Levee Reinforcement Near Knowlton Amid Flood Threat
Dumas Arkansas April 19 reports that Knowlton levee work by Steinberg Engineering shows flood danger decreasing as government engineers and crews push sandbags and lumber to seal a breach. In Memphis manpower and materials rise to reinforce the main river levee ten miles north of Cocomo circle, with water cresting near the top in wide breaches and potential inundation of thousands of acres if the levee fails.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi River
Cocoma Circle
Arkansas
Helena
Old time foreman fades as new leaders emerge
T P Pearman of Peoria told 190 Elyria foremen and executives at the YMCA April meeting about the shift from strike era bosses to modern leaders. He traced industry from cave man to today, cited U S wealth and auto telephony stats, and urged cooperation among capital management and labor.
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T. P. Pearman
Peoria
Ilinois
Elyria Foremen’s Club
Pearman
Elyria
United States
Ohio
Europe
Howard Barbour Early Career and Life Summary
Howard Barbour graduated from Pratt Institute at 21 and joined the American Brass Company in Waterbury Connecticut. He moved to Elyria in 1909 to work for Dean Electric, joined the International Pulp Stone Company in 1913 as treasurer and has remained with the firm since. He is married and resides at 229 Ohio Street. his hobby is golf.
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Howard Barbour
Pratt Institute of Technology
New York
American Brass Company
Waterbury
Connecticut
Elyria
Dean Electric Company
International Pulp Stone Company
Barboy
Ohio Street
Elyria Community Service Council elects new officers
The Elyria Community Service Council elected A C Hudnutt as president and John Parsch as vice president along with J E Thatcher secretary and Karl Plocher treasurer. The retiring leaders Stevens and Moise did not seek reappointment and a six member executive committee was formed. A two year president limit was adopted and plans to present service certificates were approved. Moise reported 1929 collections on track and expenses under budget with $2,600 still outstanding obligations remaining.
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Elyria
T. N. Cook
Charles Tucker
F. A. Smythe
J. B. Seward
George Stevens
T. L. Moise
Hudnutt
Stevens
Moise
Fauver
Charles W. Seiberling
Akron Thre
Akron
German Mark Slumps to 4.217 to Dollar in Relief Effort
Berlin April 19 The German mark fell to 4.22 per dollar in the greatest plunge since stabilization in November 1923. The Reichsbank reportedly sold foreign currency to steady the rate at about 4.217, with further intervention expected on foreign markets amid the reparations crisis in Paris.
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Berlin
Paris
Richsbank
Reichsbank
Gracksmen Slug Watchman in $4,000 Gas Station Heist
Two youths knocked out the Indian Oil Company night watchman Stanley Winwski in Cleveland. They blew two safes with nitroglycerin and escaped with $2,000 cash and $2,000 in checks, after binding him and cutting the telephone wires. The loot tied to the companys gasoline-station sales and a gas tax increase.
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Cleveland
Indian Oil Company
Stanley Winwski
Winwski
Garfield Heights
Wiawski
Youth Enters Home Shot To Death
Lancaster bulletin reports 16 year old James Austin, a Cleveland youth who escaped from Boys Industrial School, was shot and killed when he entered Clarence Dufner’s home six miles south of Lancaster. Dufner says Austin attacked with a wrench, fled, then was shot as he fled. body identified by Superintendent Harsh. Sheriff says shooting justified.
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Lancaster
James Austin
Cleveland
Clarence Dufner
Here
Dufner
A. R. Harsh
Austin
Sessler
Ohio Frost Hits State With Light Crop Damage
Ohio faced frost across the state with minimal crop losses, though Youngstown saw temperatures down to 25 degrees harming early peaches plums and apples. Central and southern Ohio topped at 33 degrees while northern areas recorded 27 degrees as officials note potential minor fruit damage. Merlin Brosky of Lorain was indicted for possession of burglary tools and pleaded guilty with sentence postponed to April 29.
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Columbus
Ohio
Youngstown
Merlin Brosky
Lorain
Common Pleas Court
W. B. Thompson
Sulety
Frosts Have Done Little Damage In Lorain County
C E Rowland county farm extension head said light frosts have not harmed Lorain county fruit seriously. He noted much of the peach crop was damaged earlier and is not being affected further, and he hopes for minimal further losses.
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Lorain County
C. E. Rowland
County Farm
Cascade Park Aims to Open May First With Upgrades
Cascade Parks readies the summer season with a fresh paint job on playground equipment. Park Warden Tom Monroe directs conditioning of the baseball diamond and tennis courts. Park Board member Carl Muller pushes for canoes for a new lagoon at Elyford, with Tucker ordering a canoe and a Maine manufacturer offering a lower price. The lagoon will be 2 to 3 feet deep and a life boat will be added before use. Driveway repairs and parkway opening are planned.
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Cascade Park
Cascade Parks
Tom Monroe
Park Board
Carl Muller
Elyford
Muller
Charles Tucker
Old Towne
Maine
County toge share of gas tax increase
Lorain County will gain about 40000 dollars from the new state gas tax. A state letter to the Lorain County Board of Commissioners says distribution to counties begins around August 10, with two cents per gallon set aside for highway construction. Total annual tax revenue is about 17.6 million dollars, 80 percent controlled by the state, 20 percent split among counties, cities, and townships for specific road projects, municipal distributions, and township use.
