Oberlin to Host First State High School Orchestra Contest
Oberlin Ohio hosts the first annual Ohio State High School orchestra contest at Finney chapel with over thirty high school orchestras and more than a thousand student musicians. Elimination trials run tomorrow and Friday with finals Friday night and a concluding concert by the winners. The event, part of a national program by the National Bureau for the Advancement of Music, brings varied instrumental groups to Warner Hall.
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Oberlin, O
Warner Hall
Conservatory of Music
National Bureau For the Advancement of Music of
New York City
Flag of its own presented to Elyria High School
Elyria High School received its first school flag during an assembly. The red and white flag with Elyria in red was designed by Robert Krueck from the commercial art class and adopted by Kiwanis Club which presented it, with George H. Chamberlain making the address. Martin Beck accepted for the school while Corbett Southam presided. An American flag was also presented to the band by the Spanish War Veterans.
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Elyria High School
Kiwanis Club
Elyria
Robert Krueck
George H. Chamberlain
Martin Beck
George Colburn
John G. Schibley
Olmsted Falls
Corbett Southam
High Sehood
Plane Hops Off On 5 000 Mile Journey
A giant Royal Air Force monoplane left Cranwell airdrome today bound for India to attempt a 5 000 mile non stop world record flight.
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London
Royal Air Force
Cranwell
India
George Richwine A Life Spanning Mills To Ice Cream
At 21 George Richwine worked in Pittsburgh wire mills, then Newburg and Cleveland in steel and wire. He joined the Cleveland Fire Department for 18 years, later moved to wholesale ice cream, and 10 years ago started Richwine Ice Cream Co. in Elyria. He is now president of the city council after two years as councilman. He is married with one son and lives at 318 Kenyon Avenue. His hobby is athletic sports and his boyhood ambition was to be a policeman.
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George Richwine
Pittsburgh
Newburg
Pennsylvania
Ceveland
Cleveland
W. R. Hopkins
Ohio Metropolix
Richwine
Tabor Ice Cream Company
Elyria
Richwine Tce Cream Company
Richwines
Hves
Kenyon Avenue
Legion Home fund drive eyed by Elyria merchants
Elyria merchants plan a Thursday meeting at the Chamber offices to discuss traffic ordinance changes and consider forming an executive Merchants Division. Committee A leaders report strong enthusiasm for the American Legion Memorial Home drive with at least $1,000 pledged by William A. Ely and a May 3 to 13 campaign window, as Mayor Hewitt and other officials note broad public support and planned fundraisers at the Rialto Theatre and a dinner kickoff.
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Elyria
Merchants’ Division
Chamber of Commerce
E. J. Feltow
Elyria Country Club
Thomas N. Cook
William A. Ely
Ely
Ohio Street
Cook
James A. Hewitt
American Legion Memorial Home Committee
Refusal of Liberal Club Permit at University of Pittsburgh
The University of Pittsburgh denied the Liberal Club a permit to meet in a campus hall and barred its members from Thaw Hall after a planned address by Dr. Harry E. Barnes. President William Albertson said the permit denial came on orders from the administration, with meetings to be held elsewhere.
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Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh Liberal Club
William Albertson
Liberal Club
Albertson
Thaw Hall
Harry E. Barnes
Barnes
Thomas Mooney
Warren K. Billings
California
Hoover insists on traffic rules for his car
Washington April 24 The president Mr Hoover has ordered the White House garage to observe traffic signals in his trips about the capital. Previously a motorcycle escort stopped cross traffic ahead of the president’s auto. the new order adds duties for secret service guards and raises new concerns.
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Washington
Hoover
White House
Ins
Secret Service
Profs Fired for Sex Questionnaire at Baptist University
In Shawnee Oklahoma April 24 two Oklahoma Baptist University professors were dismissed for allegedly preparing and distributing a sex questionnaire similar to a Missouri communique. H Doe I head of psychology and Bernie O Wells instructor were terminated by President W W Phelan.
