Senate Clashes Over Buchanan Bible Bill In Tight Vote
Facing a bitter, hours long duel the Ohio Senate debated the Buchanan Bible Bill. An amendment by Senator C C Chapnelear would require Bible reading only after local boards approve. it passed 18 to 17 then failed on reconsideration 17 to 18 with Homer A Ramey correcting his vote.
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Columbus
State Senate
Senate
C. C. Chapnelear
Pickaway
Boards of Education
Homer A. Ramey
Lucas
Ramey
Bomb explosion during Sofia funeral kills 140
In Sofia Bulgaria on April 17 a bomb blast at the Sveti Kral Cathedral during the assassination funeral of General Kostas Gheorgheff killed 140 people and wounded about 2060. Martial law is declared nationwide as chaos follows with the prison director killed and several generals among the dead.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Sveti Kral
Kosta Gheorghuieff
Datdoff
Ner 20Ff
Koloushett
State Helps County Fund Huntington Road Widening
State Highways allocates 20000 dollars to pair with county funds to widen and resurface 1 3 4 miles in Huntington Township north of Sullivan. County officials plan to meet in Columbus on the 25th with the Highway Department to discuss state road plans for the year. Bids open May 4 for 1 10 mile concrete and bituminous section on Butternut Ridge and for 1 12 miles of bituminous road on North Ridge Brownhelm from the west county line east.
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Department of State Highways
Huntington Township
Sullivan
Columbus
Highway Department
West Hill
Mill Hollow
Henrietta
Butternut Ridge
North Ridge
Brownhelm
West County Line
Wheeler Trial: Clashes Between Lawyers Mark Proceedings
Great Falls Montana April 17 government and defense lawyers clashed over documents during Senator B Q Wheeler’s trial on charges of misusing his senatorial office. Chief counsel Walsh objected to presentation of oil and gas permit documents by US Attorney Slattery amid heated exchanges. Also police searched for an hour for a man suspected of robbing the Canfield Oil Station at East Avenue and Second Street. no details on what was taken.
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Great Falls
Mont
B. Q. Wheeler
Montana
Senator Walsh
Wheeler
John L. Slattery
United States
B. J. Stankard
P. J. Crean
Canfield
East Avenue
Second Street
Traffic Accident Expenses Reach 1924 Record
Washington reports 1924 traffic losses exceed 106 million dollars with 23 000 deaths including 10 000 children and 700 000 permanent injuries. Secretary Hoover plans a national safety council with 1000 delegates to push uniform laws and stricter enforcement nationwide.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Hoover
National Safety Council
Decemer
J. H. McKaffferty
Hoover
Pigs Still Pigs In Kansas City Fight Over Garbage Contract
In Kansas City Missouri on April 17 residents protest a new garbage contract proposing feeding hogs in a district. They threaten an injunction if the mayor does not act amid ongoing dispute over the plan and public health concerns.
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Kansas City
Parker
Cabinet of eleven radical Socialists named in new French government
Paris April 17. President Doumergue receives a cabinet list presented by Paul Painleve containing eleven radical Socialists, three former premiers and five ex-ministers. Painleve plans to present the new ministers to the Chamber of Deputies Tuesday with Caillaux as finance chief and Laval among others.
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Caillaix
Paris
Doumergue
Paul Painleve
Chamber of Deputis
Chamber of Deputies
Joseph Caillaux
Aristide Briand
School Dances Resume Today at Local High School
Dances resumed this afternoon in the high school gym under faculty supervision. A student committee Dorothy Shaw Franklyn Stearns Tom Anspacher and Ida May Morgan arranged the event with school authorities granting permission. Music will be provided by the Worth Collegiate Orchestra made up of high school students.
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Dorothy Shaw
Franklyn Stearns
Tom Anspacher
Ida May Morgan
Worth Collegiate Orchestra
Hiker from Portland Passes Chronicle-Telegram Visit
Pete Prenderggast of Portland Oregon, a former soldier hiking to Newark New Jersey, stopped at the Chronicle-Telegram office. He has traveled two-thirds of the continent since February 3, has worn out seven pairs of shoes, and will finish his trip by June visiting American Legion posts along the way.
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Pete Prenderggast
Portland
Ore
Newark
N. J
Chronicle-Telegram
American Legion
Elyria
Prenderggast
Ohio Girl Marries Wealthy Broker in Quick City Ceremony
April 17 in New York a ten minute marriage at the marriage license bureau joined Doug Kent a wealthy broker and Miss Margaret Chaffee of Troy Ohio. Kent had recently divorced his first wife Marion Jenkins Kent at Reno with alimony and child support obligations. Police investigated a late night prowler report near 424 Middle Avenue as two men fled into shrubbery before officers arrived.
