Ohio Assembly stalls over recess and school funding
In Columbus the Ohio House and Senate failed to agree on adjourning for a recess to September 19 while the joint taxation committees push a school funding plan. Governor White proposed two paths: a utility tax increase or a selective sales tax. Parochial schools seek state aid as lawmakers debate measures amid threats of a general sales tax. four administration bills, including the Gunsett bill, were approved by the House.
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Columbus
Ohio House
Senate
House
White
Keith Lawrence
Cleveland
W. F. Efrick
R. F. Kaser
Shelby County
Joint Committee
Gunsett
Fat Weight Loss Claims From Pseudo Science In Film Era
Fragmented text claims a fat loss method reducing weight by 32 pounds and criticizes taxes on fat while alleging scientific discovery. Mentions Hollywood stars, diets, and a dubious schedule of 18 days. Content is garbled and difficult to verify.
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Scienet
Hollywood
Wendell Whittemore and Harrison Bills on Tax and Bond Rules
The regular session proposes to shift intangible and liqued coal taxes totaling about 19 million dollars annually. The Whittemore Bill repeals a requirement for weak school districts to cut formal school taxes by the distribution of the intangible and squid fuel revenue. The Harrison Bill authorizes counties to invest surplus funds in Federal government bonds and allows issuing term refunding bonds instead of serials, while the Whittemore Bill removes refunding bond maturity restrictions.
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Whittemore
Astaire Siblings Power Through Broadway To New York Fame
A reminiscence on Fred and Adele Astaire, noted as a brother sister act whose dance talent and social rises defy appearance. Adele’s marriage to Lord Cavendish and Fred’s to Paylis Potter place them in high society. The piece mixes anecdotes of moose hunting humor, writers seeking escape, and a street corner piano mood evoking Grieg and Schumann as a shadowed singer fills the night.
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New York
Broadway
Fred
Adele Astaire
Omaha
London
Astaire
Prairie Town
Adele
Lord Cavendish
Lady Cavendish
Britain
Paylis Potter
Astaires
Turt and Field
Astart
Troops Restore Order in Fruit Belt Strike District
In the fruit belt district, troops kept order as growers and agitators pressed for a strike among fruit growers' helpers. A photo shows strikers being driven through a town while guardsmen later took over the district to restore control.
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Fruit Belt
National Guard
Yakima Valley
State of
Washington
Overflowing ache at a dinner with borrowed silverware
The narrator recalls a poignant moment of emotional ache as a swanky dinner unfolds with fourteen sets of silverware on the table. A joke about guests dining with fingers arises when Mace Robinson is mentioned, and a memory of a brave fox terrier’s misadventure adds a rural echo to the scene.
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Mace Robinson
Mace
Harry Maddy
Avon Entertains in Honor of Mother's Birthday
Avon, Aug 30. A garden party at Mr and Mrs W C Wagner celebrated the 76th birthday of his mother. About 30 relatives attended the lawn feast with a hydrangia gladioli and snapdragons centerpiece and birthday cakes. Grandchildren performed music and vocal solos, and Sunday a family dinner at Regnatz in Lakewood followed.
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Avon
W. C. Wagner
T. G. Wagner
Beach Cliff
Quiet weekend visits across families in Ohio towns
Uncle and Aunt W C Wagner along with Mrs Louis Schwartz and daughter Lillian from Cleveland visited Phillip Gerhart family. Fischer and August Fischer families hosted in Dover. Wagner enjoyed a day at Lakeside and Marblehead. Dorothy Kimble returned home to Cleveland after a week with Doris Gerhart. Behring from Dover visited A Fischer family. Clara Roth and Mildred from Cleveland spent Monday with W C Wagner. William Peak’s wife visited a classmate in Berlinville. Lawrence Peak returned after a week with her mother in Shelby. A T Lock and Lon Warner visited Miss M A Webber Sunday evening.
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W. C. Wagner
Louis Schwartz
Lillian
Cleveland
Phillip Gerhart
August. Fischer
Augusta Heckerman
Dover
Lakeside
Marblehead
Dorothy Kimble
Doris Gerhart
Clevelland
Fred Behring
A. Fischer
Clara Roth
Mildred
William Peak
Manning
Berlinvile
Lawrence Peak
John Morris
Arthur Johnson
Abbe Road
Johnson
Morris
Percy Walker
Elyria
Kipton
Florence
Berlin Heights
F. H. Lewis
Elenor
Jeanette
James
Robert
Mrs. Stumphauzer
Avon
Avon Lake Weekend Guests and Local Visits
Avon Lake residents report weekend guests and local visits. Mrs Anna Winchester and Miss Estel la Lafue entertain their Monica Florida in laws, Mr and Mrs John Huber. Miss Betty Williams and James Benner visit Lakewood. Eugene Kelly visits Elyria. Betty McAfee visits Cleveland. Jack Krust stays with sister in Lakewood. Sally Bowers visits grandparents George and Sally Bell in Fields Corner.
