Japanese Begin Big Push on Shanghai
Chinese regulars defend Shanghai as Japan launches a full prelude to a major drive. Tokyo brings infantry, machine guns, artillery, siege and naval guns, tanks, and planes to attack from the North Railroad Station to Lotien. U.S. cruiser Augusta and Idumo escape damage after a mine explosion as bombardment ignites fires in Pootung and North Station sectors.
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Shanghai
China
UC. S
United States
Aususia
Whangpoo
International Settlement
Augusta
Idumo
Pootung
President Roosevelt Relaxes With Grandchildren in Seattle
President Roosevelt spent time with his grandchildren in Seattle as the nation welcomed his plan to use federal hydroelectric projects to boost electrification in farms and small communities. He traveled from Portland with Mrs. Roosevelt and the Boettigers. Large crowds greeted him in the northwest, including more than 100,000 in Portland. He planned to stay in Seattle and depart tomorrow after a luncheon in Victoria with British Columbia’s Lieut. Gov. Hamber.
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Seattle
Wash
Iup
Roosevelt
Northwest
John Boettiger
Sistie
Buzzzie" Dall
Portland
Ore
Boettisers
Victoria
Gov. Hamber
British Columbia
Weather Ohio Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday
Partly cloudy weather extends over Ohio tonight and Thursday with slightly warmer conditions on Thursday. Barometer remains high east of the Rockies while low pressure lies in the western states from Montana to Arizona. Rain fell along the Atlantic coast from North Carolina to Maine and over southern Florida in the last 24 hours. Scattered showers noted through the St. Lawrence valley, Great Lakes, and northern border states from Minnesota to Washington. Ohio valley was warmer last night with no marked national temperature change.
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Ohio
Rocky Mountains
Montana
Arizona
Atlantic
North Carolina
Maine
Florida
St. Lawrence Valley
Great Lakes
Minnesota
Washington
Ohio Valley
Milk Industry Meeting Sees Two Lorain Men Bill Union Roles
Two Lorain County men received appointments at the northeast district Ohio Butter Milk Association meeting held at the American Legion Home. H. W. Ingersoll of Elyria joined the district finance committee and the state executive committee, while R. P. Fowler of the Lorain County Health Department joined the program committee. State Agriculture Director Hanefeld praised the industry as Ohio’s largest farm sector, supplying 24 percent of farmers’ income as the meeting stressed unity among producers, distributors, and health officials. Continued on page 9.
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Lorain County
Ohio Better Milk Association
American Legion
H. W. Ingersoll
Elyria
C. E. Shrock
Canton
R. P. Fowler
Dustry
Ohio
Northwestern
Lima
Hanefeld
Plans for Trailer Camp at the Far Grounds
The Fifteen-Eight Committee of the Elyria Chamber of Commerce approved continued study of establishing a trailer camp at the county fair grounds. Led by Clifford Betts with Walter Schultz and M E Whitman, the group aims to have the facility ready for the 1938 tourist season, highlighting drainage, electric, and sanitary amenities near downtown, and strong endorsements from Capt Edward H Junegelas and Bender Body Company figures.
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County Fair Grounds
Elytia
Edward H. Junegelas
Automobile Tourists Association
Fair Grounds
The
Association
Elyria
John Mohler
Walter Shields
Bender Body Company
Local Violinist Henry Nagorka Gains Warsaw Conservatory Admission
Henry Nagorka 21 of 227 North Abbe Road has passed the judges examination for admission to the National Conservatory at Warsaw Poland for advanced violin study. Elyria High School music director J Martin Beck reports Nagorka played Bruch G minor concerto Nardini E minor Handel Sonata No 6 and Kreutzer etudes from memory. He is a U S citizen and will not serve in the Polish army. eight judges heard his tests and he left for Poland last month.
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Henry Nagorka
Abbe Road
National Conservatory
Warsaw
Poland
Nagorka
Conservatory
J. Martin Beck
Elyria High School
Elyrian
Bruch
Nardini
Handel
Kreutzer
Henri Gilbert
Fire at Swift and Co Plant Rips Chicago Stockyards
A massive explosion and blaze at the Swift and Company stockyards plant in Chicago caused about 200000 in damage. Fire Marshal Corigan said the fire started on the third or fourth floor and steam lines then exploded. Fifty fire companies fought the blaze for about an hour with no injuries reported as flames confined to the four story brick building.
