Girls Included in Boys Week Program For First Time
The Boys Week committee at the Y M C A meeting announced girls will join the Elsha Boys Week activities this year marking a first. April 28 to May 4 were set for local observance aligned with National Boys Week. Friday May 3 was designated Girls Day, with various groups organizing events. Activities include church observances, parades, citizenship and industry days, safety day, and a weekend outdoors program led by Scouts and the Y M C A.
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Elsha
Knights of Columbus
DeMolays
Ministerial A Association
Columbia Club
Eagles
Gir's
Rotary
Kiwanis
Chamber of Commerce
Young Men‘s Club
Boy Scouts
Agenda Club
W. O. McClellan
Carl Niemeyer
Walter Kohn
National Committee
Elyria’s John N. Eidt Named City Service Director
John N. Eidt, a Elyria service director, began as an assistant engineer with the National Tube Company in 1916 after Tuain Western Montana work. He later joined Elyria in 1923, advancing from assistant city engineer to first assistant engineer and finally to service director on January 1, 1928. He is married and resides at 332 Princeton Avenue.
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John N. Eidt
Elyria
Montana
National Tube Company
Eldt
Princeton Avenue
WOT ENDORSES WORK OF HOOVER COOPER JONES AT LATIN COUNTY WCTU
Lorain County Woman's Christian Temperance Union endorsed President Herbert Hoover and Governor Myers Cooper and Senator Wesley Jones for stronger law enforcement. The mid year conference at Lorain Methodist church filled vacancies, approved donations to the Americanization Center, and planned state and national conventions.
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Herbert C. Hoover
Myers Y. Cooper
Wesley Jones
Lorain County
Lorain
Nellie M. Hil
Deane Burns
Elyria
F. A. Underhill
Amherst
Will
Findlay
Indianapolis
Lorain Americanization
Amherst Gurl Wins County Final Oratorical Contest
Ruth Zilch of Amherst won the county school final oratorical contest at Amherst High School and will represent Lorain county at the Northeastern Ohio district contest in Kent on April 26. She received a gold medal for her speech Mussolini Autocrat or Democrat. Mildred Bartter of Columbia township took second with Lee the American and a silver medal. Russell Buck of Wellington earned third with Our Problem and a bronze medal. Lois Sharp of Brownhelm township led the reading contest with Her First Ride in An Automobile and earned a first prize, followed by Mary Datil of Henrietta and Helen Zeroll of LaGrange in second and third. Reading winners do not advance to Kent due to no district reading contest. Amherst and Brownhelm schools will receive pennants for their students’ victories. Judges were Prof. B. L. Pierce of Sandusky, S. H. Babcock of the Medina county schools, and Philip Hoffman of Elyria High.
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Ruth Zilch
Amherst
Amherst High School
Lorain County
Ohio
Kent
Mildred Bartter
Columbia Township
Lee
Russell Buck
Wellington
Lois Sharp
Brownhelm Township
Mary Datil
Henrietta
Helen Zeroll
LaGrange
Brownhelm
Township
B. L. Pierce
Sandusky
5. H. Babcock
Medina County
Philip Hoffman
Elyria High School
Boy Scout Plunges to High School Death in Canyon
On April 12 at Chehalis Washington a Quartzite mountain tragedy ended with the rescue of five scouts and two men. Harold Steffenson fell hundreds of feet to the canyon floor while others clung to a narrow ledge. Deputy Sheriff Victor Brown led nightlong rescue efforts with bonfires and searchlights. A long rope lowered 300 feet aided the retrieval. scouts were hoisted in slings over the precipice.
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Chewalah
Washa
Harold Steffenson
Victor Brown
Jealous Husband Slays 18 Year Old Wife
AKRON Ohio April 13 Thomas Woods 24 related to police today described events leading to the killing of his 18 year old wife Mrs Woods. He said he returned home late found his wife missing and when she refused to say where she had been he threatened to shoot her. The bullet hit her in the forehead. Mrs Gladman and Richard Gladman witnessed the incident and Woods was jailed on a murder charge.
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Akron
Thomas Woods
Woods
Stetson Reported for Census District in Lorain Area
Attorney Frank Stetson, named for census supervisor in the district, said census headquarters in Washington placed Lorain Medina Wayne and Holmes counties in one district with headquarters at Elyria or Lorain. The district would hold about 200000 people from the 1920 census, with final appointment likely to go to Stetson’s Elyria rival, per political backers.
