Plan Rive On Bootleggers In Lorain County Drive
County Prosecutor Don Myers and Sheriff Clarence Adams announce a county wide push to eradicate intoxicating liquor and slot machines. They will form a special organization to combine county departments in a relentless effort, use all laws and means to prosecute violators, with appointments to be announced later. The group has operated partially in recent weeks and will now function at full capacity.
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Don Myers
Clarence Adams
Myers
Adams
Lorain County
Immense Crowd Attends Elyria Eagles Picnic at Cascade Park
An estimated nine to ten thousand people joined the sixteenth annual picnic of the Elyria Fagles lodge at Cascade Park on Sunday. Delegations came from Elyria Lorain and Amherst, while Wellington did not attend due to its own Wellington lodge picnic. Officials noted shortage of distributed articles for the crowd.
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Elyna Fagles
Cascade Park
Aerie
Elyria
Lorain
Amherst
Wellington
Eagles’ Lodge
The
Two More Teachers Hired for County Schools
County superintendent R. P. Vaughn announced the hiring of two additional teachers for the county schools as the new 1929-1930 term opens September 4. Harry Frankfather of Delphos will serve as coach and physical director at Ridgeville, while Marian Essler will teach high school at Hishland. The total teaching staff will reach 272.
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R. P. Vaughn
Harry Frankfather
Delphos
Ridgeville
Marian Essler
Hishland
Abandoned bicycle found behind Broad Street market
Police found an abandoned black bicycle in the rear of Gerber's market on Broad Street early this morning.
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Gerber’s Market
Broad Street
When I Was 21 at Elyria a Local Clerk and Official
Georges F. Stark, once a grocery clerk on West Broad Street, spent six years as a lace maker at American Lace Manufacturing and later joined Elyria Iron and Steel, now Steel and Tubes, where he is ward foreman. He served eight years as Fourth Ward councilman, is married with three children, lives at 352 Twelfth Street, and enjoys fishing and baseball.
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Georges F. Stark
Conry and Muller
West Broad Street
Elyria
American Lace Manufacturing Company
Elyria Iron and Steel Company
Steel and Tubes, Incorporated
Stark
Fourth Ward
Twelfth Street
Vp Effers
Elyria Hosts Army Navy Air Show Sparks Citywide Thrill
Elyria residents flocked to Cleveland Airport and watched Army pursuit planes and bombers perform dramatic maneuvers over Ely Park. Two Navy pilots, Lieut Clayton K Lankford, injured in a landing crash at Mills airport, were hospitalized with fractures and bruises. The day featured air stunts, formations, and radio updates as the spectacle drew thousands from Lorain County.
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Lorain County
Cleveland
Elyria
Army
Navy
Ely Park
Lorain
Bhus
Elsha
Ohio
Clayton K. Lamkford
High Hats
Mills
Lieut
Lankford
St Joseph's Hospital
Jax
Mrs Thaden Leads In National Air Derby Last Leg
Mrs Louise McPherridge Thaden of Pittsburgh appears poised to win the ninth annual National Air Race Derby as the field of fourteen women fliers nears the final leg from Columbus to Cleveland. Thaden arrived in Columbus from Cincinnati overnight in 45 minutes 10 seconds, a time that boosted hopes of capturing a major share of the $25,000 prize. The race began in Santa Monica, California, last Sunday and resumes at 1 15 p m today EST en route to Cleveland.
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Columbus
Cleveland
Santa Monica
Cal
Louise McPherridge Thaden
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Elyria Drum and Bugle Corps Win State Championship
Elyria's drum and bugle corps unofficially won the state championship with 98 points, Shelby placed second with 94. Elyria received the largest ovation for perfect formations. official winner to be announced at a banquet that evening.
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Akron
Elyria
Shelby
Elyria Legion Drum Corps Confident of Victory in State Meet
Elyria's American Legion drum corps, confident after months of practice, faces strong Ohio rivals in the state competition. Commander Jerry Ferguson reports readiness and a pledge to win, recalling last year's title and noting continued enthusiasm from Elyria and visiting teams despite competition from Cleveland airport sides.
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Charles W. Lawrence Akron
Ohio Drums Corps
Elyria
American Legion
Elyrians
Comander
Jerry Ferguson
Cleveland
Akron
Munitions Warehouse Explosion Kills Seventeen in Nanking
Bulletin datelined Nanking reports a munitions warehouse explosion on the city’s outskirts killing seventeen and wrecking fifty nearby houses. Authorities immediately proclaimed martial law in the city.
