County approves 1930 budget with no public protest
The Board of County Commissioners approved the 1930 county budget after a public hearing with no attendees. Expenditures total 706,090, down 6,000 from the prior year, allocating 300,000 to General Fund, 25,000 State Road and Bridge, 51,000 County Road and Bridge, and 239,000 for the one mill road levy. The tax rate remains 3.05 mills, and the budget moves to the county budget commission for final approval.
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Board of County Commissioners
General County Fund
State Road and Bridge Fund
County Budget Commission
Severe battle along Big Grande along the Rio Grande
El Paso dispatch reports border patrolman Ivan Scotten, 25, killed today during a half hour gun battle with Mexican liquor smugglers along the Rio Grande. Five other patrolmen participated in the firefight described as the fiercest in years, with several hundred shots fired. Scotten fell after being surrounded. comrades carried him to the Mexican bank after his horse was shot.
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EL Paso
Tex
Ivan Scotten
Rio Grande
Scotten
Cremer Probes Death In Last Monte County
Lorain County has recorded 22 sudden deaths in the last month starting June 18, with coroner Myles E. Perry noting the spike. Most were not double deaths, though two boys drowned in Wellington. Drowning has a prominent role in the fatalities, exceeding recent years’ records.
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Cremer
Lorain County
Myles E. Perry
Wellington
Fin man dead in bathroom at Jackson hotel
Pat Gibbons aged 66 was found dead in a bathroom at the Jackson hotel on Broad Street at 9 00 pm last night. Coroner Miles E Perry ruled a sudden heart attack. He long worked as a section hand and later at a farm. A Cleveland sister survived and was notified. Body sent to Welsh funeral parlors.
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Pat Gibbons
Jackson Hotel
Broad Street
Miles E. Perry
Gibbons
Cleveland
Traffic light planned at Second Street and East Avenue
Service Director John N. Endit said the traffic light at Second Street and East Avenue will be erected within days and go into operation when Second Street opens to traffic.
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Second Street
East Avenue
John N. Endit
Auto dealer Glen A. Rogers founder of Elyria firm
Glen A. Rogers began as an Economy Motor Sales salesman in Cleveland at 21, then joined Paige-Ohio, later establishing Glen A. Rogers Motors in Elyria. Born in Belden Belden, Lorain County, he attended Elyria High, helped his father state Rep P. H. Rogers on the Belden farm, and now runs a family with two young daughters Patsy Ruth and Shirley Ann, home at 1191 West Avenue.
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Glen A. Rogers
Economy Motor Sales
Euclid Avenue
Cleveland
Paige-Ohio Company
Elyria
Glen A. Rogers Motors, Inc
Lorain County
Belden
Grafton
P. H. Rogers
Patsy Ruth
Shirley Ann
West Asvenue
Last Man's Club to Toast Final Bottle in Minnesota
Three survivors of Company B, First Minnesota volunteer infantry, plan a dinner in St. Paul to drink a farewell toast from a 44 year old Burgundy. John S. Goff and Charles Lockwood, both 87, and Peter Hall, 92, attend with eleven regiment members as guests. Hall's health has declined, but he seeks to join the reunion.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Company B
First
Minnesota Volunteer Infantry
John S. Goff
Charles Lockwood
Chamberlain
Peter Hall
Atwater
Hall
Lockwood
Government outlay to top four billion as four-year plan revealed
White House states annual government disbursements will exceed 4 billion within four years due to naval building, army aviation and housing expansion. Navy costs 364.5 million, army aviation and housing 320.2 million, public works 229.6 million, post office deficit 94.7 million. Farm relief estimated at least 150 million this year. No tax impact comment.
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Washington
America
White House
Navy
Army
Boulder Dam
Postal Service
Post Office Department
Treasury
Post Office
Fliers Feeling Fine in Monoplane Endurance Flight
Dale Jackson and Forrest O Brine vie to beat the refueling endurance record aboard the St Louis Robin. They logged 164 hours and expect to reach 246 hours 43 minutes set at Culver City, while the Missouri Robin piloted by Joseph Hammer and W Gentry Shelton has logged 5 hours in the air. Wives stand by Lambert Field as calm skies aid the effort.
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ST. Louis
Dale Jackson
Forrest O’brine
Jackson
O’brine
Culver City
Calif
Joseph Hammer
W. Gentry Shelton
Special Investigator Cole Returns Amid Prohibition Protests
Steubenville July 7 20 protests over former state dry agent John O Cole ousted for the girl decoy scandal at Lancaster were answered by Jefferson County Sheriff William Yost He said Cole was hired as a special investigator and now on the payroll of the Ohio Anti Saloon League to gather evidence against prohibition violators The sheriff added he would not participate in making arrests due to the dispute over public disclosure
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Steubenville
John O. Cole
Lancaster
William Yost
Jefferson County
Cole
Electo Alloys injunctive hearing over strike picketing
In an all afternoon session Friday Judge A R Webber heard testimony in the Electro Alloys company versus striking workers injunction suit. Both sides were ordered to file briefs next week as the temporary court order remains in effect prohibiting violent or unduly coercive picketing. The court previously refused to set a fixed number of pickets, saying it would depend on case circumstances. Continued on Page 23.
