Alexandria
Ala
Foster Stewart
Gaston High
Stewart
Wooley
William P Wright Named G A R Commander in Chief
Capt William P Wright of Chicago is chosen to lead the boys in blue as commander in chief at the Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Springfield Michigan.
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William P. Wright
Chicago
Grand Army of the Republic
Boys In Blue
Springfield
Elyria High and Jefferson Junior High Organize Nine Music Groups
F Matt Beck directs a rapid expansion of Elyria High and Jefferson Junior High music programs. Nearly 300 students join 4 Elyria ensembles including boys and girls choirs and mixed chorus. Jefferson plans an orchestra and two choruses with tryouts for a boys chorus of 25 to 40 and a girls chorus of similar size.
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Elyma High School
New Jefferson Junior High School
F. Matt Beck
Hlyma High School
Beck
Elyria High School
Jefferson School
Elyria
Eal
Tax Committee Studies Budget For Elyria Chamber Meet
Elyria Chamber of Commerce tax committee studies the 1933 county budget in preparation for a public hearing on October 3. No report will be issued until after the meeting next week, announced at Chamber offices. Porter ditch improvement contracts will be let by County Commissioners on October 17 after a hearing. Edwin M Knowles China Co to begin all time operations employing TEC men at its Newell West Virginia plant within 10 days.
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Elyria Chamber of Commerce
Porter
Henrietta Township
WAST
Liverpool
Edwin M. Knowles China Company
Iwill
Newell. W. Va
United States to probe Insull Empire financing in Chicago
Chicago date Sept 24 United States District Attorney Dwight F Green announces a thorough inquiry into the Insull Empire financing. The probe aims to determine if any federal statutes were violated as Green plans meetings with federal investigators to decide next steps Samuel Insull and his brother Martin are urged to be returned to the United States Paris report notes Insull declined to comment on the U S attorney’s announcement as plans to investigate the collapse of the Insull Utilities pyramid unfold.
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Chicago
United States District Attorney’s Office
Insull Empire
Dwight F. Green
Samuel Insull
Martin
United States
Green
Insull
Federal Investigatory Departments
Paris
United Press
Ohio State Salary Cutting Schedule Proposed for Legislature
Columbus Sept. 24 The state could save about 3 million dollars in the next biennium if the legislature in special session adopts a salary cutting plan from Governor White’s committee. The plan calls for 5 percent cuts on the first 1000, 10 percent on the portion over 1000 up to 5000, and 15 percent on the portion over 5000. It would apply to state, county, and township offices, with voluntary relinquishment urged for unaffected officials. Judges and judiciary terms are noted as largely exempt or variably affected.
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Columbus
General Assembly
White
Judiciary
Bar
Charge Dismissed in Lorain Liquor Case Against Wigl
A possession of liquor charge against Carl Wigl of 2404 Thirty First Street Lorain was dismissed by Justice Walter H Watts yesterday. The case failed to prove ownership of 80 gallons seized in a garage at the rear of Wigl s property.
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Carl Wigl
Thurty First Street
Lorain
Walter H. Watts
Wigl
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