Willys-Overland Rumor Swirls of Toledo Buyout
Reports from New York on July 10 claim a Toledo group led by C. O. Miniger and George M. Jones has gained control of the Willys-Overland Company. John N. Willys reportedly sold large personal holdings, with Hoover considered for a diplomatic post. If true, the deal would rank among the largest in auto history, affecting a firm with plants in Toledo Elmira Pontiac Elyria and Los Angeles and about 90 million dollars in assets and 187 million in last year’s sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Toledo, O
Willys-Overland Company
John N. Willys
Hoover
C. O. Miniger
George MM. Jones
U. S. S. Battery Corporation
Jones
Willys
Automobile Company
Toledo
Elmira
N. Y
Pontiac
Mich
Elyria
Ohio
Los Angeles
Mother walks 196 miles to plead for son's release
Chicago mother Olive Woolward walked nearly the full 200 miles to Springfield to urge the state board of pardons to free her son Lamont from Chester penitentiary. She said she could not afford transport and walked two days, aided part way by friendly motorists. Lamont Woolward, serving 19 years to life for robbery, is said to have been framed, tied to anti bootlegger activity during Klan clashes in Williamson and Jackson counties. The board took the case under advisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Olive Woolward
Chicago
Lamont
Chester
Woolward
State Board of Pardons
Williamson
Jackson
Federal Enforcement Service
Firemen Respond To False Fire Alarm Call
A misdirected call to Central fire station at 169 South Maple street led Fire Truck No. 1 to respond. A woman asked for police aid for a drunken man. the caller later admitted the police were the intended recipients and no further police action was taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Maple Street
Arthur Hurd
Central Fire Station
Plane flight ends in fog amid crowd glow and praise
A wartime air test with 100 gallons of fuel kept aloft for hours as planes circled in fog under arc light beams from a Holliswood studio. Spectators at the field cheered when the flight rose above the mist and the engines roared. William G. McAdoo and his son joined the greeting, with A E McManus Jr backing Mendell and Reinhart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holliswood
William G. McAdoo
Wood-row Wilson
McAdoo
Wm. G. Jr
A. E. McManus, Jr
Mendell and Reinhart
Rechecking Council Minutes Sparks Audit of Forgotten Items
City Councilman George Stark urged review of minutes to locate business referred to committees that may have been forgotten or mislaid notices. The issue, including street light matters, was referred to Clerk Harvey Cheney to audit minutes and report back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Stark
Stark
Harvey Cheney
Struck by Truck While Waiting for Signal
While stopped on Broad Street waiting for the traffic light at Lodi Street to turn, a car driven by Paul McIntire of R. D. 3 Elyria was struck from behind by a truck with license 70 206. McIntire reported the accident to police. the truck driver refused to give his name. The left rear fender of McIntire’s car was damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broad Street
Lodi Street
Paul McIntire
Elyria
McIntire
Favors Painting of Pillars White on East Bridge Overhead
Councilman Scott Gilmore urged painting the pillars white and cleaning lights on the East Bridge overhead railroad pillar to improve nighttime visibility for motorists. Mayor James A. Hewitt suggested notifying the railroad to paint the pillars, noting the city already installed lights. The issue, plus a complaint about the switch-path roughness before the Worthington Ball Co, was referred to the Service Director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Bridge Street
Scott Gilmore
James A. Hewitt
Ts Service
Worthington Ball Company
Meetings Planned at Lorain County Farm Bureau Office
Two meetings are scheduled at the Lorain County Farm Bureau and Extension Service office. This afternoon the Extension Service Home Committee and Farm Bureau women directors will decide the home economics project for the coming year. Tonight the Farm Bureau Board of Directors will meet at the same office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain County Farm Bureau and Extension Service
Extension Service Home Committee
The
Farm Bureau
Amherst mother seeks missing daughter and car after alleged elopement
An Amherst woman appeared before Justice 5 J. George claiming her 18 year old daughter and a neighbor vanished with the car about 20 miles away. She asked the court to locate the daughter and vehicle, saying she would be satisfied if they were returned. The squire pledged to help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amherst
Court of Justice
J. George
Squire
Street repair crews focus on Eastern Heights today
City workers report holes filled in Wolf Court and Sherman Street and roads brought to good condition. After finishing Eastern Heights, crews will start on West Avenue between Twelfth and Sixteenth streets. The Cedar and Pine street turn near Colson Company is being cut back.
