City Council approves street work program and paving plans
The city council in the second regular meeting passed an ordinance for extensive street surface work. About twenty two streets will receive a thin asphalt and stone chip seal to extend pavement life at an estimated cost of six thousand dollars. The package includes paving Hillsdale Court Adams Street Foster Street Second Street Tremont Street and others with revised assessment distributions due to railroad frontage.
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East Bridge
Black River
Branston Avenue
Ohio Street
Polar Street
Pasadena Avenue
Cleveland Street
Poplar Street
Roosevelt Avenue
Pasadena Park
Greeley Street
Branston
Olive Street
New York Central Railroad Company
Sherman Street
Cornell Avenue
Stanford Avenue
Tenth Street
Ely Realty Company
West Avenue
Riverside Drive
Ninth Street
Ely
Eleventh Street
Wolf Court
East Avenue
East Broad Street
Prospect Street
Abbey Road
Dewey Avenue
Lake Avenue
Lo- Train Street Railroad Company
Columbus Street
Glenwood Street
Washington Avenue
Harrison Street
George Street
Middle Avenue
Gates Avenue
Twelfth Street
East Bridge Street
Adams Street
Second Street
Middle
East Avenues
Tremont Street
Solous
Penfield Farm Sells. Judson Jackson Firms Wellington Real Estate
Judson Jackson, aged 21 in 1921, worked on his father's Penfield township farm until selling it at 7311921 and moving to Wellington to enter real estate. In January 1924 he joined the county court house as bailiff in the court of common pleas, a post he has held since. He is married with two children, residing at 116 Cornell avenue. His hobby is horse training, with interest in hunting and working with dogs and horses.
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Judson Jackson
Penfield Township
Wellington
King George In Satisfactory Condition
King George, recuperating after a third operation since last winter’s illness, was in satisfactory condition today. A Buckingham Palace bulletin said His majesty passed a good night and both his general and local conditions were satisfactory.
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London
George
Buckingham Palace
Russians mass troops as controversy over Harbin escalates
Reported Russian troop concentrations along the border with 50 000 White Russians offering aid to China through White military groups. Chinese calm abroad and government actions in Manchuria noted as other capitals doubt war, with Moscow and Berlin signaling potential talks and a chosen Russian representative for any conference.
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United Press
Harbin
Manchuria
Chita
Shanghai
Tientsin
Mukden
China
S Union
Moscow
Gta
Monahuria
Soviet Union
C. J. Wang
Nanking
Russia
Europe
Japan
Berlin
American Fliers Next Stop in Paris Rome
Roger Q. Williams and Capt. Lewis A. Yan cex will start for Paris in their trans Atlantic monoplane Pathfinder at 5 am tomorrow. The fliers who span the Atlantic from Old Orchard Beach to Rome with one stop at Santander were expected at Littoria airport today from Milan by way of Turin. Dispatches from Milan said the aviators visited Isotta Fraschini works and were warmly welcomed. From Milan they traveled by air to Turin and then to Rome to inspect Fiat Motor works.
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Rome
Roger Q. Williams
Lewis A. Yancex
Paris
Atlantic
Old Orchard Beach
Santander
Spain
Littoria
Milan
Turin
Isotta Fraschini Motor Works
Fiat Motor Works
Coast Guards recover two boys from Lake Erie drowning
The Coast Guard recovered the bodies of Rudolph Tover aged 14 and Howard Machiin aged 10 after they drowned while swimming in Lake Erie late Monday near Cleveland.
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Coast Guards
Cleveland
Lake Erie
Rudolph Tover
Howard Machiin
Grafton Farm dormitory approved for Mansfield prisoners
Columbus approves a $50,000 grant to build a new dormitory on the Grafton farm in Lorain County to house about 300 honor prisoners from Mansfield Reformatory. Plans will be drafted immediately as welfare director Hal H. Griswold leads the project, seen as a first step to relieve Mansfield congestion and possibly supply food to nearby institutions.
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Columbus
Grafton Farm
Lorain County
State Welfare
Hal H. Griswold
State Board of Control
Griswold
Mansfield Reformatory
Grafton
Board of Control
General Appropriations
H. H. Griswold
Rogers
Charles Summers
Oberlin
Comings
Automobile Ditch Incident Injures Two at Stop 75
Two Columbia Station residents Genevieve Bowman and H B Dunlop were slightly injured when their car went into a ditch on Cleveland Road Stop 75. Dunlop said steering gear problem caused the crash as the vehicle struck a tree and rolled over. Motorists rushed them to Elyria Clinic for treatment before returning home.
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Columbia Station
Cleveland Road
Genevieve Bowman
H. B Dunlop
Dunnlop
Elyria Clinic
Two Liquor Law Violators Fined by Court
George Peskae and Joe Graba pleaded guilty to possession of liquor and received maximum fines of 1000 dollars each. The raids by State Agent George Baynham and sheriff's deputies tagged two establishments as regular saloons. Peskae faced a second raid resulting in additional fines totaling 1250 dollars and 1000 dollars in the same week.
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A. R. Webber
George Peskae
E. 28Th Street
Lorain
Joe Graba
Grove and
28Th Street
George Baynham
Baynham
Peskae
Court of Justice
S. J. George
Hutchinson Flood Wrecks City as Red Cross Aids
Hutchinson Kansas faces a flood disaster with three to six feet of water in most areas. Red Cross officials warn of potential epidemics and city leaders appeal for aid as $1,000,000 in damage is reported and thousands of acres of wheat are destroyed.
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Red Cross
Hutchinson
Kansas
Kan
J. Q. Donovan
H. J. Haskard
Stealing Watermelon Not a Crime in Georgia
Nan Terry, 32, was fined court costs after railroad police chased him for stealing a watermelon from a box car at the Food Terminal. Police Judge Burt Griffin noted more than 389 melons have been stolen recently and quipped that for a Georgia boy, taking a watermelon is a necessity.
