Explosion Destroys Roehl Oil Building Near Elyria
A large explosion and fire wrecked the Roehl Oil Company two story building at Stop 76 Cleveland Road near Elyria’s edge. Damage estimated at about 10000 with no injuries aside from facial cuts to Edward Ruus and Pred Grundler. Cause unclear though a gasoline line leak and fumes rising from the basement are suspected. Firemen remained on scene past 3 PM.
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Roehl Oil Company
Stop 76
Cleveland Road
Elyria
Edward Ruus
Emerson Court
Pred Grundler
Celoniad Apartments
New York Central
Raus
Kasuline
Grundler
Jass
Ridgeville
Judges Selection Amendment To Go On Ballot
Secretary of State Kennedy announced the constitutional amendment to change how Supreme Court and Appeals Court judges are selected will appear on the November ballot. The decision to restore 2534 signatures and the prospect of filing 296000 signatures were reported after Franklin County Board of Elections rejected petitions for incorrect addresses.
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Columbus
Supreme Court
Appeals Court
William J. Kennedy
Common Pleas
Charles A. Leach
Franklin County
Bard
Kennedy
Taft And Shock To Speak Here Tonight
Preparations completed for the first Fall campaign meeting here of Robert A. Taft Republican candidate for United States Senator. The event at Ore Elyria High School Auditorium at 8 p m features Taft and Edward B. Sheck of Akron, candidate for Congress in the 14th district. Sheck, a former Summit county assistant prosecuting attorney, will join Taft in addresses conducted by Common Pleas Judge Guy B. Findley. Richard Stevens and Frank A. Stetson will introduce and greet the candidates. Taft will also speak at Oberlin Methodist church earlier, with a dinner meeting at 6 p m followed by Taft’s address about 7 p m.
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Robert A. Taft
Cincinnati
United States
Ore Elyria High School
Taft
Edward 8. Sheck
Akron
Congress
Summit
Medina
Portage
Lo- Tain
Sheck
Summit County
William Howard Tait
Common Pleas
Guy B. Findley
Richard Stevens
Lorain County
Young Men's Republican Club
Frank A. Stetson
Ohio Weather Forecast Warm Tonight and Friday
The forecast notes fair conditions in Ohio tonight and Friday with slight warming. A central disturbance moved off the South Atlantic coast bringing rain from Florida to North Carolina. Across the U S high pressure prevails. Ontario and the Lake region report the highest barometers. temperature changes in the last 24 hours are minimal.
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Ohio
Frojey
South Atlantic
Florida
North Carolina
United States
Ontario
Lake Region
Europe Missed War By Only Two Hours
A trusted diplomatic source said Europe nearly erupted into war yesterday when Benito Mussolini urged Hitler to delay invasion of Czechoslovakia. A planned Sudetenland entry at 2 with 60 divisions and 3,000 aircraft was halted by a noon phone call to Hitler. British envoy Lord Perth warned Britain would not stay neutral, prompting Mussolini to speak with Ribbentrop and then arrange a Munich conference. American Ambassador Phillips delivered Roosevelt’s appeal as Mussolini headed to Munich.
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United Press
Rome
Europe
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Hitler
Sudetenland
Lord Perth
Galeazzo Ciano
Perth
Ciune
Great Britain
Germany
Ciine
Mussolini
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Munich
William Phillips
Roosevelt
Phillips
Plane Crash Fatal To Portsmouth Man
Portsmouth man Curtis Morris, 46, died of injuries from a plane crash near Raven Rock airport. Pilot William Brand, 20, was in critical condition, and Carl Anderson was recovering. Brand had bought the 10 year old plane three weeks earlier and flew it without a license, inspectors said.
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Portsmouth
Curtis Morris
Raven Rock
William Brand
Carl Anderson
Brand
Department of Commerce
Auto Workers Vote On Buick GM Strike Action
The United Automobile Workers Union announced a strike vote among Buick Division workers at General Motors. The action is set for Saturday following a Midwestern region push in late September.
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Flint
Mid
United Automobile Workers Union
Buick
General Motors
France and Britain agree on common program for Czech crisis
Paris dispatches report that France and Great Britain have agreed on a plan to avoid the October 1 German deadline in Czechoslovakia. The program calls for delaying surrender, gradual withdrawal of Czech forces, and an international British French Italian force to act as a neutral shield between Czechs and Germans during settlement.
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France
Britain
Paris
Maunieh
Great Britain
Hitler
Piodlyes
Sudetene
Proposed School Addition To Be Discussed
A South Amherst PTA meeting will discuss potentially building a 40 000 high school addition with a PWA grant. The plan relies on a new law allowing bond issuance without a resident vote to cover the district share, amid previous bond defeats. The current law limits bonds to within a 10 mill tax cap, with an 18 000 PWA grant approved and a 24 000 total bond possible. The school board has not decided and will seek resident sentiment at 7 30 P.M.
