Britain and France Aim to End Spain Intervention
In Geneva on December 28, Britain and France told the League of Nations Sixth Committee they will push to halt foreign intervention in Spain. France's Yvon Delbos spoke on non intervention, noting large outside involvement, and urged approval of talks with Italy to withdraw volunteers, saying the policy must not be derided.
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Geneva
U. P
Great Britain
France
Sixth Committee
Peace Committee
League of Nations
Spain
Britain
Italy
Yvon Delbos
Julio Alvarez del Vayo
Delbos
Seek To Swing Youth To G O P
Washington reports Fifteen teen Young Republican leaders pledged to mobilize youth for the Republican banner in 1938. John D M Hamilton chair of the GOP National Committee denounced the New Deal as monopolistic and claimed prices rise faster than retail spending. He noted consumer goods production fell from 87 to 83 and said the “more abundant life” is in reverse. Hamilton’s meetings span a week with party leaders and a fourth with state finance chairs was planned before a national tour.
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Washington
Youth of America
John D. M. Hamilton
G. O. P. National Committee
Republican Club
Hamilton
Little Chance Of Reestablishing Sewing Project
County commissioners received word from Mrs. Bertha Phillips WPA Fifth District supervisor that reopening a sewing center is unlikely due to federal policy restricting WPA. About 150 women in the county already work on WPA projects and a school book mending plan may absorb those nearing completion, making a new sewing project unnecessary.
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WPA
Bertha Phillips
Phillips
Weather report for Ohio and surrounding regions
Partly cloudy with light frost in the east and milder in the far west tonight. Wednesday mainly cloudy with possible showers in the extreme west. High pressure over the northeast and Canadian prairies, with a trough extending from the Texas Panhandle through the central Plains. Rain reported along the Atlantic coast from Hatteras to Boston and in Minnesota and Iowa. warmer over the plains and lake region, cooler in the northwest.
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Ohio
Canadian Prairie Provinces
Texas Panhandle
Central Plains States
Hatteras
Boston
Atlantic
Minnesota
Iowa
Minois
Plains States
Lake Region
Sheriff Fires Three Deputies Over Jail Escape
Cuyahoga County Sheriff Martin L. O Donnell discharged three deputies and suspended a fourth tied to the escape of the Bird brothers and James Widmer from the Cleveland jail last week. John Somerville, chief assistant jailer, was also fired for letting Mrs Bird visit without permission. Deputy Tony Zakrajsek and Deputy Arthur Weitzel were suspended or fired for handling and permitting access to the outside door, and Deputy Martin Singleton was discharged for opening a door after inmates left cells. Sheriff said the escape could have been avoided if rules had been followed.
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Cleveland
Martin L. O'Donnell
Bird Brothers
James Widmer
John Somerville
Charles Bird
Tony Zakrajsek
Bird
Arthur Weitzel
Weitzel
Bar Association Condemns Hugo Black Appointment
The American Bar Association prepared a resolution condemning Hugo L. Black's Supreme Court appointment at the Kansas City convention as 5,000 delegates applauded speakers denouncing Roosevelt's New Deal. A proposal seeks an impartial five member committee to examine Justice Black's fitness, and a special commission to audit public officials’ income is proposed.
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Kansas City
American Bar Association
Hugo L. Black
United States Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Robert Lee Tullis
Baton Rouge
Bar Association
Justice Black
Supreme Court
General Assembly
Uni
Nations Condemn Japan as League Passes Resolution
In Geneva on September 23 the League of Nations assembly approved a resolution condemning Japanese air bombardment of Chinese cities. Fifty-two nations voted in favor, marking the first time a great power faced censure since Italy’s Ethiopia action two years prior. Delegates applauded as the Aga Khan announced the approval amid strong language deploring civilian casualties.
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Geneva
World Assembly of the
League of Nations
Japan
League
Italy
Ethiopia
China
Aga Khan
Mussolini and Hitler Promote Rome Berlin Axis Unity
In Berlin Mussolini and Hitler coordinate speeches to present unified policies and aims. Mussolini's visit culminates in a grand procession to the Olympic Grounds and the Polo field for full dress talks on foreign affairs, stressing the Rome Berlin axis to an anticipated audience of up to half a million in person and millions by radio.
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Berlin
Benito Mussolini
Extensive Y M C A Improvement Nears Completion
Elyria Y M C A renovation adds two new meeting rooms and a fresh two tone green decor. The dining room and second floor rooms gain indirect lighting, a refinished gym floor, new mats, and a new service window for basket room. An extra exercise room with varied equipment supports men during gym times.
