Church Plans To Build On Prime City Site
Church of Christ members meet to buy the Metcalf property at Third street and East avenue adjoining the Robinson home. They accept the option and plan financing for the new building, with completion targeted in two years. Evangelistic meetings begin next Sunday with famed Pittsburgh soprano and song leader Mrs. Alice C. Setring.
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Church of Christ
Second
Chanel Streets
Metcalf
Third Street
East Avenue
Robinson
Alice C. Setring
Pittsburgh
Penna
Direct Primary Plan for Elyria Board of Trade Directors
Robert E. Coburn of the American City bureau proposes a two step direct primary plan for selecting Elyria Board of Trade directors. Members nominate then vote, with a printed full list, selecting 29 candidates who receive the highest votes for the final board slate of 15. Officers would be chosen by the directors, ensuring equal power among all members.
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Elyria Board of Trade
Robert E. Coburn
American City Bureau
Coburn
Board of Trade
Board of Directors
Chambers of Commerce
Four Drown In Raging Stream
Floods across four southern states cause extensive damage and claim the life of lawyer Fred McWorter of Lincolnton Georgia and his three children when their car fell from a weakened bridge into a swollen river near Atlanta Georgia.
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Atlanta
Fred McWorter
Lincolnton
Elyria HIY Club installs new unit at Olmsted Falls
Sever members of the Elyria Senior HIY Club installed a newly organized HIY club at Olmsted Falls on Thursday afternoon. The group comprises 12 members with participants including Edward Pape, William Anderson, Robert Tol, Charles Whitney, Robert Goodie, Lorenzo Teed, and John Shaw.
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Olmsted Falls
Elyria
Edward Pape
William Anderson
Robert Tol
Charles Whitney
Robert Goodie
Lorenzo Teed
John Shaw
Hoover completes cabinet list for inauguration
President elect Hoover finished a cabinet draft with Labor head Davis likely kept temporarily. War and commerce posts linger and two names emerge as possible: James W. Good for war and Jenny W. Robinson for commerce. Donovan episode prompts caution as Mitchell and others line up for attorney general.
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Hoover
Labor
Davis
Labor Department
Washtiington
Capitol
James W. Good
Chicago
Jenny W. Robinson
William J. Donovan
William D. Mitchell
Mr. Hoover
Hughes
Coolidge
Henry L. Stimson
New York
Winona
Minn
Treasury
Andrew W. Mellon
Pittsburgh
Ray Lrman Wilbur
Palo Alto
Calif
Charles Francis Adams
Boston
Walter F. Brown
Toledo
Ohio
Agricultural Post
Danie Pierce
Des Moines
Iowa
Pierce
William N. Doak
The
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Lorain Man Killed by Auto on Elyria Ave
Peter Sakowski aged 38 of 1126 West First Street was struck by a car on Elyria Avenue at Thirty-First Street at 8 p.m. He died at St. Joseph's Hospital at 4 a.m. the next morning. The driver was H. W. S. Galbreath of Lakewood and officials investigated the accident.
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Lorain
Elyrla Avenue
Peter Sakowski
West Fist Street
St. Joseph's Hosital
HW. S. Galbreath
Lakewood
Sakoaski
Myles E. Perry
Dar
Toole Dies, Longtime Baseball League President
John Conway Toole, for eight years president of the International Baseball League, died in New York after a ten day illness due to influenza.
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Toole
Baseball League
New York
John Conway Toole
International Baseball League
Indluenza
Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Fly Again in Mexico City
Col Charles A Lindbergh and Miss Anne Morrow flew from Valbuena Field after a forced landing. Despite a dislocated shoulder and a damaged wheel, Lindbergh demonstrated calm skill guiding the one wheel and tail skid landing before the plane overturned upon return.
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Valbuena
Mexico City
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lis Gnaucee
Anne Morrow
Lindbergh
Miss Morrow
Fiier
Walbuena Field
Valbuena Field
City of
Wichita
Jeavins
Aviation
Lindberg
Amoothly
Flood danger passing in Ohio and Midwest
Flood warnings eased as rivers recede in Ohio and other midwest states after heavy rainfall and rapid snowmelt. Canoe City near Warren saw forty families evacuated when the Mahoning river overran banks, while East Liverpool and adjacent areas reported relief. Chicago gauges showed danger subsiding though some regions remain threatened by ice jams and rising streams.
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Columbus
Canoe City
Warren
Mahoning River
Ohio River
Liverpool
Miami Valley
Chicago
Midwest
Weather Bureau
Ohio
Indiana
Mllinois
Missouri
Arkansas
State to abandon itemized funding for lump appropriations
Finance committees in Columbus approved a plan to switch from specific line items to lump appropriations, directing control largely to the state finance director Harry D. Silver. The proposal, backed by Governor Cooper, aims to improve economy and expenditure control under three divisions: personal service, maintenance, and additions and betterments.
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Columbus
House
Senate
Harry D. Silver
Cooper
Silver
Plan to Reopen Amherst Bank by March 19
Amherst Ohio February 28 stockholders of the Amherst Savings and Banking company voted to self assess 12 dollars per share to reopen the bank closed since December 19. They added a 10 dollar surplus, totaling 55,900 dollars capital, with 500 shares held by 76 stockholders. Assessments due by March 6 with hopes to reopen by mid March as new buyers show interest. State superintendent Blair filed a final inventory showing assets and liabilities of 1,272,083.61 dollars.