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New York
Douglas Kent
Margaret Chaffee
Troy
Ohio
Kent
Marion Jenkins Kent
Reno
Fell
Charles Fell
Middle Avenue
Prestige of U S Diplomatic Service Rises with Career Men
The foreign service gains prestige as merit based appointments replace political ones. Eighteen career diplomats now serve as ambassadors or ministers, selected from the State Department and trained in diplomacy, including William Phillips Belgium Edwin V Morgan Brazil Lewis Einstein Czecho Slovakia William V Russell Dominican Republic Erwin R Laughlin Greece Arthur Baully Blanchard Hall Henry Fletcher Italy Fred Morris Dearing Portugal Montgomery Schuyler Salvador H Percival Dodge Robert Woods Buss Sweden Hugh S Gibson Switzerland Ulysses Grant Smith Uruguay Charles Wilson Bukharia George T Summerlin Honduras Peter Augustus Jay Argentina Charles C Eberhardt Nicaragua John Van A. MacMurray China Alanson B Houghton ambassador to Berlin Gould Schurman to Germany.
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State Department
Foreign Service
Houghton
William Phillips
Belgium
Edwin V. Morgan
Brazil
Lewis Einstein
Czecho- Slovakia
William V. Russell
Domnican Republic
Erwin R. Laughlin
Greece
Arthur Baully- Blanchard
Hall
Henry F Fletcher
Italy
Fred Morris Dearing
Portugal
Montgomery Schuyler
Salvador
H. Percival Dodge
Judge-Slavia
Robert Woods Buss
Sweden
Hugh S. Gibson
Switzerland
Ulysses Grant Smith
Uruguay
Charles
Builders Make No Plan for Union
Delegates of the Lorain County Building and Trades Council and the Elyria independent council held a meeting at Paint ers hall last night. No agreement was reached on affiliation. A further conference is planned, with a county and city delegates meeting set for April 29 to decide on uniting the organizations. The Elyria council reportedly opposes joining the county body, while the county group pursues overtures toward a union.
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Lorain County Building and Trades Council
Elyria Independent Council
Painters’ Hall
Elyria Builders
Elyria Council
County Council
Family of Five Killed in Fire in Marshfield Apartment
An apartment fire in Marshfield killed a family of five including Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Mopps and their children Vernon 17 Herman 10 and Ruth 13. The blaze broke out early today and all occupants perished.
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Marshfield
Ogn
Fabled Fountain of Youth Found for Animal Life
Washington April 17 The fabled fountain of youth found by entomologist Dr A C Baker of the Department of Agriculture shows that starved lower life forms can be indefinitely prolonged. Scientists like C M Child and J S Huxley discuss implications for humans while warning that human biology remains far more complex.
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International News Service
Washington
A C Baker
Department of Agriculture
C. M. Child
University of California
J. 8. Huxley
Huxley
Dr. Baker
Child
Baker
Tian
Confesses Theft On Pension After forty Years of Service
Paris, April 17. Charles More, after twenty five years as chief clerk at a Rue St. Anne brokerage, confessed to stealing over 8 million francs from his employer. He said gambling on the stock exchange began twenty years earlier, and continued losses led to embezzlement to fund a country home and a car. He confessed upon receiving his pension.
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Paris
Rue St. Anne
Charles More
Morel
Stock Exchange
Indict Elva An Pato Daughter Miss Jones Charged
Miss Lucille Jones twenty of Lorain and William Monschein of Elyria were indicted by the grand jury. Jones faces two indictments one for inducing Ethel Kun to stray and another for procuring and soliciting Menscher for improper relations with Kun. Monschein faces one set of charges.
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Lucille Jones
Wm. Monschein
T. Howard Jones
Lorain
William Monschein
Elyria
Miss Jones
Ethel Kun
William Menscher
Lorain Cantata Broadcast From WGBL Remote
Elyria station WGBL aired the cantata Our Living Lord from Lorain with a 50 voice chorus and 24 piece orchestra conducted by Earl H. Schuller. Soloists included Mrs Caroline Lee and Charles Patterson, with support from Lorain and Elyria telephone crews and station staff. opening of WGBL set for April 23.
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Elyria Radio Association
WGBL
Lorain
Earl H. Schuller
Carline Lee
Charles Patterson
Paul Kleefeld
Warren Hook
Lorain Telephone Co
Mr. Gilchrist
Elyria Telephone Co
Irv. Geitgey
al Ernst
Rawson Stark
L W. Perkins
Earl Jolly
Alec Aust
Frank Aust
Freight Rates Held Too High Move By ICC Sets New Scale
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled current freight charges on manufactured iron and steel in carloads from Pittsburgh District points to St Louis and Illinois and Indiana destinations were unreasonable. It mandated a revised rate schedule from six cents per 100 pounds for short hauls to 42 cents for long hauls, effective distances ranging five miles to 640 miles and over.
