County and State Road Plans Begin April First
County surveys announce a road improvement program starting about April 1. Approximately 27 miles of county roads will be upgraded at an estimated $260,000, with 14 miles of state highway work costing about $440,000. Projects include Vermilion road in Rochester township and Wakeman Belden road in LaGrange.
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C. T. Biggs
State Highway Department
Vermilion Road
Rbiges
Rochester Township
Otter
Biggs
Wakeman-Belden
LaGrange
Meister
Camden
Austin
Butternut Ridge
Ridgeville
New Londons Eastern
Huntington
Columbia Station
Columbia
Pitts Road
Wellington
Chamberlain Road
Grattan
Gulf Road
Sheffield
Oven and
Snyder Road
Canley
Grafton
Lake Road
Lorain
Vermilion
Norwalk
Medina
Elyria
LaPorte
Supreme Court Adjourns Until Monday April Thirteenth
Washington report notes the Supreme Court adjourned on March 23 to reconvene Monday April 13. The notice emphasizes the schedule change for upcoming sessions.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Ohio Weather Forecast Sends Fair Warmer Update
The Ohio forecast calls for fair skies with slight warming in the west tonight and Tuesday. Expect cloudy periods and showers Tuesday, mainly in the west, with warmer afternoon readings. Yesterday’s highs included Phoenix 90 and Los Angeles 88. today’s lows ranged White River 14 to Winnemucca 20.
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Ohio
West
Phoenix
Los Angeles
el Paso
White River
Northfield
Winnemucca
Farm Board Ends Wheat Buying Policy
Washington reports the Federal Farm Board will buy no 1931 wheat and will not use funds to peg next year’s price. The board says relief for farmers comes by curtailing production. Senator Capper calls the move a shock and disappointment, warning it may affect the grain situation next year.
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Washington
Federal Farm Board
Capper
Kans
Drowned officer feared as Nautilus logs perilous Arctic trek
New York March 23 a tragedy marks the Submarine Nautilus plan for North Polar Sea exploration. Quartermaster Willard Grimmer, 27, of Philadelphia, is missing after probable man overboard during the Philadelphia to New York tow. Sir Hubert Wilkins seeks to christen the vessel tomorrow at Brooklyn Navy Yard with Jean Jules Verne's grandson present. The crew of 20 will prepare for tests at New London and Provincetown before Arctic duty from London to Spitzbergen in June.
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New York
Sir Hubert Wilkins
North Folar Sea
New York Harbor
Willard Urimmer
Philadelphia
Coast Guard
Navy
Police Department
Grimmer
Jean Jules Verne
Patrolman Accused In Payroll Robbery Case Arraignment
Dayton dispatch reports city patrolman James R. Foote and former patrolman Edward J. Roberts were to be arraigned today on charges they plotted the H R Black Company payroll robbery of August 8. The confessions tie Foote and Roberts to the $8 465 heist, with others named in related crimes including Lachmeyer and Shipley.
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Dayton
James R. Foote
Edward J. Roberts
H. R. Black Company
Elwood Shipley
Mansfield Reformatory
Albert Lachmeyer
West Bend
Wis
Foote
Roberts
Lachmeyer and Shipley
Colonial Theatre
C. B E. Payden
Jury Selection Begins in Martin Murder Case
Cleveland March 23 heavy guard as police quell mob outside county building for the murder trial of bootlegger Henry Martin. Prosecutor Miler vows to keep racketeers away. defense cites habeas corpus concerns over alleged kidnapping from Pittsburgh. Jury selection starts after judge overrules quash motion.
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Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Martin
William Minshall
Samuel Rosenberg
Bernard Wolf
State
Walter McMahon
Eleven Die In Ohio Weekend Run of Deaths
A United Press survey tallies eleven weekend fatalities across Ohio from traffic crashes, a homicide, and other violent events. Names include Earl Evans and Lacey Mae Pearson from Cleveland, and others in Bedford Columbus Yorksville Springfield Toledo and Akron. A Toledo fire loss of 100000 at two firms is blamed on spontaneous combustion.
