Death summons Elyria banker Elmer M. Rice
Elmer M Rice 48 of West Avenue Elyria president of The Elyria Savings and Trust Company died at 11 20 this morning at the Elyria Clinic after nearly a month confinement with chronic diabetes He had long served as cashier and later president of the bank and was active in civic affairs including the chamber of commerce Kiwanis Club and city treasurer He was born in Riceville Pennsylvania November 21 1961 and married Carnie J Carter He studied at Allegheny College and Eastman Business College and had operated a general store and served as railroad agent and telegraph operator before moving to Elyria in 1897 to join county treasurer staff He remained in public service and banking for decades with deep ties to local business and community groups.
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Elmer M. Ries
West Avenue
Elyria Savines & Trust Company
Elyria Climic
Udro
Elmer M_ Rice
Elvira
Riceville
Penosslyvana
Melvin LD
Althea V. Rice
Pennthratta
Allegheny College
Eastman Business College
Poughkeepsie
New York
Carnie J. Carter
O. F. Carter
Oberlin
Lorain County
Elyma
Elyma Savings and Banking Company
The
Elyria Savings and Trust Company
Elyria Savings and Banking Company
City of
Elyria
In the
Community Service Council
Rice
Tie
Secretary Liebold Missing From Detroit Home
The state police reported Ernest G. Liebold secretary to Henry Ford has been missing from his Detroit home since yesterday afternoon. Liebold managed Ford Motor Company fiscal policies and worked with Edsel Ford on reorganizing two Detroit yachts with a 259000 investment. Ford officials and Dearborn and Detroit polo stated they had no knowledge of the disappearance.
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Lansing
Mich
Ernest G. Liebold
Henry Ford
Detroit
Liebold
Ford Moteur Company
Edsel Ford
Fords
Ford Motor Company
Ernest G Wiebold
Dearborn
Deton Polo
Siebold
Weather Forecast for Tonight and Wednesday
Fair tonight and Wednesday with little temperature change. Light to moderate clouds and a drop in temperature tonight give way to rising readings and increasing cloudiness by Wednesday in this vicinity.
Legislators To Represent Ohio At Inauguration
A committee of eight legislators was named to attend Franklin D Roosevelt’s inauguration. Members include Lieut. Gov. Charles Sawyer. Senators Paul Yoder, John F Smolka, and W P Haynes. Speaker Frank Cave. Keir Lawrence. Rep Maurice J Allen. and Mrs Anna F O Neil. The group will travel at public expense unless Sawyer pays his own way.
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Columbus
Franklin DD. Roosevelt
Charles Sawyer
Paul Yoder
Dayton
John F. Smolka
Cleveland
W. P. Haynes
Coshocton County
Frannk Cave
House
Keir, Lawrence
Maurice J. Allen
Cincinnati
Anna F. O'Neil
Akron
Sawyer
Proposals Consider Road Improvements Between Elyria Oberlin
The State Highway department considers Route Twenty upgrades to remove hazards. A survey favors straightening the Brookdale cemetery curve by skirting Elyria Country Club property. A second plan would rework the Oberlin bend near the Community church to a sweeping curve, with funds status awaiting clarity.
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State Highway Department
Elyria
Oberlin
Chronicle-Telegram
Brookdale Cemetery
Elyria Country Club
Highway Department
Referendum Vote on Prohibition Amendment Nears
Columbus Ohio February 20 1929 A vote by the State House and Senate on the Smolha McCrystal resolution to place repeal of the state prohibition amendment on the November ballot is expected today Unofficial surveys show a close race with Rep John F McCrystal predicting passage and a campaign by the WCTU and Anti Saloon League to defeat the measure The House also considers a measure to create a 66 man State Highway Patrol and to shift motor vehicles duties to the Highway Director's office.