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Shawnee, Okia
University of Missouri
Oklahoma Baptist University
Missouri
H. D. Oe I
Bernie O. Wells
Baptist School
W. W. Phelan
Ten Homes Under Quarantine for Scarlet Fever in City
Sanitary police officer F. H. Williams reports ten homes under quarantine for scarlet fever. The last case was April 22 on Cornell avenue. no cases on the west side. Disease mostly in the south and east sections, but officials say it is nearly checked following a measles outbreak, and panic has subsided.
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Yen
F. H. Williams
Cornell Avenue
Mr. Williams
County board wins injunction fight over Wright Ditch
The Board of County Commissioners prevailed in a suit by Frank Simms of Ridgeville township seeking to block the Wright Ditch improvement. After evidence and a property viewing by Judge A R Webber, the case was dismissed on defense motion with costs charged to Simms. Simms warned the ditch would flood his land if opened. Improvement had been requested by Ridgeville property owners.
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Board of County Commissioners
Frank Simms
Ridgeville Township
Wright
Common Pleas
A. R. Webber
Simms
Smoke screen rum runner shot kills one in Washington
Police chased a smoke screen rum runner car after it refused to stop. In the pursuit Ottiver Herman Fleming, 21, was killed by bullets as his companion Jack Stevens jumped free and fled, later captured. Fifteen cases of liquor were found in the rear. Stevens faced charges of liquor transportation possession and use of a smoke screen. Patrolmen C C Rouse and B R Campbell pursued the speeding vehicle, with bullets fired at the rear tires as the car veered off the road.
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Washington
Ottiver Herman Fleming
Jack Stevens
Stevens
C. C. Rouse
B. R. Campbell
Fleming
Church Petition For Injunction Denied
In Suffolk Superior Court Boston on April 24 the Christian Science Parent Church’s petition for an injunction against the Mother Church to prevent interference with Parent Church activities was denied. Plaintiffs led by John V. Dittemore cited ten alleged interferences including radio talks hall contracts lectures newspaper ads. The suit framed dissension over medical science and Mrs Mary Baker Eddy, accusing morphine use by hypodermic injections in her lifetime.
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Boston
Christian Science Parent Church
Christian Science Mother Church
Suffolk
John V. Dittemore
Mother Church
Mary Baker Eddy
Christian Science Movement
Probe Crash Of Plane At Akron
Akron officials investigated a plane crash that left five aboard uninjured. The $20,000 Lockheed Vega, piloted by Lieut. Frank Byerly of Detroit, struck during takeoff. Passengers included C. Y. Hemphill advertising head at Goodyear, R. W. Hemphill Ohio Lockheed Vega Sales chief, William Robinson of Akron, and Edward Owens of Chicago. The aircraft was not seriously damaged.
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Akron
Telegraph Road Contract Letting Postponed to May Twenty Fourth
County commissioners were advised that the letting of the $116 000 improvement for Telegraph road from South Amherst to the Erie county line has been postponed to May 24. The three and a half mile road will be paved with reinforced concrete and measure twenty feet in width.
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South
Amherst
Erie County
Aviatrix Makes New Flight Record at Roosevelt Field
Miss Elinor Smith, 17, shattered the world women’s endurance flight mark at 9 43 56 a m after 22 hours 3 minutes and 12 seconds aloft in a Bellanca monoplane. Field observers doubted she would stay airborne much longer due to stabilizer trouble and a note she sent after her 20th hour saying her stabilizer had gone haywire with both arms wrapped around the stick.
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Roosevelt Field
KL. IF
Elinor Smith
Aviatrix
Louise McPhetridge
Los Angeles
McPhetridge
Miss Smith
Eleven Elyria Students Elected to Honor Society
Eleven Elyria high school students were elected to the National Honor Society at a morning assembly. Members include Helen Moore Virginia Pope and Richard Todd from 12 A and Abraham Pagsen from 12 B plus seven 11 A students: Augusta Schoff Ellen Kuypner Mary Fox Margaret W Krugman Queena May Peairs Pearl Tuthill Molly Murbach. Elections are by a ten member faculty committee based on scholarship service leadership and character.