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Eastern Heights
Wolf Court
Sherman Street
West Avenue
Twelfth
Sixteenth
Cedar and
Pine Streets
Colson Company
City Council Allows Drainage Expenditure on Harvard Ave
Flood conditions on Harvard avenue after rainstorms will be eliminated soon. The city council decreed last night to authorize the Service Director to address the sewage difficulties and approved an estimated $150 expenditure to complete the work.
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Harvard Avenue
Spencer Oil seeks permit to install 1409 gallon underground tank
A request was made to the city council by Spencer Oil and Gas Company to install a 1409 gallon gasoline tank underground on Oberlin road near the B and O tracks. Fire and Police Committees with the Fire Chief given power to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Oil and Gas Company
Oberlin Road
Art
Ohio Moose Dictator to Speak at Elyria Lodge Meeting
Jack J. Stoerr, designated leader of the Local Order of Moose, is billed as the Ohio dictator for the Moose. The Elyria lodge is hosting this evening, with a large turnout anticipated among members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack J. Stoerr
Order of Moose
Elyria Monee Elih
Feral Lodge
Cemetery Grading Continues At Brookside this Week
Grading work on the cemetery’s second seven acre plot proceeds this week, according to the services director who provided the update today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookside Cemetery
Twelve traffic violators cited in city cafeteria court
Police noted twelve violators Tuesday tagged with a two dollar fine. Seven were charged with over time parking and five with improper lighting of vehicles after dark.
Deed of 1761 lands in Pilesgrove under Garrison Tulley
Charles Tucker holds a 1761 deed by William Conkelin Jeremiah Garrison and Gamalia Garrison to John Tulley for two parcels totaling 202 plus acres in Pilesgrove Salem County New Jersey. The indenture, recorded in Burlington, outlines trusts, land boundaries, civil covenants and a 120 pound consideration paid to the Garrisons and Tulley, with witness attestations and a 1765 acknowledgment.
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Charles Tucker
William Conkelin
Pilesgrove
County
Salem
Province of
New Jersey
Jeremiah Garrison
Gamalia
John Tulley
Robert Stretthe
Philotesiah
Amos Strettle
Burlington
H. H Fnl
Hannah
Lewes Johnsiton
Jeremiah Garrisson
Jeremiah
Gamalia Garrison
Havring
William Conketin
John Tuller
William Conkel
Dennelfbecks
Streitles
Jacob Conkelias
Jaroh Conkelins
Whitenak
John Seafhers
Conkehns
Strettles
William Conkelins
John Leasher
William Conkeiino
John Tuilley
William Conklin
Gamalin Garrison
Willam Conkel
John Tullery
Gamalia Garreison
John Talley
Gamaliel Garrison
William Conkelyn
Jacob Conkelyn
John Conkelyn
Jacob Richman
of Salam
S.s Beit
Deay
Elisha Pessett
Coman Pieas
Conkelyn
Elisha Bassett
Plan Recreation For Summer Students
OBELIN, July 10 Plans for summer school recreation are organized by Talcott's social committee led by Grace Kline Olson and Inez Fisher with Ellen B Hatch as recreation director. Weekly Saturday dances from 8 to 10 pm for summer students only, a bridge tournament for all, volleyball, croquet sets, new court, and possible Y M C A pool swimming. A big semi formal dance is planned and a Play Day near season end to cap the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oberlin
Talcott
Grace Kline
Olson
Inez Fisher
Ellen B. Hatch
Elyria
New Appointments Announced for Next Year at College
C E Waln Jr named instructor in wind instruments and assistant director of the University band at Urbana Illinois University School of Music. Waln Iowa graduate and former Coe College instructor. A L Nilsson to become acting assistant professor of economics replacing L B Krueger on leave. Nilsson Tufts and Harvard graduate, taught at Williams College Mary Yale University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College
C. E. Waln, Jr
University School of Music
Urbana, Ill
University of Iowa
Coe College
A. L. Nilsson
L. B. Krueger
Nilsson
Tufts College
Harvard University
Williams and Mary
Yale
