Florida Hurricane Wrecks Wide Areas Across State
A tropical hurricane swept from Tampa to the Gulf coast, isolating Tampa and St. Petersburg and devastat ing large areas inland. Officials report millions in damage with no loss of life thus far. Communications cut, with Western Union lines down and interior towns cut off. Citrus groves damaged, homes unroofed, and at Kissimmee a garage and two small bores were reported damaged as the storm moved northward.
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Facksonville
Fla
Tampa
St. Petersburg
Florida Peninsula
Citrus County
United Press
Kissitmee
Kissimee
Osceola County
Orlando
Lorain County Dry Headquarters Opens in Elyria Block
The Lorain County Dry Headquarters at 212-214 Elyria block is among the county's busiest spots. Voters and candidates visit to learn positions on the dry question and to promote views. Opened August 1, staff handle inquiries, with visitors, and a telephone available for those unable to attend.
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Lorain County
Elyria Block
Missouri primary tightens Senate race as returns rise
Late Missouri primary results favored Democratic candidate Charles M. Harry over James A. Col et for the United States Senate by 22,069 votes. In the Republican contest Roscoe C Patterson, a dry, overtook early leader Nathan Frank, with a plurality likely around 19,000.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
United States Senate
Charles M. Har Iry
James A. Colet
United States
Roscoe c. Patterson
Nathan Frank
Man Wanted Here Caught In Chicago
Lorain county sheriff E G Mathews announces a stolen Pontiac coach from Avon Lake was recovered in Chicago. Alan C McCowan of Avon Road Avon Lake is notified. Harry C Jefferies of Youngstown, Ohio, is arrested by Chicago police for theft and held for local authorities.
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Sherif
Machine Upsets Two Men Not Badly Hurt
Two men escaped serious injuries when a machine overturned three times while negotiating a curve at Stop 4 on Gria Avenue Road between Elyria and Lorain. The men Joseph Reese and Walter Kooley suffered cuts and injuries. the machine was demolished.
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Gria Avenue
Ely- L
Lorain
Joseph Reese
1. Lorain
Walter Ko
35Th Street
Loramley
Tmesser
Church Conference Preparations Draw Adventist Leaders
Officials of the Ohio conference of Seventh day Adventists arrive ahead of the August 16 26 conference and camp meeting. A tented city rises on the fair grounds to house attendees as leaders from multiple cities join preparations. The South American mission is highlighted with Loyd Christman visiting and Indian communities in the Lake Titicaca region noted for literacy and conversion.
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Fair Grounds
Ohio Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
Leach
A. B E. King
E. Ray Corder
Guy Corder
Unionarmen’s Missionary Movement
I. M. Evans
A. E. King
Young People's Department
Otto Hershberger
Department of Education
Charles Utrich
Durant
Columbus
John Schultz
Dayton
Evans
Lima
Paul Matula
Cleveland
L. O. Gordon
Canton
Louis Lesheim
Youngstown
C. W. Guenther
Toledo
Hitler D. FL Roth
Cincinnati
Elder Schwartz
Seventh-day Adventists
Loyd Christman
Lake Titicaca
South America
Widely Known Publisher Dies in Waynesfield
Rev Albert Waldron Yale 75 a famed midwest newspaperman died at his son E Brennan Yale’s Waynesfield Ohio home Aug 3 Yale born Osceola Ohio began a 66 year paper career owning the Central Kansas Index and founding a Wichita paper He later owned the Winfield Courier McPherson Messenger Lakin Tribune and Star of Lytton Iowa Engineer John G Dick 22 Geauga county surveyors office collapsed dead after returning from an Akron banquet Aug 9
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Waynesfield
Albert Waldron Yale
Middlewest
E. Brennan Yale
Auglaize County
Rev. Yale
Osceola
Central Kansas Index
Wichita
Kansas
Winfield , Courier
McPherson Messenger
Lakin Tribune
Star
Lytton
Iowa
Chardon
John G. Dick
Geauga County Surveyors Office
Akron
Gene Tunney to wed Mary Lauder in New York this autumn
United Press reports heavy weight champion Gene Tunney, now retired, will marry Mary Josephine Lauder, daughter of George Lauder Jr. The engagement was confirmed by friends of Tunney and the Lauder family, with a New York wedding likely this autumn or winter. She is described as refined, athletic, and cultured, from Greenwich Conn. society circles.