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Elyria
Hina
Helen Moore
Virginia Pope
Richard Todd
Abraham Pagsen
Augusta Schoff
Ellen Kuypner
Mary Fox
Margaret W. Krugman
Queena May Peairs
Pearl Tuthill
Molly Murbach
Elyria High School
Civil War Vet Shoots Self in Columbus Home
George Todd, 76, a Civil War veteran, apparently spent hours in preparation before shooting himself in the chest in his Columbus, Ohio home. Police say he was estranged from his wife and left notes explaining the motive for the act.
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Columbus
George Todd
I J
Old Case Is Dismissed in 1920s Conspiracy Suit
Steve Christof’s lawsuit against Yolcha Doinoff Ide Doinoff KPUip Schultz and Abe Cohen over a 215 Clark Street partnership was dismissed for want of prosecution after a March 1927 filing. Christoff sought $16,000. all defendants except Volchs Doinoff were excused on appeal. The case was called and Christoff failed to appear, Judge W B Thompson ruling dismissal.
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Steve Christof
Yolcha Doinoff
Ide Doinoff
Kpuip
Schultz
Abe Cohen
Christoff
Clark St
Volcis Dinoff
Court of Appeals
Volchs Doinoff
W. B. Thompson
Federation To Meet Next Year In Columbus
The Ohio Federation of Womens clubs met at Dayton on April 24 and decided to hold the 1930 convention in Columbus, naming the city as host for the next gathering.
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Columbus
Dayton
Ohio Federation of Womens Clubs
Columbue
Two Cleveland Racketeers Slain in Independence Township
Two Cleveland racketeers Morris Fuerstman and Isadore Schiller were found beaten and stabbed with an ice pick along Skinner's Hill road in Independence township south of Cleveland. Coroner reports indicate restraints and torture with possible auto entrapment. Both men were known in gambling circles and had recent police court appearances.
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Cleveland
Skinner's Hill
Independence Township
Morris
Fuerstman
Atlanta
Isadore Schiller
Eastern Penitentiary
Philadelphia
Norman Reese
Cleveland Disposal Plant
C. W. Cody
Gideon Rabshaw
Charles Howe
Brooklyn Heights
Otto Hildebrant
Harry Coughlin
Cody
Anthony Korytea
Detroit
Samuel Abrahamson
Abrahamson
Schiller
A. J. Pearse
County Morgue
Pierce
Ernest Yorkell
Henry Braunstein
Biz Joe
John Leonardo
Boolleg
Crimen
Roof Fire at West Avenue Residence Narrowly Extinguished
Sparks set a shingled roof at 1.2% West avenue, William Carter resident, ablaze last night at 7 p.m. Quick water from the occupant stopped further damage before Hose and Engine Company No. 1 arrived. The fire caused a small hole with slight damage. A $10,000 damage suit by Alma Baumann against Samuel Kahn for injuries in a car crash was settled out of court after testimony.
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William Carter
West Avenue
Common Pleas
Alma Baumann
Samuel Kahn
Lorain County approves Myers Ditch improvement
The Lorain County Board approves the Myers Ditch project in Brighton Township. The half mile improvement faced no opposition at today's hearing. June 20 was set for the assessment hearing date.
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Board of
Lorain County Commissioners
Myers
Brighton Township
City Clean-Up Progresses Through Third Day
Clean-up crews limited to six trucks and twenty workers push on to remove rubbish from the east side. More debris than expected may extend work an extra day on the west side and into districts between the river branches. Director John N. Eidt says the program should take about ten more days. crews report good weather and recommend sturdy receptacles and non damp cardboard boxes.
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John N. Eidt
Dike in Illinois Breaks Floods South Quincy District
The dike protecting the south Quincy district along the Mississippi River gave way under flood waters, inundating five thousand acres of garden lands. About 300 residents evacuated to higher ground as water reached foundations and first floors of more than 50 homes. The breach stretched about 100 feet across.
