10 000 Tax Refunds Announced By U S Treasury Dept
Washington Dec 29 Thousands of corporations received tax refunds totaling 126 836 553 as the Treasury Department released 10 000 refunds. United States Steel led with 15 205 343, while Swift & Co. Chicago got 7 068 922. John D Rockefeller received 488 406 the largest individual sum. Henry Ford 46 090. Estates of Horace E and John F Dodge topped individual estates with 973 015 and 782 875 respectively.
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Washington
Treasury Department
United States Steel Corporation
Swift & Co
Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
Henry Ford
Rockefeller
Horace E
John F. Dodge
Congress
Secretary of Treasury
Andrew W. Mellon
Willys-Overland Co
Toledo
National Refining Co
Cleveland
Cincinneti Milling Machine Co
Cincinnati
Champion Machine & Forging Co
Jehan Jacob Astor
New York City
Horace FE. Dodge
Detroit
Joan
Elyria Hi Y Reunion Set At Y M C A Tomorrow
More than fifty current and former Elyria Hi Y members are expected at the Hi Y reunion planned for tomorrow night at the Y M C A. H W Korner reports that reservations total around fifty with past members joining. A talk by a speaker, a chosen topic, and music by five high school students will feature the program.
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Elyria
Trapped Hammer Injures New York Central Employee
William Skora a 40 year old railroad employee of the New York Central sustained facial injuries Saturday afternoon when a trap hammer he was cleaning was triggered. He was taken to Elyria Clinic where the injury was reduced.
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William Skora
South Middle Avenue
Elyria Clinic
Skora
New York Central Railroad
Elyria Doctor Fined For Reckless Driving
Dr A Cressmier of Elyria was fined three dollars and costs by Mayor James A Hewitt today on four charges of reckless driving. Cressmier collided with a car on East Broad Street Sundar, the warrant charged.
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A. Cressmier
Elyria
James A. Hewitt
Cressmier
East Broad Street
Sundar
Ping pong title to be decided by Randall and Schnaak
The YMCA boys division ping pong title match is set for tomorrow afternoon between William Randall and Alvin Schnaak in the Christmas tournament. The event was postponed from last week after a dispute between the two players, who will now settle the question of superiority on the court.
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Tomortroy Aftrernoon
William Randall
Alvin Schnaak
Divorces Granted in Elyria for Gross Neglect and Cruelty
Geraldine Jackson of Elyria is granted divorce from Raymond on grounds of gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty. James Dorman of Elyria is granted divorce from Kathleen on grounds of gross neglect of drift.
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Geraldine Jackson
Elyria
Raymond
James Dorman
Kathleen
Car crash injures wheels at 14th Street area
Police report shows Silas Oras of 404 14th street Lorain drove his car on Sunday evening into the curb at the intersection of 1éth street and East avenue. Both left wheels were broken in the skid and crash.
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Silas Oras
14Th Street
Lorain
East Avenue
Ollie Taken in Custody on Assault Warrant at Center Street
Ollie Wan, alias Oilie Wrrn, formerly at 118 Center Street, evaded police since September 28. Local officers arrested him after a tip indicated Winan was visiting, charging him with cutting to wound in connection with an alleged assault on George Carter on the stated date. He was bound over to the grand jury under a $509 bond when arraigned before Major James A. Hewitt.
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Oilie Wrrn
Center Street
Winan
Cutting
Wourd
George Carter
Grand Jury
James A. Hewitt
Death Record Gertrude Block
Mrs Gertrude Block died Sunday afternoon at 2 15 at her son Harry Blocks home 637 Brownel Avenue Lorain after a six week illness. She was born in Scranton Pennsylvania fifty one years ago surviving are her son Harry of Lorain three grandchildren Don Harold Bruce Richard Lynn Bruce and Bruce Lawrence Block and a sister Mrs John Mander of Philadelphia. Friends may call at Sudro Funeral Home until Tuesday noon then body will go to Thomas Bruces home 173 Spruce Street for 3 30 funeral services Rev A E Piper officiating burial at Ridlawns Cemetery
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Gertrude Block
Harry Block
Browne l Avenue
Lorain
Theivria Memorial Hospital
Scranton
Pennsylvania
Harry of
Don Harold Bruce
Richard Lynn Bruce
Bruce Lawrence Block
John Mander
Philadelphia
Ohio Education Association Meets in Columbus Convention
About 2560 members of the Ohio Educational Association attend a two day convention in Columbus. Officers will be elected on Tuesday.
