Plane roars on as fliers push toward 500 hours in air
In St Louis Missouri Forrest O Brine and Dale Jackson keep their St Louis Robin monoplane aloft entering their third week. At 12 17 p m EST they passed 316 hours with no sign of tiring. They aim for 500 hours and hope for 400 before tomorrow. The duo air wealth rises from flying awards while relatives arrive to applaud.
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ST. Louis
Forrest O’brine
Dale Jackson
Lambert-St. Louis Field
Jackson
Fairbault
Minn
O’brine
Arthur Nutt
Texas airman still flying over Houston today
Houston July 26 pilots Joe Glass and Glenn Loomis marked the 00 hour flight in the Billion Dollar city as they remain aloft awaiting St Louis Robin pilots. Cloudy weather was forecast and a barograph will run down at 1 49 pm signaling limits to the time aloft.
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Houston
Texas
Joe Glass
Glenn Loomis
Dr C M Ackerman Ophthalmologist and Mycologist of Elyria
At 21, Dr C M Ackerman studied classics at Baldwin Wallace College. He worked as an accountant for Garford and Wills-Overland in Elsrna, then attended Northern Illinois College of Ophthalmology in Chicago. After graduating in 1914, he settled in Elyria to practice as an optometrist and ocular mycologist, where he has worked since. He is married with one daughter and resides at 755 Princeton Avenue. His hobbies include speedboat operation and fishing. His boyhood aims were to be a physician or conductor of a large orchestra.
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C M. Ackerman
Baldwin-Wallace College
Garford Company
Wills- Overland Company
Elsrna
Northern Illinois College of Ophthalmology
Chicago
Elyria
Princeton Avenue
Three En route to Vermilion Picnic Killed by Train
In Norwalk a family of five traveling to a Vermilion Sunday school picnic was struck by a New York Central flyer at Ceylon. Arthur Lockwood, 50, his wife May, 47, and daughter Alice, 15, were killed. Daughter Mable, 7, was injured but will recover. Cause cited: obscured view and danger lights at the crossing.
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Norwalk
Ceylon
Arthur Lockwood
May
Alice
Mable
Lockwood
Lockwoods
Vermillion
Snook 15 Taking Keen Interest Tail Court Room
In Columbus Ohio July 26 Dr James Howard Snook former Ohio State University professor accused of murdering Theora Hix began cooperating with his defense. His wife and mother visited, boosting his morale as juror selection continued and witnesses predicted lurid testimony ahead.
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Colt
Bus
James Howard Snook
Theora Hix
Mary Snook
Lebanon
Columbus
Snook
Lawson Bing
Ohio State University
Lst
Spinister
Shock
Thea
Louis Rogers
Jay R. Rawner
Russell Mobert
Joe B Collisson
Louis G Davis
Painter
Max Seyfert
Clyde Moody
Imma Allman
Truck Driver Fined For Overloaded Vehicle
George Hands of Cleveland and the Leek Trucking Company faced Justice C. D. Smiley in Oberlin after deputies found his truck three tons over weight. Hands was fined $40 plus costs for operating an overloaded vehicle.
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George Hands
Leek Trucking Company
Cleveland
C. D. Smiley
Oberlin
Hands
Three Divorce Gages Filed In Common Pleas Court
Three divorce cases head the new filings today in the county common pleas court. Elmer Cordin of Oberlin sues Betty Cordin for divorce citing gross neglect and cruelty amid alleged liquor addiction and threats. Anna Tancheck of South Amherst seeks divorce from Alex Tancheck on neglect and cruelty with one child three years old. Celia Vernell petitions against Nicholas Vernell for divorce on similar grounds with no children. S A Beal sues R E Young for 4409 for breach of contract involving trading a farm for an automobile agency. Mike Faegler seeks judgment for 2589 against Bremke Brothers in a case reversed in common pleas court.
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Comuna On Pleas
Elmer Cordin
Oberlin
Betty Cordin
Anna Tancheck
South Amherst
Alex Tancheck
Celia Vernell
Nicholas Vernel
S A. Beal
R E Young
Young
Real
Mike Faegler
Bremke Brothers
Common Pleas Court
Two Truck Crashes Near Afton Injure Property
Two accidents within a mile of Kipton on the Oberlin Norwalk road last night drew deputy sheriffs to direct traffic. A Baier Transfer truck crashed into L. E. Christ station near Route 20 and Henrietta road, damaging the filling station and walls but not seriously injuring driver Perry Moncrief of Detroit, who was arrested for reckless driving. Later a Drucker truck carrying 2000 chickens overturned on a railroad crossing, killing 500 to 800 birds and scattering the rest. traffic was delayed as fowl wandered the hills around Kipton.
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Kipton
Oberlin
Norwalk
Baier Transfer and Storage Company
Detroit
Route 20
Henrietta Road
L. E. Christ
Suppy Etation
Perry Moncrief
Moncrief
M. Drucker
Cleveland
Organize for Tax Amendment Plans Start Lorain Drive
Lorain County Tax Committee began its campaign for the proposed Hadden tax amendment to the state constitution. Lawrence H. Webber was named county chairman, with a nominating committee selecting local leaders and plans to appoint a secretary and seven vice chairs at the August 2 meeting. The group will cooperate with the All-Ohio Tax League in a September push, aiming to educate voters about ending the uniform tax rate and enabling classed rate adjustments with a 15 mill cap subject to public vote.
