Orphans Learn of Parents Death in River Car Tragedy
In Cleveland on December 14 two young brothers aged four and two, Bobbie and Frank Samons, remain unaware that their parents Capt. Frank M. Samons and Mrs. Gertrude Samons and engineer John Murphy died in a car plunge into the Cuyahoga River. Coast Guards recovered the bodies as investigators suspect a skid on railroad tracks caused the vehicle to leave the road and fall 20 feet into the water.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga River
East Side
Bobbie
Frank
Frank M. Samons
Samons
Cleveland Cliffs Iron Company
Gertrude
John Murphy
Marquette
Coast Guards
Kenneth ”. Urquhart
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Mr. Murphy
Mrs. Samons
Ohio Bankers group backs banking code provisions
In Cleveland on December 14 193? members of Group 9 of the Ohio Bankers Association approved in principle provisions of the NBA banking code and urged approval by the National Bankers Committee. The session drew more than 300 bankers from 10 Northeastern Ohio counties. Col Leonard P Ayres warned bankers to play it safe while predicting possible improvement in business and banking conditions next year. W F Kyle of the Cleveland Trust Co...
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Cleveland, CO
NBA
National Bankers’ Committee
Ohio Bankers’ Association
Ohio
Leonard P. Ayres
Cleveland Trust Company
Gold Price Not Changed In 11 Days
The government set the price on newly mined American gold at $34.01 an ounce, unchanged for 11 days. Washington price stood $2.22 above the London price of 126 shillings 1 penny, with London unchanged from yesterday. The pound's opening rate $5.04 1/4 and the dollar at 60.78 cents.
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Washington
London
Travelers asked to weigh rail service changes via Elyria club survey
The Elyria Automobile Club distributes a federal questionnaire prepared by Joseph Eastman to gauge traveler opinions on rail service changes, faster trains and lower rates. Miss Allyan Gehl stresses prompt responses to Washington. The effort seeks input on vacation and business travel habits alongside proposed railroad improvements.
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Elyria Automobile Club
Allyan Gehi
Joseph B. Eastman
Miss Geh
Washington
Automobile Club
American Automobile Association
Gehl
Bank executives named to Group 9 NRA committee
Emerson J. Boyd president of the Second National Bank of Warren is named vice chairman while H. W. Horton vice president of the Central United Bank of Cleveland is secretary treasurer. The group elects a 10 member committee to serve as the NRA committee.
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Emerson J. Boyd
Second National Bank of Warren
H. W. Horton
Central United Bank of Cleveland
Hawley bankruptcy ends farm sale as misfortune mounts
Hundreds of Wellington district farmers attended the Herbert Hawley farm sale but left empty handed after Hawley filed bankruptcy before the sale. Foreclosure by the First National Bank, bank doors closed in March, adds to a string of calamities including theft, a wife's illness and death, and losses of livestock and a horse team. Hawley plans to stay on his 247 acre farm to care for his five children and work to recover. The article also notes community meetings, Rebekah lodge officers, and a car accident involving Mrs. Sara Binder recovering from injuries.
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Wellington
Herbert Hawley
Hawley
First National Bank
Village trims maple trees as CWA project
Henry B. Stevick and his crew of 11 men begin trimming hundreds of maple trees lining village streets as part of a Works Progress Administration program.
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Wellington
Henry B. Stevick
CWA
Friendship Guild Meeting Opens Monday Evening
Mrs. L. G. Bradstock will host the Friendship Guild gathering Monday at home. The evening includes a Christmas celebration and program to follow.
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Friendship Guild
L. G. Bradstock
Auto Victim Returns Home After Amputation
Amos Squire a Penfield High junior was discharged from Elyria hospital in a Keith Andrews ambulance after his leg was amputated at the hip due to a recent automobile accident. Wellington Fire Department members and wives held a Christmas season dinner at Ramser s Grille with 32 guests. Masons installed new officers in the Masonic Hall with Harry Alten succeeding Charles Omerald as Worshipful Master.
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Amos Squire
Penfield High
Elyria Hospital
KeithAndrew
Squire
Wellington
Masonic Lodge
Asonic Hall
Marion W
Harry Alten
Charles Omerald
Order
Mary Lillian Stemple Visiting Wellington Home
Mary Lillian Stemple is visiting at her home here for a few days.
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Wellington
Mary Lillian Stemple
Milk Code for Medina County Approved by Ohio Milk Commission
The Ohio Milk Commission approved a county milk code effective Dec. 16 setting nine cents per quart as the countywide retail price except in Wadsworth and Medina where it is ten cents. Wholesale price in the county is 7 1 2 cents per quart and 8 1 2 cents in Medina and Wadsworth. Producers receive $2.00 per hundredweight for class one milk and $1.50 for class two. The code creates a Briev representatives of producers two distributors and one member to be chosen by four. It brands several practices as unfair including rebates discounts and unreasonable credit terms. No milk may be given to charity except under welfare division auspices of the community fund.
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Ohio Milk Commission
Wadsworth
Medina
Community Fund
Christ mas coloring display at Elyria Dry Goods
Readers send in colorings of Christmas pictures shown at the Elyria Dry Goods Co store. Some works are praised for neatness and color, on view for the public. SUFFERS MINOR INJURIES IN ALLEGED BRAWL Harry G westinga, 19, of West Street, treated at Elyria Clinic after incident reported by police.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Elyria Dry Goods Co
Harry G. Fwesttinga
West Street
el Ri Clinic Formi
Lod Street
Poice
Opium Pressure Recalled in China at Cannon’s Mouth
A fragment recalls foreign coercion in China when Opium was forced upon the populace at gunpoint, highlighting imperial leverage and resistance within a historical context.
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Medina County
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