Rankin Will Not Be Hired in Lorain County Sheriff Race
Columbus April 12 Prohibition Commissioner B F McDonald recalls a letter dismissing O F Rankin and says Rankin will be restored to good standing He is a candidate for sheriff of Lorain County Rankin denies running and says he will not be a candidate McDonald says a state employee campaigning on state time is not tolerable and assigns a deputy to Lorain County
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McDonald
Rankin
Columbus
B. F. McDonald
O. F Rarchie
Elyria
Lorain
Lorain County
Sherif
Mrankin
Prohibition
United Press
Prohibition Department
William E. Ashbolt
Lorain Times-Sterald
Lorain County Hi-Y Conference Set At Elyria YMCA
Seventy five boys are expected at the Lorain County Hi-Y conference to be held at the Elyria Y M C A this Saturday. Fifteen clubs will be represented and delegates will come from organized and unorganized Hi-Y groups. Registration starts at 1 30 with activities throughout the afternoon including devotional, history and purpose talks, sectional sessions, assembly, Camp Nelson Dodd presentation, recreation, a banquet, and leadership discussions led by local and regional figures.
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Lorain County
Elyria
W. C Fowler
Champion
Nelson Dodd
Nob Gladieux
Oberlin
Ned Bosworth
Oberlin College
Hundreds Of Ohio Laws Deemed Obsolete By Lawmaker
Cleveland April 12 Representative Gilbert Morgan told the Cleveland Real Estate Board that Ohio's General Code holds about 3500 unenforceable statutes. He categorized them as voided by later laws, made useless by changing habits, or unconstitutional in whole or part. He cited a donkey speed limit and a village private rail charge as examples.
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Cleveland
Ohito
Gilbert Morgan
Cleveland Neal Estate Board
Morgan
Oberlin crowd awards Will Rogers presidential nomination
Will Rogers wins Oberlin crowd’s presidential nomination in a brief visit. He jokes that Ben Turpin would make a fine president as he could look both ways while the town roared with laughter and polls. Rogers mocks party names and politics, praising Coolidge and Al Smith in turn.
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Oberlin
College
Will Rogers
Beverly Hills
Lindbergh
Rogers
Finney Chapel
White House
Hoover
Coolidge
al Smith
Reed
United States
Mexico
Canada
Mark Twain
Stogers
Turpin Ben Turpin
Will
Nix Og
Hearst
Chicago
Hughes
Rotary Gala Celebrates Elyria Club Tenth Anniversary
Rotarians from Elyria Lorain Lakewood and Toledo gathered at Elks Hall to honor the Elyria Rotary Club's tenth anniversary. The event featured tributes to Edgar Allen and Rotary leaders, performances by The Ice House Quartet, and a Rotary Frolic ending with dancing.
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Elyria
Rotary Club
Rotary International
Lorain
Lakewood
Ashtabula
Cleveland
Toledo
Ohio
Elks
Harper Garcia Smyth
Cleveland Rotary Club
S H. Squire
Lawrence Webber
Elyria Club
George Glitsch
Russ Crawford
Edgar Allen
Internation Society For Crippled Children
Charles Starkey
Ice House Quartet
Ed. Kelsey
United States
Squire
Kelsey
Allen
Rotary
Wlyria
Frank Wilford
Don Baird
Danc
Mayor Orders All Cases Tried In Lorain
Lorain Mayor J C Standen directed the city booze squad to handle all cases in Lorain municipal court rather than sending them to Elyria county common pleas court. He cited his policy of cooperation between city officials and noted the change aligns with the city’s organizational approach for the past weeks.
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Lorain
J.C. Standen
Lorain Municipal Court
County Common Pleas Court
Elyria
Standen
Hoboes to receive cups from police display
A dozen tin cups were shown at police headquarters for use by the bums. The cups came from the old Elyrian Construction Co building on East Avenue, left behind by a boarding camp during construction. A tag said the cups were for tea service for the bum cells.
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Elyrian Construction Co
East Aveue
Celi
Fined $100 For Driving While Intoxicated
William Webber of Case Road was fined 100 dollars and costs by May or James A. Hewitt in police court after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated last night. The mayor told him he was lucky to escape jail, noting a collision could have led to days in jail.
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William Webber
Case Road
James A. Hewitt
Webber
The
Mavror
Commissioners Hold Road Hearing Today
The Board of County Commissioners held a combined damages and assessment hearing for Middle Ridge and Foster Park road in KE, Elyria and Sheffield townships. A new ruling lets them hear both damage and assessment cases at once, saving time.
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Board of County Commissioners
Middle Ridge
Foster Park Road
Elyria
Sheffield
Train Hits Truck Load of Gasoline at Crossings
Tiltonville Ohio April 12 A W and L passenger train collided with a gasoline tank truck at a grade crossing causing an explosion. Fireman John W Danford 38 died after leaping from the engine. Truck driver Joseph Moffit 23 of Steubenville injured internals may prove fatal. Passenger Morris Conn 40 of Steubenville injured with a broken arm burns and bruises. Moffit did not see the train approaching.
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Tiltonville
Here
John W. Danford
Joseph Moffit
Steubenville
Morris Conn
Moffit
Illinois primary ousts Thompson Crowe machine in Chicago
Final tabulations in the Illinois primary delivered sweeping defeats for the Thompson Crowe led machine. Charles S. Deneen and Frank O. Lowden’s allies gained, with Louis Emmerson defeating Small for governor and Otis Glenn beating Frank L. Smith for the Senate. Crowe Small and Smith suffered crushing losses.