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Ohio Educational Association
Columbus
Cleveland and Ohio totals for major firms listed
Cleveland firms and others in Ohio report large sums including Smith Incubator Co at 19544 dollars, Wakefield Iron Co 391586 dollars, Truscon Steel Co 132565 dollars, Youngstown Sheet & Tub Co 42712 dollars, Toledo Furnace Co 10632 dollars, and Stuyvesant Co Trust for Ohio Wesleyan University 11424 dollars. Other entries name Carlisle Hammon Co 164772 dollars and Cleveland based groups totaling 19544 161? 991?
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Cleveland
Smith Incubator Co
Strong, Carlisle & Hammon Co
Stuyvesant Company Trust
Ohio Wesleyan University
Wakefield Iron Co
Youngstown Sheet & Tubs Co
Youngstown
Truscon Steel Co
Toledo Furnace Co
Toledo
Scientists Lead AAAS Annual Convention In Cleveland
In Cleveland on December 29, the 56th annual convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and its divisions opened with discussions on unemployment and remedial actions. Delegates from AAAS and associated societies, numbering over 3,900, were to register as sessions covered social and political science, international law, labor cooperation, and rehabilitation initiatives.
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Cleveland
Soth
American Association For the Advancement of Science
American Association
Associated Societies
Cleveland Public Auditorium
R A. Millikan
American Political Science Association
Newton D. Baker
John J. Lee
Michigan
James *. Beck
National Association of Manufacturers
Noel T. Dowling
Columbia University Law School
American Associciation of
Merger Negotiations Faulted In Sheet and Tube Case
The trial denounced secrecy in the preliminary talks for the Sheet & Tube Bethlehem merger. Eaton, a major stockholder, said he learned of the negotiations only after completion. Judge Jenkins criticized director Henry G. Dalton’s role and noted the Bethlehem bonus system, revealing $1,600,609 in 1929 for Grace, revealing extensive executive wealth during the case.
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Eaton
Sheet & Tube
Henry G. Dalton
Cleveland
Bethlehem
Dalton
Butt
I Purnell
Campbell
Grace
Jenkins
Ohio institutes schedule January talks across counties
Fleming and Dr. Anderson speak at three programs then more in January at Huntington Town Hall Belden School and Brighton Eaton Henrietta Ridgeville institutes. OSU extension specialists Zumbro Parks Pierstorff Marion lead talks with Mrs Pendry Wagner and state and local speakers. Average attendance last year was 179 per session, total 6,286 across 35 sessions.
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Brighton School
J. W. Pendry
Ravenna
C. R. Waener
Arlington
Hancock County
Eaton Institute
Eaton School
C. E. Doust
Huron
Erie County
State Department
Brownhelm
Columbia
Huntington
Belden
Famous Five To Play In Oberlin
Oberlin hosts the Travelliers a top local five in a New Year’s Eve game at 4:16 p m. Gerald Gaines coaches the team noted as the best in Oberlin and its vicinity with two wins in as many starts this season. Dickinson will speak January 14 on The Arc Movement in 1950.
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Oberlin. O
Oberlin Travelliers
Clevelents Mort Noework
Oberlin
Wwe
Vicin
Gerald Gaines
QO. H. S. Star
Beg Ten Ofiis
Ohio State Coliseum
Dickinson
Oberlin to Host Chapel Lectures on 1930 Topics
Oberlin College President E H Wilkins announces a January lecture series reviewing 1930 from campus chapels. Speeches include literature in 1920 by K A Jelliffee on Jan 6, international affairs in 1930 by C F Geiser on Jan 7, religion in 1930 by H A Youtz on Jan 8, science in 1920 by Hope Hibbard on Jan 9, and American public affairs in 1930 by A E Nilsgon on Jan 15.