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Elyria ¥. M. C. A
Elyria
Harlie G. Stevick
Hoya
Y Athletic Club
Stevick
Three Children Perish In Fire At Lakeside Cottage
ANN ARBOR Mich Sept 28 A fire at Horseshoe Lake burned a small Lakeside cottage killing Louise 4 Judy 2 and Jackie 2 months and injuring the mother Mrs Peter Weber and three other children Arthur 10 Bobbie 6 Dorothy 6 in hospital Donna 5 uninjured Weber a Detroit truck driver was away on his run. The mother said the roof collapsed as they woke about 936 p.m. and she could not reach the remaining children despite efforts to save them.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Peter Weber
Horseshoe Lake
Louise
Judy
Jackie
Arthur
Bobbie
Dorothy
Donna
Weber
Detroit
Robbie
Fearful ransom case as elderly Ross vanishes in Illinois
CHICAGO Sept 28 A 72 year old Charles H Ross vanished after three men in a car abducted him and his secretary Miss Florence Freihage as they left a Sycamore Illinois hotel. Investigators fear he died in captivity as ransom talks failed and clues point to amateur abductors. Police and federal files review possible suspects from the Rogues Gallery.
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Chicago
Charles H. Ross
Ross
Florence Frethage
Sycamore
Department of Justice
Miss Freihage
Cecil Vandermere
Fargo
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Daniel Gilbert
Valentine and Greeting Card Company
Capture of fugitive gunman after three week hunt
Springfield dispatch reports Harry Dingledine aged 54 captured in Royal Oak Michigan after a three week manhunt. He described his actions following the Crystal Lake gun battle on September 3 in which two officers and a bandit suspect were killed. He returned to Springfield and spoke with Lieut Walter Sweet assistant prosecutor Ben Goldman and special assistant John Cole.
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Springfield
Harry Dingledine
Royal Oak
Mich
Crystal Lake
Dingledine
Walter Sweet
Ben J. Goldman
John Cole
Laundry Workers Strike Across Cincinnati Plants
September 28 header notes that 23 Greater Cincinnati laundries were called out by AFL leaders. International representative Charles Goldstein of San Francisco reports nearly 2000 workers answered the strike call across the city.
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Cincinnati
Greater
American Federation of Labor
Charles Goldstein
San Francisco
Laundry Workers Union
Chinese Claim Japanese Have Been Routed
Chinese reports say the 8th Route Army with Gen Chu Teh routed two crack Japanese columns in Tatung area about 170 miles west of Peiping. They claim over 100,000 veterans switched to the national government, with Japanese casualties, prisoners, and captured trucks cited as evidence.
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Tatung
Peiping
8Th Route Army
Chu Teh
Japan
Gen Chu
Kwangling
Central
Taiyuan
Hongyuan
Yingsien
Chu
Yangchow
Peiping-Suiyuan
Pintichuan
Kalgan
Nankow Pass
Jpanee
China
Mongola
Soviet Russia
Horse Killed After Auto Hit on Elyria Highway
Four traffic accidents reported last night and yesterday left a horse shot after being struck by a car driven by C A Youngquist 35 of Lorain near Elyria. The horse owned by W L Norton stepped onto the road tearing windshield and door glass. Other incidents include a guard rail torn down by a runaway truck and damage to two cars and a Wal ton Ice Company truck near Broad street.
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W. L. Norton
Lake Avenue
Elyria
C. A. Youngquist
12Th Street
Lorain
Youngquist
William G. Smith
Gulf Road
William Caley
Police Cruiser Stolen In Newburg Heights
In Cleveland suburb Newburg Heights a 1937 sedan police cruiser with plate OV-291 was stolen from in front of the police station. Patrolman Charles Rutkowski said it’s the third such incident, with past pranks recovered quickly. He had left keys in the car overnight and heard no noise.
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Cleveland, CO
Newburg Heights
Charles Rutkowski
Rutkowski
President outlines widest use plan for hydro power
President Roosevelt spoke at the Bonneville dam site on a $51 million project, promising a balanced budget and a policy of the widest use of hydroelectric energy. He pressed the start button for the auxiliary power plant as the dam aims for 80,000 horsepower, advocating diffusion of electricity to remote farms and small towns rather than crowding into big cities. He urged regional planning and public works budgeting to guide future development and predicted long term nationwide electrification and a St. Lawrence waterway expansion.
