Post Office Gains Spark Interest in Elyria
The Kiwanis club heard Postmaster J. W. McHenry discuss postal business as a barometer of the local economy. He cited 1923 mail figures, the growth of stamp sales, money orders, and registered mail, plus rural routes and nine-day letter checks.
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J. W. McHenry
Washington
McHenry
Plumb
George H. Chamberlain, Jr
R. W. McWilliams
E. i. Rice
Kiwanis Clubs
Hotel Winton
Edmund F. Arras
Women in County Republican Central Committee Meet
David Tod of Youngstown Ohio State chairman of the Women’s activities in the 8th Congressional district leads the Summit Medina and Lorain counties work. W Be Pardee of Akron attends. The central committee meeting is set for Jan 24 at Hotel Dogh umbus and all women county chairmen are invited.
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David Tod
Youngstown
Ohio
W. BE. Pardee
Akron
Summit
Medina
Lorain
Republican Central Committee
Mas S. W. Montgomery
Convicted Killing Girl At N Without Escort
Meus Jan 198- Tony Schmidt sentenced to one year for manslaughter at the Ohio penitentiary. Schmidt reportedly killed Lucile Swearingen in an incident cited by officials. The report notes the first inmate to be confined for this offense at the facility. Governor hints at special legislative session to fund municipal aid. Bathtub fall injuries reported in Tro.
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Meus
Scott Tony Schmidt
Tax receipts rise as December list nears closing date
County treasurer Walter Ludwig reports $1,647,000 paid in taxes with $2,140,000 on the duplicate and a late rush expected after the 20th. He notes fewer objections this year mostly from farmers who say their property is overtaxed. the county commissioners will decide on re valuation of real estate at their meeting on the 20th.
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Walter Ludwig
Ludwig
Wsial
Rescue Efforts Resume For Chief Wawatam Crew Snowbound
Mackinaw City Michigan January 18 new attempt planned to reach thirty men aboard the ferry Chief Wawatam frozen in the straits with provisions for three days. A blizzard halted rescue parties and a lull allowed plans to resume. Meanwhile fires in Chicago sent families into streets as 125 alarms rang in 24 hours and snow was forecast with warming toward today.
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Wawatam
Upper
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Mackinaw
St. Ignace
Chicago
Dorothy Huson
Chicago Fire Department
Iowa farmer to sit on shipping board for Interior States
J. R. Howard of Iowa, long active in agricultural movements, will join the United States Shipping Board as representative of the Interior States. He succeeds Edward P. Farley who was ruled ineligible. Howard, former head of the American Farm Bureau Federation, heads the Transportation Institute, aiding transport reform.
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United States Shipping Board
Interior States
Coolidge
J. R. Howard
Iowa
Shipping Board
Edward P. Farley
Chicago
Senate Commerce Committee
Althongh
Howart
Winis
Ohio
Central States
Howard
American Farm Bureau Federation
Transportation Institute
Liquor raid ends with fines after backyard party
Police halted a chicken dinner at Thomas Kershaw's home on West Avenue. Officers found three gallons of raisin jack in a sink with thirty percent alcohol after raiding the scene. Kershaw pled guilty to illegal liquor possession, was fined 590 dollars and costs, and jailed until paid.
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Thomas Kershaw
West Avenue
Orlock
Kershaw
Standard
Zarnke
Sweet and Brown
City Council to Discuss 21st Street Paving
The Lorain city council will hold a special meeting tonight to discuss and possibly act on paving 21st Street. The session will also address the paving program for this year.
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Lorain
21St Street
Uoon
Firing Squad Executes Former Idaho Judge for Murder
Omer R. Woods, a former Idaho probate judge, was executed by firing squad in Utah after his conviction for murdering his wife Marietta. He faced the court yard execution after the Idaho Supreme Court denied a stay. Woods' crime involved arson and the death of his wife in 1922. he claimed innocence until the end. Roy Maupin, a Black man, was also executed at Fort Madison after the rope broke, but the neck was broken.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Omer R. Woods
State Penitentiary
Woods
Idaho
Supreme Court
Marietta
Knoxville
Tenn
Marietta Wood
Knorville
Idaho City
Internal Revenue Service
Washington
Lee Les Woods
University of Utah
Addison T. Smith
Burton L. French
Mabey
State Pardon Board
Maby
Fort Madison
Roy Maupin
Joseph Haynes
Carney
Miner
Death of Gertrude Snyder 7 a county pioneer
Mrs. Gertrude Snyder died at 11 30 this morning at her daughter Mrs Jacob Bechtel’s home South Ridge Amherst township. She had lived in the area for years and is survived by six children and a brother in Wichita Kansas. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. In Washington Senator Jones condemned the American bar association for chartering the British steamship Berengaria for the London convention next July, saying the Shipping Board offered equivalent vessels at similar rates.
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Gertrude Snyder
Jacob Bechtel
South Ridge
Amherst Township
Jacob Bechtal
W. T. Collier
Hartford
Conn
C. J
Washington
American Bar Association
Jones
Senate
Shipping Board
Siberian jail chiefs sentenced to death then commuted
General Semantovsky and Inspector Mil Kish, former Siberian prison officials under the old regime, were sentenced to death by a Soviet tribunal. They broke down in court and their sentences were commuted to ten years in prison as they cried and apologized for past actions. Several minor officials were freed.