Six Dead in Royal Scot Wreck at Leighton Buzzard
Relief crews battled through the night to rescue the injured and recover the dead after the Royal Scot express derailed at Leighton Buzzard station. About 80 were hurt, two coaches telescoped, and the engineer and firemen were killed. Victims included Sir George Saltmarsh, wheat authority.
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Leighton Buzzard
England
George Saltmarsh
Australia
Roosevelt poised on Walker Duster charges in New York
New York March 2 Governor Franklin D Roosevelt faces a pivotal choice on ouster charges against Mayor James J Walker. Reports say he may either order an investigation or dismiss the charges, a decision with wide political impact and potential race implications for 1932.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James J. Walker
Tammany Hall
Walker
America
Grover Cleveland
White House
Roosevelt
Sharp Drop In Income Taxes
Washington reports a sharp decline in income tax receipts with totals for the month up to March 20 at 283,229,295 compared with last March’s 460,328,715, indicating a substantial year over year decrease in revenue. The figures reflect the lighter tax intake as the fiscal period advances.
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Washington
Leading Wellston Citizen Edmund H Willis Dies
Edmund H Willis 65 longtime Wellston leader and president of the Board of Education died in a Gallipolis hospital after neuritis. He was a prominent southeastern Ohio attorney associated with the firm Willis and Jones with partner Charles H Jones.
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Wellston
Wellston, O
Edmund H. Willis
Board of Education
Southeastern Ohio
Gallipolis
Willis
Willis and Jones
Charles H. Jones
Harold Halpin Auto Crash Victim in California
Harold Halpin, 26, Elyria athlete and Notre Dame graduate, died after an automobile crash near Los Angeles. He rode with his brother Donald and Charles Wentz on a five week trip. Wentz was not in the car. Harold played quarterback for Elyria High in 1921 22 and guard on the basketball squads, later joining St Agnes Church league.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
California
Harold Halpin
J. B. Halpin
Glendale Court
Halpin
Donald
Halpin Brothers
Charles Wentz
Elyria
Wents
St. Agnes
Elyria High School
Notre Dame University
Elyria Chamber of Commerce Dinner Set At First Congregational
About 150 members and guests will attend the Elyria Chamber of Commerce annual dinner tomorrow night at the First Congregational church. Edward M Tharp of The Ohio Fuel Gas Company will speak on Whose Job. Short annual reports and progress on a $100,000 Elyria Investment Company industrial fund will be presented. A. M. Hannaford will preside. dinner is free to members.
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Elyria Chamber of Commerce
First Congregational Church
Chamber
Edward M.tharp
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Columbus
Elyria Investment Company
A. M. Hannaford
I. A. Ludwig
Jim Armitage
S. B. Pfau
Don Sotherden
Karl Plocher
J. E. Thatcher
Jackson County Representative to State Legislature
Readable fragments indicate a notice about electing or naming a Jackson County representative to the state legislature. Further details such as candidate names, district numbers, or election dates are not present in the accessible text.
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Ing
Jackson County
Elyria and Oberlin youths win bird coloring prizes
In the past week a Elyria boy Ralph Hangon age eleven of 715 West River Street and Oberlin girl Dorothy Jane Harley age nine of 237 North Pleasant Street won the Birdland coloring contest prizes. Ten others received honorable mentions from various towns.
