South Toledo Varnish Plant Fire Roars Through Plant
A gasoline tank fire at the Edson Varnish Company in South Toledo exploded, flames enveloped the building for hours, a roof collapsed, but no injuries were reported. Three nearby concerns suffered stock losses, the building was damaged, and workers aided efforts to save nearby facilities. A firefighter was injured while assisting a truck crew.
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Toledo
Edson Varnish Company
Ag Paratus
Bremen
Edson Varnish Co
Continental Bitumen Co
Shapiro Auto Parts Co
W. E. Meier
Bitumen Co
Haughton Elevator Co
Boating Brass Co
Hartford broker accused of embezzling $600000 failed arrest in Lorain
Hartford stock broker Roger W. Watkins, nicknamed the rabbit, was arrested in Lorain Ohio on a Connecticut embezzlement case involving $600000 from the Associated Investors Company of Hartford. Hotchkiss, a state attorney aide, trailed him since April after routing him via Mexico and Canada. Watkins planned to return to Connecticut and faced removal to jail. His sister Margaret and brothers Guy and Maynard Tressler also were involved.
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Sandusky
Hartford
Conn
Rodger W. Watkins
Lorain
Séuveny
Watkins
Harrison Hotchkiss
Hertford
Ana
Connecticut
Hotchkiss
Anulers
Mexico
Canada
Sancta Fe
Nui M
Associated Investors” Company
Hart‘ford
the Rabbit
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Margaret
Guy
Maynard Tressler
Fifty Russian Villages Underwater After Floods
Bulletin from Khabarovsk reports airplanes reconnoitering the Azur and Sera river districts finding at least 55 villages flooded and hundreds of houses razed. About 6000 people homeless as foods rise. evacuation planned for other districts. Relentless waters threaten the Lena goldfields as relief uses many steamers and boats.
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Khabarovsk
Russia
Azur River
Sera
Lena
Farmer shoots two boys in wheat field in Toledo
Aug 1 an hour after he shot and wounded two boys found tramping his wheat field seeking golf balls farmer Willard Sharples surrendered at the county jail. Victims Thomas Hauslet 15 in serious condition feared blinded Ralph Wryer 15 wounded in left arm Claude Squire a friend among six boys fired upon none others hurt Sharples field adjoins Heatherdowns golf course.
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Toledo
Willard Sharpies
Thomas Hauslet
Ralph Wryer
Hauslet
Claude Squire
Bors
Sharples
Heatherdowns Golf Course
Watchman Gives Life To Warn motorists
Toled o Ohio report says Dade Martin a 60 year old tower watchman for the Michigan Central railroad was killed today while trying to warn motorists crossing the tracks before a fast passenger train. He stood near his tower and ran onto the crossing as the train approached failing to reach safety. Witnesses noted he was in his tower when the train neared and had descended when the gates did not operate.
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Toledo
Dade Martin
Michigan Central Railroad
Martin
William
Neuendorf
New Road Opens in South End of County
County commissioners announce completion and acceptance of the improved Indian Hollow River road between La Ranke Beldon Road and Pend-Litchfield Road, now open to traffic.
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Board of County Commisoners
Indian Hollowiver
Laranke-Beldon
Pen- d-Litchfield Road
Governor Smith Back In New York City
Governor Alfred E. Smith returns from a Long Island vacation to discuss his presidential campaign with directors in New York City. He plans to win the western farm vote while facing questions on farm policy from George N. Peek, former Republican and corn belt committee chairman, who may back Smith if the farm plank satisfies him. Peek will confer with Smith in coming days and will not commit until he interprets the farm plank. Raskob notes the South is considered safe for Democrats. continuation on page 7.
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New York
Alfred E. Smith
Long Island
George N. Peek
Corn Belt Committee
Smith
Peek
Johan J. Raskob
National Committee
Raskob
Dey Federation
First Methodist Church
Anna Kennedy
FL Wiseman
Nellie Hill
al Smith
Hoover
Akron
Congress
Guy R. Findley
A. R. Webber
Common Pleas
Clarence E. Adams
O. E. Rankin
George Rhoads
W. B. Richmond
William Whitney
Edwin R. Hasenpilug
Paul J. Goldthorpe
Arthur L. Richwine
N. D. Backus
Don W. Myers
City Installs Traffic Light At Second Street
A traffic signal at the intersection of Middle Avenue and Second Street was being installed to improve traffic flow. Plans were made months earlier by Ohio Public Service Co. to place a signal at this busy city intersection.
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Middle Avenue
Second Street
Ohio Public Service Co
Woolidge Ends FFth Year in White Rouge Cedar Island Lodge
Wis Aug 1 President Coolidge, fishing from his canoe on the Brule river, marks the twilight of his long political career. It closes his fifth and final year as chief executive. His rise was steady, not flashy. Inaugurated Aug 2 1923, his oath was said to reflect simple American democracy. His father woke the vice president to announce Harding’s death. Coolidge, retired to retreat, seeks relief from office, and contemplates the future with calm. No firm plans disclosed, rumors swirl about boards or academia, though nothing solid.