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Oberlin
E. H. Wilkins
Oberlin College
K. A. Jelliffee
C. F. Geiser
H. A. Youtz
School of Theology
Hope Hibbard
A. E. Nilsgon
Governor's Tax Commission
Edward
Crane Rental Inc to Begin Operations Here
A new service called Crane Rental Inc will start operations January 1 with HQ at 95 East River Street. C. W. Daniele, manager, says the firm will offer truck mounted crane service using two light cranes by Universal. Services cover excavation, steel erection, or any task within a 190 mile radius.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Crane Rental Inc
East River Street
C. W. Daniele
Universal Crane Company
Daniels
Nine Autos Destroyed In Fire At Deutsch Funeral Home
Nine autos and hearses valued at about $20,000 were destroyed when a garage fire at the Deutsch funeral home in Cleveland County broke out early today. Fire crews also battled a downtown blaze that threatened the old Marine hospital, an abandoned building undergoing repairs.
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Cleveland
Cleveland, CO
Deutsch Funeral Home
Marine Hospital
Local notices and holiday gatherings in Oberlin community
Rev L E Daniels publishes a book on Bishop Leonard titled Wuhan Andrew Leonard A Beloved Pre late of the Old School. Oberlin clubs plan December 30 and December 1 meetings. New Year visits, student holiday travels, and family gatherings described including the Bridgette Club, I T Y T M Club, and local residents visiting relatives in Elyria and Springfield Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E. Daniels
Christchurch
Leonard
Wuhan Andrew Leonard
Fire destroys hospital building likely started by vagrants
Fire Chief George Wallace said the hospital blaze probably began from vagrants using the building as sleeping quarters, signaling an arson risk and prompting authorities to inspect the wreckage.
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George Wallace
45 Millions For Drought Relief Approved
Washington December 29 a House appropriations sub committee approved a 45 million drought relief appropriation after Secretary Hyde recommended full funding. Chairman Wood said the full committee would report the bill to the House next Monday with expectation of passage that day.
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Washington
House Appropriations
Secretary of Agriculture
Hyde
Congress
Wood
Appropriations Committee
Negro fisherman lands 250 pound gar near Memphis
A local fisherman displayed a huge alligator gar weighing 250 pounds, the largest recorded catch of its kind in the river area near Memphis.
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Memphis
New 1990s Movie Sound Drive Shapes Filmmaking
A year of rapid progress in motion picture sound and production. Producers shifted to more outdoor scenes, reduced reliance on dialogue, and revived pantomime to boost action. A new high fidelity recording device, developed by Electrical Research Products, promises the clearest voice reproduction since talkies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
West Coast Laboratories of Electrical Research Products
Southern study farm relief campaign gains backing
Campaign leaders from the South in Congress push for farm and drought relief legislation tailored to the region. Plans center on cotton acreage reduction to lift prices, with bankers urged to curb loans to nonreducing farmers over five years to diversify crops, drawing mixed reaction from Memphis bankers and Georgia officials preparing further statewide outreach.
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Memphis
Garrett
Texas
New Orleans
J. E. Garrett
Corpus Christi
Tex
Georgia
Georgia State College
Athens
J. Phil Campbell
Agricultural Division
Arkansas
Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Tris
J. A. Barnwell
Memphis Cotton Exchange
Plan Cooperative Dying In Keystone Iowa
Keystone Iowa residents form a burial society with 25 cent annual dues and a 10 cent initiation fee. The group plans to own a hearse, buy coffins in bulk, and hire an undertaker on a volume basis under the slogan you can’t live forever.
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Keystone
Market Prices For Butter Eggs Poultry and Potatoes
Butter cents per ID extras 28 1-2 standards 28 Eggs cents per dot extras 28 firsts 25 Poultry ecents per YD heavy fowls 22 medium 17-18 Leghorn fowls 6-15 broilers 15-18 longhorn broilers 15-18 ducks 10-20 old evens 19 geese 15-18 turkeys 45 Potatoes Maine Green Mt most 1 250 few 2.60 per 120 Tb sack Idaho Russet mostly 2.40-2.50 per 100 tb sack
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Povertols
Maine Green Mt
Mills in Full Operation at Martins Ferry
Martins Ferry Ohio December 24 For the first time in many months all the local steel mills were in full operation today providing employment for hundreds of men.