Mrs Mary Brooks in Critical Condition at Clifton Springs
Mrs Mary Brooks of North Park Street was taken by her daughter Ruth to Clifton Springs Sanitarium in New York three weeks ago and remains in critical condition. Doctors began an operation that was not completed and found a brain tumor deemed fatal to removal, with no hope of recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Brooks
North Park Street
Ruth
Clifton Springs Sanitarium
New York
Mrs Osmer Visits Cleveland and Detroit Family Ties
Mrs M E Osmer spends the week in Cleveland visiting her daughter Mrs Ernest Walls. Nickoloff of Morgan ate 2h Mrs J street and son Jackie left last Sunday for Detroit to spend two weeks with her sister and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. E. Osmer
Cleveland
Ernest Walls
Nickoloff
Morgan
J Street
Jackie
Detroit
Scholar’s Daughter Recovers From Appendicitis in Switzerland
Word reaches Professor S F MacLennan that his daughter Sarah has fully recovered from an appendicitis operation in Interlaken, Switzerland. She returns to work on her Master’s thesis and studies art at St Marks in Venice Italy. Professor G Walter Fiske of the Graduate School of Theology was invited to lead a Detroit social workers conference on the Family at St John’s Episcopal Church. His book The Changing Family has prompted many speaking requests. Summer engagements include lectures in the south this month at Lake Junaluska near Asheville North Carolina and in Montreat North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. F. MacLennan
Department of Philosophy
Sarah
Interlaken
Switzerland
St. Marks
Venice
Italy
G. Walter Fiske
Graduate School of Theology
Social Workers of
Detroit
St. John’s Episcopal Church
South
Lake Junaluska
Asheville
N. C
Montreat
Alma Green and Suffin Return From Freeville Trip
Miss Alma Green and Miss Suf fin traveled by car to Freeville New York and have returned home safely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma Green
Suffin
Freeville, N. Y
Mrs Henry Hacker Hosts Jolly Eight Club Event
Mrs Henry Hacker entertained the Jolly Eight at her home with a five hundred diversion. Mrs H Keighley won first prize and Mrs O Neil substituted for Mrs Rudekof and was consoled. Catherine Horning also substituted for Mrs Dewing of Lorain who could not attend. Light refreshments followed. Mrs H Keighley of North Park street will host next Tuesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Hacker
Jolly Eight
H. Keighley
O'Neil
Rudekof
Catherine Horning
Dewing
Lorain
North Park Street
Missionary Alliance Branch No 1 Delays Meetings
The Christian Missionary Alliance Branch No 1 on North Main Street near the P O Johnson store has discontinued meetings until September 29. Regular Sunday and weekday sessions will be resumed on that date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Missionary Alliance
North Main Street
P. O. Johnson Store
West Russia club meeting postponed to July 18
The West Russia club has postponed to Thursday July 18 at the home of Mrs. B. N. Walker on West Loraine Street. The J. T. M. club also postpones to next Monday July 15 and Mrs. C. F. Spitle r will entertain then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Russia Club
B. N. Walker
West Lorain Street
C. F. Spitler
Willard Court
Couple returns from honeymoon to parental home
Mr and Mrs Henry Tulk have returned from their honeymoon and will occupy the home of Mr Tulk's parents until their return in the fall. Miss Alice Smith, clerk in the office of the secretary of the Oberlin College, and her sister Miss Eva Smith, bookkeeper of the Oberlin Savings Bank Co., accompanied by their mother and Miss Florence Prince, telephone operator here, will spend the next two weeks touring Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Tulk
Mr. Tulk
Alice Smith
Oberlin College
Eva Smith
Oberlin Savings Bank Co
Florence Prince
Canada
Sorbonne Tries Picture Method In Class Work
Sorbonne students imitate Nebuchadnezzar using a new projection scope to display pages on classroom walls. The device projects text like a moving picture, promising cheaper reading and a shift from bound volumes to small film libraries in publishing and education.
