Council stalls gas rate bills in wide open session
In a full council chamber last night the council defeated all pending gas rate measures and left the issue wide open with no legislation or committee reports before them. Two tied votes were broken by President Sartor's negative, and the body adjourned without action on a five year rate ordinance or the gas survey.
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Council
Anna Kennedy
Charles Sartor
Leonard Smith
William Smith
Carl Curtis
O. E Rankin
Rankin
Kohn
Thomas D Pierce
Curtis
Washington Women Prepare for Inaugural Ball
Washington society matrons and congressional spouses plan for the March 8 inaugural ball the night before Roosevelt's inauguration. In a meeting of the inaugural ball committee left to right: Mrs Cordell Hull wife of the Tennessee senator, Mrs Royal Copeland wife of the New York senator, and Mrs Marcus A Coolidge wife of the Massachusetts senator. Below are Mrs Sol Bloom wife of a New York congressman Representative Mary T Norton of New Jersey and Congresswoman Ruth Bryan Owen of Florida.
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Washington Society
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
United States
Mrs Roosevelt
The
Land
Congressional Committee
Cordell Huh
Tennessee
Royal Copeland
Cope
Sol Bloom
Mary T. Norton
Ruth Bryan Owen
Corden Hull
Reyal Copeland
Mercus A. Cowidge
Senate
Roosevelt
Hoover
Hiram Johnson
California
George Norris
Nebraska
Bronson Cutting
New Mexico
Robert la Follette
Wisconsin
Ohio House to Probe Alleged $1000 Bribe Offer
A legislative committee was asked to investigate an alleged $1000 bribe offer to Rev. Forest W. Hall of Guernsey County. Rep. Keith Lawrence introduced the resolution, urging a full inquiry by a five member House committee. Hall said he would testify before the committee rather than swear out an affidavit.
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Columbus
Forest W. Hall
Guernsey County
Keith Lawrence
Cleveland
Ohio
Hall
House
Lawrence
Cambridge
Ohio Weather Shifts From Rain To Snow Tonight
Rain in Ohio transitions to snow and a sharp cold wave with very cold conditions in central and western regions. Wednesday brings cloudy skies and continued cold in the east and north after snow in those areas.
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Ohio
City approves relief fund diverting 16500 for aid work
Council passes a resolution authorizing the state relief commission to divert 16500 of gas and auto license tax funds for relief purposes from January 1 to March 1. Unencumbered 8000 is allocated to food fuel clothing milk gas rent miscellaneous items and hospitalization and medical services with specific amounts listed.
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State Relief Commission
City council approves tax advance request to county treasurer
A council resolution passed last night requesting an advance of 20000 on the city tax distribution from the county treasurer. The measure seeks funds to bridge timing gaps in revenue flow and was greeted by support from council members citing immediate financial needs.
Hospital contract ordinance approved on second reading
Council passed on second reading an ordinance authorizing a contract with Memorial Hospital and rejected another ordinance to override it. The plan assigns all indigent charity cases to the hospital at 515 per day per patient, down from 6 per day last year with total $17,651. The Elyria Clinic bid 450 per day. Committees proposed contracting with both institutions for different services.
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Memorial Hospital
Elyria Clinic
Mty
Eqna
Leonard Smith
Carl Curtis
Smith
Salary Reducing Ordinance Moves To Finance Committee
A measure by Councilmen Carl Curtis and W G Smith to cut city officials salaries in 1924 was sent to the finance committee. The proposed reductions affect the mayor auditor solicitor safety director council members clerk of council treasurer and building inspector, yielding a net saving of about 3500 dollars.
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Carl Curtis
W. G. Smith
Finance Committee
Hudson Motor body plant strike halts operations
Three thousand Hudson Motor Company body plant workers walked out today demanding higher wages after presenting their terms. The company shut the body plant immediately while negotiations proceed, with no disorders reported as workers left quietly.
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Detroit
Hudson Motor Company
Plea for Farmer-Labor Party Draws 1000 Farmers At Foreclosure
More than 1,000 farmers gathered at Walter Crozier’s farm for a penny auction of his personal property in a foreclosure case brought by Inter county Finance Company of Bowling Green to recover $800. C. K. Wharton urged creation of a Farmer-Labor party and government price regulation to protect farmers’ profits.
