U S Automatic Deal Falls Through
Failure to negotiate a sale ends the proposed Cleveland purchase of the U S Automatic Company of Amherst. Weatherland Company retracts its offer to take over the Amherst firm and settle its liabilities. A receiver petition for the plant, now tied to over 200000 dollars in debt, will be heard tomorrow in common pleas court.
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Cleveland
U. S. Automatic Company of
Amherst
H. A. Westhecker
Weatherland Company
Amherst Company
Youngstown Steel
Common Pleas Court
Hope Lost By Condemned Lovers in Louisiana
Ada Bonner Leboeuf and Dr. Thomas E. Dreher faced execution within hours in Franklin Jail Morgan City area after no remaining stays. Defense petitions to Federal Court claim jurors were influenced by mob fear and seek habeas corpus relief and possible further appeal.
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New Orleans
Ada Bonner Leboeuf
Thomas E. Dreher
Franklin
Wayne B. Borah
United States Court of Appeals
Would Build New Road In Lorain
Amherst resident O E Wurlbut advances a plan for a straight east west highway through Lorain. The route would run from Lake road west of Lorain to Oak Point area, follow Meister road, cross Broadway near the Ramsey Railroad, cross 31st street bridge, link with Avon road, and provide a direct route into Cleveland. No formal steps have been taken to present the plan to Lorain officials yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
O. E. Wurlbut
Amherst
Hurlbut
Lake Road
Oak Point
Broadway
Ramsey Railroad
31St Street
Cleveland
Harlbut
Ohio Society for Crippled Children reaches tenth year impact
Elyria born movement shows 11,835 children observed by state health departments and 2,412 committed to welfare care. Sixty two classes across 26 cities, 15 hospitals with classes, 96 home instruction cases. Growth includes indigent care rise from 15 in 1920 to 4,15 in 1928, with 34 accredited facilities statewide.
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Ohio
Walter B. Underwood
Ohio Society For Crippled Children
Elyria
Underwood
State Department of Health and Health
State Welfare Department
State Department of Education
Gates Hospital
Edgar F. Allen
Allen
International Society For Crippled Children
Elrria
Investigation of Boy's Death at Lancaster
Lancaster Ohio January 30 State Welfare Director Hal H Griswold began an inquiry into the death of Hamilton Jett a 17 year old Marietta boy at the Boys Industrial School on January 9 The coroner's report cites double pneumonia as the cause with bruises and cuts on the body indicating whipping Mrs Flora Jett the boy's mother sought the investigation joining Griswold and her son’s guardian officials A B Harsh superintendent and others testified denying severe beatings The party accompanied by Mrs Jett Fred Augenstein and Coronet Mac Sprague of Marietta
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Lancaster, O
Hamilton Jett
Marietta
Hal H. Griswold
Griswold
Flora Jett
A. B. Harsh
Coast Guardsman Jury Disagrees In Slaying Case
In Elmira New York on January 30 the jury in the trial of Glenn Jennings a coast guardsman accused of manslaughter in the shooting of Jacob P D Hanson a Niagara Falls citizen disagreed and was discharged today.
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Elmira
N. Y
Glenn Jennings
Coast
Morrow Not to Be in Cabinet in Hoover Plan
Dwight W. Morrow ambassador to Mexico was eliminated from consideration for secretary of state in the Hoover cabinet. He will continue in his post at Mexico City.
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Miami Beach
Fra
Dwight W. Morrow
Mexico
Hoover
Mexico City
Seek To Send Kaltenbaugh To Chair
Canton Ohio January 30 Prosecutor Henry W Harter Jr weighs new steps to seek the electric chair for Edward Kaltenbaugh 21 in the double murder of John and Bertha Oser Canal Fulton farm couple earlier this month Assistant Prosecutor James M Aungst travels to Pennsylvania to probe evidence that might sway opinions about the youths insanity as three psychiatrists have found him insane under the law The sanity hearing is set for February 11 and prosecutors will press the investigation though the task remains difficult due to expert opinions
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Canton
Henry W. Harter, Jr
Edward Kaltenbaugh
John
Bertha Oser
Canal Fulton Farm
James M. Aungst
Pennsylvania
Harter
Lorain County Liquor Tax Assessments Lead List
County Auditor Monroe H. Welty placed liquor tax duplicates totaling 27,200 on 31 Lorain County residents under Ohio liquor law. The assessments include 31 one thousand dollar charges and a 9,200 penalty each, with 26 violators from Lorain. Elyria and Amhurst and Avon residents also appear, and Welty declined to estimate expected collection.
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Lorain County
Monroe H. Welty
Lorain
28Th Street
Elyria
South Amherst
Avon
Weltz
Oklahoma Governor Faces Three New Charges in Impeachment
Henry S. Johnston, suspended Oklahoma governor, will confront three added charges as impeachment trial resumes. The Oklahoma House expanded the tally to 11 counts, with a general charge of incompetence alleging control of the office by Mamie Hammonds, plus two counts accusing unlawful issuance of deficiency certificates. Rumors said Hammonds may have left the executive office. Johnston did not comment on staff changes.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Henry S. Johnston
Oklahoma
Senate
House of Representatives
Johnston
Mamie Hammonds
State House
Hammonds
Lorain County Man Held at Dayton
Charles Teepleton of Eaton Ohio was indicted by a grand jury in Dayton on embezzlement charges. Testimony from Church of Nazarrene members and officers alleged he diverted 31 790 dollars from a church bene fit campaign for his own use.
