Gas and license tax relief plan headed for commission
Mayor W H Van Oster and City Solicitor Howard Butter presented a petition to the State Relief Commission in Columbus seeking to use gas and auto license tax funds for poor relief. The city estimates 25000 dollars would be available and allocated to municipal gardening, hospitalisation, special work, and a municipal food commissary. The relief commission action must also pass to county commissioners.
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State Relief Commission
Columbus
W. H. van Oster
Howard Butter
A. C. Scuilleman
Relief Commission
Former Speaker J Warren Keifer dies at 96 in Springfield
SPRINGFIELD OH April 22 UP General J Warren Keifer ninety six former speaker of the United States house of representatives in 1881 died at his home here today He had been ill for two years He was a Civil War veteran attorney and former congressman Keifer was born January 30 1836 near Springfield He studied law at Antioch College and joined the Union army in 1861 He rose to major general and was present at Appomattox He was wounded in the Wilderness and carried his left arm in a sling until the end of the war Keifer was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1858 He married Eliza Stant in 1860 and resumed law practice in Springfield after the war
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Springfield
J. Warren Keifer
United States
House of Representative
General Keifer
Congress
W. W. Keifer
Bethel Township
Clark County
Antioch College
Anthony and Goode
Ohio
Eliza Stant
Widerness
Robert B. Lee
Appomattox
Sprinsfield
Paving Contract Awarded To Lorain Company
Ohio Engineering Company of Lorain won a state contract for 1.4 miles of concrete paving and culvert installation on the Cleveland Sandusky road in Lorain County. The bid was 63 210 18.
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Columbus
Ohio Engineering Company
Lorain
O. W. Merrell
Cleveland-Sandusky
Lorain County
Prisoner Escapes From Fairfield County Jail in Ohio
Lancaster Ohio April 22 George Garrett eight dollars of Perry County one of three prisoners who escaped from the Fairfield county jail Thursday night was taken by Sheriff Gail Lesler to two other prisoners Edison Perry twenty six and James Morgan Toledo were captured
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Lancaster
George Garrett
Perry County
Fairfield County
Gail Lesler
Edison Perry
James Morgan
Toledo
The Weather Forecast OHIO Fair Tonight Saturday
Ohio forecast calls for fair skies tonight with mild temperatures. Saturday will be partly cloudy with little temperature change across the state.
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Ohio
Spring Cleanup To Begin Monday In Kilyria
Spring cleanup campaign announced by Service Director Fred Underhill will start Monday May 2 with two or three trucks and crews. The three week program covers east ally, south and central town, then west of the river. Refuse except ashes must be curbside for pickup. Council approved $900 for the campaign.
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Kilyria
Naign
Fred Underhill
Underhill
Council
Former Lorain County Sheriff Charles Salisbury Dies at 73
Charles I Salisbury 73 of 211 Eastern Heights Boulevard former sheriff of Lorain County died at home after a five year illness. He served two terms from 1993 to 1907 and witnessed the Meecham robbery attempt in Rochester where five armed men attacked the Meecham brothers. Two robbers were killed and the brothers wounded in the ensuing gunfight.
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Charles I. Sailsbury
Eastern Heights Boulevard
Lorain County
Rochester
Meecham Brothers
State To Remove Debris Caused By Explosion
Columbus Ohio April 22 Debris from the five million state office building explosion will be removed at state cost with no prejudice to the state's rights or contractors on ultimate responsibility. The decision followed a conference of the state office building commission and Attorney General Bettman who was authorized to negotiate preserving rights of all parties in paying for the loss.
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Bullet
Columbus
Ohio
State Office Building Commission
Bettman
Probation Group Meet Held Here
About 40 people attended the district meeting of the Pioneer Probation Association at the Elks Club yesterday afternoon. The district covers Medina, Ashland, Wayne, and Lorain counties. Dr. Charles Scott Berry of Ohio State University gave the principal address on child welfare and protection.
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Pioneer Probation Association
Elks Club
Medina
Ashland
Wayne
Lorain
Charles Scott Berry
Ohio State University
White House
Bennehoff
Seneca County
Miss Collopy
Cuyahoga County
400 County Musicians To Stage Spring Concert
Nearly 400 Lorain County school musicians will perform May 6 at Clearview School as the County Schools Spring Concert closing National Music Week. Vocal and instrumental groups from elementary to high schools, directed by Gerald M. Frank, will present a 90 minute program featuring a large elementary chorus, violin demonstration, a 80‑piece combined hand, a 65‑piece orchestra, and boys and girls glee clubs.
