Damage to Fruit Crops From Deep Frost In Lorah County
Lorah county fruit growers await warmer days to gauge frost damage from recent cold. Early blooming apples peaches cherries and plums may have suffered, while late varieties look less affected. Strawberries under cover fared better. uncovered berries may have more loss. Statewide reports warn frost was severe for this time of year and ice formed in some areas.
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Lorah County
John Schoepfle
Schoepfte
Lake Avenue
George W. Cotton
Lakearetine
Schoepfle
Frank Eschtruth
State Department of Agriculture
Eisra
Wide Area Weather: Cold April Across Cities
Montreal reports a mid-winter storm with sleet driving temperatures below freezing and ice on surfaces. Harrisburg records 39 degrees while Boston endures an April cold wave, tying a 48 year low with 29 degrees. Buffalo notes seven freighters blocked by ice floes on Lake Erie.
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Montreal
Boston
Buffalo
N. Y
Lake Erie
West River Street To Be Improved With Drainage Upgrades
Safety Service Director John N. Eidt announced extensive drainage repairs will begin on West River and Furnace streets in anticipation of widening West River from sixteen to twenty feet. The county will reclaim the street to the city limits and the city will complete improvements within its bounds.
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West River St
West River
Furnace Streets
Safety Service
John N. Eidt
West River Street
Tariff battle to resume in House next week
United Press reports from Washington say the 18 month old tariff fight will be renewed in the House next week. A White House breakfast conference decided action would begin in the House with the conference report due Tuesday and to be presented for debate next Thursday.
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Washington
White House
Football Coach Warns Of Alarming Drinking Trend
Princeton University football coach William Roper told the house judiciary committee that college boys and girls are engaging in clandestine and vigorous drinking to an alarming extent. The remarks were delivered in Washington on April 24.
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Washington
Alpril
William Roper
Princeton University
House Judiciary Committee
Settm an to Demand Suspension of Thomas Columbus
Attorney General Gilbert Bettman charters a state inquiry into a penitentiary fire that killed 320 prisoners and travels to the governor to press for Warden P E Thomas suspension. Thomas vows to fight, demanding reasons and warning of potential force if order does not return.
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Columbus
Gilbert Bettman
P. E. Thomas
Bethan
Population growth in Oberlin and Amherst from 1920 to 1930
Oberlin gained 39 residents from 1920 to 1930 and totaled 4,275 on April 1. Amherst rose by 351 residents in the decade, reaching 2,836. Eleven Oberlin farms and four Amherst farms were enumerated within village limits.
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Oberlin
Amherst
Frank Stetson
Lorain
Medina
College Town
Local Musicians In State Contest
Elyria High School musicians travel to Oberlin Finney Chapel for the second annual Ohio State Orchestra and Ensemble Contest. Nearly 40-piece orchestra performs Sibelius Finlandia with a woodwind quartet from Lincoln High School offering To a Wild Rose and Minuet from Don Juan. West Tech and Glenville submit the other two quartets for Cleveland competition.
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Elyria
Finney Chapel
Oberlin
Dy J. Martin Beck
Cleveland
Lakewood
Finlandia
Sibelius
Fred Culp
Richard Elliott
Edward Bembower
Sanford Finger
McDowell
West
Tech
Glenville
Plans for Girls Week in Elyria Make Progress
Miss Doris Todd, publishing chair, reports steady progress for Girls Week May 4 to 6 in Elyria. Posters announce the program with the slogan Get Inside to attract girls, featuring a grand parade kickoff and daily activities led by Bertha Schulz and Mrs. A G Smith, with support from local clubs, teachers, and parents.
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Llans
Doris Todd
Publintis
Elshna
Teading Women's Clubs End Association
Elyria
Muchc
Bertha Schulz
A. G. Smith
Police warn motorists with unreturned tags
Chief E I Stankard shuffled the cams and warned motorists who failed to report missing tags to police headquarters. He said owners must bring their tags or face trouble including possible court appearances.
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E. I. Stankard
Stankard
Tax cases filed by County Treasurer in stompion pleas court
County Treasurer N. D. Backus filed 24 more tax cases in stommpion pleas court today. These suits are part of hundreds filed by the treasurer to collect delinquent taxes accumulating over the past eight years. The suits were prepared by the county prosecutor.
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N. D. Backus
Stommpion Pleas Court
Lorain County Contest Prepares for State Scholarship Trials
Eighteen Lorain county schools field a total of 21 students in the county elimination contest at Ridgeville school this Saturday. Thirteen county finalists will advance to the state competition at Kent State College on May 3 with awards issued in Kent and Columbus May 10.
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Lorain County
State Department of Education
Ridgeville
Kent ‘State College
Kent
Ridgeville High School
Wellington High School
Amerst
Avon
Avon Lake
Brighton
Brownhelm
Camden
Highland
Columbia
Eaton
Belden
Grafton
Henrietta
la Grange
Penfield
Brookside
South Amherst
Ohio
Columbus
Bremen Great Liner Collides With a Tanker
London April 24 The British tanker Grenadier reported damage after a collision with the North German Lloyd liner Bremen at 9 26 am The tanker said it was heading to Deal England to land the super numerary who needs medical attention Tanks four and five were leaking but the ship said it did not require assistance The Grenadier is a steel tanker of 6883 gross tons owned by the British Tanker company.