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Lorain County
Lorain
Accident Victim Mrs Coleman Tries to Save Daughter
In North Olmsted Ohio on April 19 Mrs Leonard Coleman was gravely injured when she reached for her four year old daughter who was sliding from a moving auto. Both women fell to the street but were not run over. Mrs Coleman remains unconscious at Berea hospital with doctors noting a possible skull fracture and preparing further X rays.
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North Olmsted
Leonard Coleman
Coleman Auto
Berea Hospital
Final attempt to save reparations conference in Paris
Late news bulletins report secret high level talks in Paris as delegates from major powers convened at the Hotel George to salvage the reparations conference. Attendees included Owen D Young and Thomas W Lamont with Hjalmar Schacht, Sir Josiah Stamp, M Quesnay, and Alberto Pirelli summoned.
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Paris
George W. Owen D. Young
Thomas W. Lamont
J. P. Morgan
Hjalmar Schacht
Josiah Stamp
England
M. Quesnay
France
Alberto Pirelli
Italy
Missing McConnell blamed for embezzlement at McKinley bank
Carter C. McConnell, treasurer of McKinley Savings & Loan, is sought as a fugitive after a warrant charges embezzlement of about 100000. Mayor Marshall pursued him toward the Canadian border while bank officials vow a full audit and assure depositors' funds are safe.
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Niles
Carter C. McConnell
McKinley Savings & Loan Company
Justice
George O. Marshall
Niagara Falls
McConnell
Marshall
State Division of Building and Loan Companies
Frank J. Thomas
Thomas
City Free From Sickness
The city reports a sharp decline in measles and scarlet fever. Sanitary Police Officer F H Williams says no scarlet fever cases since the month began, while measles are scarce because no material remains to spread them.
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F. H. Williams
County Commissions to Confer on Road Improvement
The Board of County Commissioners of Erle county will meet with Lorain county commissioners in Elyria on Thursday May 2 to discuss a proposed improvement of a county line road. The Erle county commissioners requested the meeting.
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Board of County Commissioners of
Erle County
Elyria
Lorain County
Rothgary Ditch
Board of
Lorain County Commissioners
Sheffield Lake Village
East City Quietly Prepares For Clean-Up Week
Service Director John N Eidt urged east side residents to place all rubbish in curbside receptacles for pickup. Clean-up week starts Monday April 22 with six trucks and twenty workers assigned. East side collection runs Monday and Tuesday, river to river on Wednesday, west side Thursday to Saturday.
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John N. Eidt
Lorain Man Freed of All Blame in Henke Death
Lorain April 19 Mike Angeloff of 62 Broadway was absolved of all blame in the death of Leo Henke Elyria after a preliminary hearing before Judge J F Strenick. The judge said no evidence showed Henke died from the head blow Angeloff gave and freed him even if the blow caused death. Henke died after being injured April 5 and later in St Josephs hospital.
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Lorain
Mike Angeloff
Broadway
Leo Henke
Elyria
J. F. Strenick
Angeloff
Henke
St. Joseph's Hospital
Tan
Menke
Fred Meister
Elyria Boy Is Honored At Oberlin
Max J. Chapman of Elyria has been elected president of Oberlin College student council for 1929 1930 term. He serves as a councilor for a nationally known boys camp in New Hampshire and will instruct wrestling and tumbling there. Chapman, a javelin thrower, holds a track letter and has been national treasurer of the National Student Federation of America, elected at Columbia Missouri. He will attend the federation meeting in California next December.
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Max J. Chapman
Elyria
Oberlin College
New Hampshire
Max
Oberlin
National Student Federation of America
Columbia
Missouri
Federation
California
Elyria High School
D. Chapman
Hedges
Chicken thieves make big hauls across Lorain County
Sheriff Adams reports a third raid this week with sixty chickens stolen from George Longbraken, two hundred from Roy Churchward in Columbia, and an alarm thwarting a theft at Eldrige's farm. Investigators suspect a professional group. a $100 reward is offered.
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Adams
George Longbraken
Oberlin Road
Roy Churchward
Columbia
Eldrige
Butternut Ridge
Sherif Adams
Hoover demands public scrutiny for party appointive picks
President Hoover orders rigorous public scrutiny of party candidates for appointive office before Senate confirmation. He bans factional bargains and star chamber deals, declaring service to party alone will not guarantee appointment. Names must be public and investigated by the Justice Department before appointment.
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Washington
Hoover
Senate
Woodrow Wilson
Department of Justice
Elyria to Benefit From New Air Mail Service
Elyria will be included in a new air mail program starting May 1, with two daily round trips between New York and San Francisco. Cleveland departures at 2:30 am and 4:35 pm bring mail to San Francisco by the next day for 26 and 24 hour service respectively. Eastbound flights depart Cleveland at 12:15 am and 12 noon, with arrivals in New York and mail deadlines in Elyria. McHenry notes connection difficulties and hopes for a local substation and separate pouch for the air field to speed deliveries.
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Elyria
J. W. McHenry
New York
San Francisco
Cleveland
McHenry
Enforcement Of Traffic Rules Continues In City
Police report more parking space available as strict traffic law enforcement continues. Officer Lloyd Sweet notes downtown has space for parking, while overnight violations drop to twenty two. Authorities expect these efforts to ease Saturday shoppers and speed parking for motorists.
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Lloyd Sweet
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