Graf Zeppelin Makes Good Progress On Transatlantic Flight
Reports from Azores indicate Graf Zeppelin passed San Miguel Island region en route to Lakehurst. Onboard the dirigible repairs and routine operations continued with five engines, crews calm, though some passengers nervous during headwinds.
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Ponta del Gada
Azores
San Miguel Island
Rhone Valley
Rhone
United States
Toulon
France
Mediterranean
Hugo Eckener
Spain
Salon
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Lakehurst
N. J
Atlantic
Graf
Cadiz
Azores Islands
East Ave Man Still Missing
Frederick L. Sparr, 29, of 1421 East Avenue, remains missing after disappearing from his home Monday afternoon. Relatives and police continue to search for him.
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East Ave
Frederick L. Sparr
East Avenue
When I Was 21 Charles Carpenter Rail Career
At 21 Charles Carpenter worked for C. H. Snow Elyria city engineer. He then joined Lorain car shops of the Cleveland Lorain and Wheeling Railroad later the Lorain Steel Co. He returned to Elyria to work at the Cleveland Lorain and Wheeling station. He later joined Western Automatic Co. He served as a substitute mail carrier then became a regular carrier and remains in service after 20 years. Carpenter is married and lives at 416 Cleveland Street. His youth ambition was to be a railroad engineer.
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Charles Carpenter
C. H. Snow
Elyria
Lorain
Cleveland, Lorain and Wheeling
Baltimore and Ohio
Lorain Steel Company
Western Automatic Company
Western Automatic
Carpenter
Cleveland Street
Red Cross To Loan Supplies In Elyria Area
The Elyria Chapter of the American Red Cross plans a Loan Closet for Visiting Nurses and the sick in Elyria and nearby territory. Donations of unused sick room items are welcomed and loaned where needed. The Red Cross office in Lorain County Bank Building is open most afternoons 1:30 to 5.
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Red Cross
Elyria
American Red Cross
Lorain County Bank
Campbell Bootleg Crackdown Nets 49 Arrests Near Cleveland
In Youngstown Ohio on August 2 Campbell citizens described as 49 alleged bootleggers were loaded into cars and sent to Cleveland for arraignment. Federal agents raided 52 resorts, smashing bars and stills, destroying thousands of gallons of whiskey beer and wine. One woman, Anna Neagel, was briefly detained and released. former Safety Director John Vansuch was among those taken.
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Youngstown
Campbell
Cleveland
U. S
Prohibition
Federal
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Washington, D. C
Anna Neagel
John Vansuch
Forty six children at Elyria clinic examined
Forty six children from twenty two cities were examined at the crippled children's clinic at Elyria Memorial hospital today. Dr. Clarence Hyman of Cleveland led the effort with Dr. Melvin Clark of Elyria assisting. Children came from Elyria, Lorain, Oberlin, Amherst, Mansfield, Geneva, Lucas, Newark, Bucyrus, Mt. Gilead, Ashland, East Liverpool, Shiloh, Rock Creek, Tiffin, Cleveland, Plymouth, Bellevue, Kingsville, Butler, Norwalk and Hurtsgrove.
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Crippled Children’s Clinic
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Clarence Hyman
Cleveland
Melvin Clark
Elyria
Lorain
Oberlin
Amherst
Mansfield
Geneva
Lucas
Newark
Bucyrus
Mt. Gilead
Ashland
East Liverpool
Shiloh
Rock Creek
Tiffin
Plymouth
Bellevue
Kingsville
Butler
Norwalk
Hurtsgrove
Kiwanians Send Cable To Daddy At Child Welfare Conference
Elyria Kiwanis club held a stunt day at Hotel Newell with marimba solos duets and a violin solo by Joe Monia. Paul Wainwright led the program and President George Colburn reported sending a cable to Daddy Allen in Geneva Switzerland congratulating him on progress for crippled children.
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Elyria Kiwanians
Newell
Jean St. Marie
Carl Kolinski
Russell Hadaway
Roger Rogers
Joe Monia
Kolinski
Schmidt
Paul Wainwright
George Colburn
Allen
Geneva
Switzerland
Elyria Kiwanis Club
Elyria
Diver Alva Yeates Dies After River Dive
Alva Yeates 22 of Rockbridge dies in Lancaster Ohio after diving into a shallow spot of the Hocking River. The fatal accident occurred when he struck the river bottom causing fatal injuries.
