Graf Zeppelin World Flight Reaches Tokyo to Los Angeles Leg
The German dirigible Graf Zeppelin continues its world circumnavigation. Reports from Tokyo and San Francisco detail progress toward Los Angeles, with weather, speed, and stop dates amid thousands at Kasumigaura base. Four days remain in this third leg of the journey.
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Tokio
Kasumi- Zaura Dayal
Hokkaido
Japan
Iyezo
Kurile Islands
Pacific Ocean
Los Angeles
Hugo Eckener
Aleutian Island
Pacific Coast
Seattle
Portland
San Francisco
Globe
Kasumiguara Naval Base
Graf
Dr. T. W. Willis Life and Career Highlights
The Springfield born doctor pursued ophthalmology in Northern Illinois College of Ophthalmology and Otology, began practice in Springfield, then moved to Elstra about eight and a half years ago where he has practiced since. He is married with one son, resides at 231 Howe Street, and enjoys reading science, philosophy, and psychology. his early goal was to become a teacher.
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T. W. Willis
Springfield
Ohio
Milnois College of Ophthalmology
Elstra
Willis
Howe Street
GULLUWISE PLANES EXPECTED THE AFTERNOON
Fourteen planes taking part in the state goodwill tour of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce were expected to pass Lorain County late this afternoon en route to Lorain where they would arrive about 5 p.m. The tour includes a stopover night at Lorain with a banquet at the Antlers Hotel. The planes had departed Marion at noon after a two hour weather delay and were almost postponed to tomorrow.
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Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Lorain County
Lorain
Cleveland
Antlers
Marion
Ladybirds Chase Lead in Women’s Air Derby toward Wichita
Louise Thaden arrives at Municipal Airport in Tulsa piloting a Travelair for the Fort Worth to Wichita leg, completing 240 miles in about 1 hour 48 minutes. In Fort Worth, the field of 14 planes heads north toward Wichita as Thaden, O Donnell, and Earhart stay closely bunched, with the 380 mile leg to Wichita looming.
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Tulsa
Okla
Louise McPhetridge
Thaden
Pittsburgh
Fort Worth
Wichita
Tex
California
Cleveland
Kansas
Air Capital of the Southwest
Louise McPherridge Thaden
Mrs. Thaden
Gladys O’donnel
Long Beach
Calif
Amelia Earhart
Chicago
Aliens to Get Hearings on Saturday
Aug. 23 four teen Macedonian Greeks arrested in a Lorain aliens roundup are jailed in Cleveland awaiting hearings before Immigration Inspector John R. Northup. They must show cause why they should not be deported for illegally entering the United States. Twenty eight were arrested in Lorain, fourteen remain in jail as investigations continue.
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Cleveland
Lorain
John R. Northup
United States
Northup
Sampling Liquor Hazards Highlighted by Commission
In Columbus on August 23 the State Industrial Commission recognized hazards of enforcing prohibition by sampling liquor. It approved workmen's compensation for undercover agent F. J. Bleeks who drank evidence at a speakeasy, becoming sick and partially blind for three months.
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Columbus
State Industrial Commission
F. J. Bleeks
Bleeks
Writing Proved Laborious Tack for President Hoover
Washington reports that President Hoover files, rewrites, and revises every major address. He prefers to draft in longhand at night, cool, then pass to assistants or cabinet members for tryouts before stenographic transcription. Despite a literary aide, Hoover remains the primary author of his public utterances.
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Washington
al Smith
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Hoover
White House
French Strother
Executive Mansion
Davy
Government Printing Office
Congress
Government
Defective wiring blamed for small house blaze
A minor fire in a room at the N. A. Diedrick residence, 215 Foster Avenue, started by defective wiring in an electric light fixture at 9 15 this morning. Engine Company 3 and Hose Company 1 responded, and firefighters pulled apart live wires and extinguished the flames with limited water in the lath.
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N. A. Diedrick
Foster Avenue
Fremen
Cotton Buds In Blossom Here
A northern home shows a southern touch as Mrs. Hermine Kaiser at 334 Thirteenth Street notes cotton buds blooming in her backyard. Seed from North Carolina sprouted a plant bearing blooms, bringing a hint of the South to Elyria’s south end.