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Columbus
Fec
Maeda
Smotka-McCrystal
State Senate
House
John F. McCrystal
Erie County
John F. Smolha
Cleveland
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Anti-Saloon League
Senate
White
Organized Prohibitionas
Hugo A. Me
Dem
Motor Vehicles Bureau
Secretary of State
Lone Highway Director
Fatal auto crash kills two near New Albany
In Columbus and New Albany two men A E Rawlingson aged 50 and Carl J Eierman aged 45 died when their car overturned near New Albany. Arthur J Piper aged 40 of Columbus died in a separate collision here.
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Columbus
A. E. Rawlingson
Carl J. Eierman
New Albany
Arthur J. Piper
Elyria Chamber of Commerce Elects C. B. Smythe President
C. B. Smythe of Universal Crane Company and Thew Shovel Company was elected president of the Elyria Chamber of Commerce by the directors at their annual meeting. He succeeds W. E F. Gollmar and also serves as Ohio Chamber of Commerce director and Lorain County Share the Work Movement chairman. New officers include A. H. West as first vice president Max Goldstein as second vice president A J Robinson as treasurer and Earl D. Bacon as secretary. Jim Armitage and C. E. Tucker were added to the executive committee. The annual dinner date was referred to the executive committee for planning in the coming weeks.
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C. B. Smythe
Universal Crane Company
Thew Shovel Company
Elyria
Henry Heidrith
A. J. Robinson
Earl D. Bacon
Jim Armitage
C. E. Tucker
Chamber
Vchamber
Front line Chinese forces crushed in Hue defense
Report from Tokio dated February 28 says Chinese front from Kailu to Chaoyang is smashed, Hue defenders scattered, Japanese mop up operations underway. Dispatches describe Chenetehiu near Jehol as a target for air bombardment with hazardous devices exploding in open ground near Coi Fang Chin Chun’s 688th Chinese regiment.
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Tokio
U.P
Kailu
Peipiano
Chaoyang
Hue
Yehpeishou
Lingyuan
Mudhouses
Chenetehiu
Jehol
Coi Fang Chin Chun
39Th Independent Infantry Brigade
Mukden
Triplets Arrive at St Ann's Hospital in Cleveland
The second set of triplets to arrive at St. Ann's Hospital within two weeks was born Monday to Mrs Leonard A Montgomery in Cleveland Ohio.
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Cleveland, O
St. Ann’s Hospital
Leonard. A. Montgomery
Plans Made For Cattle Testing In This County
A Lorain County meeting with county state and federal officials outlined a tuberculosis testing program for about 36 000 cattle. The county budgeted 3500 dollars for two to three months of testing to keep the county on an accredited rating and sustain beef sales to Cleveland and other markets. Attendees included Dr A J Fawcett and Dr David Hyde along with local representatives from the Tuberculosis Eradication League.
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Lorein County
Cleveland
C. D. Aluiay
Murray
A.J. Fawcett
United States Dept. of Agriculture
David Hyde
State Dept. of Agriculture
C. I. Hummel
Lorain County
Elyria Council OKs Compromise Gas Rate for Three Years
Elyria officials explain Feb 20 vote on a compromise gas rate ordinance, claiming it saves users over 10 percent on average for three years and may be as high as 28 percent in some cases. The measure, backed by the mayor and six council members, aims to avoid prolonged rate disputes amid upcoming referendum petitions.
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Hlyria
Elyria
Anna Kennedy
Ed Notley
W. D. Taylor
Ernest Birch
Walter Kohn
O. E. Rankin
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Elyna
Ohio
Dog Attack Costs Avon Lake Woman $31,000 Verdict
A jury in Judge A R Webber's court awarded Margaret Bevin $31,000 against Margaret Griffiths of Avon Lake. Bevin, a cook, said a large police dog owned by Griffiths injured her legs on three occasions. The case, previously directed for the defendant, was remanded by the Supreme Court for retrial in Common Pleas Court.