King and Mussolini Escape from Bombs
United Press reports a bomb plot aimed at King Victor Emmanuel and Premier Benito Mussolini. A grenade exploded in Milan near the ninth exhibition fair as Mussolini’s train was to pass, injuring soldiers and bystanders. An infernal machine was found on a railway overpass leading to the Milan–Rome route. Mussolini later returned to Rome for talks with S Parker Gilbert.
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United Press
Victor Emmanuel
Benito Mussolini
Giulio Cesare
Milan
TI Secolo
Geneva
Como
Italy
Mussolini
Rome
S. Parker Gilbert
Man at county infirmary dies by self immolation
An inmate of Lorain County Infirmary on Murray Ridge road died Wednesday after setting himself on fire in brush near the garden across from the infirmary. William Jewett, 45, a two year resident, was found burned and later ruled to have committed death by own action. He suffered epilepsy and had expressed intent to end his life. Survived by a sister and a niece, burial planned at Elmwood Cemetery.
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Lorain County
Murray Ridge Road
William Jewett
Myles Perry
Amherst
Jewett
Elmwood Cemetery
Deneen Emerges as New Power in Republican Ranks
Washington April 12 A bulky new figure in the Republican leadership, Senator Charles S. Deneen, is welcomed to the inner council after his smashing Illinois victory. He will carry at least 47 delegates to the Kansas City convention for former Governor Frank C. Lowden, defeating Thompson’s pro-Coolidge slate. Thompson will have only one delegate, while DeNephel?
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Washington
Charles S. Deneen
Illinois
Deneen
Kansas City
Frank C. Lowden
William Hale Thompson
Coolidge Thompson
Smith
Extend Entry Date For Big Kite Contest
Entries for the kite contest to be held Saturday afternoon at Riverview Park have been slow. The boys department at Elyria YMCA reports several hundred have asked for kite lumber but only about thirty have submitted entry applications. The date extension continues with entries due by nine o clock Friday night at the Y. List of applicants includes William Denger Walter Thompson Ted Underill Wendell Perkins Carl Rainey Marnest Seabold Thomas Reese Eiry Joseph Van Coven Harry Glick Charles Melton Billy McClellan Richard Upton Rodney Lyndon John Thorston Herbert Young Joseph Boki Donald Emerson Robert Emerson Charles Walrath Jack West Victor Ross Leo Wicks George Jacob Nelson Ver Soy Clyde Hoffmar Lewis Ver Soy Joseph Rogler Frank Wolts John Pryski LaHorce Benton.
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Riverview Park
Htse
Boys’ Department
Elyria Ymoca
William Denger
Walter Thompson
Ted Underlill
Wendell Perkins
Carl Rainey
Marnest Seabold
Thomas Reese
Eiery Joseph van Coven
Harry Glick
Charles Melton
Billy McClellan
Richard Upton
Rodney Lyndon
John Thorston
Herbert Young
Joseph Boki
Donald Emerson
Robert Emerson
Charles Walrath
Jack West
Victor Ross
Leo Wicks
George Jacob
Nelson Ver Soy
Clyde Hoffmar
Lewis Ver
Joseph Rogler
Frank Wolts
John Pryski
LaHorce Benton
Germans and Irishman attempt first westward North Atlantic flight
April 12 Galway reports the Bremen, a Junkers monoplane, flew from Baldonnel toward Mitchell Field at 5:38 a m with Baron Gunther Von Huenfeld Captain Hermann Koehl and Commandant James Fitzmaurice aboard. They aim for New York in about 36 hours, carrying limited gear and no life buoys or radio, hopeful despite poor visibility and strong headwinds.
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Baldonnel
Dublin
North Atlantic
Bremen
Baldonnel Field
Mitchell Field
L. 1
Heaven
Baron Gunther von Huenfeld
Hermann Koehl
James Fitzmaurice
Irish Free State Air
Junkers
Elsie Mackay
Walter Hinchliffe
L. J
New York
Free State
Fitzmaurice
Ireland
Koehl
Germany
Newfoundland
North America
Plans EllenT Airdrome On OgcAn Plans EllenT Airdrome On OgCan
A syndicate led by Edward R Armstrong plans eight Atlantic airdromes to provide 36 hour plane service between United States and Europe. Armstrong, a Dupont consulting engineer, has pursued the project two years. The first station, anchored 400 miles off the Delaware Capes, may be ready by next spring and costs about 2.5 million dollars. Vivanciers and rail and shipping officials back the plan. Each station will include a hotel, weather bureau, and radio. Landing surface measured 300 by 1200 feet.
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New York
Atlantic
United States
Europe
Edward R Armstrong
Armstrong
Dupont Company of Delaware
Delaware Capes
Nevt
Vivanciers
Bremen Flight Faces Squalls Near North America
The trans Atlantic airplane Bremen may run into squalls as it nears North America. Winds are reported along the course with strongest exposure on the eastern half. Rain is noted on the western leg and squalls have reached about 30 miles per hour.
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London
Bremen
Air Ministry
Smith Trial Indefinitely Postponed
The trial of Wilson Smith in a case tied to Prohibition and possession allegations was postponed indefinitely this morning in the court. Details were unclear due to fragmented OCR text, but the case involved state action and prior acquittal on related counts. A formal next date was not announced.
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Wilson Smith
O. BE
George
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Robert E Crowe
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