Forty Lives Lost as Storms Wreak Havoc Across U S
A sweeping storm system from Florida to the Gulf and up to the east coast caused extensive damage and claimed about forty lives. Florida bore the worst losses from hurricane and flood. Georgia faced heat and mood disturbances. the midwest and northwest suffered heat-related deaths. Lightning, fog, and derailed trains added to casualties as ships and rail lines faced delays and incidents along the coast.
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Florida
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Georgia
Middlewest
New York
Seaboard
Boston
Montreal
Ead
Amsterdam
Metropolitan Limited
New York Central Railroad
Aldebazar
Innerton
Ilingworth
Varennes
St. Lawrence
United States
Open bids on new rest room project at Court and Second
Six bidders submitted bids Friday for the Court and Second streets rest room project. The city plans to award early next week with John Kacser & Bros. Co. low bidder for general contract at 7,770 and Albert Abramoska low bidder for plumbing and heating at 2,463, both Elyria firms.
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Court
Second Streets
John N. Eidt
John Kacser & Bros. Co
Albert Abramoska
Elyria Concerns
American Stage Star Rex Cherryman Dies at Sea
Rex Cherryman, a young Broadway star best known for The Trial of Mary Dugan, died five hours after disembarking from the S S De Grasse in Havre. He was 30, an alum of Michigan and Colgate, and his mother Myrtle Koon Cherryman survives.
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Havre
Rex Cherry- Man
S. S. de Grasse
New York
Raven
Rex Cherryman
Broadway
A. H. Woods
Mary Dugan
Sam Harris
France
Woods
Chicago
Ann Harding
Ann Harding. Cherryman
University of Michigan
Colgate University
Myrtle Koon Cherryman
Gangster Caputo Shot Dead in Youngstown Gunfight
Tony Caputo, 29, a known gangster, was shot to death during a gun battle with bootleg racketeer John Preston in Preston's rooms. Preston was wounded and held under police guard at St Elizabeth's hospital. Caputo’s car remained idling at the curb as two friends were detained nearby.
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Youngstown
Tony Caputo
John Preston
Caputo
Preston
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Two Indicted on Vote Buying in Hamilton County Ohio
Two men named Wm H Davoran and Sidney Nathan, allegedly connected to the Hamilton County Republican organization, were indicted by the county grand jury on vote buying charges. Nathan appears in two indictments, with one alleging participation in an absentee ballot impersonation to aid an illegal vote, tied to Kenneth Bennett and Daniel Lyle. County Prosecutor Charles P. Tait said evidence shows votes bought as low as 59 cents, as Edward C. Turner offered a 1000 dollar reward for election-fraud tips.
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Ballos
Taft
Edward C. Turner
Ohio
Former Indianapolis Publisher Dies In Ottawa Hotel
Ben Ss. Borce, 43, former publisher of the Indiana Daily Times and now the Indianapolis Times, died in an Ottawa hospital after several weeks illness. Son of Chicago millionaire publisher and hunter W. D Borce, he served in World War I with French and American forces, was gassed and wounded, and funeral services are set for Sunday in Ottawa.
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Indianapolis
Chicago
Ben Ss. Borce
Indiana Daily Times
Indianapolis Times
Ottawa
Borce
W. D Borce
Milionaire
Ohio Public Service Co to spend half a million on Elyria expansion
The Ohio Public Service Co announces a 506 060 dollar expansion program for Elyria to forge a major interconnected power system. A new substation will handle two additional lines, with a second substation planned for next year to manage 132 000 volt tie ups. Current supply enters at 22 606 volts. a new Huron Street substation will double capacity.
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Ohio Public Service Co
Elpria
J. B. Johnson
Elrria
Elsra
Elyria
Cty
Lorain
Huron Street
Henry L. Doherty and Co
Johnson
Colored men fined by justice court
William Young and Clinton Brown, both colored, were fined ten dollars and costs each in Justice J. George's court for intoxication and disorderly conduct. They pleaded guilty after arrest by sheriff's deputies on Lake Avenue. Young paid the fine and was released. Brown could not pay and was jailed.
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Justice
J. George’s Court
William Young
Clinton Brown
Lake Avenue
Young
Brown
Shower Periods Forecast For Next Week
Weather forecast outlines shower periods for the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes regions with thundery showers Tuesday and Friday or Saturday. Early week temperatures warm then cool midweek. In Cleveland Peter Diamond, 60, was electrocuted at Bourne Fuller Co plant by a short circuit in an electric riveting machine.