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Moscow
Semantovsky
Mil Kish
Siberian
Starkey Rites Monday At Lake Avenue Home
Funeral services for the late Mrs Albert Starkey will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o clock at the home Stop 11 Lake Avenue Rev R E Neighbour will officiate Burial at Elmwood Cemetery
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Albert Starkey
Lake Avenue
R. E. Neighbour
Elmwood Cemetery
Britain pledges friendly ties if labor gains power
In London J H Thomas stated the Labour Party would maintain friendly relations with Jance if Labour enters government. Reports from abroad note resignations and political moves in Italy Spain and Denmark as tensions rise across Europe.
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London
Great Britain
Jance
Labor
J. H. Thomas
Labor Party
House of Commons
New Tax Plan Proposed by Democrats
Washington Jas 18 An other new tax reduction plan proposed more drastic slashings than any previous measure was brought out for congressional approval today Senator King democrat of Utah author in making public a brief summary of the bill announced he would introduce it early next week The bill aims to reduce taxes by about 390000000 or 67000000 more than Mellons net cut The largest relief would benefit incomes under 5000 a year with a 1500 extra exemption making single earners 2500 or less and married earners 4008 or less tax free about 5 million would fall into this category cutting small income taxes by 124000000 The normal rate on incomes above 5000 would drop from 8 to 5 percent Mellons plan would cut to 6 percent Such a change would save 40000000 King estimates most local nuisance and amusement taxes would be repealed eliminating about 136000000 yearly The plan would remove about 90000000 in surplus tax cuts by cutting 20 percent on incomes 100000 up to 1 percent on incomes 5000 My rate would raise to 25 percent for incomes 125000 or more
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Washington
Jas
King
Utah
Mellon
Rebels Take Representatives Near San Antonio
Five foreign ships including four tankers and the Maasdam were forced to range off Tampico as rebel warships shelled coast fortifications. In San Antonio Acting Gov Davison refused Obregon’s request to move Mexican troops into Texas citing border risk. Reuben Viscarra and Toribio Villasenor were arrested for neutrality law violations, tied to plans for an army expedition against Mexico.
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Pamuco
Tampico
San Antonio
Tex
T. W. Davison
Texas
Obregon
Davison
Rio Grande
U. S
Reuben Viscarra
Mexican
Chamber of Deputies
Huerta
Toribio Villasenor
State of
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Department of Justice
Departments of Justice
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Villasenor
Eagle Pass
Villaznor
Resignation over unearned stock dividends factor in Dollings trial
In Columbus on January 18 Herbert O'Brien testified that he resigned as operating executive after discovering unearned dividends were paid on Dollings Company stock. He said William G. Benham and Dwight Harrison, former Columbus company leaders, face federal charges of mail fraud and conspiracy.
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Herbert O’brien
Los Angeles
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William G. Benham
Dwight Harrison
R. Dollings Company of
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Harrison
O'Brien
O’brien
Harrigan
Dollings Company
May
Cincinnati
Burton-Townsend Company
Zanesville
Recording Devices Company
Dayton
American Motor Truck Company
Newark
Nevin and
Mattern
Fred D. Connolly
Wellington Boys Held For Auto Theft
Gerald Turner and Elzie Turner of Wellington township were bound over to the grand jury from Justice Williams court and released on $750 bond each. They face charges of partially stripping an old automobile left by the roadside for several days.
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Gerald Turner
Elzie Turner
Wellington Township
Justice Williams Court
Wellington
Couple Unable To Marry Die In Apparent Suicide Pact
In Philadelphia a man and a woman were found dead in a home with a revolver and two exploded shells nearby. Authorities say financial pressures to marry likely led to a self-inflicted death pact. The victims are Helen Brumoner, 31, of Crisheld Maryland, and Robert Finchar, 43, of Lock Haven Pennsylvania.
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Tooming
Bi T Financial Impedi Ts
Helen Brunomer
Crisheld
Robert Finchar
Lockhaven
Senator Borah Considers Coal Bill Following Finchot Plan
Jan 13 Idaho Senator Botah said he would likely introduce in the senate next week a coal bill pushed by Governor Finchot of Pennsylvania Senator Pepper refused to introduce the measure Pinchot sent it to Borah for action in the Senate
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Botah Republican
Idaho
Ann
Senate
Finchot
Vania
Pepper
Tea
Pennsylvania
Pinchot
Illinois Congressman Miller Exposed in Funds Misuse Probe
Exonfrate charges against Congressman Edward F. Miller Republican of Illinois surface in Washington on January 18. The House Elections Committee No. 3 investigates alleged misappropriation of state funds for Miller's congressional campaign.
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Washington
Edward F. Miller
Nlinois
Congress
William Phillips to Succeed Richard Child as Ambassador to Italy
Diplomatic circles report William Phillips under secretary of state will replace Richard Washburn Child as U S ambassador to Italy. Child plans to depart Rome soon. State Department denies rumors of an immediate Salt assignment. Phillips has long served in foreign service and previously was minister to the Netherlands.
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William Pai ‘Tips
Ander
Washington
Richard Washburn
Chile
Italy
Child
Sundas
State Department of
Tenoris
Roms
William Phillips
Salt
Richard Washburn Chita
Kagem
Holland
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