Leaders at Odds on Program in Hoover Congress
Washington reports show a split between Republicans and Democrats as the new Hoover era begins. The farm bill dispute centers on a $500,000,000 government revolving fund for farm cooperatives, while the Senate eyes a debated debenture plan and a House bill moves Wednesday. Both chambers prepare for organized action in the first session since 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Hoover
Capitol
House
Senate
Wall Street
Gann
Agriculture Committee
Federal Farm Board
Harding
Trial of Cleveland Councilman Potter Opens in Bribery Case
Cleveland councilman William E. Potter goes on trial charged with soliciting a bribe and using office for personal gain. Jury selection delays start of testimony. prosecutors say Potter solicited $200 from contractor Jacob Winer to influence city property purchases.
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Cleveland, D
Aupunl
Wm. E. Potter
Cleveland
Ray T. Miller
Potter
Abraham
Jack Winer
Jacob Winer
Elyria Seeks Leader C P Shively Career Path
When 21, C P Shively then a liberal arts student at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware played football and trained as a teacher. He taught in Washington Court House and Springfield, led Troy High School, and in 1924 became Elyria High School principal. He is married with two children and lives at 320 Cornell Avenue.
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C. P. Shively
Elyria
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware
Washington Court House
Springfield
Troy
Ohio
Shively
Cornell Aveya
Governor vetoes salary raising measures in Ohio
Governor Myers Y. Cooper vetoes the Emmons and Wise bills passed by the general assembly. The Wise measure creates a deputy state treasurer and increases salaries for top assistant attorneys general. The Emmons bill extends vocational training for deaf, dumb, and blind students under the education department.
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Columbus
Myers Y. Cooper
Emmons
Wise
General Assembly
Department of Education
Sandusky County Judge Hears Cages Here
Judge Arthur W. Overmyer of the Sandusky County Common Pleas Court sat in Elyria and will hear several Lorain county cases. The first was the suit by Women's Savings and Loan Co of Cleveland against Ruth E. Lieberman over an Avon Lake Village allotment. Proceedings began in January 1927 and have involved extensive litigation. Judge Overmyer will depart Wednesday and return Thursday to hear cases that cannot be tried by Common Pleas Judges A. R. Webber and W. B. L. Thompson.
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Arthur W. Overmyer
Sandusky County
Overmyer
Common Pleas
A. R. Webber
W. B L. Thompson
Conference of Older Boys Delegates Meet at Amherst Church
Delegations from nine Lorain county towns will attend the County Older Boys Christian Conference at the First Congregational church in Amherst on Saturday afternoon and evening. Hi-Y clubs may send ten delegates, others five. registration is 1 to 1:30 pm. sessions begin with an opening song service and roll call, followed by devotional led by Rev. Edwin Kirby.
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Lorain County
First Congregational Church
Amherst
the Church
Edwin Kirby
Elyria First M. E
J. P. Seitters
Loraine
Grant
Fellowship Circle of Prayer
Berlin Heights widow accepts 10000 settlement in bus crash case
Norwalk April 15 Mrs John Kingi of Berlin Heights Ohio says she will take a ten thousand dollar settlement from the Lake Shore Electric Railway Company and the Greyhound Bus Company for her husband killed in the interurban car bus crash near Bellevue last January twenty second.
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Norwalk
John Kingi
Berlin Heights
Bellevue
Lake Shore Electric Railway Company
Greyhound Bus Company
Large Balloon Forced Down at Amherst
A balloon designated T-341 carrying a pilot and five Detroit passengers descends and lands in a field behind the Ackerman home in Amherst Ohio. None were injured. the six men departed by truck and train back to Detroit amid onlookers.
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Amherst
Detroit
Cleveland
Ackerman
Elyria Avenue
Five Lorain Co. Men Apply for Bar Exam Privilege
Five applications for the privilege of taking the Ohio State Bar examination were referred by the supreme court to the Lorain County Bar Association this morning. Names submitted for investigation include James B. Lilley of Grafton John C. Standen of Lorain Fred G. Ferguson of Elyria Leo B. Vivant of Lorain and Charles J. Snoble of Elyria. County Prosecutor Don W. Myers chairs the investigating committee.
