City Board approves land purchases for two new grade schools
The Elyria City Board of Education authorized buying eleven Caldwell avenue lots and nine on Morgan avenue totaling 6 495 dollars for a future grade school site. A 3 1/2 acre parcel on Rosedale avenue Spring Valley was also approved at 36 600 dollars.
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Tao
Elyria
City Board of Education
Caldwell Avenue
Morgan Avenue
Lake Avenue
Rosedale Avenue
Spring Valley
Jefferson School
Jefferson
West End
R. C. Maston
Condor Steamer Drowned 200 in Padma River Tornado
Calcutta April 29 Two hundred passengers and crew drowned when the flat bottom Condor steamer was blown over by a tornado on the Padma River a tributary of the Ganges about 112 miles from Nagabari only 18 were saved Survivors described a sudden gust that toppled the ship and sent people into swirling waters Four anchor chains were used in an attempt to hold it in place as the hot wind churned the river like a raging sea.
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Calcutta
India
Padma
Ganges
Nagabari
Priest Joseph Peter Dies After Hospital Arrival
Rev. Father Joseph Peter of Sacred Heart Hungarian Church died at St. Joseph's Hospital in Lorain from apoplexy shortly after arriving there. He had felt unwell for some time and was stricken during Mass, needing help home. Coroner Myles E. Perry ruled the death due to apoplexy. funeral arrangements were not yet made.
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Father Peter
Sacred Heart Church
St. Joseph's Hospital
Myles E. Perry
Father Joseph Peter
Lorain
Peter
Sacred Heart
Weath
Myles EB. Perry
Elyria Looks to Industrial Growth with New Investment Group
At a Elyria Country Club dinner, Chamber of Commerce President Charles E. Tucker led a drive to form the Elyria Investment Company to plan and fund factory building. A twelve member committee, including J A Crisp and L B Fauver, will draft plans and secure capital for a broad industrial development program.
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Charles E. Tucker
Chamber of Commerce
Elyria Country Club
Elyria Investment Company
J. A. Crisp
C. E Tucker
L. B. Fauver
Tucker
Elyria
J. C. Crisp
Oberlin to Open Bids on $360 900 Theological Building
Oberlin College in Ohio will open bids today for the new 360 900 theological building designed by Cass Gilbert as the first unit of a 6 475 600, 16 project expansion. If bids are satisfactory, contracts may be let tomorrow and construction begin soon, with demolition of Council Hall prior to work. John D. Rockefeller Jr funded the building, and President Wilkins notes sixteen projects totaling 6 475 000 are under consideration.
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Oberlin, O
Oberlin College
Cass Gilbert
New York City
Woolworth
Pennsylvania State Capitol
Harrisburg
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Graduate School of Theology
Rew
Ernest Hatch Wilkins
Charles Lord Recounts Sixty Years In Elyria
Charles C. Lord, a longtime resident, spoke to the Young Men's Club recalling life in Elyria over six decades. His reminiscences cover early 1870s Elyria with notes on streets, hotels, old firms, and homes, reflecting changes and local personalities through the years. Continued on Page 6.
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Charles Lord
Young Men’s Club
Charles C. Lord
Lord
Elyna
Chronicle Telegram
Nue
Etzel
East Avenue
Busin Mess
Tite
John ‘Lersch & Co
Paradise Grill
Baldwin, Laaunden and Net ‘Son
Elyria Hardware
Ely
Washington Avenue
Mills Street
Spitzenberg
Robinson & Hancock
Tom Gray
Gray
French & Fisher
Oscar Haserodt
John Savage
Charles
George Savage
William Laundon
Arthur Laundon
Middle Avenue
Broadstreet
Laundon
Courternet
Teacher to stand trial for assault and battery
Mrs Myrta Bradley, 22, a New Oberlin District School teacher, faces trial in the common pleas court before Judge W B Thompson tomorrow at 9 30 a m on a charge of assault and battery for whipping six year old Mary Margaret Gerhardinger with a large wooden paddle on February 25 She is free on 2200 bond County prosecutors and defense counsel listed with named officials and state representatives The case is expected to draw a large crowd to courtroom No 1 of the county courthouse
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Myrta Bradley
Oberlinn
Common Pleas Court
W. B. Thompson
Mary Margaret Gerhardinger
Liberty
Bond County
Russia Township
Bradley
Oberlin men drive golf ball to Elyria city limits
On April 29 three Oberlin men James Norton William Chamberland and Paul Busch started from Oberlin village limits aiming to drive a golf ball to Elyria city units with a projected arrival near 4 p m They traveled along the Elyria Oberlin road toward the county seat and noted their destination before starting
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Oberlin
Elyria
James Norton
William Chamberland
Paul Busch
Stimson Returns With New Naval Treaty From London
Secretary of State Stimson and American Naval Conference colleagues arrived in New York aboard the Leviathan to public cheers. He hailed a treaty as a long step forward from the Washington arms pact, noting it ends competitive limits on destroyers subs and cruisers among the United States Great Britain and Japan. Sirens welcomed them as city officials praised the accord at City Hall.