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Bonneville
Sie
New Deal
Tennessee Valley Authority
Roosevelt
St. Lawrence
New York
Congress
Executive Branch
Purge Demand Hits Ohio Highway Department
Edwin J Bath Ohio Farm Bureau representative calls for a purge of the state highway department saying the office is rife with abuses. He accuses excessive short-term job letting prequalification law violations special bidding blanks and district division to favor certain contractors and urges courts subpoenas and official action.
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Columbus
Edwin J. Bath
Ohio Farm Bureau
State Highway Department
Bath
Ohlo Farm Bureau News
Highway Department Administration
14 Questions Will Be Asked In Jobless Census
Washington on September 28 reports that eighty thousand mail carriers will deliver 31 million unemployment census cards over two days. The survey, starting November 16, asks fourteen questions on unemployment duration occupation and related data. It is voluntary and aims to aid new relief policies.
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Washington
John D. Biggers
Toledo
Ohio
Roosevelt
Biggers
New England Coast In Storms Path
The U S Weather Bureau issued warnings along the Atlantic coast from Nantucket to Eastport as a tropical disturbance 200 miles east of the Virginia Capes moves northeastward with increasing intensity. The storm is expected to reach gale force tonight along the New England coast.
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Washington
U. S. Weather Bureau
Atlantic
Nantucket
Mass
Eastport
Virginia Capes
New England
Sleeping Sickness Victim Near Death
Chicago reports Patricia MaGuire, six years in a coma since February 29, 1932, faces imminent death due to an abdominal tumor that must be removed. She also suffers bronchial pneumonia, plebitis, and high fever. oxygen, blood transfusion, and last rites have been given as doctors warn against risky surgery while conditions persist. Her mother, sister, and stepfather stay at Presbyterian Hospital.
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Chicago
Patricia MaGuire
Miss MaGuire
Presbyterian Hospital
Eugene Traut
Peter Miley
Gladys Hansen
Abduction Report Returns Miss Roberts From Cleveland
Rich dealing reports that Miss Margaret Roberts twenty three formerly of Akron Ohio returned home today and explained she had been visiting in Cleveland the last few days.
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Rich
Ealing
Margaret Roberts
Akron
Cleveland
Freeport Man Sought in Arrest Mission Near Cumberland
Bulletin from New Philadelphia Ohio reports Highway Patrolman George Conn 28 missing after being dispatched to arrest a Freeport man for a traffic violation. Conn failed to respond to radio calls and was last seen driving north through Freeport on Route 4 after dark. His home is in Cumberland Ohio.
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NEW
Philadelphia
Ohio
Ypol Cea
George Conn
Freeport
Conn
Homer Ball
Cumberland
County P T A Groups Meet Oct Fifth in Avon Lake
The Lorain County Council of Parent-Teacher Associations holds its fall meet at Avon Lake High School on October 5. A luncheon at 1 pm kicks off activities with School of Instruction to follow. Speakers include Mrs. Richard Williams of Columbus and Mrs. James Birrel of Cincinnati. A dinner at 6 pm precedes an evening program featuring the Lorain County Ensemble and Prof CG Reed of Ohio State University.
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Lorain County
Williams
Columbus
Ohio
Rochester
N. Y
Birrel
Cincinnati
Rural Service
Avon Lake Association
Lorain
CG. C. Reed
Ohio State University Agricultural Engineering Department
North Ridgeville High School
P.T. A
Japanese Soldiers Must Stay In The Service
Tokyo decree compels all soldiers fighting in China or mobilized in Japan to remain in the service indefinitely. Enlistees whose terms ended must stay with the colors, and officers and privates with expirations in 1938 must remain an extra year. The order applies to active and reserve forces and takes effect immediately.
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Tokyo
China
Japan
War Office
Lorain Council Plans Tribute To E F Allen
Lorain City Council to honor the late E F Daddy Allen with suitable resolutions in memory of the humanitarian whose death moves the city. Mayor Leonard Smith received the letter from Mayor E Braun of Lorain confirming the tribute and noting Allen’s enduring work and influence.
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E F. “Daddy” Allen
Lorain
Allen
Leonard Smith
E. A.braun
Braun
Legion Council To Meet At Wellington
Lorain County American Legion council will meet tonight with Morgan Dirlam Post No 3 of Wellington at the Wellington headquarters in the First National Bank building. Members and others interested are invited to attend. A large crowd is expected.
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Lorain County Council of the American Legion
Morgan Dirlam Post No. 3
Wellington
First National Bank
The
Post
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Hugo Black
William E. Fort
United States Attorney General
Ku Klux Klan
Acme
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Shanghai
8Th Route
Highway Dept
New England Coast
Legion Council
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