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Frank Stetson
Washington
Lorain
Medina
Wayne
Holmes
Elyria
Stetson
Standardization drive urged for Ohio school buses
The West Ridge Parent Teacher Association in Carlisle township calls for state legislation to standardize school buses statewide. They note many existing buses are conversions from celery trucks or stock wagons and lack proper health protections. County official E L Bailey backs the move, while a county survey led by E D Kelmer assesses Lorain’s bus situation.
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Ohio
Parent- Teacher Association
West Ridge
Carlisle Township
E. L. Bailey
Parent-Teacher Association
West Ridge Association
Bailey
Lorain County
E. D. Kelmer
Penfield Township
Three Children and Maid Die in Kalamazoo Fire
Kalamazoo Mich April 13 three young Curren children John 2 Marilyn 4 Claire 6 and an 18 year old maid were burned to death when fire destroyed the Curren home today.
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Kalamazoo, Mich
Leroy Curren
Curren
Read
John
Marilyn
Claire
Six Lorain prisoners arraigned in common pleas court
Six prisoners indicted by the Lorain county grand jury were arraigned before Common Pleas Judge. Francis O Connell pleaded guilty to carrying concealed weapons but said he took the gun from a child. Others entered not guilty pleas with various bond terms set. Criminal trials are scheduled to start next Tuesday.
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Lorain County Grand Jury
Common Pleas
A. R. Webber
Francis O'Connell
W. A. Thomas
Honda
John Miller
William O'Neill
James Malone
Merlin Brosky
Five suits filed in common pleas court this morn
Attorney General Bettman filed suit for Robert England deceased against 5. A. Tillotson for $1040.00 from 1927 Industrial Commission finding. Wilbert Vaubel seeks $10000 against E. W. Murphey after auto collision May 27, 1928 injuring him. Nick and Bertha Gratchen sue Richard Graupner Olof Bernhardt for $3070.34 on promissory notes. Maccar Company sues Bert Smith for $119.05 on note. J J Weiler collected $121.32 on cognovit note against Hans Nina Petersen. Judge A R Webber presided.
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Bettman
Industrial Commission of Ohio
Robert England
A. Tillotson
West Street
Elyria
Industrial Commission
Wilbert Vaubel
E. W. Murphey
Lakewood
J.J. Weiler
Hans
Nina Petersen
A. R. Webber
Taken For Ride Killed In Cicero
Two men were found shot to death today in a sedan behind the Western hotel in Cicero. Police said both victims were well dressed and appeared killed at least six hours earlier after being pursued by Officer George Price who found the bodies in the vehicle. Authorities suspect the men were taken for a ride and their bodies returned to Cicero to mislead investigators.
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Cicero
Ulletin
Chicago
George Price
Theft at Broad street dance hall report
Oscar Powell of Elyria reports a theft from a cloak room at a Broad street dance hall this morning. Missing are an overcoat a pair of gloves and a hat. Powell reported the loss to police.
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Oscar Powell
Elyria
R. D
Powell
Broad Street
Body of Herrick Returned Today to Native Soil
New York April 13 Ambassador Myron T Herrick is sent home to Cleveland for burial after a Paris death. The Tourville ferries his body ashore as Lindbergh arrives from Mexico City to attend memorial rites. Flags fly at half mast. Governor Roosevelt proclaims a day of mourning.
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New York
Myron T. Herrick
Jeruiser Tourville
France
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Paris
Lindbergh
Ambassador Herrick
Mexico City
Grand Central Terminal
Lake Shore
Albany
Franklin Roosevelt
McPherson Kidnapping Plot Deemed Hoax At Trial
Sacramento reports in the Hardy impeachment trial that Aimee Sempie McPherson’s 1926 surf to sand disappearance story is branded a hoax. Lorraine Sielaff testified that she and Judge Carlos B. Hardy framed a Miss X alibi, alleging McPherson lived with Kenneth Ormiston at Carmel by the Sea and that Hardy would use his office to back the claim.