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Washington
Ohio Valley
Great Lakes
Cleveland, O
Peter Diamond
Bourne-Fuller Co
Political Battle in Brief Hears Hoover Notification Ceremony
Millions through a 100 station network will hear Herbert Hoover's notification ceremony in Palo Alto California late today Gov Smith returns to Albany from Chicago after attending George E Brennan funeral Pierre S Duponts role shifts to prohibition modification work Senator James E Watson Indiana says Smiths farm relief policy shift hurts him in Indiana and other farm states Calvary Baptist trustees in New York oppose holding the Smith Straton debate in their church
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Herbert Hoover
Palo, Alto
Calif
Gov. Smith
Albany
Chicago
George E. Brennan
James E. Watson
Indiana
Smith
Calvary Baptist Church
New York
John Roach Straton
Hoover Notification at Stanford Draws Thousands in California
Tens of thousands descend on Stanford University at Palo Alto California for Herbert Hoover Republican presidential candidacy notification. A packed stadium, reduced fares, mass bands and a 8190 word speech await Hoover with radio coverage from 99 stations. Governors, senators and local leaders participate as crowds converge for the event.
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Stanford University
Palo Alto
Cali
College
Herbert Hoover
California
Hoover
United Sates
University Aviation Field
Pacific Coast
Fee
Stanford
San Francisco
Olympic Club
San Leandro
American Legion Fife and Drum Corps
Pasadena
Gov. C. C. Young
George J. Moses
Polls Open Monday and Primary Day Details
Polls will be open Monday from 2 PM to 9 PM at 33 booths citywide for unregistered voters to cast ballots and for transfers. On Tuesday, August 24, primary day, polls operate 6 AM to 6:30 PM at INCA booths for voting and related procedures.
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Eirria
Vonue
Hold Alleged Bond Thieves In Detroit
DETROIT Aug 11 Four men and two women are held on charges by police and private detectives that the center is implicated in a theft of $500000 worth of bonds from a New York brokerage house. The stolen bonds include Dodge Brothers and Procter and Gamble issues. Complete details of the charges are being withheld pending word from New York.
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Detroit
New York
Dodge Brothers
Procter and Gamble
Believe Man and Woman Die in Apparent Double Suicide Pact
Bodies of a man and a woman found in a house under construction in a residential Cleveland area. Both shot in the temple, authorities say the deaths resulted from a mutual suicide pact. Victims wore fine clothing. age estimates around 27. Local man Charles Treffhich discovered them after summoning police and doctors. The scene suggested they died about two hours earlier. Anthony Snabel, 2, dies from a fall at his home in Cleveland, aged 2.
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Aus
Iaccay
Charles Treffhich
Treffhich
Ohio Campaigns Edge Toward Final Appeals Before Polls
By United Press Ohio’s heated political scene nears election day with gubernatorial and senatorial races dominating the final appeal push. Campaigns press voters three days before the polls open, hoping to sway last minute decisions.
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United Press
Ohio
Lorain county voters brace for busy campaign
Lorain county campaigns heat up for governor and congressional races with a three cornered fight for two Republican common pleas judge slots and a fierce county treasurer and sheriff contest. State senate and general assembly races draw attention as voters expect a record turnout Tuesday amid intense local interest in clerk of the court of common pleas and commissioner contests. In Columbus, Democratic nominees for U.S. Senator claim victory while League endorsements spark disputes over Bezg and other candidates.
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Lorain
Congress
Common Pleas
State
Senate
General Assembly
the Court of Common Pleas
Lorain County
Columbus
James F. Beze
A. R. Johnson
Ironton
E. J. Moore
League
Johnson
Moore
Hegg
Cooper
Dr. Moore
Begg
Wheeler
Bose
Grafton Girl Fatally Struck By Car
A verdict of accidental death was returned by Coroner Millies E Perry in the death of 12 year old Maxine Kolinsky, struck late Friday afternoon on Wain Street, Grafton, by Mercy Hearn of Belden. Kolinsky died at 1:32 AM at Elyria Memorial Hospital. Funeral services are planned for Monday at 2 PM at the Keimissi home in Grafton and at the M E Church in Treville. She is survived by her parents Mr and Mrs Frank Kolinsky and three brothers, Carl Herbert and Ralph, plus grandfather Charles Tomasheska. Burial will be at Nesbitt Cemetery.
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Acorderta
Millies E Perry
Maxine Kolinsky
Mercy Hearn
Belden
Wain Street
Grafton
J Mas
Elyria Memorial Hospia
Eisra
Faral
Keimssi
M. E. Church
Frank Kolaski
Carl
Herbert
Ralph
Al Smith Passes Through City on Homeward Journey
Governor Al Smith rode through Elyria in a private car on the Twentieth Century Limited while returning from Chicago after attending the funeral of Democratic leader George E. Brennan. The train halted briefly in Cleveland en route.
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al Smith
Elyria
Twentieth Century Limited
Chicago
George E. Brennan
Finois Democratic Teader
Cleveland
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Tex
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Polus
Ang
Anthony Snabel
Columbes
Cyrus Locher
Graham Hunt
Cincinnati
George White
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Sentent
Charles V. Traux
Buaerrus
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Locher
Australion League
Bethe
Mrers Y. Cooper
Cleveland, QC
Edward C Tumner
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