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South Amherst High School
PWA
South Amherst
Parent-Teacher Association
F.T. A
C. A. Gibbons
Poland Demands Teschen Transfer Before Saturday Action
Warsaw Sept 29 government spokesmen said Poland would attack Czechoslovakia on Saturday if the 20 mile strip of lower Silesia is not returned before then. The disputed area surrounds Teschen on the Polish Czechoslovak border, seized by Czechoslovakia in 1919 while borders were being drawn.
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Warsaw
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Lower Silesia
Teschen
Russia
Dr. Gamble Dies at 90. Elyria Physician Former WRU Grad
Dr. Rufus V. Gamble aged 90 died at his daughter Grace Griswold’s home after a brief illness from peritonitis. Born June 3, 1848 in Chatham he trained at Western Reserve University Medical School, practiced at Valley City and New London before moving to Elyria in 1916 where he continued to treat patients. Survived by his daughter and two nieces Maude and Ella Parmelée, his funeral is planned with services by the First Methodist church and the Frank S. Harmon Masonic Lodge, with interment at Ridge Lawn Cemetery.
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Rufus V. Gamble
Western Reserve University Medical School
Grace Griswold
Middle Avenue
Gamble
Chatham
Valley City
Western Reserve University
Maude
Ella Parmelée
Elyria
Sudro- Curtis
Griswold Home
Frank Hicks
First Methodist Church
Frank 5. Harmon
British Plan Accepted by Czech Government in Prague
Prague reports Premier Jan Suravy's government accepts the general principles of a new British plan to implement the cession of Sudetenland to Germany with reservations on some details. The agreement was sent to Munich before the four power conference. Officials fear Munich talks may yield a settlement at Czechoslovakia expense.
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Prague
Jan Suravy
Sudetenland
Germany
Munich
Czechoslovakia
Disaster Tornado Hits Charleston Waterfront
President Roosevelt ordered all federal agencies to assist as a deadly tornado swept Charleston South Carolina. At least 25 killed and over 100 injured as hotels churches and homes were wrecked. A mill was wrecked and many workers trapped. power and communications failed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Navy
Marine Corps
Army
Charleston
S.C
S. C
Trimrod Hotel
Cry Hall
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Charleston Paper and Pulp Company
Sullivan's Island
Nazi Press Hurls Accusations At Czechs
Berlin reports claim Prague is carrying out terror against Germans in Sudetenland as warnings mount over Hitler’s Saturday deadline for surrender. Der Angriff and Nacht Ausgabe emphasize alleged Czech violence and German danger while official circles maintain no change to the Sudetenland ultimatum.
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Berlin
Czechoslovakia
Munich
Adolf Hiller
Sudetenland
Prague
der Angriff
Nacht Ausgabe
Germany
Sudeten
Hitler
Hoover Calls Europe a Tragic Warning for U.S. Morals
Former President Herbert Hoover urged voters to view Europe as a moral warning and a warning of what may happen here if government morality is ignored. He outlined a six point program to restore morality, revised his speech to stress Europe’s crisis, and supported peaceful government efforts.
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Kansas City
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
America
Four Makers of Peace Meet in Munich Diplomacy Faces Dictatorship
The Munich meeting brings together Chamberlain Hitler Mussolini and Daladier to avert war over Czechoslovakia. Each man embodies opposing ideologies while seeking stability through a diplomatic breakthrough amid Europe's growing crisis.
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Munich
Baby dies in car crash near Wheelersburg
Betty Ruth Turner aged 10 months, daughter of Mr and Mrs Wrell Turner of near Wheelersburg, was killed in an automobile collision late last night in Portsmouth. The tragedy was reported in the Sept 29 dispatches.
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Portsmouth
Betty Ruth Turner
Wrell ‘Turner
Wheelersburg
Four-Power Conference Seen Likely to Settle Czech Crisis
Information released to foreign press suggests officials feel the Four-Power Conference will succeed in adjusting the Czech crisis and the Sudetenland issue. Proposed steps include token German entry into Czechoslovakia, plebiscites in minority areas, an international police force, and guarantees by Britain and France on border integrity and Czech compliance.
Hitler Opens War Or Peace Conference On Czechoslovakia Crisis
Munich date Sept 29 1938 British French German and Italian leaders met at Hitler’s residence to avert war over Czechoslovakia. A token withdrawal of Czech forces in the Eger district was discussed as a symbolic German gain with German troops to enter parts of the Sudeten region. Prime ministers Chamberlain and Mussolini and French premier Daladier attended the opening session.
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Munich
Chamberlain
Neville
Downing Street
Europe
Hitler
Fuehrer
Germany
Chamberlain Hitler
Britain
Italy
France
Mussolini
Daladier
Leon Blum
Great Britain
Adolf Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Eger
Sudeten
Reich
Neville Chamberlain
Bristain
Benito Mussolini
the Houce
Edouard Daledier
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England
Adolf Muller
Eosland
British Isles
Dr. Gamble
Czech
Edouard Daladier
Czechoslovak
Mediterranean
Japan
China
U P
Hungary
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