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Cedar Island Lodge
Wis
Coolidge
Brule
Calvin Coolidge
United Teles
Col
John Coolidge
Warren G. Harding
Coolidge New Enaryland Farm
Calvin
Coo
Hubert Work
Hoover
Giren
United States Steel Corporation
Amherst College
Political Campaign Notes Amid Bribe Allegations
Governor Smith returns to New York for talks with John, head of the corn belt committee, during a vacation stop. Senator Robinson plans a Southern states tour with a possible Arkansas speech. The socialist party releases a Lewis Lefingwill letter to Williams McAdoo, criticizing Hoover. Morgan and Company cites Lefingwill’s war days. Hoover intends to begin active campaigning after the Republican convention and will travel east from August 13, starting in San Francisco.
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Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Sia
Smith
Robinson
Socialist Party
Russell c. Lefingwill
J. P. Morgan and Company
Williams
McAdoo
Herbert Hoover
Finance
Morgan and Company
Lesing
Hoover
San Francisco
Sheriff Kills Two Men at Ravenna
In Ravenna Ohio on August 1 Sheriff J P Perry and deputy George Dussel shot and killed two men during a confrontation at Lever's Lane two miles south of town. They said the trio were stealing chickens from Clegsten and Brown and that a fourth man Ralph Brown was wounded. Two women in a car were questioned. one fired as the sheriff confronted the suspects.
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Ravenna
P. Perry
George Dussel
Lever's Lane
Here
Perry
Clegsten
Har
South Newbe
Ralph Brown
Lover's Lane
J. A. Sheer
Violet Smith
South Newberry
Dussel
Clogston
Elyria Pays Tribute At Nye Funeral In Half Mast Honors
Flags at half mast marked Elyria yesterday as Judge David Joel Nye, a leading citizen, was laid to rest after funeral services at the First Congregational church. The Lorain County Bar Association, Thirty-third Degree Masons, the Masonic Order, and the DeMolars attended. The body lay in state two hours, and Rev. A B Meldrum praised Nye for his strength and incorruptibility. Burial followed at Ridgelawn cemetery with pallbearers Samuel Squires Artemas Flower Charles R Flower George Glitch and Dr H B Ormsby.
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A.B Meldrum
Oberlin
Meld-rum
Ridgelawn
Samuel Squires
Artemas
Charles R. Flower
Elyria
Atte
George Glitch
Lorain
H. B. Ormsby
Cleveland
Lorain Driver Cleared in Tragic Child Deaths
Lorain police exonerate Gunder LeRor Guzter of track accident on School Street that killed two Lorain children and injured another. Amtene Stilak, the injured boy, remains in St Joseph's Hospital with a fractured skull in serious condition. police continue to review the tragedy.
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Lorain
Auz
LeRor Guzter
Elyria
Amtene Stilak
St. Joseph's Hospital
Silak
Ransack On Middle Avenue Leaves Home In Break-In
Mrs BE Skinner of 1301 Middle Avenue returned home to a ransacked house after a week away. Missing items include a lady’s gold Swiss watch with initials F. BE D on the back, a man’s open-faced watch, a pair of boys’ trousers, and two old model revolvers. Police found the entrance likely gained through a cellar window.
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BE. H. Skinner
Middle Avenue
F. BE. D
Skinner
Campaign Cost of Four Million USD Estimated
A Republican campaign effort is projected to cost about four million dollars. Treasurer Nutt reports a campaign committee has begun active fundraising and voluntary contributions have been received as part of the planned drive led by Hoover Curtis.
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G.O.P
Washington
Cam Hoover-Curtis
Predicture
Seventh Day Adventists plan large Ohio encampment
The Ohio Conference of Seventh day Adventists meets in its Sixth Biennial session at Fair Grounds Avenue 15 in Eli fia. The event features able speakers, including Elder McElhany, focusing on North America as a base for global missions. The encampment highlights a record foreign mission budget, health work, and medical training programs.
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Ohio
Seventh-day Adventists
North America
Mission Board
Eighteen Local Candidates Back Prohibition Stance
Eighteen candidates for state and county offices spoke at the First Methodist church urging dry policies and the Eighteenth Amendment while a milk inspector condemned high temperatures and unsafe dairy handling in Savage. The event, hosted by the W C T U and the Christian Citizenship committee, included critiques of several candidates and calls for clean, Christian leadership.
Option Taken On Ghoad Street Property
Announcement today that an option has been taken on the Beebe property at East avenue and Broad street by John Pekras to improve the site. The frontage measures 133 feet on Broad street and 184 feet on East avenue, with a 150 room hotel and ground floor store rooms plus a theatre seating 2506. Pekras says plans are being drawn and hopes to break ground within sixty days. The building will be fireproof and designed for future expansion of Elsria.
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Beebe
East Avenue
Broad Street
John Pekras
Thi Ctr
Pekras
Plas
Elsria
Nine Men Dead As Gate Slips At Canal Shipyard
Gullefin Thorold Ontario August 1 Nine men killed and between twenty and thirty injured when a five hundred sixty ton steel gate slipped from a crane boom during installation at a Welland Canal site. The accident halted work as authorities investigated the cause.
