Ohio General Assembly Debates Record Bill Toll
Columbus Feb. 15 The General Assembly adjourned until Monday night as a flood of bills looms likely to top 600 by Tuesday. Yesterday 61 new measures were added bringing total to 536 with 247 from the house and 189 from the senate. Additional bills likely Monday night could push the count higher. Proposals include outlawing possession of malt, licensing retail stores and curbing chain stores, raising the gasoline tax to four cents, required automobile collision coverage, a 10 percent cigaret tax, and speeding up Workmen’s Compensation claims. Revenue-raiser bills include a retail store license yielding up to 40 million, a gasoline tax boost adding about 8.35 million, and a cigaret tax around 3 million annually. Rep. Sharp said the license could raise 5 to 40 million annually. Rep. Sullivan and Rep. Farner sponsor others. Continued on Pose 2.
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Columbus
General Assembly
Mondar
Senate
House
Mate
State Industrial Commission
G. E. Sharp
Vinton County
Dallas Sullivan
Union County
G. M. Farner
Hancock County
Farney
Senate Battles As Short Session Jams Bills
Washington February 15 The closing days of the short session tightens as the Senate battles over naval appropriations reapportionment of congressional representation and the proposed canal investigation across Nicaragua. Prohibition enforcement funding and the Vinson substitute face derailment amid House delays and a shelved Norris amendment.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Edge
Atlantic
Pacific
Nicaragua
White House
Eression
Mrs Sunday Emphasizes Women Should Support Husbands Work
Mrs. W. A. Sunday told Chronicle-Telegram reporters she believes every woman should show interest in her husband’s work. She described their family, noted children married with careers, and shared travel habits, homes, and farm life in Winona Lake.
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Sturgis Daily Journal
Sunday
Styria
George
Los Angeles
George Jr
John
William
Paul
Winona Lake
Indiana
Monay
Corpus Christi
Texas
Winona
Sterling
Colorado
Hood River Valley
Oregon
Wivona Lake
Elshia
the Evangelist
Sunday Hurls Challenge Hearers
Evangelist denounces skeptics of religion from First Corinthians text. He urges personal right relationship to God and claims divine power against the devil. About 400 high school students attended with a chorus and orchestra present, as Lorain County Gospel Men’s Chorus performed on stage.
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William 4A
Lorain County
L. A. Vickers
Farge
Meeting for Women and Girls Only at Tabernacle
Tomorrow evening at seven thirty Rev. W. 1. Billy Sundar will speak to women and girls at the tabernacle on West avenue. At the same hour the First Baptist church hosts Mr. Rodeheaver and Mr. Matthews speaking to men and boys only.
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Billy Sundar
Tabernacle
West Avenue
First Baptist Church
Rodeheaver
Matthews
Fatal Collision Near Fremont
Fremont Ohio February 13 Dr D C Bell a Detroit veterinarian was killed and Mr and Mrs M F Reiff of Attica seriously injured in an odd collision last night An interurban struck Bell s car lifting it two hundred feet An end protruded and struck the Reiffs truck wrecking it and knocking the couple unconscious Reiff is an agent for a washing machine concern.
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Reiffs
Reiff
Kaltenbaugh Is Taken To Asylum
Kaltenbaugh, captured in Grove City, admitted killing the Osers on January 3 to steal their car for a ride with his girl. A jury found him insane, and he was committed to the Lima state hospital for the criminal insane for life. A $1090 reward had been offered for his capture. County commissioners planned to meet to decide responsibility.
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Canton
Edward Naltenbaush
Grove City
John Occer
Canal Filton Dairyman
Bertha
State Hospital
Lima
Osers
Kaltenbaugh
Soldiers Return: Lorain County Celebrates 329th Infantry Homecoming
On February 15, 1919 Lorain county welcomed home the 329th Infantry from World War I. A Wellington welcome, a campus parade in Oberlin, a Elyria square greeting, and celebrations in Elyria Amherst and Lorain marked a full day of honors for the returning soldiers.
