British Red Cross head killed by Italian bombardment
Maj Gerald Achilles Burgoyne, British head of the Ethiopian Red Cross, was killed by an Italian air bombardment of retreating Ethiopian warriors north of Magdala near Dessye. An Italian three motored bomber circled Addis Ababa as the announcement was made. Burgoyne, Irish English officer and St Patrick’s Pursuivant, served at Haile Selassie’s war front.
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Addis Ababa
Gerald Achilles Burgoyne
Ethiopian
Red Cross
Maj
Burgoyne
Ireland
Royal College of Arms
Magdala
Dessye
Emperor Haile Selassie
New Home on Sugar Ridge Road Opens for Public Inspection
Dreams of a home of their own come true for Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hopkins as their Sugar Ridge Road house near Elyria finishes under the Federal Housing Act. The 24 by 26 foot two story six room home will be open to the public from 2 to 5 p m Saturday and Sunday. Contractor T W Meeker notes the $3850 price included plumbing electric fixtures and linoleum and that the home meets FHA standards. Construction featured double flooring oak interiors and a full basement with modern services.
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Hfe
Louis Hopkins
Sugar Ridge Road
Elyria
T. W. Meeker
Park Avenue
Lorain County
Meeker
Federal Housing Administration
R. S. Silsbee
FHA
Hopkins
Charles Pallas
Third Street
Charles Edwards
Tenth Street
Lersch- Emerich Company
Broad St
Elyria Hardware Comany
Broad Street
Lewis Hopkins
East Broad Street
Elyria Firms Engage in Housing Financing and Supply
The Elyria Savings and Trust Company and the Federal Housing Administration arrange financing for a project involving Elyria Lumber and Coal Company at 4 Chestnut Street. Materials listed include lumber cement blocks rock lath and roofing for the anticipated construction.
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Hardware and Walls
Elyria Savings and Trust Company
Federal Housing Administration Financing
Elyria Lumber and Coal Company
Chestnut Street
Elyria Lumber & Coal CO
Chestnut St
Veteran ball player guards old street lamp keeps memory alive
Vallejo California jack Ward, 62, a veteran ball player, preserves a brittle street gas lamp in his home. As a boy he once shot the glass panes with a sling shot when police were not looking, a souvenir from those days.
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Vallejo
Cal
Jack Ward
Hardy’s Ear for Subtle Sheep Sounds Noted in Verse
The line from Far from the Madding Crowd notes how Thomas Hardy perceived subtle sounds of sheep wool. He remarks that the sheep-belly sound varies monthly with wool quantity, illustrating his ear for nuanced natural detail in literature.
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Thomas Hardy
Gabardines to Spotlight in Fashion Shakeup at Convention
The National Association of Retail Clothiers in Chicago predicts gabardines will surge in demand across the nation with 24 to 75 percent of total fabric demand and single breasted styles leading about 70 percent. College towns show the strongest interest as designers edge toward new fancy backs and planned 81 19 split.
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National Association of Retail Clothiers
Chicago
Earl W. Bell
The
Bell Company
National Style Committee
Silent divorce ends after twenty five years of silence
In Newburyport Massachusetts Mrs Ida Gaumont sought a divorce claiming her married life was silent for 25 years. She testified that whenever she spoke to her husband he shrugged his shoulders. The court granted her decree.
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Newburyport
Mass
Ida Gaumont
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Bulletin
Edith Mae
Edith Poe
HyGrade
Middle Avenue
Haserodt's Jewelry Co. Establishe
All Angels Mission Church
Germany
Bank of
Ethiopia
Longworth
America
Wired
Alice Longworth
Porsch ‘Lumber and Coal Co
Park Ave
Herman F. Hass
Lewis Brown
George Noll
P. C. Biddle
Indian Hollow Road
Kenyon Ave
Center Ridge Road
Lersch Emerich, Inc
Elyria Hardware CO
Elyria Savings & Trust CO
East Ave
Third St
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