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New York
Aoman
Gene Turney
Mary Josephine Lauder
Greenwich. Conn
Tenney
George Lauder, Jr
Miss Lauder
Lander
Gene Tonmey
Turnershire
Tunney
Lauder
Edward Dewing
Hartford
Conn
Dewing
Greenwich Village
Physician Says Vare Will Recover
ATLANTIC CITY New Jersey August 9 Dr Elwood Kirby attending physician today reported that Senator Wm BE Vare of Pennsylvania who has been dangerously ill here is over the danger line and will recover Vares temperature was pronounced normal and his blood pressure within the bounds of Safety Much more action of the left arm is possible and his reflexes are all back His pupils are normal He is certainly out of danger The physician was certain that Mr Ware s speech would not be impaired by his illness
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Atlantic City
N.J
Elwood Kirby
Wm. BE. Vare
Pennssi-vania
Mr. Ware
Warn Motorists About Lights
Sheriff E G Mathews announced a night highway crackdown on Lake road. About thirty cars were stopped Wednesday and ordered to fix one light or rear lamp defects. He vowed ongoing drives to improve safety for night driving.
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Lake Road
Sheriff's Office
Sherif E. G. Mathews
Lancaster Candidate Cancel Campaign Due to Blood Poison
Joseph T. Ferguson, Lancaster, running for the Democratic nomination for state auditor, must cancel remaining campaign speaking engagements after a blood infection developed from a campaign hand wound. The physician orders halt to campaigning as the condition is treated.
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Lancaster
Joseph T. Ferguson
Ferguson
Polls Open From 6 30 A M To 6 30 P M Tuesday
Instructions from the board of elections set hours for polls in Elyria. Thirty three booths will operate next Monday from two to nine for transfer and registration. On Tuesday polls run 6 30 a m to 6 30 pm. Absent voters must have ballots in the board of elections by Saturday.
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Board of Election
Elyria
Volers
Board of Elections
Ohio Primary Campaign Heats Up Across Nations Close Races
Ohio voters brace for near historic tight contests as campaigns wrap up. Republicans vie for governor among Myers Cooper Begg and Turner with endorsements and charges flying. Democrats lean toward Davey Witt Hunt White and others in a neck and neck race. Separate races crown U S Senate seats with Fess unopposed for long term. Burton Marshall lead Republican contenders while Hunt White and Genitsch Wright Bronx Wharton vie for state offices.
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United Press
Ohio
Myers
Y. Cooper
Cincinnati
James T. Begg
Sandusky
Edward C. Turner
Martin L. Davey
Kent
Earl D. Bloom
Bowling Green
Peter Witt
Cleveland
Herman R. Witter
Canton
James C. B. Beatty
East Liverpool
Davey
Wiil
al Smith
New York
Witt
Smith
Cooper
Begg
Anti-Saloon League
League Policy Committee
Columbus
E. J. Moore
League
Freeman L. Dustman
Moore
Dustman
Turner
Public Utilities
Inter
United States
Simeon TD. Fess
Yellow Springs
Theodore Burton
Carrington T. Marshall
State Supreme Court
Graham P. Hunt
George White
Marietta
Charles W. Bronx
Bucrrus
Frank Genitsch
Wright
Lancaster
Charles E. Wharton Kenton
Reed Suffers Political Reverses Before Retirement
James A. Reed on the eve of retirement from the U S Senate endures two political reverses in two months. In Missouri the Democratic nomination for U S senator goes to Charles 3% Har over James A Collet, amid Reed’s Houston era tensions and earlier clashes with Hay. The row recalls Reed’s past opposition to the League of Nations and factional fights that shaped Missouri’s Democratic politics.
