County School Board Adopts 1928 Office Budget
The county board of education adopted a 1928 appropriation of 13 000 for the county superintendent of schools office, reducing operating costs by about 2 000 annually for two years. The budget covers salaries, clerks, attendance officers, stations, and petty expenses, with district budgets prepared separately. At the organization meeting, T Winckles was reappointed president and George Burchester vice president. two members were noted for perfect attendance, while one missed a meeting due to sickness.
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County Board of Education
St. P Vaughn
Schonis
County i
cAire
Rowan
Lo- Tain Coun Board of Education
T. Winckles
Ridgeville
Dent
George Burschester
Wrockles
Alma Portman
Henrietta
Walter Hadaway
Carlisle
Bureley
E. F. Cotton
Sheffield Township
Columbus
Achoo
Merning
East Carlisle District Faces Tuition Bill Fight
Local Board of Education seeks 2682 dollars from East Carlisle rural school district for high school tuition. East Carlisle allegedly owes 31175 dollars yearly at 12.30 per student, with five district students attending East Carlisle High during 1936 37. bill presented but unpaid.
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Board of Education
E. Carlisle
Common Pleas
Elizeit, Board of Education
East Carlisle Rural Echeel
East Carlisle
Eijha Bish
Carlisle Board
New Semester Begins in Elyria Public Schools
Elyria public schools started a new semester today as the second half of the 278 school year opens for over 35,099 students. Officials expect enrollment gains in some areas, but complete figures were not yet available at press time.
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Elyria
Farm Extension and Farmers’ Week Notices
Jan 25 and 26 Hidgeville Farmers Institute at Ridgerills Town Hall. Jan 26 Taorain County Wool Growers Association at Oberlin Savings Bank 7:30 p.m. Jan 27 and 25 Henrietta Farmers Institute at Henrietta High School Week of Monday. Jan 3 Farm extension office closed. C E Rowland Lorain County Farm Extension Agent goes to Farmers Week at Columbus.
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Hidgeville Farmers’ Institute
Ridgerills Town
Taorain County Wool Growers Association
Oberlin
Oberlin Savings Bank
Henrietta Farmers’ Institute
Henrietta High School
C. E. Rowland
Lorain County Farm Extension
Columbuas
Eaton postmaster Bailey found mentally incompetent
Edger E. Bailey aged 62, longtime Eaton Ohio postmaster, will not be prosecuted for a $453.55 shortage after U S District Attorney Haroth E Maynard ruled him mentally incompetent. Bailey disappeared briefly, was checked, then found sleeping in a barn near Eaton, and lingered ill at home.
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Eaton
Cincinnati
Edger E. Bailey
U. S
Haroth E. Maynard
Bailey
Phinney Named Tax Assessor Takes Office
Art Phinney of Lorain has been named the new county tax assessor by County Auditor Monroe Hy Welty. Phinney succeeds Elwyna Similth who resigned last September and began duties at the court hours office this morning. Phinney has six years of public service in Lorain including two terms as city treasurer and one term on the council.
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Art Phinney
Lorain
Monroe
Hy Welty
Flood Control Report Sparks Senate Flood Plan Debate
A government flood control bulletin criticized by Senator Hawes, from Missouri, calls for interstate involvement. The report urges that a species commission supervise flood projects with engineers in charge, opposed by administration allies who favor centralized oversight.
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Washingtor
Gan
Army
Hawes
Dem
Wissouri
Srsc
Sun
Hawes Id
City Council Committees to Meet Tonight
Council committees including gas and street and steam railways are set to meet this evening to prepare items for the Monday session. A special committee led by President George Richwine will discuss the contract with Elsha Memorial hospital and the Cleveland Southwestern franchise. Committees cannot finalize actions. they report back for council approval or rejection.
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George Ricbwine
Elsha Me Onal Hospital
Cleveland
Connect
Council
Tia
Noted Evangelist Draws Large Crowds at First Methodist
Unusually large crowds heard the evangelist known as Gipsy Simon Smith at the First Methodist Episcopal Church. The morning sermon titled The Gospel of Glad Tidings appealed to the needy and oppressed, with quotes from Christ. A. L Viehers led evening services. Rev D P Fulmer offered prayer. Smith sang and preached A Love Story from John 3 16, with tonight’s topic Some lessons from the Saza of Wife.
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Simon Smith
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Christ
A. L Viehers
Lorain
D. P. Fulmer
Smith
Ohio pastors convention opens in Columbus
Hundreds of ministers from across the state arrive in Columbus for the ninth annual Ohblo pastors convention. Dr. Merton S Rice of Detroit is to give the opening address this afternoon at Spa. Dr. John M. Moore of New York will speak. committee reports are planned and Dr. Nicholas Van Der Pyl of Oberlin serves as convention chairman.