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Avon Lake
Anna Winchester
Estella Lafue
John Huber
Monica, Fla
Betty Wiliams
James Benner
Lakewood
William Schumaker
Eugene Kelly
Elyria
Betty McAfee
Cleveland
Jack Krust
Sally Bowers
Fields Corner
George Bell
Ice cream social draws big crowd at Methodist church lawn
Aug 25 social on Frank Trockley lawn drew large attendance with homemade ice cream pies and cakes. Children enjoyed games under lighted lawn areas as the Progressive Class reported pleasing financial returns.
Chicagoans Lack Interest in Centery of Progress
Chicagoans show little personal ownership of Century of Progress. Officials note outsiders express more enthusiasm. Major Lennox R. Lohr says locals see it as your show, not ours, until proven successful.
Girl Astronomer Finds Earth Sets Slow Pace
Miss Christine Westgate of Yerkes Observatory completes studies on 413 hot stars, finding about 80 percent rotate with equatorial velocities near 100 kilometers per second. She notes Earth's rotation at roughly 0.5 kilometers per second and the Sun's at about 2 kilometers per second, making Earth and Sun seem sedate by comparison.
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Earth
Chicago
Christine Westgate
Yerkes Observatory
CONNECTICUT PLANS DRIVE ON TUBERCULOSIS
Hartford, Conn. The State Department of Health aims to X-ray and examine every school age child for tuberculosis in the next school year. Dr. Stanley S. Osborns, state health commissioner, says staff will X-ray children in towns at 75 cents to $1 per plate. Diagnosticians will read the plates, and any traces will be sent to the child’s family physician for treatment. A classical Greek dramatist defines a well to do man as one who can fly without narrowing.
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Connecticup
Hartford
Conn
State Department of Health
Stanley S. Osborns
State Commissioner of Health
Huey Long Offered Sideshow Appearance for Pay
New York August 30 senator Huey P Long who was assaulted at Sands Point bath club was offered $1000 a night to appear in a Coney Island sideshow. Bert Nevins, sideshow manager, said Long could draw pay and profit due to his colorful image. The Sands Point Club defended its lack of attendance supervision, while witnesses attributed the attack to an unidentified individual or gangsters.
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New York
Huey P. Long
Sands Point
L. I
Bath Club
Coney Island
Bert Nevins
Long
America
Huey Long
Nevins
Sands Point Club
Senator Long
Henry A. Alker
Board of Governors
Sanctuary for Geese Nears Completion in Missouri
In Berton County near Warsaw a major wild goose sanctuary is nearly ready occupying about 790 acres of rich bottom land beside Hogles Creek, which feeds Lake of the Ozarks. A St. Louis development company is building two 25 foot rock dams on the creek to hold water at a 660 foot elevation year round.
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Missouri
Warsaw
Berton County
Hogles Creek
Lake of the Ozarks
St. Louis
Detroit Dog Pound Puts CO Gas to Use on Unclaimed Hounds
Lieutenant Herbert E. Erke heads Detroit police dog pound and has devised a new method to euthanize unclaimed dogs using carbon monoxide from exhaust in a small truck. The plan aims for a painless death, leveraging a lethal chamber inside the vehicle.
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Detroit
Herbert E. Erke
Chesapeake & Ohio Rail Orders Loom Large This Year
D. OO, TO PLAGE BIE ORDER SOON CURVELAND Aug 30 One of the largest steel rail orders of the year will be placed soon by the Chesapeake and Ohio railway. Directors ordered 31 481 tons, signaling possible broader rail traffic gains. The board also authorized 20 181 for improvements and Pere Marquette, an affiliated line, 181 590. The Chesapeake & Ohio raised its annual dividend to 2.80 from 2.50, with a quarterly 0.70 dividend. No increase in the parent rate was authorized.
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Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Pere Marquette
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chesapeake Corporation
Connecticut May Cultivate Salmon
Hartford Connecticut. Thomas H Beck Wilton chairman of the State Fish and Game Board sees revival of salmon fishing in Connecticut waters. He notes salmon thrived until about 1840 and suggests designating at least one state stream for salmon and creating a hatchery. He says fishing could resume within five years. He adds that civilization aims to promote the best mode of living among people.
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Hartford
Conn
Connecticut
Thomas H. Beck
Wilton
State Fish and Game Board
Beck
Cone State
Jury Dismissed After Prolonged Toledo Dry Cleaner Trial
In Bowling Green eight hours were taken to reach a jury verdict in the trial of three Toledo dry cleaners charged with mandailed destruction of property tied to the Just-Rite Cleaning plant bombing in Perrysburg. The jury's discharge left unresolved whether prosecutors will pursue another trial and which defendants faced charges. Separately, a suburban New Haven weekly note reports the Helping Hand Society ladies swapping items at a Friday gathering with many husbands present.
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Bowling Green
Noo
Toledo Dry Cleaners
Harry? Weiss
Cleveland Racks
Etcor
Perrysburg
New Haven
Conn
Helping Hand Society
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