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Washington
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Villinois
Indiana
Interstate Commerce Commission
Service Director Named Chair of Streets Committee
Service Director James A. Hewitt was named chairman of the Streets Committee of the Conference of Ohio Municipalities where Mayor Clayton Townes of Cleveland presides. Other committee members include J. Paul Long, mayor of Centerbury. F. Taylor, service director of Newark. and A. F. Robinson, mayor of Marysville. Appointment made by the conference's executive committee.
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James A. Hewitt
Conference of Ohio
Clayton Townes
Cleveland
J. Paul Long
Centerbury
F. Taylor
Newark
A. F. Robinson
Marysville
Ohio senator contemplates reconsidering Bloom U C vote
In Columbus on April 17, Senator Will R. Comings Lorain signaled he would switch to supporting Earl D Bloom Bowling Green for the State Utilities Commission if the issue is revived He also said backers could seek reconsideration but three other senators might still oppose confirmation. Senate Republican leader Joseph R Gardner doubted any reconsideration would pass predicting a larger defeat than the 17 to 18 result.
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Columbus
Senate
Donahey
Earl D. Bloom
Bowling Green
State Utilities Commission
Will R. Comings
Lorain
International News Service Today
Comings
Joseph R. Gardner
House to Repass Vetoed 11 Appropriations for State Universities
Governor vetoed eleven appropriations totaling $1,790,335 for state universities and normal schools. Speaker Harry D. Silver said the items will be passed again, naming campuses and specific project funds including Bowling Green, Kent, Ohio University, and Ohio State University. The House may back a water supply committee extension for the Elyria Grafton site with a $3,000 expense boost.
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Donahey
Harry D. Silver
House
Bowling Green Normal
Kent Normal
Ohio University
Ohio State University
Pomerone
Silver
Will R. Comings
Lorain
Grafton Farm
Elyria
Senate
Six Bills Become Law At Midnight In Ohio
Six bills became law when Gov. Donahey failed to act within 10 days, transferring divorce jurisdiction to common pleas in Cleveland, enabling audits of taxpayers holdings, fixing state highway weight limits, allowing special county taxes for fairs, permitting .55 mill levies for city universities, and authorizing land for school use in Akron Toledo and Cincinnati.
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Acton
Gov
Donahey
Walther - Marshall Bull
Cleveland
Common Pleas
Gordon
Logan
Liles
Huron
Forney
Hancock
Dodd
Lucas
Akron
Toledo
Cincinnati
Krueger
Cuyahoga
Lorain County Reorganization Bill Moves to 16th District
The House last night passed a bill to transfer Lorain County from the 14th to the 16th Congressional district. The measure aims to reorganize district boundaries within the state.
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Elyria
Lorain
Congression County
Republicans press 37 bills to override Governor Taft attack
Plan to pass 37 program bills over Governor Donahey's veto hits the Ohio House. Hamilton leads a Republican counterattack as Taft accuses Donahey of listening to unofficial advisers. The House passes the gasoline tax bill 95 to 24. Taft accuses the Governor of abusing constitutional power and blocking legislation. Continued on Page 2.
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Donahey
Robert A. Taft
Hamilton
House
Taft
Tait
Ohio
Drunken Driver Fined Before Mayor Hickson
Severin Ott, 43, of 42 S Summer Street, pleaded guilty to driving intoxicated before Mayor Hickson. He was fined 50 dollars and ordered jailed if the fine is not paid. Ott was arrested at West River and Hazel streets by Patrolmen Corbett Southam and Curtis Hamlin after an intoxicated drive. Ray Gould pleaded not guilty to driving while intoxicated. case continued to tomorrow morning. Martin Shinski of Lorain was fined 1 dollar and costs for failing to make a safety stop when entering Broad Street at West Avenue.
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Severin Ott
Summerstreet
Anette
Hickson
Ott
Patronsmen Corbett
Southam
Curtis Hamlin
West River
Hazel Streets
Ray Gould
Gould
George Walton
Broad Street
Martin Shinski
Lorain
Farmer Arrested in Morgan County Forest Fire
Martinsburg W Va April 17 Charles Shade a farmer was arrested today by Fire Warden J P Webster and jailed in default of bail charged with causing a forest fire that burned about 10000 acres of timber in Morgan county The loss is estimated at 100 000
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Charles Shade
J. P. Webster
Morgan County
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