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Chicago
U.P
Swift and Company
Michael J. Corrigan
Wards
Man Found Shot To Death In His Gasoline Station
Andrew Marker, 69, was found shot to death early today at his gasoline station in Troy. Police believe it was an attempted holdup. Marker was shot twice in the head and found under a desk with a pistol in his hand. Witness Charles Murray saw two men flee in a gray Ford. About $100 was found in the station. Coroner Cecil T. Marshall and State ID worker F T. Dingler investigated. Marker survived by four sons and two daughters.
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Troy
Andrew Marker
Marker
Charles Murray
Piqua
Murray
Bert Arthur
Cecil T. Marshall
F .T. Dingler
State Identification Bureau
London
Ohio
Immunization Drive Aims at Elyria Elementary Kids
A city program to immunize Elyria school children against diphtheria nears completion under Dr. G E French city health commissioner. Most treatments given in public grade schools except McKinley School with work to follow. Mrs Mabel F Ellis assists. Only kindergartners and first and second graders receive shots. older children mostly done. Written parental consent required and usually provided. A total of 276 children have been immunized this fall. Treatments typically occur in spring but were shifted to fall this year due to lack of a Summer Round-up.
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Elyria
G. E. French
Jall
McKinley School
Mabel F. Ellis
Sleep Of Death Ends Coma Of 67 Months
CHICAGO Sept 29. Surgeons autopsied Patricia Maguire after her 67 month coma from encephalitis lethargica, ending five years of sleeping sickness that baffled experts. She died of pneumonia with an abdominal tumor. autopsy planned to aid medical knowledge.
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Chicago
Patricia Maguire
Mrs Maguire
Eugene Traut
Oak Park
Traut
Muss Maguire
Miss Maguire
Peter Miley
Gladys Hansen
Campaign To Expel CIO Gains Impetus
Denver report says the expulsion campaign against the CIO from the American Federation of Labor gained momentum as William D. Hutcheson, president of the Carpenters, announced strong support for the ouster effort.
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CIO
Denver
Colo
American Federation of Labor
William D. Hutcheson
The
Carpenters
Tragic Fatality at City Foundry Pit in Cleveland
John Zitko, 67, died when a 2,000-pound steel hopper bucket toppled into a limestone pit at City Foundry Co. in Cleveland. Police say the bucket tipped after the limestone beneath it loosened, dumping the heavy load into the pit where Zitko was digging.
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Cleveland
John Zitko
City Foundry Co
Black To Head Roll Call Drive In Elyria
Seward X. Black Elyria council member was named Roll Call chairman for the annual drive by the Elyria chapter of the American Red Cross. A dinner on October 14 will precede the briefing, with Mrs. Julia Sullivan Dyke from the national office assisting local planning for the Roll Call. The chapter's territory covers county townships in the southern and central areas.
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el Kiyaia
American Red Cross
Seward X. Black
Elyria
Julia Sullivan Dyke
National Office of the American Red Cross
Washington
Detroit Man Joins Wife In Death Here
John Charrington a 40 year old Detroit resident died at Elyria Memorial Hospital from injuries suffered when his car struck the west end abutment of a bridge on Telegraph road. His wife Hilda 38 also died from injuries in the same crash. Their son James 17 said they were bound for New York City for a short vacation. Charrington is the 49th traffic fatality in Lorain County this year. Bodies sent to Detroit after funeral home processing.
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John Charrington
Sheridan Avenue
Detroit
Elyria Memorial Hospital
New York Central Railroad
Telegraph Road
Hilda
New York City
James
Charrington
Lorain County
Sudro-Curtis Funeral Home
Woman Hangs 12 Hours With Arm Caught In Fence
SAN ANTONIO Texas September 24 Mrs Bonificia Garcia sixty eight years old wedged arm between fence pickets for twelve hours after slipping from a box while watering flowers Her arm grew numb then gangrene set in black ants bit her body as neighbors rescued her son Martiano age forty who was chained to a bed and watched the ordeal he was said to be abnormal and unable to explain the accident physicians hesitated to amputate due to critical condition
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San Antonio
Tex
Bonificia Garcia
Martiano
County Has Balance Of Over Two Millions
County Treasurer Walter J. Wright reported the six month balance ending September 3 at 2,041,294.51. The report shows 533,563.52 in currency and checks, 1,528,730.59 on deposit across nine bank depositories, and 179,000 in debenture notes.
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Walter J. Wright
Board of County Commissioners
Bar Association Awaits Resolutions
In Kansas City on September 29, the American Bar Association began considering resolutions on President Roosevelt’s court plan and Justice Hugo L. Black’s appointment. The resolutions committee planned to recommend investigations of Black and to oppose bare majority rule in the Supreme Court.