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ST. Louis
United States Senate
James A. Reed
Missouri
Houston
Alfred le Smith
Charles
Har
Tom Heflin
Reed
United States
James A. Collet
Day
Guv. Smith
Hay
San Francisco
Missouri Wilsonian Democrats
League of Nations
Kiwanis Club Luncheon Features Local Talent
At the Newell hotel noon Kiwanis members rolled up sleeves and showcased vocal talents. Ed Han num chaired the stunts committee as members acted as napkin targets while enjoying music from the Peerless orchestra led by Gene St. Marie at the piano.
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Kiwanis Club
Newell Hotel
Hannum
Peerless
Gene St. Marie
Lorain Woman Ends Life In Gas Inhalation
Lorain Ohio reports that Mrs Bes sie Pillock aged 43 ended her life Wednesday afternoon by turning on a gas jet in her bedroom after closing openings and staying to breathe fumes. She was found by her husband when he returned home at four. Coroner Miles E Perry recorded death by her own action.
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Lorain
Bessie Pillock
Miles E. Perry
Evanston Wealthy Seek Slater in Miss Constance Murder
Wealthy Evanston residents and Chicago suburb police joined forces to solve the murder of Jennie Constance, a college English instructor. A man attacked her with an iron pipe Tuesday night, leaving her body in a pool of blood behind George H. Peaks’s home as rewards are offered for information.
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Sar
Miss Constance
Slater
Miss Consance
George H. Peaks
Political battle in brief and campaign notes
A 300 strong group of anti Smith Democrats organized clubs across Florida. Herbert Hoover rehearsed his acceptance speech at Stanford Stadium with arrangements set for a Saturday program. Hoover followers arrived in Palo Alto for the ceremony. Governor Smith pledged to press his debate with Dr John Roach Straton on the governor’s legislative record at Calvary Baptist Church where Straton charged Smith with opposing moral progress.
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Florida
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Palo Alto
Smith
John Roach Straton
Calvary Baptist Church
Straton
City to Open New Bids for Rest Room and Paving
The city will open new bids Friday for a rest room at Second and Court streets in the service director's office. Earlier bids were rejected as too high. Early next week, Ely will advertise new paving and resurfacing work under the 1925 program, including resurfacing Eesti Broad street from Prospect to Abbey roads.
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Court Street
Friday Moor
John X. Bidt
Ely
Eesti Broad Street
Prospect Street
Abbey Road
Hoover campaign plans calm period before fall rush
Palo Alto Calif Aug 9 The Republican campaign will stay calm for six weeks before Nov 6 with Herbert Hoover, the nominee, outlining a busy push afterward This includes speeches daily and planned stops such as Yosemite Grand Canyon and a homecoming in West Branch Iowa before returning to Washington The arrival of Senator George Moses of New Hampshire to head the notification committee is also noted
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Palo Alto
Calif
Herbert Hoover
Washington
Hoover
George Moses
New Hampshire
Yosemite Valley
Tuo- Jumme Meadows
Los Angeles
Grand Canyon
West Branch
Iowa
City Swelters Under Heat Wave
The city baked in a heat wave with thermometers above 56 degrees in the shade. Cascade Park pool and Ely Park shaded beaches drew crowds seeking relief while fashion gave way to light clothing. A passerby compared the heat to the political race as a cooler night was promised tomorrow.
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Cascade Park
Ely Park
Sol
Two Teens to Face Juvenile Court for Car Theft
Roman Barbarck of East River Street and Mike Yascham near Oberlin were to appear in juvenile court on a charge of stealing. They were arrested in Perrysburg, Ohio on Tuesday night with a car belonging to Fred Winters of Sheffield Township, reported by Elyria police who brought them back on Wednesday with officers George Waiton and Cordet Southam.
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Will
Roman Barbarck
East River Street
Mike Yascham
Oberlin
Anto
Perrysburg
Ohio
Fred Winters
Shefie'd Township
Stelen
Elyria
George Waiton
Cordet Southam
Staniforth Sues Citizens League for 50000 Damages
Dr. William F. Staniforth, a candidate for county commissioner, filed suit in Cleveland seeking $50,000 damages against the Citizens League. He alleges the league’s report declaring him unqualified for the post caused loss of friends, business, and the nomination.