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Cleveland
Georgia
Nan Terry
Burt Griffin
Terry
Griffin
City Council Authorizes Fence at Ridgelawn Cemetery
The council approved constructing an artistic metal fence on the Gulf road and Columbus street sides of Ridgelawn Cemetery. Funding will come from the Ridgelawn Cemetery Fund, with work authorized last night.
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Gulf Road
Columbus Street
Ridgelawn Cemetery
Ridgelawn
Searchers continue for Hibbard Reeder body in Lake Erie
Airplanes to aid the hunt for Hibbard Reeder 21 who drowned near Vermilion on Lake Erie. Vermilion and Lorain coast guards led the effort as heavy seas forced a brief halt. Elyria residents helped along shore with improvised gear while two others saved a Cleveland swimmer. Reeder failed to reach a diving platform amid a strong undercurrent.
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Coast Guard
Hibbard Reeder
Lake Erie
Vermilion-on-the-Lake
Vermilion Coast Guards
Huron County
Perry
Coast Guards
Lorain Coast Guards
Ralph Terry
F. J. Day
Elyria
Terry
Central Fire Staton
Cleveland
Eric Chapman, Jr
Gay Hultz
Reeder
Seb Goecke
Sixth Street
William Anderson
Park Avenue
Elyrians
Chester Stolzenburg
Albert Struck
Dean Newton
Fred Sanford
Fred Hochenberry
Perry Warns Wimmer on Lake Drowning Toll Rises
County Coroner Myles Perry cautions against swimming in Vermilion on the lake after Hibbard Reeder drowns Sunday, lifting Lorain County’s drownings to eight for the year, a figure rivaling 1928 totals. The coroner urges public warning and safer water activities.
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Myles FE. Perry
Hibbard Reeder
Vermilion-on-the-Lake
Greaten Cleveland
Lorain
Farm Board Turns Attention to Wheat Movement
Washington July 16 The Federal Farm Board focused on moving the current wheat crop filling storage at farms and export centers The eighth board member for wheat interests is expected today or tomorrow Completing the board will allow immediate planning for the next two months The department foresees a mid July crop forecast of a world crop about 525,007,400 bushels smaller than last year If the world supply tightens prices in the United States are likely to rise above present levels
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Washington
Federal Farm Board
Department of Agriculture
Department
Bear
United States
County learns Rothsatt Ditch improvement plan dismissed
The Board of County Commissioners dismissed a petition for improvement of the Rothsatt Ditch in Sheffield Lake Willace. The ditch runs along the Nickle Plate railroad right of way and the railroad will maintain it at its own expense. A hearing on assessments for the ditch was scheduled this morning.
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Board of County Commissioners
Shefield Lake Willace
Nickle Plate Railroad
Cincinnati Bank Teller Arrested Over $7000 Shortage
Cincinnati banker James Dooley aged 22, a teller at the Second National Bank, was placed under arrest after a $7000 shortage was found in his accounts during an audit completed yesterday. Vice President John Butting said a formal charge would likely be filed today. Dooley surrendered and declined to comment.
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Cincinnati
James Dooley
Second National
Be Khers
John Butting
Dooley
Butting
Sub divisions Ordinance Faces First Reading Debate
City council debated a subdivision regulation requiring plots to be prepared by a civil engineer. The main issue was street widths with the proposal mandating thirty feet paved or twenty feet cinder streets, drawing strong opposition from Mayor Hewitt and Councilman Jones before the first reading was approved.
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James A. Hewitt
Myron Jones
Renewed Move for Independence of the Philippines
Washington July 16 A renewed drive for Philippine independence emerged after Manual Roxas urged freedom before the Senate Finance Committee. Senator King plans to introduce in December a bill making independence contingent on a constitutional government and to press a resolution for negotiations with Pacific powers to guarantee neutrality. The push cites sugar competition as a catalyst amid tariff bill hearings. Roxas protested.
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Washington
Philippine Islands
Manual Roxas
Philippine House of Representatives
Senate Finance Committee
King
Utah
Jong
Philippines
Philippine Island
Roxas
Ohio Insurance Bureau cuts rates on property in state
Columbus Ohio July 16 A reduction in insurance rates for almost all classes of property was announced today by the Ohio Inspection Bureau The decreases do not apply to existing policies The statewide cut follows the May 29 adoption of new term rules and applies to property including manufacturing property with some exceptions The bureau cites favorable underwriting experience and notes similar cuts in other mid western states The reductions also lower rates on dwellings and reflect fire insurance industry aims to align costs with losses and expenses The article mentions prior liberal reductions in 1920 and 1917 with a note the 1917 average rate was about nine tenths of a dollar per one hundred of insurance continued on Page 2
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Columbus
Ohio Inspection Bureau
Mid-Western
Bureau
Chinese Vice Consul and Wife To Leave By August
Ying Kao Chinese vice consul and his wife, central to an opium case, agreed to depart by August 5 after talks with Dr. Wu. Suen Foon, another official, also pledged departure if innocence proved. They remain charged under the Jones Miller Act with conspiring to smuggle opium.
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San Francisco
Ying Kao
C. C. Wu
Kuo Min Tang
Suen Foon
United States
One Vous
Ying Hao
Lifting Zoning Restriction Sought for Church Property
Mr Smith asked City Council to lift zoning restrictions on Second May Church property at Middle Avenue and Fifteenth Street. He said funds are needed and the site is suited for church use and could be disposed of if classified as commercial. The property lies in a residential district and the request went to the building and lends committee.
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Second May
Middle Avenue
Fifeteenth Street
Smith
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