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Elyria
Lorain
Oberlin
Amherst
Lorain County
329Th Infantry
Wellington
839Th Infantry
Camp Sherman
Tem
Jones
Inauguration of Ohio Wesleyan’s Seventh President
Delaware Ohio February 15. An impressive ceremony marked the inauguration of Dr Edmund Davison Soper as the seventh president of Ohio Wesleyan University. Walter A Jones presided and Bishop Herbert Welch delivered the charge. The procession from Edgar Hall to Gray Chapel featured college presidents and educators from 124 institutions. The program included a tribute to the late Bishop Theodore Wenderson and honors for Doctor of Laws degrees from several universities. Dr Soper urged academic freedom with Christian instruction and emphasized teaching with exposure to all viewpoints through Christian-minded faculty.
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Delaware, O
Edmund Davison Soper
Ohio Wesleyan University
Walter A. Jones
Columbus
Herbert Welch
Pittsburgh
Soper
Edgar Hall
Gray Chapel
Theodore S. Wenderson
Jones
Christian College
Buenos Aires Fire Destroys Government Warehouses
A major blaze in Buenos Aires destroyed government warehouses stretching five blocks. Naptha and alcohol fed the flames, toppling over 2,000 autos and causing damage estimated above $1 million. Fire brigades battled inferno from 4:50 a.m. as President Irigoyen arrived amid explosions.
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Buenos Aires
Filpolito Irigayen
Testifies for Three and Half Days in Robson Fee Suit
City Solicitor Harry Red testified for three and a half days in Common Pleas Court before Judge R Webber in a suit to collect 12500 dollars in attorney fees from James and Clara Robson. Kedington began testifying Monday, with Wednesday and Thursday also spent on the stand. The case is expected to be lengthy with two or more witnesses to come. Judge W B Thompson has been ill, delaying other court business and twelve jurors were excused to await his return.
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Harry
W. Bb. Thompson
Lorain
Thompson
Railway Express Agency Idea Approved
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved a plan to combine the country’s railway express business into a railroad owned agency, authorizing 1,900 shares of nonpar value stock and 32,000,006 of five percent bonds to buy assets of the American Railway Express Company and fund working capital. Eighty-five railroads were given authority to acquire control and share profits among themselves.
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Washington
Railway Express Agency
Interstate Commerce Commission
Rail Way Express Agency, Inc
American Railway Express Company
Distribute Auto License Funds In County
County Auditor Monroe Welty announced a second distribution of automobile tax money to Lisra, Lorain, and other elections in the county. Elyria was allotted 5120.60 and Loran 58953.99, reflecting January license collections. The December distribution totaled 114, 42.80 for Elyria and 13059.95 for Lorain, with half the county funds going to the state. Welty noted Lorain's late license returns delayed part of the December share.
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Monroe Hi. Welty
Lisra
Lorain
Elyria
Welty
Moran Massacre Strikes Chicago Beers War's Toll
Fear, not law, drives Chicago beer gangsters to guarded dens after the St Valentine massacre. Seven men are slain by a crossfire at a northside beer truck garage. Moran, Capone rival, is reported wounded or unseen. two Detroit trucks are eyed as possible motive sources. A lone police dog witnesses the scene.
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Chicago
Ganglan
George “Bugs” Moran
al” Capone
Altke
Moran
Capone
Joe Ajello
Te Ajello
Bangland
Detroit F
Detroit
George Moran
Sunmen
Lindbergh Heads North for New York Flight
In Miami on February 15 Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh flew his Curtiss Falcon monoplane northward from Pan American airport aiming to reach New York by nightfall if weather holds. He may stop at Sapelo Island, Howard Coffin's winter estate, en route. A clear sky and bright sun greeted the takeoff as Lindbergh expected a 21 hour flight.