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Sorbonne
Paris—Sorbonne
Nebuchadnezzar
Kodak
Market Prices For Cleveland Produce And Poultry
Cleveland market prices list Butter at 40 3 4 to 42 3 4 cents per pound for extras and seconds, Biggs firsts at 31 1 2 to 32 cents, ordinaries 29. Poultry shows fowls and broilers at 30 to 30 1 2 cents, Leghorn at 24 to 25 with Leghorn broilers 27 1 2, ducks 30 to 33, old cocks 18 to 19. Potatoes include New York 215 to 225 per 150 lb sack, Maine Green Mountain 225 per 120 lb, home grown 60 cents per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
New York
Maine
Green Mountain
Columbus Produce Prices From Local Markets
A list of produce prices with apples potatoes onions and fruits. Items include apples at 2.75 per bushel and 3.00, green beans 1.50 to 2.00, cabbage 0.50 to 0.75 per Ib, cantaloupes ranging from 3.25 to 4.00, celery 0.90 to 1.90 per dozen, lettuce 4.50 per crate, oranges 3.90 to 6.00 per box, peaches Elberta 3.00 to 3.50 per bushel, Arkansas Triumph potatoes 3.25 per 100 lb sack, Early Ohio potatoes 1.75 to 2.00 per bushel, and sweet corn 2.50 to 2.75 per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Mississippi
California
Georgia
Elbertas U. S
Elberta
Arkansas
Ohio
Cleveland Livestock and Grain Prices Nosedive in Mixed Quote Daily
Receipts for hogs and cattle mixed with declines. Hogs 10 to 25 cents lower. weights 130 to 330 pounds cited with several price ranges. Cattle receipts imprecise. beef steers and cows show narrow declines, vealers softer. Sheep and lambs lower. bulk fat lambs around 14.75 to 15.00. Chicago quotes show minor shifts in butter eggs and poultry. grains list No 3 hard wheat at 1.19 and oats No 3 white at 44-45 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Toledo Livestock Market Report Hogs Steady to Lower
Receipts 400 hogs with prices 11.00 to 12.15 for heavies to mediums and Yorkers. Cattle and calves light receipts with market strength for calves. Sheep and lambs light, market steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Deerfoot Farms Acquired by National Dairy Products Corp
Trade marked sausage and dairy producer Deerfoot Farms To. of Boston has been acquired by National Dairy Products Corp. The report notes no changes to other commodities with price listings for Toledo Wheat Corn and Oats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deerfoot Farms
Boston
National Dairy Products Corp
Minneapolis grain market report amid steady shipments and prices
Minneapolis grain markets show unchanged shipments at 29,947. Bran priced at 24.00 to 24.50. No 1 northern wheat at 1.24 to 1.25. No 1 red durum 1.06 to 1.08. July at 1.22. Corn No 3 yellow 90 cents. Oats No 3 white 42 1-2 to 43. Flax No 1 2.60 to 2.65.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Hay Market Prices Report From New York
July 10 reports show steady market with 19 car receipts. Large bales timothy and light mixed priced No 2 23 to 24 per ton, No 2 and poorer 14 to 22. Small bales timothy light mixed No 2 22 to 23, No 3 and poorer 13 to 20. Heavy mixed clover No 3 to 1 13 to 24 per ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Timothy
Victorian modesty returns in London furniture trends
Victorian style resurfaces with silk draping of table legs and piano sides in London homes. Footstools pin cushions and portieres revive era elegance while furniture drapes harmonize with room color schemes. American girls influence revival of Victorian jewelry with brooches reset as pendant earrings. Small table leg stumps remain visible beneath silk trousers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Private reading machine shifts from musems to homes
Ons foresees readers enjoying evening papers as tabloids become motion pictures of murders divorces and kidnappings. A kitchen scene shows a cook witnessing sensational literature burn on the wall while the meal is ruined. A device once used for ancient manuscripts now sells for private reading.