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Hermine Kaiser
Thirteenth Street
Elyria
Bond sought for Lorain tuberculosis sanitarium
Lorain County Public Health council approved a resolution urging county commissioners to place a 300000 bond on this November’s ballot to build a 75 bed sanitarium. The plan cites 400 known cases and about 790 in varying disease stages, and a public meeting of local groups will be requested to discuss the project.
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Lorain County
J. N. Stone
Health Council
Kiawanians
Lions
Health Commissioners
Lorain County Medical Association
Sixty Scouts Begin Y Camp at Isa See Kes
The Elyria Y M C A camp on the Vermilion River opened a new scout training period with 56 Boy Scouts from Elyria Lorain Wellington and Grafton. The Boy Scouts period runs until September 2, marking the close of the summer season which began June 17. The same morning also closed the camp period for a group of Y W C A girls.
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Isa-See
Kes
Elyria Y. M
Gages On September Docket For Lorain Courts
Lorain county common pleas courts added 14 cases to their docket from the April term. The September term docket lists 974 cases, down from 992 in April, as court work slows in hot weather. September 23 opens the term. Elyria hosts the District Court of Appeals on September 17. Judge Webber is away on vacation. Judge Thompson sits alone. Many attorneys are also away, reducing hearings and jury work.
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Lorain County Common Pleas
Common Pleas
District Court of Appeals
Elyria
A. R. Webber
W. B. Thompson
Pleads Not Guilty To Using Mails To Defraud
Andrew B. Maturek of Oakdale Avenue pleaded not guilty in federal court in Cleveland to a charge of using the mails to defraud. He was arrested Thursday night after postal authorities investigated complaints from several large New York and Chicago mail order houses that he used fictitious names as references. No hearing date was set.
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Lorain
Aus
Andrew B. Maturek
Oakdale Avenue
Cleveland
United States
New York
Chicago
Maturek
Women Election Board Members Are Fired in Crawford County
In Cyrus Ohio August 23 the entire Crstline precinct election board, all women, was ousted for gross malefeasance after a recount prompted by Common Pleas Judge Wight. Deputy Supervisor of Elections conducted the special session dismissing the board.
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Cyrus
Ohio
Crstline
Crawford County
Common Pleas
Wight
Woman and Lover Hanged for Murder in Quebec
Hulln Que Aug 23 Mrs Marie Viau mother of eight children and her lover Philibert Le Febvre were hanged after admitting they killed the woman's husband to pursue their clandestine affair. Postponements stretched the hours to life end. They faced the gallows at Montreal jail. The couple, both near 40, led a stark backwoods life in North Quebec.
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Hulln Que
Marie Viju
Philibert LeFebvre
Montreal
Quebec
Viau
To Preach Last Sermon Here Sunday
Rev Rolland E Wolfe pastor of Pilgrim Community Church resigns and will preach his last sermon next Sunday at 11 o clock. He and wife came in June two years ago while completing study at Oberlin Seminary. During his pastorate church membership nearly doubled and debt reduced. Summer Bible schools were held in 1927 and 28 serving East Side. Wolfe plays trombone solo with Mrs Wolfe at piano. They will depart for Cambridge Mass to pursue Harvard postgraduate work and preach in a Boston church.
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Rolland E. Wolfe
Pilgrim Community Church
Wolfe
Oberlin
East Side
Dems plan war on tariff bill in Congress
Washington Aug 23 Democrats admit they cannot defeat the pending Republican Tariff Bill but will press to alter it materially before passage. Senator Simmons of North Carolina, ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, announced after a party conference on tariff strategy.
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Washington
Simmons
North Carolina
Senate Finance Committee
Bears Down On Stock Salesmen In State Action
State securities division revoked the license of Frank D. Bush & Co of Columbus for bad business repute and insolvency. The agency intensified its crackdown on fraudulent stock sales, noting small investors lost money in Bush's transactions.
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STATE
Columbus
State Division of Securities Today
Frank D. Bush & Co
Bush Company
A. W Geisnzer
Bush
R. L. Collings Company
Lawyer Victim of Mysterious Gunshot Wound
Washington August 23 Charles N Joyce a prominent lawyer aged 55 lies near death in a city hospital from a gunshot wound to the back of the head. Police seek a former client suspected of dementia in the shooting case.