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Columbus
Merton S Rice
Detroit
John M. Moore
New York
Spa
Nicholas van der Pyl
Oberlin
Chicken thief gets 1 year in Ohio Penitentiary
Charles Smith a 38 year old Black resident of Elmna was found guilty of burglary Friday by a common pleas court jury and sentenced to one year at hard labor in the Ohio Penitentiary Columbus by Judge A R Webber. He stole chickens from John Paltka Elona’s coop and claimed drunkenness.
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Charles Smith
Elmna
Common Pleas
Ohio
Columbus
A. R. Webber
Smith
John
Paltka
Elona
Murderer Put To Death In Penna at Rockview Prison
Leon Scovern, 20, was executed in the electric chair at Rockview penitentiary in Bellefonte Pa for murder. He trembled as the death march began with two guards present and received a single 7:02 AM shock after killing his sweetheart’s brother, Joseph Baronoskle.
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Penna
Joe
Bellefonte
Leon Scovern
Rockviiew Penitentiary
Scovern
Joseph Baronoskle
Lindbergh to resume flights with seven stop plan
Panama City dispatch reports Charles A. Lindbergh will resume flying this week with a seven stop itinerary. He plans to leave January 27 for Colombia and will reach Caracas Venezuela January 29 and continue to St. Thomas Porto Rico Santo Domingo Haiti Havana and Kingston before deciding post Havana.
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Panama City
Charles A. Lindbergh
Gogota
Caracas
Venezuela
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
Porto Hico
Santo Domingo
Haiti
Kavana
Havata
Patrolman Wade Shot to Death in Columbus
Columbus detectives report Patrolman L W Wade 33 shot twice and killed early today by fellow officer Charles H Lewis 29 who surrendered and confessed Wade feared Lewis was pursuing his wife Lillian 27 Lewis then threatened Patrolman Oscar H Roush and his family before being arrested with Roush spared by his wife and Wade’s death prompting further inquiries into alleged officer and wife intimacies.
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Columbus
L. W. Wade
Charles H. Lewis
Lewis
Wade
Oscar H. Roush
Roush
Lillian
Robert
Panth Bork
Bork
Repue
Sunbury Road
Grant Bosnital
Robert K. Smedley
Siz
Hoshe
Congress Today Senate Jones Shipping Bill Under Review
House debates independent offices and an appropriation bill. Naval Affairs continues farm relief study. Agricultural committee keeps hearing on naval buildings program. Flood Control panel hears Major General Jadwin on army engineers plan for Mississippi River control.
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HOUSE
Naval Affairs Committee
Agricultural Committee
Flood Control Committee
Jadwin
Army Engineers
Dr Watkins Chosen Judge of Estesdefect Music Event
Dr. Lewis Watkins of Philadelphia has been chosen as adjudicator for the seventh annual festival held in Jackson Ohio on September 27 and 28.
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Watkins
Estesdedd Jackson
Jar
Lewis Watkins
Philadelphia
Farm relief a real worry to leaders
Washington reports cross currents in the farm relief fight over the McNary Haugen bill. House patience with compromise grows as reelection threatens action, while Senate leaders urge a strategy to pass the bill and veto later. Outcomes could boost Lowden and Dawes or hurt Hoover.
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Washington
Jan
Congress
Doover
Frank C. Lowden
Allinois
Dawes
House
Senate
Coolidge
Lowden
Hoover
Senator McMary
Oregon
McNare
Hatille
Hughes Speech At Pan American Conference Delights Delegates
In Havana on January 23 the Pan American Conference opened sessions with renewed momentum after Charles Evans Hughes spoke at a banquet hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce. Delegates praised his address, noting its emphasis on independence stability mutual goodwill and cooperation while delaying dispute over Nicaragua and U S intervention.
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Havana
Charles Evans Hughes
Hughes
American Chamber of Commerce
Fraragua
Poss
United States
Nicaragua
Carlos Cuadra Pasus
Lorain Man Sues Ford for Five Thousand Dollars
Frank Marvin of Lorain sues Albert Ford in common pleas court seeking 5000 dollars for injuries from a July 9 accident on the Elsha Lorain road south of Penfield Junction. Marvin says he was directing traffic while repairs were made when a new driver under Ford failed to stop and hit him, dislocating his left ankle and injuring ligaments and muscles and causing internal injuries.
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Frank Marvin
Albert Ford
Lorain
Common Pleas
Marvin
Elsha-Lorain Road
Penfield Junction
Ford
Velma West Refuses Plea In Murder Arraignment
Velma West, jailed for the murder of her husband Edward West, refused to enter a plea at arraignment before Judge A G Reynolds in Patseville. Attorney Framnes Poulson advised the court that a new legislative amendment may affect the plea process, asserting potential constitutional questions.