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Lorain County
County
Clearview
Grads
Gerald M. Frank
Elyria High School
Boards of Education
Hamblen
DeKoven
Hoover and Senate clash over economy cuts in 1932
Washington April 22 President Hoover and Republican Senate leaders near a break over economy policy. Senate moves to flat ten percent cuts across all federal departments, described as sham economy that could cripple government and force thousands of layoffs. White House advocates a $225 million plan. House Economy Committee votes for 11 percent across the board with $1,000 executed. Hoover plan to be offered from the floor. House expected to take up the economy bill next Wednesday.
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United Press
Washington
Hoover
Senate
White House
House Economy Committee
House
Attacks Cash Bonus Bill in House Committee
Washington April 2 The $2,000,000,000 bonus bill faced attack before the House Ways and Means committee. Rep Lea of California urged rejecting the Patman Bill and favored a plan paying the present value of adjusted service certificates to veterans, asserting the government now owes them more.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Lea
Patman
Picketing Ended Near Mines in Guernsey County
In Cambridge Ohio on April 23 1920 Sheriff Thomas Gracy of Guernsey County ordered all picketing within one mile of every mine to cease. The move imposed restrictions on gatherings parking and public meetings near mines and was described as martial law in effect. Six mines in the county were operating normally with no wage disputes reported. National Guard observers assist county authorities to maintain order.
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Bulletin
Cambridge
Thomas Gracy
Guernsey County
Gracey
Guernesy County
National Guard
Bright Spots In Business World
New York Business Week index shows 68.3 up from 57.2 last week. Washington reports March building operations up 10.1 percent over February per Bureau of Labor Statistics. Union Pacific contracts 2 million dollars for California line through Lenz Beach. Pere Marquette Railway Q1 net income 254,615 versus 231,748 in 1931. Northern States Power 1931 net income 9,207,209, up from 8,633,966 in 1930. Reading Company March figures set high marks for year to date gross and net operating income.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Cleveland
Pere Marquette Railway
Minneapolis—Northern States Power Co
Philadelphia
Reading Co
Bus Crash Ends Students Tour In Ohio
A bus carrying thirty Oxford high school students from Fairview Guernsey County collided with a car and overturned near St Clairsville Ohio. Two students were probably fatally injured and others received minor injuries. Betty Ironald 17 suffered a broken back and Elizabeth Reed had internal injuries. Alma Arkin, the school principal, helped move the injured as the bus plunged into an eight foot ditch and the seriously hurt were taken to a hospital.
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ST. Clairsville
Pittsburgh
Oxford
Fairview
Guernsey County
Betty Ironald
Elizabeth Reed
Alma Arkin
Fairview School
Marines Killed in Nicaragua During Patrol Battle
In Nicaragua near Apah a patrol led by United States Marines was wiped out in a fierce clash with rebels. Three Marines died along with eleven National Guard troops. The fallen Marines were Lt Lawrence C Brunton Cpl Covington and Pharmacist's Mate Whitehead.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Nicaraguan National Guard
United States
Apah
Guardia
Lawrence C. Brunton
Cpl Covington
Whitehead
Woman Granted Parole By Court
Judge W B Thompson in Utopia Baker Le rain presided as Hattie Williams pleaded guilty to shooting with intent to wound. Williams was placed on probation for one year with Deputy Sheriff William Holst named probation officer, after she voiced a cautious but compliant remark about parity.
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W. B. Thompson
Utopia Baker
Lerain
Hattie Wiliams
William Holst
Plot to escape Ohio Penitentiary on death row revealed
John W. Glasscock of Cleveland was among a group plotting to flee death cells on March 12 at Ohio Penitentiary. Governor White had refused clemency. A crude hickory dagger was found in a condemned inmate’s cell as the plan unraveled. Daniel Hunt, executed on March 12, disclosed the futile conspiracy to guards.
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Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
John W. Glasscock
Cleveland
Glasscock
Gleveland
White
Daniel Hunt
Legion Officers Map Job Program For Unemployed in District
A meeting of past post commanders post employment officers and sub district commanders of the fifth district American Legion will map a program for unemployed men. The gathering at the Legion home in Elyria Sunday afternoon is announced by I E Kubic district vice commander. FF Stafford executive director for Ohio on the National Employment Commission will attend and discuss the district job situation and help outline a plan under way.
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American Legion
Legion Home
Elyria
I. E. Kubic
FF Stafford
Ohio
National Employment Commission
Lindbergh Makes Mysterious Trip Forms Key Clue
Renewed efforts to negotiate with the Lindbergh baby kidnappers followed a puzzling journey by Charles A. Lindbergh. A man believed to be Dean Dodson Peacock traveled from Norfolk to Milford area stops, while State Police pursued false leads and sightings near Newark and Sourland Mountain.
