Local Boys Eligible for Italy Trip Prize
Six high school boys will tour Italy this summer at no cost as top scorers in the Central Press Association National Intelligence Test. Judging panel includes Dr. Walter D. Scott, Fannie Hurst, and Prof. Clyde Milton Hill. Enrollment ends Tuesday July 7 at 3 PM. exam July 9 at 9 AM at Lincoln school.
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Italy
Elyria
Lorain County
Chronicle-Telegram
Central Press Association
Walter D. Scott
Northwestern University
Fannie Hurst
Clyde Milton Hill
Yale University
Lincoln School
Sixth Street
Co. P. Shively
Merchants Set Annual Ninth District Meeting in Elyria
One hundred merchants from Ottawa Sandusky Erie Huron Seneca and Lorain counties will attend the Ninth District gathering in Elyria July 23 hosted by the Elyria Chamber of Commerce Merchants Division. Sessions at the Legion Home will include a Round Table discussion in the afternoon and a formal session at night led by Frank Stockdale with readings by the Council.
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Ohio
Elyria
Ohio Council of Retail Merchants
Merchants’ Division
Frank Stockdale
Norwalk
Lorain County
Lorain
Oberlin
Grafton
Amherst
Ohio Weather Forecast Sees Warm, A Chance Of Thunderstorms
City and region forecast largely fair with continued high temperatures tonight and Thursday. Expect possible showers and cooler conditions Friday into the weekend, with yesterday's highs in the low hundreds in several listed cities and general 56 hour pressure-driven forecast toward fair weather tonight.
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Ohio
Eidaw
Hoover Memo Sparks Talks With France On War Debt
Paris reports a Hoover administration memo aimed at narrowing the Franco American rift over the debt holiday plan. Premier Laval ordered a cabinet study and suspended negotiations until tomorrow night. Officials say three main sticking points persist, including Germany's repayment terms and France demands for aid funds and a guarantee fund relief.
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Paris
Hoover
Treasury
Andrew W. Mellon
Pierre Laval
Washington
United States
Germany
France
Local Farm Bureau Officers Attend Northeastern District Meet
Nine Lorain County Farm Bureau officers and directors joined forty county representatives at a district Farm Bureau conference in Medina last night. State officials L. B. Palmer, R. L. Taylor, D. M. Cash, and Miss Verna Elsinger spoke on membership growth and organizational effectiveness, with emphasis on strengthening active local township units.
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Lorain County Farm Bureau
Elyria Boys Hike to Lake From YMCA Camp
Twenty eight Elyria boys from Camp Iss-See-Kes on the Vermilion River hiked under the hot sun to Lake Erie seeking a day by the water. The group is in the second period of the 1931 season at the camp and enjoyed the cool lake and lake breezes.
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Lake Erie
Elyria
Camp Iss-See-Kes
Vermilion River
Heat Wave Death Toll Grows Across Regions
A massive June heat wave extends into July causing nearly 500 deaths and widespread crop damage from the East to the West. Officials warn cooler weather may be days away as the scorching temperatures linger. Rural areas suffer most with farmers overcome and crop losses mounting across multiple states.
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Chicago
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic
Directors of Port City Mortgage Charged with Fraud
Amended petition in common pleas court accuses Port City Mortgage Company directors of fraud and mismanagement causing about 300000 loss. Named are Clara M Reidy wife of Edouard Reidy and directors McDonald Burgett McGarvey Harmann Bowman. The suit claims a 1924 conspiracy to control the company by selling stock to McDonald in violation of state law.
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Port City Mortgage Company
Common Pleas Court
H. C. Johnson
Clara M. Reidy
Edouard Reidy
T. F. McDonald
Lawrence Burgett
John F. McGarvey
Eugene Harmann, Jr
E. Lynn Bowman
Aniat
Tt Baco
Old Ironside Recommissioned At Boston Navy Yard
Old Ironsides the U S Constitution was recommissioned in Boston with naval and civic leaders praising its history. The ceremony capped three years of restoration begun in 1928 and the ship will depart for Portsmouth New Hampshire tomorrow en route to Yorktown Virginia by October 16 for a 17 port Atlantic tour.
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Boston Navy Yard
Navy Yard
Portsmouth
N. H
Atlantic
Yorktown
Rowdies Stone U.S. Consulate In Berlin
A band of rowdies broke into the United States consulate in Berlin early today smashing a glass door and a window. Four of the twenty-strong gang were arrested and others fled. Police suspect Communist staging to protest eight Alabama executions. Consulate asked for more police protection.
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Berlin
United States
Alabama
Seventeen Streets to Be Improved in City Bid Notice
Surface treatment work on 17 city streets will be contracted July 17. Bids overseen by Safety Director J. Excit. Cost not to exceed 6000 dollars, funded from gasoline and automobile license taxes. Streets include Abbe, West River, West Ninth, West Tenth, Buckeye, Ohio, St. Clair, Glenwood, Fifth, Sixth, Earl Court, Seventh, Thirteenth, West Avenue, Depot, and macadam roads in Sewage Treatment Works Grounds and Brookdale Cemetery.
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J. 2. Excit
Abbe Road
Taylor Street
North Corporation
West River Street
Furnace Street
West Ninth Street
West Avenue
West Tenth Street
Filbert Street
Buckeye Street
Williams Street
Ohio
St. Clair
Washington Avenue
Glenwood
Ohio Street
Columbus Street
Fifth Street
East Avenue
Sixth Street
Middle Avenue
Earl Court
Seventh Street
Middle Avenues
Thirteenth Street
Twelfth Street
Sixteenth Street
Depot Street
Cedar Street
Brookdale Cemetery
Injury from horse shoe proves fatal for boy in Pataskala
In Pataskala Ohio on July 1 Russell Ashcraft aged 12 died after a horseshoe thrown by a friend strikes his head fracturing his skull. The thrower Keith Stein age 16 was careless but not malicious in the accident.