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Supreme Court
Lorain County Bar Association
James B. Lilley
Grafton
John C. Standen
Lorain
Fred G. Ferguson
Elyria
Leo B. Vivant
Charles J. Snoble
Don W. Myers
Stetson to Talk on Elections at Club Meeting
Frank A. Stetson head of the Worain County Board of Elections will discuss elections and the new Ohio law at the Young Men's Club meeting at the YMCA Monday night.
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Stetson
Young Men's Club
Ohio
Frank A. Stetson
Worain County
Justin asks court to construe late John B H Justin will
John H Justin executor files petition in common pleas court to obtain true construction of the will of John B H Justin of Berlin Heights. The filing seeks judicial clarification of the testator's directives and rightful distribution of estate assets.
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John B. H. Justin
Berlin Heights
Common Pleas Court
John H. Justin
Two Arrests in Restaurant Battle
Police court heard two men arraigned on disorderly conduct after a Sunday fight at Central Restaurant on Broad Street. John Brustow and Frank Raitz faced charges. Brustow pleaded not guilty with trial set for Tuesday. Raitz pleaded guilty and paid a fine and costs.
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Central
Broad Street
John Brustow
Toledo
Brunston
Frank Raitz
Brunston Works
Raitz
Ditch Case Appeal Lost by Commissioners
The district court of appeals upheld the common pleas court ruling for L. C. and Carl Bates and others against the county commissioners over the Hueneditch dispute. Prosecutor Don Myers appealed. State commissioner H P Townsend will speak at Elyria High School Wednesday morning at the auditorium.
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District Court of Appeals
Common Pleas Court
L. C
Carl Bates
Don Myers
H. P. Townsend
Columbus
Elyria High School
C. P. Shively
Boy Found Napping Under Hen Roost After River Search
Five year old Sam Polen vanished Sunday afternoon sparking a two hour search by parents neighbors and the sheriff. The river near his Jackson road home was dragged with a fire department boat. A deputy found him under a hen roost about 75 feet from the home awakening from a nap and greeting the awaiting responders.
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Sam Polen
Sam
Jackson Road
Pleads Guilty To Robbery In Lorain Incident
Albert Jones, a Lorain resident, pleaded guilty to robbing the Home Furniture Company on Lodi Street of about 200 dollars in clothes Thursday night. Sheriff Clarence E. Adams and deputies arrested him after a two day search near Stop 7 on the Yellow Line.
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Stop 7
Yellow Line
Albert Jones
Lorain
Home Furniture Company
Lodi Street
Jones
Clarence E. Adams
James A. Hewitt
Grand
Adams
Stop 7 District
Walkden
Elyria
Ernest Oldage
Twenty-eighth Street
Deupty Oldage
Tey
Cleveland
Fire ignites shingles at Barchard home on Harwood Street
Sparks from a chimney set ablaze the shingle roof at William Barchard’s residence 119 Harwood Street on Sunday. Engine Company No. 2 and Hose Company No. 1 answered to the alarm. The fire was quenched with soda acid chemicals. Axes were employed to remove some shingles.
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William Barchard
Harwood Street
Engine Company No. 2
Keep Alive by Artificial Respiration at Memorial Hospital
Frank Chismier, 35, remained on artificial respiration at Memorial Hospital today as three doctors, three nurses, and two firemen worked at his bedside. Taken ill at 4:45 a.m., he lapsed into coma after X rays showed no fractures. Police say he was beaten by his brother in law on April 7 after a quarrel with his wife, and the ward notes a discolored eye as the only external sign. The hospital superintendent said a ten day life support is possible. the staff will continue round-the-clock shifts to keep him alive until lab treatment can be given. Chismier resides at 345 West Street and works as a mover.
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Frank Chismier
Memorial Hospital
Chismier
John R. Mannix
W. N. Bates
Mannix
Joe Sheskey
Chestnut Street
Sheskey
James A. Hewitt
West Street
Four Bandits Take $10000 From Dayton Dry Goods
Four bandits slugged and bound nightwatchman George Comer then pried open a Dayton Dry Goods safe and escaped with $10000. Comer freed himself after five hours and, with manager S J Lightman, reported the robbery to police. The crooks used crowbars to pry the safe open.
