Elyria Mayor vetoes street paving ordinance
Mayor James A Hewitt used his veto for the first time, returning the council’s July 29 ordinance on street and subdivision acceptance with four reasons. He argues 30-foot pavings and 36-foot streets are impractical, that 3 1 2 foot streets burden property owners, and that the measure would raise lot prices. The veto ends with the claim it would discourage paving and push toward costly cinder streets.
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James A. Hewitt Yestersday
Elyria
Hewitt
City Planning Commission
Asaph Jones
Harry Hinckson
Graf Zeppelin round world flight shipspeedson uneventful report
Washington August 9 Navy department failed to contact the Graf Zeppelin for an hour and said the craft was likely out of range with no further reports. Earlier New York reported the dirigible nearing Europe on its round the world flight from Lakehurst with 22 passengers and 40 crew, aiming for Friedrichshafen by tomorrow afternoon.
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Washington
Navy Department
Boston
New York
Europe
Lakehurst
N. J. Friedrichshafen
Germany
Atlantic
Air Voyagers
Graf
United States Navy
Police Chief Killed By Officers
CHICAGO Aug 9 Chief of police Theodore Schuppe of Elmwood Park a suburb was shot and killed by Cook county highway police today after terrorizing 10 couples in a roadhouse with a pistol Schuppe died ending a wild night of carousing at Sans Souci roadhouse Eight highway patrolmen responded finding him in civilian clothes brandishing a pistol He yelled to drop the gun and fired. Patrolman Fred Bryant fired three times with one bullet striking Schuppe in the heart The officers later identified him
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Chicago
Theodore Schuppe
Elmwood Park
Cook County
Schuppe
Morton Grove
Sans Souci
Fred Bryant
Life of Harry Z Howett A Rippled Children leader
At 21 Harry Z Howett studied at Antioch College Yellow Springs Ohio. He taught in Ohio schools for four years then studied at the University of Michigan. He became high school principal in Monroe Michigan and later spent ten years with Ohio’s welfare department. In 1924 he joined the International Society for the Rippled Children in Elshna as executive secretary. He is married and resides at 245 East River Street. His boyhood aim was to become a firefighter.
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Harry Z. Howett
Anioch College
Yellow Springs
Ohio
University of Michigan
Monroe
Michigan
State Department of Welfare
Elshna
International Society For Rippled Children
Howett
East River Street
Lakewood secretary named manager of Elyria Chamber
Earl D. Bacon, longtime Lakewood Chamber secretary, was named permanent manager of the Elyria Chamber of Commerce. He will assume duties September 1, bringing a record of civic work in Lakewood and Cleveland and endorsements from business leaders. The Elyria board says his appointment strengthens the chamber and local industry plans.
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Lakewood
Elyria
Chamber OF Commerce
Earl D. Bacon
Lakewood Chamber of Commerce
Blyiie Chamber of Commerce
Bacon
Lakewood Chamber
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
Lakewood Rotary Club
Lakewood Civic Club League
Cleveland
Earl W. Bell
Bell
Brumby Sues For Divorce and Alleges Alienation
Emma J Brumby of Camden Township files suit for divorce from Willard A Brumby and seeks alimony custody. She values his affections at 25600 against Clara Maude Braun accused of alienating affection over four years. Married since 1910 with three children aged 18 16 and 12.
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Emma J. Brumby
Camden Township
Willard A. Brumby
Common Pleas Court
Clara Maude Braun
Brumby
Two civil suits listed in common pleas court filings
Two civil suits totaling 529.10 are added to pending actions in common pleas court. The larger claim is 713.50 by Edward A. Welsh against Joseph B. Haynes for services and materials tied to the defendant's wife funeral. Arthur Thompson sues E. E. Starkey and Mrs. Helen Starkey for 116.90 on a promissory note.
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Common Pleas Court
Edward A. Welsh
Joseph B. Haynes
Arthur Thompson
E. E. Starkey
Helen Starkey
Movement for 7.8. Home Grow Sanitarium Bond Issue
Lorain county may place a bond issue before voters this fall to fund a tubercular patients sanitarium. Mrs. R T J Martin, executive secretary of the county public health council, said a meeting with Lorain, Elyria health officers, county health council members, and Dr Robert Patterson of Columbus will decide if the proposition goes to the county commissioners. Commissioners indicated support if sufficient interest exists, noting 35 patients are currently in outside institutions at about $28 weekly.
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Lorain County
R. T. J. Martin
County Public Health Council
Martin
America’s Famed Average Man Visits Elyria
Roy Gray, named as America’s representative average citizen, visits Elyria Lorain County recounting how he gained prominence. He explains how editor William Dutton selected Ft Madison Iowa as a model and how 12 of 14 men chose him as the representative. His name reportedly spread to about 12,000 to 13,000 newspapers nationwide with many questions pouring in.
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Roy Gray
America
United States
Elyria
Lorain County
Gray
William Dutton
American Magazine
Dutton
Iowa
Union
Ft. Madison
Snook Trial Reenacts Fatal Hix Struggle in Court
In Columbus Ohio on August 9 Dr James Howard Snook accused of murdering Theora Hix faced intense cross examination as prosecutor John J Chester Jr role played Miss Hix and a jury sat as an auto seat. Chester pressed Snook on alleged statements and the long questioning that followed his arrest. Snook described Theora’s wild attack and the subsequent fatal struggle in graphic detail while maintaining composure throughout most of the session.