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Pataskala
Russell Ashcraft
Keith Steinman
Ashcaft
Enroll In Swimming School At Cascade Park
Cascade Park hosts the largest ever swimming school with 626 enrollees this morning, surpassing last year’s 420. Two classes run four days weekly in July under director Dorothy Snyder, with many beginners and about 20 to 25 adults among the registrants. Some may be accommodated later due to expected withdrawals.
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Cascade Park
Frank Wilford
Park Commission
Wilford
Chronicle-Telegram
Dorothy Snyder
Laura Boroz Wins Tax Reduction Order in Lorain Case
Laura Boroz of Lorain wins a court decree reducing her property tax burden. The judge rules that assessments and taxes exceeding 133.33 dollars cannot be collected, noting the property valued at 220 dollars faced total tax of 508.60. The ruling cites state law capping tax at one third of property value and was issued by Judge N. H. McClure.
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Laura Boroz
Lorain
N. H. McClure
When It's Hot In Elyria
Elyria endures a blazing spell as residents cope with heat in parks and on streets. Cascade Park attracts families to fountains and swimming pools while shade, sprinklers, and cooling drinks offer relief. Ice cream parlors run dry. porches and lawns host respite as farmers work late into the afternoon under intense sun.
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Amherst
Federal Farm Board Sets Limited Wheat Sales Policy
The Federal Farm Board announced a policy change after Hoover urged clarity. The board will not withdraw from markets but will cap domestic government wheat sales at 50 000 bushels per month for the year starting today. The move diverges from prior principles and rejects demands to pull the market during the 1901 crop sale.
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Washington
Vmh
Federal Farm Board
Hoover
Curtis
Aleem Guard
Deputies Find Still And Mash At Elyria Avenue Building
Deputies raid 1803 Elyria Avenue Lorain yesterday afternoon uncovering a new 50 gallon still and three barrels of mash on the second floor. No one was present. Sheriff Clarence Adams announced an arrest is expected today.
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Elyria Avenue
Lorain
Clarence Adams
Ohio Heat Wave Claims Twenty-Four Lives Across Cities
As Ohio endures a midweek heat wave forecasters warn relief may arrive Friday with possible thundershowers. At least five more deaths in the past 24 hours bring total to 24 from heat related causes including sun stroke in Youngstown and drownings in Columbus and Hamilton. Ohio cities report heat induced collapses and accidents from Akron to Toledo amid ongoing high temperatures.
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Ohio
Youngstown
Charles Cruickshank
Sally Morrison
E. Thomason
Columbus
Edward McCormick
Cleveland
Akron
Ignatz Krocka
Joseph Fehm
Miami
Hamilton
Toledo
Mamie Prybylaki
President Hoover to lunch world flight duo at White House
President Hoover will honor Wiley Post and Harold Gatty by inviting them to lunch at the White House. The invitation follows their record breaking around the world flight, as Hoover follows their exploits in newspapers and awaits their New York arrival to finalize plans.
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Washington
Hoover
Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
White House
New York
Wyoming wife and oil backer behind Winnie Mae voyage
At Roosevelt Field Oklahoma housewife Mrs Wiley Post and oil operator F C Hall wait through the final hours of the Winnie Mae global flight. Post calls Wiley the best flier and Hall hails Gatty as the world’s top navigator while detailing their roles and reasons for backing the historic journey.
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New York
Winnie Mae
Roosevelt Field
Wiley
Gatty
Hall
Texas
Winnie Mac Fain
Long Beach
Cal
Post
O. K
Woman Dies From Heat In Dillies Bottom Home
Bellaire July 1 Mrs. Sarah J. Trader 71 fell dead from heat at her son’s Dillies Bottom residence.
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Bellaire O
Sarah J. Trader
Dillies Bottom
Fight Broadcast Scheduled Begin At Ten O'clock
The Max Schmeling versus Willie Stribling heavyweight title bout will air Friday night at about 10 PM Eastern Time. The Chronicle-Telegram will relay a blow-by-blow from ringside via Stanford Radio Service with loudspeakers outside the Chronicle-Telegram building on Second Street for those not attending. Police will guard the crowd if needed and Curtis Chair and Table Supply Co will provide 300 chairs outside the building for seating.
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Max Schmeling
Willie
Fight
Graham McNamee
E. J. Stankard
Curtis Chair and Table Supply Co
Chronicle- Telegram
Winnie Mae Heads for New York from Edmonton
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty soared from Edmonton at 3:39 a m on the Winnie Mae final leg toward New York after refueling at Cleveland They hoped to reach Roosevelt Field soon after dark traveling 1850 miles in about 14 hours amid light rain and a tail wind the crowd cheered as the world flight continued toward its dramatic finish.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Winnie Mae
New York
Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
Cleveland
Roosevelt Field
Gatty
Post
Newark
Roossvelt Field
North American
Portage Avenue
Plan hop from Seattle to Tokyo by Vega plane
Reginald Robbins and H. H. Jones left Seattle at 6:58 AM CST to attempt a nonstop flight to Tokyo. They faced a delay due to a motor startup problem but planned to resume once ready. They arrived yesterday in Seattle from Fort Worth aboard the Lockheed Vega named the Fort Worth.
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Bismarck
N. D
Reginald Robbins
H. H. Jones
Seattle
Tokio
Fort Worth
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