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Washington
Charles N. Joyce
Distribution Of Taxes To Be Made September 3
The county treasurer will distribute about 2.7 million dollars in tax money on or about September 3. Warrants drawn by the county auditor will go to the 66 districts once state certification arrives, expected in a day or two. Distributions align with each district budget for 1929 expenditures.
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Monroe H. Welty
Navy Dirigible Los Angeles to Visit Cleveland
The navy dirigible Los Angeles will fly over Ohio and visit Cleveland next week during the National Air Races. Commander H V Wiley says the craft will arrive Wednesday afternoon and stay overnight, with departure the following day. The Navy Department defers travel decisions to Wiley.
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Cleveland
Los Angeles
Ohio
H. V. Wiley
Lakehurst Naval Air Station
Wiley
U. S. Navy Department
Washington
Lakehurst
Pacific Ocean
Plunge Fatal To Italian Schneider Cup Pilot
Desenzano Italy August 23 Captain Giuseppe Motta a pilot on Italy's Schneider cup team plunged into Lake Garda and was killed during a test flight of a Macchi 67 seaplane. This marks the third accident among Italian Schneider cup racing pilots with Fiat machines and one withdrawn for insufficient testing before the race. Tests continue feverishly as Italy plans to place at least three of the remaining eight plants in the Schneider Cup race.
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Desenzano
Italy
Giuseppe Motta
Lake di Garda
Great Britain
Fiat
Lindy's Wife Makes Solo Flight
Anne Morrow Lindbergh, wife of Charles A. Lindbergh, earned her solo flyer status at Hicksville New York after nine hours of instruction. She piloted an open cockpit Fledgling plane solo, following guided practice with her husband nearby at the Aviation Country Club hangars.
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Hicksville
N. YY
Charles A. Lindbergh
Anne Morrow
Lindbergh
Aviation Country Club
American Broadcasting Company Quits
San Francisco August 23 The American Broadcasting Company has suspended operation Adolph Linden president said that a sale of the system to other interests failed to materialize The system went out of existence at midnight Wednesday
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San Francisco
American Broadcasting Con
Adolph Linden
Linden
Western Reserve student killed by truck in Avon accident
Harold Krewson, 23, of Cleveland, was crushed under a loaded truck while attempting to hitch a ride after leaving work early. He died from internal injuries later at St. Joseph's hospital in Lorain. Coroner Miles E. Perry ruled the death accidental. Krewson had been preparing for medical studies at Western Reserve University.
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Western Reserve University
Harold Krewson
Colgate Ave
Cleveland
Avon
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Lorain
Puritas Springs Park
Miles E. Perry
Air Exposition Opens Tomorrow in Cleveland Aviation Event
Cleveland set to host a ten day air exposition and National Air Races beginning at 10 a m with events at the airport scheduled to start at 1 00 p m on Sunday despite storms. Clifford W Henderson says races will run rain or shine and extend if needed to finish all forty four events.
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Cleveland
Citadel of Aviation
Clifford W. Henderson
Henderson
Michigan Co ed Is Brutally Attacked
MT CLEMENS Mich Aug 23 Posses of deputy sheriffs and citizens searched woods north of the city for a stocky youth who abducted Elaine Marschael 19 a University of Michigan student and brutalized her after dragging her from the Clinton River bank where she had been picnicking with escort John H Ricket The victim suffered a deep head wound and loss of blood and was found later in hysterics at a farm house Then taken to a physician for treatment
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MT. Clemens
Mich
Here
Elaine Marschael
University of Michigan
John H. Ricket
Clinton River
Ricket
Movn
Miss Marschner
Youth Hold Up Reported at Wakeman
The Wakeman marshal told Elyria police that two youths in a 1923 Ford coupe held up a man last night and fled toward Elyria. The car was described as armed youths, with fenders bent and chalk marks on the body.
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Wakelan. C
Elyria
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Reading Railroad Company
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Fie
NAVY
Dirigible
Lindy
American Broadcasting Company
QUTTS
NY Wheels OF Tragk
AIR Exposition
Michigan
Wakeman
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