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Citizen's League
Cleveland
William F. Staniforth
Staniforth
League
Lava destroys six villages on Paloeweh Island
Amsterdam August 9 dispatches from Batavia report that an eruption of the volcano Rokatinda on Paloeweh Island killed about a thousand people and injured six hundred as six villages were destroyed. The disaster struck the southwestern area. ships were sunk off Celebes Island and a sea surge rolled around Flores coast.
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Paloeweh Island
Amsterdam
Rokatinda
Paloeweh
Batavia
Celebes Island
Flores
Flores Sea
Philippines
Barneo
Paleeweh
Flores Island
Broker Plunges 14 Floors To His Death In Philadelphia
Arthur H. Vail a Philadelphia broker and manager of Halsey Stuart and Co fell from the 14th floor of the Packard building and was instantly killed. His body was found on the roof of an adjoining building. The incident occurred in Philadelphia and shocked the financial community.
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Philadelphia
Arthur H. Vail
Packard
Vail
Halsey-Stuart & Co
Simple Funeral For George Brennan
George E Brennan a veteran Democratic leader dies of septic poisoning. Funeral services will be private at his home and a church service at Our Lady of Mount Carmel. The casket will be carried by six close associates two cousins two police captains a political aide and a business companion. Burial is at All Saints cemetery Des Plaines.
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Chicago
George E., Brennan
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church
Brennans
Brennan
All Saints Cemetery
Des Plaines
Petition On Pay For Judges Filed In Ohio
Petition signatures totaling 561 voters from 67 counties seek to amend the state constitution to raise salaries for Supreme Court and common pleas judges while in office. If 144,998 signatures are verified, the measure will be placed on the November ballot. H. H. Felsman of Cleveland filed the petition, with Brown to county boards for verification.
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Columbus
Supreme Court
Courts of Common Pleas
Brown
H. H Felsman
Cleveland Attorner
Cleveland Common Pleas Courts
Common Pleas
Bound Over to Grand Jury On Breaking and Entering Charge
John Dery of Mansfield was bound over to the grand jury after pleading guilty to breaking and entering. He was held under $590 bond in police court and admitted stealing articles from the New York Central camp house at Lodstreet in a recent incident.
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John Dery
Mansfield
Dey
New York Central
Lodstreet
Damage suit filed for 35000 in Common Pleas
Michasl Lopa of Cleveland sues Noysius C. Smith of Aroz Lake for 35000 in a damage suit filed Thursday. Lopa alleges Smith drove through a detour on Lake road June 23 while workers stood in a guarded zone and struck him, causing partial incapacitation.
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Noysius C. Smith
Aroz Lake
Common Pleas
Michasl Lopa
Cleveland
Lopa
Rez
Lake Road
Smith
Nephew of U S Senator Locher Killed in Auto Crash
In Bluffton Ohio Ant 9 Samuel Diller twenty nephew of U S Senator Cyrus Locher was killed in an automobile accident near Lafayette Indiana early today. Oliver Locher twenty two cousin was seriously injured and in a Lafayette hospital. The two were returning to their room after finishing wars at a park when their car left the road and struck a pole.
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Mary Diller
Lafayette
2 Park
Indiana City
Elytian Dies Suddenly at Home After Heart Trouble
Elyria barber Al Johnson, a veteran known to many Elyrians, died suddenly at 11 40 this morning after being stricken at Jake Sharex's barber shop on Court Street. He went to a doctor then home where he died. Funeral arrangements are not yet set.
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al Johnson
Harvison_ street
Elyria Barber
Johnson
Jake Sharex
Court Street
Canner Purchases Big Farm Property in Circleville
H M Crites Circleville canner and Pickaway County’s largest landowner will acquire 6 000 acres in Madison County from Houstonia Land Development Co The deal valued at about 3 725 5900 includes development of most acreage for sweet corn to be canned at London Crites already owns about 15 000 acres in Pickaway County
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Canner
Circleville
H. M. Crites
Circleville Canner
Pickaway County
Madison County
Houstonia Land Development Co
Crites
London
Pickaway Courty
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Morris de Haven Tracy
Vare
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George Brennan
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Sen
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Elytian
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