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Court Room
Columbus
James Howard Snook
Theora Hix
John J. Chester, Jr
Snook
Theora
Chester
Veterinary College
Ohio State University
Miss Hix
Gets 15 Days For Stealing Gasoline
Leroy Van Patten a 30 year old from Union New York pleaded guilty to petit larceny for siphoning eight gallons of gasoline worth 1.44 from Henry Hall's auto on Temple Court. Mayor James A Hewitt ordered fifteen days in county jail plus 25 dollars in costs after the police court proceeding. He was arrested while siphoning gas at midnight while claiming he drove to Cleveland to seek employment and intended to pawn tools to fund his return home.
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Leroy van Patten
Union
N. Y
Henry Hall
James A. Hewitt
van Patten
Hall
Temple Court
Cleveland
Toledo
Fire Destroys Luna Park Stadium in Australia Blaze
The Luna Park Stadium in Cleveland Australia burned in the early hours, drawing about twenty thousand onlookers and causing a three hour effort by 125 firemen to control the blaze. Loss estimated at 60,000 pounds, per owner H. A. Gould.
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Cleveland
Aus
Luna Park Stadium
Avromen
H. A. Gould
Confessed Slaying of Ohio Health Official in New York
Joseph Edelman confessed to the December 1928 murder of Dr. Horatio Silver 58 Preble County health commissioner during a robbery at his home. Marshal Willard Armstrong said Edelman would be returned to Eston from New York tonight for custody.
Victor Berger Laid In State In Milwaukee Rotunda
Victor Berger body lies in state in Milwaukee city hall rotunda as hundreds of citizens pass by the casket. The funeral hour is set for 2:00 PM Saturday at Forest Home Cemetery with a police band playing between visitors and condolences pouring in from Norman Thomas and other notable figures.
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Milwaukhsh
Wis
Victor Berger
Milwaukee
Forest Home Cemetery
Norman Thomas
Glenn Frank
University of Wisconsin
Walter J. Kohler
Wisconsin
Carl A. Bickel
United Press Associations
Vote Owen Young Greatest U S Bus Man
Boston observers at Harvard Institute of Businessballoted on the nation’s outstanding businessman Owen D. Young led with 52 votes. Henry Ford 42, Andrew Mellon 16, Hoover 10, Morgan 4, Sloan 3, Gilford 2, Insull 2, Schwab 2, Dawe 1, Edison 1, Krcht 1, Brush 1. Young praised for reorganizing finances of many nations. Ford cited for production philosophy. Mellon for public work. Hoover for business methods in government. The group predicted major future changes in American business.
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Boston
Owen D. Young
General Electric Company
Harvard University Institute of Business
America
Henry Ford
Andrew Mellon
President Hoover
George F. Bzhor
J. P. Morgan
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
Walter S. Gilford
Samuel Insull
Charities M. Schwab
Charles G. Dawe
Thomas A. Edison
Col
Peter B. Kr Cht
Matthew Brush
Young
Ford
Mellon
Hoover
Poli‘s
United States
Amer
Order harms rifle carrying by dry agents in new rules
Washington August 9 Prohibition Commissioner J M Doran drafted an order restricting prohibition agents from carrying rifles except in isolated areas after a Texan was killed by agents. Agents will carry revolvers only in settled communities, with rifles allowed in mountain or open plains where life may require long range defense. Some agents in Detroit area may be fully armed if needed to counter bootleggers.
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Washington
J. M. Doran
Doran
Prohibition
Prohibition Service
Killire
Tom Chandier
Poteet, T.v
Charles Steven
Ian
Stevens
Detroit
Stowava of the Graf Zeppelin Returns to Germany
An 18 year old Westphalia German named Albert Buchhia died recently when his vehicle crashed into the front steps of a world fair building. The incident occurred as the German public mourned the fallen airship. The journey back to the fatherland began yesterday, marking a somber moment for the nation.
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Gloucestrop
Albert Buchhia
Westpaha
Germary
South
Fatherland
Loud Speakers Boost Ely City Band Concert Tonight
Elyria City Band concert at Ely Park amplified by two loudspeakers installed by Joe Boddy. Four soloists include Mrs. Mackett Lorain soprano James Davidson Avon xylophone Joe Muller accordion Walter Wyatt trumpet. Program features Sousa marches Herbert waltzes Lehar and solos including Hungarian Dance No.5 and Non Destarmi from Romeo and Juliet.
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Elyria
Ely Park
Joe Boddy
Mrs. Mackett
Lorain
James Davidson
Avon
Joe Muller
Walter Wyatt
Michigan
Brahms
Hazel
Sousa
Bigs
Buffalo
Stoddard
Joe Miller
Washington Post
Gonno
Mrs. Meckert
Herbert
King Cotton
Smoke fills double-house at 131 Grace Court
Hose Company No. 1 is called to a mid day incident at 131 Grace Court where smoke filled the upper and lower suites after occupants burned papers in the furnace without the other residents' knowledge. The first floor became smoky while the upper suite burned papers.
Youngsters Bewildered By Law Proceedings In County Court
Jean Rosiznol six and sister Janice four puzzled by court jargon as attorneys argued over custody. Taken from Stop 47 north of Penfield, they played in the courtroom while officials served a writ of habeas corpus. The judge ordered the children returned to their mother pending a hearing next Monday. The scene ended with the girls crying as the mother took them away.
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Jean Rosiznol
Janice
Stop 47
Penfield
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Cincinnati
Bert B. Buckley
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
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U. S. District Court
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Slain
Owen Young
U.S. Bus
Stowaw
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