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Lancaster
Alva Yeates
Rockbridge
Hocking River
Trick rider hurt in bicycle stunt collapse
Frank Doherty 44 of Cincinnati sustained serious injuries when his bicycle collapsed after a leap during a trick loop the loop stunt last night. He is hospitalized and listed in serious condition with multiple injuries.
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Frank Doherty
Cincinnati
Youth Held Up At Rubber Station On Oberlin Road
At about 2 a m two highway robbers carjacked the Old Mill gasoline station on the Baltimore and Ohio crossing. They escaped with $31 in cash and four gallons of gasoline after threatening attendant Homer S. Carpenter 19 who exchanged shots and believes he may have wounded one assailant. Sheriff Clarence E. Adams and Ebria police followed leads toward Oberlin but the suspects fled in an older car.
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Old Mill
Oberlin Road
Baltimore and Ohio
Homer S. Carpenter
405
Second Street
Clarence E. Adams
Ebria
Oberlin
Carpenter
O. K
Liquor charge fines in Lodi case and adjourned hearings
Albert White of Lodi street was fined 1000 dollars and costs by Common Pleas Judge A R Webber after pleading guilty to possessing liquor in a raid by state county and city officials Wednesday night. Frank Daub and Ruby Spencer, arrested with him, pleaded not guilty to possession and resisting an officer. their hearings were set for Tuesday before Justice S J George.
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Albert White
Lodi Street
Common Pleas
A. R. Webber
Frank Daub
Ruby Spencer
S. J. George
Endurance Plane Flies St Louis to Chicago for Refueling Show
The St. Louis Robin took off from Lambert Field carrying Red Jackson and Obie O Brine to Chicago for a refueling exhibition. O Brine led after winning a coin toss, piloting the flight today.
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ST. Louis. Mo
St. Louis
Lambert St. Louis
Red” Jackson
Obie
O'Brine
Chicago
O’brine
Accident fatality hits vacationers in Michigan gravel
In Euart Michigan on August 2 a teenage traveler, John Goll sixteen from Lancaster Ohio, was hurled from a car after it swerved on loose gravel. He struck a roadside stump and died. His parents accompanied him on the trip.
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Acto. S
Ewart
Mich
John Goll
Lancaster
Ohio
Crooked 3
Soviet reject China offer on Manchuria railway dispute
Moscow Aug 2 The Soviet Union rejected China's proposal for a joint conference to settle the eastern railway dispute and demanded that the Mukden government restore the status quo ante in Manchuria. Leo Karakhan said no immediate talks and pressed for a Soviet manager for the railway and a formula stating that China’s seizure violated treaties with Russia.
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Moscow
Russia
China
Mukden
Manchuria
Leo Karakhan
Chang Maseuh-Liang
Karakhan
Borah urges Britain to sink ships to seek disarmament parity
Washington, Aug 2. Senator Borah chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee suggests Britain show real disarmament interest by sinking ships as the United States did after the Washington conference. He notes Britain has 59 cruisers built or building versus 18 for the United States and argues sinking ships would save taxpayers and reduce war incentives.
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Washington
Atlantic
Senator Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
White House
Great Britain
United States
London
Borah
Hoover
Rum Runner Ablaze on Lake Erie near Cleveland
A 40-foot cabin cruiser loaded with Canadian whiskey burst into flames on Lake Erie off Cleveland. Four explosions shook the vessel as heat reached the whiskey cases. the crew reportedly jumped overboard and were not aboard. Tugs and fire boats aided the burning craft sighted two miles from the breakwaters.
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Cleveland
Canada
Lake Erie
Elevator death at Newark plant claims teen worker
Newark Ohio August 2 Alfred Stockwell 19 of Plymouth killed when an elevator at Pharis Tire and Rubber plant fell. Stockwell neck broken. Dale Miller another lift occupant seriously injured but expected to recover.
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Newark
Alfred Stockwell
Plymouth
Pharis Tiré & Rubber Company
Stockwell
Dale Miller
Tepovar
Judge dismisses anti picketing injunction in Electro Alloys case
Judge 4 R Webber of Common Pleas dismisses the petition against Electro Alloys and most of the International Moulders Union Elyria branch striking members. Three members William Cunningham William Cox and Carl Mills are enjoined from acts cited, while others face no further injunction. Cox Mills denied calling workers scabs and Cunningham faced property removal charges. Costs largely on Electro Alloys. bond required to appeal.