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Dayton, O
Charles Teepleton
Eaton
Church of Nazarrene
Sunday Speaks At Ashland
Evangelist Rev. William A. Billy Sundar delivered two addresses in Ashland this morning. He spoke to Ashland High School students in the gym and then at a public meeting in the high school auditorium. This marks his second straight year of preaching in other cities before his regular sermons here, following a noon address to the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce.
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Ashland
Willam A
Billy Sundar
Elyma
The
Tabernacle
Sundar
Ashland High School
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
Sunday Tells Of Lifes SOS Signals Sermon Draws Converts
At West Street Tabernacle Reverend Billy Sunday preached No Man Cared For My Soul to about four thousand assembled. The sermon prompted some four hundred worshipers to come forward and consecrate their lives to Jesus Christ before departing.
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West Street Tabernacle
William A
Billy
Jesus Christ
Ser
Monday Shakes Hands With Billy Sunday Meeting Humor
Mr Peggy Monday from Birmingham visited last Sunday to shake hands with Rev William A Billy Sunday. If the meeting had occurred on Tuesday, nearly half the week would have been nominally present, with Sunday and Monday on Tuesday.
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Billy
Peggy
Birmingham
William A
Sermon Excerpt and contrasts in David’s life featured
The piece notes sermons from Spencer and several churches including The First Nazarene Church of Cleveland and Elyria Salvation Army. It quotes a verse about no man caring for my soul, then reflects on life’s contrasts from heat to cold, light to darkness, and the life of David as a shepherd boy chosen to wear the crown.
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Spencer
First Nazarene Church of
Cleveland
Lorain United Brethers
Bellevue W. C. T. U
Elyria Salvation Army
David
Samuel
Israel
Saul
Rodeheaver to Lead Kiwanis Meeting This Week
Homer Rodeheaver, known for his Billy Sunday program, will oversee the Kiwanis club gathering this Thursday. He recently attended a funeral in Paine Ohio and missed last night’s Billy Sunday event. The state music committee offers a prize for the best Ohio Kiwanis song with original words and possibly original or adopted music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Rodeheaver
Billy
Kiwanis Club
Rodeheaver
Elshna
Paine
Ohio
Kiwanian
Billy Sunday Hot Shots
An impassioned sermon by Billy Sunday denounces vice and urges reform. He claims the devil tempts with alcohol and worldly pleasures, insists he would not betray his mission for money, and proclaims he will fight the devil to save souls. He challenges listeners to seek heaven and reject corruption.
Lorain County One Room Schools Shrinking Amid Centralization
Lorain county's one room schools are vanishing at a rapid pace as 75 of them disappeared in the past decade. From 93 in 1919 to 18 survivors, with many two or more room schools also closed. The total number of county schools outside cities dropped to just over a third, even as high schools doubled from 9 to 18. Despite fewer schools, teachers rose and total student enrollment increased by about two thousand. Continued on page 2.
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Hule
Lorain County
County Board of Education
East Carlisle
Ohio House Adopts 1929 Rules After Extended Debate
The Ohio house of representatives began under its 1929 model rules after a day of fighting over changes proposed by insurgent lawmakers. Leaders Ray C. Carpenter and Joseph G. Ehrlich led the effort against expanding powers of rules and reference committees, with a majority adopting the regular rules and signaling future resistance to strong arm tactics in killing bills.
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Columbus
Ohio House of Representatives
Ray C. Carpenter
Seneca County
Joseph G. Ehrlich
Cleveland
House
Carpenter
Ehrlich
Howling Success Nursery Open at First N E Church
The First N. E. church nursery is described as a "howling success" by those in charge. Many babies are left there while parents attend the Billy Sunday meetings at the tabernacle. The attendants say the nursery serves out-of-town visitors and locals alike and is well attended.
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N. E. Church
Tabernacle
Sunday Party Members to Address Students at High School
Members of Rev. William A. Riillys Sunday party will address Elmira High School students Friday morning. Homer Rodeheaver, musical director for the party, will speak to the boys in the high school gymnasium, while Miss Florence Kinney addresses the girls in the auditorium.
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William A. ¢Rilly
Elrria High School
Homer Rodeheaver
Florence Kinney
Ski Slide Opens At Cascade Park In Elywood
A 1500 foot ski slide was completed at Cascade park on the east river hill in Elywood. A new coasting hill and a skating pond in A-1 condition join the facilities as Frank Wilford, Park Commission chair, notes the park now offers three winter attractions with local skating ponds in good shape and snow removed for smooth ice.