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Haskins
Walter Crozier
Intercounty Finance Company
Bowling Green
Crozier
White
C. KE. Wharton
Kenton
Blizzard Lashes the Midwest Across Wide Swath
A fierce blizzard from the Canadian Northwest drives temperatures down to zero and below from Kansas City to Chicago. The storm halts air travel, slows rail service, and causes crops and livestock damage while creating dangerous road conditions and widespread hardship.
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Lifelong Eaton Tap resident George Bassett dies
George Bassett aged 78, lifelong Eaton township resident, was found dead in his Durkee road home by his niece Mrs. Paul Bassett. Sheriff and coroner ruled natural causes. he had been dead several hours. Services set Friday at 2 p m with Rev Koh officiating at Nichols Funeral Home. Interment in Butternut Ridge cemetery. Survived by sisters Mrs. C. L. Morse and Mrs. Sarepta Crowell of Elyria.
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George Bassett
Eaton Township
Paul Bassett
Bassett
Clarence Dick
C. Ward
Durkee Road
Nichols Funeral Home
Percy Koh
Butternut Ridge
C. L. Morse
Sarepta Crowell
Elyria
Albert Apponyi Dies Said to Be Hungarian Statesman
Geneva dispatch reports Hungarian statesman Albert Apponyi died today after a change of telegraph from London. The news comes from a wartime era transmission and notes his prominent role in diplomacy and Hungarian politics.
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London
Albert Appony
HUNRR
Geneva
National Tube Bids On Elyria Pipe Project
Officials from National Tube in Lorain object to using cast iron for the Water Street ejector station pipe in Elyria. City contracts will be let for three pipe types with corrosion risks in sewage flow, and steel pipe with protective coating may be considered to fit the project needs. The firm notes its status as a Lorain County taxpayer and local employees argue for a bid opportunity.
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Lorain
Water Street
Elyria
Chronicle-Telegram
Chronole-Telegram
National Tube Company
Lorain County
Lorain Banquet Marks End of County Safety Campaign
Businesses across Lorain county attend a 6:30 p m banquet at Lorain Hotel to formalize the end of the second county wide safety drive by the Industrial Commission of Ohio. L P Kearns will speak on Progress In Safety and present certificates to winners in 19 divisions.
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Lorain County
Lorain
Industrial Commission of Ohio
L. P. Kearns
Industrial Commission
Elyrian Killed in Drag
Lee Schuster aged 28 of 240 George Street died when his automobile struck a truck and trailer at Ta Grange and Duck Pond Road. He was thrown under the trailer wheel near the home of B J Squire. Two men in the truck were unhurt. Schuster had married recently and his body was taken to Nichols funeral home for identification. Deputies investigated the crash.
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Lee Schuster
George Street
Ta Grange
Duck Pond Road
Schuster
B. J. Squire
LaGrange
Nichols Funeral Home
Addie Schuster
Clarence Dick
Road Improvement Authorized for Gore-Orphanage Road
County commissioners authorized stage construction of the Gore-Orphanage road in Rochester township from the New London Eastern road to the New London Lafayette road a distance of 2.04 miles. The county will pay 75 percent of costs with the township covering 25 percent. Estimated total cost is 3300 dollars.
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Rochester Township
Three Soviet Whalers Confiscated by Japan
Japanese naval court confiscates three Soviet whalers that entered the Bonini Islands naval zone. Captains were fined and proceedings noted by a Daily Express Tokyo correspondent.
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Japan
London
Bonini Islands
Daily Express
Tokio
Police officer killed in bus company holdup gun battle
Sgt. Lester Jones 52 a 20 year veteran of the Indianapolis police was killed by machine gun fire during a holdup at the People's Motor Bus Company garage. Officers Hawkins and McAllen entered the scene as bandits fired from behind a car fleeing on foot after Jones fell. Police found stolen guns and Illinois plates in the getaway vehicle.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Lester Jones
People’s Motor Bus Company
Willard Hawkins
Michael McAllen
Seregeant Jones
Jones
Franklin, D
Illinois
Mary Skeele Freed After Abduction Near Los Angeles
Mrs Mary Skeele wife of University of Southern California music dean Walter Skeele was abducted after a fake accident call and held for 24 hours in a furnished apartment. Four men and a woman sought by police. No ransom paid and victim released near her home.
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Los Angeles
Mary RB. Skeele
Walter Skeele
University of Southern California
Chronicle-Telegram Want Ads Highlight Wide Classifieds
The Want Ads page showcases a broad range of classifications reflecting community needs. Clean clear type, no abbreviations, and low cash per line rates encourage readers to browse and place ads.
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