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Electro-Alloys Company
International Moulders’ Union
Elyria
Common Pleas
4. R. Webber
Electro-Alloys
William Cunningham
William Cox
Carl Mills
Cox and Mills
Cunningham
Cox
Taylor Street
Webber
Supreme Court
Electro-Allors Company
Cox, Millis and Cunningham
Lorain tear gas raid targets Delugos soft drink shop
Walter Delugos pleaded guilty to breaking the anti screen law and faced a $500 bond for trial after state prohibition agents used tear gas to gain entry to his Lorain soft drink establishment at 3100 Elyria Avenue. John Stackhouse pleaded not guilty to possession with a $1,000 bond for Tuesday trial.
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Walter Delugos
A. R. Webber
John Stackhouse
George Baynham
A. C MeaDougal
Elyria Avenue
Lorain
Delugos
Fnally
Crash Fatal To Two Officers In Army
Dayton Ohio reports two reserve officers died in a car crash near Osborn. Captain Henry Moore of New York and Captain R N Owens of Hartford and Saco, Connecticut, were among air corps war plans division attendees who had recently arrived. Owens leaves behind a wife and two children. Moore’s wife and daughter are mentioned.
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Dayton
Henry Moore
New York
Osborn
R N
Hartford
S‘acfoer
Conn
Orere
War Plans Division
Air Corps
Owens
Waterbars
Moore
Greenhaill Ucompan
Washington
Open Bids For Duck Pond Bridge
County commissioners opened bids for the Duck Pond Bridge linking Oberlin and Cleveland. Engineers estimated costs at 32090 dollars, with lowest bids about 6000 dollars under the estimate. Officials will decide the award in a few days as the project aims to complete this year.
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Duck Pond
Oberlin
Cleveland
Severe Storm Gusts Hit Connecticut and New York
Severe storms swept parts of Connecticut from Litchfield County through Hartford to Willimantic causing damage estimated at 1 million dollars. Hartford reported water depths up to fourteen inches and tobacco crops suffered significant losses. New York fatalities included one man who died of heat prostration as heat subsided with forecast cooler weather and additional rain. The nation’s heat peak reached 104 degrees at Concordia, Kansas.
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New York
Connecticut
Litchfield County
Hartford
Willimantic
Connecticut Valley
Concordia
Kan
Seattle youth wins Edison contest
Wilbur B Huston of Seattle was named Edison scholarship contest winner, earning tuition and living expenses to MIT for chemical engineering, with four other finalists receiving four years of technical college tuition. The 49 contenders faced a wide questionnaire from ethics to physics as judges including Lindbergh and Ford prepared to announce.
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West
Orange
N. J
Wilbur B. Huston
Seattle
Washington
Edison
Thomas A. Edison
Huston
Charles H. Brunissen
West Redding
Connecticut
Ivan A Getting
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
James Seth
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Bernard Sturgis
Indiana
Doctor Snook shows no emotion in court as murder case unfolds
In Columbus on August 2, Dr James Howard Snook sat unresponsive during testimony on Theora Hix murder. Coroner Dr Joseph Murphy described multiple knife and hammer wounds, with hair found between Theora’s fingers suggesting a possible third person at the rifle range. Evidence included severed jugular details and extensive head injuries, while defense highlighted the hair as a potential alibi in the case.
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Columbus
James Howard Snook
Theora Hix
Joseph Murphy
Miss Hix
Snook
Theora
Miss Dillon Wed Two Hours After Snook Testimony
Miss Berths Dillon, 21, star witness in the Dr. James Snook murder trial, married Norman Dungan two hours after testifying. Theora Hix’s death near University Hospital on June 13 remains central, with Dillon citing plans to escape the case as motive for the hurried wedding and a two week trip to Washington Atlantic City and Virginia Beach.
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Columbus
Miss Dillon
Norman Dungan
Theora Hix
Snock
Theora
University Hospital
New York Central
The
Pure Oil Co
Snook
Washington
Atlantic City
Virginia Beach
Marquis Held For Grand Jury In Manslaughter Case
Mayor James Hewnttoda bound Flord E. Marquis to grand jury under 31,095 pounds of a manslaughter charge in the death of Bernice Novak. Novak was struck by Marquis' car Saturday afternoon and died Monday afternoon.
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James
Flord E. Marquis
Grand Jury
Bernice Novak
Marquis
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Britain
Bulletin
Moulders Union
Lorain County
June Buswell
LaGrange Busy Bees
Duck Pond Bridge
Gugtly
Edison Contes
West Orange
Aus
Charles A. Lindbergh
Henry Ford
Ocore
Frial
Aaparpel
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