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Dayton. O
Dayton Dry Goods Company
George Comer
S. J. Lightman
Comer
Lightman
Plane crash pilot survives. co-pilot injured in Missouri crash
National guardsmen found Lieut. Sharpley Gray dead after leaping from a stalled plane near Gumbo. His parachute failed to open. Captain William J. Wilmer, the pilot, escaped with severe injuries as the aircraft crashed in underbrush en route from Jefferson City to St. Louis.
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Tilot
Gumbo
National Guardsmen
Lieut
Sharpley Gray
Here
St. Louis
Jefferson City
William J. Wilmer
Lindbergh Faces Grief On Herrick Train Return
Charles Lindbergh appeared careworn and tired as he stepped from the Myron T. Herrick funeral train at East Side station in Cleveland. The aviator mourned the loss of a father figure, greeting friends in the club car during a 1 hour 25 minute stop before exiting to view Ambassador Herrick’s body.
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Cleveland
Charles Augustus Lindbergh
Myron T. Herrick
East Side
New York Central
Lindbergh
David St. Ingalls
the Navy
Aeronautics
Ambassador Herrick
Elyria Pays Tribute to Myron T Herrick in Silence
Elyria observed a five minute moment of silence from 10:30 to 10:33 to honor the late Myron T. Herrick, Lorain County native and former ambassador to France. Flags flew at half mast citywide, the post office lowered its flag, and schools, offices, and homes joined in sorrow as Cleveland began funeral services.
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Elyria
Myron T. Herrick
Lorain County
United States
France
Washington
Cleveland
O Connell Sent To Toledo Workhouse
Francis OConnell pleaded guilty to carrying concealed weapons and was sentenced to three months in the Toledo workhouse by Judge Webber after further investigation. He claimed he took a gun from a child playing with it in a house he was visiting.
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Francis O'Connell
Common Pleas
A. R. Webber
Toledo
Webber
O'Connell
Traffic violators tagged over week end police report
Forty three violators received police tags during the week end and must appear at police headquarters to pay two dollars per card. Police Chief E J Stankard said this was the most thorough round up since the crusade began. Most tags were placed on cars with improper lighting usually lacking tail lights. Breck Lutes of Middletown Ohio, 29, convicted of murder, was sentenced to prison without hope of pardon after a hold up at the Pelican Club in 1928. An airplane piloted by Hawke wrecked near Manchester but both men aboard were uninjured.
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E. J. Stankard
Slater
Cincinnati
Breck Lutes
Middletown
Ohio
Peter Dumele
North College
Pelican Club
Thomas HA. M. Darby
Funeral for Myron T. Herrick Draws Thousands in Cleveland
Thousands attend the funeral at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral for Myron T. Herrick, former ambassador to France. Dignitaries from city, state, and nation fill the vast edifice as Herrick’s life from farm boy to international figure is recalled. Col Lindbergh and Gov. Myers Cooper attend. Herrick’s family stands nearby. the service honors his humble, workaday ethos and service to America and France. No. 1 continued on Page 2.
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Cleveland
Myron T. Hererick
France
Trinity
Episcopal
Myron T. Herrick
Sea
Young Flyer
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Herrick
le Bourget Field
Lindy
Myers ¥. Cooper
Myron
T. Herrick
Department of State
Washington
Amt
Mri. Ee Mrg
Parmely Herrick
Paris
Joan of Arc
Lafayette
Foch
Wellington remembers late ambassador Myron T Herrick
Wellington citizens gathered at the opera house for a memorial service honoring Myron T Herrick. Kiwanis president A R Branson presided as students performed, biographical sketches were read, and local leaders and veterans attended. Business houses closed for the hour long tribute to a beloved local figure.
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Wellington
Myron T. Hererick
Opera House
A. R. Branson
Kiwanis Club
Charles Record
Herrick Memorial Library
Messrs
Harry and
Ire Lee
W. J. Powell
Edgar Drake
C. T. Jamieson
Lillian Johnson
Fred Sponseller
H. G. Earl
The
American Legion
Oberlin College
Kiwanis
Hantington Townships
Franklin Jones
Woman's Afternoon Club
Ed Wists
Abersole
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Cleveland Solon
Sandusky
Curtis
Charles Curtis
Bay
Bandits
Dayton
O’connell
Manchester
Hawke
Russell Carringan
John McClay
Department of Ohio
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