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Miami
Fla
Charles A. Lindbergh
New York
Lindbergh
Pan American Airport
Sapelo Island
Winter Estate
Howard FE. Coffin
Pan American Airway
Fire Alarm Returns Keep Hose Co. Busy at Adams Street
Fire crews from Hose Co. No. 1 and Engine Co. No. 3 answered a second alarm after 1 P.M. while a false report of a blaze at 452 Adams Street triggered within minutes of returning to the Central Fire Station. Sparks from a chimney ignited a shingled shed at 29 Ninth Street. damage estimated at 759 dollars. Harold Knight and Olsen Morrison families occupied the premises. A H Abookite was the owner.
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More Co
Enerar Co
Harold Knight
Olsée Morrison
A. H. Abookite
Middle Aveaus
Central Fire Station
Hose Co. No. 1
Engine Co
Adams Street
Paid Hubby s Debts Wants Divorce From Joseph Baker
Eileen Baker filed suit for divorce from Joseph Baker alleging he failed to provide and that she had to earn her living and contribute to the debts incurred by her husband. She says friends know of the situation and she has suffered mental distress and humiliation. The defendant is charged with gross neglect of duty. They were married in 1925 and have no children.
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Eileen Baker
Joseph Baker
Hoover off to Lake Okeechobee for flood relief tour
Miami Beach Florida February fifteenth Herbert Hoover visits the Everglades near Lake Okeechobee to inspect flood relief efforts joined by Major General Edgar Jadwin Governor Doyle Carlton and other Florida officials. The visit echoes Medicare Mississippi flood debates over federal and state funding and follows Jadwin’s request for ten million dollar levee and reservoir funding. Colonel Charles A Lindbergh dined with Hoover amid cabinet speculation and aviation talks.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Herbert Hoover
Florida
Everglades
Lake Okeechobee
Edgar Jadwin
Reid
House Flood Control Committee
Doyle Carlton
Glenn
B. Skipper
Hoover
Congress
Mississippi
Jadwin
Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
Mr. Hoover
Hoover “Little
Appointment of two chairmen for B of T drive
Elrria Board of Trade reorganization and expansion campaign names J. B. R. Johnson as chairman of the maintenance fund and in charge of soliciting larger arms. Mat Goldstein named chairman of the general solicitation committee. Johnson and Goldstein will coordinate planning for the campaign, 1% was announced this morning.
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Elrria Board of Trade
Broad Street
J. BR. Johnson
Austenance Fund
Mat Goldstein
Goldstein
Johnson
Missing girl reported by father in Mathews IS
In Mathews IS a five foot tall 100 pound girl was reported missing last night by her father George Mathews of No 3 Woodford Avenue. She wore a checked coat when she left home.
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Mathews
George Mathews
Woodford Avenue
Public Utilities Board Held Responsible for 1929 Collision
Ohio coroner finds Public Utilities Commission and Lakeshore Electric Railway primarily responsible for the Bellevue interurban crash that killed 19 people on Jan 22 1929. The inquest orders the traction company to stop cars 75 feet from the Monroeville road crossing and cites failures to issue safety orders. The verdict absolves no one and blames both the commission and the company for neglecting up-to-date safety measures at crossings.
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Norwalk
Public Utilities Commission
Lakeshore Electric Railway
Bellevue
C. L. Bell
Utilities Commission
Traction Company
Lake Shore
Greyhound Lines
The
Monroeville Road
Bell
Lake Shore Electric
Greyhound Bus Company
Ohio
Lake Shore Electric Company
Lake Shoro Electric Co
Absences Rise At Elyria High As Mumps And Colds Strike
Mumps and colds swell the absence list at Elyria High School with 111 students absent and attendance dipping to about 93.5 percent. Assistant principal E D Adams notes normal attendance is 97 percent and expects illness to pass in a few days. The week mirrors pre Christmas influenza levels, when 175 were absent in a single day.
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Elyria High School
E. D. Adams
Adams
Fails To Break Altitude Record In Dayton Flight
DAYTON OH Feb 15 After climbing to 35060 feet Lieutenant Harry Johnson of Selfridge Field Michigan failed to break the altitude record as his plane developed supercharger trouble and he was forced to abandon the attempt.
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Dayton
Harry Johnson
Selfridge Field
Michigan
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