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Lorain County
Lawrence H. Webber
James A. Hewitt
F. A. Smythe
E. W. Bell
Frank Mason
Elyria
George W. Garthe
Lorain
M. J. Watson
Oberlin
H. G. Portman
Amherst
All-Ohio Tax League
League
Liquor Raid Fines Total Hit Building Third Time
A raid on Paul M Loop at 2215 East 28th Street by Sheriff deputies led to seizure of liquor. Loop was fined 499 dollars after arrest on possession charges, following a 6 pm raid, the third in weeks. prior raids fined keepers 2250 dollars total, Baynham led the other operations.
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Paul M
E. 28Th Street
George Barnham
Sherlf
S J. George
Baynham
Committee Named For Highways Selection in Ohio
Governor Cooper announced an advisory committee to assist State Highway Director Robert N. Ward in selecting 200 miles of additional roads for the state highway system under the new law. Members include Senator Walter G. Nickels of New Philadelphia Representative Dallas Sullivan of Richwood Walter Kirk master of the Ohio Grange and H B Franks of Montpelier.
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Columbus
Robert N. Ward
Cooper
Walter G. Nickels
New Philadelphia
Dallas Sullivan
Richwood
Walter Kirk
Ohio Grange
H. B Franks
Montpelier
Thieves burgle Fauver Home on Washington Avenue
Burglars entered the L B Fauver residence at 423 Washington Avenue around midnight and stole seven suits, knickers, a coat, shoes, ties, trunks, suitcases, shirts, dresses, an opera coat, a watch and chain. Atty Worth Fauver and Richard Timms discovered the break-in at 3 am after a maid had reported the house ransacked. Police investigate with little to go on.
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L. B Fauver
Washington Avenue
Atty Worth Fauver
L. B. Fauver
Richard Timms
Europe
Fauver
Timms
Fear Hoboes Buried Under Thousands of Tons of Coal
A rescue effort at Bradner near Bowling Green, Ohio, followed a coal train wreck on the Hocking Valley line. Eighteen coal cars overturned as a Toledo bound train carrying about 69 cars developed a hot bearing and broke apart. Authorities expect several hobos seen riding on the cars may be buried under nearly a thousand tons of coal.
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Bowling Green
Hocking Valley
Bradner
Fighteen
Toledo
State weighs four-district plan for enforcement
The state prohibition department considers dividing the state into four districts for enforcement, replacing the current five-district system. Deputy Prohibition Commissioner W. V. Aldach announced the proposal, noting four inspectors per district under a supervisor, with the new plan proposed after the five-district system began a month ago.
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Columbus. O. Julie
State Prohibition Department
W. V. Aldach
Seventeen Casualties on HMS Devonshire During Practice
London July 26 the admiralty announced that seventeen casualties occurred aboard HMS Devonshire during firing practice in the eastern Mediterranean an accident to one of the ships guns. Six were seriously injured and the admiralty did not specify deaths.
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London
H. M. S. Devonshire
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Wreck chase ends with suspect fleeing in police car
Patrolman Robert Shephard pursued two men in a fast auto through Willoughby Ohio. One man leaped to a 100 foot embankment into Chagrin River Valley and disappeared. The other pretended unconscious, then escaped in the pursuing police car after drawing a gun. Police later captured the embankment jumper, who gave the name Steve Hazeltine, 25, of Cleveland, and Hazel tine faces resisting an officer charges. A license plate from Akron was found at the wreck.
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Willoughby
Robert Shephard
Wildemere Avenue
Chagrin River Valley
Shepherd
Theodore Myers
Steve Hazeltime
Cleveland
Shephard
Iman
Akron
Hazeltine
Post Office Department Reaches 154th Anniversary Milestone
Washington July 26 The post office department marks its 154th birthday since the Continental Congress in 1775 appointed Benjamin Franklin as first postmaster general The United States mail is now the world’s largest single business spending about 200 million dollars annually and employing 365 thousand people It handles over 25 billion pieces yearly and averages 120 letters per person starting from the perilous post rider to stage coaches fast trains and airplanes.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
Benjamin Franklin
United States Mail
United States
Postal Service
State Collects Fines Under Crabbe Dry Act
Columbus July 26 The state's share of fines collected under the Crabbe Dry Act for the six months ending July 1 rose by 45 625 over the same period last year. The total paid to the state was 234 239 54 dollars with the year’s figure showing increased enforcement and receipts.
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Columbus. C
Americans Lose In Tennis Davis Cup Opening Day Upset in Paris
At Roland Garros in Auteuil France France wins both singles. Henri Cochet defeats William Tilden in straight sets 6 5 6 1 6 2. Jean Borotra beats George Lott in four sets 6 1 3 4 6 4 7 5.
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Roland Garros Staditn
Auteuil
France
Henri Cochet
Willam Tilden
Jean Borotra
George Lott
What He Don't Know About Farming Sparks Public Banter
Chief Deputy Clarence Dick, praised as a good officer, speaks as a farmer in a humorous aside. Deputy Webb Beaver recalls riding a wheat load bound for the thresher with an attachment order. Dick engages an experienced farmer in a long talk, drawing local attention.
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Clarence Dick
Webb Beaver
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