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Ons
Battle Over Prayer Book Looms Again
LONDON The three day Church of England convocations open amid renewed dispute over the revised prayer book twice rejected by Parliament. Observers warn disestablishment as a possible outcome, with bishops considering using non-controversial portions while Parliament’s stance remains firm. Twenty years of revision failed to satisfy both Anglo Catholic and ultra Protestant factions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Church of England
House of Commons
House of Bishops
William Joynson- Hicks
Home Secretary
Birmingham
Pennsylvania colleges grant 8863 degrees this year
Harrisburg Pa reports that Pennsylvania colleges and universities awarded a record 8,863 degrees this year, the state Department of Education announced. Four large institutions University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State College, Temple University and Pittsburgh University gave more than half the total, 4,506 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburgh
Pennsylvania
State Department of Education
University of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State College
Temple University
Pittsburgh University
Father Meets Son After Long Immigration Gap
In Auburn Me a marketman Jacob Siegal Lew iston finally reunites with his 15-year-old son Lewis born after his migration from Russia. Immigration laws helped delay the reunion, marking a long separation in their family history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Jacob Siegal
Lewiston
Lewis
Siegal
Russia
United States
Wax Candles Esteemed Luxury in the Middle Ages
The article notes that wax candles were considered a luxury during the medieval period, valued for their quality, brightness, and status symbol. It contrasts them with cheaper alternatives like tallow candles and highlights their association with wealth and religious settings.
Vacation Special Boys Hair Cut at Temple Barber Shop
The Temple Barber Shop at the Masonic Temple Building offers a vacation special for boys with a five cent price through the week and thirty cents on Saturdays. Four chairs mean no waiting and Max Sluatzker invites friends to visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Sluatzker
Temple Barber Shop
Masonic Temple Building
Judge Finds Shortage in Clinton County Accounts
Probate Judge High J. Wright of Clinton County is held responsible for a 2818.84 shortage in his office after state examiners blamed former deputy clerk Edgar J. Brant who confessed to handling funds. Wright paid the deficit on June 21 and cites overconfidence in a deputy amid a warned “deplorable condition” of Brant’s control with possible misappropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
High J. Wright
Clinton County
Tracy
J. S. Clifton
C. K E. Tilton
Edgar J. Brant
Brant
Wright
Good Time To Be Born Soon
Boston astrologer Charles A. Mason predicts a 17 year star alignment will make children born July 29 to August 6 stand out as a potential super race. He says they may include geniuses and a second Messiah, with Venus and Jupiter appearing as a single morning star. He claims these children will be free from negative influences and possess strong spiritual and mental gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Charles A. Mason
Mason
Venus
Jupiter
Bethlehem
Barrels Adopted to Pack Grapes in California
San Francisco officials report shippers use barrels for storing frozen grapes rather than lugs or boxes. Grapes stay fresh six months in barrels and are held in cold storage until market demand returns, aiming to stabilize the industry and prevent seasonal flooding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
California
Life term for Fresno tire theft habitual criminal rule
James Bowright of Fresno must spend life in Folsom prison for stealing a $25 automobile tire. Attorney General A Webb ruled that Bowright, with four prior prison terms, fits habitual criminal classification. A petty theft becomes a felony when committed by a former convicted felon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fresno
Cal
James Bowright
Folsom
Webb
State Prison Board
Bowright
Detour Sign Replaced With Gentle Rerouting Phrase
In Lansing Michigan the day of the detour sign has passed. A more gentle phrase rerouted trunk line now replaces the old sign to avoid stirring drivers with visions of mud and ruts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
Mon gols to Buddhism and Lamas celibacy shift
In the conversion of the Mon gols to Buddhism one quarter of the men were turned into monks and constrained to celibacy as part of the religious reform.
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Entra Line
Cedar Point
Elroris
Te. Sardusky Pier
Retersine
Poin
Farm Bureau Office
Justice
Moose
John Conkelyn Jacob Richman
Jolly Eight Club
Toledo Grain
Carter
ACME
O'Donnell Paint and Wall Paper Co
Marcelli, Finger
F. Schwind
Thompson & Brookhouser
Middle Ave
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