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Gullefin Thorold
Ont
Welland Canal
Textile strike pickets dispersed by Fall River police
In New Bedford Mass August police aided local officers to disperse pickets linked to the Textile Mills committee and textile council. About 300 radical pickets and 25 council members led protests but offered little resistance as authorities moved in. A mass meeting followed at headquarters. About 258 pickets were arraigned and jailed for two to six months.
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New Bedford
Mass
Fall River
Woole
Radical Textile Mills Committee
Textile Council
The
Textile Mills Committee
Bride Says She Didn’t Know Husband Was Bandit
A bride, Mrs Virginia Ov Bno, appeared at Cincinnati police HQ after James O'Neil Machinist and John Caldm entr’s arrest for a recent chain of robberies. She claimed she and O'Neil, wed a week earlier, did not know his criminal life and that he promised to establish a home soon.
Cafeteria Court Receipts Fall In July
Receipts of cafeteria court declined from 250 dollars in June to 93 dollars in July. Service Director John XN Eide said motorists had not improved in obeying traffic rules, hinting police would step on the gas. Funds from the cafeteria chart go to street marking and traffic signal erection.
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Jeane
John XN. Eide
Manny
Circleville Youth Fatally Injured in Collision
Bud Lowry, 20, Circleville, died after a head on crash near Alton west of Columbus. He was riding with another occupant when their car collided with a vehicle driven by S C Ware of Columbus. Lowry died en route to a hospital.
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Circleville
Columbus
Bud” Lowry
Alton
S.C. Ware
Lowry
Racketeers Busy at Rocky River In Fire Probe
Firefighters doused a blaze in Rocky River suburb linked to racketeering activity. Investigators, led by prosecutor Edward C. Stante, say the arson was tied to a larger fraud inquiry. Ten victims to appear before the grand jury as part of the probe. County Farm Bureau executive committee to meet this evening at the bureau office for routine business.
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Des Lire
Coun
Edward C. Stante
County Farm Bureau Committee
Lorain County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
New Park Board Member Takes Oath
Carl Muller was sworn in as a new park board member replacing J. T. Burrows. The appointment was finalized at a Tuesday evening meeting amid routine duties and the oath ceremony.
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New Park Board
Carl Muller
East Arene Re
Offes Ss
Nee Ah J. Tuesdar
J. T. Burrows
Brennan Shows Improvement
CHICAGO August 1 George E Brennan Democrat political reported greatly improved today. Brennan's condition was believed improved after two teeth were extracted Thursday. He has an exchange for recovery, phr 25s said. He was given the tests of the Catholic church when he was feared he was dying.
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Chicago
George E. Brennan
John B. Murray
Brennan
Thussday
Pastor Drowns Near Sandusky in Erie Coast
Rev Franck P George former pastor of Bremen and Baltimore churches drowned at White's Landing Camp Castalia on Lake Erie near Sandusky according to word to his brother Russell George of Baltimore Fairfield County. Hold four mile swim Lorain Aug 1 second annual swimming marathon from Century to Lakeview parks Lake Erie four miles.
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Sandusky
Lancaster
Franck P. George
Bremen
Baltimore
T. B
White's Landing
Camp Castalia
Lake Erie
Russell George
Fairfield County
Lorain
Century
Lakeview Parks
Hoover Plans Broad Personal Speeches Across Cities
Herbert Hoover will mount a personal speaking campaign with trips planned to Buffalo Boston Chicago New York and other cities after September 1. He will base campaigns in Washington and make two trips each weekend with one or two speeches per trip. He will also visit border states and midwest cities including Louisville or Nashville Kansas City St Louis and possibly Minneapolis or St Paul. The plan aims for a nationwide tour distinct from earlier radio heavy strategy.
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Shasta Springs
Calif
Herbert Hoover
East
Middle West
Washington
Hoover
Bufalo
Boston
Chicago
New Yor
Louisville
Nashville
Tear
Kansas City
St. Louis
Minneapolis
St. Paul
United Press
Pacific Coast
Los Angeles
Albuquerque
New Bresico
West Branch
Iowa
Mt Shasta
Springs
Shasta
Pacific
Bever Creek
Brown's
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Mierrow
Palo Alto
Voters 21 By Nov 6 May Vote Aug 14
County election officials stated there was a misunderstanding among voters about age eligibility. The notice confirms that individuals must be 21 by November 6 to vote, with the August 14 as the key election day.
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Prisnar
County Elections Board
Unity League Discusses Candidates At Bethany Church
Representatives of the Low County Unity League from G lin Wellington Edard Tain met Bethany Bsr church last evening to hear candidates for office. Each candidate spoke informally and answered questions. League members will carry their impressions to colored people across county sections.
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County Unity League
Wellington
Edard Tain
Bethany Bsr
Unity League
Six Boys Arrested in Lorain Thefts
Six boys were arrested by police in Lorain last night on theft charges from auto modules. They confessed to the thefts today and were detained for juvenile court authorities.
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AtTos Lorain
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