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Martins Ferry
Library of Congress Ranks With World’s Greatest Repositories
The Library of Congress reports a record year ending with 1,105,936 books 1,161,478 maps 1,062,194 musical scores 498,715 prints and photos and many manuscripts. The Gutenberg Bible, worth over 325 dollars, is the year’s flagship acquisition and the Volpehr collection totals 1,500,000 in value. The library’s total volumes reach 190,682, the largest annual rise since 1800.
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Washington
Library of Congress
Congress
National Library
Bibliotheque Nationale
France
British Museum
Europe
Congressional Library
Austria
United States
Vienna
Perris
New York
Nabakowski Roofers to meet Bellevue in Amherst game
Amherst Ohio reports Nabakowski Roofers will play Bellevue M C A quintet tomorrow night at the Amherst Hi gym. Bellevue features former college and high school star Beeler at center. The eight o'clock main game follows a 7 15 p m prelim featuring Amherst Mischka Candies and an unnamed opponent.
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Amherst
Nabakowski
Bellevue
Amherst Hi
Beeler
Monster College
New creaseless fabric may cut pressing bills
Bradford report notes a creaseless fabric combining artificial silk with fine woolens, promising to reduce women's pressing costs and address a major issue in the dress trade. The material, to appear for Spring fashion, is described as crease resistant and suitable for new garments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
Yorkshire
Cattle Receipts And Market Upturn Reported
Market reports show cattle receipts light yet market active and strong. Calves are higher with notes of notable demand. hogs and calves quoted with gains, steady to higher trend across lighter through medium weights. Nocs receipts indicate price advances, with overall firm tone in the market.
New Fashion Forecast Embraces Prune and Electric Blues
A fashion note predicts a coming craze with a crepe finish fabric. Dyers test colors suitable for the new material. Prune shade dresses are expected to be popular next year in wool and silk for evening and day wear. Electric blues and pearl grays will also be favored.
Spawned salmon distributed from Lebrun hatchery
Raymond Washington a state fish hatchery at Lebrun was redirected to supply spawned salmon to a charitable organization for distribution to needy families in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond
Wash
Lebrun
Salem jail escape after death sentence for paymaster murder
Seven hours after being sentenced to death for the murder of William MacCausland, paymaster, Charley Fithian escaped from Salem New Jersey by climbing through two sentinels to the roof during a hold up. Police have been hunting the countryside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William MacCausland
Charley Fithian
Salem
N. J
Sai
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Urkonicle-Telegram
U. S. Treasury Dept
Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co
A. Richard Deibold
Wheeling
W. Va
Electric Controller & Manufacturing Co
Empire Flower Co
Federal Savings & Loan & Youngstons
Fisher & Marks
General Tire & Rubber Co
Akron
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
George D. Harter Bank
Canton
F. E. Meyers & Bros. Coa
Ashland
Ohio Mutual Savings’ & Loan Co
People's Saving & Loan Co
Latonia
Permanent Savings & Loan Co
Pilsener Brewing Co
Pilgener Ice, Fuel, and Beverage Co
Polson Rubber Co
Garretsville
Reeves Res. Co
Alliance
Reliance Sayings & Loan Co
Ollie
King I Hlevelan
Olor
Tom Dorsey
Wellsi
Tyo
Dorsey
Eangunges Olhka
Ganpel
Oberlin Business Women's Club
Marin Hotel
West Russia Club
George Morris, Jr
South Pleasant Street
J. A. Richards
Forest Street
William and Russel Morris
Ohio University
Margaret Fiske
Mt. Holyoke College
G. W. Fiske
West College Street
H. A. Broadwell
Union Street
Carl Spitler
Willard Court
Martha Lauires
West Lorain
Durwood Knepper
Walter Ernst
Louisvile, Kentucky
Bumpus
East Lorain Street
Vincent Slack
State School For the Deaf
Mrs
John Slack
Mrs. Slack
Hollywood Avenue
William Austin
Henrietta
Varbert Arnold
Illinois University
East College Street
Ney
Mrs. Herbert Youts
Julia Youtz
Springfield
Mass
Bulletin
Idaho
Comores
Adofers Battle Bellevue Fine
Toledo Livestock
Glade Thomas
Elvira
Manhattan
West Side Lumber & Coal Co
West Street
Gordon E. Clauser
O’donnell’s Paint & Wallpaper Co
Court Street
Green Line
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