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London
Grenadier
Radio Today
Bremen
Lloyds
North Foreland
Deal
England
The
British Tanker Company
Students Give Program At Kiwanis
A group of Miss Nina J. Bakers oral expression students presented a noon Kiwanis program at Hotel Newell. Arthur Buswell opened with a reading Mia Carlotta Virginia Betteridge read two pieces, Helen Rettz played a piano solo, Francelia McWilliams performed from Tigs, and a humorous sketch by George Patterson, Arthur Buswell and Robert McWilliams closed the show. The aim of the classes is to cultivate a pleasant conversational style, develop confidence, and reveal latent talent.
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Nina J. Baker
Elsha Kiwanis Club
Hotel Newell
Arthur Buswell
Mia Carlotta
Virginia Betteridge
Helen Rettz
Francelia McWilliams
George Patterson
Robert McWilliams
Miss Baker
Plot to Burn Ohio State Penitentiary Reported
In Knoxville Tennessee on April 2 inmates from the idle house planned to burn the Ohio State penitentiary three weeks prior. Charles Carroll, recently paroled, testified he knew of the plot and said about 400 men were involved in the toil house with a note guiding others, though the plan failed when the note reached the wrong hands.
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Knoxville
Ohio State Penitentiary
Charles Carrol
Violence roils India as Gandhian campaign runs hot
British troops and police struggle to keep calm in six major Indian cities as Gandhi's independence movement erupts in fresh violence. At least 24 dead and many wounded after clashes. Peshawar sees fierce street fighting with machine guns. Alipore jail riot in Calcutta. Hathazari and Nashik incidents reported. Bombay stock exchange closes amid arrest and unrest.
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London
India
M. K. Gandhi
Peshawar
Calcutta
Alipore
J. M. Sen Gupta
Subhas Chandra Bose
Chittagong
Navybari
Gandhi
Bombay—Stock Exchange
Mahadev Desat
Trade in Elyria Days draws shoppers to city event
Elyria merchants unite for a two day Trade in Elyria Days sale aimed at locals and county residents. 35 to 40 business houses across all lines participate under the Chamber of Commerce merchants division. Free parking on Second Street near Rialto Theatre to ease crowds while outside visitors are urged to use the lot to keep streets clear. The event runs Friday through Saturday with extended hours and strong county turnout expected.
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Elyria
Chamber of Commerce
Merchants Division
Second
Rialto Theatre
Merchants’ Division
Elyrians
Governor orders survey for new Ohio penitentiary
Governor Mrer Y. Cooper declared immediate steps to create a commission to survey state penal institutions and recommend building one or two new prisons. He said funds will be found, prisoners will be moved to London prison farm, and the next Legislature may be asked to restore the institutional levy to finance a new prison plant.
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Columbus
Mrer Y. Cooper
State Clemency Board
London
Ohio
Mysterious death probe near Wellington
Sheriff Clarence E. Adams hunted clues in the southern county as Irvin Sparr 73 was found dead in an abandoned house two and a half miles east of Wellington. Earlier Mrs. Walter Gage from Penfield reported her father missing after he took a pitchfork. The sheriff learned of the discovery at 11 a.m., while continuing the investigation.
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Clarence E. Adams
Irvin Sparr
Wellington
Elyria
Walter Gage
Near Penfield
Gage
Two Men Die Following Cavern Blast Near Howes Cave
In Schenectady New York two men entered Howe Caverns early today to observe a dynamite blast to open a new corridor for summer tours. John Saanderf secretary of Howe Caverns Inc. and Owen Wallace an electrician were overcome by fumes. Guide Alton Van Naten tried to rescue them but collapsed after reaching the scene and was taken to Albany Hospital.
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Schenectady
Howes Cave
Here
John Saanderf
Howe Caverns, Inc
Owen Wallace
Alton van Naten
Albany
Nerves Frayed At Ohio Prison After Holocaust Tragedy
Rioting loomed as 1600 inmates, nerves strained by Monday night Holocaust deaths of 320, while guards prepared to avert insurrection. Warden Thomas and state troops, including Ohio National Guard, moved to secure sections Q, B, C and D. Prisoners refused work, hurled taunts, and editors clashed with authorities amid growing unrest and delayed alarms.
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Columbus
State Penitentiary
P. E. Thomas
United Press
State Welfare
Hal Hz Griswold
Robert Haubrich
Ohio National Guard
Thomas
Warden Warned To Stay Out Of Prison
Columbus April 24 guards warned Warden P E Thomas to avoid entering the Ohio penitentiary yard for safety as a prison fire raged. Sergeant Earl Hostetter recalled warnings during months of unrest, stating inmates planned to target the warden first and even plotted to slit his throat in the yard.
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Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
P. E. Thomas
Earl Hostetver
Hostetter
United Press
Auburn
Jennings
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Charles Corsin
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Hal H. Griswold
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George Richmond
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al Nice
Baldwin
Little
Watkinson
Steven Schmied
Hall
kKers
Edward Duren
Chdisnell
Dolan
Captain Hall
Pistok
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Werden Thomas
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