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Sacramento
Cal
Aimee Sempie McPherson
Carlos B. Hardy
Lorraine Wiseman Sielaff
Seattle
Governor Signs Four Bills In Ohio Dispatch
Columbus Ohio April 13 Four measures passed by the general assembly were signed by Governor Cooper today. The acts include authorizing villages and townships to contract with neighboring cities for sewer protection and authorizing sale of ministerial land in Green township Hamilton county. Dayton sewer connections with the Dayton state hospital system are approved and a rear guard bill relieves county commissioners from erecting guard rails on state highway approaches. Ten-day window for final action on five more measures expired.
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Columbus
General Assembly
Cooper
Myers
Toledo
Dinsmore
Cincinnati
Green Township
Hamilton County
Stevens
Dayton
Dayton State Hospital
Contracts Awarded for Roof Repairs at Lorain Fair Grounds
Lorain County Agricultural Society awarded contracts Friday for a new asbestos shingle roof on the main horse barn to Sibley and Sprague and for grandstand roof repairs to the Carey Company. Wind damage to the grandstand has been repaired.
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Lorain County Agricultural Society
Sibley and
Sprague
Carey Company
Kiwanians Entertain Children at Gates Hospital
Elyria Kiwanis club choir led by Jim Armitage and Harland Brown sang for hospital youngsters. Russell Hadaway Laverne Lane Gene St Ma re Bill Struck performed and the group served ice cream and gave each child a toy.
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Gates Hospital
Elyria Kiwanis Club
Russell Hadaway
Laverne Lane
Gene St. Mare
Bill Struck
Kiwanians
Kiddies
Jim Armitage
Harland Brown
Cleveland prepares to pay final tribute to Herrick
Cleveland today prepared to pay its last sorrowful tribute to Myron T. Herrick late U S ambassador to France honoring him as citizen statesman and diplomat. Notables of state nation and other lands including France will participate in the memorial exercises marking his life and memory.
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Cleveland
Myron T. Herrick
U. S
France
Ufe
Personal property tax returns seen in good shape countywide
County Assessor C A Phinney reports personal property blanks are in good shape as returns were due Monday and may be filed until May 1 with a $100 exemption. After May 1 the exemption fee is not allowed. An expanded office staff and 35 deputy assessors will assist. owners urged to come in early to avoid end rush.
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C. A. Phinney
Phinney
Sheriff closes in on outlawed slot machines in Lorain County
In a county wide raid Sheriff Clarence E Adams found fifteen nickel mint vending slot machines in operation. Six were found in the southern section and the rest in the northern part. No arrests were made as operators were warned to remove them within five days. Machines located in cone stores grocer ies gas stations and roadhouses. Adams said he would not investigate Elyria and Lorain stores for now leaving that to city police. He warned that no slot machines would be tolerated and noted parents had complained about machines near schools.
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Lorain
Clarence E.adams
Adams
Elyria
Bunion Derby Runners Accused Of Hitch Hiking
Cambridge Ohio April 1 Two deputy sheriffs patrolling the national highway between Faires view and Cambridge report that several Pyle cross country bunion derby runners are not running between control stations. They say motorists hauled most runners to near Cambridge on the thirteenth lap from Wheeling West Virginia, noting one runner logged eight hours but rode much of the distance. Deputies Gracy and Bird claim a split in the field with organized runners opposing hitchhikers.
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Cambridge
Fairesview
Thomas Gracy
Cc. C. Bird
Wheeling
W. Va
Camybridge
Tony
Measles Waning as Scarlet Fever Reports Decline
Sanitary Police reported seven scarlet fever cases indicating a possible outbreak. Officer F H Williams noted indications of a scarlet fever epidemic but with reports easing, no new cases since Thursday. He said measles epidemic, totaling over 300 cases, is nearly subsiding with only occasional new infections.
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F. H. Williams
Uas
Williams
Youngstown Bank Closes Under Liquidation Order
Columbus reports the banking department announced that Union Buildings Bank of Youngstown has closed for liquidation. Assets were frozen as part of the action taken today April 18.
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Youngstown Bank
Columbus
Ings Bank of Youngstown
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Don Kays
Ohio State University Animal Husbandry Department
Verna Knight
Washington State College
National Collegiate Players
Hoover, Cooper, Jones
H. D. Bedford
Amherst Gurl
BOY Scout
Canyon
Antatgnel
Common Pleas Court
Herrick
Col. Lindbergh
Aimee
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