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Cascade Park
Elywood
Cascade
Frank Wilford
Park Commission Board
Wilford
Farmer and Wife Capture Grain Robbers Near Gibsonburg
In Fremont Ohio early today a farmer and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Barton Bauman, captured two men who confessed to grain robberies on farms across Wood Hancock and Sandusky counties. Identified as Harry Hoffman, 23, of Spencerville, and Cecil Bellingster, 19, of Jerry City, the suspects were forced to walk to John Witzlaben’s house where the sheriff was notified.
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Fremont
Gibsonburg
Harry Hoffman
Spencerville
Cecil Bellingster
Jerry City
Weod
Hancock
Sandusky
Barton Bauman
Baumans
John Witzlaben
Braden Nominated to State Tax Commission
Governor Myers Y. Cooper named former Lieutenant Governor George C. Braden of Warren for a six year term on the state tax commission with a $4 000 annual salary. Braden will replace H C Reed of Batavia and confirmation was expected promptly in Columbus Ohio.
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Columbus, CO
Myers Y. Cooper
State Senate
George C. Braden
Warren
State Tax Commission
Braden
H. C. Reed
Batavia
Democrat
Be Kind to Animals Week Planned in Lorain County
Lorain County Humane Society plans a county wide Be Kind to Animals Week from April 14 to 20. Churches and all schools will be asked to cooperate with sermons and lessons, with committees formed and posters produced for the national observance.
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Lorain County
Many killed in Ohio in string of auto accidents
A series of yesterday and today deaths across Ohio are reported. In Steubenville Walter Jones, 29, is dead and driver Walter Jones is held after a Sunday auto tragedy. Stanley Rutoski, 28, died late yesterday. wives witnessed the crash. In Toronto John R Armstrong, 20, died instantly after falling into a dust bin. workers tore the bin apart without saving him. Mrs Reuben Smith, 55, died from injuries in Newark auto crash. Fred G Thomas, 29, of Coshocton, died in Zanesville from injuries in an auto accident. Margaret M Fawcett, 65, a Cleveland teacher, hanged herself after long despair. Alex Gifford, 46, frozen to death at rear of his Cleveland home. Stin, a man known only by last name, killed when truck crashed into a pole near Van Wert. Noah Lewis, 31, died in Cincinnati from injuries after colliding with a freight train.
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Toronto
John R. Armstrong
Raul Clay Co
van Wert
Stin
Here
Cincinnati
Airplane Race Aims for Buffalo After Fatal Start
In Palm Beach Florida a dramatic air race began as Vanga Merce left for Buffalo New York, attempting a crossing from Miami Beach. His father, Pierce, is reported critically ill. Merce traveled in a plane piloted by Van O'Brien and switched to a faster craft in hopes of completing the trip in about eighteen hours.
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Palm Beach
Fia
Vanga Merce
Buffalo
M. Y
Pierce
Miami Beach
van O’brien
Buckley bribery trial resumes in federal court
In Columbus Ohio on January 30 state Treasurer Bert B Buckley faced the federal court as the government builds a bribery case over alleged efforts to bribe John Eckhart assistant district prohibition administrator to tip raids on the Jackson brewery in Cincinnati. Witnesses described Buckley and Eckhart conversation as agents listened in. The defense questioned whether Governor Myers Y Cooper would testify though a letter from Buckley urging Eckhart’s appointment is cited as political influence. The case is expected to reach a jury late Friday with Buckley’sPossible testimony undecided.
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Federal Court Room
Columbus
Bert B. Buckley
John Eckhart
Prohibition
Jackson
Cincinnati
Charles L. Hurlbut
Hurlbut
Eckhar
Eckhart
Buckley
Robert Mr. Brumbaugh
William B. Bartells
United States District Attorney
John
Graber
John L. Schrimpner
Cincinnati Atetorney
Joseph Sperber
Brews Meister
Jackson Brewery
Editors Reelect Old Officers in Ohio Dailies
In Columbus at the annual convention, R. C. Snyder publisher of the Norwalk Reflector-Herald was reelected president of the Associated Ohio Dailies. Also named were E. E. Cook editor of the Ohio group, vice president. Fred W. Bush publisher of the Athens Messenger, second vice president. Osman C. Hooper secretary, and Alfred Haswell treasurer. The 33rd annual conference of the Backare Press Association and the Ohio Newspaper Association begins tomorrow.
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Columbus
R. C. Snyder
Norwalk Reflector - Herald
Associated Ohio Dailies
Snyder
Scribes
E. E. Cook
Scripps - Howard Pewspeepers
Fred W. Bush
The
Athes? Messenger
Osman C. Hooper
School of Jonvenaliem
Ohio State University
Alfred Haswell
Bowling Green Sentinel-Triants
Backare Press
Ohio Newspaper Association
Tomorrom
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U. S
Goople
Lancaster
Coast Guardsman
Morrow
Kaltenbaugh
Dayton
Billy Sunday
Heaven
Hell
Gulf Road
Ohio House
Post
Humane Society
Newark
Reuben Smith
Zanesville, O
Fred G. Thomas
Coshocton
Cleveland, O
Margaret M. Fawcett
Cleveland Public Schools
Alex Gifford
Freezn
Noah Lewis
Baltimore and Ohio
Hamilton
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