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Quincy
South
Mississippi River
Dispute Over Boundaries Ends Between Argentina and Bolivia
In La Paz on April 24 a complementary treaty fixing the Bolivian Argentine boundary and ending a century-long dispute was adopted by a joint Bolivian chamber session. Airships and arms were allowed to pass into Bolivian territory from Argentina, previously detained over the Bolivian Peru border clash last winter, which had threatened serious results.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Chamber
Senate
Argentina
Pays Two Fines In Succession Pays Two Fines In Succession
Charles W Brown of the Elyna dump faced back to back penalties after paying a school attendance fine. He was arraigned by Justice S J George on failing to send his eight year old to school and fined five dollars plus costs. A warrant then brought further charges for neglecting two children ages eight and five, resulting in a ten dollar fine and costs with Humane Society threats to remove the children if care did not improve. Brown claims to be a junk collector living in an improvised dump dwelling.
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Charles W. Brown
Elyna
Brown
S. J. George
E. G. Alexander
J. 5
Howlett
The
Humane Society
Murray County Commissioner Recovers After Tonsil Surgery
Wellington official Charles D. Murray, county commissioner, had his tonsils removed last week and is reported to be on the road to recovery. He is unlikely to return to his office until next week.
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Murray
Charles D. Murray
Wellington
Oberlin Woman Against Brickley in Manslaughter Warrant
A warrant charging manslaughter was sworn against Deputy Marshall Kent T. Brickley of Oberlin after he shot and killed Melvin Scott Sunday. Scott allegedly resisted arrest and attacked officers with bricks and bottles before a gun was found in the home. Scott died at Elyria Memorial Hospital after transfer from Allen Hospital where he underwent surgery. Prosecutor Myers said Brickley would be arraigned at Justice S. J. George's court, with the grand jury to review the case on June 4.
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Marshall Kent T. Brickley
Oberlin
Melvin Scott
Brickley
Don W., Myers
Court of Justice
S. J. George
Scott
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Allen Hospital
Elyria
Don W. Myers
Organized Against Hockey Brings Truancy Crackdown
County Truant Officer E. G. Alexander announced an anti truancy drive titled Organised Against Hockey. He planned early intervention with a "fine" antidote costing about seven dollars plus charges. Three warrants were issued for parents missing school attendance, with violators to be punished.
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Alexander
Woman Chases Bandit in Ohio Store Incident
In Chillicothe Ohio on April 24 Mrs Floyd Cox while holding her baby in one arm repelled a young man who asked for the Mister and money. She brandished a butcher knife and chased the would be thief up the street before tiring with the child.
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Chillicothe
Floyd Cox
Hundredth Fire Alarm of Year 1929 Recorded
The one hundredth fire alarm of 1929 occurred at 8 44 p m Tuesday night. The blaze started in a coupe due to shorted wires. Owner E E Rimbach of 632 West River Street put out the fire with a pail of water before the department arrived. No damage resulted.
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E. E. Rimbach
West River Street
Child injured by electric washing machine wringer
A twenty one month old boy, Junior Schmidt of 333 Oberlin Road, sustained a fractured left arm Tuesday afternoon when caught in an electric wringer beside a washing machine. He was taken to Nemortal hospital for treatment. the child is the son of Mr and Mrs B L Sholdt.
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Junior Schmidt
Oberlin Road
Junior
L. Sholdt
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Legion Home
San Antonio
Texas
Jim Armitage
Lawrence Webber
Committee A
Charles Seiberling
Myers Y. Cooper
Gilbert Bettman
Elyria Chamber of Commerce
Webber
E. Gillis
Rialto Theatre
Rialto Players
Thes
E. FL Allen
Committee Aa
Allen
Legion
American Legion
Florida
Dan B. Symons
J. B. Johnson
T. L. Morse
Brighton
Illinois
Argentine
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