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New York
Simpson
American Naval Conference
Stimson
Washington
London
Metropolis
U. S
Great Britain
Japan
Coroner Probes Baby's Death in Lorain
Lorain coroner investigates the sudden death of fourteen month old Frank Camacho at 1606 Twenty-eighth Street. Parents say the child had been ill for days but could not afford a doctor. The coroner lists the cause of death as unknown.
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Lorain
Myles BE. Perry
Frank Camacho
Perry
Elyria Board awards Jefferson school addition contracts
Three Lorain county bids total 44157.27 for erection of a new six room addition east of the Jefferson school, to be brick and fireproof. L P Kaiser of Brieria wins general contract 34579, T O Murphy of Oberlin handles plumbing and heating 7673, Wally Roe Electric of Brieria bids 1363.57 for electrical work and 541.40 for fixtures. Construction begins in May with occupancy planned for September 1931.
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Jefferson School
Elyria City
Jefferson Building
Foster Avenue
Fox
Jefferson
New Alen School
Abbey Road
Take Census Of School Children In Elyria County
The annual census of school children in Elyria and Lorain County will begin Thursday, announced by C. M. Williams Elyria attendance officer and R P Vaughn county superintendent. The census counts all children ages 5 to 18 and handicapped youth 1 to 21, noting types of disability and whether they receive public instruction. It is separate from the 1930 Federal Decennial Census, which is also underway.
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Elyria
Lorain County
C. M. Williams
R P. Vaughn
Williams
Vaughn
Prison Riot Triggers Military Takeover at Columbus Prison
Summary of a violent prison uprising in Columbus where guards clashed with inmates, martial law was declared, and soldiers replaced guards. Reports say more than 100 prisoners wounded, later estimates up to 209, with National Guardsmen and Naval Reserves aiding suppression and a stockade erected for agitators. Governor Cooper urged restored order as the incident escalated.
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Columbus
White City
State Penitentiary
Robert Houbrich
Thomas Broyles
Fort Hayes
National Guard Nnt
Henderson
National
P. E. Thomas
Col. Haubrich
Lam
Thomas
Myers ¥. Cooper
Witness Missing Delays William Jackson Trial in Lorain
The second degree murder trial of William Jackson colored of Lorain was postponed in Judge W. B. Thomas court after the state’s chief witness disappeared. A subpoenaed boarding house operator connected to the April 12 EB ing of Mike Serra was to appear on bond Friday. Relatives said the witness left for Cleveland for her mother’s funeral, but Cleveland undertakers reported no such funeral. The jury had been drawn when the absence was found, and Assistant Prosecutor John Harding requested a postponement.
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Wiliam Jackson
Lorain
Common Pleas
W. B. Thomas
Mike Serra
Cleveland
Jackson
John Harding
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Caldwell Ave
Morgan Ave
Rosedale Ave
Elyria Investment Co
Elytia
New England
Broad Street
C. P. Shively
Elyria High School
Nina J. Baker
Robert McWilliams
Francelia McWilliams
Park Avenue
Robert
Francela
Ohio Wesleyan University
Chronicle-Telegram
Sixth Street
Ott Y. Stimson
Baby
Thoms
National Guard
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