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Amherst. O
Amherst Savings and Banking Company
Reopewt
Banc
E. Jr. Blair
Blair
J. J. Smythe
Smythe
Raemb
Common Pleas Court
Elyria
E. H. Blair
Annual Meeting of Red Cross Friday
The Ely ria Chapter of the American Red Cross will hold its annual meeting at Hotel Newell on Friday Marcel first. Supper at 6 15. Trustees to be elected and reports given. Edith Metcalf teaching in Cleveland will discuss the Albanian Vocational School, a Junior Red Cross project. Mrs. E R Borer will demonstrate Braille transcribing. Members urged to attend and reserve in advance.
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Elyria
The
American Red Cross
Hotel Newell
Marcel
Edith Metcalf
Cleveland
E. R. Borer
Friday Last Day Of Cooking School
The Chronicle Telegram cooking show at the high school auditorium ends Friday after 2 10 p m with Miss Alice McCarren guiding sessions on yeast rolls quick breads pastries and salad dressings More than 500 women attended yesterday for baked Alaska and ice cream demonstrations and upon each session foods prepared and groceries are awarded to audience members
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Chronicle-Telegram
Alice McCarren
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Miss McCarren
Alaska
Kiwanians Hear Dairy Business and Board Credit Fail
Kiwanians and guests heard of the dairy business at a Elyria Kiwanis luncheon while a separate attempt to rob the Lake Avenue Coal Company office failed. Thieves used a skeleton key, knocked off the safe combination, but left empty handed, taking only the handle and lock. Cletus Smith, acting manager, reported the break in to police. owner O. G. Shepard was in Florida. Officials suspect novice safe-crackers. Dairies were praised by W. A. Wentworth of the Ohio Ice Cream Manufacturers Association, noting 24 percent of US farm revenue in 1926 came from dairy products and milk production numbers. Henry Clark of the Elyria Board of Trade spoke on a reorganization to build a greater Elyria, stressing planned growth, industry, commerce, and civic welfare with farmer cooperation.
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Lake Avenue Coal Company
Lake Avenue
Cletus Smith
Lorain‘ County
Elyria Kiwanis Club
W. A. Wentworth
Ohio Ice Cream Manufacturers Association
United States
Wentworth
Automobile and Steel Industries
Henry Clark
Elyria Board of Trade
Kiwanis
Elyria
State Senators Clash Over Graft and Highway Bill
In Columbus on February 28 Senator Joseph N. Ackerman of Cleveland and Senator Miles Kuhns of Dayton sparred over a state highway bill. Kuhns challenged Ackerman to report any graft knowledge while Ackerman warned of a "bombshell" on state deals if the bill to let the highway director buy land at his discretion passed. Ackerman urged court condemnation for purchases over 2599, and the bill was recommended for passage with Cleveland-related concerns noted.
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Columbus, CO
Joseph N. Ackerman
Cleveland
Miles Kuhns
Dayton
Senate
Kuhns
Ackerman
Serte
State Department
Senate Committee On Political Subdivisions
Hicksville Bank Robbed of $8,000
Four robbers struck the National Bank in Hicksville and seized cash totaling eight thousand dollars. Police sought four men said to have fled across the state line into Indiana after the raid, with a reported alert issued. An employee and a female clerk were briefly confronted during the holdup.
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Hicksville
Indiana
John Hess
Barbe
Tobbers
Harlan
Ind
Fort Warac
County School Teachers To Meet Here
Almost 260 Lorain county teachers are expected to attend the annual get-together at Elyria high school auditorium Saturday morning. County boards of education will meet there also. Urbana Schools Superintendent Charles Cookson will speak on The Teacher's Responsibility and Education Administratively Considered. Musical numbers include Wellington male quartet, Ruth Christman solo, and LaGrange mixed quartet. The 1:30 p.m. school board session will feature a countywide chorus and an all‑county orchestra.
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Lorain County
Elyria High School
R. P. Vaughn
Charles Cookson
Urbana
Cookson
Wellington
Ruth Christman
Ridgeville
LaGrange
Three Autoists Drown Near Fort Gar, Kentucky
Three motorists died when their automobile plunged through a bridge into Twelve Pole Creek near Fort Gar, Kentucky. Victims were Sherril Maynard, 26, and Charles Kinsker, 44, of Fort Gay, and Talmadee Wells, 40, of Louisa..Rains is believed to have obstructed the driver’s view as the car approached the bridge.
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Ashland
Twelve Pole Creek
Ft. Gar
W. Vo
Sherril Maynard
Charles Kinstker
Ft. Gay and
Talmadee Wells
Louisa
Rains
Attorney Killed By Client In Iowa
In Centerville Iowa on February 28 D Futton Rice an attorney and former state representative was shot and killed on courthouse steps by client George Dam yaneleh who fired two shots into Rice s back. Dam yaneleh surrendered at the county jail after the shooting.
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Centerville
Iowa
D. Futton Rice
Courthous Steps
George Damyaneleh
Damyraneleh
Rice
Mystery Moll Key in Chicago Massacre Probe
Chicago February 28. A moll protected by detectives and police holds a key position in a probe that may solve the gangster murders blamed on Capone gunmen. Miss Louise Rolfe, arrested with Jack McGurn, is said to know the whole story of the seven deaths in the northside garage on February 14.
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Chicago
Jack McGurn
Capone
Stevens Hotel
McGurn
Scarface
al Capone
Florida
Farmers push cooperative marketing to curb waste
Secretary Jardine tells United Press that farming suffers from uneconomic marketing. He says production dominates, middlemen drain value, and home market development with coop societies can cut waste and boost farmer profits. He urges farmers to study markets and control selling machinery.
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United Pres
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Jardine
United Press Today
United States
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Lorain Man
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Lindy
Amiert Bank
Annual Meeting of
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