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Ralph Hangon
West River Street
Dorothy Jane Harley
North Pleasant Street
Oberlin
Ralph
Gates School
Elyria
Dorothy
Pleasant Street
Richard Terrell
East Broad Street
Irene Solet
la Grange
Eleanor Munn
Gratton
Mary Barbarossa
Huron Street
Julius Figula
Irondale Street
Betty Gott
Wellington
R. D. No
Mary Ellen Wacker
Ford Brown
Riverside Court
Alan Schroeder
Sycamore Street
Gordon C. Rogers
Wellington R. D
Birdland
President Hoover Begins Caribbean Cruise Stop in Puerto Rico
President Hoover landed in San Juan after a six mile sea journey from Ponce aboard the Arizona. He was greeted at the city hall where a special tablecloth gift was presented by eight year old Tose fina Cabasa. Nationalist leaflets denounced his policies as he toured the capital amid tropical scenery and distant political tensions.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
U.P
Hoover
Ponce
Arizona
U. S. 5S
Theodore Roosevelt
Tosefina Cabasa
Republican Party
Socialist Labor Party
Luis Vergne Ortiz
Nationalist Committee
Steel industry picking up signals broader recovery
New York reports a noticeable pickup in steel activity, rising from 30 to about 57 percent of full capacity. Production now runs 24 percent below last year and 40 percent under 1929, yet weekly gains show steady improvement. A record 125,000 tons of structural steel was ordered from United States Steel for Radio City project.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Four Killed In Crash Near Bedford
Four people died last night when an auto collided with a Pennsylvania freight train at Wards Crossing near Bedford Ohio. The victims were believed to be Mr and Mrs Farr Evans Lucy Mae Pearson and Bishop Rusher of Cleveland with tentative identifications. The car sped into the train despite working red signal lights. The wreckage was dragged 1000 feet along the track before the train halted. Ward's Crossing has claimed six lives in three weeks.
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Ohio
United Press
Bedford
Pennsylvania
Earl Evans
Lacey Mae Pearson
Bishop Rusher
Cleveland
Emmett Starr
Columbus
Abraham Lincoln Houston
Brick Mason
St. Clairsville
William Gross
Sam Gross
Yorksville
Leroy Jones
Springfield
William M. Jones
Jones
George Sweeney
Pennsylvania Railroad
South Charleston
Wards Crossing
Farr Evans
Lucy Mae Pearson
Kassey Indicted in Akron Zeppelin Plot Case
Akron March 23 Paul F. Kassey 37 indicted by county grand jury on criminal syndicalism for allegedly aiding a plan to wreck the navy dirigible Akron under construction. District Communist Party to furnish bond. Miss Jennie Cooper says $40,000 bond. Kassey, rivet inspector for Goodyear Zeppelin, denies charges.
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Akron
Paul F. Kassey
O. G. Hall
Secret Service
Detroit
District
Communist Party
Communist Party In America
Jennie Cooper
International Labor Defense Committee
Cleveland
Yetta Land
Cooper
Summitt County
Kassey
Frank Harvey
Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation
Navy
Nolan case jury selection underway in Lorain trial
One noon tentative juror seated with three more added this afternoon for the Edward J. Nolan Jr case in Lorain. Judge W B Thompson is presiding as prosecutors seek the death penalty for Nolan and three alleged accomplices after a January 28 deadly robbery at a magic shop on Broadway.
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Edward J. Nolan, Jr
Lorain
Nolan
Watte
Chicago
Arthur Wallace
Maurice
Jack) Rice
Spencer Stevens
Edward Nolan
Boston
Don W. Myers
John Harding
C. F. Adams
Milton Friedman
Thompson
Seven Children Die in Blaze at Holderness Home
Plymouth N H March 23 three children near death from burns after a fire destroyed a Holderness home. Six brothers and a sister died in the blaze. The three children remain in a local hospital with a chance for life thanks to their mother and father Mr and Mrs Louis Avery.
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Plymouth
N. H
Holderness
Louis Avery
Look Your Best for Easter Dry Cleaning Ad
An Easter season reminder urges readers to clean or press light suits topcoats dresses and coats with repairs as the Easter rush approaches. The notice directs readers to the Classified Save My Page under Look your best for Easter and to call 4618 4688 for tomorrow's service.
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Elyrian
Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Whipper
Polar UB
Wilkins
Lucille Miller
Toledo
M. B. Crafta
Homer Ward
Joseph Tretera
H. B. Chittenden Printing Company
Pan-American Wall Paper and Paint Company
Auto Cragh
Bond
District Communist Party
Norman Watte
Charles Sheldon
Mary Diedrich
E. A. Hegue
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