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Margaret Bevin
Margaret Griffiths
Avon Lake
A R. Webber
Bevin
Webber
Supreme Court
Common Pleas Court
Ohio legislator Lewis Finch dies in Columbus
Lewis Finch 67 of Cincinnati Republican state representative from Hamilton County died in Columbus on Monday from bronchial pneumonia. He was editor and publisher of the Western Hills Press at Cincinnati during his first term in the Ohio legislature.
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Columbus
Lewis Finch
Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Ohio
Western Hills Press
Arrest of Communists in German plot shocks Berlin
Berlin reports government orders a nationwide dragnet for Communists tied to a Reichstag fire conspiracy. Goering says the plan aimed to topple state authority, destroy government buildings, loot Berlin, and spark civil war with lines of police and family-backed attacks.
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Hitler
Reichstag
Berlin
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
Goering
van der Luebbe
United Front
Liebknecht House
Germany
Lie
States Act Rapidly Grants Emergency Banking Powers
Three states Pennsylvania Ohio and Arkansas authorized emergency banking status overnight to curb withdrawals. Maryland bankers and lawmakers debated similar measures as a bank holiday neared end, with Governor Ritchie expected to extend until Thursday. In Pennsylvania Governor Pinchot signed a bill authorizing the banking secretary to limit withdrawals and keep banks open for those unable to meet demand deposits. The measure, rushed through by lawmakers and financiers, was signed before midnight.
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Pennsylvania
Ohio
Arkansas
Maryland
Albert C. Ritchie
Prensylvania
Ord Pinchot
Ba.king
Legislative
Scrip Plan Aids Business Across Elvira Area
Bankers in Cleveland and Elvira discuss a scrip plan to ease restrictions on deposits and allow continued commerce during a setback. The system would issue cashier checks or scrip up to a fraction of deposits, backed by bank assets, avoiding currency distribution and linking Elvira to the greater Cleveland region.
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Els
Elyria
Cleveland
Elsha
Elvira
Greater
Frank Wilford
Relief Committee
City Relief Committee
Wilford
Chronicle-Telegram Today
Columbus
Local Elyria Banks Await Developments On Withdrawals
Restrictions on withdrawals persist in Elyria and Lorain County banks as bankers say lifting them depends on a general banking recovery. Deposits since Feb 27 remain in cash form and can be withdrawn. new deposits face no restrictions.
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Elyria
Lorain County
New York
Chronicle-Telegram
Harshaw Chemical Co
United Mills
Grafton
Western Automatic and Fox Furnace Co
America
A C. Schileman
Schilleman
City Relief Committee
Pastor Bates of Kipton Dies After Heart Trouble
Reverend Newton W. Bates 73 longtime Kipton Community Church pastor died at his home from heart disease. He previously served in Sullivan and Cleveland areas after Oberlin College and Oberlin Theological Seminary degrees. Survived by wife Gertrude two sons Theodore and Arthur and two grandchildren Funeral services set for Wednesday at 2 p m at Kipton Church with burial in Camden Cemetery.
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Kipton
Newton W. Bates
Kapton Community Church
Sullivan
Oberlin College
Oberlin Theological Seminary
Gertrude Bates
Casell
Theodore
Cleveand
Arthur
Chicago
Gertrude
Newton
Camden Cemetery
Ohio Enacts Emergency Bank and Building Loan Relief Laws
Ohio passes three emergency laws to stabilize finances. The state secures power for the banks superintendent to limit withdrawals and seize banks for liquidation on board request, with up to sixty day renewals, and to liquidate Building and Loan Associations. Governor White signed the measures effective 11:35 p.m. last night.
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Columbus
Ohio
White
White's Message to Legislature on Bank Laws
Governor White urges enactment of bank legislation to protect Ohio institutions from depositor pressure. He proposes two bills authorizing the banking department to act to safeguard resources, while stressing no arbitrary powers for the superintendent and calling for flexible curbing code suited to 1933 conditions.
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Columbus
White
Ohio
Congress
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