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Kansas City
American Bar Association
General Assembly
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
Justice Black
Bar Association
Hunt For Slayers Of Patrolman Organize Ohio Search
Cadiz Ohio September 29 The Ohio highway patrol organized a state wide search for the killers of Patrolman George A Conn 25 whose body pierced by eight bullets was found in a roadside ditch near Fireport Three Missouri desperadoes escaped from the Cuyahoga County jail in Cleveland last week Charles and Frank Bird and James Widmer are suspected authorities say Widmer is a federal prisoner linked to a Cleveland bank holdup The fugitives may be heading south from Cleveland and were possibly stopped by Conn for a traffic violation Bullets and shell casings of the same caliber as those used in the Cleveland bank robbery were found near the scene Two cars were seen near the killing scene and a paper in a garage record bore the name William Brody no city given Conn was the first Ohio highway patrolman murdered on duty.
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Cadiz
Ohio Highway Patrol
George A. Conn
Fireport
Missouri
Cuyahoga County
Cleveland
State Patrol
Conn
William Brody
Autummn Street
John Earl
Fred Shephard
Shephard
Earl
Ohio Highway
Freeport
Raymond Eichelberry
J. Frank Hurd
Akron
W. B. Vance
Highway Patrol
Continue Search For Kidnapers Of Ross
Chicago officials received a special delivery letter demanding ransom for Charles S. Ross. The pencil addressed note, postmarked Washington, D.C., prompted federal agents and Chicago police to rush to the Ross apartment as Mrs. Ross awaited word from her 72 year old husband.
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Chicago
Charles S. Ross
Burton Renominated In Cleveland Municipal Primary
Mayor Harold H. Burton Independent Republican won renomination by a 31,000 plurality over county engineer John C. McWilliams. Four of 32 incumbents seeking re nom were defeated. Voters rejected a 2.8 mill welfare levy and the four year terms proposal. A plan to place city workers under civil service and establish a city pension system was defeated.
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Cleveland
Harold H. Burton
John C. McWil-lams
Refusal To Allow Plea By Roy Shauver In Bank Robbery
In Cleveland on September 29 Federal Judge Samuel H. West refused Roy Shauver’s request to plead guilty in the Woodville bank robbery. The judge ordered appointment of counsel for the youth's defense.
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Roy Shauver
Cleveland, O
Samuel H. West
Woodville
West
Cameraman Flights 15 Miles Bent On Balloons Rescue
Old Orchard Maine September 29 a New York newsreel cameraman rode aloft strapped to 27 small balloons for an hour long 15 mile ascent. Bullets from Rev James Mullen punctured balloons sending him into a treetop. Mingalone landed near Biddeford after course drifted by wind. Father Mullen rescued him and warmed him by a fire.
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Old Orchard
New York
al Mingalone
Pelham Manor
N. C
James J. Mullen
Ming
Father Mullen
Thase
Saco
Biddeford
Mingalone
Returns To U.S. Refuses To Give Answer
Justice Hugo L. Black, back from Europe, refused to answer if he is a Ku Klux Klan member. He said he will issue a statement when ready, possibly as a radio address, and departed by car for Washington with wife and a small escort. President Roosevelt could not comment until Black’s outlines were studied.
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Norfolk
Hugo L. Black
Ku Klux Klan
Black
S. 5
Washington
City of Norfolk
Europe
America
Justice
The
Invisible Empire
Knights of Ku Eur
Elam
Roosevelt
Pacific Coast
Supreme Court
Clifford Derr
Registration Deadline Set For Municipal Primary
The board of elections announced that unregistered voters have until 9 p m Monday to register for the November 2 municipal primary. Office hours extend Saturday and Monday to 9 p m at The Elyria Savings and Trust building third floor. Voters who will be 21 by election day may vote if registered now. Those who moved precincts since last voting must record changes. The last opportunity to register is Monday.
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Board of Elections
Election Board
Elyria Savings and Trust
U S Photographers Bombed In Shanghai
In Shanghai on September 29 Japanese planes bombed and machine gunned a group of photographers working for American concerns. They fled a convoy near the North Station area in Suasznal, hid in a ditch, and a bomb dropped within 200 yards. They escaped injury.
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Shanghai
Suasznal
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Swift and Co
Vaysersby
Ross
George Conn
New Philadelphia
Raymond Ejchelberry
Acme
Burton
U.S
U. S
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