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Hopewell
N. J
Charles A. Lindbergh
Dean H. Dobson-Peacock
Norfolk
Milford
Conn
Featherbed Road
Sourland Mountain
New Jersey
Col. Tindbergh
Col
H. Norman Schwartzkopf
Connecticut
Schwartzkopf
Lindbergh
Edmond J. Bruce
Elmira
N. Y
John Hughes Curtis
Dean Dodson
Plays with gun ends in suicide in Columbus home
William Wisher aged 28 killed himself in Columbus Ohio while playing with a revolver he believed unloaded. He placed the gun to his cheek and pulled the trigger in the home of R M Johnston with three witnesses present.
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Columbus
William Wisher
R. M. Johnston
Governor White to Speak at Eagles Convention in Amherst
Ohio Governor George White will deliver the principal address at the Fourteenth District Convention Initiation and Washington Bicentennial Celebration in Amherst with Attorney General Gilbert Bettman also speaking. Notables include EB A Stiwald Henry J Berrodin J J Smythe William Sprenger Rufus McConnell F E Eastman Frank Day W E Parke H C Wilcox M J Brown and Father James Hichen. A Lorain City Band concert and a street parade precede sessions at Amherst High School auditorium.
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Ohio
George White
Washington
Amherst
Orde of Eagles
Gilbert Bettman
White
Bettman
EB. A. Stiwald
Henry J. Berrodin
Akron
Groand Worthy
The
Hagles
J. J Smythe
William Sprenger
Amherst Aerie
Rufus McConnell
Cleveland
F. E. Eastman
Frank Day
W. E. Parkce
H. C. Wilcox
Elyria
William OC
Graves
M. J. Brown
Springfield
James Hichen
Lorain
Elyria Hogles
Fate Of Relief Legislation To Be Known Soon
In Columbus on April 22 the fate of the Espy Roberts relief bond act rests with the Ohio Supreme Court after Hamilton County commissioners filed a constitutional challenge. The act authorizes counties to issue bonds funded by an increased utilities tax and the case was taken under advisement.
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Columbus
General Assembly
Ohio Supreme Court
Hamilton County
Eyes Gone Ohio Youth Starts New Life In Eternal Darkness
Robert W. Hixson a 22 year old Cincinnati University engineering student from Tiffin submitted to removal of both eyes after caustic soda splashed on him causing severe injuries. Despite blindness two months before graduation he will finish studies with university support and plan to study law aiming at public utilities cases. He was a star fencer and track man and will be helped by classmates in reading and other tasks.
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Ohio
Cincinnati
Robert W. Hixson
Tiffin
Cincinnati University Engineering
General Hospital
Hixson
Philip Carey
Lockland
Herman Schneider
University of Cincinnati
Uncle Sam Budget Yardstick Shows Receipts Versus 1932 33 Expenses
A budget yardstick sketched by Customs Commissioner F X A Eble and shown to the cabinet by President Hoover illustrates the gap between receipts and 1932 33 expenses. The sketch highlights heavy wartime costs and war service outlays with the Veterans Administration referenced among major spending areas.
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Uncle Sam
Customs
F. X. A. Eble
Hoover
Public debt service and deficits in wartime financing
The figures show red ink totaling 989.5 million dollars with army and navy outlays at 721.48 million and interest on public debt at 605 million. Sinking and retirement charges reach 496.8 million. Any defaults by European debt interest would raise these costs further.
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Army
Gas rate dispute with Ohio Fuel Gas Co contested
City officials and Ohio Fuel Gas Co held a conference in Columbus regarding gas rates. The Gas Co presented materials to justify its rate position while a local compromise proposal would set the initial 1000 cubic feet at 1.00 and 0.55 per thousand thereafter. The Ohio Fuel Gas Co rejected the suggested compromise as unsatisfactory.
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Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Columbus
Gas Co
Chronicle-Telegram
Council to Act in Gas Rate Matter Saturday Afternoon
Mayor Van Oster and the gas committee meet to chart a plan on lower Elyria gas rates and to push the matter to the Public Utilities Commission. The proposed one year compromise was discussed with officials of the Ohio Fuel Gas Co. as Elyria seeks a fair rate after a 1.00 charge for the first 560 cubic feet and 60 cents per thousand for additional usage.
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Ohio Fuel Gas Co
W. H. VanQoster
Elyria
Public Utilities Commission
W. H. van Oster
Columbus
Elyria Party
Howard Butler
C. J. Sartor
Leonard Smith
Walter Kohn
C. W. Curtis
Lawrence Webber
Gas Company
J. Clare George
Chronicle-Telegram
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
C. E. Weaver
EK. M. Tharp
Big Oaks From Little Acorns Grow Plant Offer
A local nursery advertises flowers grass shrubs trees and all kinds of garden stock with seeds and supplies for home beautification and vegetable gardening. The ad promotes planting this year and mentions a special offering under a catalog section titled Hundreds and Plants.
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Gardner’s
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