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Velma West
Fendant
Reynolds
Framnes Poutsnn
Ana
Tree Court
b+ monte
Poulson
Mrs. West
Robbery at Fudgevile High School Safe
Merestery surrounding the cabinet safe at Fudgevile high school was broken into, with the S166 cash box stolen. Sheriff E G Mathews and deputies Claude Bivin Harvey Crenore led the investigation. Entry method and number of burglars unknown, and it is unclear if the break in occurred Saturday or Sunday night. No personal items were taken from the safe.
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Fudgevile High School
Brerhagl
E.G. Mathews
Claude Bivin
Harvey Crenore
Wnable
Azerezaien
Sen
Paint Brush On City Hall Offices
City Hall offices undergo painting and repairs as carpenters finish damage repairs. The council chamber gains new linoleum paint and refinished chairs and tables, with the mayor's and city auditor and council clerk offices also completed. The corridor from the stairs to the council chamber receives a fresh coat as work nears completion by week’s end.
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Council
Concil Chamber
Mrs. Hickman Travels to Los Angeles to Aid Son
Mrs Eva Hickman arrives from Kansas City Missouri to join efforts to save her son Edward from confinement. She avoids reporters and proceeds to the home of an alleged captor to confront the case.
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Los Angrles
Ceolif
Eva. Hickman
Kansas Cin
Edward
Hickman
Meo Ami
Lorain School Official Analyzes Causes of Failures
A Lorain school official discusses factors behind student underachievement including attendance, family influence, and mental health concerns. The analysis cites poor attendance and external pressures as key contributors to classroom performance and calls for systemic review of policies.
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Lorain
Lorin
Boone
Somal Masons
Amr
GIRE EVANGELIST TO WED LANCASTER MAN
Miss Edna Troughter, a Rockbridge Ohio girl evangelist, will marry Freeman Hughes of Lancaster area. The pair announced their engagement after she began preaching at age 11 and has since drawn large crowds. Hughes is a West Lancaster store manager.
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Gire
Lancaster
Edna Treoucher
Rockbridge
Ohio
Freeman Hughes
J. W. Hughes
Here
Hughes
Congress Deliberates Navy Build Up Worth Half a Billion
In Washington on January 22 the House Naval Affairs Committee pressed Navy officers on a proposed 500 million dollar five year warship program. Senator Borah attacked the plan as madness while cautioning that Rear Admiral Plunkett’s New York remarks linking the fleet with Britain could provoke war.
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Washington
Congress
Navy
Home Naval Affairs Committee
Senator Borah
Plunkett
New York
Great Britain
Bora
Borah
Record Crowd Attends Lorain Farm Bureau Meet
More than six hundred farmers from Lorain county attended the Lorain County Farm Bureau meeting with a large morning turnout. Principal address by L G Foster of Ohio State highlighted cooperative marketing and businesslike farming. officers W G Caskey Jot Oberlin reelected. secretary R F Campbell treasurer Charles Haies. five ladies at large chosen. The officers and Mrs Carpenter and Mrs Cotton will attend the state farm bureau meeting in Columbus.
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Farm Bureau
Lorain County
Lorain
School At Agriculture
Ohio State
Foster
W. G. Caskey
Jot Oberlin
W. C. Dey
Brighton Township
R. FE. Campbell
Pittfield Township
Charles Haies
Columbia Township
A J. Carpenter
Eaton
George Cotton
Elyria
E. E. Durkee
F. E. Schriver
Grafton
A. D. Crocker
W. G. Casker
Carpenter
State Farm
Columbus Port
City Officials Seek Balance on 1927 Ledger problems
City officials and the new auditor A. O. Patterson face a dispute over certifying the balance of the Ry auditors books for 1927. Patterson says he has no authority to certify the former officials balance, while the retiring auditor insists it is no longer his job to balance the books.
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Piqta
A. O. Patterson
Car collision reported on East Ring Street Saturday night
A two-vehicle crash occurred south of East Ring Street involving Earl Hartley and Art 127, 10th Street Lorale. Both cars were struck by Driggs parked at the curb while one driver, Harry Drier, allegedly engaged in the scene.
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Esay River SF
Harry Drier
R. D
East Ring
Earl Hartley
Art 127
10Th Street
Lorale
Lice
Driggs
Batingu DT at to Fire Serb A Charreret Coach
Geor ge Alexander a coach at 367 street is reported in a local incident connected with stress and a fire event involving a Serb team. Details remain sparse and authorities are investigating the circumstances.
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Batingu
George Alexander
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