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Electro Allors Company
A R. Webber
Electro Alloys
Scouts Depart Amid Riot At Pier Greeting In New York
July 20 New York riot disrupts a Boy Scouts farewell as 60 Communist children from Young Volunteers of America march with red banners near West 14th Street. Police arrest three men after the clash ends the confrontation before the liner Samaria sails to Birkenhead England with the Scouts.
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New York
Boy Scouts of America
Birkenhead
England
Boy Scouts
Samaria
West 14Th Street
Youngs
Young Volunteers of America
Elias Arnold released on bond in kidnaping case
Elias Arnold and his son Arthur, convicted of kidnapping Melvin Horst of Orrville, were released on $10,000 bond pending their appeals. Melvin remains missing since December, with the Arnolds detained since January 2. The case centers on testimony by 8-year-old Junior Hanna and alleged motive against Melvin’s uncle, the village marshal.
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Arnolds
Melvin
Junior Hanna
Arnold
State Penitentiary
Arthur
Mansfield Reformatory
Elsie
Hush Hanna
Junior
W. B. Morris
Orrville
Women To Be Arraigned On Liquor Charge
DETROIT July 20 Three women alleged operators of a late Northside still will be arraigned in U S district court today on federal prohibition charges. Names given were Della Burns Margaret Marryton and Nellie Sleigh arrested when city agents stopped two women in a car laden with jugs of moonshine. At the address given by the pair agents found a 590 gallon still in operation with Mrs Sleigh in charge. More than 1590 gallons of mash and about 560 gallons of moonshine were destroyed.
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Detroit
U. S
Della Burns
Margaret Marryton
Nellie Sleigh
Mrs. Sleigh
Kellogg pact seen as brake on Russia China war
Washington reports hope the Kellogg Briand anti war pact will suppress conflict along Manchurian borders after China seizes the Chinese Eastern Railway. Stimson notes the pact binds Russia and China to renounce war while urging calm as both nations mobilize with no clashes in Manchuria.
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Russia
China
Stimson
Soviet
Briand
France
Moscow
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Washington
Manchurian
Manchuria
Hoover
Rapidan
C C Wu
Claude
Soviet Russia
United Press
League of Nations
League
Harbin
Gasoline Price Drops Two Cents in Lorain County
Lorain motorists are taking advantage of a two cent cut in regular gasoline, lowering the price from 21 to 19 cents a gallon. High test gasoline in the county also fell by one cent, from 24 to 23 cents a gallon.
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Lorain
New Building For Local Plant
Work is under way on a brick building for office and warehouse use at the Hat shaw Fuller and Goodwin Co plant. The new structure will be erected on the premises at PaTpres W 16 ANTOURCES.
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Hatshaw, Fuller and Goodwin Co
PaTpres
Antources
Man Falls in Ladle In Fatal Workplace Mishap
George Baer of Lorain Ohio fell into a hot ladle at the National Tube Company open hearth furnace after flipping a coin to decide whether to work. He was rescued by a coworker and taken to St Joseph's Hospital with severe injuries. He had just celebrated his eleventh wedding anniversary.
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Lorain
George Baer
National Tube Company
Baer
St. Joseph's Hospital
China says it desires peace and respects Kellogg Pact
TOKIO July 20 The Chinese Ambassador to Japan told reporters that China desires peace and will honor both the spirit and the letter of the Kellogg anti war pact.
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Tokio
Japan
China
Program to Halt the Fruit Fly in Florida
Washington July 20 The seven member committee appointed by Secretary of Agriculture to study Mediterranean fruit fly damage in Florida recommended continued poison spray and inspection campaigns. They proposed a more focused program to combat the infestation protect fruit growers. The plan calls for thorough inspections to map spread in Florida and other states shorten shipping season eliminate minor post harvest plants and expand research and port inspection to prevent new incursions.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Hide
Florida
Ther
Mayor Hewitt Intensifies Crackdown on Drunken Drivers
Elyria's Mayor James A. Hewitt vows to raise penalties after a surge of drunken drivers in police court. John McGilvray, charged with driving while intoxicated, pleaded guilty. He received a $100 fine, costs, and a sixty day license suspension. his brother was fined for intoxication. McGilvray said he came from Sandusky. the minimum DWI fine is $106.
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Elyria
James A. Hewitt
John McGilvray
McGilvray
Broad
Lodi Streets
Sandusky
Auto collision injures woman on Fourth Street
A coupe overturned after colliding with a Sudro chair-car at Fourth street and East avenue Friday afternoon, injuring Mrs Hattie Bean of Kipton, 58. She sustained minor bruises and an ankle injury. the other driver, Mrs Donald Perkins, said she did not see the traffic light.
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Sudro
Fourth Street
East Avenue
Hattie Bean
Kipton
Donald Perkins
Bean
Bees Halt Church Activities in Emison Indiana
In Vincennes Indiana, services at the Methodist church of Emison have been halted for over a month as efforts to remove a swarm of wild bees fail. Knox County bee king Jay Smith says seven swarms entered the church and disrupted activities including a scheduled funeral.
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Vincennes
Ind
Jaboo
Methodist Church of
Emison
Jay Smith
Knox County
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Last Man’s Club
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Votage
Elias Arnold
Ombal
U.S
Evers
Coupe
4Th Street
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