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Nanking
Graf Zeppelin lands at Mines Field to end Pacific crossing
The Graf Zeppelin moored to a mast at Mines Field Los Angeles marking the first earth contact since Japan. An estimated 100000 spectators crowded the field as the airship began preparations to depart for Lakehurst while weather studies guide its next leg. Lady Drummond Hay, aboard, spoke briefly aboard the moored ship expressing happiness to be back in America.
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Mines Field
Los Angeles
Tokyo
Kisumigaura
Japan
Graf
Pacific
Golden Gate
San Francisco
Sierra Nevada Coast Range
Lady Drummond Hay
Lady Drummond
America
Globe
Glider Crashes at Cleveland Airport
A glider operated by C. R Bullock of Ann Arbor Michigan crashed today at Cleveland Airport. Bullock was uninjured. The right wing was badly damaged. Bullock, a member of the Cleveland Glider Co., had completed two successful trips before trouble on a third flight.
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Cleveland, O
C. R Bullock
Ann Arbor
Mich
Cleveland
Bullock
Cleveland Glider Co
Five year old girl struck by car escapes serious injury
Five year old Dorothy Bruce of Grafton stepped from behind a truck into the path of an automobile Saturday. The auto struck her but she was not seriously hurt. examination at Elyria Memorial Hospital revealed only minor abrasions.
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Dorothy Bruce
Grafton
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Four Autos Tagged For Weekend Traffic Violations
Weekend traffic violations were recorded at the cafeteria court with four stubs numbered for the cases. Three concerned improperly lighted autos and one involved double parking.
Women pilots dominate National Air Races at Cleveland
At the mile square airport in Cleveland on August 26, fifteen women aviators led by Anne Morrow Lindbergh take the controls in the National Air Races cross country derby from Santa Monica to Cleveland. Graf Zeppelin to pause en route to Lakehurst with Eckener’s rep pledging support, as army planes streak and parachute stunts thrill spectators.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh
Bellefonte
Pacific Coast
Lakehurst
N. J
Hugh Aller
Hugo Eckener
Cleveland
Taday
Liberty Engine Builders
Petition for Lorain Black River Bridge Bond Vote
Three thousand six hundred Lorain County electors signed petitions presented to the county commissioners urging a bond issue for a high level bridge over the Black River connecting Colorado Avenue to Broadway near 14th Street. The plan mirrors the Memorial Bridge project halted by a Supreme Court injunction over ballot legality, with an estimated cost near two million dollars. The petitions were filed, and prosecutors will be asked to draft the necessary legislation to place the issue before voters in November.
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Lorain County
Black River
Lorain
Colorado
Broadway
14Th St
Supreme Court
Amherst Youths Fined After Whoopee Party Run Afoul
A sport roadster, bootleg liquor, and four Amherst youths led to a Saturday night run that landed the four in the city jail. Each pleaded guilty. total fines and costs were 145 dollars. George Daniels, driver, paid 125 and had auto driving suspended for sixty days. Edward Frederick and Harold Law each paid five dollars, Nelson Schieferstein ten dollars for disorderly conduct and related costs. Daniels allegedly drove 45 mph from the B&O crossing on Lake Avenue toward Lodi Street and failed to stop when ordered. A bottle of liquor was tossed from the car and another youth carried liquor.
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Amherst
George Daniels
Edward Frederick
Harold Law
Nelson Schieferstein
Daniels
Lake Avenue
Lodi Street
Billy Sunday Praises Elyria in Major Evangelist Rally
Evangelist Billy Sunday told about 4,000 listeners at Letuside that Elyria stood out among smaller towns he visited. Elyrians heard him praise the city as the best of the smaller communities. He also named Cincinnati and Philadelphia as his favorite larger cities.
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Billy
Elyria
Letuside
Laad
Ohio
Sunday
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Tel Aviv Martial Law Declared After Arab Attack
Tel Aviv Palestine under martial law following deadly Arab attack that killed one Jew and wounded fourteen others. A separate collision in Vincennes Indiana left one man dead and several injured as a bus struck a automobile. Drivers Leo Henderson 57 Vincennes and others were involved with hospital treatment for critical injuries.
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Tel Aviv
Palestine
Telaviv
Vincennes
Ind
St Louis
Wvincennes
Leo Henderson
Av‘amonite
Wag Abbed
Lands Maritz
Climpanton
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Mrs. Louise McPhetridge Thaden
Pittsburg
Derby
Aaron
Lyra Legion Corps
California
Graf Zeppelin
Hamburg-Amerika
Zeppelin
Eckener
el Paso
Tex
Chronicle-Telegram
Marine
Central Press
San Frantsco
Lindbergh
AK Lorain Bridge
Amerst
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